1 Nomba pa numa ya mfwa+ ya kwa Yoshua, abana ba kwa Israele baipwishe+ kuli Yehova, abati: “Nani pali ifwe akabalilapo ukuya ku bena Kanaani ku kulwa na bo?”

18 Awe baliimine no kuya ku Betele no kwipusha kuli Lesa.+ E lyo abana ba kwa Israele batile: “Nani pali ifwe uwalaba pa ntanshi mu kulwa na bana ba kwa Benjamini?”+ E lyo Yehova atile: “Yuda e walaba pa ntanshi.”+

28 Nomba Finehasi+ mwana Eleasari, mwana Aarone, aiminine ku ntanshi ya ciko muli shilya nshiku,+ no kutila: “Bushe ndeya na kabili ku kulwa na bana ba kwa Benjamini munyinane nelyo ndeke?”+ E lyo Yehova atile: “Kabiye, pantu mailo nkamupeela mu minwe yobe.”+

2 E lyo Davidi aipwishe+ Yehova ati: “Bushe nje, no kuyauma abaPelishiti aba?” Na o Yehova ayaswike Davidi ati: “Kabiye, kabili ukome abaPelishiti no kupususha Keila.”