Kalunga ta lombwele Josua, a lale Kaanan
1 Konima yeso lyaMoses, omumati gwOmuwa, Omuwa okwa popitha omukwathi gwaMoses, Josua yaNun. 2 Okwa ti kuye: “Omuntu gwandje Moses okwa si. Ngashingeyi ilongekidha, ngoye noshigwana shaIsrael, mu tokole omulonga Jordan, mu ye mevi ndyoka tandi ke li ya pa. 3 Ngaashi nda lombwele Moses, onde mu pe noshigwana shandje ashihe evi alihe ndyoka tamu ka lyata. 4 Oongamba dhalyo otadhi ka tameka okuza kombuga muumbugantu, sigo okoondundu dhaLibanon muumbangalantu; okuza komulonga omunene Eufrat muuzilo otadhi ka taakana oshilongo shAaheti, sigo Efuta lyopokati kuuninginino. 5 Josua, kape na ngoka te ku itakeke e te ku dhenge ando, manga u na omwenyo. Ote kala pamwe nangoye, ngaashi nda li naMoses. Ote kala nangoye aluhe; itandi ke ku etha nando. 6 Ikolelela e to kala nomukumo, oshoka oto ka ninga omuwiliki gwoshigwana shika, nge tashi ka lala evi ndika nde li uvanekele oohekulu nokugana. 7 Onkee ano ikolelela e to kala nomukumo; dhiginina ompango ayihe ndjoka omuntu gwandje Moses e yi ku pe. Ino dhina nando okatumbulo kamwe kayo, opo u kale nawa shaa mpoka to yi. 8 Kotoka aluhe, embo ndika lyompango li kale aluhe tali leshwa melongelokalunga lyeni. Yi ilonga omutenya nuusiku, u vulike kwaayihe ya nyolelwa mo. Nena oto kala omusindani nomunelago. 9 Dhimbulukwa kutya onde ku lombwela, u ikolelele nou kale nomukomo. Ino tila ngoye ino tyololoka, oshoka ongame, Omuwa Kalunga koye, ndi li pungoye shaa nkoka to yi.”
Josua ta longekidha oshigwana
10 Nena Josua okwa lombwele aawiliki, 11 ye ende nontanda, yo ya lombwele oshigwana ya tye: “Longekidheni iikulya, oshoka konima yomasiku gatatu otamu ka tokola omulonga Jordan, mu ka lale evi ndyoka Omuwa Kalunga keni te li mu pe.”
12 Josua okwa lombwele ezimo lyaRuben nolyaGad netatazimo lyaManasse ta ti: 13 “Dhimbulukweni shoka omuntu gwOmuwa Moses e mu lombwele kutya Omuwa Kalunga keni ote ke mu pa evi ndika lyokuuzilo waJordan, li ninge lyeni. 14 Aakiintu yeni, aana yeni niimuna otayi kala mpaka, ihe aakwiita yeni ya homatela olugodhi otaa ka taaguluka, ya tetekele Aaisraeli ooyakweni, opo ye ya kwathe, 15 sigo ya lala evi lyokuuninginino waJordan, ndyoka Omuwa Kalunga keni e li ya pe. Ihe ngele a gandja egundjilo komazimo agehe gaIsrael, nena otamu galuka, mu ye mu kale mevi lyeni muka muuzilo waJordan, ndyoka Moses, omuntu gwaKalunga, e li mu pe.”
16 Oyo ya yamukula Josua ya ti: “Otatu ningi ashihe shoka to tu lombwele notatu yi nkoka to tu tumu. 17 Otatu vulika kungoye, naanaa ngaashi twa li hatu vulika kuMoses. Omuwa Kalunga koye na kale nangoye, ngaashi a li naMoses. 18 Oongoka ta thindanda komalombwelo goye ye ita vulika kugo, na dhipagwe. Ikolelela ngoye u kale u na omukumo.”
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