UJoshuwa 6
1 IJeriko yayivaliwe-ke ngci ngenxa yabantwana bakoIsrayeli. Kakho owaphumayo, njalo kakho owangenayo.
Pea ko eni, naʻe tāpuni maʻu ʻa Seliko koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: naʻe ʻikai hū kituʻa ha tokotaha, pe hū ha tokotaha ki loto.
2 INkosi yasisithi kuJoshuwa: Bona, nginikele esandleni sakho iJeriko lenkosi yayo lamaqhawe alamandla.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Siosiua, “Vakai, Kuo u tuku ʻa Seliko ki ho nima, mo hono tuʻi, mo e kau tangata toʻa ʻo ia.
3 Lizawubhoda-ke umuzi, wonke amadoda empi, awubhode umuzi kanye. Uzakwenza njalo insuku eziyisithupha.
Pea ko kimoutolu ʻae kau tangata tau kotoa pē, te mou ʻāʻi ʻae kolo, ʻo ʻalu ʻo takatakai ʻo tuʻo taha. Pea ke fai pehē pe ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono.
4 Labapristi abayisikhombisa bazathwala impondo zenqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komtshokotsho; kuthi ngosuku lwesikhombisa lizawubhoda umuzi kasikhombisa, labapristi bevuthela impondo.
Pea ʻe fua ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻe toko fitu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava ʻae meʻalea ʻe fitu, ko e nifo ʻoe sipitangata: pea ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho te mou ʻalu fakatakamilo ʻi he kolo ke liunga fitu, pea ʻe ifi ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae meʻalea.
5 Kuzakuthi-ke lapho bekhalisa uphondo lwenqama isikhathi eside, nxa lisizwa ukukhala kophondo, abantu bonke bazamemeza ngokuklabalala okukhulu, lomduli womuzi uzadilikela phansi; labantu bazakwenyuka, ngulowo lalowo maqondana laye.
Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka nau ka ifi fakamānavaloloaʻaki ʻae meʻalea ko e nifo ʻoe sipitangata, pea ka mou ka ongoʻi ʻae longoaʻa ʻoe meʻalea, ʻe kaila ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻi he fuʻu kaila lahi; pea ʻe hinga lafalafa ai ʻae ʻā ʻoe kolo, pea ʻe ʻalu hake fakahangatonu atu ki ai ʻae tangata kotoa pē.”
6 Ngakho uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni wabiza abapristi wathi kibo: Thwalani umtshokotsho wesivumelwano, labapristi abayisikhombisa bathwale impondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Siosiua, ko e foha ʻo Nuni ki he kau taulaʻeiki, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Mou toʻo hake ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava, pea ke fua ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻe toko fitu ʻae meʻalea ʻe fitu ko e nifo ʻoe sipitangata, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe puha tapu ʻo Sihova.”
7 Wasesithi ebantwini: Dlulani liwuzingelezele umuzi, lohlomileyo kadlule phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi.
Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he kakai, “Mou ʻalu atu, ʻo kāpui ʻae kolo, pea ko ia ʻoku toʻo mahafutau ke ʻalu muʻomuʻa ia ʻi he puha tapu ʻo Sihova.”
8 Kwasekusithi uJoshuwa esekhulume ebantwini, abapristi abayisikhombisa bethwele impondo eziyisikhombisa zenqama bakhokhela phambi kweNkosi, bavuthela impondo, lomtshokotsho wesivumelwano seNkosi wabalandela.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻae lea ʻa Siosiua, ki he kakai, ko e kau taulaʻeiki ʻe toko fitu, ʻaia naʻe fua ʻae meʻalea ʻe fitu, ʻae nifo ʻoe sipitangata, naʻa nau ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻo ifi ʻae ngaahi meʻalea: pea naʻe muimui ʻiate kinautolu ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻa Sihova.
9 Abahlomileyo basebehamba phambi kwabapristi ababevuthela izimpondo, lesigaba sasemuva salandela umtshokotsho, bahamba bevuthela izimpondo.
Pea naʻe ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻae kau tangata toʻo mahafutau ʻi he kau taulaʻeiki naʻe ifi ʻae meʻalea, pea naʻe muimui ʻi he puha ʻae tau lahi, naʻe fai ʻae ʻalu atu mo e ifi ʻaki ʻae meʻalea.
10 UJoshuwa wayelaye-ke abantu esithi: Lingamemezi, loba lizwakalise ilizwi lenu; kungaphumi lizwi emlonyeni wenu kuze kube lusuku engizalitshela ngalo ukuthi limemeze; beselimemeza.
