‏ Joshua 13

INkosi ilaya uJoshuwa ukuthi abele izizwe zakoIsrayeli ilizwe elinqotshiweyo

1UJoshuwa wayesemdala eleminyaka eminengi. INkosi yasisithi kuye: Usumdala, uleminyaka eminengi, kusasele ilizwe elikhulu kakhulu ukudla ilifa lalo a. 2Yileli ilizwe eliseleyo b: Yonke imingcele yamaFilisti c, leGeshuri yonke d, 3kusukela eShihori eliphambi kweGibhithe, kusiya emngceleni weEkhironi enyakatho, elibalelwa kumaKhanani e; ababusi abahlanu bamaFilisti f, abeGaza, labeAshidodi, abeAshikeloni, abeGathi, labeEkhironi g, labeAvi h, 4kusukela eningizimu, ilizwe lonke lamaKhanani, leMeyara elingelamaSidoni, kuze kufike eAfeki i, kuze kube semngceleni wamaAmori j, 5lelizwe lamaGebali, leLebhanoni lonke, kusiya empumalanga k, kusukela eBhali-Gadi ngaphansi kwentaba yeHermoni l, kusiya ekungeneni kweHamathi m. 6Bonke abakhileyo ezintabeni, kusukela eLebhanoni kusiya eMisirefothi-Mayimi, wonke amaSidoni n, mina ngizabaxotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli o. Kuphela ulabele uIsrayeli ngenkatho libe yilifa, njengoba ngikulayile p. 7Ngakho-ke yehlukanisa ilizwe leli libe yilifa ezizweni eziyisificamunwemunye lengxenye yesizwe sakoManase.

Ilizwe elanikwa isizwe sakoRubeni lesakoGadi lengxenye yesizwe sakoManase

8Kanye labo abakoRubeni labakoGadi bemukela ilifa labo, uMozisi owabanika lona, ngaphetsheya kweJordani ngempumalanga, njengalokho uMozisi inceku yeNkosi wabanika q: 9Kusukela eAroweri esekhunjini lwesifula seArinoni, lomuzi ophakathi kwesifula r, lamagceke wonke s eMedeba t kuze kube seDiboni u, 10lemizi yonke kaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori owabusa eHeshiboni v, kuze kube semngceleni wabantwana bakoAmoni, 11leGileyadi w lomngcele wamaGeshuri lamaMahakathi x lentaba yonke yeHermoni y leBashani lonke kuze kube seSaleka z, 12umbuso wonke kaOgi eBashani owabusa eAshitarothi leEdreyi aa. Nguye owasala kunsali yeziqhwaga ab. UMozisi wayebatshaye-ke wabaxotsha elifeni labo. 13Kodwa abantwana bakoIsrayeli kabawaxotshanga elifeni amaGeshuri lamaMahakathi; kodwa amaGeshuri lamaMahakathi ahlala phakathi kukaIsrayeli kuze kube lamuhla ac. 14Kuphela esizweni sakoLevi kanikanga ilifa; iminikelo yeNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli eyenziwe ngomlilo iyilifa laso ad, njengokutsho kwayo kuso ae.

15UMozisi wasenika isizwe sabantwana bakoRubeni ngokwensendo zabo. 16Lomngcele waso wasukela eAroweri af esekhunjini lwesifula seArinoni, lomuzi ophakathi kwesifula, lamagceke ag wonke eMedeba ah, 17iHeshiboni, lemizi yayo yonke esemagcekeni ai, iDiboni aj leBamothi-Bhali leBeti-Bhali-Meyoni, 18leJahaza ak leKedemothi al leMefahathi am, 19leKiriyathayimi an leSibima leZerethi-Shahari entabeni yesigodi ao, 20leBeti-Peyori ap leAshidodi-Pisiga leBeti-Jeshimothi aq, 21lemizi yonke yamagceke, lombuso wonke kaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, owayebusa eHeshiboni ar, uMozisi amtshaya as leziphathamandla zeMidiyani at, oEvi loRekemi loZuri loHuri loReba, amakhosana kaSihoni, abakhileyo belizwe au.

22LoBalami indodana kaPeyori av, ovumisayo, abantwana bakoIsrayeli bambulala ngenkemba phakathi kwababuleweyo babo. 23Lomngcele wabantwana bakoRubeni wawuyiJordani lomngcele wayo. Lokhu kwakuyilifa labantwana bakoRubeni ngokwensendo zabo, imizi lemizana yayo.

24UMozisi wasenika isizwe sakoGadi, kubantwana bakoGadi ngokwensendo zabo. 25Lomngcele wabo wawuyiJazeri aw layo yonke imizi yeGileyadi lengxenye yelizwe labantwana bakoAmoni ax, kusiya eAroweri, ephambi kweRaba ay, 26njalo kusukela eHeshiboni kusiya eRamathi-Mizipa leBetonimi az, njalo kusukela eMahanayimi ba kuze kube semngceleni weDebhiri bb; 27lesigodini, iBeti-Harama bc leBeti-Nimira bd leSukothi leZafoni, insali yombuso kaSihoni inkosi yeHeshiboni, iJordani lomngcele be, kuze kube sekupheleni kolwandle lweKinerethi ngaphetsheya kweJordani empumalanga bf. 28Leli yilifa labantwana bakoGadi ngokwensendo zabo, imizi lemizana yabo.

29UMozisi wasenika ingxenye yesizwe sakoManase ilifa; njalo yayingeyengxenye yesizwe sabantwana bakoManase ngokwensendo zabo. 30Lomngcele wabo wasukela eMahanayimi, iBashani lonke, umbuso wonke kaOgi inkosi yeBashani, layo yonke imizana yeJayiri eseBashani, imizi engamatshumi ayisithupha bg. 31Lengxenye yeGileyadi, leAshitarothi, leEdreyi, imizi yombuso kaOgi eBashani, yayingeyabantwana bakoMakiri indodana kaManase bh, ngitsho eyengxenye yabantwana bakoMakiri ngokwensendo zabo bi. 32La yiwo uMozisi awanika aba yilifa emagcekeni akoMowabi ngaphetsheya kweJordani eJeriko empumalanga bj.

33Kodwa esizweni sakoLevi uMozisi kanikanga ilifa bk; iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, iyilifa labo, njengokutsho kwayo kubo bl.

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