¹Zvino Joshua wakati afa, vana vaIsiraeri vakabvunza Jehovha, vakati, Ndianiko kwatiri anofanira kutanga kundorwa navaKanani?

¹It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

²Jehovha akati, Judha ndiye unofanira kuenda; tarirai ndakaisa nyika iyi mumaoko ake.

²Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

³Zvino Judha akati kuna Simioni mukuru wake, Hendei tose kumugove wangu, tirwe navaKanani, neni ndigoenda newe kumugove wako. Ipapo Simioni akaenda naye.

³Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

⁴Zvino Judha akaenda, Jehovha akaisa vaKanani navaPerizi mumaoko ake, vakauraya muBhezeki varume vavo vane zviuru zvine gumi.

⁴Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

⁵Vakawana Adhoni-bhezeki muBhezeki, vakarwa naye, vakauraya vaKanani navaPerizi.

⁵They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

⁶Asi Adhoni-bhezeki wakatiza; vakamutevera, vakamubata, ndokumugura magumwe ake namagumwe amakumbo ake.

⁶But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

⁷Ipapo Adhoni-bhezeki akati, Madzimambo ana makumi manomwe, akanga akagurwa magumwe awo namagumwe amakumbo awo, ainonga zvokudya zvawo pasi petafura yangu; sezvandakaita ini, Mwari wakanditsivawo. Vakaenda naye Jerusaremu, akafirapo.

⁷Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, scavenged under my table: as I have done, so God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” has requited me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

⁸Zvino vana vaJudha vakandorwa neJerusaremu, vakarikunda, vakavauraya neminondo inopinza, vakapisa guta nomoto.

⁸The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

⁹Pashure vana vaJudha vakaburuka vakandorwa navaKanani, vakanga vagere panyika yamakomo, nezasi nokumapani.

⁹Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

¹⁰Zvino vaJudha vakandorwa navaKanani vakanga vagere Hebhuroni (zvino zita reHebhuroni kare raiva Kiriati-abha); vakaparadza Sheshai, naAhimani, naTarimani.

¹⁰Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹¹Vakabvapo, vakandorwa navanhu vakanga vagere Dhebhiri. (Zvino zita reDhebhiri kare raiva Kiriati-seferi).

¹¹From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

¹²Karebhu akati, Munhu unorwa neKiriati-seferi, akarikunda, ndichamupa mukunda wangu Akisa, ave mukadzi wake.

¹²Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

¹³Ipapo Otinieri, mwanakomana waKenazi, munin'ina waKarebhu, akarikunda; iye akamupa mukunda wake Akisa, akava mukadzi wake.

¹³Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

¹⁴Zvino iye wakati achisvika kwaari, akamukurudzira kuti akumbire munda kuna baba vake; zvino iye akaburuka pambongoro yake, Karebhu akati kwaari, Unoreveiko?

¹⁴It happened, when she came, that she got him to ask her father for a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

¹⁵Akati, Ndipei chipo; zvamakandiisa kunyika yezasi, ndipeiwo matsime emvura. Akamupa matsime okumusoro namatsime ezasi.

¹⁵She said to him, “Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

¹⁶Zvino vana vomuKeni, mukarabwa waMozisi, vakabuda paguta remichindwe, vakakwira pamwechete navana vaJudha kurenje raJudha, riri zasi kweAradhi; vakandogara navanhu voko.

¹⁶The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

¹⁷Judha akaenda naSimioni mukuru wake, vakakunda vaKanani vakanga vagere Zefati; vakariparadza chose. Guta iro rikazotumidzwa Homa.

¹⁷Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

¹⁸VaJudha ndokukundawo Gaza nenyika yaro neAshikeroni nenyika yaro, neEkironi nenyika yaro.

¹⁸Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

¹⁹Jehovha akava naJudha akadzinga vanhu vakanga vagere panyika yamakomo; asi wakange asingagoni kudzinga vakanga vagere mumupata, nekuti ivo vakanga vane ngoro dzamatare.

¹⁹Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

²⁰Vakapa Karebi Hebhuroni sezvakanga zvataurwa naMozisi, akadzingapo vana vaAnaki vatatu.

²⁰They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

²¹Asi vana vaBhenjamini havana kudzinga vaJebhusi vakanga vagere Jerusaremu; asi vaJebhusi vakagara Jerusaremu pamwechete navana vaBhenjamini kusvikira nhasi.

²¹The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²²Veimba yaJosefa naivo vakakwira vakandorwa neBheti-eri, Jehovha akava navo.

²²The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

²³Veimba yaJosefa vakandoshora Bheti-eri. (Zvino zita reguta iri pakutanga raiva Ruzi.)

²³The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

²⁴Nharirire dzikaona munhu achibuda muguta, dzikati kwaari, Dotiratidza hako pano paguta, tigokuitira zvakanaka.

²⁴The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

²⁵Akavaratidza panopindwa napo paguta, vakakunda guta neminondo inopinza; asi vakatendera munhu uyo nemhuri yake yose kuenda hake.

²⁵He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

²⁶Zvino munhu uyo akaenda kunyika yavaHeti, akandovaka guta rake, akaritumidza zita rinonzi Ruzi; ndiro zita raro kusvikira nhasi.

²⁶The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

²⁷Manase haana kudzinga vanhu vakanga vagere Bheti-sheani, nemisha yaro, kana veTaanaki, nemisha yaro, kana vakanga vagere Dhori, nemisha yaro; kana vakanga vagere Ibhireami, nemisha yaro, kana vakanga vagere Megidho, nemisha yaro; asi vaKanani vakaramba vachida kugara panyika iyo.

²⁷Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

²⁸Zvino vaIsiraeri vakati vasimba, vakabatisa vaKanani basa rechibharo, havana kuvadzinga chose.

²⁸It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

²⁹Efuremu haana kudzinga vaKanani vakanga vagere Gezeri; asi vaKanani vakagara Gezeri pakati pavo.

²⁹Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

³⁰Zebhuruni haana kudzinga vanhu vakanga vagere Kitironi, kana vakanga vagere Naharori; asi vaKanani vakagara pakati pavo, vakava vabati vechibharo.

³⁰Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

³¹Asheri haana kudzinga vanhu vakanga vagere Ako, kana vakanga vagere Zidhoni, kana Akirabhi, kana Akisibhi, kana Heribha, kana Afiki, kana Rehobi;

³¹Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

³²asi vaAsheri vakagara pakati pavaKanani, vakanga vagere munyika iyo; nekuti havana kuvadzinga.

³²but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

³³Nafutari haana kudzinga vanhu vakanga vagere Bheti-shemeshi, kana vakanga vagere Bheti-anati; asi vakagara pakati pavaKanani, vakanga vagere panyika iyo; asi vakanga vagere Bhetishemeshi neBheti-anati vakava vabati vechibharo.

³³Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

³⁴VaAmori vakasundira vana vaDhani kunyika yamakomo, nekuti havana kuvatendera kuburukira kumupata;

³⁴The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

³⁵asi vaAmori vakaramba vachida kugara mugomo reHeresi, muAjaroni nomuShaaribhimu, kunyange zvakadaro ruoko rwaveimba yaJosefa rwakakunda, vakava vabati vechibharo.

³⁵but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

³⁶Muganhu wavaAmori wakabva pamukwidzwa weAkirabhimu, kubva padombo, uchikwira.

³⁶The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.