10 Vapristi vaitwara bhokisi rechitenderano vaiya vakaema pakati peJorodhani metsa zviro zveshe zvaiya zvaitwa zvaakapanga Mambo Mwari kunaJoshua, vanhu vakakasira kuambuka.
Ndinokasira, andinonoki kungwarira mipango yako.
Navo vakabika zvingwa zvisina mumera zvehlama yevakaunza kubva Egipite, ngokuti yaiya isikazi kuiswa mumera; ngokuti vakadzingwa ngokukasira kubva muEgipite, vaiya vasikachakoni kuema nokuti kudzinasirira zvokudya.
Usadziganzisa ndimangwani ngokuti auzii kuti kunozoitikenyi ngezuvaro.
Kunyazwi chiinyi cheinoona nyara yako kuita, chiite ngesimba rako reshe; ngokuti akuna mushando, nokuti kupinimidza, nokuti ruziyo, nokuti ungwaru, muiba, apo pounoenda.
Ndizvo izvi zvinoronza Mambo Mwari, “Ringira, ndinoradzika muZioni buwe rokuita dzeyo, buwe rakaedzwa, buwe rinomutengo mukurutu repakhona, dzeyo rakagwinya; uwo unorigonda aazokaruki.
Ngokuti iye unoti, “Ndakamuzwa ngenguva inoashirika, nepazuva rokuponeswa ndakakudetsera”; penyai, zvino ndiyo nguva inoashirika; penyai, zvino zuva roruponeso.
Zvino Mosi wakanyora izvi zvironzo, wakazvipa kuvapristi, vakororo vaRevhi, vaitwara bhokisi rechitenderano chaMambo Mwari, nokuvakuru veshe vaIsuraeri.
Naapo mwaambuka Jorodhani, mukaguma Jerikho, vamuna veJerikho vakaambana nemwi, navaAmori, nevaPherizi, nevaKhenani, nevaHiti, nevaGirigashi, nevaHivhi, nevaJebhusi; ndakavapira munyara dzenyu.
Apo tsoka dzevapristi, vanotwara bhokisi rechitenderano chaMambo Mwari, Mambo wenyika dzeshe, dzoema mumvura yeJorodhani, mvura yeJorodhani inozogurwa, kubva kumvura inoerera yechibva dera; inozoema kuita rukumbati.”
Apo vanhu veshe vaiya vapera kuambuka, bhokisi rechitenderano chaMambo Mwari, nevapristi vakaambuka, mukuona kwevanhu.
Joshua wakaemesa mapuwe gumi namairi mukati mweJorodhani, apo paiya pakaema tsoka dzevapristi vaitwara bhokisi rechitenderano, nawo aripo metsa nanyamashi.