The Land Divided

¹Yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli yabuthana eShilo, yamisa khona itende lokuhlangana; izwe lanqotshwa phambi kwabo.

²Kwasala phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezingakabelwa ifa lazo.

³UJoshuwa wathi kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli: “Niyakuyekethisa kuze kube nini ukuya ukulidla izwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo aninike lona na?

⁴Zimiseleni amadoda amathathu izizwe ngezizwe; ngiyakuwathuma ukuba asuke ahambe ezweni, alilobe njengamafa azo, aze afike kimi.

⁵Ayakwahlukanisa izabelo eziyisikhombisa: uJuda uyakuhlala emkhawulweni wakhe ngaseningizimu, indlu kaJosefa ihlale emkhawulweni wayo ngasenyakatho.

⁶Anoloba izwe kube yizabelo eziyisikhombisa, nikulethe lapha kimi, nginenzele inkatho lapha phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu.

⁷Ngokuba amaLevi awanasabelo phakathi kwenu, lokhu ubupristi bukaJehova buyifa lawo; oGadi noRubeni nenxenye yesizwe sakwaManase sebamukela ifa labo ngaphesheya kweJordani ngasempumalanga abanika lona uMose inceku kaJehova.”

⁸Amadoda ayesesuka, ahamba; uJoshuwa wayala abahambayo ukuba balobe izwe, wathi: “Sukani nihambe ezweni, nililobe, nibuyele kimi, nginenzele inkatho phambi kukaJehova eShilo.”

⁹Ayesehamba amadoda, adabula izwe, aliloba ngemizi, kwaba yizabelo eziyisikhombisa encwadini; afika kuJoshuwa ekamu laseShilo.

¹⁰UJoshuwa wawenzela inkatho eShilo phambi kukaJehova; uJoshuwa wababela khona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli izwe njengezabelo zalo.

¹¹Inkatho yadla isizwe sabantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo; umkhawulo wesabelo sabo waphuma phakathi kwabantwana bakwaJuda nabantwana bakwaJosefa.

¹²Umkhawulo wabo ngasohlangothini lwasenyakatho waphuma eJordani; umkhawulo wenyuka eceleni kweJeriko ngasenyakatho, wakhuphukela ezintabeni ngasentshonalanga; ukuphuma kwawo kwakungasehlane laseBeti Aveni.

¹³Umkhawulo wasuka lapho, waya eLuze eceleni kweLuze eliyiBethele ngaseningizimu; umkhawulo wawusehlela e-Atharoti Adari ngasentabeni engaseningizimu kwaseBeti Horoni laseNzansi.

¹⁴Umkhawulo wasuka, wajika ngasohlangothini lwasentshonalanga ngaseningizimu, kusukela entabeni ephambi kweBeti Horoni ngaseningizimu; ukuphuma kwawo kwakungaseKiriyati Bali eliyiKiriyati Jeharimi, umuzi wabantwana bakwaJuda; lokho kwakuluhlangothi lwasentshonalanga.

¹⁵Uhlangothi lwaseningizimu lwasuka ekupheleni kweKiriyati Jeharimi, umkhawulo waphuma waya ngasentshonalanga emthonjeni wamanzi aseNefitowa;

¹⁶umkhawulo wawusehlela ngasekupheleni kwentaba engaphambi kwesigodi sendodana kaHinomu esiyisigodi samaRefa ngasenyakatho; wehlela esigodini sikaHinomu eceleni kwamaJebusi ngaseningizimu, wehlela e-Eni Rogeli;

¹⁷wasuka enyakatho, waphuma e-Eni Shemeshi, waya eGeliloti elibhekene nommango wase-Adumimi, wehlela etsheni likaBohanu indodana kaRubeni;

¹⁸wadlula waya eceleni elibhekene ne-Araba ngasenyakatho, wehlela e-Araba;

¹⁹umkhawulo wadlula, waya eceleni kweBeti Hogila ngasenyakatho, ukuphuma komkhawulo kwakungasethekwini lasenyakatho koLwandle Lukasawoti ngasekugcineni kweJordani ngaseningizimu; lokho kwakungumkhawulo waseningizimu.

²⁰IJordani lalingumkhawulo walo ngasohlangothini lwasempumalanga. Lokho kwakuyifa labantwana bakwaBenjamini njengemikhawulo yabo nxazonke ngemindeni yabo.

²¹Imizi yesizwe sabantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo yayiyiJeriko, neBeti Hogila, ne-Emeki Kesisi,

²²neBeti Araba, neSemarayimi, neBethele,

²³ne-Avimi, nePhara, ne-Ofira,

²⁴neKefari Amoni, ne-Ofini, neGeba, imizi iyishumi nambili nemizana yayo;

²⁵iGibeyoni, neRama, neBeyeroti,

²⁶neMispa, neKefira, neMosa,

²⁷neRekemi, ne-Iripeyeli, neTarala,

²⁸neSela, ne-Elefi, neJebusi eliyiJerusalema, neGibeyati, neKiriyati, imizi iyishumi nane nemizana yayo. Lokho kwakuyifa labantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo.