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INkosi ilaya uJoshuwa ukuthi abele izizwe zakoIsrayeli ilizwe elinqotshiweyo
13UJoshuwa wayesemdala eleminyaka eminengi. INkosi yasisithi kuye: Usumdala, uleminyaka eminengi, kusasele ilizwe elikhulu kakhulu ukudla ilifa laloa. 2 Yileli ilizwe eliseleyob: Yonke imingcele yamaFilistic, leGeshuri yonked, 3 kusukela eShihori eliphambi kweGibhithe, kusiya emngceleni weEkhironi enyakatho, elibalelwa kumaKhananie; ababusi abahlanu bamaFilistif, abeGaza, labeAshidodi, abeAshikeloni, abeGathi, labeEkhironig, labeAvih, 4 kusukela eningizimu, ilizwe lonke lamaKhanani, leMeyara elingelamaSidoni, kuze kufike eAfekii, kuze kube semngceleni wamaAmorij, 5 lelizwe lamaGebali, leLebhanoni lonke, kusiya empumalangak, kusukela eBhali-Gadi ngaphansi kwentaba yeHermonil, kusiya ekungeneni kweHamathim. 6 Bonke abakhileyo ezintabeni, kusukela eLebhanoni kusiya eMisirefothi-Mayimi, wonke amaSidonin, mina ngizabaxotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayelio. Kuphela ulabele uIsrayeli ngenkatho libe yilifa, njengoba ngikulayilep. 7 Ngakho-ke yehlukanisa ilizwe leli libe yilifa ezizweni eziyisificamunwemunye lengxenye yesizwe sakoManase.
Ilizwe elanikwa isizwe sakoRubeni lesakoGadi lengxenye yesizwe sakoManase
8 Kanye labo abakoRubeni labakoGadi bemukela ilifa labo, uMozisi owabanika lona, ngaphetsheya kweJordani ngempumalanga, njengalokho uMozisi inceku yeNkosi wabanikaq: 9 Kusukela eAroweri esekhunjini lwesifula seArinoni, lomuzi ophakathi kwesifular, lamagceke wonkes eMedebat kuze kube seDiboniu, 10 lemizi yonke kaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori owabusa eHeshiboniv, kuze kube semngceleni wabantwana bakoAmoni, 11 leGileyadiw lomngcele wamaGeshuri lamaMahakathix lentaba yonke yeHermoniy leBashani lonke kuze kube seSalekaz, 12 umbuso wonke kaOgi eBashani owabusa eAshitarothi leEdreyia. Nguye owasala kunsali yeziqhwagab. UMozisi wayebatshaye-ke wabaxotsha elifeni labo. 13 Kodwa abantwana bakoIsrayeli kabawaxotshanga elifeni amaGeshuri lamaMahakathi; kodwa amaGeshuri lamaMahakathi ahlala phakathi kukaIsrayeli kuze kube lamuhlac. 14 Kuphela esizweni sakoLevi kanikanga ilifa; iminikelo yeNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli eyenziwe ngomlilo iyilifa lasod, njengokutsho kwayo kusoe.
15 UMozisi wasenika isizwe sabantwana bakoRubeni ngokwensendo zabo. 16 Lomngcele waso wasukela eArowerif esekhunjini lwesifula seArinoni, lomuzi ophakathi kwesifula, lamagcekeg wonke eMedebah, 17 iHeshiboni, lemizi yayo yonke esemagcekenii, iDibonij leBamothi-Bhali leBeti-Bhali-Meyoni, 18 leJahazak leKedemothil leMefahathim, 19 leKiriyathayimin leSibima leZerethi-Shahari entabeni yesigodio, 20 leBeti-Peyorip leAshidodi-Pisiga leBeti-Jeshimothiq, 21 lemizi yonke yamagceke, lombuso wonke kaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, owayebusa eHeshibonir, uMozisi amtshayas leziphathamandla zeMidiyanit, oEvi loRekemi loZuri loHuri loReba, amakhosana kaSihoni, abakhileyo belizweu.
22 LoBalami indodana kaPeyoriv, ovumisayo, abantwana bakoIsrayeli bambulala ngenkemba phakathi kwababuleweyo babo. 23 Lomngcele wabantwana bakoRubeni wawuyiJordani lomngcele wayo. Lokhu kwakuyilifa labantwana bakoRubeni ngokwensendo zabo, imizi lemizana yayo.
