23 Na ndiyo Joshua ya vugula kivala kyosi, kuli gosi aga Yahova ya volera Musa; Joshua ya haana ku Israeli kuva miyandu kuli lyavukana lyetsihiri tsyavo. Ma ubulwani bwa kalika mkivala.
Ma avana yavo vingira mu, nokugumira kivala yikyo, na wa guuta ava menya mkivala yikyo imbiri wavo, Vakanani wa va vika mu makono gavo, halala navami vavo, navandu vekivala, va duke kuvakolera kuli venya.
Mu kivala ki la va kikye kyemiyandu mu Israeli: kandi avanene vange si va la dambidza avandu vange kandi; navutswa va la ha inyumba ya Israeli kivala kuli tsihiri tsyavo.
Kunangwa ga la va, lwa Yahova Nyasaye wowo a ku sosidza ku vasigu vovo vosi, mu kivala kya Yahova Nyasaye wowo a ku ha ki ve miyandu gya u gumira, hene yaho u twulidze lidzulitswa lya Amaleki isi weligulu; u tivirira mba.
Yava nivo avami vekivala ava Joshua na avana va Israeli va kuya engereka wa Yordani ku luvega lwemadioli, kutwula Baalgadi mwivona lya Lebanon, kuduka ku kigulu kya Halaku, ki henza Seiru (na Joshua ya haana ku tsihiri tsya Israeli ki ve miyandu gyavo kuli lyavukana lye tsihiri tsyavo:
Kalunu Yahova Nyasaye wenyu u mali kuha avamwavo venyu bwelemeridzi, kuli ya va volera: kunangwa kalunu mwinye mwirane, mu tsie mu mahema genyu, ku kivala kyemiyandu gyenyu, kya Musa mutumekiri wa Yahova ya mu ha engereka ya Yordani.
Na nyima ya madiku manyingi ga duka, lwa Yahova ya ha Israeli bwelemeridzi mu vasigu va va kumberidza yiyi na yiyi Joshua ya li musakulu nokutsia bwimbi nabutambi mu mihiga gyigye;