መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ።

(ክለሳ.1.20020507)

_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡1።______________
ምዕራፍ፡1።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡ከሞተ፡በዃላ፥እግዚአብሔር፡የሙሴን፡አገልጋይ፣የነዌን፡ልጅ፣ ኢያሱን፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡ተናገረው፦
2፤ባሪያዬ፡ሙሴ፡ሞቷል፤አኹንም፡አንተና፡ይህ፡ሕዝብ፡ዅሉ፡ተነሥታችኹ፡ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ወደምሰጣቸው፡ምድ ር፡ይህን፡ዮርዳኖስ፡ተሻገሩ።
3፤ለሙሴ፡እንደ፡ነገርኹት፡የእግራችኹ፡ጫማ፡የሚረግጠውን፡ቦታ፡ዅሉ፡ለእናንተ፡ሰጥቻለኹ።
4፤ከምድረ፡በዳው፡ከዚህም፡ከሊባኖስ፡ዠምሮ፡እስከ፡ታላቁ፡ወንዝ፡እስከ፡ኤፍራጥስ፡ድረስ፡የኬጢያውያን፡ምድ ር፡ዅሉ፡እስከፀሓይ፡መግቢያ፡እስከ፡ታላቁ፡ባሕር፡ድረስ፡ዳርቻችኹ፡ይኾናል።
5፤በሕይወትኽ፡ዕድሜ፡ዅሉ፡ማንም፡አይቋቋምኽም፤ከሙሴ፡ጋራ፡እንደ፡ኾንኹ፡እንዲሁ፡ከአንተ፡ጋራ፡እኾናለኹ፤ አልጥልኽም፥አልተውኽም።
6፤ለአባቶቻቸው፦እሰጣችዃለኹ፡ብዬ፡የማልኹላቸውን፡ምድር፡ለዚህ፡ሕዝብ፡ታወርሳለኽና፡ጽና፥አይዞኽ።
7፤ነገር፡ግን፥ጽና፥እጅግ፡በርታ፤ባሪያዬ፡ሙሴ፡ያዘዘኽን፡ሕግ፡ዅሉ፡ጠብቅ፥አድርገውም፤በምትኼድበትም፡ዅሉ ፡እንዲከናወንልኽ፡ወደ፡ቀኝም፡ወደ፡ግራም፡አትበል።
8፤የዚህ፡ሕግ፡መጽሐፍ፡ከአፍኽ፡አይለይ፥ነገር፡ግን፥የተጻፈበትን፡ዅሉ፡ትጠብቅና፡ታደርግ፡ዘንድ፡በቀንም፡ በሌሊትም፡ዐስበው፤የዚያን፡ጊዜም፡መንገድኽ፡ይቀናልኻል፡ይከናወንልኻልም።
9፤በምትኼድበት፡ዅሉ፡አምላክኽ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ከአንተ፡ጋራ፡ነውና፥ጽና፥አይዞኽ፤አትፍራ፥አትደንግጥ፡ብዬ፡ አላዘዝኹኽምን፧
10፤11፤ኢያሱም፡የሕዝቡን፡አለቃዎች፦በሰፈሩ፡መካከል፡ዕለፉ፥ሕዝቡንም፦አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ርስት፡አ ድርጎ፡ወደሚሰጣችኹ፡ምድር፡እስከ፡ሦስት፡ቀን፡ይህን፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ተሻግራችኹ፡ልትወርሷት፡ትገቡባታላችኹና ፥ሥንቃችኹን፡አዘጋጁ፡ብላችኹ፡እዘዟቸው፡ብሎ፡አዘዘ።
12፤ኢያሱም፡የሮቤልን፡ልጆች፡የጋድንም፡ልጆች፡የምናሴንም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡ተናገራቸው፦
13፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡ያዘዛችኹን፡ቃል፡ዐስቡ፦አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ያሳርፋችዃ ል፥ይህችንም፡ምድር፡ይሰጣችዃል።
