2 NaMambo Mwari wakaereketa kunaJoshua echiti, “Wona, ndapa munyara dzako Jerikho, pamwepo namambo waro, nevarwi vehondo.
Dhavhidha wakabvunza Mambo Mwari echiti, “Ndinozokwira here koorwa nevaFiristia? Unozovapira munyara dzangu here?” Mambo Mwari wakati kunaDhavhidha, “Kwireyo; ngokuti ngegwinyiso ndinozopira vaFiristia munyara dzako.”
Ndizvo mibarirwana yakapoteramwo ikagara nhaka yenyika, newe wakanyisa vagari vomunyika iyo pamberi pavo, vaKhenani, wakavapira munyara dzavo, pamwepo nemadzimambo avo nevanhu venyika, kuti vaite kwevari kudai ngezvevaida.
Unotsandudza mikuwo nenguva, unobvisa madzimambo, nokuemesa madzimambo; unopa ungwaru kunevakangwara nokuzia kwevari vanokuzwisisa.
Nomumazuva emadzimambo awo, Mwari womudenga unozoemesa umambo husikazoparadzwi, noumambo uhwu ahuzosiirwi vanhu vamweni. Hunozopwanya hweshe uhu umambo, nokuunza kumagumo, nahwo hunozoema mhera nariini;
Kugura uku kwaitwa ngomutemo wevarindi, nendaa yagurwa ngeizwi raavo vakacheneswa, kuitira kuti avo vanopona vazie kuti Uri-padera-pazveshe unotonga muumambo hwavanhu nokuupa kunouwo waanotsanangura, nokuemesera padera pahwo uwo uri pashi pavanhu.’
Veshe vanogara munyika vanoerengwa kudai ngezvisipo, naye unoita kudai ngokuda kwake ngehondo yomudenga, napakati pavo vanogara munyika. Akuna naumwe ungarambidza nyara yake, nokuti kuronza kwaari kuti, “Unoitenyi?”
O mambo, Mwari Uri-padera-pezveshe wakapa Nebhukhadhineza, baba ako, umambo, kukura, uthende nokuremeredzwa.
Naye unozopa madzimambo avo munyara dzenyu, munozodzima mazina avo kubva pashi pomudenga; akuzoapo nomunhu noumwe unozokona kuema pamberi penyu, metsa muvapedze.
Mambo weJerikho, umwe, mambo weAi iro riri pasinde peBhetheri, umwe,
Navo vakati kunaJoshua, “Ngegwinyiso Mambo Mwari wapa nyika yeshe munyara dzedu; zve, vagari veshe venyika vanopera simba ngokutya pamberi pedu.”
naye wakati kwavari, “Ndinozia kuti Mambo Mwari wamupa iyi nyika, nokutyisa kwenyu kwawira padera pedu, nevagari veshe venyika vapera simba ngendaa yenyu.
Zvino Mambo Mwari wakaereketa kunaJoshua echiti,
Zvino Jerikho raiya rakakonywa kweshe mukati nokubanze ngendaa yevaIsuraeri; akuna munhu waibuda kubvamwo, nokuti waipoteremwo.
Munozotenderera dhorobha, varwi vehondo munozohamba kuritenderera kamwe. Munozoita kudaro mazuva matanhatu,
Mambo Mwari wakati kunaJoshua, “Usatya, usapera simbazve; tora vanhu veshe vehondo uende navo, umiruke ukwire Ai. Ringira ndapa munyara yako mambo weAi, nevanhu vake, nedhorobha rake, nenyika yake.
Zvino Mambo Mwari, Mwari waIsuraeri, wakapira Sihoni nevanhu vake veshe munyara dzevaIsuraeri, navo vakavauraya; ndizvo ngokudaro vaIsuraeri vakagara nhaka yenyika yeshe yevaAmori, vagari veiyo nyika.
Auzogari here nhaka yenyika younopuwa ngechimwari chako Khemoshi kuti uigare nhaka? Isusu atisisiriwo here kugara nhaka yeizvo zveshe zvaakanyisa Mambo Mwari, Mwari wedu, kuita zvedu?