1. Bana ba Iseraele ba tlola molao ka ho nka dintho tse rohakehileng. Akane, mora wa Karimi, mora wa Sabedi, mora wa Sera, wa morabe wa Juda, a nka dintho tse rohakehileng, mme kgalefo ya Morena ya tlokomela bana ba Iseraele.
2. Ha Joshua a le Jeriko a roma banna Ai, e pela Bete-Afene ka botjhabela ho Bethele. A bua ho bona, a re: “Tsamayang le yo hlwela naha.” Banna bao ba nyolohela teng, ba hlwela Ai.
3. Ha ba kgutlela ho Joshua, ba re ho yena: “O se ke wa romela bahlabani bohle. Romela bahlabani ba ka bang kete tse pedi kapa ba ka bang kete tse tharo ho futuhela Ai. O se ke wa kgathatsa bahlabani bohle ho ya moo, hobane baahi ba Ai ba mmalwana.”