Yoshua
4 Nka muilo oso uki’aupu kusabuka Yordane, Yehowa balunguile Yoshua’shi: 2 “Ata bana balume 12 mu muilo, muana mulume umune ku kisamba kioso, 3 na ebatumine dino eyi’shi: ‘Atayi mabue 12 munkatshi mua Yordane, mu mbalo ikeele ngua ya ba tshite muakuidi imane, na nuiatuale, nuende nao na nuiatuule mu mbalo y’anulala.’”
4 Biabia Yoshua nkuitanyina bana balume 12 babaadi musangule mu bena Isalele, muana mulume umune ku kisamba kioso, 5 na Yoshua nkuibalungula’shi: “Kilayi kumpala kua mushete wa Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu munkatshi mua Yordane, na oso a kuanudi asemune ebue dimune kuipampa diaye muyile bungi bua bisamba bia bena Isalele, 6 buaadia kuikala bu kitunduilo munkatshi muenu. Su mu mafuku e kumpala bana* benu benuipusha’shi, ‘Buakinyi nui na ano mabue?’ 7 Abitungu nuibalungule’shi: ‘Mema a Yordane abaadi emane kumpala kua mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa. Paubaadi usabukie Yordane, mema a Yordane abaadi emane. Ano mabue aekala bu kitentekiesho kia loso kui muilo wa Isalele.’”
8 Biabia bena Isalele abakitshine nka bu bibaadi Yoshua muibatumine eyi. Abo nkuata mabue 12 munkatshi mua Yordane nka bu bibaadi Yehowa mulungule Yoshua, buaadia kuikala bungi bui mumune na bua bisamba bia bena Isalele. Abo nkuiata, nkuenda nao ku mbalo ibaabadi na kia kulala na nkuiatuula paapa.
9 Yoshua namu nkuimika mabue 12 munkatshi mua Yordane pa mbalo ibaadi ngua ya ba tshite muakuidi abaadi basemune mushete wa kilombeno imane, na aa mabue a ki yaaya mbalo mpa na lelo.
10 Ba tshite muakuidi babaadi basemune mushete abashele bemane munkatshi mua Yordane, mpa na pabakumbene mianda yoso ibaadi Yehowa mutumine Yoshua eyi bua kulungula muilo bua kukita mu kuipushena na bioso bibaadi Moyise mutumine Yoshua eyi. Yaaya nsaa yoso muilo ubaadi ausabuka bukidibukidi. 11 Nka muilo oso uki’aupu kusabuka, mushete wa Yehowa na ba tshite muakuidi abasabukile namu muilo aumono. 12 Na bena Rubene, bena Gade, na kipindi kia kisamba kia Manasee abasabukile kumpala kua bangi bena Isalele belumbuule bua ngoshi, nka bu bibaadi Moyise muibalungule. 13 Basalayi pepi 40 000 be na bina ngoshi abasabukile kumpala kua Yehowa batadiile ku kabaaka ka Yeriko.
14 Mu diadia efuku Yehowa baadi mutumbishe Yoshua mu meso mua Isalele oso, na abaadi bamunemekie ngofu munda mua mafuku a muwa waye oso, nka bu bibaabadi banemekie Moyise ngofu.*
15 Akupu Yehowa nkulungula Yoshua’shi: 16 “Tumina ba tshite muakuidi basemune mushete wa bu Kamonyi eyi buabadia kutuuka mu Yordane.” 17 Biabia Yoshua nkutumina ba tshite muakuidi eyi’shi: “Tuukayi mu Yordane.” 18 Pabaadi ba tshite muakuidi basemune mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa batuukie munkatshi mua Yordane, na pabaadi ngua ya ba tshite muakuidi yashine pa nsenga yuume, mema a Yordane ababangile dingi kualaala na ao nkuula mpa na ku biese nka bu kumpala.
19 Muilo ubasabukile Yordane muifuku di’ekumi dia mueshi wa kumpala, na ao nkushala ku Gilegale ku mukalo wa kutunduka nguba kua Yeriko.
20 Anka bua aa mabue 12 abaabadi baate ku Yordane, Yoshua baadi muiemikie ku Gilegale. 21 Akupu Yoshua nkulungula bena Isalele’shi: “Mu mafuku aafiki, bana benu p’abakepusha ba mashabo’shi, ‘Ano mabue aapushisha kinyi?’ 22 Nupatuluile bana benu’shi: ‘Isalele baadi musabukie Yordane pa nsenga yuume 23 pabaadi Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu mukamishe mema a Yordane kumpala kuabo mpa na pabaabadi bamusabukie, nka bu bibaadi Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu mukite kalunga kamonga pabaadi muikakamishe kumpala kuetu, mpa na pabaatudi bekasabukie. 24 Baadi mukite bino bua’shi miilo yoso ya pa nsenga iukie bi eyasa dia Yehowa na bukome, na bua’shi nuikale nka anutshinyi Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu.”