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.”
4. Yaba bahlabani ba ka bang kete tse tharo ba nyolohela teng, empa ba baleha banna ba Ai.
5. Banna ba Ai ba bolaya banna ba Iseraele ba ka bang mashome a mararo a metso e tsheletseng. Ba ba phaladisa ho tloha kgorong ya motse ho ya fihla Shebarime, ba ba bolaela motheong. Baiseraele ba nyahama dipelo, tsa ba jwaloka metsi.
6. Joshua le baholo ba Iseraele ba hahola diaparo tsa bona, ba itihela fatshe ka difahleho, kapele ho areka ya Morena, ho fihlela ka phirimana. Ba itshela ka lerole dihloohong.
7. Joshua a re: “Oho, Morena Modimo, ke ka baka lang o tshedisitseng setjhaba see noka ya Jorodane, ho tla neelana ka rona matsohong a Baamore, hore ba re timetse? Hoja ebe re ile ra kgotsofalla ho aha mose wane ho Jorodane!