Yoshua
5 Mususa umune pabaadi ba nfumu boso ba bena Amore babaadi lupese lua* kupona nguba kua Yordane na ba nfumu boso ba bena Kanaana, babaadi pepi na kalunga ka mema bapushe’shi, Yehowa baadi mukamishe mema a Yordane kumpala kua bena Isalele mpa na p’abaabadi basabukie, babaadi babofule ku mashimba na t’ababaadi dingi n’eshimba dinyingie* pa muanda wa bena Isalele.
2 Mu kiakia kipungo, Yehowa balunguile Yoshua’shi: “Kita tupete tua mabue na osale* bana balume ba Isalele.” 3 Biabia Yoshua bakitshine tupete tua mabue na asala bana balume ba Isalele ku Gibeate-aralote.* 4 Yoshua baadi muibasale muanda’shi bana balume boso ba muilo babaadi batuukie mu Ejipitu, bana balume boso babaadi na bipua bia kuenda ku ngoshi, babaadi bafuile muishinda mu kabaaka kunyima kuabo kutuuka mu Ejipitu. 5 Bana balume boso babaadi batuukie mu Ejipitu babaadi bapue kusadibua, anka bana balume boso babaadi batandikue muishinda mu kabaaka kunyima ku’abo kutuuka mu Ejipitu, t’ababaadi basadibue. 6 Bena Isalele babaadi batambukie bipua 40 mu kabaaka mpa na pabafuile muilo oso, kuamba’shi bantu babaadi na bipua bia kuenda ku ngoshi babaadi batuukie mu Ejipitu bashibaadi bakookiele eyi dia Yehowa. Yehowa baadi muitshipe kuabadi’shi t’ebatadiila buabadia kumona nsenga ibaadi Yehowa muitshipe kui ba mashabo kulu bua kuitupa, nsenga ayalala mabeele na buuki. 7 Biabia bana babo balume babaatshile mbalo yabo. Baba babaadi Yoshua musale; t’ababaadi basadibue muanda t’ababaadi bebasale mu luendo.
8 Pababapuile kusala bana balume boso, babaadi bashale mbalo ibaabadi mu kishalelo mpa na pabaadi papande malonda.
9 Akupu Yehowa nkulungula Yoshua’shi: “Lelo uno nakatusha kuanudi kusengibua kua bena Ejipitu.” Biabia abo nkuitanyina yaaya mbalo bu Gilegale* mpa na lelo uno.
10 Bena Isalele abatungunukile na kushala ku Gilegale, na babakitshine Pasaka muifuku 14 dia mueshi, ku kiolua mu kabaaka ka Yeriko. 11 Na bababangile kudia bintu bia mu yaaya nsenga efuku dibalondele Pasaka, mikate ishi kitatusho na ntete ikangie, nka mu diadia efuku dimune. 12 Biabia mane abalekiele kumueneka muifuku dibalondele pababaadi badie bingi bintu bia mu yaaya nsenga; takubaadi dingi mane bua bena Isalele, anka ababangile kudia bintu bia mu nsenga ya Kanaana mu kiakia kipua.
13 Pabaadi Yoshua pepi na Yeriko, babushile meso na amona muntu muimane kumpala kuaye na lupete lua ngoshi muiyasa diaye. Yoshua bayile kuadi na amuipusha’shi: “We ku lupese luetu su we ku lupese lua beshikuanyi betu?” 14 Aye nkumualula’shi: “Nya, anka nafiki bu nfumu a kiluilo kia Yehowa. Biabia Yoshua nkupona, nkukupila mpala paashi, nkuinama na nkumulungula’shi: “Nfumuami e na muanda kinyi wa kulungula mufubi aaye?” 15 Nfumu a kiluilo kia Yehowa nkualula Yoshua’shi: “Fuula sandale yobe, muanda mbalo yodi muimane ngia kishila.” Musango umune Yoshua nkukita nka biabia.