Joshua 1:1-9

Ɀino Mosesi, muranda waJehova, wakati afa, Jehova akataura naJoshua, mŋanakomana waNuni, muranda waMosesi, akati: Mosesi, muranda waŋgu wafa; ɀino simuka iwe uyambuke Joridani urwu, iwe naʋanhu aʋa ʋose, muende kunyika yandinoʋapa iʋo ʋana ʋaIsraeri. Nɀimbo imŋe neimŋe icatsikwa netsoka dzenyu ndakakupai iyo, seɀandakataura naMosesi. Kubva murenje neRebanoni iri, kuȿikira parwizi rukuru, irwo rwizi Ufratesi, nenyika yose yaʋaHeti, kuȿikira kuguŋgwa guru, kurutiʋi rwamaʋirazuʋa, ndiyo nyika yenyu. Hakunomunhu ucagona kumira pamberi pako mazuʋa ose oʋupenyu bgako; ndicaʋa newe seɀandaisiʋa naMosesi; handiŋgakuregi kana kukusiya. Simba, utsuŋge mŋoyo, nokuti ucagarisa ʋanhu aʋa nhaka yandakapikira madziɓaɓa aʋo, kuti ndicaʋapa iyo, iʋe yaʋo. Asi usimbe nokutsuŋga mŋoyo kwaɀo, kuti ucenjere kuita murairo wose wandakaraira Mosesi muranda waŋgu; usatsauka kwauri, kana kurudyi kana kuruɓoshwe, kuti uʋe nomufaro pose paunoenda. Buku iyi yomurairo haifaniri kubva pamuromo wako, asi unofanira kuiraŋgarira masikati noʋusiku, kuti ucenjere kuita ɀose ɀakanyorwa’mo; nokuti nokuɗaro ucaɀiwanira mufaro panzira yako nokuɓata nokucenjera. Ko handina‐kukuraira here? Simba, utsuŋge mŋoyo; usatya kana kuvunduswa, nokuti Jehova Mŋari wako unewe kwose kwaunoenda.