UYoshuwa 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹AmaSirayeli amenezela entweni esingelwe phantsi: uAkan, unyana kaKarmi, kaZabhedi, kaZera, wesizwe sakwaYuda, wathabatha kuyo. Waza wavutha umsindo kaBawo wethu kumaSirayeli. ^a a v1 Xa into 'isingelwe phantsi,' yayibanjwe nguThixo iphela — akubangakho bani ovunyelweyo ukuzigcinela nokuba yintoni na kuyo. ²UYoshuwa wathuma amadoda evela eYeriko, esiya eAyi, ngakwiBhetaven, ngasempumalanga kweBheteli, esithi: Nyukani niye kuhlola ilizwe. Enyuka ke, ahlola iAyi.

³Abuya axelela uYoshuwa, athi: Makungenyuki bonke abantu. Makunyuke amadoda angathi amawaka amabini okanye amathathu, aye kuhlasela iAyi; musa ukubadinisa bonke abantu, kuba bambalwa. ⁴Enyuka ke kubantu angathi amawaka amathathu; kodwa asaba phambi kwamadoda aseAyi. ⁵Amadoda aseAyi abulala kuwo angathi amashumi omathathu anesithandathu, awasukela ethabathela esangweni ada aya emaqhineni amatye, awabulala ekuhleni. Yanyibilika intliziyo yabantu, yajika yangamanzi. ⁶UYoshuwa wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wawa ngobuso emhlabeni phambi kwetyeya kaBawo wethu, kwada kwahlwa, yena namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli; bagalela umhlaba ezintlokweni zabo. ⁷Wathi uYoshuwa: Awu, Nkosi yam, Bawo, yini na ukuba ubawelise aba bantu iYordan, ukuze usinikele esandleni sama-Amori ukuba asitshabalalise? Akwaba saneliseka kukuhlala ngaphaya kweYordan! ⁸Khawume, Nkosi yam, Bawo, ndingathini na ukuthetha, ngoku amaSirayeli ejike asaba phambi kweentshaba zawo? ⁹Aya kuva amaKanan nabo bonke abahleli kweli lizwe, basingqonge, balicime igama lethu ehlabathini. Woza wenze ntoni na ke ngenxa yegama lakho elikhulu?

¹⁰Wathi uBawo wethu kuYoshuwa: Vuka! Yini na ukuba uwe ngobuso?

¹¹AmaSirayeli onile, aphula umnqophiso wam endabawisela wona. Athabathe kwizinto ezisingelwe phantsi, eba, exoka, ezibeka phakathi kwempahla yawo. ¹²Ngenxa yoko amaSirayeli akanako ukuma phambi kweentshaba zawo — anikela ikhosi phambi kwazo, ngokuba ngoku asingelwe phantsi. Andisayi kuba nani kwakhona, ukuba anithanga niyitshabalalise into esingelwe phantsi phakathi kwenu. ¹³Vuka! Bangcwalise abantu. Uthi kubo: Zingcwaliseleni ingomso, kuba uBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli, uthi: Kukho izinto ezisingelwe phantsi phakathi kwenu, Sirayeli. Aninako ukuma phambi kweentshaba zenu nide nizisuse.

¹⁴Kusasa, nize nisondele ngezizwe. Isizwe asinyulayo uBawo wethu sosondela ngemizalwane; umzalwane awunyulayo wosondela ngezindlu; indlu ayinyulayo yosondela ngamadoda ngamadoda. ¹⁵Lowo ufunyanwe nezinto ezisingelwe phantsi wotshiswa ngomlilo — yena nako konke anako — ngenxa yokuba ewaphule umnqophiso kaBawo wethu, wenza into eyinyala kwaSirayeli.

¹⁶Wavuka kusasa uYoshuwa, wawasondeza amaSirayeli ngezizwe; sabanjwa isizwe sakwaYuda. ¹⁷Wasondeza imizalwane yakwaYuda; wabanjwa umzalwane wakwaZera. Wawusondeza umzalwane wakwaZera ngezindlu; wabanjwa uZabhedi. ¹⁸UYoshuwa wasondeza indlu yakhe ngamadoda ngamadoda; wabanjwa uAkan, unyana kaKarmi, kaZabhedi, kaZera, wesizwe sakwaYuda. ¹⁹Wathi uYoshuwa kuAkan: Nyana wam, mnike uzuko uBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli, umnike indumiso. Khawundixelele ngoku into oyenzileyo — ungayifihli kum.

²⁰Waphendula uAkan kuYoshuwa, wathi: Inene, ndonile kuBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli. Nantsi into endiyenzileyo: ²¹Phakathi kwamaxhoba ndabona ingubo entle evela eShinare, nesilivere engathi ziikota ezintlanu, nolwimi lwegolide ubunzima balo buziikota ezithile. Ndakunqwena, ndakuthabatha; kufihlwe emgangathweni wentente yam, nesilivere ingaphantsi.

²²UYoshuwa wathuma izigidimi; zabalekela ententeni, zafika kufihliwe ententeni yakhe, nesilivere ingaphantsi. ²³Zazithabatha phakathi ententeni, zazizisa kuYoshuwa nakoonyana bonke bakaSirayeli, zazibeka phambi koBawo wethu. ²⁴UYoshuwa namaSirayeli onke bamthabatha uAkan, unyana kaZera, nesilivere, nengubo, nolwimi lwegolide, noonyana neentombi zakhe, iinkomo zakhe namaesile akhe, iigusha zakhe nentente yakhe, nako konke abenako, babenyusela entilini yeAkore. ²⁵Wathi uYoshuwa: Yini na ukuba usikhathaze? UBawo wethu wokukhathaza namhlanje. Amxuluba onke amaSirayeli uAkan ngamatye, aza awatshisa ngomlilo, awaxuluba ngamatye. ²⁶Bafumba imfumba enkulu yamatye phezu kwakhe, ekho unanamhla. Waza uBawo wethu wabuya ekuvutheni komsindo wakhe. Ngenxa yoko loo ndawo kuthiwa yintili yeAkore unanamhla. ^b b v26 'Akore' ithetha 'ukukhathaza' — intili yathiywa ukuphawula intlekele eyaziswa ngesono sika-Akan kumaSirayeli.