14፤ሚስቶቻችኹና፡ልጆቻችኹ፡ከብቶቻችኹም፡ሙሴ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በሰጣችኹ፡ምድር፡ይቀመጡ፤ነገር፡ግን፥እና ንተ፥ጽኑዓን፡ኀያላን፡ዅሉ፥ተሰልፋችኹ፡በወንድሞቻችኹ፡ፊት፡ተሻገሩ፥ርዷቸውም፥
15፤እግዚአብሔር፡እናንተን፡እንዳሳረፋችኹ፡ወንድሞቻችኹን፡እስኪያሳርፍ፡ድረስ፥እነርሱም፡ደግሞ፡አምላካች ኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡የሚሰጣቸውን፡ምድር፡እስኪወርሱ፡ድረስ፤ከዚያም፡በዃላ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡በፀሓ ይ፡መውጫ፡ወደሰጣችኹ፡ወደርስታችኹ፡ምድር፡ትመለሳላችኹ፡ትወርሷትማላችኹ።
16፤እነርሱም፡ለኢያሱ፡እንዲህ፡ብለው፡መለሱለት።ያዘዝኸንን፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡እናደርጋለን፡ወደምትልከንም፡ስፍ ራ፡እንኼዳለን።
17፤በዅሉም፡ለሙሴ፡እንደ፡ታዘዝን፡እንዲሁ፡ለአንተ፡ደግሞ፡እንታዘዛለን፤ብቻ፡አምላክኽ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ከሙ ሴ፡ጋራ፡እንደ፡ነበረ፡ከአንተ፡ጋራ፡ይኹን።
18፤በትእዛዝኽ፡የሚያምፅ፡ዅሉ፡የምታዘ፟ውንም፡ቃል፡ዅሉ፡የማይሰማ፥ርሱ፡ይገደል፤ብቻ፡ጽና፥አይዞኽ።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡2።______________
ምዕራፍ፡2።
1፤የነዌም፡ልጅ፡ኢያሱ፦ኼዳችኹ፡ምድሪቱንና፡ኢያሪኮን፡እዩ፡ብሎ፡ከሰጢም፡ኹለት፡ሰላዮች፡በስውር፡ላከ።ኼዱ ም፤ረዓብም፡ወደሚሏት፡ጋለሞታ፡ቤት፡ገቡ፥በዚያም፡ዐደሩ።
2፤የኢያሪኮም፡ንጉሥ፦እንሆ፥ሰዎች፡ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡አገሩን፡ሊሰልሉ፡ወደዚህ፡በሌሊት፡ገቡ፡ሲባል፡ወሬ፡ ሰማ።
3፤የኢያሪኮም፡ንጉሥ፦አገሩን፡ዅሉ፡ሊሰልሉ፡መጥተዋልና፥ወደ፡አንቺ፡የመጡትን፡ወደ፡ቤትሽም፡የገቡትን፡ሰዎ ች፡አውጪ፡ብሎ፡ወደ፡ረዓብ፡ላከ።
4፤ሴቲቱም፡ኹለቱን፡ሰዎች፡ወስዳ፡ሸሸገቻቸው፤ርሷም፦አዎን፥ሰዎቹ፡ወደ፡እኔ፡መጡ፥ከወዴት፡እንደ፡ኾኑ፡ግን ፡አላወቅኹም፤
5፤በሩም፡ሲዘጋ፥ሲጨልምም፡ሰዎቹ፡ወጡ፤ወዴት፡እንደ፡ኼዱ፡አላውቅም፤ፈጥናችኹ፡አሳዷ፟ቸው፥ታገኟቸውማላችኹ ፡አለች።
6፤ርሷ፡ግን፡ወደ፡ሰገነቱ፡አውጥታቸው፡ነበር፤በዚያም፡በረበረበችው፡በተልባ፡እግር፡ውስጥ፡ሸሽጋቸው፡ነበር ።
7፤ሰዎቹም፡ወደዮርዳኖስ፡መሻገሪያ፡በሚወስደው፡መንገድ፡አሳደዷቸው፤አሳዳጆችም፡ከወጡ፡በዃላ፥በሩ፡ተቈለፈ ።
8፤እነዚህም፡ሳይተኙ፡ሴቲቱ፡ወደ፡እነርሱ፡ወደ፡ሰገነቱ፡ወጣች።
9፤ሰዎቹንም፡እንዲህ፡አለቻቸው፦እግዚአብሔር፡ምድሪቱን፡እንደ፡ሰጣችኹ፥እናንተንም፡መፍራት፡በላያችን፡እን ደ፡ወደቀ፥በምድሪቱም፡የሚኖሩት፡ዅሉ፡ከፊታችኹ፡እንደ፡ቀለጡ፡ዐወቅኹ።
