Nhaka yaManase
Mugove waManase unosanganisira hanzvadzi shanu dzinokumbira, nokurayira kwaBaba vedu kuna Mozisi, nhaka iyo baba vadzo vakanga vasina vanakomana vokuigamuchira, uye vanoipiwa. Zvizvarwa zvaJosefa zvinonyunyuta kuti mugove wavo muduku zvikuru; Joshua anovaudza kuti vateme sango varege kutya ngoro dzehondo dzesimbi.
17 1Mugove wedzinza raManase, dangwe raJosefa: Makiri, dangwe raManase uye baba vaGiriyedhi, akapiwa Giriyedhi neBhashani, nokuti akanga ari murume wehondo. 2Vamwe vanakomana vaManase vakapiwawo nyika maererano nemhuri dzavo: Abhiyezeri, Hereki, Asirieri, Shekemu, Heferi, naShemidha—ava ndivo vanakomana vechirume vaManase mwanakomana waJosefa, maererano nemhuri dzavo. 3Zerofehadhi—aibva kuna Manase kuburikidza naMakiri, Giriyedhi, naHeferi—akanga asina vanakomana, asi vanasikana chete: Mara, Noa, Hogira, Mirika, naTiriza. 4Vakauya pamberi paEriyazari mupristi, naJoshua mwanakomana waNuni, nevatungamiriri, vachiti, “Baba vedu vakarayira Mozisi kuti vatipe nhaka pakati pehama dzedu.” Saka sokurayira kwaBaba vedu, Joshua akavapa nhaka pakati pehama dzababa vavo. 5Migove gumi yakawira kuna Manase, tisingaverengi nyika yeGiriyedhi neBhashani iri mhiri kweJorodhani, 6nokuti vanasikana vaManase vakapiwa nhaka pakati pevanakomana vake. Nyika yeGiriyedhi yakanga iri yevamwe vanakomana vaManase. 7Nyika yaManase yaibva kuAsheri ichisvika kuMikimetati, kumabvazuva kweShekemu; yozoenda nechezasi kuvanhu veEni-tapua. 8Manase aiva nenyika yeTapua, asi Tapua pamuganhu waManase yaiva yevanakomana vaEfuremu. 9Muganhu wakaburukira kuMupata weKana. Nechezasi kwomupata, maguta aya ari pakati pemaguta aManase aiva aEfuremu; muganhu waManase wakapfuura nechokumusoro kwomupata ukasvika kugungwa. 10Nyika yaEfuremu yaiva nechezasi, iyo yaManase nechokumusoro, gungwa riri muganhu wayo. Nechokumusoro vaisvika kuAsheri, uye nechokumabvazuva kuIsakari. 11MuIsakari nomuAsheri, Manase aivawo neBheti-sheani nemisha yaro, Ibhireamu nemisha yayo, vagari veDhori nemisha yayo, veEni-dhori nemisha yayo, veTaanaki nemisha yayo, neveMegidho nemisha yayo—zvikomo zvitatu. 12Asi vanakomana vaManase vakanga vasingagoni kutora maguta aya, uye vaKanani vakaramba vachigara munyika iyoyo. 13VaIsraeri pavakava nesimba, vakamanikidza vaKanani kushanda basa rechibharo asi havana kuvadzinga zvachose. 14Vanakomana vaJosefa vakabvunza Joshua, vachiti, “Seiko muchitipa mugove mumwe chete nechikamu chimwe chete senhaka? Tiri vanhu vazhinji, nokuti Baba vedu vakatikomborera kusvika zvino.”
15Joshua akavapindura akati, “Kana muri vazhinji zvakadaro, kwirai kusango munozvitemera nyika ikoko munyika yavaPerizi neyavaRefaimu, sezvo nyika yezvikomo yaEfuremu iri diki kwamuri.”
16Vanakomana vaJosefa vakati, “Nyika yezvikomo haitikwaniri, uye vaKanani vose vari mumupata vane ngoro dzesimbi—avo vari muBheti-sheani nemisha yaro neavo vari muMupata weJezireeri.”
17Ipapo Joshua akati kuimba yaJosefa—Efuremu naManase—“Muri vazhinji uye mune simba guru. Hamuzovi nomugove mumwe chete, 18nokuti nyika yezvikomo ichavawo yenyu. Isango, asi mucharitema, uye miganhu yaro iri kure ichava yenyu. Muchadzinga vaKanani, kunyange ngoro dzavo dziri dzesimbi uye vakasimba.”