8 Benjenjalo ooyihlo ekubasuseni kwam eKadeshe-bharneha, ukuba balikhangele ilizwe.
9-11 Benyuka bada baya esihlanjeni sakwaEshkoli, balibona ilizwe, bazityhafisa iintliziyo zoonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuba bangàyi ezweni abanikáyo uYehova. Wavutha umsindo kaYehova ngaloo mhla, wafunga, wathi, Ndobona ukuba okha awubone amadoda anyukáyo eYiputa, athabathela kominyaka imashumi mabini ezelwe enyusa, umhlaba endawufungela uAbraham noIsake noYakobi, kuba engakuzalisanga ukundilandela;
12 ingenguKalebhi unyana kaYefune, umKenazi, noYoshuwa, unyana kaNun; ngokuba bekuzalisile ukumlandela uYehova bona.
13 Wavutha umsindo kaYehova kumaSirayeli, wawabhadulisa entlango iminyaka emashumi mané, sada sagqitywa sonke isizukulwana, esaye senze ububi emehlweni kaYehova.
14 Nanku nisuke nema esikhundleni sooyihlo, nikukwanda kwamadoda awonayo, ukongeza ngakumbi ekuvutheni komsindo kaYehova kwaSirayeli.
15 Xa nithe nabuya ekumlandeleni, wophinda kanjalo abasalise entlango nibonákalise ke aba bantu bonke.
16 Basondela kuye bathi, Izibaya zempahla emfutshane siya kuzibiyela imfuyo yethu apha, imizi siyakhele usapho lwethu.