Yoshua
9 Pavua bakalenge bonso bavua ku luseke lua ouest lua Yadene+ bumvue tshivua tshienzeke, bonso bavua mu buloba bua mikuna, mu Shefela, ku maloba onso a ku muelelu kua Mbuu Munene,*+ ne kumpala kua Lebanona, mmumue ne: bena Hiti, bena Amola, bena Kanâna, bena Pelizi, bena Hiwi, ne bena Yebuse,+ 2 bakadisanga bua kuluisha Yoshua ne Isalele.+
3 Bena mu Gibeona+ bakumvua pabu tshivua Yoshua muenzele Yeliko+ ne Ai.+ 4 Nunku bakenza malu ne budimu, kuelabu biakudia mu bibombi bisunsuke, kubitekabu pa mpunda yabu, pamue ne milondo ya mvinyo ya biseba misunsuke ikavua mitayike ne bayilamakaje; 5 bavua kabidi ne sandala misunsuke ne milamakaja ku makasa abu, ne bavua bavuale bilamba bisunsuke. Mampa onso avuabu bambule avua mume ne asunsuluka. 6 Nunku bakaya kudi Yoshua mu tshitudilu tshivua ku Gilegala,+ kumuambilabu yeye ne bena Isalele ne: “Tudi bafume ku buloba bua kule. Nunku tudi tunulomba bua kudia netu tshipungidi.” 7 Kadi bena Isalele bakambila bena Hiwi ne:+ “Pamuapa nudi basombele pabuipi netu. Nunku tudi mua kudia nenu tshipungidi mushindu kayi?”+ 8 Bakandamuna Yoshua ne: “Tudi bena mudimu bebe.”*
Nunku Yoshua wakabebeja ne: “Nuenu nudi banganyi? Nudi nufumina penyi?” 9 Ke bobu kumuambila ne: “Bena mudimu bebe mbafumine ku buloba bua kule menemene+ bua dîna dia Yehowa Nzambi webe, bualu tuvua bumvue lumu luende ne malu onso avuaye muenze mu Ejipitu+ 10 ne malu onso avuaye muenzele bakalenge babidi ba bena Amole bavua dia muamua* dia Yadene, Sihona+ mukalenge wa Heshebona ne Oga+ mukalenge wa Bashana, uvua mu Ashetalota. 11 Ke bualu kayi bakulu betu ne bantu bonso ba mu buloba buetu bakatuambila ne: ‘Angatayi bintu bia nuenu kudia mu njila, nuye kusambakena nabu. Nubambile ne: “Netuikale bena mudimu benu;+ nunku tudi tunulomba bua kudia netu tshipungidi.”’+ 12 Mampa atuvua bangate bua tuetu kudia aa atshivua ne luya patuvua bumbuke ku nzubu yetu bua kulua kunudi muaba eu. Mpindieu monayi mudiwu mume ne asunsuluka.+ 13 Milondo ya mvinyo ya biseba eyi ivua mipiamipia patuvua belamu mvinyo, kadi mpindieu ikadi mitayike.+ Bilamba bietu ne sandala yetu mbisunsuke bua bule bua luendu.”
14 Ke bantu kuangatabu* ndambu wa bintu biabu bia kudia, kadi kabakebeja Yehowa bualu to.+ 15 Nunku Yoshua wakadia nabu tshipungidi tshia ditalala,+ kubalayaye bua kubashiya ne muoyo, ne bamfumu ba tshisumbu bakabalaya nanku mu mutshipu.+
16 Ku ndekelu kua matuku asatu bobu bamane kudia nabu tshipungidi, bakumvua ne: bavua basombele pabuipi apu, ku mutumba kuabu. 17 Pashishe bena Isalele bakasa luendu ne bakafika mu bimenga biabu dituku disatu; bimenga biabu bivua: Gibeona,+ Kefila, Bêlota, ne Kîyata-yalima.+ 18 Kadi bena Isalele kabakabaluisha to, bualu bamfumu ba tshisumbu bakavua baditshipe kudibu mu dîna dia Yehowa+ Nzambi wa Isalele. Nunku tshisumbu tshijima tshiakabanga kunungana bua bamfumu. 19 Ke bamfumu bonso kuambilabu tshisumbu tshijima ne: “Bu mutuvua baditshipe kudibu mu dîna dia Yehowa Nzambi wa Isalele, katuena ne mushindu wa kubenzela bibi to. 20 Netuenze nunku: Netubalekele ne muoyo, bua tshiji tshia Nzambi katshilu kutudi bua mutshipu utuvua baditshipe kudibu.”+ 21 Bamfumu bakamba kabidi ne: “Bashale ne muoyo, kadi balue bangudi ba nkunyi ne basunyi ba mâyi bua tshisumbu tshijima.” Ke tshiakabalaya bamfumu.
22 Nunku Yoshua wakababikila, kubambilaye ne: “Bua tshinyi nuvua batudinge, nuamba ne: ‘Tudi tufumina muaba wa kule menemene,’ penu basombele bushuwa anu munkatshi muetu emu?+ 23 Kumbukila ku lelu nudi bedibue mulawu,+ ne nenuikale anu mu mulongo wa bapika bu bangudi ba nkunyi ne basunyi ba mâyi bua nzubu wa Nzambi wanyi.” 24 Bakandamuna Yoshua ne: “Mbualu bavua bambile bena mudimu bebe patoke ne: Yehowa Nzambi webe uvua mutumine Mose muena mudimu wende dîyi bua kunupesha buloba buonso ebu ne kubutula benamu bonso kumpala kuenu.+ Nunku tuvua bumvue buôwa bua mioyo* yetu bua bualu buenu,+ ke bualu kayi tuvua benze nunku.+ 25 Mpindieu tudi mu bianza biebe. Tuenzela tshionso tshiudi mumone ne: ntshimpe ne tshiakane.” 26 Ke tshiakabenzelaye; wakabapandisha mu bianza bia bena Isalele, ne kabakabashipa to. 27 Kadi dituku adi, Yoshua wakabavuija bangudi ba nkunyi ne basunyi ba mâyi bua tshisumbu+ ne bua tshioshelu tshia Yehowa muaba uvuaye Yeye ne bua kusungula,+ ne mbashale nanku too ne lelu.+