Yoshua 11 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Mvita ku Merome

¹ Tshikondu tshivua mukalenga Yabine wa mu Ashore mumane kumvua muvua Yoshuwa mutshimune mu mvita, kubikidishaye Yobabe, mukalenga wa mu Madone, kabidi mukalenga wa mu Shimrone, ne mukalenga wa mu Akeshafe.

² Uvua mubikidishe kabidi bakalenga bavua ku mikuna ku mutu wa ditunga, ne bavua mu tshibandabanda tshia Yardene kuinshi kua dijiba dia Ngenesarete, ne bavua mu mpata ne ku muelelu wa Mayi manene a pankatshi, pabuipi ne tshimenga tshia Dore luseke ludi diba dibuelela.

³ Mukalenga Yabine kumvuangana kabidi ne bena Kenaane, bavua basombe ku musulu wa Yardene, luseke ludi diba dipatukila, ne luseke ludi diba dibuelela luawu. Kumvuanganaye kabidi ne bena Amore, bena Iti, bena Perizi, bena Yebusa bavua ku mikuna, ne bena Iti bavua basombe kuinshi, ku mukuna wa Ermone mu ditunga dia Mispa.

⁴ Bakalenga bonsu aba kubanga luendu, ne bena mvita kabayi kubala, bungi bu lusenga lua ku muelelu wa mayi manene. Bavua ne nyama ya tubalu ya bungi, ne matempu a mvita mavule.

⁵ Kudisangishabu bonsu muaba umue. Kuyabu ku mpokolu ya mu Merome, badilongolole bua kuluisha bena Izrayele.

⁶ Maweja-Nangila kuambila Yoshuwa ne: — Kubatshinyi to. Malaba pa diba ditudi edi, nemfile bantu aba bonsu mu bianza bia bena Izrayele, bamane kutapika mputa ya lufu. Neukose nyama yabu ya tubalu mifimgu ya mikonu. Newoshe matempu abu a mvita.

⁷ Yoshuwa ne bena mvita bende kubunda baluishi babu tshimpitshimpi ku mpokolu ya Merome, baluishi abu kabayi banji kudilongolola to.

⁸ Maweja-Nangila kufila baluishi aba mu bianza bia bena Izrayele. Bobu kubalondakaja too ne mu thimenga tshinene tshia Sidone tshidi ku mutu, ne ku Misrefote-Mayime, ne mu tshibandabanda tshia Mispa luseke ludi diba dipatukila. Bena Izrayele kubutula baluishi bonsu. Kabawa bashiye muntu nansha umue ne muoyi.

⁹ Yoshuwa uvua muenze amu muvua Maweja-Nangila mumuambile. Kukosaye mifungu ya ku mikonu ya nyama ya tubalu, kuosha kabidi matempu abu a mvita.

Badi bakuata Ashore

¹⁰ Musangu uvua Yoshuwa ufumina ku mvita eyi, uvua ukuata tshimenga tshia Ashore. Tshimenga atshi tshivua tshimenga tshinene tshia kale tshia makalenga a ku mutu mu ditunga. Yoshuwa kushipa mukalenga wa tshimenga atshi.

¹¹ Kushipeshaye kabidi ne bantu bonsu bavuamu. Kabawa bashiye muntu nansha umue ne muoyi to. Kuoshabu tshimenga.

¹² Yoshuwa kutshimuna mu mvita bakalenga bonsu bavua badisangisha abu. Kukuataye kabidi bimenga biabu. Kushipaye bakalenga abu ne bantu bonsu, amu bu muvua Moshe, muntu wa Maweja-Nangila muambe.

¹³ Kadi bena Izrayele kabawa bosha bimenga bivua ku mikuna to, pa kumusha tshimenga tshia Ashore tshivua Yoshuwa moshe.

¹⁴ Bena Izrayele kuangata bimuna ne bintu bivuabu basangana mu bimenga abi. Kadi bavua babutula bantu bonsu. Kabawa bashiye muntu nansha umue ne muoyi to.

¹⁵ Moshe uvua muambile Yoshuwa mikenji ivua Maweja-Nangila mumuambile bua kuenza. Nenku, Yoshuwa uvua uyilonda yonsu.

Yoshuwa udi ukuata ditunga dijima

¹⁶ Yoshuwa kukuata ditunga dijima: mikuna, tshitupa tshia kuinshi, ditunga dia Ngoshene, mpata, tshibandabanda tshia Yardene, mikuna ne mpata bia ku mutu mu ditunga.

¹⁷ Yoshuwa kutshimuna, kushipa bakalenga ba matunga awa pankatshi pa mukuna kauyi ne mitshi, pabuipi ne Seyire, kuinshi mu ditunga, ne Baale-Ngade mu tshibandabanda tshia Lebanone, ku tshitaku tshia mukuna wa Ermone, ku mutu mu ditunga.

¹⁸ Yoshuwa uvua muluangane mvita ne bantu abu matuku mulongulongu.

¹⁹ Amu bena Ivi bavua basombe mu tshimenga tshia Ngibone, bavua batue ndondu ne bena Izrayele. Bena Izrayele bavua bakuata bimenga bikuabu bionsu anu ku mvita.

²⁰ Bualu Maweja-Nangila uvua usonsola bena ditunga adi bua bapete muoyi wa mvita, baluisha bena Izrayele. Ke muvua bena Izrayele ne bua kushipa bena ditunga adi, kabayi babafuila luse to, kubabutula bonsu butubutu, bu muvua Maweja-Nangila nkayende muambile Moshe.

²¹ Mu tshikondu atshi, Yoshuwa kuluisha bena Anake, bavua ku mikuna mu Ebrone, mu Debire, mu Anabe, ne ku mikuna yonsu ya ditunga dia Yuda ne dia Izrayele. Yoshuwa kubabutula, kunyangakaja bimenga biabu.

²² Mu ditunga dia bena Izrayele, kamuvua mushale muena Anake nansha umue to. Bavua bashadile anu mu tshimenga tshia Ngaza, tshia Ngate ne tshia Asdode.

²³ Yoshuwa kukuata ditunga dijima mu mvita, muvua Maweja-Nangila muambile Moshe. Yoshuwa kuabanyina bena Izrayele ditunga adi, bilondeshile bisamba biabu. Ke bena Izrayele kuanji kuikisha bua dipungi dia mvita.