¹ Ntheula mzinda wose wa banthu ba lsiayele bakakumina pamoza pa shilo. Bakayimika thenti la kukumanilanami paenpara nakuti bakathelesya chalo pathazi pabo.

² Pakaba ndinthu mitundu yinkahondi na yibili pakati pa banthu ba lsrayele abo achiharo chabo chikaba chindapiwe. ³ Yoswuwa wakati ku banthu ba lsiayele,''mukanenge mpaka pa uli kuruta mu chalo icho Yawe, Chiuta waba sekulu binu, wamuani imwe?

⁴ Gisa nkhilani mwekha baalume batatu kufuma kumtundu uli wose, ndipo nibatumenge. Banyamukengo na kukayendara charo muchanya na pasi,Balembenge kuchilongosola kaonalo a viharo vyabo, nakuti baze ngeso kwa ine. ⁵ Bamukuchigaba muvigaba vinkhondi na vibilI.Yuda wakhalenge mu malo yabo kumwela, nakuti nyumba ya yosefe yipitilizgenge mu malo yabo kumpoto.

⁶ Mwamkulongosola chalo muvigaba vinkhondi na vibili nakuti mwize ine mimuchitilani nge mphenduzgo panthazi pa Yawe Chiuta winthu. ⁷ Bena levi balise chigaba pakati pinu, chifukwa usofi wa yawe ndicho chiharo chabo. Gadi,Rubeni, na half ya mtundu wa Manase wapokera chiharo chabo, kujumpha Yolodan. Ichi ndicho chiharo icho Mozisi mutebeti wa yawe wakabapa ibo,'' ⁸ Ntheula banalume bakanyamukana kuluta . Yoshuwa wakabalangaula abo bakarutanga kukalemba chilongosolelo cha chalo, kuyowoya,''kakweleni n akukhira mucharo nakulemba chakulongosola za icho n akuwelelaso kwa ine nimuchitilenimge mphenduzga pano panthuzi pa Yawe pa shilo.''

⁹ Banalume bakafumaponakuya kakwera na kukhira mu chalo nakulemba cbilongosolelo chake u bukuna mu misimba yake muvigaba vinkhondi na vibili kuybika misumba mu chigaba chili chose Ntheula bakawelwla kwa Yoshuwa mu msasa pa shilo. ¹⁰ Ntheula Yoshuwa wakachita mphenduzgo pa ibo pa chilo panthazi pa yawe. kukaba kwenekura apo Yoshuwa wakaba gabila chalo banthu ba ku lsiayeli na waliyose bakamupa chigaba chake cha charo. ¹¹ Kugabika kwa charo pa mutundu wa Benjamini kukiza kupitila mu mubadwe na mubadwe. Malo ya chalo icho chakagabikila ibo chika ba pakati pa miwiro ya ba Yuda na miwiro ya Yosefe.

¹² kumalo yakumpoto, mphaka yawo yakayambira pa Yoladani. Mphaka ukakwela kuruta kuumaliro kumpoto wa yaeliko, ndipo nantheula kusika, Yakafika kura kumapopa ya Beti Aven. ¹³ Kufuma kula kumphaka yka jumpha kumwela kulazga ku luz9malo ya kulingana nga ni Beteli)Ntheula mphaka yikakhailila ku Atoroti Ada, pa phiriilo lili kumwela kwa Beti horoni.

¹⁴ Ntheula mphaka yira yikalazga ku malo yanyake kumalo ya kusika yikazgoka akulazga kumwela, kulazga ku phiri kujumpha kufuuma ku Bete horona. Iyi mphaka yikamalira pa kiriyati bala (ndiko kuti, kiriyata yerimu), Musumba wa mtundu wa ba yuda. ichi chikapangaiska mphaka ku malo yakusika. ¹⁵ Malo ya kumwela yakayambila waka kuwalo kwa kiriuati yerimu. Mphaka yikafumma kura mphaka ku Euloni, kukuta ku kabikndubindu wa maji yaku Nefutowa.

¹⁶ Mphaka yikakhillila ku mphakaya phili lio likaba lakutyana na dambala ku beni Honemu, iyo yikaba kumpoto Refayimu.Ntheula yikakhilila ku malo ya dambo la hinomu, kumwela ku malo yachigodabo ya bena Yebusi,na kupitilila kukhilita ku Enilogeli. ¹⁷ Yikazgokela kumpoto, kulazga ku Eni-shemrshi,ndipo kufuma kata yikaruta ki Gelileti, iyo yikaba yakutyana na chikwena cha Adumimu, Ntheula yakakhilila ku libwe la Bohani mwana mwanalume wa Rubeni.

¹⁸ Yikajumpha kuruta kumpoto kuphewaya Beti Araba na ku khilila ku Araba. ¹⁹ Mphaka yikajumpha kulazga kuphewa la kumpoto kwa Beti hogola. mpaka yikamalila ku mpoto kumphepete kwa nyanja ya mchere, kuumalilo kwa kumwela kwa Yolodan. iyi yikaba mphaka ya ku mwela.

²⁰ Yolodani uikapanga mphaka yake kumalo ya kunena lchi chikaba chiharo cha mtundu wa Benjamini, ndipo chikapelekekaku mbandwe na mbadwe, mphaka kujumpha mphaka, kose zingikisye. ²¹ Sono misumba ya mtundu wa Benjamini,mubadwe na mubadwe, yikaba yekiko,Beti hogila,Emeki-kezizi,

²² Beti Araba,zemarayimu,Beteli,

²³ Avimu,para,ofura,

²⁴ Kafara amoni, ofini, na Geba.kukaba misumba khumi na yibili, kasazgirapo mizi yabo. ²⁵ Kukabaso misumba ya Gibiyoni, Rama, Beyeroti,

²⁶ Mizioe,kefira ,moza,

²⁷ Rekimu lripeli, Tarala,

²⁸ Zela,Haekefu, yebusi(yakulingana na yelusalemu),Gibeya na kiriyata. ku kabo misumba khumi na yinayi, i kusyazgirapo mizi yabo ichi chkaba chiharo cha Benjamini ku mibadwe yawo.