Lufu gwa Mushe
1 Ngono Mushe kayenda kudwa mu mabala e Moabu etathila ku Dombo le Nebo pezhugwi zhugwi kwe Pisiga pakalingisana ne Jerikho. Ngono Yahwe bakanlakidza shango yose kudwa pa Giliyadi kukweba bukule kunoti Dani, 2 Nafutali yose, shango ya Ifureimi na Manase, shango yose ye Juda bukule kunoti ku gungwa, 3 kulonga Negebu ne lubala gunolonga nkuku we Jerikho nzi nkulu we milala bukule kunoti ku Zowa. 4 Ipapo Yahwe bakabe beti kunli, “Iyeyi ndiyo shango yandakatuna kuna Abhurahama ne kuna Isaki ne kuna Jakubo nditi, ‘Ndowoyipa bana babo.’ Ndakuletja kuti uyibone nge mesho awo, koga awutowoyenda ikweno.” 5 Ndizo Mushe nlanda wa Yahwe kafa ikoko mu shango ye Moabu kuyendidzana ne dama la Yahwe. 6 Ngono Yahwe bakambiganya mu nkuku mu shango ye Moabu kulingisana ne Bhethipeori, koga akuna nthu unoziba paakatshigwa kuswikila mu zhuba lino. 7 Mushe wakabe ana makole ali zana lina makumi mabili (120) paakafa, mesho awe akabe asakatundubala ne matatabuko e mbili uwe akabe asatapudzika. 8 Ngono bathu be Iziraela bakalilila Mushe mazhuba ali makumi matatu (30) mu mabala e Moabu, ndizo mazhuba ekulilila Mushe kapela.
9 Ngono Joshuwa nkololo wa Nuni wakabe ali zhele meya ye butjenjedu ngoti Mushe wakabe abiga zwiazha zwizwe pezhugwi kukwe, ndizo bathu be Iziraela bakanhwa ngono bakathama sekwa kadwiwa Mushe ndi Yahwe. 10 Ngono akuzotongobe ne nlebesambeli mu Iziraela wakanga Mushe wakabe Yahwe benziba bakalingisana mesho, 11 akuna wakanga iye nge zwilakidzo zose nenge makaabadzo Yahwe abakantuma kuashinga ku shango Egipiti kuna Faro neku balanda babe bose neku shango iye yose, 12 nenge kwe simba lose lakasima nenge mishingo yose mikulu yakabangalala iyo Mushe yaakashinga mu mesho e Baiziraela bose.
The Death of Moses
1 Sometime later, Moses left the lowlands of Moab. He went up Mount Pisgah to the peak of Mount Nebo, which is across the Jordan River from Jericho. The Lord showed him all the land as far north as Gilead and the town of Dan. 2 He let Moses see the territories that would soon belong to the tribes of Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Judah, as far west as the Mediterranean Sea. 3 The Lord also showed him the land in the south, from the valley near the town of Jericho, known as The City of Palm Trees, down to the town of Zoar.
4 The Lord said, “Moses, this is the land I was talking about when I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give land to their descendants. I have let you see it, but you will not cross the Jordan and go in.”
5 And so, Moses the Lord's servant died there in Moab, just as the Lord had said. 6 The Lord buried him in a valley near the town of Beth-Peor, but even today no one knows exactly where. 7 Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was still good, and his body was strong.
8 The people of Israel stayed in the lowlands of Moab, where they mourned and grieved 30 days for Moses, as was their custom.
Joshua Becomes the Leader of Israel
9 Before Moses died, he had placed his hands on Joshua, and the Lord had given Joshua wisdom. The Israelites paid attention to what Joshua said and obeyed the commands that the Lord had given Moses.
Moses Was a Great Prophet
10 There has never again been a prophet in Israel like Moses. The Lord spoke face to face with him 11 and sent him to perform powerful miracles in the presence of the king of Egypt and his entire nation. 12 No one else has ever had the power to do such great things as Moses did for everyone to see.