1. Ebile marena wohle a mose o kwano ho Jordane, a dihlabeng le mahwatateng, ho isa le mabopong wohle a Lewatle le Leholo, mabapa le Lebanone, marena a Ba-hethe, le a Baamore, le a Bakanana, le a Baferese, le a Baheve, le a Bajebuse, ha a utlwa taba tsena,
2. a phutheha hammoho, a eba ntswe le le leng ho ya lwantsha Joshua le Baiseraele.
3. Empa ba ahileng Gibeone, ha ba utlwa kamoo Joshua a entseng ka Jeriko le Ai kateng,
4. le bona ba etsa ka mano; ba ya ba nkile sebopeho sa manqosa, ba bofile mekotla e tsofetseng dieseleng tsa bona, le makuka a veine a tsofetseng, a hahohileng, a pharehetsweng;
5. maotong ba rwetse dieta tsa kgale, tse pharehetsweng ka ditsiba, ba apere diaparo tse tsofetseng; le mahobe wohle a mofaho wa bona a ne a omeletse, a bodile.
6. Ba fihla ho Joshua diahelong tsa Gilgale, ba re ho yena le ho banna ba Iseraele: Re tswa naheng e hole; hlabang selekane le rona jwale.
7. Banna ba Iseraele ba re ho Baheve: Ekaba le ahile haufi le rona; re ka hlaba selekane jwang le lona?
8. Ba re ho Joshua: Re bahlanka ba hao. Joshua a re ho bona: Le bomang? Le tswa kae?
9. Ba re ho yena: Bahlanka ba hao ba tswa naheng e holehole, ka baka la lebitso la Jehova, Modimo wa hao; etswe re utlwile botumo ba hae, le tsohle tseo a di entseng Egepeta;
10. le tsohle tseo a di entseng ho marena a mabedi a Baamore, a mose wane wa Jordane, e leng Sihone, morena wa Heshbone, le Oge, morena wa Bashane, ya neng a le Ashtarothe.
11. Baholo ba rona le bohle ba ahileng haeso ba re boleletse, ba re: Nkang mofaho wa tsela matsohong a lona, le ye le ba kgahlanyetse, le re ho bona: Re bahlanka ba lona; hlabang selekane le rona jwale.
12. Bohobe bona ba rona ba mofaho wa rona, re bo nkile bo sa tjhesa matlung a rona, tsatsing leo re theohileng ho tla ho lona; empa le ka bona, jwale bo omeletse, bo bile bo bodile.