1Nomba pa numa ya mfwa+ ya kwa Yoshua, abana ba kwa Israele baipwishe+ kuli Yehova, abati: “Nani pali ifwe akabalilapo ukuya ku bena Kanaani ku kulwa na bo?”
18 Awe baliimine no kuya ku Betele no kwipusha kuli Lesa.+ E lyo abana ba kwa Israele batile: “Nani pali ifwe uwalaba pa ntanshi mu kulwa na bana ba kwa Benjamini?”+ E lyo Yehova atile: “Yuda e walaba pa ntanshi.”+
11Nomba bacilolo+ ba bantu baleikala mu Yerusalemu;+ lelo abantu abashala, balipendwile+ pa kuti basale umo pa bantu ikumi (10) uwa kwikala mu Yerusalemu umusumba wa mushilo,+ na bashala pabula (9) ukwikala mu misumba imbi.