3. Empa ha baahi ba Gibeone ba utlwa seo Joshua a se entseng Jeriko, le Ai,
4. ba loha mano. Ba tsamaya ba ikgakantse jwalokaha eka ke baromuwa, ba bofa mekotla e tsofetseng ditonking tsa bona, le makuka a tsofetseng a veine, a seng a ile a phatloha, a ba a rokwa.
5. Ba rwala meqathatso e tsofetseng, e seng e rokilwe. Diaparo tsa bona e ne e le tse namphaneng; ba nkile mofao wa bohobe bo dikokotwana, bo hlobo.
6. Ba fihla ho Joshua, diahelong tsa hae, Gilegale, ba re ho yena le ho banna ba Iseraele: “Re tswa naheng e hole, mme re kopa hore o etse selekane le rona.”
7. Banna ba Baiseraele ba re ho Bahife bana: “Mohlomong le ntse le phela haufi le rona. Jwale re ka etsa selekane le lona jwang?”
8. Ba araba Joshua, ba re: “Re bahlanka ba hao.”Joshua a ba botsa hape, a re: “Le bo-mang? Hona le tswa kae?”
9. Ba mo araba, ba re: “Bahlanka ba hao ba tswa naheng e hole, ka baka la lebitso la Morena Modimo wa lona, hobane re utlwile botumo ba hae, le tsohle tseo a di entseng Egepeta.
10. Re utlwile le seo a se entseng ho dikgosi tse pedi tsa Baamore, tse neng di le kamose wane ho Jorodane, e leng Sihone, kgosi ya Heshebone, le Oge, kgosi ya Bashane, ya neng a ahile Ashetarote.