23 Neryo abalume babiri abo mobasubula, mobakĩma oko kitwa, mobasoka, mobahĩka uku Yosũa mugala wa Nũnĩ; mobamubwira ebyosĩ ebyahĩka kubo.
Nabo mobagenda, mobahĩka oko kitwa, mobĩkalayo ebiro bisatu, erĩhĩka aho abatolya basubulira; nʼabatolya mobasonda-sondabo omo nzira yosĩ, nĩkwa mobatabanabo.
Kandi mobabwira Yosũa bati, Kwenene Omwami Mukulu abĩrĩhĩra ekihugo kyosĩ omo byala byetu; kandi esyondũlanĩ syosĩ syʼekihugo sikasendekerera embere syetu.
Omugulu mukayamo mwasyahĩka oko bandu batekene, nʼekihugo ni kinene; kusangwa Nyamuhanga abirihakyo omo byala byenyũ, ahate bwaga bwʼekindu nʼekiguma ekiri muna-kihugo.
Nabo mobabũga bati, Muhangane, tuyalwe nabo, kusangwa twabirilangira ekihugo, neryo lebaya, ni kibuya kũndũ. Nenyũ mukayihunira kwehĩ? Simubye eriamala busana nʼeriingira nʼerĩsĩgalya ekihugo.