¹ Yoshua alishibukile ulu celo, elo bafumune ku shitimu. balishile ku Yordani elo nabonse abantu bakwa Isreali, kabuili balitubilishe kulya ninshi tabayabuka. ² Panuma ya nshiku shitat, ba cilolo bali pitile mu kati ka nkambi, ³ Bali konkomeshe abantu, ulo mukomona icipao ca cipingano cakwa Yawe Lesa wenu, elo na bashimapepo ukufuma kubena Levi balikisendele, mufwile ukufuma pali ino ncende elo nokucikonka. ⁴ Pafwile ukuba lutamfu pakati kenu elo ifwile ukuba nalimo amakana yabili imikono. Tekwesha ukupalama, kuli cena, pakweba ati tamwatala amupitamo muli iyi nshila pakubala.'' ⁵ Elo Yoshua alilandile ku bantu ukweba ati, muka ishishe mwebene mailo, pantu Yawe ali no kucita ifipesha amano pakati kenu.'' ⁶ Kabili Yoshua alilandile kuli bashimapepo, ''piteni icipao ca cipangano, elo mupite kuntanshi ya bantu: Nabo balisendele icipao ca cipangano elo nokutangilila abantu kuntanshi. ⁷ Yawe alilandile kuli Yoshua, ''Ilelo line nebo ndekulenga ukuba umukalamba mu menso ya bena Isreali bonse. Pakuti ba keshibe ukweba ati nebo nalekuba na Mose, nebo nalekuba nobe. ⁸ Ufwile ukokonkomesha bashimapepo aba abapiita icipao cipingano, ''Ulo mwalakufika ku lulamba lwa menshi wa Yordani, Yordani'' ⁹ Kabili Yoshua alilandile ku bantu bakwa Isreali, ''iseni kuno mufwe ku mashiwi ya kwa Yawe Lesa wenu. ¹⁰ Muli iyi nshila mwalekwishiba Lesa wa mweo ali pakati kenu ali nokubatalusha ukufuma pa cinso cenu abena kanani, abena Hiti, abena Hifi, abena Pelisi, abena Girigashi, abena Amoli elo nabena Yebusi. ¹¹ Moneni! icipao ca cipingano ca kwa shikulu wa calo conse cileyabuka cilelangilila mwebo mu mumana wa Yordani. ¹² Eico Saleni abaume ikumi limo babili ukufuma muluko lwa bena Isreali, umuntu umo ukufuma Mumo. ¹³ Ulo inyantilo sha makasa ya bashimapepo abasendele icipao ca kwa Yawe, shikulu wa calo conse, ukwikata amenshi ya mu Yordani, amenshi ya mu Yordani yali nokuputulwako, elo nangula amenshi aya letentemuka elo no kwininina ukupanga ulupili.'' ¹⁴ Kanshi ulo abantu bailekwiminina ukuya kwabuka Yordani, bashimapepo abali kusenda icipao ca cipingano balitangile abantu. ¹⁵ Apopenefye abobene abalikusenda icipao balishile ku Yordani, elo na makasa ya bali kusenda ne fifuba fyabo fyali bishiwile malulamba lwa nika lelo Yordani ilakuposa pa ncena shonse panshita ya kusonibola, ¹⁶ Elo amenshi ayaletentemuka ukufuma ku mulu yali minine umuumupili umo. ¹⁷ Elo amenshi yalekela ukufuma ukutali nganshi. Elo ku ya kupongoloka yalelola kuli bemba wa Araba e bemba pa mucele. Elo Adamu umusumba uwali lubali Sarentani,na Araba e bemba pa mucele. Elo abantu bayabukile mupepi na Yeriko. ¹⁸ Bashimapepo abalikusenda icipao ca cipingano ca kwa Yawe baliminine pamushi apakuma pakati abena Yordani mpakafye abantu bonse abena Isreali balyabukile mushili apakuma. ¹⁹ Lelo Yoshua alandile kubantu, "tamwingatumika Yawe, pantu wamushilo Lesa; ni Lsa wakalumwa; takamwelele amampulu nemembu. ²⁰ Ngamwalekesha Yawe, nokushinshimuna tulesa twakumbi, kabili akapilibuka kabili momucitaubukali. Akamoan imwe panuma acita icisuma kuli imwe." ²¹ Lelo abantu balandile kuli Yoshua ati, "awe, tukashinshimuna Yawe." ²² Elyo Yoshua alandile kubantu ati, "imwe mulinte palwamwebene ukuti mulisalile Yawe palwamwebene kukumsinshimuna." Basosele abati, "Tulinte." ²³ "Nomba tubikenoi ukutali tulesa teakumbi uti muli nati, nokulosha imitima shenu kuli Yawe, Lesa wabena Israeli." ²⁴ Abantu balandile kuli Yoshua ati, "tukashinshimuna Yawe Lesa wesu. Tukakutika kwishiwi lyakwe." ²⁵ Yoshua apangile icipangano nabantu pali bulya bushiku. Abikile ifipope mu ncende namafunde pa Shekemu. ²⁶ Yoshua alembele aya mashiwi mwibuku lyamafunde yakwa Lesa. Apitile ilibwe ilikalamba ba nokulibika mwisamba lyamutebiti mulya umwali mupepi nomwashila mwakwa Yawe ²⁷ Yoshua alandile kubantu bonse ati, "moneni, ilibwe likabe bunte palwa ifwe lilyumfwle amasiwi yonse Yawe alandile kuli ifwe. Eico likaba kambone palwa imwe mukeshefye ukukana Lesa wenu." ²⁸ Eico Yoshua alekele abantu bonse baya cilamuntu kucikwatwa cakwe. ²⁹ Panuma yaifi ifintu Yoshua umwana mwaume wakwa Nuni, umusha wakwa Yawe, alifwile, ukuna umukalamba mumyaka. Pa Timnati-Sera, ³⁰ Bamushikile mukati kamupaka wacikwatwa cakwe, uli mucalo campili icakwa Efraimu, kukuso kulupili lwa Gaashi. ³¹ Israeli alishinshimwine Yawe inshiku shonse ishakwa Yoshua, nenshiku shonse ishabakalamba abo inshiku shapitile pali Yoshua, abo abakwatishepo ubwishibilo pafyo Yawe acitile Israeli. ³² Amafupa Yakwa Yosefu, ifyo abena Israeli bafumishe ku Egupto-bayashikile ku shekemu. Ayashitile pa mwanda umo uwa tupimfya twa silifa, caishile kuba icikwatwa ca bana bakwa Yosefu. ³³ Eliasa umwana wakwa Aaroni nao alifwile. Balimushikile ku Gibea, umusumba wakwa Finehasi umwana wakwe, icapelwe kuli ena cali mucalo ca ku mulundu wa Efulemu.