1 Bana ba Iseraele ba tlola molao wa ntho tse entsweng anathema. Akane, mora Karmi, mora Sabdi, mora Sera, wa leloko la Juda, a nka tsa tse entsweng anathema; mme Jehova a halefela bana ba Iseraele ke hona.
2 Joshua ha a le Jeriko, a romela banna Ai, e haufi le Beth-Avene, ka nqa botjha-bela ho Bethele, a ba bolella, a re: Eyang le hlwele lefatshe. Banna bao ba ya, ba hlwela Ai.
3 Ba boela ho Joshua, ba re ho yena: Ho se ke ha ya setjhaba kaofela; ho ye banna ba ka bang kete tse pedi, kapa tse tharo, ba futuhele Ai; o se ke wa kgathatsa setjhaba kaofela, etswe ba se bakae.
4 Yaba ho ya banna ba ka bang kete tse tharo ba setjhaba, empa ba baleha pela banna ba Ai.
5 Banna ba Ai ba bolaya banna ba mashome a mararo a metso e tsheletseng ho bona, mme ba ba phallela ho tloha kgorong ya motse ho isa Shebarime, ba ba bolaela le motheong; ebile setjhaba se nyahama dipelo, tsa eba jwaloka metsi.
6 Yaba Joshua o hahola diaparo tsa hae, a itabanya fatshe ka sefahleho pela areka ya Jehova, ya ba ya eba mantsiboya, a ena le baholo ba Iseraele, ba ithuntsheditse dihlooho ka dithole.