13 “Phakama ke, ubahlambulule abantu. Yithi kubo mabazihlambulule ngenxa yokuya kwenzeka ngomso, kuba mna Ndikhoyo, Thixo wamaSirayeli, ndithi kubo: ‘Phakathi kwenu kukho oko bekumelwe kukunikelwa kum ngokutshatyalaliswa. Anisoze nibe nakumelana notshaba de nahlukane nezo zinto.’
14 “Baxelele ke ukuba ngomso kusasa baza kubizwa ngokwezizwe zabo. Eso sizwe salathiweyo nguNdikhoyo kufuneka size ngaphambili ngokwezindlu zaso, ize indlu eyalathiweyo ize ngaphambili ngokomzi, kuze kumzi owalathiweyo kuphume indoda nganye.
15 Loo ndoda ke yalathiweyo kwaza kwafunyanwa kuyo ezo zinto kufuneka zitshatyalalisiwe, yotshiswa kunye nako konke okukokwayo. Kaloku iwaphule umnqophiso kaNdikhoyo, yenza ubuyatha kwaSirayeli.”
16 Kwangentsasa ngengomso uYoshuwa wawabiza amaSirayeli, izizwe ngezizwe. Isizwe sakwaJuda salathwa nguNdikhoyo.
17 Seza ngaphambili isizwe sakwaJuda ngokwezindlu zaso, kwaza kwalathwa indlu kaZera. Kuloo ndlu kaZera kwathiwa imizi yayo mayize ngaphambili,
18 kwaza kwalathwa umzi kaZabhedi. Eza ngaphambili amadoda aloo mzi, kwaza kwalathwa uAkana unyana kaKarmi umzukulwana kaZabhedi wakwaZera wesizwe sakwaJuda.
19 Wathi kuye uYoshuwa: “Mfo wam, mzukise uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, uzityande igila kuye, uyivume into oyenzileyo, ungandifihleli.”