A! Mwa ŵanthu ŵangu, kumbukani cho Balaki, karonga wa Moabu wangughanaghana; ndi cho Balamu mwana waku Beori wangumwamuka; ndi cho chinguŵako kutuwa ku Shitimi ku Gilgala, mwakuti muziŵe milimu ya utaski wa Ambuya.”
“Zani ku Betele, muzachilakwa; ndipo ku Gilgala, mwandaniske maulakwi; zani ndi sembe zinu, mlenji we wose, ndi vigaŵa vya chichumi paziŵa le lose la chitatu;
ndipo yiruta yikwere ku Debiri kutuwa ku dambo la Akoro, kurata ku nkhonde, ying'anamukiya kuchiri ku Gilgala, yo walereskana ndi chikwera cha Adumimi, yo we kuchiri ku malaŵi kwadambo; mphaka yirutiliya mpaka ku maji gha Eneshemeshe, yimariya pa Ene-rogele;
Ndipo mu chirimika cha machumi ghanayi (40) pa zuŵa lakudanga la mwezi wa chumi ndi umoza, Mosese wangukamba ndi ŵaYisraele kwakulingana ndi vyose vyo Chiuta wangumulanguliya mu dangu kuŵanene.
Mapiri gho ghe sirgha liya Yordane, nthowa yaku maselero gha dazi, mu charu cha ŵaKanani wo ŵaja mu chidika, kulazgana ndi Gilgala pafupi pa matundu ghaku More?
Ŵazukuru ŵakunyamuwa bokosi la phanganu la Ambuya ŵanguti ŵatuwa mukati mu Yordane, ghanguti ghakanda pa mtunda uyumu marundi ghawo, maji gha Yordane ghanguwere mu malo ghake ndi ghangusapatiya ku sirgha ndi sirgha nge mphakudanga.
Ndipo ŵanguruta kwaku Yoswa mu ugoŵi pa Gilgala ŵangunena ndi iyo ndi ŵaYisraele wose, “Tatuliya ku charu cha kutali; viyo sono mpangane nafwe phanganu.”
Ndipo ukandidanjiriyanga ku Gilgala; ayivwa, ndizenge kwaku iwe kwazipereka visopo vyakocha ndi kubaya visopo vya chimangu. Undirindizge mazuŵa ghankhonde ndi ghaŵi, mpaka po ine ndafika ndazakukurongo cho utenere kuchita.”