2 Joshua o ruma vhaṅwe vhanna vha tshi bva Jerikho vha ya Ai, muḓi u re vhubvaḓuvha ha Bethele tsini ha Bethavene, a vha vhudza uri vha yo tandula iḽo shango. Musi vho no ralo,
U bva henefho a tshimbila o livha zwivhangani zwi re vhubvaḓuvha ha Bethele, a akha dennde yawe, Bethele o hu sumbela vhukovhela, Ai o hu sumbela vhubvaḓuvha. Henefho a fhaṱela Muṋe washu aḽiṱari, a mu rabela.
“Iwe Hesheboni, honḓa, Ai wo phusukanywa! Inwi ni dzulaho Raba, lilani ni tou ṱavha mukosi! Ambarani madzanganda ni vuse tshililo; gidimelani ngeno na ngei ngomu mitsheṱoni, ngauri Molekhe u ḓo iswa vhuthubwani, khathihi na vhotshifhe vhawo na vhahulwane vhawo.
“Inwi Vhaisraele, ni tshi ita vhupombwe, Juda a songo ḓiovhela-vho mulandu. Vha songo yo luvha Giligala, vha songo gonya Bethavene. Vha songo ana henefho vha ri, ‘Yahavee ndi ṱhanzi!’
Sia ḽa devhula masakha avho o thoma Jorodani, a gonyela devhula ha Jerikho, a livha vhukovhela a tshi buḓekanya shango ḽa mivhundu u vhuya u swika phangani ya Bethavene.
Ndi hone Joshua a tshi ruma ṱholi mbili dzi tshi bva Shitimu (Maungani), a vha laya uri vha yo tandula shango ḽa Kanana, zwihulwane muḓi wa Jerikho. Musi vha tshi swika muḓini uyo, vha yo eḓela nḓuni ya musadzi wa phombwe ane a pfi Rahaba.
vho vhuya, vha vhika ha Joshua vha ri, “A zwi vhuyi zwa ṱoḓea roṱhe ri tshi yo dia Ai. Nga vha rume vhanna vhane vha nga vha zwigidi zwivhili kana zwiraru. Vha songo ḓidina nga u ruma mmbi yoṱhe uri i yo lwa, a si muḓi muhulwane.”
Vhalifista vha kuvhangana uri vha lwe na Vhaisraele, vhe na gariki dza nndwa dza 3 000 na vhanameli vhadzo vha 6 000 na vhahali vhe vha vha vho anda unga muṱavha wa lwanzhe. Vha gonya vha ṱoka mishasha Mikhimashi, vhubvaḓuvha ha Bethe Avene.