15 “Kodvwa nangabe ningeke nililalele livi laJehova Nkulunkulu wenu ngekutsi ningayilandzeli yonkhe lemitsetfo kanye netimiso takhe lenginitjela tona lamuhla, nitawukwehlelwa ngito tonkhe leticalekiso futsi titawuba tinyenti:+

24 Ngemuva kwaloko, Joshuwa kanye nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli batsatsa Akhani+ indvodzana yaZera, batsatsa nalelisiliva, nalengubo lekhetsekile, naleligolide+ kanye nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati akhe, tinkhabi takhe, timbongolo takhe, umhlambi wakhe wetimvu newetimbuti, lithende lakhe kanye nako konkhe labenako, bakhuphuka nako baya eSihosheni* sase-Akhori.+ 25 Joshuwa watsi: “Usiletseleleni lenhlekelele?*+ Ngaleso sizatfu, naJehova utakuletsela inhlekelele lamuhla.” Onkhe ema-Israyeli amgcoba ngematje,+ ngemuva kwaloko abashisa ngemlilo.+ Ngako abagcoba bonkhe ngematje.

24 ngobe Hamani+ indvodzana yaHamedatha um-Agagi,+ lositsa sawo onkhe emaJuda, abente lichinga lekucotfula emaJuda,+ futsi abente iPhuri,+ lokuyiNkatho, kute awesabise futsi awacotfule. 25 Kodvwa Esta watsi nakaya enkhosini, inkhosi yakhipha umtsetfo lowabhalwa phansi lotsi:+ “Lichinga lakhe lelibi lalentele emaJuda+ alibuyele kuye”; Hamani bamlengisa nemadvodzana akhe elugodvweni.+