Yoshua
3 Akupu Yoshua nkuibua namashika buee na aye na bena Isalele* boso nkukatuka ku Shitime na nkufika ku Yordane. Abo nkulaala kuakua kumpala kua kusabuka.
2 Kunyima kua mafuku asatu, bakunkushi nkuifunya mu kishalelo 3 na nkutumina muilo eyi’shi: “Nka’nue baki’abamono ba tshite muakuidi bena Levi mbasemune mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu, nukatukie mbalo yanudi na nuiulonde. 4 Anka nuikale nao kula kipindi kia kude* pepi na 2 000; tanuifubuilanga pepi nao su nkapeela, bua’shi nuukie eshinda dia kuenda, muanda tanuayile dingi mu dino eshinda.”
5 Nyi Yoshua nkulungula muilo’shi: “Eyikasheyi ba kishila, muanda maloba Yehowa akitshi mianda ya kukaanya munkatshi muenu.”
6 Akupu Yoshua nkulungula ba tshite muakuidi’shi: “Semunayi mushete wa kilombeno na nukile kumpala kua muilo.” Biabia abo nkusemuna mushete wa kilombeno na nkukila kumpala kua muilo.
7 Akupu Yehowa nkulungula Yoshua’shi: “Lelo uno nabanga kukutumbisha ku meso kua Isalele oso, bua’shi baukie’shi nekala nobe nka bu binaadi na Moyise. 8 Tumina ba tshite muakuidi basemune mushete wa kilombeno dino eyi’shi: ‘Nka nukianuashina mu mema a Yordane, nushale bemane mu Yordane.’”
9 Na Yoshua nkulungula bena Isalele’shi: “Fikayi pano na nuteemeshe mayi a Yehowa Efile Mukulu eenu.” 10 Akupu Yoshua nkuakula’shi: “Ku bino nkuanukauku’shi Efile Mukulu ena muwa e munkatshi muenu, na’shi akabingi binyibinyi kumpala kuenu bena Kanaana, bena Ite, bena Ivii, bena Perizi, bena Girgashi, bena Amore, na bena Yebuse. 11 Mushete wa kilombeno wa Nfumu a nsenga yoso ukuete aukidi kumpala kuenu autuele mu Yordane. 12 Binobino atayi bantu 12 ba mu bisamba bia Isalele, muntu umune mu kisamba kioso, 13 nka ngua ya ba tshite muakuidi basemune mushete wa Yehowa, Nfumu a nsenga yoso iki’ayikumu mema a Yordane, mema a Yordane aafiki kunundu aalekie kualaala na emane bu mudimba.”
14 Biabia pabakatukile muilo ku tushibo tuabo tua mapema kumpala kua kusabuka Yordane, ba tshite muakuidi babaadi basemune mushete wa kilombeno babakidile kumpala kua muilo. 15 Nka bantu babaadi basemune Mushete baki’abafiki ku Yordane na ba tshite muakuidi babaadi basemune Mushete bashine mu mema (Yordane aulaa akidi mpa na ku biese biaye mafuku oso a kuumbula), 16 mema abaadi aalaala aafiki kunundu abeemene. Ao nkuimana bu mudimba kula ngofu ku Adama kibundi ki pepi na Saretane, pabaadi mema aalaala dia ku Kalunga ka mema ka Araba, Kalunga ka mungua* akame, mema abalekiele kualaala. Na muilo nkusabuka bushiya buitalene na Yeriko. 17 Pabaadi ba tshite muakuidi babaadi basemune mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa bashale bemane pa nsenga yuume munkatshi mua Yordane, Isalele oso basabukile pa nsenga yuume mpa na pabapuile muilo oso kusabuka Yordane.