¹Zvino madzimambo ose avaAmori, akanga agere mhiri kwaJoridhani kumavirazuva, namadzimambo ose avaKanani, akanga agere pagungwa, akati achinzwa kuti Jehovha wakapwisa mvura yaJoridhani pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri, kusvikira tayambuka, moyo yavo ikavhunduka, vakasazova nomweya mukati mavo, nokuda kwavana vaIsiraeri.

¹And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel.

²Nenguva iyo Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Uzviitire mapanga amabwe anopinza, udzingisezve vana vaIsiraeri.

²At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, `Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;`

³Joshua akazviitira mapanga amabwe anopinza, akadzingisa vana vaIsiraeri pachikomo chezvikanda zvapamberi.

³and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.

⁴Joshua akavadzingisa nemhaka iyi, nekuti vanhurume vose vakanga vabuda Egipita, ivo varume vehondo, vakanga vafira panzira murenje pakubuda kwavo Egipita.

⁴And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,

⁵nekuti vanhu vose vakabuda Egipita vakanga vadzingiswa; asi vanhu vose vakanga vaponerwa murenje panzira pakubuda kwavo Egipita, vakanga vasina kudzingiswa.

⁵for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;

⁶nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakafamba makore ana makumi mana murenje, kusvikira rudzi rwose, ivo varume vehondo vakanga vabuda Egipita, vaparadzwa, nekuti havana kuteerera inzwi raJehovha, Jehovha akapika kwavari kuti haangavaonesi nyika, yaakanga apikira madzibaba avo, kuti uchatipa iyo, iri nyika inoyerera mukaka nouchi.

⁶for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

⁷Zvino vana vavo vaakanga amutsa panzvimbo yavo, ndivo vakadzingiswa naJoshua; nekuti vakanga vasina kudzingiswa, zvavakanga vasina kudzingiswa panzira.

⁷and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.

⁸Zvino vakati vapedza kudzingisa rudzi rwose, vakagara pavakanga vari pamisasa kusvikira vapora.

⁸And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;

⁹Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Nhasi ndabvisa kwamuri kuzvidzwa kwamakazvidzwa nako navaEgipita. Naizvozvo nzvimbo iyo yakanzi Girigari, kusvikira nhasi.

⁹and Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `To-day I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you;` and [one] calleth the name of that place Gilgal unto this day.

¹⁰Vana vaIsiraeri vakavaka misasa yavo paGirigari, vakadya Pasika pazuva regumi namana romwedzi madekwana, pamapani eJeriko.

¹⁰And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;

¹¹Nomusi uyo, uri musi wakatevera Pasika, vakadya zvibereko zvenyika iyo, zvingwa zvisina kuviriswa pamwechete nehura dzakakangwa nomusi iwoyo.

¹¹and they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted [corn], in this self-same day;

¹²mana*ikaguma nomusi wakatevera uyo wavakadya nawo zvibereko zvenyika iyo; vana vaIsiraeri havana kuzova nemanazve, asi vakadya zvibereko zvenyika yeKanani gore irero.

¹²and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.

¹³Zvino Joshua wakati ari Jeriko akasimudza meso ake, akatarira, akaona murume amire pakatarisana naye, akabata munondo wake wakavhomorwa muruoko rwake; Joshua akenda kwaari, akati kwaari, Uri mumwe wedu here, kana wavavengi vedu?

¹³And it cometh to pass in Joshua`s being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?`

¹⁴Iye akati, Kwete, asi ndauya ini mukuru wehondo yaJehovha. Ipapo Joshua akawira pasi nechiso chake, akanamata kwaari, akati kwaari, Ishe wangu unoreveiko kumuranda wake?

¹⁴And He saith, `No, for I [am] Prince of Jehovah`s host; now I have come;` and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, `What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?`

¹⁵Mukuru wehondo yaJehovha akati kuna Joshua, Bvisa shangu yako parutsoka rwako, nekuti paumire patsvene; Joshua akaita saizvozvo.

¹⁵And the Prince of Jehovah`s host saith unto Joshua, `Cast off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou art standing is holy;` and Joshua doth so;