EKIKATHERAYA esyambimbo sye Yeriko esi niki? Yikabya ngani bbomu nene eyamasiswirya. Aliriryo omwabiro ebyo sibabya bawithe bbomu; sibabya bawithe n’esyambundu. Ni kindi kithiko-thiko kya Yehova! Leka thw’ighe ngoku kyabya kyabere.

Hulikirira ebya Yehova akabwira Yosua: ‘Iwe n’abalhume bawu abakalhwa muli b’erithimba okwa muyi. Muthimbe okwa muyi murundi mughuma obuli kiro ahabw’ebiro mukagha. Mubye imunehekire esanduko ey’endaghano. Abahereri irinda batholere ibabya embere syayu ibane mubuha esyangubi syabu.

‘Okwa kiro kye irinda mutholere imwathimba okwa muyi mirundi irinda. Neryo mubuhe esyangubi sya kutsibu, kandi buli mundu alhake n’omulenge munene ow’amalhwa. N’esyambimbo sikendi kwama ky’awa ahisi!’

Yosua n’abandu bamakolha ngoku Yehova akabugha. Bakathimba, buli mundu anahunire. Sihali mundu oyukabugha. Ebikowibawa yen’emirenge ey’esyangubi n’ebikindu. Esyanzighu sy’abandu ba Nyamuhanga omwa Yeriko syangabya imusyubaha. Wanamalhangira omughuha olya ow’engulha kw’alerembire omw’idirisa? Eryo ni dirisa lyandi? Kwenene, Rahabu abirikolha ekyo abalingi babiri bamubwira bathi akole. Abosi ab’eka yiwe bane haghuma nayu omwa nyumba yiwe bakalebya ekikakoleka.

Erighunzerera, okwa kiro ky’eb’irinda, bamabya babiri ghunza erithimba okwa muyi mirundi irinda, esyangubi syamabugha, abalhume abalhwi bamalhaka, n’esyombimbo syamathera. Neryo Yosua akabugha athi: ‘Mwithe buli mundu omwa muyi kandi muhisayegho. Muhisaye buli kindu. Mulhamaye esy’ebitsipa, esy’amaghetse, omulinga n’ekyuma bisa, kandi muhebyo okwa ngunza ey’ehema ya Yehova.’

Okw’abalingi babiri, Yosua akabugha athi: ‘Mughende omwa nyumba ya Rahabu, kandi mumulethe n’abahughu biwe bosi.’ Rahabu n’eka yiwe bamalhamibwa, ngoku abalingi babya ibabiri mulhaghanisya.