10፤ከግብጽ፡ምድር፡በወጣችኹ፡ጊዜ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ቀይ፡ባሕርን፡በፊታችኹ፡እንዳደረቀ፥በዮርዳኖስም፡ማዶ፡በ ነበሩት፡እናንተም፡ፈጽማችኹ፡ባጠፋችዃቸው፡በኹለቱ፡በአሞራውያን፡ነገሥታት፥በሴዎንና፡በዐግ፡ያደረጋችኹት ን፡ሰምተናል።
11፤ይህንም፡ነገር፡ሰምተን፡ልባችን፡ቀለጠ፤አምላካችኹም፡እግዚአብሔር፡በላይ፡በሰማይ፡በታችም፡በምድር፡ር ሱ፡አምላክ፡ነውና፥ከእናንተ፡የተንሣ፡ከዚያ፡ወዲያ፡ለማንም፡ነፍስ፡አልቀረለትም።
12፤አኹንም፥እባካችኹ፥በእግዚአብሔር፡ማሉልኝ፥በእውነትም፡ምልክት፡ስጡኝ፥እኔ፡ለእናንተ፡ቸርነት፡እንደ፡ ሠራኹ፡እናንተ፡ደግሞ፡ለአባቴ፡ቤት፡ቸርነት፡እንድትሠሩ፥
13፤አባቴንና፡እናቴንም፡ወንድሞቼንና፡እኅቶቼንም፡ያላቸውንም፡ዅሉ፡እንድታድኑ፥ሰውነታችንንም፡ከሞት፡እን ድታድኑ።
14፤ሰዎቹም፦ይህን፡ነገራችንን፡ባትገልጪ፡ነፍሳችን፡በነፍሳችኹ፡ፋንታ፡ለሞት፡ይኾናል፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ምድ ሪቱን፡በሰጠን፡ጊዜ፡ከአንቺ፡ጋራ፡ቸርነትንና፡እውነትን፡እናደርጋለን፡አሏት።
15፤ቤቷም፡በከተማ፡ቅጥር፡የተጠጋ፡ነበረና፥ርሷም፡በቅጥሩ፡ላይ፡ተቀምጣ፡ነበርና፥ከመስኮቱ፡በገመድ፡አወረ ደቻቸው።
16፤ርሷም፦አሳዳጆቹ፡እንዳያገኟችኹ፡ወደ፡ተራራው፡ኺዱ፤አሳዳጆቹም፡እስኪመለሱ፡ድረስ፡በዚያ፡ሦስት፡ቀን፡ ተሰውራችኹ፡ተቀመጡ፤ዃላም፡መንገዳችኹን፡ትኼዳላችኹ፡አለቻቸው።
17፤ሰዎቹም፡አሏት፦እኛ፡ከዚህ፡ካማልሽን፡መሐላ፡ንጹሓን፡እንኾናለን።
18፤እንሆ፥እኛ፡ወደ፡አገሩ፡በገባን፡ጊዜ፡ይህን፡ቀይ፡ፈትል፡እኛን፡ባወረድሽበት፡መስኮት፡በኩል፡እሰሪው፤ አባትሽንም፡እናትሽንም፡ወንድሞችሽንም፡የአባትሽንም፡ቤተ፡ሰብ፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡አንቺ፡ወደ፡ቤትሽ፡ሰብስቢ።
19፤ከቤትሽም፡ደጅ፡ወደ፡ሜዳ፡የሚወጣ፡ደሙ፡በራሱ፡ላይ፡ይኾናል፥እኛም፡ንጹሓን፡እንኾናለን፤ነገር፡ግን፥ከ አንቺ፡ጋራ፡በቤቱ፡ውስጥ፡ያለውን፡አንድ፡እጅ፡ቢነካው፡ደሙ፡በእኛ፡ራስ፡ላይ፡ይኾናል።
20፤ይህንን፡ነገራችንን፡ግን፡ብትገልጪ፡ከዚህ፡ካማልሽን፡መሐላ፡ንጹሓን፡እንኾናለን።
21፤ርሷም፦እንደ፡ቃላችኹ፡ይኹን፡አለች፤ሰደደቻቸውም፡እነርሱም፡ኼዱ፤ቀዩንም፡ፈትል፡በመስኮቱ፡በኩል፡አን ጠለጠለችው።
22፤እነርሱም፡ኼደው፡ወደ፡ተራራው፡ደረሱ፥አሳዳጆቹም፡እስኪመለሱ፡ድረስ፡ሦስት፡ቀን፡በዚያ፡ተቀመጡ፤አሳዳ ጆቹም፡በመንገዱ፡ዅሉ፡ፈልገው፡አላገኟቸውም።
23፤ኹለቱም፡ሰዎች፡ተመለሱ፥ከተራራውም፡ወርደው፡ተሻገሩ፥ወደነዌም፡ልጅ፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፡መጡ፤የደረሰባቸውንም ፡ዅሉ፡አወሩለት።
24፤ኢያሱንም፦በእውነት፡እግዚአብሔር፡አገሩን፡ዅሉ፡በእጃችን፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጥቷል፤በአገሩም፡ውስጥ፡ያሉ፡ሰዎ ች፡ዅሉ፡በፊታችን፡ይቀልጣሉ፡አሉት።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡3።______________