Pea kuo ʻosi hono fekau ʻe Siosiua ki he kakai, ʻo pehē, ʻoua naʻa mou kaila, pe fai ha longoaʻa ʻaki homou leʻo, pea ʻoua naʻa ʻalu atu ha lea mei homou ngutu, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae ʻaho ʻaia te u fekau ke mou kaila; pea te mou toki kaila.
11 Ngakho umtshokotsho weNkosi wawubhoda umuzi, uzingelezela kanye; basebesiza enkambeni, balala enkambeni ebusuku.
Ko ia, naʻe ʻalu takatakai ʻi he kolo ʻae puha tapu ʻo Sihova, ʻo ʻalu fakatakamilo tuʻo taha: pea naʻa nau toe haʻu ki he ʻapitanga, ʻo mohe ʻi he ʻapitanga.
12 UJoshuwa wasevuka ekuseni kakhulu, labapristi bathwala umtshokotsho weNkosi.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻa Siosiua ʻi he pongipongi, pea toʻo hake ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae puha tapu ʻo Sihova.
13 Labapristi abayisikhombisa bephethe impondo zezinqama eziyisikhombisa phambi komtshokotsho weNkosi baqhubeka behamba, bevuthela izimpondo, labahlomileyo bahamba phambi kwabo, lesigaba sasemuva salandela umtshokotsho weNkosi, bahamba bevuthela izimpondo.
Pea naʻe ʻaluʻalu maʻu pe ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻe toko fitu ʻo muʻomuʻa ʻi he puha ʻo Sihova ʻonau toʻo ʻae meʻalea ʻe fitu ko e nifo ʻoe sipitangata, ʻo ifi pe ʻae ngaahi meʻalea: pea naʻe ʻalu muʻomuʻa ʻiate kinautolu ʻae kau tangata toʻo mahafutau: pea muimui ʻi he puha tapu ʻo Sihova ʻae tau lahi, kae ʻalu ai pe ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻo ifi ʻaki ʻae meʻalea.
14 Langosuku lwesibili bawuzingelezela umuzi kanye, babuyela enkambeni. Benza njalo insuku eziyisithupha.
Pea ko hono ua ʻoe ʻaho naʻa nau takatakai ʻae kolo ʻo tuʻo taha, pea toe haʻu ki he ʻapitanga: pea naʻa nau fai pehē pe ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono.
15 Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesikhombisa bavuka ngovivi emadabukakusa, bawubhoda umuzi kasikhombisa ngendlela efananayo. Kuphela ngalolosuku bawubhoda umuzi kasikhombisa.
Pea ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻa nau tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻo feʻunga mo e maʻa ʻae ʻaho, ʻonau takatakai pehē pe ʻae kolo ke liunga fitu: ka ko e ʻaho pē taha ko ia naʻa nau ʻalu fakatakamilo ʻi he kolo ʻo liunga fitu.
16 Kwasekusithi ngesikhathi sesikhombisa, abapristi bavuthela impondo, uJoshuwa wasesithi ebantwini: Memezani, ngoba iNkosi ilinikile umuzi.
Pea ʻi hono liunga fitu naʻe pehē, ʻi he ifi ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae ngaahi meʻalea, naʻe pehē ʻe Siosiua ki he kakai, “Mou kaila; he kuo foaki kiate kimoutolu ʻe Sihova ʻae kolo.
17 Kodwa umuzi wona lakho konke okukuwo kuzakwehlukaniselwa eNkosini; nguRahabi iwule kuphela ozaphila, yena labo bonke alabo endlini yakhe, ngoba wafihla izithunywa esazithumayo.
Pea ʻe fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻae kolo, ʻaia mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ai kia Sihova: ka ʻe moʻui ʻa Lehapi pē, ko e angahala, ko ia mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻi he fale, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fufū ʻae ongo mataki naʻa tau fekau.
18 Kodwa lina sibili zigcineni kokuqalekisiweyo, hlezi lizenze abaqalekisiweyo nxa lithatha kokuqalekisiweyo, lenze inkamba yakoIsrayeli ibe yinto eqalekisiweyo, liyihluphe.
Pea ko kimoutolu, mou taʻofi muʻa ʻakimoutolu mei he meʻa malaʻia, telia naʻa mou fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻi hoʻomou ala ki he meʻa malaʻia, ʻo fakamalaʻiaʻi ʻae ʻapitanga ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo fakamamahiʻi ia.
19 Kodwa sonke isiliva legolide, lezitsha zethusi lezensimbi, kungcwele eNkosini. Kuzakuza endlini yokuligugu kweNkosi.
Ka ko e siliva kotoa pē, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu palasa mo e ʻaione, kuo fakatapui kia Sihova: ʻe ʻomi ia kotoa pē ki he fale koloa ʻo Sihova.”
