Dibadika 21 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Bena Izrayele badi batshimuna bena Kenaane

¹ Mukalenga wa Arade, muena Kenaane, uvua muase mu tshitupa tshia kuinshi tshia ditunga adi. Kumvuaye lumu lua ne: bena Izrayele badi balonda njila wa ku Atarime. Nanku kubaluishaye, kukuata ne bamue bantu.

² Ke bena Izrayele kuditshipa kudi Maweja-Nangila, bamulaya ne: — Tuetu batshimune bantu aba, netubutule kabidi bimenga biabi bionsu.

³ Maweja-Nangila kuitaba bivua bena Izrayele bamulaye, kufila bena Kenaane mu bianza biabu. Kushipabu bena Kenaane bonsu, kubutula ne bimenga biabu. Kuinyikabu muaba awu dina ne: Orma, mmomumue ne: nkabutu.

Nyoka ya lulengu

⁴ Bena Izrayele kumuka ku mukuna wa Ore. Kuyilabu njila wa Mayi manene makunze. Kunyungulukabu ditunga dia Edome. Kadi luendu kubatonda, kabayi kabidi mua kulama lutulu to.

⁵ Kujanabu Mvidi Mukulu ne Moshe, bamba ne: — Nuvua batumushe mu Ejipitu bua tshinyi? Bua tuetu kufuila nzala mu tshipela! Apa katuena ne mampa, katuena ne mayi a kunua! Tudi tudia anu mana bua dikenga. Kadi akadi matutonde.

⁶ Diba adi Maweja-Nangila kubatumina nyoka ya lulengu. Kusumayi bena Izrayele. Bavule kufua.

⁷ Bavua bashale, kunyemenabu kudi Moshe, bamuambila ne: — Tudi bena tshibawu, bualu tuvua bakujane wewe, bajane kabidi ne Maweja-Nangila. Nanku, usengelele Maweja-Nangila. Atumushile nyoka eyi! Moshe kulombela bena Izrayele kudi Maweja-Nangila.

⁸ Maweja-Nangila kuambila Moshe ne: — Wenze nyoka wa tshiamu tshikunze. Umulembeleje kulu. Nanku muntu yonsu udibu basuma kudi nyoka wa lulengu, padiye utangila nyoka wa tshiamu tshikunze, kena ufua to.

⁹ Moshe kuenza nyoka wa tshiamu tshikunze, kumulembelejaye kulu. Nanku muntu yonsu uvuabu basuma kudi nyoka, uvua utangila nyoka wa tshiamu tshikunze, uvua ushala ne muoyi.

Bena Izrayele badi baya ku Mowabe

¹⁰ Bena Izrayele kumuka muaba awu, kufika ku Obote.

¹¹ Bumuka ku Obote, kufika ku Iye-Abarime, mu tshipela tshivua luseke luvua diba dipatukila lua Mowabe.

¹² Bumuka muaba awu, kufikabu mu tshibandabanda tshia Zerede.

¹³ Bumuka mu tshibandabanda amu, kusabukabu musulu wa Amone, udi ufumina ku bena Amore, upitshila mu tshipela, pashishe uleja mikalu pankatshi pa bena Mowabe ne bena Amore.

¹⁴ Ke padibu bafunde mu Mukanda wa mvita wa Maweja-Nangila ne: “…Vahebe mu Sufa, ne misapa yende, Amone

¹⁵ ne misapa yende, udi luseke lua Are, uleja mikalu ya ditunga dia bena Mowabe…”

¹⁶ Bena Izrayele bumuke muaba awu, kufika muaba uvuabu babikila ne: Tshiina tshia mayi. Ke Maweja-Nangila kuambila Moshe ne: — Ubikile bena Izrayele bonsu, bua mbapeshe mayi a kunua.

¹⁷ Diba adi bena Izrayele kuimba musambu, bamba ne: “Mayi apatuke mu tshiina, tuelele nkashi!