ምዕራፍ፡3።
1፤ኢያሱም፡ማልዶ፡ተነሣ፥ርሱና፡የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ዅሉ፡ከሰጢም፡ተነሥተው፡ወደ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡መጡ፤ሳይሻገሩ ም፡በዚያ፡ዐደሩ።
2፤ከሦስት፡ቀንም፡በዃላ፡አለቃዎች፡በሰፈሩ፡መካከል፡ዐለፉ።
3፤ሕዝቡን፦የአምላካችኹን፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦትና፡ሌዋውያን፡ካህናት፡ተሸክመውት፡ባያችኹ፡ጊ ዜ፥ከሰፈራችኹ፡ተነሥታችኹ፡ተከተሉት።
4፤በእናንተና፡በታቦቱ፡መካከል፡ያለው፡ርቀት፡በስፍር፡ኹለት፡ሺሕ፡ክንድ፡ያኽል፡ይኹን፤በዚህ፡መንገድ፡በፊ ት፡አልኼዳችኹበትምና፡የምትኼዱበትን፡መንገድ፡እንድታውቁ፡ወደ፡ታቦቱ፡አትቅረቡ፡ብለው፡አዘዙ።
5፤ኢያሱም፡ሕዝቡን፦ነገ፡እግዚአብሔር፡በመካከላችኹ፡ድንቅ፡ነገር፡ያደርጋልና፥ተቀደሱ፡አለ።
6፤ኢያሱም፡ካህናቱን፦የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡ተሸክማችኹ፡በሕዝቡ፡ፊት፡ዕለፉ፡ብሎ፡ተናገራቸው፤የቃል፡ኪዳኑ ንም፡ታቦት፡ተሸክመው፡በሕዝቡ፡ፊት፡ዐለፉ።
7፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦ከሙሴ፡ጋራ፡እንደ፡ኾንኹ፡እንዲሁ፡ከአንተ፡ጋራ፡መኾኔን፡ያውቁ፡ዘንድ፡በዚህ፡ቀ ን፡በእስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ዐይን፡ከፍ፡ከፍ፡አደርግኽ፡ዘንድ፡እዠምራለኹ።
8፤አንተም፡የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡የሚሸከሙትን፡ካህናት።በዮርዳኖስ፡ውሃ፡ዳር፡ስትደርሱ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ውስጥ ፡ቁሙ፡ብለኽ፡እዘዝ፡አለው።
9፤ኢያሱም፡ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች።ወደዚህ፡ቀርባችኹ፡የአምላካችኹን፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ቃል፡ስሙ፡አለ።
10፤ኢያሱም፡አለ፦ሕያው፡አምላክ፡በመካከላችኹ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፥ርሱም፡ከፊታችኹ፡ከነዓናዊውን፡ኬጢያዊውንም፡ዔ ዊያዊውንም፡ፌርዛዊውንም፡ጌርጌሳዊውንም፡አሞራዊውንም፡ኢያቡሳዊውንም፡ፈጽሞ፡እንዲያወጣ፡በዚህ፡ታውቃላች ኹ።
11፤እንሆ፥የምድር፡ዅሉ፡ጌታ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦት፡በፊታችኹ፡ወደ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡ያልፋል።
12፤አኹንም፡ከእስራኤል፡ነገዶች፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ሰዎች፡ምረጡ፤ከየነገዱ፡አንድ፡አንድ፡ሰው፡ይኹን።
