¹It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

¹Zvino Jabhini, mambo weHazori wakati achizvinzwa, akatuma nhume kuna Jobhabhu, mambo weMadhoni, nokuna mambo weShimuroni, nokuna mambo weAkishafi,

²and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

²nokuna madzimambo akanga ari kurutivi rwokumusoro, panyika yezvikomo, nomumupata kurutivi rwenyasi rweKineroti, nomumapani, nokuzvikomo zvapaDhori, kurutivi rwamavirazuva,

³to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

³nokuvaKanani kurutivi rwamabvazuva nokumavirira, navaAmori, navaHeti, navaPerezi, navaJebhusi, panyika yamakomo, navaHivhi vakanga vagere mujinga meHorimoni, panyika yeMizipa.

⁴They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

⁴Vakabuda, ivo nehondo dzavo dzose dzavakanga vanadzo, vari vazhinji, sejecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa nokuwanda, namabhiza nengoro zhinji-zhinji.

⁵All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

⁵Madzimambo awa ose akaungana, vakauya pamwechete kuvaka misasa yavo pamvura yeMeromi, kuzorwa navaIsiraeri.

⁶Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

⁶Zvino Jehovha akati kuna Joshua, Usavatya, nekuti mangwana nenguva ino ndichavaisa vose mumaoko ako, vaurawe pamberi pavaIsiraeri; unofanira kugura marunda amakumbo amabhiza avo, nokupisa ngoro dzavo nomoto.

⁷So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.

⁷Zvino Joshua akauya pakarepo, iye navanhu vose vehondo vaakanga anavo, kuti arwe navo pamvura yeMeromi, akavavamba.

⁸Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They struck them until they left them none remaining.

⁸Jehovha akavaisa mumaoko avaIsiraeri, vakavaparadza nokuvadzinga kusvikira paguta guru Zidhoni, nokusvikira Misirefoti-maimi, nokusvikira kumupata weMizipe kumabvazuva; vakavauraya kusvikira vasina kusiya kunyange nomumwe chete.

⁹Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.

⁹Joshua akavaitira sezvaakanga arairwa naJehovha; akagura marunda amakumbo amabhiza avo, nokupisa ngoro dzavo nomoto.

¹⁰Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.

¹⁰Nenguva iyo Joshua akadzoka, akakunda Hazori, akauraya mambo waro nomunondo; nekuti pakutanga Hazori waiva muzinda woushe ihwo hwose.

¹¹They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.

¹¹Vakauraya vanhu vose vakanga varimo neminondo inopinza, vakavaparadza chose; hakuna chinhu chimwe chinofema chakasara; vakapisa Hazori nomoto.

¹²Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.

¹²Joshua akakundawo maguta ose amadzimambo iwayo, namadzimambo awo ose, akavauraya neminondo inopinza, akavaparadza chose; sezvakanga zvarairwa naMozisi muranda waJehovha.

¹³But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.

¹³Asi maguta akanga ari pazvikomo zvavo, vaIsiraeri havana kuapisa kunyange nerimwe chete, asi Hazori chete; Joshua wakapisa irero.

¹⁴The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.

¹⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakatapa zvose zvavakapamba zvamaguta iwayo, nemombe; asi vakauraya varume vose neminondo inopinza, kusvikira vavaparadza; havana kusiya kunyange nechinhu chimwe chete chinofema.

¹⁵As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹⁵Sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi muranda wake naJehovha, ndizvo Mozisi zvaakaraira Joshua; Joshua akaita saizvozvo, haana kusiya chinhu chimwe chete pazvose zvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

¹⁶So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

¹⁶Saizvozvo Joshua akakunda nyika iyo yose, iyo nyika yamakomo, nenyika yose yezasi, nenyika yose yeGosheni, nebani, noMupata, nenyika yamakomo yaIsiraeri, nebani rayo;

¹⁷from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.

¹⁷kubva pagomo reHaraki, rinokwira Seiri, kusvikira paBhaari-gadhi pamupata weRebhanoni, mujinga megomo reHerimoni; akakunda madzimambo aro ose, akavaparadza nokuvauraya.

¹⁸Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

¹⁸Joshua akarwa namadzimambo iwayo ose mazuva mazhinji.

¹⁹There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.

¹⁹Hakuna guta rakayanana navaIsiraeri, asi vaHivhi vakanga vagere Gibhiyoni; vakakunda zvose pakurwa.

²⁰For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

²⁰Nekuti Jehovha ndiye wakaomesa moyo yavo, kuti varwe navaIsiraeri, kuti avaparadze chose, varege kunzwirwa tsitsi; asi avaparadze, sezvakanga zvarairwa Mozisi naJehovha.

²¹Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

²¹Nenguva iyo Joshua akaenda akaparadza vaAnaki panyika yamakomo, paHebhuroni, napaDhebhiri, napaAnabhi, napanyika yose yamakomo yaJudha, napanyika yose yamakomo yalsiraeri; Joshua akavaparadza chose pamwechete namaguta avo.

²²There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.

²²Hakuna kuvaAnaki wakasara panyika yavana vaIsiraeri; asi paGaza, napaGadhi, napaAshidhodhi ndipo pakasara vamwe.

²³So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.

²³Joshua akakunda saizvozvo nyika yose sezvose zvakaudzwa Mozisi naJehovha; Joshua akaipa vana vaIsiraeri, kuti ive nhaka yavo, sezvavakanga vakamurwa namarudzi avo. Nyika ikazorora pakurwa.