20 Abantu basebememeza, kwavuthelwa izimpondo. Kwasekusithi abantu besizwa ukukhala kwempondo, abantu bamemeza ngokuklabalala okukhulu, umduli wadilikela phansi, labantu benyukela emzini, ngulowo lalowo maqondana laye, bawuthumba umuzi.
Ko ia naʻe kaila ʻae kakai ʻi he ifi ʻae meʻalea ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki: pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he fanongo ʻae kakai ki he ifi ʻoe meʻalea, pea kaila ʻe he kakai ʻi he fuʻu kaila lahi, naʻe hinga lafalafa ʻae ā ki lalo, pea ʻalu hangatonu hake ʻae kakai ki loto kolo, ʻo ʻalu hangatonu atu ʻae tangata kotoa pē, ʻonau maʻu ʻae kolo.
21 Batshabalalisa konke okusemzini, kusukela kowesilisa kusiya kowesifazana, kusukela komutsha kusiya komdala, kuze kube senkabini lemvini lobabhemi, ngobukhali benkemba.
Pea naʻa nau fakaʻauha ʻaia kotoa pē naʻe ʻi he kolo, ʻae tangata mo e fefine, ʻae talavou mo e mātuʻa, mo e fanga pulu, mo e ʻasi, mo e sipi, ʻaki ʻae mata ʻoe heletā.
22 Lakulawomadoda amabili ayeyehlola ilizwe uJoshuwa wathi: Ngenani endlini yowesifazana oliwule, likhuphe kuyo owesifazana lakho konke alakho, njengokufunga kwenu kuye.
Ka naʻe fekau ʻe Siosiua ki he ongo tangata naʻe mataki ʻae fonua, “Mo hū ki he fale ʻoe fefine angahala, pea ʻomi mei ai ʻae fefine, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu ʻo hangē ko hoʻomo fuakava kiate ia.”
23 Lamajaha izinhloli angena akhupha uRahabi loyise lonina labanewabo lakho konke ayelakho; akhupha zonke izihlobo zakhe, azibeka ngaphandle kwenkamba yakoIsrayeli.
Pea naʻe hū ki ai ʻae ongo talavou ʻaia ko e ongo mataki, ʻo ʻomi kituʻa ʻa Lehapi, mo ʻene tamai, mo ʻene faʻē, mo hono ngaahi kāinga, mo ia kotoa pē naʻa ne maʻu; pea naʻa nau ʻomi kituʻa hono ngaahi kāinga, ʻo tuku ʻakinautolu ʻi he tuʻa ʻapitanga ʻo ʻIsileli.
24 Basebewutshisa umuzi ngomlilo lakho konke okwakukiwo; kuphela isiliva legolide lezitsha zethusi lezensimbi bakufaka kokuligugu kwendlu yeNkosi.
Pea naʻa nau tutu ʻae kolo ʻaki ʻae afi, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai: ka ko e koula, mo e siliva, mo e ngaahi ipu palasa mo e ʻaione, naʻa nau tuku ki he fale koloa ʻo Sihova.
25 Ngakho uRahabi iwule, lendlu kayise, labo bonke ayelabo, uJoshuwa wabayekela bephila; wahlala phakathi koIsrayeli kuze kube lamuhla, ngoba wafihla izithunywa uJoshuwa ayezithume ukuhlola iJeriko.
Pea naʻe fakamoʻui ʻe Siosiua ʻa Lehapi ko e angahala, mo e fale ʻo ʻene tamai, mo ia kotoa pē naʻa ne maʻu; pea ʻoku nofo ia ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fufū ʻae ongo tangata fekau, ʻaia naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Siosiua ke mataki ʻae fonua.
26 UJoshuwa wabafungisa esithi: Uqalekisiwe umuntu phambi kweNkosi osukuma akhe lumuzi iJeriko. Uzawusekela ngezibulo lakhe, amise amasango awo ngecinathunjana lakhe.
Pea naʻe lea tuki ʻa Siosiua kiate kinautolu ʻi he kuonga ko ia, ʻo pehē, “Malaʻia ki he tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻoku tuʻu hake ʻo toe langa ʻae kolo ni ko Seliko: ʻe ʻai ʻe ia ʻa hono tuʻunga ʻi heʻene ʻuluaki tupu, pea ʻi hono foha kimui te ne fokotuʻu ʻa hono matapā.”
27 Ngokunjalo iNkosi yaba loJoshuwa, lodumo lwakhe lwaba selizweni lonke.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻae ʻia Siosiua ʻa Sihova; pea naʻe ongona hono ongoongolelei ʻi he potu kotoa pē ko ia.
