< UJoshuwa 2 >
1 UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wasethuma eseShithimi amadoda amabili aba zinhloli ensitha, esithi: Hambani libone ilizwe, leJeriko. Asehamba, ayafikela endlini yomfazi, iwule, obizo lakhe lalinguRahabi, alala khona.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Siosiua, ko e foha ʻo Nuni, ʻae ongo tangata mei Sitimi, kena fakaʻasiʻasi fakafufū pē, ʻo ne pehē, Mo ō ʻo vakai ʻae fonua, ʻio, ʻa Seliko. Pea naʻa na ō ʻo hoko ki he fale ʻo ha fefine angahala, naʻe hingoa ko Lehapi, pea na mohe ai.
2 Kwatshelwa inkosi yeJeriko kwathiwa: Khangela, kufike lapha ebusuku amadoda abantwana bakoIsrayeli ukuhlola ilizwe.
Pea naʻe tala ki he tuʻi ʻo Seliko, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, naʻe omi ʻae ongo tangata ki heni ʻi he poōni mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ke matakiʻi ʻae fonua.”
3 Inkosi yeJeriko yasithumela kuRahabi isithi: Khupha lawo amadoda afikele kuwe, angena endlini yakho, ngoba azehlola ilizwe lonke.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Seliko kia Lehapi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOmi ʻae ongo tangata kuo haʻu kiate koe, ʻaia kuo hū ki ho fale: he kuo na haʻu ke matakiʻi ʻae fonua kotoa pē.”
4 Kodwa owesifazana wayethethe lawomadoda amabili, wawafihla, wakhuluma kanje: Afikile kimi amadoda, kodwa bengingazi lapha avela khona.
Ka naʻe ʻave ʻe he fefine ʻae ongo tangata, ʻo ne fufū ʻakinaua, ʻo ne tala ʻo pehē, “Naʻe omi ʻae ongo tangata kiate au, ka naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo pe kuo na haʻu mei fē:
5 Kwasekusithi sekuzavalwa isango lapho sekumnyama amadoda aphuma. Kangikwazi lapho amadoda aye khona; axhumeni ngokuphangisa liwalandele, ngoba lizawafica.
Pea ʻi he hokosia ʻae songo ʻoe matanikolo ʻi he poʻuli, naʻe ʻalu ʻae ongo tangata kituaʻā: pea ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻiloa pe ne na ō ki fē: mou tuli fakatoʻotoʻo ʻakinaua; he temou maʻu ʻakinaua.
6 Kodwa yena wayewenyusele ephahleni, wawafihla phakathi kwamahlanga efilakisi ayechayelwe yena ephahleni.
Ka kuo ʻosi ʻene ʻomi ʻakinaua ki he tuʻafale, ʻo ne fufū ʻakinaua ʻi he ngaahi kau ʻoe falakesi, ʻaia naʻa ne folahi lelei ki he tuʻafale.”
7 Amadoda asewaxhuma ngendlela yeJordani aze afika emazibukweni; bavala amasango emva kokuphuma kwabawaxhumayo bewalandela.
Pea naʻe tuli ʻakinaua ʻe he kau tangata ʻi he hala ki Sioatani ʻo aʻu atu ki he ngaahi aʻaʻanga: pea ʻi he ʻalu leva kituaʻā ʻakinautolu naʻe tuli ʻakinaua, naʻa nau tāpuni leva ʻae matanikolo.
8 Kwathi wona engakalali, yena wenyukela kuwo ephahleni;
Pea ʻi he teʻeki ke takoto ʻakinaua, naʻa ne ʻalu hake kiate kinaua ʻi he tuʻafale;
9 wasesithi emadodeni: Ngiyazi ukuthi iNkosi ilinikile ilizwe, lokuthi ukwesabeka kwenu kuwele phezu kwethu, lokuthi bonke abakhileyo elizweni bayancibilika ngenxa yobukhona benu.
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he ongo tangata, “ʻOku ou ʻilo kuo foaki ʻe Sihova ʻae fonua kiate kimoutolu, pea kuo tō homou lilika kiate kimautolu, pea kuo ilifia ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu.
10 Ngoba sizwile ukuthi iNkosi yomisa amanzi oLwandle oluBomvu phambi kwenu ekuphumeni kwenu eGibhithe, lalokho elakwenza emakhosini amabili amaAmori ayengaphetsheya kweJordani, uSihoni loOgi elabatshabalalisayo.
He kuo mau fanongo ki he fakamōmoa ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi vai ʻoe Tahi Kulokula maʻamoutolu, ʻi hoʻomou haʻu mei ʻIsipite; pea mo ia ne mou fai ki he ongo tuʻi ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, ʻa Sihoni, mo Oki, ʻaia ne mou fakaʻauha ʻaupito.
11 Sathi sikuzwa lokho inhliziyo yethu yancibilika, kakusekho isibindi emuntwini ngenxa yenu. Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, nguye uNkulunkulu emazulwini phezulu lemhlabeni phansi.
Pea ʻi heʻemau ongoʻi leva, naʻe vaivai homau loto, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito kei mālohi ha tangata koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu: he ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ia ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he langi, pea ʻi māmani ʻi lalo.
12 Ngakho-ke ake lifunge kimi ngeNkosi, ngoba ngilenzele umusa, lani-ke lizayenzela umusa indlu kababa, linginike isiboniso esiqinileyo,
Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate kimoua, mo fuakava kiate au ʻia Sihova, ʻi heʻeku fakahā ʻae angaʻofa ni kiate kimoua, pea koeʻuhi ke mo fakahā ʻae angaʻofa ki he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai foki, pea tuku mai kiate au ha fakaʻilonga moʻoni:
13 ukuthi ligcine bephila ubaba lomama, labanewethu labodadewethu, lakho konke abalakho, likhulule impilo yethu ekufeni.
