Joshua Anodana vaIsraeri Kuti Vabatirire
Joshua, akwegura, anounganidza vatungamiriri oita yambiro yake kuti ive nyore: batisisai, musawanana nendudzi dzakasara kana vamwari vadzo. Anotaura achibva pane zvaakaona — hakuna kana chivimbiso chimwe chaBaba vedu chakakona — otaura kuti mashoko okuparadza achavimbikawo zvakangodaro.
23 1Mushure menguva refu Baba vedu vakapa vaIsraeri zororo kubva kuvavengi vavo vose vakanga vakavakomberedza, Joshua vakanga vakwegura, vapinda mumakore mazhinji. 2Joshua vakadana vaIsraeri vose—vakuru, vatungamiri, vatongi, namachinda—vakati, “Ndakwegura, ndapinda mumakore mazhinji. 3Imi makaona zvose Baba venyu zvavakaitira ndudzi idzi dzose nokuda kwenyu; Baba venyu ndivo vakakurwirai. 4Tarirai, ndakugoverai, senhaka yamarudzi enyu, ndudzi idzi dzakasara, nendudzi dzose dzandakaparadza, kubva kuJorodhani kusvika kuGungwa Guru kumavirira. 5Baba venyu pachavo vachavasundidzira shure uye vachavadzinga pamberi penyu, uye muchatora nyika yavo, sezvamakavimbiswa naBaba venyu.
6Simbai kwazvo kuti muchengete uye muite zvose zvakanyorwa mubhuku romurayiro waMozisi, musingatsauki kubva pazviri kurudyi kana kuruboshwe. 7Musasanganisana nendudzi idzi dzakasara pakati penyu. Musareva mazita avamwari vavo kana kupika navo; musavashumira kana kuvapfugamira. 8Asi batirirai kuna Baba venyu, sezvamakaita kusvikira nhasi.
9Baba venyu vakadzinga ndudzi huru dzine simba pamberi penyu; hapana munhu akagona kumira pamberi penyu kusvikira nhasi. 10Mumwe chete wenyu anodzinga chiuru, nokuti Baba venyu pachavo vanokurwirai, sezvavakakuvimbisai. 11Saka zvichenjererei kwazvo, kuti mude Baba venyu. 12Asi kana mukadzokera shure mukanamatira kundudzi idzi dzakasara pakati penyu, mukaroorana navo, muchisanganisana navo ivo nemi, 13zivai zvirokwazvo kuti Baba venyu havachazodzingi ndudzi idzi pamberi penyu. Dzichava musungo nemariva kwamuri, tyava pamativi enyu neminzwa mumeso enyu, kusvikira maparara kubva munyika iyi yakanaka yamakapiwa naBaba venyu.
14Zvino ndave kufamba nenzira yenyika yose. Munoziva nomwoyo wenyu wose nomweya wenyu wose kuti hapana kana chinhu chimwe chezvinhu zvakanaka zvamakavimbiswa naBaba venyu chakakundikana—zvose zvakazadziswa kwamuri; hapana kana chimwe chakakundikana. 15Sezvakaitika shoko rimwe nerimwe rakanaka ramakataurirwa naBaba venyu, saizvozvo vachauyisa pamuri chinhu chimwe nechimwe chinokuvadza, kusvikira vakuparadzai kubva munyika iyi yakanaka yavakakupai. 16Kana mukaputsa sungano yaBaba venyu, yavakakurayirai, mukaenda mukashumira vamwe vamwari mukavapfugamira, kutsamwa kwaBaba venyu kuchakupisirai, uye muchakurumidza kuparadzwa kubva munyika yakanaka yavakakupai.”