Yoswa 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Yoswa, “Usaope kapena kutaya mtima. Tenga nawe anthu onse ankhondo, ndipo upite ku Ai. Ndakupatsa mfumu ya Ai, anthu ake, mzinda wake, ndi dziko lake. ²Uchite kwa Ai ndi mfumu yake monga unachitira ku Yeriko ndi mfumu yake—koma zofunkha ndi ziweto uzisunge. Uike obisalira kumbuyo kwa mzinda.”

³Ndipo Yoswa ndi anthu onse ankhondo ananyamuka kupita ku Ai. Anasankha ankhondo amphamvu 30,000, nawatuma usiku. ⁴Anawalamula nati, “Mudikire mobisalira kumbuyo kwa mzinda—osati kutali kwambiri. Inu nonse, khalani maso. ⁵Ine ndi anthu anga onse tidzayandikira mzinda. Ndipo akadzatulukira kudzalimbana nafe monga kale, tidzathawa pamaso pawo. ⁶Adzatuluka kutitsata mpaka titawakokera kutali ndi mzinda, pakuti adzati, ‘Akuthawa pamaso pathu monga kale.’ Ndipo tidzawathawa. ⁷Mudzaimirire kuchokera pobisalira, nimulande mzinda, pakuti Atate wanu adzaupereka kwa inu. ⁸Mukadzalanda mzinda, mudzauyatse moto. Muchite monga Atate wathu analamula. Taonani—ndakulamulani.”

⁹Yoswa anawatuma, ndipo anapita ku malo obisalira, nadikira pakati pa Beteli ndi Ai, kumadzulo kwa Ai, koma iye anakhala usiku umenewo pakati pa anthu. ¹⁰Yoswa anadzuka m'mawa, nasonkhanitsa anthu, ndipo pamodzi ndi akulu a Isiraeli anawatsogolera kukwera ku Ai. ¹¹Anthu ake onse ankhondo ananyamuka, napita patsogolo mpaka anafika moyang'anana ndi mzinda, namanga misasa kumpoto kwa Ai, pakhala chigwa pakati pawo ndi Ai. ¹²Anatenga anthu pafupifupi 5,000, naika obisalira pakati pa Beteli ndi Ai, kumadzulo kwa mzinda. ¹³Choncho anaika anthu—msasa wonse kumpoto kwa mzinda, ndi alonda ake a kumbuyo kumadzulo kwake—ndipo usiku umenewo Yoswa anapita pakati pa chigwa. ¹⁴Mfumu ya Ai itaona zimenezi, anthu a mzinda anadzuka m'mawa, nathamanga kutuluka kukakumana ndi Isiraeli ku nkhondo, pa malo oikika oyang'anana ndi Araba—iye ndi anthu ake onse. Iye sanadziwe kuti panali obisalira kumbuyo kwa mzinda. ^a a v14 Araba ndi chigwa chozama cha Yorodano chimene chimayenda chakum'mwera kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Galileya kulowera ku Nyanja Yakufa. ¹⁵Yoswa ndi Isiraeli yense analola kuti abwezedwe m'mbuyo, nathawira ku chipululu. ¹⁶Anthu onse a mu mzinda anaitanidwa kuti awathamangitse; anathamangitsa Yoswa, nakokeredwa kutali ndi mzinda. ¹⁷Panalibe munthu amene anatsala mu Ai kapena mu Beteli amene sanatuluke kutsata Isiraeli; anasiya mzinda wotseguka, nathamangitsa Isiraeli.

¹⁸Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Yoswa, “Loza nthungo imene ili m'dzanja lako kulowera ku Ai—ndidzaupereka kwa iwe.” Choncho Yoswa analoza nthungo imene inali m'dzanja lake kulowera ku mzinda.

¹⁹Pomwepo pamene anakweza dzanja lake, obisalira anadzuka mofulumira pa malo awo, nathamangira mu mzinda, nawulanda, nawuyatsa moto mwamsanga. ²⁰Anthu a Ai atacheuka anaona utsi wa mzinda ukukwera kumwamba, ndipo analibe njira yothawira, chifukwa amene anathawira ku chipululu anatembenukira kwa amene anawathamangitsa. ²¹Yoswa ndi Isiraeli yense ataona kuti obisalira analanda mzinda, ndi kuti utsi wake unkakwera, anatembenuka, namenya anthu a Ai. ²²Ena onse anatuluka mu mzinda kudzakumana nawo, kotero kuti anthu a Ai anakhala pakati pa Isiraeli mbali zonse ziwiri. Isiraeli anawakantha mpaka panalibe amene anatsala kapena kuthawa. ²³Koma mfumu ya Ai anaigwira ili moyo, naibweretsa kwa Yoswa.

²⁴Isiraeli atamaliza kupha anthu onse okhala mu Ai pa thengo ndi mu chipululu kumene anawathamangitsira, ndipo onse atagwa ndi lupanga mpaka panalibe amene anatsala, Isiraeli yense anabwerera ku Ai, nawukantha mzinda ndi lupanga. ²⁵Onse amene anagwa tsiku limenelo, amuna ndi akazi omwe, anali 12,000—anthu onse a Ai. ²⁶Yoswa sanatsitse nthungo yake imene anakweza mpaka atawononga kotheratu anthu onse okhala mu Ai. ²⁷Isiraeli anasunga ziweto ndi zofunkha za mzinda umenewo zokha, monga Atate wathu analamula Yoswa. ²⁸Choncho Yoswa anatentha Ai, nauchititsa kukhala mulu wa mabwinja kosatha, bwinja mpaka lero. ²⁹Anapachika mfumu ya Ai pa mtengo mpaka madzulo. Dzuwa litalowa Yoswa analamula kuti mtembo wake uchotsedwe, nautaya pa khomo la chipata cha mzinda, ndipo anaunjika mulu waukulu wa miyala pamwamba pake—ulipobe mpaka lero.

Isiraeli Akonzanso Pangano la Atate

³⁰Ndipo Yoswa anamangira Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Isiraeli, guwa lansembe pa Phiri la Ebala, ³¹monga momwe Mose, mtumiki wa Atate wathu, analamulira anthu a Isiraeli—monga zinalembedwa m'Buku la Chilamulo cha Mose—guwa lansembe la miyala yosasema, imene chitsulo sichinaikhudze. Pa ilo anapereka nsembe zopsereza kwa Atate wathu, napereka nsembe zachiyanjano. ³²Pamenepo, pamaso pa Aisiraeli, analemba pa miyala mawu a chilamulo cha Mose, chimene Mose analemba. ³³Isiraeli yense—mlendo ndi mbadwa omwe—pamodzi ndi akulu, akuluakulu, ndi oweruza, anaimirira mbali zonse ziwiri za likasa, oyang'anana ndi ansembe a Chilevi amene ananyamula likasa la pangano la Atate wathu. Theka linayang'ana Phiri la Gerizimu, theka linayang'ana Phiri la Ebala, monga Mose mtumiki wa Atate wathu analamula poyamba, kuti adalitse anthu a Isiraeli. ³⁴Ndipo anawerenga mawu onse a chilamulo—madalitso ndi matemberero—monga momwe zinalembedwera m'Buku la Chilamulo. ³⁵Yoswa anawerenga mawu onse amene Mose analamula—osasiya ngakhale limodzi—pamaso pa msonkhano wonse wa Isiraeli: akazi, ana, ndi alendo amene anakhala pakati pawo.