Woneka kwa Joshuwa
1 Kwakati shule kwabe tjibaka Yahwe bakapa Baiziraela kunyaluluka mu kugwa ne zwita zwabo zose kubapoteleka, Joshuwa mu tjibaka itjetjo wakabe atjikwegula kwazo, 2 Joshuwa kakubunganya bathu bose be Iziraela, bakulu ne batungamili ne basumikilisi ne makombgwa ngono kabadwa kati, “Imi ndakwegula ndabe nthuntana, 3 ngono imwi makazwibonegwa tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakashingwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu mu zwitjaba nge kwenyu, Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu ndibo bakabe bemugwila. 4 Ndakapa njudzi dzenyu shango kuti ibe thaka yenyu kudwa ku bhezhuba kwe gwizi gwe Jorodani kunoti ku Gungwa Bukulu kunomila zhuba. Ndakamupa shango ye zwitjaba zose zwandakakunda ne zwakasala. 5 Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu banowozwitatila kutjena namwi bakazwisundila kutjena mbeli kwenyu ngono mowotola shango dzabo koga Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu sekwa bakamugadzabgwe. 6 Ndizoke ngwenu simani, mulondolodze tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakakwagwa mu Lukwalo gwe nlayo gwa Mushe, musitongo gufupatila ndodwa ne kang'ompela. 7 Musitongo shingidzana ne njudzi idzedzi dzipakati kwenyu, musitongo dana mazina e midzimu yabo kene ili kutuna nayo kene kuli kuithigamila. 8 Koga makafanila kuti mubhatilile muna Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu koga sekwa makathama kuswikila nasi. 9 Yahwe bakatatila zwitjaba zwakasima kutjena na nasi kose akuna wakamukunda. 10 Yahwe Ndzimu wedu bakagadzabgwe kuti banowotigwila ndizo nthu ng'ompela ekunda bathu bali tjiwulu (1 000). 11 Ndizo mubone kuti moda Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu.
12 “Koga ha mufupatila Yahwe muzwizwadzanya ne Bezwitjaba izwezwi zwipakati kwenyu kene mube mulobolelana nazo, 13 mube muziba kuti Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu abangatjatatile zwitjaba kutjena namwi. Koga zowobe bhuzhu, zwikamulalila, zowobe shamu mu muli kakale zwikabe mihwa mu mesho enyu kuswikilila maloba mose mu shango iyeyi yakanaka yamakapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu.
14 “Ngono ngwenu ndatjibe pejo ngofa. Mukatikati kwenyu moziba tjoselele kuti akuna tja Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu tjabakagadzabgwe tjabasakashingikadza, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjabakagadzabgwe bakatjishingikadza, akuna tjakabakona. 15 Koga se zwithu zose zwibuya zwakagadziwabgwe ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu bakazwishingikadza, Yahwe banowodelusila zwithu zwakabipa pezhugwi kwenyu sekwa bakaleba, kudzina bemukolomodza mu shango iyeyi mbuya iyo Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu yabakamupa. 16 Ha mutjuluka Tjidumano tja Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu, itjo tjabakamudwa, mube muyenda munoshingila midzimu ipoga kakale muinamata, bushongola gwa Yahwe gowodelukila mu muli ngono tjinyolotjo mowolobesiwa mu shango yakanaka yabakamupa iyo.”
1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. 5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. 6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them , neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.