Yoshua ne Bene Ngibeone

Myanda ya Yediko ibazambalala ne ku mizo mikwabo ya mu Kenani. Balopwe ba ino mizo, abasake kwiitabila bakalwe na bene Isalela. Inoko bene Ngibeone abo bākwete’ko mulangwe mwishile. Bāvwele bisandi bisasamuke, bāenda kudi Yoshua kebanena’mba: ‘Tutambanga ku ntanda ya kulampe. Twaivwene myanda ya Yehova ne byonso byaemulongēle mu Edipito ne mu Moabu. Mwitutyipilei amba kemuketutambepo divita, kadi tukekala bengidi benu.’

Yoshua wēbakulupile wāitabija’mba kakebatambepo divita. Mafuku asatu pa kupita’po, Yoshua wāyuka’mba kebatambilepo ku ntanda ya kulampe. I batambe mu ntanda ya Kenani. Yoshua wāipangula bene Ngibeone amba: ‘Mwanda waka mwetubepele?’ Nabo bālondolola’mba: ‘Twakwetwe moyo! Tuyukile amba Yehova Leza wenu wimulwilanga. Bine, kemwaketwipayai.’ Yoshua wālamine mulao wāebalaile, wāleka kwibepaya.

Mafuku pa kupita’po, balopwe batano bene Kenani ne bibumbo byabo bya divita bāzakaja bene Ngibeone. Yoshua ne kibumbo kyandi kya divita bāendele bufuku bonso butuntulu mwanda wa kukakūla bene Ngibeone. Lubanga na futwi bāshilula kulwa divita. Bene Kenani bāanza kunyemena ku mitamba yonso. Konso kobādi banyemena, Yehova wēbanokejeje’ko mabwe a mvula. Kupwa, Yoshua wālomba Yehova emike dyuba. Mwanda waka wālombele Yehova emike dyuba, adyo dintu dyādi kedyaimene difuku nansha dimo? I mwanda Yoshua wādi ukulupile Yehova. Dyuba kēdyashetukilepo mu bula bwa difuku dituntulu, kufika’nka ne byobānekenye balopwe bene Kenani ne bibumbo byabo bya divita kudi bene Isalela.