14 Vhaḓuhulu vha Josefa vha vhudza Joshua vha ri, “Ndi mini vho ri kovhela kupiḓa kuthihi fhedzi uri ku vhe shango ḽashu? Muṋe washu o ri shudufhadza, ri vhanzhi.”
Hone khotsi awe vha hana vha ri, “Ndi a zwi ḓivha ṅwananga, ndi a zwi ḓivha. Na ene u ḓo beba lushaka; na ene u ḓo vha muhulwane. Nangwe zwo ralo murathu wawe u ḓo mu fhira, vhawe vhaḓuhulu vha ḓo vha magogo a dzitshakha.”
Musi wonoyo a mbo ḓi vha shudufhadza a ri, “Ngavhe Vhaisraele vha tshi shudufhadzana nga madzina aṋu, vha ri, ‘Ngavhe Mudzimu a tshi u ita unga Efraimi na Manase!’ ” Ngauralo Jakopo o rangisa Efraimi phanḓa ha Manase.
U kovhekanye shango nga u ita madeṅwa, tsinde ḽine ḽa vha na vhathu vhanzhi ḽi wane shango ḽihulwane, tsinde ḽine ḽa vha na vhathu vha si gathi ḽi wane shango ḽiṱuku.”
Joshua a fhindula a ri, “Arali no no anda, shango ḽa mivhunduni ḽó no vha ḽiṱuku ḽi si tsha ni eḓana, zwenezwo iyani maṱakani, ni ḓifhandele shangoni ḽa Vhapherisi na Vharefai.”