¹ Sono miryango yose ya Yerko yikaba yakukarika chifukwa cha bakhondo ba izirayeli. Kukabarye wakufumira kuwalo panji kunjira mukati.

² Yawe wakamuphalira Yoshuwa wakati, ona, ndapeleka musumba wa Yeriko mu woko lako,karonga wake na ba nkhondo bake bankhongono. ^{3 4} Mukwenera kwenda kuzingilila musumba bose banalume bankhondo kuzingilila musumba kamoza. Muchite ntheula mazuba ghankhondi na limoza. Basofi bankhondi na babili bakwenera kunyamula mbata zinkhondi na zibili za ziphondo za Mberere zanalume pa bokosi. La chinlkhondi na chibili, mukwenela kwenda kuzingilila musumba kankhondi na kabili, Basofi bakwenela kulizga mbata. ⁵ Ntheula bakwenera kuliza mbata za ziphondo za mberere zanalume kwanyengo yitali, na pala mwapulika kuluzga kwa mbata banthu bose bakwenera kukuwa na chiwawa chikulu, ndipo chimate cha musumba chizamukuwa pasi skee. Ba nkhondo ba mukulwa nkhondo, waliyose apo walazga panthazi." ⁶ Ntheula Yoshuwa mwana wa Nanu wakachema Basofi ndipo nakuti kwa ibo, " Tolani bokosi la phangane nakuti Basofi bankhondi na babili banyamule mbata zinkhondi na zibili pa nthazi pa bokosi la Yawe."

⁷ Wakabaphalila banthu, " Lutani mu kende kuzingilila musumba ,nakuti bakhondo bakabe panthazi pa bokosi la phangano la Yawe." ⁸ Ngandiumo Yoshuwa wakaphalilila banthu, Basofi bankhondo na babili bakayegha mbata za ziphondo za mberere zanalume panthazi pa Yawe. Apo bakalutanga kufupi, bakalizga mbata Bokosi la Phangano la Yawe likabalondezga ibo.

⁹ Bankhondo bakendanga pa masinda pa ba Sofi ndipo bakalizga mbata zabo, kwene banyake bakendanga kumanyuma kwa Bokosi, nakuti ba Sofi bakalutitila kulizga mbata zao. ¹⁰ Kwene Yoshuwa wakabalangula banthu wakati, "Lekani kuwa. Kuleke kuba mazgo ghaliwose kufuma pamilomo yinu mpaka zuba ilo nizamukuphalilani kuti mukuwe. Ndipo pheka munga kuwa.

¹¹ Ntheula wapangisa bokosi la Yawe kuti lizwetelele musumba kamoza pa zuba lira. Ntheula bakanjira musasa wao, na kuya kakhara mwenemura usiku. ¹² Ntheula Yoshuwa wakauka uchechelo, ndipo Basofi bakatola bokosi la Yawe.

¹³ Basofi bankhondi na babili, abo baka yeghanga mbata zinkhondi na zibili za ziphondo zinkhondi na zibili za mberere zanalume panthazi pa bokosi la phangano la Yawe, Bakendanga padoko padoko makola naku lizga zi mbata. Ba nkhondo bayegha vya nkhondo bakendanga panthazi pao. Kwene banyake bakendanga kumanyuma kwa bokosi la phangano la Yawe,ndipo mbata zikalila kwambula kulekezga.

¹⁴ Bakenda kuzingilila musumba kamoza zuba kachibili nakuwelela ku msasa. Bakachita ichi kwamazuba gha khondi na limoza. ¹⁵ Pakaba pa zuba la chinkhondi na ghabili apo bakauka uchechelo, apo kukaba kuchali kundache chomene , ndipo bakenda kuzungulila musumba ngandiumo bachitilanga, pa nyengo iyio kakhondi na kabili. Pakaba pa zuba ili apo bakazwetelela musumba kakhondi na kabili.

¹⁶ Pakaba pa zuba la chinkhondi ghabili apo ba Sofi bakalizga zimbata, ndipo Yoshuwa wakalangula banthu, " kuwani pakuti Fumu wamupani musumba. ¹⁷ Musumba na vyse ivyo vilimo viyikikenge padela kwa Yawe kuti vibwanganduke. Rahabu yekha mulebi ndiye wakhala wamoyo iye na bose abo wali nabo mu nyumba yake - chifukwa waka bisa mathenga abo tikatuma.

¹⁸ Kwene kwa imwe, chenjelani kuti muleke kutolapo kalikose ka vinthu ivya vyapalulika, kuti vibwanganduke, muleke kutolapo chimoza cha ivo. Pala mungachita ichi, mupangenge msasa wa Izirayeli kuti ubwanganduke nakwiziska masuzgo pa musumba uwu.

¹⁹ Siliva yose, Golide, na vinthu va kupangika na mukuba na Simbi vabikika padela kwa Yawe. Vibikike mu chakusungiramo chuma cha Yawe. ²⁰ Ntheula banthu bakakuwa na chiwawa chikulu, nakuti bakalizga zimbata. Apo banthu bakapulika kulila kwa mbata, bakachemelezga chomene, chimate chikawa pasi Skee, ndipo munthu yose wakanjira namazaza mumsumba mukati nakutola musumba.

²¹ Bakananga musumba petu na vyose ivo vikabamo na lupanga - mwanalume na mwanakazi, badoko na balala, ngombe, mberere na ma madoki. ²² Ntheula Yoshuwa wakati, ku banalume babili abo bakayendela chalo, " njirani munyumba ya mwanakazi mulebi. Mukamufumiske mwanakazi na bose abo walinabo. ngani umo mukalapila kwa iyo." ²³ Bantu bala bakayendera chalo bakanjira naku mutolela Rahabu pawalo. Bakatolaso Bawiske, Anyina, Babale na Babanja bose abo bakaba naye. Bakaluta nabo pawalo pa msasa wa Izirayeli.

²⁴ Bakaocha musumba na vyose ivo vikabamo. Siliva yekha, Golide, na Vitebetelo vya mkuba na Simbi vikabikika mwakusungira chuma cha munyumba ya Yawe. ²⁵ Kwene Yoshuwa waka zomelezga Rahabu mulebi,ba mnyumba ya Bawiske, na bose abo wakaba nabo kuti babe ba moyo. Wakukhala mu Izirayeli na mazuba ghano chifukwa wakabisa mathenga agho Yoshuwa waktuma kukayendera Yeriko. ²⁶ Ntheula Yoshuwa wakabalangula ibo panyengo yira na chilapo, nakuti wakati, "ngwakutembeka munthu pamaso pa Yawe uyo wazengengeso musumba uwu,Yeriko. Yose uyo wazengenge lufula lwa musumba wati wataye umoyo wamwana wake wakukdankha mwanalume, ndipo wataye kwangu wake mwanalume uyo wazengenge vijaro vyake."

²⁷ Ntheula Fumu yikaba na Yoshuwa na mbiri yake yikatandazgika malo ghose.