1 Ebile marena wohle a mose o kwano ho Jordane, a dihlabeng le mahwatateng, ho isa le mabopong wohle a Lewatle le Leholo, mabapa le Lebanone, marena a Ba-hethe, le a Baamore, le a Bakanana, le a Baferese, le a Baheve, le a Bajebuse, ha a utlwa taba tsena,
2 a phutheha hammoho, a eba ntswe le le leng ho ya lwantsha Joshua le Baiseraele.
3 Empa ba ahileng Gibeone, ha ba utlwa kamoo Joshua a entseng ka Jeriko le Ai kateng,
4 le bona ba etsa ka mano; ba ya ba nkile sebopeho sa manqosa, ba bofile mekotla e tsofetseng dieseleng tsa bona, le makuka a veine a tsofetseng, a hahohileng, a pharehetsweng;
5 maotong ba rwetse dieta tsa kgale, tse pharehetsweng ka ditsiba, ba apere diaparo tse tsofetseng; le mahobe wohle a mofaho wa bona a ne a omeletse, a bodile.
6 Ba fihla ho Joshua diahelong tsa Gilgale, ba re ho yena le ho banna ba Iseraele: Re tswa naheng e hole; hlabang selekane le rona jwale.
7 Banna ba Iseraele ba re ho Baheve: Ekaba le ahile haufi le rona; re ka hlaba selekane jwang le lona?