12 Kuchiri kunkhonde mphaka yawo yingwamba pa Yordane; kutuwa pa mphaka yikwere ku nkhondekwa Yeriko, yirutiliya kuporota mu charu cha mtunthu kuchiriku zambwe; yimaliya pa bozwa la Betavene.
Charu chakupaskika ku mphapo yaku Yosefe chingwamba ku Yordane pafupi ndi Yeriko, kuvuma kwa maji gha Yeriko, mu bozwa lo, kutuwa ku Yeriko mpaka ku charu cha mitunthu ku Betele;
Yoswa wangutuma ŵanthu kutuliya ku Yeriko kuya ku Ai wo we pafupi ndi Betavene, kumwela kwa Betele, wangunena nawo, “Kwerani mukaskoli charu cho.” Ŵanthu ŵanguruta ŵangwachiskola Ai.
Ŵakuja mu Samaria ŵatenthema chifukwa cha thole laku Betavene. Ŵanthu ŵake ŵamuliriyenge, ndi ŵazukuru ŵake wo ŵasopa ŵangoza ŵamutenjeriyenge, chifukwa cha unkhankhu wake wo watuwapo.
maji ghakusika kutuwa kunena ghanguma, ndipo ghanguŵa ndundu kutali, ku Adama, musumba wa pafupi ndi Zaretana, ndipo maji ghakulazga ku nyanja ya mu Araba, Nyanja ya Mche, ghose ghangudumulika, ŵanthu ŵangwambuka pa kulereskana ndi Yeriko.
ŴaFilisti ŵanguwungana kuti ŵarwi nkhondo ndi ŵaYisraele magareta, vikwi machumi ghatatu (30,000) ŵanthu vikwi vinkhonde ndi chimoza (6,000) ŵakukwera pa ŵakavalo, ndipo ŵanthu ŵanguŵa nge ndi mchenga wapa likumba la nyanja mu unandi; ŵangukwera ndi kugoŵa mu Mikimasa ku vuma Bete-avene.