Yoshua

17 Akupu bubale nkuponena kisamba kia Manasee muanda baadi muana mbedi a Yosefe. Bu bibaadi Makire muana mbedi a Manasee na nshaye na Gileade, muntu aluiyaa ngoshi, baadi mupete Gileade na Bashane. 2 Na bubale nkuponena lungi lutandua lua Manasee lubaadi lushale muyile bifuko biabo, bua bana ba Abiezere, bana ba Eleke, bana ba Asriele, bana ba Shekeme, bana ba Kefere, na bana ba Shemida. Bano nyi babaadi bana balume ba lutandua lua Manasee muana a Yosefe muyile bifuko biabo. 3 Anka Selofehade muana a Kefere, muana a Gileade, muana a Makire, muana a Manasee, tabaadi mutande bana balume, anka penda bana bakashi, na mashina a bana baye bakashi abaadi: Mahela, Nowa, Ogla, Milka, na Tirsa. 4 Biabia babayile kumpala kua tshite muakuidi Eleazare, Yoshua muana a Nune na ba nfumu, bakula’shi: “Yehowa nyi baadi mutumine Moyise eyi bua kuitupa bupianyi munkatshi mua bakuetu.” Biabia kuiyi dia Yehowa bebapeele bupianyi munkatshi mua bakuabo na nshabo balume.

5 Abaadi dingi bape Manasee bingi bipindi ekumi bia nsenga kukatusha nsenga ya Gileade na Bashane ibaadi abua bushiya* bua Yordane, 6 muanda bana bakashi ba Manasee babapetele bupianyi pamune na bana baye balume, na nsenga ya Gileade ibafikile ya lutandua lubaadi lushale lua Manasee.

7 Na mukalo wa Manasee ubaadi aukatukila ku Ashere awende mpa na ku Mikemetate, muitalene na Shekeme, na mukalo ubaadi autungunuka utadiile dia kuushi* mpa na ku nsenga ya bantu ba Ene-Tapua. 8 Nsenga ya Tapua ibafikile ya Manasee, anka kibundi kia Tapua ku mukalo wa Manasee kibaadi kia lutandua lua Efraime. 9 Na mukalo ubaadi awalaala dia ku Kibandabanda kia Kana, kuushi kua kibandabanda. Kuakua kubaadi bibundi bia Efraime munkatshi mua bibundi bia Manasee, na mukalo wa Manasee ubaadi dia kunundu kua kibandabanda, na ubaadi aufudiila ku kalunga ka mema. 10 Lupese lua kuushi lubaadi lua Efraime, na lupese lua kunundu lubaadi lua Manasee, kalunga ka mema kabaadi mukalo waye, na dia kunundu babaadi* abakafiki mpa na ku Ashere na dia kutunduka nguba mpa na ku Isakare.

11 Mu nsenga ya Isakare na Ashere, babaadi bape Manasee Bete-sheane na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, Ibeleame na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, bantu ba mu Dore na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, bantu ba mu Ene-dore na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, bantu ba mu Tanake na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, bantu ba mu Megido na bibundi biaye bimuifunyishe, bibundi bisatu bia pa muengie.

12 Anka lutandua lua Manasee talubaadi lobeshe kuata bino bibundi; bena Kanaana babaadi bashidiile bua kushala mu ino nsenga. 13 Pabekeele bena Isalele na bukome, bababangile kukitshisha bena Kanaana mifubo pa bukopo, anka tababaadi bebabingie* boso.

14 Lutandua lua Yosefe nkulungula Yoshua’shi: “Buakinyi buetupa* penda kipindi kimune bu bupianyi? Tui muilo ukata, muanda Yehowa mmuituelele miabi mpa na binobino.” 15 Yoshua nkuibalula’shi: “Su nui muilo ukata, kaaminayi ku mutamba nuteme kuakua mbalo buenu mu nsenga ya bena Perizi na bena Refa, muanda nsenga ya ku miengie ya Efraime ngikile bupeela buenu.” 16 Akupu lutandua lua Yosefe nkuakula’shi: “Nsenga ya ku miengie t’ayitulombana, na bena Kanaana boso bashale mu nsenga ya muibanda be na matempu a ngoshi e na tupete tula tua kiamo* ku bipombo, biabikala baba be mu Bete-sheane na bibundi bimuifunyishe na baba be Muibanda dia Izreele.” 17 Biabia Yoshua nkulungula bana ba Yosefe, Efraime na Manasee’shi: “Nui muilo ukata na nui na bukome bui bungi. Tanupete penda kipindi kimune kia nsenga nya, 18 anka nsenga ya ku miengie ayikala dingi yenu. Sunga biabidi’shi mmutamba, anuiuteme na awikala nfudiilo ya nsenga yenu. Muanda anukabingi bena Kanaana, sunga biabadi bukome na biabadi na matempu a ngoshi e na tupete tula tua kiamo* ku bipombo.”