JOSHUA 3
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Ho lokisetswa ho tshela Jorodane
1Bo-Joshua, le bana bohle ba Iseraele, ba tsoha ka madungwadungwana, ba qala leeto la ho tloha Shitime, ba ya fihla Jorodane, ba robaletsa moo, ba tsoha ba tshela. 2Ha ho fetile matsatsi a mararo, baokamedi ba tsamaya hara diahelo. 3Ba laela setjhaba, ba re: “Ha le bona areka ya selekane sa Morena Modimo wa lona, e jerwe ke baprista, e leng Balevi, le tla tloha moo le leng teng, le e sale morao. 4Feela pakeng tsa lona le yona ho be le sebaka se bolelele bo ka bang ba kilomethara. Le se ke la atamela haufi le yona, le tle le tsebe tsela eo le tla tsamaya ka yona, hobane ha le eso ka le tsamaya ka tsela ena.”
5Joshua a re ho setjhaba: “Itlhwekiseng, hobane hosasane Morena o tla etsa dimakatso kahara lona.”
6Jwale Joshua a bua ho baprista, a re: “Jarang areka ya selekane, le etelle setjhaba pele.” Ba jara areka ya selekane, mme ba etella setjhaba pele.
7Morena a re ho Joshua: “Ka letsatsi lena ke tla qala ho o hodisa moo Baiseraele bohle ba bonang, ba tle ba tsebe hore ke tla ba le wena jwalokaha ke ile ka ba le Moshe. 8O tla laela baprista ba jarang areka ya selekane, o re: ‘Ha le fihlile moleng wa metsi a Jorodane, le eme themelele!’ ”
9Joshua a re ho bana ba Iseraele: “Atamelang kwano, le mamele mantswe a Morena Modimo wa lona.” 10Joshua a boela a re: “Ka sena le tla tseba hore Modimo ya phelang o teng kahara lona, le hore o tla leleka kapele ho lona Bakanana, le Bahete, le Bahife, le Baperise, le Bagirigashe, le Baamore, le Bajebuse. 11Bonang, areka ya selekane sa Morena wa lefatshe lohle, e tshela Jorodane e le eteletse pele. 12Ka baka leo, kgethang banna ba leshome le metso e mmedi merabeng ya Iseraele, morabeng o mong le o mong ho kgethwe monna a le mong. 13Etlare ha baprista ba jereng areka ya Morena, Morena wa lefatshe lohle, ba hata metsi a Jorodane, metsi ao a Jorodane a tla arohana ka lehare. Metsi a phallelang tlase, a etswa hodimo ho noka, a tla ema a ikentse lekaka.”
Ho tshelwa Jorodane
14Jwale setjhaba sa tloha ditenteng tsa sona, ho ya tshela Jorodane, se eteletswe pele ke baprista ba jereng areka ya selekane. 15Yare feela ha ba jereng areka ba fihla Jorodane, mme maoto a baprista ba jereng areka a thetsa mola wa metsi — Jorodane e ja meduwane ka nako yohle ya ha ho kotulwa — 16metsi a phallelang tlase a ema, a kokomoha, a iketsa lekaka le yang morao, ho tloha motseng wa Adama, o haufi le Saretane. Metsi a phallelang Lewatleng la Araba, e leng Lewatle la Letswai, a kgaotsa ho phalla. Setjhaba sa tshela malebana le Jeriko. 17Baprista ba jereng areka ya selekane sa Morena ba ema themelele! mobung o ommeng, bohareng ba Jorodane, mme Baiseraele bohle ba tshela mobung o ommeng, ho fihlela setjhaba sohle se tshela Jorodane.
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