¹Asi vana vaIsiraeri vakadarika pachinhu chakayereswa; nekuti Akani, mwanakomana waKarimwi, mwanakomana waZabhedhi, mwanakomana waZera, worudzi rwaJudha, wakatora chinhu chezvakayereswa; kutsamwa kwaJehovha kukamukira vana vaIsiraeri.

¹But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

²Joshua akatuma varume vabve Jeriko vaende Ai, guta riri parutivi rweBheti-avheni, kumabvazuva eBheteri, akataura navo, akati, Kwirai, mundoshora nyika. Varume vakakwira, vakandoshora Ai,

²And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

³Vakadzokera kuna Joshua, vakati kwaari, Vanhu vose ngavarege kukwira; varume vanenge zviuru zviviri kana zvitatu ngavaende kundorwa neAi, asi vanhu vose ngavarege havo kutambudzwa kuendako, nekuti vashoma havo.

³And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.

⁴Naizvozvo varume vanenge zviuru zviviri kana zvitatu vakaendako, ivo vakatiza pamberi pavarume veAi.

⁴So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

⁵Varume veAi vakauraya varume vanenge makumi matatu navatanhatu vavo, vakavateverera kubva pamberi pesuwo kusvikira Shebharimi, vachivauraya pakuburuka kwavo; ipapo moyo yavanhu yakanyauka, ikaita semvura.

⁵And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

⁶Zvino Joshua akabvarura nguvo dzake, akawira pasi nechiso chake pamberi peareka yaJehovha kusvikira madekwana, iye navakuru vavaIsiraeri, vakaisa guruva pamisoro yavo.

⁶And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

⁷Joshua akati, Haiwa! Ishe Mwari, makayambusireiko vanhu ava paJoridhani, kuti mutiise mumaoko avaAmori, vatiparadze? Dai takatenda hedu kugara mhiri kwaJoridhani!

⁷And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

⁸Haiwa, Ishe, ndichati kudiniko, vaIsiraeri zvavakafuratira vavengi vavo!

⁸O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

⁹Nekuti vaKanani navose vagere munyika ino vachazvinzwa, vachatikomba, nokudzima zita redu panyika; zvino zita renyu guru muchariiteiko?

⁹For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

¹⁰Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Simuka, wawireiko kudai pachiso chako?

¹⁰And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

¹¹VaIsiraeri vatadza, vadarika sungano yangu yandakavaraira; vatora chinhu chakayeriswa, vabavo, nokunyengera, nokuchiviga pakati penhumbi dzavo.

¹¹Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

¹²Naizvozvo vana vaIsiraeri havangagoni kukunda vavengi vavo, vanofuratira vavengi vavo, nekuti vava vanhu vakatukwa; handichazovi nemi, kana musingaparadzi chinhu chakayereswa pakati penyu.

¹²Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

¹³Simuka, utsaure vanhu, uti, Zvitsaurirei mangwana, nekuti zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri: Kune chinhu chakayeriswa pakati penyu, Isiraeri; hamungakundi vavengi venyu, kusvikira mabvisa chinhu chakayeriswa pakati penyu.

¹³Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

¹⁴Naizvozvo mangwana munofanira kuswedera namarudzi enyu; zvino rudzi runobatwa naJehovha, runofanira kuswedera nedzimba dzarwo, neimba inobatwa naJehovha, inofanira kuswedera nemhuri dzayo, nemhuri inobatwa naJehovha, inofanira kuswedera murume mumwe nomumwe.

¹⁴In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

¹⁵Zvino uyo unobatwa ane chinhu chakayereswa, anofanira kupiswa nomoto, iye nezvose zvaanazvo; nekuti wakadarika sungano yaJehovha, uye nekuti wakaita chinhu chakaipa kwazvo pakati paIsiraeri.

¹⁵And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

¹⁶Naizvozvo Joshua wakamuka mangwanani, akaswededza vaIsiraeri namarudzi avo; rudzi rwaJudha ndokubatwa;

¹⁶So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

¹⁷zvino akaswededza dzimba dzaJudha, imba yaZera ikabatwa; zvino akaswededza murume mumwe nomumwe weimba yavaZera, Zabhedhi akabatwa;

¹⁷And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

¹⁸zvino akaswededza mhuri yake, murume mumwe nomumwe, Akani mwanakomana waKarimi, mwanakomana waZabhedhi, mwanakomana waZera, worudzi rwaJudha akabatwa.

¹⁸And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

¹⁹Zvino Joshua akati kuna Akani, Mwana wangu, chikudza Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, uzvireurure kwaari; ndiudze zvino zvawakaita, usandivanzira izvo.

¹⁹And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

²⁰Ipapo Akani akapindura Joshua, akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndakatadzira Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, ndakaita zvokuti nezvokuti;

²⁰And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

²¹ndakaona pakati pezvakapambwa nguvo yakanaka, inobva Bhabhironi, nesirivha yakasvika mashekeri ana mazana maviri, nechikamu chendarama chakasvika mashekeri ana makumi mashanu pakuyerwa kwacho; ipapo ndakazvichochora, ndikazvitora, tarirai, zvakavigwa pasi mutende rangu, sirivha iri pasi pazvo.

²¹When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

²²Naizvozvo Joshua akatuma nhume, ivo vakamhanyira kutende rake, vakandowana zvakavigwa mutende rake, sirivha iri pasi pazvo.

²²So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

²³Vakazvibvisa mutende, vakazviisa kuna Joshua, nokuvana vaIsiraeri vose, vakazviisa pasi pamberi paJehovha.

²³And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

²⁴Ipapo Joshua navaIsiraeri vose vakanga vanaye vakatora Akani, mwanakomana waZera, nesirivha, nenguvo, nembongoro dzake, namakwai ake, netende rake, nezvose zvaakanga anazvo, vakakwira navo kumupata weAkori.

²⁴And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

²⁵Zvino Joshua akati, Wakatipinzireiko padambudziko? Jehovha uchakupinza padambudziko nhasi. Ipapo vaIsiraeri vose vakamutaka namabwe, vakavapisa nomoto, nokuvataka namabwe.

²⁵And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

²⁶Vakaunganidza pamusoro pake mabwe akaita murwi mukuru uripo kusvikira nhasi; Jehovha akazvidzora pakutsamwa kwake kukuru. Naizvozvo zita renzvimbo iyo rakanzi Mupata weAkori kusvikira nhasi.

²⁶And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.