Kalebe alandira Hebroni
1 Ndipo awa ndi maiko ana a Israele anawalanda m’dziko la Kanani, amene Eleazara wansembe, ndi Yoswa mwana wa Nuni, ndi akulu a nyumba za atate a mafuko a ana a Israele, anawagawira.
2 Cholowa chao chinachitika ndi kulota maere, monga Yehova adalamulira mwa dzanja la Mose, kunena za mafuko asanu ndi anai ndi fuko la hafu.
3 Pakuti Mose adapatsa mafuko awiri, ndi fuko la hafu, cholowa tsidya ilo la Yordani; koma sanapatse Alevi cholowa pakati pao.
4 Pakuti ana a Yosefe ndiwo mafuko awiri, Manase ndi Efuremu; ndipo sanawagawire Alevi kanthu m’dziko, koma mizinda yokhalamo ndi dziko lozungulirako likhale la zoweta zao ndi chuma chao.
5 Monga Yehova analamulira Mose, momwemo ana a Israele anachita, nagawana dziko.
6 Pamenepo ana a Yuda anadza kwa Yoswa ku Giligala; ndi Kalebe mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi ananena naye, Mudziwa chimene Yehova adanena kwa Mose munthu wa Mulungu za ine ndi za inu mu Kadesi-Baranea.
7 Ndinali ine wa zaka makumi anai muja Mose mtumiki wa Yehova anandituma kuchokera ku Kadesi-Baranea, kukazonda dziko; ndipo ndinambwezera mau, monga momwe anakhala mumtima mwanga.
8 Koma abale anga amene anakwera nane anasungunutsa mitima ya anthu; koma ine ndinamtsata Yehova Mulungu wanga ndi mtima wanga wonse.
9 Ndipo Mose analumbira tsiku lomwelo ndi kuti, Zedi, dzikoli phazi lako lapondapo lidzakhala cholowa chako, ndi cha ana ako kosalekeza, chifukwa unatsata Yehova Mulungu wanga ndi mtima wonse.
10 Ndipo tsopano, taonani, Yehova anandisunga ndi moyo, monga ananena, zaka izi makumi anai ndi zisanu kuyambira nthawi ija Yehova ananena kwa Mose mau awa, poyenda Israele m’chipululu; ndipo tsopano taonani, ndine wa zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu, kudza zisanu lero lino.
11 Koma lero lino ndili wamphamvu monga tsiku lija anandituma Mose; monga mphamvu yanga pamene paja, momwemo mphamvu yanga tsopano, kugwira nkhondo, ndi kutuluka ndi kulowa.
12 Ndipo tsopano, ndipatseni phiri ili limene Yehova ananenera tsiku lija; pakuti udamva tsiku lijalo kuti Aanaki anali komweko, ndi mizinda yaikulu ndi yamalinga; kapena Yehova adzakhala ndi ine, kuti ndiwaingitse monga ananena Yehova.
13 Pamenepo Yoswa anamdalitsa, napatsa Kalebe mwana wa Yefune Hebroni likhale cholowa chake.
14 Chifukwa chake Hebroni likhala cholowa chake cha Kalebe mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi mpaka lero lino; popeza anatsata Yehova Mulungu wa Israele ndi mtima wonse.
15 Koma kale dzina la Hebroni linali mzinda wa Araba, ndiye munthu wamkulu pakati pa Aanaki. Ndipo dziko linapumula nkhondo.
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