UYoshuwa 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹UYoshuwa wayesemdala, eselekhulile ngeminyaka, waza uBawo wethu wathi kuye: “Usemdala, uselekhulile ngeminyaka, kusekho ilizwe elikhulu kakhulu elisaseleyo ukuba lihluthwe. ²Nali ilizwe eliseleyo: yonke imimandla yamaFilisti, nommandla wonke wamaGeshuri, ³ukususela eShihore ngasempumalanga yeYiputa ukuya ngasentla emdeni we-Ekron (ebalelwa njengelamaKanan); izikhulu ezihlanu zamaFilisti—ezaseGaza, naseAshdode, naseAshkelon, naseGati, nase-Ekron—nama-Avi, ⁴ngasezantsi, lonke ilizwe lamaKanan, neMeyara yamaTsidon, kwesa eAfeki, emdeni wama-Amori; ⁵nelizwe lamaGebhali, iLebhanon yonke ngasempumalanga, ukususela eBhahali-gadi phantsi kwentaba yeHermon kwesa ekuyeni eHamati. ⁶Bonke abahleli kwelizwe leentaba ukususela eLebhanon kwesa eMiserefoti-mayim, onke amaTsidon—mna ngokwam ndiya kubagqogqa phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli. Kuphela wena ulabe amaSirayeli ilizwe libe lilifa, njengoko ndakuwisela umthetho. ⁷Ngoko ke lahlula eli lizwe libe lilifa phakathi kwezizwe ezisithoba, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase.”

Ilifa Ngasempumalanga YeYordan

⁸Kwesinye isiqingatha sesizwe, amaRubhen namaGadi awabelwa ilifa lawo, awabanika lona uMoses ngaphesheya kweYordan ngasempumalanga, njengoko uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu wawanika: ⁹ukususela eArohere engaseludinini lomlanjana oyiArnon, nomzi ophakathi kwesihlambo, nelizwe lonke lehewu ukususela eMedebha kwesa eDibhon; ¹⁰neyonke imizi yakwaSihon, lowo wayengukumkani wama-Amori owayelawula eHeshbhon, kwesa emdeni woonyana baka-Amon; ¹¹neGiliyadi, nommandla wamaGeshuri namaMahakati, nentaba yonke yeHermon, neBhashan yonke kwesa eSaleka; ¹²bonke ubukumkani bukaOgi eBhashan, obelawula eAshtaroti nase-Edreyi—owayesele yedwa kumaRafa. UMoses wamxabela uOgi, wabagqogqa abantu bakhe. ¹³Kodwa amaSirayeli awazange awagxothe amaGeshuri namaMahakati; kungoko uGeshuri noMahakati besahlala phakathi kwamaSirayeli unanamhla. ¹⁴Kuphela isizwe sakwaLevi akasinikanga lifa; amadini omlilo kuBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, lilifa labo, njengoko wathethayo kubo. ^a a v14 ULevi yedwa akazuzanga mhlaba, kuba isabelo sokwenene sababingeleli nguBawo wethu ngokwakhe—kukusondela kuye, kungekhona umhlaba, okulilifa labo.

¹⁵UMoses wanika isizwe soonyana bakaRubhen ilifa ngokwemizalwane yabo. ¹⁶Ummandla wabo wasuka eArohere engaseludinini lomlanjana oyiArnon, nomzi ophakathi kwesihlambo, nelizwe lonke lehewu ngaseMedebha; ¹⁷iHeshbhon nemizi yayo yonke esehewini—iDibhon, neBhamoti-bhahali, neBhete-bhahali-mehon, ¹⁸neYatsa, neKedemoti, neMefahati, ¹⁹neKiriyatayim, neSibhema, neTsereti-shahare entabeni engaphezu kwesihlambo, ²⁰neBhete-pehore, namaxandeka ePisga, neBhete-yeshimoti, ²¹nemizi yonke yehewu, nabo bonke ubukumkani bukaSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, obelawula eHeshbhon, awamxabelayo uMoses ndawonye nezikhulu zaseMidiyan—uEvi, noRekem, noTsure, noHure, noRebha—izikhulu zikaSihon ezazihleli kwelo zwe. ²²Oonyana bakaSirayeli bambulala noBhileham unyana kaBhehore, itola, ngekrele, ndawonye nababuleweyo babo. ²³Umda wamaRubhen yayiyiYordan nonxweme lwayo. Lilo elo ilifa lamaRubhen ngokwemizalwane yabo—imizi nemizana yayo.

²⁴UMoses wanika isizwe sakwaGadi, oonyana bakaGadi, ilifa ngokwemizalwane yabo. ²⁵Ummandla wabo yaba yiYazere, nayo yonke imizi yaseGiliyadi, nohhafu welizwe lama-Amon, kwesa eArohere engaphambi kweRabha ngasempumalanga, ²⁶ukususela eHeshbhon kwesa eRamati-mizpa neBhetonim, nokususela eMahanayim kwesa emdeni weDebhiri, ²⁷nasesihlanjeni: iBhete-haran, neBhete-nimra, neSukoti, neTsafon—oko kwakuseleyo kubukumkani bukaSihon owayelawula eHeshbhon, iYordan nonxweme lwayo, kwesa ekupheleni koLwandle lwaseKinerete ngaphesheya kweYordan ngasempumalanga. ^b b v27 IKinerete ligama lamandulo loLwandle lwaseGalili. ²⁸Lilo eli ilifa loonyana bakaGadi ngokwemizalwane yabo: imizi nemizana yayo.

²⁹UMoses wanika ilifa isiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase; eli lilifa loonyana bakaManase abasisiqingatha sesizwe, ngokwemizalwane yabo. ³⁰Umhlaba wabo wasuka eMahanayim: yonke iBhashan, nabo bonke ubukumkani buka-Ogi owayengukumkani waseBhashan, nemizi yonke kaYahire eseBhashan, imizi engamashumi amathandathu; ³¹nesiqingatha seGiliyadi, kwakunye neAshtaroti ne-Edreyi, imizi yakomkhulu kaOgi eBhashan, zanikwa inzala kaMakire unyana kaManase, isiqingatha samaMakire ngokwemizalwane yabo.

³²La ngamafa awabelwa nguMoses ezinkqantosini zakwaMowabhi, phesheya kweYordan ngasempumalanga kweYeriko. ³³UMoses akasinikanga lifa isizwe sakwaLevi; uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, lilifa labo, njengoko wathethayo kubo.