1 Ngawo la ke amazwi, awawathethayo uMoses kumaSirayeli onke phesheya kweYordan entlango, eArabha, malungana noLwandle oluBomvu,* phakathi kweParan, neTofele, neLabhan, neHatseroti, neDizahabhi.
2 Ziintsuku ezilishumi elinalunye ukusuka eHorebhe ngendlela yentaba yakwaSehire, ukuya eKadeshe-bharneha.
3 Ngomnyaka wamashumi omané, ngenyanga yeshumi elinanye, ngolokuqala enyangeni leyo, wathetha uMoses koonyana bakaSirayeli ngako konke uYehova abemwisele umthetho ngako kubo.
4 Emveni kokumbulala kwakhe uSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, obemi eHeshbhon, no-Ogi ukumkani waseBhashan, obemi eAshtaroti nase-Edreyi,
5 phesheya kweYordan ezweni lakwaMowabhi, waqala uMoses ukubaqononondisa lo myalelo, esithi: