1Mme motse wa Jeriko o ne o kwaletswe thata ka ntlha ya bana ba Iseraele; ho ne ho se motho ya tswang, mme ha ho motho ya kenang.
2Yaba Jehova o re ho Joshua: Bona, ke neela Jeriko le morena wa teng, le bahale ba matla matsohong a hao.
3Le pota-potile motse, banna bohle ba lōna ba ntoa, ’me le potolohe motse hang. Kahoo o tla etsa ka matsatsi a tsheletseng.
4Baprista ba supileng ba nke linaka tse supileng tsa lipheleu ka pel’a areka; ka letsatsi la bosupa le pota-potile motse ka makhetlo a supileng, ’me baprista ba tla letsa manaka a lipheleu.
5Etlare ha ba letsa lenaka la pheleu nako e telele, ’me ha le utloa molumo oa terompeta, batho bohle ba tla hoeletsa ka mohoo o moholo; mme lerako la motse le tla heleha, mme setjhaba se tla nyoloha, e mong le e mong a mo eteletse pele.
6Joshua, mor’a Nune, a bitsa baprista, a re ho bona: Jarang areka ea selekane, ’me baprista ba supileng ba nke linaka tse supileng tsa lipheleu ba eteletse areka ea Jehova.
7A re ho setjhaba: Eyang, le tee motse hare, ba hlometseng ba fete kapele ho areka ya Jehova.
8Eitse ha Joshua a bua le sechaba, baprista ba supileng ba jereng manaka a supileng a lipheleu ba tsamaea ka pel’a Jehova ’me ba letsa manaka a lipheleu, ’me areka ea selekane sa Jehova ea ba latela.
9Banna ba hlometseng ba tsoela pele ho etella baprista ba neng ba letsa manaka a lipheleu, ’me moputso oa latela areka, ha baprista ba tsoela pele ho letsa manaka a lipheleu.
10Joshua a laela setjhaba, a re: Le se ke la hweletsa, leha e le ho etsa lerata ka mantswe a lona, mme ho se ke ha tswa lentswe melomong ya lona, ho fihlela tsatsi leo ke le laelang lona hore le hlabe mokgosi; ebe o lokela ho hweletsa.
11Areka ea Jehova ea pota-pota motse, ea fihla teng hang, ’me ba kena liahelong, ba hlola bosiu liahelong.
12Joshua a tsoha hoseng haholo, ’me baprista ba jara areka ea Jehova.
13Baprista ba supileng ba jereng manaka a supileng a lipheleu ka pel’a areka ea Jehova ba feta ’me ba letsa manaka a lipheleu; bahlabani ba ba etella pele; empa moputso oa fihla ka mor’a areka ea Jehova, ha baprista ba tsoela pele ho letsa manaka a lipheleu.
14Ka letsatsi la bobeli ba pota-pota motse hang ’me ba khutlela liahelong; ba etsa jwalo ka matsatsi a tsheletseng.
15Ka letsatsi la bosupa ba tsoha hoseng haholo ’me ba pota motse ka tsela e tšoanang ka makhetlo a supileng; empa letsatsing leo ba pota-pota motse ka makhetlo a supileng.
16Ka lekhetlo la bosupa, ha baprista ba letsa literompeta, Joshua a re ho sechaba: Hoeletsang! hobane Jehova o le neile motse.
17Motse o tla rohakoa ho Jehova, eena le tsohle tse ho oona; ke Rahaba oa seotsoa feela ea tla phela, eena le bohle ba nang le eena ka tlung, hobane o patile manqosa ao re a romileng.
18Leha ho le joalo le itebele khahlanong le lintho tse hanetsoeng, e le hore le se ke la rohakoa bakeng sa lōna haeba le amohela tse ling tsa lintho tse hanetsoeng ’me la etsa hore liahelo tsa Iseraele e be ntho e rohakoang, ’me la li rohaka.
19Empa silevera eohle le khauta le lijana tsa koporo le tšepe li khethetsoe Jehova; e tla kena letlotlong la Jehova.
20Setjhaba sa howeletsa, ha baprista ba letsa diterompeta; eitse ha setjhaba se utlwa modumo wa terompeta, mme setjhaba se howeletsa ka mohoo o moholo, lerako la wela fatshe, hoo batho ba ileng ba nyoloha. Ba kena motseng, e mong le e mong a le pela hae, mme ba hapa motse.
21Mme ba bolaya botlhe ba ba neng ba le mo motseng ka phutso ka bogale jwa tšhaka, banna le basadi, ba bannye le ba ba tsofetseng, le dikgomo le dinku le dipokolo.
22Joshua a re ho banna ba babedi ba neng ba hlwela naha: Kenang tlung ya seotswa, le ntshe mosadi eo le tsohle tsa hae, kamoo le mo hlapanyeditseng kateng.
23Bahlankana bao e neng e le lihloela ba kena ’me ba ntša Rahaba le ntat’ae le ’m ’ae le barab’abo le tsohle tseo a nang le tsona; ’me ba ntša meloko eohle ea hae ’me ba e siea ka ntle ho liahelo tsa Iseraele.
24Mme ba tjhesa motse ka mollo le ntho e nngwe le e nngwe e neng e le ho wona; haese silefera le kgauta le dintho tsa koporo le tsa tshepe, ba di kenya letlotlong la ntlo ya Jehova.
25Joshua a pholosa Rahaba oa seotsoa, le ba ntlo ea ntat’ae, le tsohle tseo a nang le tsona; a aha Iseraeleng ho fihlela kajeno; hobane o ne a patile manqosa ao Joshua a neng a a romile ho hlwela Jeriko.
26Joshua a ba rohaka mohlang oo, a re: Ho rohakoe motho pela Jehova, ya tla ema, a hahe motse ona wa Jeriko; o tla thea motheo oa eona ka letsibolo la hae, ’me mora oa hae e monyenyane o tla emisa liheke tsa eona.
27Jehova a ba le Joshua; mme botumo ba hae ba tuma lefatsheng lohle.
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