Koeʻuhi ke mou fakamoʻui ʻeku tamai, mo ʻeku faʻē, mo hoku ngaahi tuongaʻane mo hoku ngaahi tehina, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku nau maʻu, pea fakahaofi ʻemau moʻui mei he mate.”
14 Lamadoda athi kuye: Umphefumulo wethu ufe esikhundleni senu, uba ungavezi obala loludaba lwethu. Njalo kuzakuthi lapho iNkosi isisinikile ilizwe, sizakwenzela umusa leqiniso.
Pea naʻe tala kiate ia ʻe he ongo tangata, “Ko ʻema moʻui, ki hoʻomou moʻui, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakahā ʻema ngāue ni.” Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, “ʻI he tuku mai ʻe Sihova ʻae fonua kiate kimautolu, te mau fai angaʻofa mo angatonu kiate koe.
15 Wasewehlisa ngentambo ewindini, ngoba indlu yakhe yayisemdulini womuzi, wayehlala phezu komduli.
Pea naʻa ne toki tukutuku hifo ʻakinaua mei he matapā sioʻata ʻaki ʻae afo: he naʻe tuʻu hono fale ʻi he funga ʻā ʻoe kolo, pea naʻe nofo ia ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he ʻā.
16 Wasesithi kuwo: Yanini entabeni, hlezi abaxhumi bahlangane lani, licatshe khona insuku ezintathu, baze babuye abaxhumi, lemva kwalokho lihambe ngendlela yenu.
Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinaua, “Mo ō ʻo mole atu ki he moʻunga, telia naʻa mo fetaulaki mo e kau tuli; pea fufū ʻakimoua ʻi ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu, kaeʻoua ke liu mai ʻae kau tuli: pea hili ia ʻe lelei hoʻomo ō ʻi homo hala.”
17 Amadoda asesithi kuye: Thina sizakhululeka esifungweni sakho lesi osifungise sona.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ongo tangata kiate ia, “ʻOku ma [fie ]taʻehalaia ʻi hoʻo fuakava ni, ʻaia kuo ke fakafuakava ai mo kimaua.
18 Khangela, ekufikeni kwethu elizweni uzabophela lintambo yomnxeba obomvu ewindini osehlise ngalo, njalo uzibuthanisele endlini yakho oyihlo lonyoko labanewenu lendlu yonke kayihlo.
Vakai, ʻoka mau ka hoko ki he fonua, te ke nonoʻo ʻae potu afo kulokula ni ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he matapā, ʻaia naʻa ke tukutuku hifo ai ʻakimaua: pea ke ʻomi hoʻo tamai mo hoʻo faʻē, mo ho ngaahi tuongaʻane, mo e kāinga kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo hoʻo tamai, ki ʻapi kiate koe.
19 Kuzakuthi-ke, loba ngubani ophumela phandle kweminyango yendlu yakho, igazi lakhe lizakuba phezu kwekhanda lakhe, thina-ke sizakuba singelacala. Njalo loba ngubani ozakuba lawe endlini, igazi lakhe lizakuba sekhanda lethu, uba isandla sisiba phezu kwakhe.
Pea ʻe pehē, ʻilonga ʻaia ʻe hū kituʻa ʻi he matapā ʻo ho fale ki he hala, ʻe ʻi hono ʻulu pē ʻa hono toto, pea ʻe taʻehala ʻakimaua: pea ʻilonga ʻaia ʻe ʻiate koe ʻi he fale, ʻe ʻi homa ʻulu hono toto, ʻo kapau ʻe ala ʻe ha nima kiate ia.”
20 Kodwa uba uluveza obala loludaba lwethu, sizakhululeka esifungweni sakho osifungise sona.
Pea kapau te ke fakahā ʻema ngāue ni, te ma toki ʻataʻatā ai mei he fuakava ʻaia kuo ke fefuakava ai mo kimaua.”
21 Wasesithi: Njengamazwi enu, kakube njalo. Wasewayekela ehamba, ahamba, wabophela intambo ebomvu ewindini.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Hangē ko hoʻomo ngaahi lea, ke pehē pe ia.” Pea naʻa ne fekau ʻakinaua kena ō, pea na ō: pea ne noʻotaki ʻae afo kulokula ʻi he matapā.
22 Asehamba afika entabeni, ahlala khona insuku ezintathu, baze babuya abaxhumi, ngoba abaxhumi bawadinga endleleni yonke, kodwa kabawatholanga.
Pea naʻa na ō, pea hoko ki he moʻunga, ʻo na nofo ai ʻi he ʻaho ʻe tolu, kaeʻoua liu mai ʻae kau tuli: pea naʻe kumi ʻakinaua ʻe he kau tuli ʻi he potu kotoa pē ʻoe hala, ka naʻe ʻikai tenau ʻilo ʻakinaua.
23 Ngakho amadoda womabili aphenduka asesehla entabeni, achapha, afika kuJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, amtshela konke okuwehleleyo.
Ko ia naʻe liu mai ʻae ongo tangata ʻo ʻalu hifo mei he moʻunga, ʻo na ō ki he kauvai ʻe taha, ʻo hoko kia Siosiua ko e foha ʻo Nuni, ʻo fakahā kiate ia ʻaia kotoa pē kuo hoko kiate kinaua:
24 Athi kuJoshuwa: Isibili iNkosi ilinikele esandleni sethu ilizwe lonke, futhi-ke bonke abakhileyo belizwe bancibilikile ngenxa yobukhona bethu.
Pea naʻa na pehē kia Siosiua, “Ko e moʻoni kuo tukuange ʻe Sihova ʻae fonua kotoa pē ki hotau nima; he ʻoku vaivai ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua koeʻuhi ko kitautolu.”