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 came to pass when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

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

²At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make thee stone-knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

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

³And Joshua made him stone-knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of Araloth.

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

⁴And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised [them]: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came 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 that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt, [them] had they 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 the children of Israel had walked forty years in the wilderness, till the whole nation of men of war had perished who had come out of Egypt, who had not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah had sworn that he would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

⁷And their sons [whom] he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

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

⁸And it came to pass when the whole nation had finished being circumcised, that they abode in their place in the camp, till they were whole.

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

⁹And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. And the name of the place was called Gilgal to this day.

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

¹⁰And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and held the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at even, 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 ate of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened loaves, and roasted [corn] on that 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 ceased on the morrow, when they had eaten of the old corn of the land; and there was no more manna for the children of Israel; and they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan 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 came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?

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 said, No; for [as] captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

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

¹⁵And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.