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?
8 Ba re ho Joshua: Re bahlanka ba hao. Joshua a re ho bona: Le bomang? Le tswa kae?
9 Ba re ho yena: Bahlanka ba hao ba tswa naheng e holehole, ka baka la lebitso la Jehova, Modimo wa hao; etswe re utlwile botumo ba hae, le tsohle tseo a di entseng Egepeta;