Yoshua 17 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

¹ Ndelanganyi ya Menashe, muanabute wa Yozefe, kupetayi wayi muaba. Bakavua bamane kupesha ndelanganyi ya Makire, muanabute wa Menashe, tshilobu tshia mvita, muikale kabidi tatuende wa Ngilaade, tshitupa tshia buloba: ke ditunga dia Ngilaade ne dia Bashane, luseke ludi diba dipatukila lua Yardene.

² Bavua babanyina meku makuabu a bena Menashe biabu bitupa bia maloba. Meku awu awa nenku: diku dia Abiyezere, dia Eleke, dia Asriyele, dia Shekeme, dia Efere ne dia Shemida. Bonsu aba bavua ndelanganyi ya Menashe, muana wa Yozefe.

³ Selofade uvua muana wa Efere, kabidi muikulu wa Ngilaade. Ngilaade uvua muana wa Makire, ne muikulu wa Menashe. Kadi Selofade kuvua mulele bana ba balume to. Uvua mulele anu ba bakaji. Mena a bana aba ke Mala, Nowa, Ogla, Milka ne Tirsa.

⁴ Bana ba bakaji abu kuya kudi mutuangaji Elazare, kudi Yoshuwa, muana wa Nune, ne kudi balombodi ba bena Izrayele, babambila ne: — Maweja-Nangila uvua muelele Moshe mukenji bua atuabanyine maloba, bu mudibu babanyine bantu balume ba tshisamba tshietu. Nanku, bu muvua Maweja-Nangila mumane kuamba, kubabanyinabu maloba, anu bu muvuabu babanyine bantu balume ba tshisamba tshiabu.

⁵ Tshisamba tshia Menashe kupeta bitupa bia maloba dikumi, katuyi tubala buloba bua Ngilaade ne bua Bashane, awa luseke ludi diba dipatukila lua Yardene.

⁶ Kabena bapesha amu bantu balume ba mu tshisamba tshia Menashe nkayabu maloba to. Bavua baapesha kabidi bantu bakaji ba mu tshisamba etshi. (Buloba bua Ngilaade buvua bua ndelanganyi mikuabu ya Menashe.)

⁷ Buloba bua Menashe buvua butuadijila ku Ashere, buya too ne ku Mikmetate, luseke ludi diba dipatukila lua Shekeme. Kumukila ku Mikmetate, mukalu uvua upuekela kuinshi muditunga, uya too ne ku muaba uvua bena Ene-Tapuwa.

⁸ Buloba ebu buvua bua bena Menashe. Kadi bavua bapesha bena Efrayime tshimenga tshia Tapuwa tshivua ku mukalu.

⁹ Pashishe mukalu kuya too ne ku muelelu wa kuinshi wa musulu wa Kana. Kadi bimenga bionsu bivua kuinshi kua musulu awu, nansha biobi mu buloba bua bena Menashe, kushalabi bia bena Efrayime. Mukalu uvua umbukila muaba awu, upitshila ku mutu kua musulu awu, bangabanga ne kushikidilawu ku Mayi menene a pankatshi pa matunga.

¹⁰ Nanku tshisamba tshia bena Efrayime tshivua tshipeta buloba kuinshi mu ditunga, tshia bena Menashe tshipeta ku mutu mu ditunga. Mayi manene a pankatshi awa enza mukalu wa luseke ludi diba dibuelela. Tshisamba tshia bena Ashere tshivua luseke lua ku mutu kua tshisamba tshia bena Menashe, luseke ludi diba dibuelela luatshi. Tshisamba tshia bena Isakare tshivua kabidi ku mutu kua tshisamba tshia bena Menashe, kadi luseke ludi diba dipatukila luatshi.

¹¹ Kadi mu buloba bua bena Isakare ne bua bena Ashere, bena Menashe kupeta misoku ya Bete-Sheyane, Ibleyame, ne miaba ivua nayi mutumba. Kupetatshi kabidi Dore, Ene-Dore, Tanake, Megido, ne bantu bonsu bavua basombamu, too ne miaba ivua mutumba, mmumue ne buloba bujima bua Dore.

¹² Kadi bena Menashe kabawa mua kuipata bantu ba mu bimenga bionsu ebi. Nanku bena Kenaane batshidi basomba amu kusombamu too me mpindiewu.

¹³ Nansha muvua bena Izrayele bamane kupeta bukole bua bungi, kadi kabavua mua kuipata bantu ba mu bimenga bionsu ebi. Kadi bena Izrayele bavua benzeja bantu aba midimu mishilangane.

¹⁴ Ndelanganyi ya Yozefe kukonka Yoshuwa ne: — Maweja-Nangila mmumane kutuela lupemba bua tuvulangane. Kadi udi utuabanyina tshitupa tshia ditunga amu tshimue bua tshinyi?

¹⁵ Yoshuwa kuandamuna ne: — Bu munudi ba bungi, mikuna ya Efrayime kayiyi minukumbane, nudi mua kuya kusola ne kudima mu metu a bena Perizi ne bena Refayime.

¹⁶ Ndelanganyi ya Yozefe kubenga, bamba ne: — Bushuwa, mikuna kayena mikumbane to. Kadi bena Kenaane badi basa mu mpata, nansha bena Bete-Sheyane, ne bena misoku idi nabu mutumba, nansha badi basomba mu tshibandabanda tshia Yizreyele, badi bonsu ne matempu a mvita a biamu.

¹⁷ Ke Yoshuwa kuambila ndelanganyi ya Yozefe, bena mu tshisamba tshia Efrayime, ne bena mu tshisamba tshia Menashe tshivua useke ludi diba dibuelela lua musulu wa Yardene ne: — Nudi bavule, nudi kabidi ne bukole bua bungi. Nanku kanuena mua kushala amu ne tshitupa tshimue mu ditunga to.

¹⁸ Nuangate mikuna yonsu idi ne metu. Nusole, nudime metu awu, nuase miaba yonsu ayi. Nanku nenupete mushindu wa mua kuipata bena Kenaane, nansha bobu bikale ne matempu a mvita a biamu, bikale kabidi ne bukole.