Atate Apatsa Israeli Cholowa Chake
Dziko ligawidwa mwamaere monga Atate wathu analamulira, koma Kalebe abwera napempha gawo linalake. Ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu zisanu afuna dziko lamapiri limene muli zimphona, potsamira lonjezo lopangidwa zaka makumi anayi mphambu zisanu m'mbuyomo. Yoswa amupatsa Hebroni.
14 1Izi ndi zolowa zimene ana a Israeli analandira m'dziko la Kanani, zimene Eliezara wansembe, Yoswa mwana wa Nuni, ndi atsogoleri a mafuko a makolo a Israeli anawagawira. 2Analandira cholowa chawo pochita maere, monga Atate wathu analamula kudzera mwa Mose—cha mafuko asanu ndi anayi ndi theka la fuko. 3Pakuti Mose anali atapatsa mafuko awiri ndi theka la fuko cholowa chawo kutsidya kwa Yorodani, koma sanapatse Alevi cholowa pakati pawo. 4Pakuti ana a Yosefe anali mafuko awiri, Manase ndi Efraimu. Alevi sanalandire gawo la dziko, koma midzi yokhalamo yokha, pamodzi ndi malo odyetserako ziweto zawo ndi katundu wawo. 5Choncho ana a Israeli anachita monga Atate wathu analamula Mose, ndipo anagawa dziko.
Kalebe Alandira Lonjezo la Atate
6Ana a Yuda anadza kwa Yoswa ku Giligala, ndipo Kalebe mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi anati kwa iye, “Inu mukudziwa chimene Atate wathu ananena kwa Mose, munthu wa Atate wathu, za inu ndi ine ku Kadesi-barinea. 7Ine ndinali wa zaka makumi anayi pamene Mose, mtumiki wa Atate wathu, anandituma kuchokera ku Kadesi-barinea kukazonda dziko, ndipo ndinamubwezera mawu monga munali mu mtima mwanga. 8Koma anzanga ozonda amene tinakwera nawo pamodzi anasungunula mitima ya anthu ndi mantha, koma ine ndinatsatira Atate wanga kwathunthu. 9Tsiku limenelo Mose anandilumbirira kuti, ‘Ndithudi dziko limene phazi lako linapondapo lidzakhala cholowa chako ndi cha ana ako kwamuyaya, chifukwa unatsatira Atate wanga kwathunthu.’
10Ndipo tsopano, Atate wathu wandisunga ndi moyo zaka makumi anayi ndi zisanu, monga analonjeza, kuyambira pa nthawi imene ananena mawu awa kwa Mose pamene Israeli ankayendayenda m'chipululu. Taonani, ine lero ndili ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu ndi zisanu. 11Lero ndili ndi mphamvu monga tsiku limene Mose anandituma; mphamvu zanga tsopano zafanana ndi mphamvu zanga za pa nthawi imeneyo—za nkhondo, za kutuluka ndi kulowa. 12Tsopano ndipatseni dziko la mapiri ili limene Atate wathu ananena tsiku limenelo. Inu munamva tsiku limenelo kuti Aanaki anali kumeneko, ndi mizinda ikuluikulu yolimba. Mwina Atate wathu adzakhala nane, ndipo ndidzawapirikitsa, monga ananena.”
13Pamenepo Yoswa anadalitsa Kalebe mwana wa Yefune, nampatsa Hebroni kukhala cholowa chake. 14Choncho Hebroni anakhala cholowa cha Kalebe mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi mpaka lero, chifukwa anatsatira Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, kwathunthu. 15Hebroni poyamba dzina lake linali Kiriati-ariba, pakuti Ariba anali munthu wamkulu koposa pakati pa Aanaki. Ndipo dziko linapuma pa nkhondo.
