9 Asizwo-ha, ndo u vhudza nda ri u vhe na nungo u ime wo khwaṱha! U songo ofha tshithu, u songo kulea nungo, Nṋe Yahavee Mudzimu wau ndi na iwe hoṱhe-hoṱhe hune wa ya.”
Nṋe ndi na iwe, ndi ḓo u londola hoṱhe hune wa ya, nda u vhuisa shangoni heḽino. A thi nga u litshi; ndi ḓo vhuya nda khunyeledza zwe nda u fulufhedzisa.”
Abisalomo a laya vhanna vhawe a ri, “Thetshelesani! Musi Amunoni o fura waini o takala, nda ni vhudza nda ri, ‘Vhulahani Amunoni!’ zwenezwo ni mbo ḓi mu vhulaha. Ni songo ofha tshithu, hufha no laiwa nga nṋe. Imani no khwaṱha.”
Khosi Dafita a vhudza ṅwana wawe Solomoni a ri, “Khwaṱhani, ni vhe na nungo, ni shume mushumo hoyo. Ni songo ofha, ni songo kulea nungo; Mudzimu Muṋe washu Mudzimu wanga u na inwi. A nga si ni laṱedze, a nga si ni ṱutshele ha vhuya ha vuledzea mushumo woṱhe wa thembele ya Muṋe washu.
a ri, “U songo ofha, mufunwa-nga-Mudzimu, mulalo u vhe na iwe, ivha munna, khwaṱha!” A tshi khou amba na nṋe nda pfa ndo khwaṱha nda dovha nda ri, “Amba muṋe wanga, ndo no vha na nungo.”
Hone zwino, iwe Zerubabele, u songo kulea nungo,’ hu amba Yahavee. ‘Iwe Joshua tshifhe muhulu ṅwana wa Jehotsadaka, u songo kulea nungo. Noṱhe inwi vhathu vha shango ni songo kulea nungo, shumani,’ hu amba Yahavee. U ri, ‘Nṋe ndi na inwi,’ hu amba Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe.
Asizwo-ha, Muṋe washu Mudzimu waṋu u khou ni ṋea shango, gonyani-ha ni ḽi dzhie ḽi vhe ḽaṋu, nga he Muṋe washu Mudzimu wa vhomakhulukuku waṋu a ni vhudza; ni songo ofha, ni songo timatima.’
“Musi ni tshi bva pfumo ni tshi yo lwa na maswina aṋu, na vhona uri vha na bere na gariki dza nndwa, nahone vha a ni fhira nga u anda, ni songo vha ofha, hufha Muṋe washu Mudzimu waṋu e na inwi, ndi Ene we a ni pfulusa shangoni ḽa Egipita.
Ndi hone Muṋe washu a tshi laya Joshua ṅwana wa Nunu a ri, “Ndi iwe ane wa ḓo ranga Vhaisraele phanḓa wa vha swikisa shangoni ḽe nda vha fulufhedzisa; ima-ha u khwaṱhe, Nṋe muṋe ndi ḓo vha na iwe!”
Ndi zwone, rambani vhahulwane vhoṱhe vha matsinde aṋu na vharangaphanḓa vhaṋu ndi kone u vha vhudza mafhungo aya ndi vha vhudze uri ḽiṱaḓulu na ḽifhasi ndi ṱhanzi dzanga,
Joshua a konou vhudza vhahulwane vhawe a ri, “Ni songo ofha, ni songo kulea nungo. Ivhani na nungo ni ime no khwaṱha, ngauri hezwo ndi zwine Muṋe washu a ḓo ita maswina oṱhe ane a lwa na inwi.”
Muṋe washu a vhudza Joshua a ri, “Ṋamusi ndi ḓo thoma u u hulisa Vhaisraele vhoṱhe vha tshi zwi vhona, ndi hone vha tshi ḓo zwi ḓivha uri ndi na iwe sa zwe nda vha ndi na Mushe.
Muṋe washu a vhudza Joshua a ri, “Dzhia vhahali vhoṱhe u gonye navho muḓini wa Ai. U songo ofha tshithu, u songo kulea nungo. Ndo u kumedza khosi ya Ai na vhathu vhayo na muḓi wayo na shango ḽayo.
Ndi hone Muṋe washu a tshi mu lavhelesa a mu vhudza a ri, “Ṱuwa nga nungo dzau khulu dzine wa vha nadzo, u lamukise Vhaisraele zwanḓani zwa Vhamidiani. U ruṅwa nga Nṋe.”