1. Motse wa Jeriko o ne o kwetswe, o haheleditswe ke ho tshaba bana ba Iseraele; ho ne ho se motho ya tswang, leha e le ya kenang.
2. Yaba Jehova o re ho Joshua: Bona, ke neetse Jeriko matsohong a hao, le morena wa teng, le bahale ba teng.
3. Lona bahlabani bohle, potolohang motse, le pote motse hang; o etse jwalo ka matsatsi a tsheletseng.
4. Baprista ba supileng ba tshware diterompeta tse supileng tse tlerolang, ba etelle areka pele; ka tsatsi la bosupa, le potolohe motse hasupa, mme baprista ba letse diterompeta.
5. Etlere ha ba letsa halelele ka manaka a tlerolang, ha le utlwa modumo wa terompeta, setjhaba kaofela se hlabe ditlatse tse kgolo; mme lerako la motse le tla heleha kaofela, mme motho ka mong o tla nyoloha hona pela hae.
6. Ebile Joshua, mora Nune, o bitsa baprista, a re ho bona: Jarang areka ya selekane, mme baprista ba supileng ba tshware diterompeta tse supileng tse tlerolang, ba eteletse areka ya Jehova pele.
7. A ntoo re ho setjhaba: Eyang, le potolohe motse, mme ba hlometseng ba etelle areka ya Jehova pele.
8. Eitse hobane Joshua a bolelle setjhaba, baprista ba supileng, ba nkileng diterompeta tse supileng tse tlerolang pela Jehova, ba etella pele, ba letsa diterompeta, mme areka ya selekane sa Jehova ya ba latela.
9. Banna ba hlometseng ba etella baprista ba letsang diterompeta pele, mme makgotla a mang a latella areka; ha tsamau-wa ho ntse ho letswa diterompeta.