¹ Pamene Yehova anakamba kuli Yoswa, ² ''kamba ku bana ba Israyeli, kuti sanka mizinda yo pulumukilamo yamene ninakamba naiwe na kwanja kwa Mose. ³ Cita ici kuti wamene apaya munthu mosaziba anga yenda kuja. Aya mizinda yazakhala malo yopulumukilamo kuli alibonse amone afuna magazi yamu nthu anapaiwa. ⁴ Azathabila kumuzinda vmozi nakuimilila pongenela khomo ya muzinda, nakukamba mulandu wake kulu bakulu ba muzinda. Pamenepo bazangenesa mu mzinda nakumuuoasa malo yake kukhala pakati kabo ⁵ Ngati vmozi pali beve afuna magazi ya munthu anapaiwa, Ndipo banthu bamumzinda basapeleka uja anamupaya kuli olamulila. sibafunika kucita izi cifukwa anapaya muzake cosaziba, nakuti analiba cizondo kuli yeve kudala. ⁶ Afunika kunkhala mumzinda paka aimilile pasogolo paciwelvzo, paka omfa yauja anali kutumikila monga wansembe mkulu masiku yaja. Pamenepo buja amene anapaya mwangozi munthu angabwelela ku mzinda wake na ku numba yake kwamene anathaba. ⁷ Bana ba Israyeli banasankha kadesh mu Galileya muphili yaziko yaku Naphtali, shechem muphili yaziko yaku Eflemo, na Kiriath Arba (cimozi mozi monga Hebroni) mu phili ya ziko ya Ayuda. ⁸ Kupitila Yolodani kumawa kwa Yeliko, banankha Bezer mu cipululu pa cidikha kucoka ku mutundu wa Rubeni,' Ramoth Gileadi, kucoka kumutundu wa Gadi; na Golani mu Bashani, kucoka kumutundu wa manase. ⁹ Aya ndiye mizinda yanasankhiwa ya bana ba Israyeli na yabalendo bamene bakhala pakati pabo, kuti alibonsenanapaya munthu cosaziba angathabileko na kupulumukilako. Uyu munthu sazamwalila na kwanja kwa munthu enze kufuna magazi yamene yanacoka, paka uja munthu wamujandu coyamba aimilila pa msonkhano.