24 UMozisi wasenika isizwe sakoGadi, kubantwana bakoGadi ngokwensendo zabo. 25 Lomngcele wabo wawuyiJazeriw layo yonke imizi yeGileyadi lengxenye yelizwe labantwana bakoAmonix, kusiya eAroweri, ephambi kweRabay, 26 njalo kusukela eHeshiboni kusiya eRamathi-Mizipa leBetonimiz, njalo kusukela eMahanayimia kuze kube semngceleni weDebhirib; 27 lesigodini, iBeti-Haramac leBeti-Nimirad leSukothi leZafoni, insali yombuso kaSihoni inkosi yeHeshiboni, iJordani lomngcelee, kuze kube sekupheleni kolwandle lweKinerethi ngaphetsheya kweJordani empumalangaf. 28 Leli yilifa labantwana bakoGadi ngokwensendo zabo, imizi lemizana yabo.
29 UMozisi wasenika ingxenye yesizwe sakoManase ilifa; njalo yayingeyengxenye yesizwe sabantwana bakoManase ngokwensendo zabo. 30 Lomngcele wabo wasukela eMahanayimi, iBashani lonke, umbuso wonke kaOgi inkosi yeBashani, layo yonke imizana yeJayiri eseBashani, imizi engamatshumi ayisithuphag. 31 Lengxenye yeGileyadi, leAshitarothi, leEdreyi, imizi yombuso kaOgi eBashani, yayingeyabantwana bakoMakiri indodana kaManaseh, ngitsho eyengxenye yabantwana bakoMakiri ngokwensendo zaboi. 32 La yiwo uMozisi awanika aba yilifa emagcekeni akoMowabi ngaphetsheya kweJordani eJeriko empumalangaj.
33 Kodwa esizweni sakoLevi uMozisi kanikanga ilifak; iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, iyilifa labo, njengokutsho kwayo kubol.
a 23.1; 14.10.
b Hlu. 3.1-4.
c Jow. 3.4; Josh. 22.10,11.
d 1 Sam. 27.8; 12.5; 11,13.
e 1 Lan. 13.5. Jer. 2.18.
f Hlu. 3.3. 16.30. 1 Sam. 5.8,11. 6.4,12,16,18. 7.7; 29.6,7.
g 15.11.
h Dute. 2.23.
i 12.18.
j Hlu. 1.34,36.
k 1 Kho. 5.18. Hlab. 83.7. Hez. 27.9.
l 11.17. 12.7.
m Nani 34.8.
n 11.8.
o 23.13. Hlu. 2.21,23.
p 23.4. Nani 34.2. Hlu. 18.1. Hlab. 16.6.
q Nani 32.33. Dute. 3.12,13. 29.8. 12.6. 22.4.
r Dute. 2.36.
s Dute. 3.10.
t 13.16,17; Nani 21.30.
u 13.16,17; Nani 21.30.
v Nani 21.24,25.
w 12.5.
x 13.13. Dute. 3.14.
y Dute. 3.9.
z 12.5.
a 12.4.
b 12.4.
c 13.11.
d Nani 18.20.
e 13.33.
f 13.9.
g 13.9.
h 13.9.
i 13.9.
j 13.9.
k 21.36. 1 Lan. 6.78. Nani 21.23.
l 21.37. 1 Lan. 6.79.
m 21.37. 1 Lan. 6.79.
n Nani 32.37. Hez. 25.9.
o Nani 32.38. Isa. 16.8,9. Jer. 48.32.
p Dute. 4.46; Nani 23.28.
q 12.3.
r Dute. 3.10.
s Nani 21.24.
t Nani 31.8.
u Hlab. 83.11. Hez. 32.30. Dan. 11.8. Mika 5.5.
v Nani 31.8.
w Nani 21.32; 32.35.
x Nani 21.26,28,29; Dute. 2.19. Hlu. 11.13-27.
y Dute. 3.11.
z 11.3.
a 2 Sam. 17.24.
b 2 Sam. 9.4,5; 17.27.
c Nani 32.36.
d Nani 32.3,36.
e Gen. 33.17. 1 Kho. 7.46. 2 Lan. 4.17.
f Nani 34.11; 11.2; 12.3.
g Dute. 3.14. 1 Lan. 2.23. Nani 32.41.
h 12.4.
i 17.1.
j Nani 22.1.
k 13.14; 18.7.
l Nani 18.20.