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14Lala ngamazwe abantwana bakoIsrayeli abawadla abe yilifa elizweni leKhanani, uEleyazare umpristi loJoshuwa indodana kaNuni lenhloko zaboyise bezizwe zabantwana bakoIsrayeli ababanika wona aba yilifaa, 2 ngenkatho yelifa labo, njengokulaya kweNkosi ngesandla sikaMozisi, ngezizwe eziyisificamunwemunye lengxenye yesizweb. 3 Ngoba uMozisi wayesenike ilifa izizwe ezimbili lengxenye yesizwe ngaphetsheya kweJordani; kodwa kumaLevi kanikanga ilifa phakathi kwazoc. 4 Ngoba abantwana bakoJosefa babeyizizwe ezimbili, uManase loEfrayimid. Njalo kabawanikanga amaLevi isabelo elizweni, ngaphandle kwemizi yokuhlala, lamadlelo ayo ezifuyo zabo lempahla zaboe. 5 Njengokulaya kweNkosi kuMozisi, abantwana bakoIsrayeli benza njalo, balaba ilizwef.

6 Khona abantwana bakoJuda basondela kuJoshuwa eGiligali; uKalebi indodana kaJefune umKenizi wasesithi kuyeg: Wena uyalazi ilizwi iNkosi eyalikhuluma kuMozisih umuntu kaNkulunkulu mayelana lawe lamayelana lami eKadeshi-Bhaneyai. 7 Ngangileminyaka engamatshumi amane lapho uMozisi inceku yeNkosi ingithuma ngisuka eKadeshi-Bhaneya ukuhlola ilizwe. Ngasengibuyisela kuye umbiko njengokusenhliziyweni yamij. 8 Kodwa abazalwane bami ababenyuke lamik benza inhliziyo zabantu zancibilikal; kodwa mina ngayilandela ngokupheleleyo iNkosi uNkulunkulu wamim. 9 UMozisi wasefunga mhlalokho esithi: Isibili umhlaban olunyathele kuwo unyawo lwakho uzakuba ngowakho ube yilifa, lebantwaneni bakho kuze kube ninininio, ngoba uyilandele ngokupheleleyo iNkosi uNkulunkulu wamip. 10 Khathesi-ke khangela, iNkosi ingilondoloze ngiphila njengokutsho kwayo okwale iminyaka engamatshumi amane lanhlanu, kusukela esikhathini iNkosi eyakhuluma ngaso lelilizwi kuMozisi, uIsrayeli esahamba enkangalaq. Khathesi-ke khangela, lamuhla ngileminyaka engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lanhlanur. 11 Ngisaqinile lalamuhla njengasosukwini uMozisi angithuma ngalos. Njengamandla ami ngalesosikhathi, asenjalo amandla ami khathesi, awempi lawokuphuma lawokungenat. 12 Ngakho-ke nginika lintaba iNkosi eyakhuluma ngayo ngalolosuku, ngoba wena wezwa mhlalokho ukuthi amaAnaki ayekhona lapho lemizi emikhulu ebiyelwe ngemithangalau. Aluba iNkosi ilami, ngizawaxotsha elifeni, njengokutsho kweNkosi. 13 UJoshuwa wasembusisav wanika uKalebi indodana kaJefune iHebroni ibe yilifaw. 14 Ngalokho-ke iHebroni yaba ngekaKalebi indodana kaJefune umKenizi yaba yilifa kuze kube lamuhla, ngoba wayilandela ngokupheleleyo iNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayelix. 15 Lebizo leHebroni kuqala laliyiKiriyathi-Arba, owayengumuntu omkhulu phakathi kwamaAnakiy. Ilizwe laseliphumula empiniz.

a Nani 34.17,18.

b Nani 26.55. 33.54. 34.13. Hlu. 20.9.

c 13.7,8,32,33.

d Gen. 48.5. 1 Lan. 5.1,2.

e Gen. 34.23; 36.6.

f Nani 35.2; 21.2.

g Nani 32.12; Josh. 14.14; 15.17.

h Nani 14.30. Dute. 1.36,38.

i Dute. 33.1.

j Nani 13.6,26; 14.6.

k Dute. 1.28.

l Dute. 1.28.

m Nani 14.24. Dute. 1.36.

n Nani 14.23,24. Dute. 1.36. 1.3.

o Nani 13.22.

p Nani 14.24. Dute. 1.36.

q Nani 14.30.

r Josh. 14.7.

s Dute. 34.7.

t Dute. 31.2.

u Nani 13.28,33.

v 22.6.

w 10.36,37. 15.14. Hlu. 1.20. 1 Lan. 6.56.

x 14.8,9.

y 21.11.

z 11.23.