Nxa usumukile kimi namuhla , uyakufumana aban tu ababili ngasethuneni likaRaheli emkhawulweni wakwaBenjamini eSelisa ; bayakuthi kuwe : Izimbongolo owawuye ukuzifuna zitholiwe ; bheka, uyihlo uyekile izimbongolo, uyenqena ngani, ethi: Ngiyakwenze njani ngomntanami na?

Kepha izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga ; futhi aban tu babengabhekisanga izinhliziyo zabo kuNkulunkulu wawoyise.

Kwathi emva kokufa kukaJoshuwa aban twana bakwa -Israyeli bambuza uJehova, bathi: Ngubani phakathi kwethu oyakusikhuphukelela kuwo amaKhanani kuqala ukulwa nawo na?

Bonke aban tu balo bayabubula , befuna isinkwa sabo ; banika okumnandi kwabo ngokudla ukuba babuyise umphefumulo . Bheka, Jehova, ubhekisise, ngokuba ngiyadelelwa.

Umsindo wesixuku ezintaben i kungathi ngowabantu aban ingi! Umsindo wokuxokozela kwemibuso yabezizwe ihlangene! UJehova Sebawoti uyabutha impi yakhe.

Futhi ngithume kini zonke izinceku zami abaprofethi , ngibathuma njalonjalo, ngokuthi: Ake nibuye, kube yilowo nalowo endleleni yakhe embi , nenze imisebenzi yenu ibe mihle , ningalandeli aban ye onkulunkulu ukuba nibakhonze; khona niyakuhlala ezweni engilinike nina nawoyihlo . Kepha anibekanga izindlebe zenu, aningizwanga.

Ngokuba aban twana bakwaJuda benzile okubi emehlweni ami , usho uJehova; bazibekile izinengiso zabo endlini ebizwe ngegama lami zokuba bayingcolise.

UJoshuwa wazenzela omese bensengetsha , wabasika aban twana bakwa - Israyeli eDulini Lamajwabu.