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.
7 Joshua a ntoo re: Oho, Morena Jehova, o ne o tshedisetsang tjhaba sena Jordane, ho tla re neela matsohong a Baamore, hore ba re timetse? Hoja ra dumela ho itulela mose wane wa Jordane!
8 Oho, Morena, ana ke tla reng haele moo Baiseraele ba balehile pela dira tsa bona?
9 Hobane Bakanana le bohle ba ahileng lefatsheng ba tla utlwa, ba tla re teela hare, hore ba hlakole lebitso la rona lefatsheng. Mme ha ho ka ba jwalo, o tla etsang ka lebitso la hao le leholo?
10 Yaba Jehova o re ho Joshua: Tsoha; o itabanyeditseng jwalo ka sefahleho?
11 Baiseraele ba entse sebe; ba tlotse selekane sa ka seo ke ba laetseng sona; ba nkile tsa tse entsweng anathema; ba utswitse, hape ba patile, hapehape ba kentse dintho tseo diphahlong tsa bona.