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 devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned 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,
2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out 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.
3They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”
4Naizvozvo varume vanenge zviuru zviviri kana zvitatu vakaendako, ivo vakatiza pamberi pavarume veAi.
4So about three thousand men of the people went up there, 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.
5The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
6Zvino Joshua akabvarura nguvo dzake, akawira pasi nechiso chake pamberi peareka yaJehovha kusvikira madekwana, iye navakuru vavaIsiraeri, vakaisa guruva pamisoro yavo.
6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
7Joshua akati, Haiwa! Ishe Mwari, makayambusireiko vanhu ava paJoridhani, kuti mutiise mumaoko avaAmori, vatiparadze? Dai takatenda hedu kugara mhiri kwaJoridhani!
7Joshua said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
8Haiwa, Ishe, ndichati kudiniko, vaIsiraeri zvavakafuratira vavengi vavo!
8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned 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 will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?”
10Ipapo Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Simuka, wawireiko kudai pachiso chako?
10Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that?
11VaIsiraeri vatadza, vadarika sungano yangu yandakavaraira; vatora chinhu chakayeriswa, vabavo, nokunyengera, nokuchiviga pakati penhumbi dzavo.
11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it 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 can’t stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things 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.
13“Get up! Sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, “There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted 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.
14“‘In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. It shall be that the tribe which Yahweh selects shall come near by families. The family which Yahweh selects shall come near by households. The household which Yahweh selects shall come near 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.
15It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
16Naizvozvo Joshua wakamuka mangwanani, akaswededza vaIsiraeri namarudzi avo; rudzi rwaJudha ndokubatwa;
16So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
17zvino akaswededza dzimba dzaJudha, imba yaZera ikabatwa; zvino akaswededza murume mumwe nomumwe weimba yavaZera, Zabhedhi akabatwa;
17He brought near the family of Judah; and he selected the family of the Zerahites. He brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was selected.
18zvino akaswededza mhuri yake, murume mumwe nomumwe, Akani mwanakomana waKarimi, mwanakomana waZabhedhi, mwanakomana waZera, worudzi rwaJudha akabatwa.
18He brought near 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 selected.
19Zvino Joshua akati kuna Akani, Mwana wangu, chikudza Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, uzvireurure kwaari; ndiudze zvino zvawakaita, usandivanzira izvo.
19Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done! Don’t hide it from me!”
20Ipapo Akani akapindura Joshua, akati, Zvirokwazvo, ndakatadzira Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, ndakaita zvokuti nezvokuti;
20Achan answered Joshua, and said, “I have truly sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and this is what I have 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 spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with 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 to the tent. Behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
23Vakazvibvisa mutende, vakazviisa kuna Joshua, nokuvana vaIsiraeri vose, vakazviisa pasi pamberi paJehovha.
23They took them from the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel. They laid them down before Yahweh.
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.
24Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his cattle, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
25Zvino Joshua akati, Wakatipinzireiko padambudziko? Jehovha uchakupinza padambudziko nhasi. Ipapo vaIsiraeri vose vakamutaka namabwe, vakavapisa nomoto, nokuvataka namabwe.
25Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you this day.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and 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.
26They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.