Yoshua 3 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Badi basabuka Yardene

¹ Yoshuwa ne bena Izrayele kumuka mu Shitime ne dinda dionsu. Kupuekelabu ku muelelu wa Yardene. Kuasabu mitanda yabu muaba awu, bindile mua kusabuka.

² Kupita matuku asatu, balombodi ba bena Izrayele kuendakana mu mitanda,

³ bambila bantu ne: — Panudi numona batuangaji ba bena Levi bambule mushete wa ndondu wa Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wenu, numuangale bonsu muaba awu, nubatue mu nyima.

⁴ Ke munudi mua kumanya njila wa kulonda. Katshia kanuvua banji kupitshila muaba ewu to. Kadi kanusemenyi pabuipi ne mushete wa ndondu to. Nuikale bashilangane nawu misangu yonsu, mutantshi wa kilometre bu umue.

⁵ Yoshuwa kuambila bena Izrayele ne: — Nujikije mikiya inudi nayi, bualu malaba Maweja-Nangila neenze bishima munkatshi muenu.

⁶ Butshia, Yoshuwa kuambila batuangaji bua bambule mushete wa ndondu, bapita kumpala kua bena Izrayele. Batuangaji kuenza nanku.

⁷ Maweja-Nangila kuambila Yoshuwa ne: — Biangatshile ku lelu, ndi njadika bumfumu buebe ku mesu kua bena Izrayele bonsu. Nebamanye ne: ndi nebe, bu mumvua ne Moshe.

⁸ Kadi wewe ambila batuangaji badi bambula mushete wa ndondu ne: padibu bafika ku muelelu wa Yardene, babuele mu mayi, bimane.

⁹ Ke Yoshuwa kuambila bena Izrayele ne: — Semenayi apa, nuteleje mudi Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wenu wamba.

¹⁰ Nenujadike ne: Mvidi Mukulu wa muoyi udi munkatshi muenu. Yeye neipate bantu badi kumpala kuenu: bena Kenaane, bena Iti, bena Ivi, bena Perizi, bena Ngirgashi, bena Amore ne bena Yebusa.

¹¹ Nanku mushete wa ndondu wa Maweja-Nangila, Mukalenga wa buloba bujima, neusabuke Yardene kumpala kuenu.

¹² Nusungule bantu balume dikumi ne babidi, bilondeshile bungi bua bisamba bienu. Ku tshisamba tshionsu kuikala muntu umue.

¹³ Padi batuangaji badi bambula mushete wa tshijila, babuela mu Yardene, diakamue mayi awu neakosoloke. Mayi a ku mutu neimane dibula.

¹⁴ Bena Izrayele kumuangata mu mitanda, bua kusabuka musulu wa Yardene. Batuangaji bavua bambula mushete wa ndondu, bavua benda kumpala kuabu.

¹⁵ Tshikondu atshi tshivua tshia kunowa biakudia. Ke tshivua musulu wa Yardene uwula bikole, mayi apita pa bibungubungu. Nanku anu batuangaji batue makasa mu mayi,

¹⁶ ke musulu kukosoloka. Mayi kuimana dibula kule ku mutu wa musulu mu tshimenga tshia Adame, tshidi pabuipi ne tshimenga tshia Sartane. Mayi avua apueka kuinshi, aya kubuela mu Mayi manene a luepu, kujiminawu onsu butubutuu. Bena Izrayele kusabuka, balulamangane ne tshimenga tshia Yeriko.

¹⁷ Batuangaji bavua bambula mushete wa tshijila, kuimana balulame mu lusenga lume, munkatshi mua musulu wa Yardene, too ne mudi bonsu basabuka bafika dia muamua ku makasa kume.