3 Wazenzela ke uYoshuwa iintshengece, wabalùsa oonyana bakaSirayeli endulini yenyama yokwalùswa.
4 Nasi isizathu sokuba uYoshuwa abaluse: bonke abantu ababephume eYiputa bengamadoda, onke amadoda okulwa, afela entlango endleleni, ekuphumeni kwawo eYiputa.
5 Kuba baye balukile bonke abantu abo baphumáyo; ke bonke abantu ababezalelwe entlango endleleni, ekuphumeni kwabo eYiputa, babengalukanga.
6 Kuba oonyana bakaSirayeli bahamba iminyaka emashumi mané entlango, lwada lwaphela lonke uhlanga olungamadoda okulwa awaphumayo eYiputa, angaliphulaphulanga izwi likaYehova; awawafungelayo uYehova ukuba akayi kuwabonisa elo zwe, walifungela ooyise ukuba uya kusinika, ilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi.
7 Ke oonyana babo, awabavelisayo esikhundleni sabo, wabalùsa bona uYoshuwa; kuba babengalukile, ngokuba babengabalùsanga endleleni.
8 Kwathi bakuba belugqibile ukulwalùsa lonke uhlanga, bahlala endaweni yabo eminqubeni bada baphola.
9 Wathi uYehova kuYoshuwa, Namhla ingcikivo yeYiputa ndiyiqengqile, yesuka kuni; kwathiwa igama laloo ndawo yiGiligali* unanamhla.