2 “Muranda wangu Mosi wafa; zvino miruka, uambuke Jorodhani, iwewe navanhu ava veshe, kuenda kunyika yendinovapa vaIsuraeri.
Ndinozopa kwouri nokumibarirwana yako inouya sure kwako nyika iyo youri mupara kweiri, nyika yeshe yeKhenani, kuita nhaka yenyu metsa nariini; neni ndinozoita Mwari wavo.”
Wakawandisa mibarirwana yavo ikawanda kudai ngenyeredzi dzomudenga, wakavapotedza munyika yowakaronzera madzibaba avo, kuti vapoteremwo vagare nhaka yayo.
Mambo Mwari wakati kunaSathani, “Wakambokarakadza here ngomuranda wangu Jobe, kuti akuna naumwe wakadai ndiye panyika, munhu wakaperera nokururama, unotya Mwari, nokufuratira kubva kunezvakashata?”
“Ringirai muranda wangu, uwo wendinogwinyisa; wakatsanangurwa wangu, uwo mweya wangu unodakara mwaari; ndaisa mweya wangu padera pake; unozounza kutonga kwakanaka kumadzinza.
Muranda wangu Mosi aazi kudaro akadi, unogondeka mumhatso yangu yeshe.
Asi panga Joshua, umushingise nokumugwinyisa; ngokuti ndiye unozotungamirira ava vanhu kuambuka, unozovaita kuti vagare nhaka yenyika younozoona ngemadziso ako.”
Zvino Mosi wakadaidza Joshua, akati kwaari mukuona kwevaIsuraeri veshe, “Ita wakagwinya, ushinge, ngokuti ndiwe unozoenda naava vanhu kunyika yaakapika ndiyo Mambo Mwari kunemadzibaba avo kuipa kwavari, newe unozoita kuti vagare nhaka yayo.
Ndizvo Mosi muranda waMambo Mwari wakafira umwo munyika yeMoabhi, kudai ngokuronza kweizwi raMambo Mwari.
Zvino ngesure kwokufa kwaMosi muranda waMambo Mwari, Mambo Mwari wakaereketa kunaJoshua mukororo waNuni, mudetseri waMosi echiti,
“Darikai ngepakati pembungano, mupange vanhu mwechiti, ‘Dzinasirirei zvokudya; ngokuti mumazuva matatu munozoambuka Jorodhani, kuti mupotere kugara nhaka yenyika yaanozomupa Mambo Mwari, Mwari wenyu kuti muigare nhaka.’ ”