Yoshua 4:1-24
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Mabwe a kuvulukilako (1-24)
4 Aku kisaka kyonse kyabukatu Yodano, Yehoba waambijile Yoshua amba:
2 “Usalemo banabalume 12 mu bantu, mu mukoka umo usalemo mwanamulume umo,+
3 ne kwibakambizha’mba: ‘Tolai mabwe 12 aji pakachi ka Yodano, na paimena bañanga,+ ne kwiasenda ne kukeatula pa mpunzha po musakulaajila.’”+
4 Byonkabyo, Yoshua waichile banabalume 12 bo atongwele mu bena Isalela, mu mukoka umo wasajilemo mwanamulume umo,
5 kabiji Yoshua wibabuujile’mba: “Pitai kulutwe ya Jikwachi ja Yehoba Lesa wenu ne kuya pakachi ka Yodano, pa muntu pa muntu musende jibwe pa bipuzhi byenu monka mwayila kuvula kwa mikoka ya bena Isalela,
6 kuba’mba kikekale kayukilo mukachi kenu. Inge baana* benu bakemushikishe’mba, ‘Nanchi ano mabwe a ka?’+
7 Mukebakumbule’mba: ‘Mema a mu Yodano alekele kupita kulutwe ya jikwachi+ ja lulayañano lwa Yehoba. Byo jaabukilenga Yodano, mema a mu Yodano alekele kupita. Ano mabwe akekala ke kivuluko* kya myaka ne myaka ku bena Isalela.’”+
8 Onkao mambo, bena Isalela baubile byonkatu bibakambizhe Yoshua. Batolele mabwe 12 pakachi ka Yodano byonkatu Yehoba byo amukambizhe Yoshua, kwesakana na kuvula kwa mikoka ya bena Isalela. Beasendele ku mpunzha ko bakalaajile ne kwiatula konkakwa.
9 Yoshua naye walumbikile mabwe 12 pakachi ka Yodano ponka panyanchile maulu a bañanga basendele jikwachi ja lulayañano,+ kabiji ano mabwe mo akiji kufikatu ne lelo jino.
10 Bañanga basendele Jikwachi baubiletu monka baimena pakachi ka Yodano posotu ne bintu byonse Yehoba byo akambizhe Yoshua kubuula bantu kuba byo byapwile, monkatu mwayijile bintu byonse Mosesa byo akambizhe Yoshua. Bantu bonse baabukile bukiji.
11 Aku bantu bonse babukatu, Jikwachi ja Yehoba ne bañanga baabukile saka bebamona ku bantu.+
12 Kabiji bena Lubenyi, bena Gadi ne kichika kya mukoka wa bena Manase batangijileko saka betanchika+ kulutwe ya bena Isalela bakwabo, byonkatu bibakambizhe Mosesa.+
13 Bashilikale nobe 40,000 benengezhezhe kulwa nkondo baabukile ku meso a Yehoba ne kuya mu bisanzangala bya Yeliko.
14 Pa jonkaja juba Yehoba watumbijikile Yoshua bena Isalela bonse saka batalako+ ne abo bamunemekele* bingi moba onse a bumi bwanji, byonkatu byo banemekelenga Mosesa.+
15 Kabiji Yehoba waambijile Yoshua amba:
16 “Kambizha bañanga basenda jikwachi+ ja Lushimuno kutuntukamo mu Yodano.”
17 Byonkabyo, Yoshua wakambizhe bañanga amba: “Tuntukaimo mu Yodano.”
18 Bañanga basendele jikwachi+ ja lulayañano lwa Yehoba byo batuntukile kufuma pakachi ka Yodano ne maulu a bañanga byo anyanchile ku kitulu, mema a mu Yodano atatwile kupita ne kuyula kufika ne ku kitulu+ byonka byo ajinga kala.
19 Bantu batuntukile mu Yodano pa juba ja bujikumi mu ñondo mutanshi, kabiji batebelejile ku Giligala+ ku mupaka uji ku musela wa Yeliko.
20 Kabiji mabwe 12 o bafumishe mu Yodano, Yoshua wialumbikile mu Giligala.+
21 Kepo aambijile bena Isalela amba: “Inge mu kimye kya kulutwe, baana benu bakepuzhe bashabo amba, ‘Nanchi ano mabwe abena kulumbulula ka?’+
22 Mwafwainwa kulumbulwila baana benu amba: ‘Bena Isalela baabukile Yodano pa mushiji wauma+
23 kimye Yehoba Lesa wenu kyo aumishe mema a mu Yodano saka batalako, posotu ne byo baabukile byonkatu Yehoba Lesa wenu byo aubile pa Kalunga ka Mema Kachila byo ekomishe saka tumonako posotu ne byo twikabukile.+
24 Waubile kino pa kuba’mba mitundu yonse ya bantu baji pano pa ntanda iyuke bulume buji na kuboko kwa Yehoba,+ ne kuba’mba mukamwakamwenga kimye kyonse Yehoba Lesa wenu.’”
Tubyambo twa munshi
^ Mu Kihebelu, “baana ba balume.”
^ Nangwa’mba “ke kya kwimuvululako.”
^ Mu Kihebelu, “bamwakaminwe.”
