9 Ndizvo Joshua wakauya kwavari ngokujuma, echikwira kubva Girigari usiku hweshe.
Unoona here uwo uri ngwazi mumushando wake? Unozoshandira madzimambo; aazoshandiri vanhu vasina shwiro.
Kunyazwi chiinyi cheinoona nyara yako kuita, chiite ngesimba rako reshe; ngokuti akuna mushando, nokuti kupinimidza, nokuti ruziyo, nokuti ungwaru, muiba, apo pounoenda.
Tora chikoaniswa chako chokutambudzika kudai ngesoja rakanaka raKristu Jesu.
Chumaira izwi, ugwinyisire ngenguva kwayo neisiri nguva kwayo, rambidza, ukaraidze, upange ngokusengerera kweshe nokudzidzisa.
NaMambo Mwari wakavaparadza pamberi pevaIsuraeri, vakavauraya ngokuuraya kukurutu muGibheoni, vakavarumbirira kuteera njira inokwira Bhethihoroni, vakavauraya metsa kuguma Azeka naMakedha.
Mambo Mwari wakati kunaJoshua, “Usavatya, ngokuti ndavapa munyara dzako; akuna nomunhu naumwe unozokona kuema pamberi pako.”
Ndizvo Joshua wakaguma, nevanhu veshe vehondo, vakavajuma vari kumvura yeMeromu; navo vakavabaya.