¹⁸ Ke tshiina tshivua bamfumu bumbule, baneme bimbe, ne mulangala wabu wa bumfumu, ne dikombu dia bukalenga!” Bena Izrayele bumuke mu tshipela, mbafike ku Matana, mbaye

¹⁹ ku Mahaliyele, pashishe ku Bamote,

²⁰ mbafike ne ku tshibandabanda tshidi tshipitshila mu ditunga dia bena Mowabe, luseke lua ku nsongu ya mukuna wa Pisga, udi mutangilangane ne tshipela.

Bena Izrayele badi batshimuna Sihone ne Oge

²¹ Bena Izrayele kutuma bantu bua bambile Sihone, mukalenga wa bena Amore, ne:

²² — Anyisha tupitshile mu ditunga diebe. Katuena tunyanga madimi enu, nansha mvinyo to. Katuena tunua mayi a mu ditunga dienu to. Netulonde amu njila munene buludi, katuyi tuapuka, too ne patuapita ditunga diebe.

²³ Kadi Sihone kubenga bua bena Izrayele kupitshila mu ditunga diende. Kusangishaye bena mvita bende, kuya nabu too ne ku Yahase mu tshipela, bua kuluisha bena Izrayele.

²⁴ Kadi bena Izrayele kutshimuna Sihone ne tshiluilu tshiende. Kumunyengabu ditunga diende dijima, bituadije ku musulu wa Amone kuinshi, too ne ku musulu wa Yaboke ku mutu, too ne ku mikalu mikolesha ya bena Amone, luseke ludi diba dipatukila.

²⁵ Kunyengabu kabidi bimenga bionsu bia bena Amore, nansha tshia Eshebone, ne misoku yonsu ya ku mutumba. Kuasabumu!

²⁶ Eshebone ke tshimenga tshinene tshia Sihone, mukalenga wa bena Amore. Bualu Sihone uvua muluangane mvita kale ne mukalenga mukuabu wa bena Mowabe, mumunyenge ditunga dijima too ne ku musulu wa Amone.

²⁷ Nanku bedi ba kasala, bavua bela bimbe, bamba ne: “Ibakayi kabidi tshimenga tshia Eshebone, tumone! Asululayi tshimenga tshia mukalenga Sihone!

²⁸ Tshimenga tshia Eshebone ntshikuate kapia. Ndimi ya kapia mmibande mu tshimenga tshia Sihone. Kapia kabutulu Are mu ditunga dia Mowabe, kabutulu bakalenga bavua ku mikuna ya ku musulu wa Amone.

²⁹ Nuenu bena Mowabe, diakabi kaayi! Nudi nutendelela Kemoshe! Nuabutuki! Balume bavua bapanduke, kabidi ne bakaji, bonsu mbabakuate, mbabafile kudi Sihone, mukalenga wa bena Amore.

³⁰ Kadi tuakuasa bena Amore mikete! Tuakubutula Eshebone! Tuakunyangakaja ditunga dijima too ne ku Dibone, too ne ku Nofa, ne ku Medeba mene.”

³¹ Ke muvua bena Izrayele bafike mu ditunga dia bena Amore nanku.

³² Moshe kutuma bantu bua kutentekela tshimenga tshia Yazere. Bena Izrayele kuipata bena Amore, kubanyenga tshimenga atshi, kabidi ne misoku yonsu ivua mutumba natshi.

³³ Pashishe bena Izrayele kubenda, kuyila njila wa ku Bashane. Kadi Oge, mukalenga wa mu Bashane, ne bena mvita bende, kuya kuluisha bena Izrayele mu Edreyi.

³⁴ Maweja-Nangila kuambila Moshe ne: — Kutshinyi mukalenga ewu to. Nenkuambuluishe bua umutshimune, umunyenge ditunga edi dijima. Umuenzele muuvua muenzele Sihone, mukalenga wa bena Amore, uvua musombe mu tshimenga tshia Eshebone.

³⁵ Bena Izrayele kutshimuna Oge, bana bende, ne tshiluilu tshiende, kushipa bonsu, kubanyenga ditunga.