1. Menyako ya Jeriko e ne e kwetswe nti! ka baka la ho tshaba bana ba Iseraele. Ho ne ho se le ya mong ya tswang, ho se le ya mong ya kenang.
2. Jwale Morena a re ho Joshua: “Bona, ke neelana ka Jeriko le kgosi ya yona, le banna ba dinatla, ba sebete, matsohong a hao.
3. Le potolohe motse ona le bahlabani bohle, le o potolohe hanngwe. Le etse jwalo ka matsatsi a tsheletseng.
4. Baprista ba supileng ba tsamaye kapele ho areka ba nkile manaka a supileng a pheleu. Ka letsatsi la bosupa le potolohe motse ka makgetlo a supileng, baprista ba letse manaka.
5. Ere ha ba letsa lenaka la pheleu halelele, mme lona le utlwa modumo wa lenaka, setjhaba sohle se howe haholo; lerako la motse le tla helehela fatshe, mme setjhaba sohle se le tlole, monna ka mong a be a se a toba pele.”
6. Joshua, mora wa Nune, a bitsa baprista, a re ho bona: “Nkang areka ya selekane, baprista ba supileng ba tsamaye kapele ho areka eo ya Morena, ba nkile manaka a supileng a pheleu.”
7. Yaba o re ho setjhaba: “Tsamayang, le potolohe motse, bahlabani ba tsamaye kapele ho areka ya Morena.”
8. Ha Joshua a se a buile ho setjhaba, baprista ba supileng, ba nkileng manaka a supileng a pheleu, ba fetela kapele ho Morena, ba ntse ba letsa manaka ao, mme areka ya Morena ya ba sala morao.
9. Bahlabani ba etella pele baprista ba neng ba letsa manaka, mme serao sa tsamaya kamora areka, baprista bona ba ntse ba letsa manaka.
10. Joshua a laela setjhaba, a re: “Le se ke la howa, leha e le ho hweshetsa; ho se be lentswe le tswang melomong ya lona, ho fihlela mohla letsatsi leo ka lona ke le laelang hore le howe, ebe lea howa.”