13፤እንዲህም፡ይኾናል፤የምድርን፡ዅሉ፡ጌታ፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ታቦት፡የተሸከሙ፡ካህናት፡እግር፡ጫማ፡በዮርዳ ኖስ፡ውሃ፡ውስጥ፡ሲቆም፥ከላይ፡የሚወርደው፡የዮርዳኖስ፡ውሃ፡ይቋረጣል፤እንደ፡ክምርም፡ኾኖ፡ይቆማል።
14፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤ሕዝቡ፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ሊሻገሩ፡ከየድንኳናቸው፡በወጡ፡ጊዜ፥የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡የተሸከሙ ፡ካህናት፡በሕዝቡ፡ፊት፡ይኼዱ፡ነበር።
15፤እንደ፡መከር፡ወራት፡ዅሉ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡እጅግ፡ሞልቶ፡ነበርና፥ታቦት፡ተሸካሚዎቹ፡ወደ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡ሲደርሱ፥ ታቦቱንም፡የተሸከሙት፡የካህናቱ፡እግሮች፡በውሃው፡ዳር፡ሲጠልቁ፥
16፤ከላይ፡የሚወርደው፡ውሃ፡ቆመ፤በጻርታን፡አጠገብ፡ባለችው፡አዳም፡በምትባል፡ከተማ፡በሩቅ፡ቆሞ፡ባንድ፡ክ ምር፡ተነሣ፤ወደዐረባ፡ባሕር፡ወደጨው፡ባሕር፡የሚወርደው፡ውሃ፡ፈጽሞ፡ተቋረጠ፤ሕዝቡም፡በኢያሪኮ፡ፊት፡ለፊ ት፡ተሻገሩ።
17፤የእግዚአብሔርንም፡የቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦት፡የተሸከሙ፡ካህናት፡በዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡በደረቅ፡መሬት፡ጸንተው ፡ቆመው፡ነበር፥ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ፈጽመው፡እስኪሻገሩ፡ድረስ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡በደረቅ፡መሬት፡ተሻገ ሩ።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡4።______________
ምዕራፍ፡4።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤ሕዝቡ፡ዅሉ፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ፈጽመው፡በተሻገሩ፡ጊዜ፡እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን።
2፤ከሕዝቡ፡ከየነገዱ፡አንድ፡አንድ፡ሰው፥ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ሰዎች፡ምረጥና።
3፤በዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡የካህናት፡እግር፡ከቆመበት፡ስፍራ፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ድንጋዮች፡አንሡ፤ተሸክማችኹም፡በዚ ህ፡ሌሊት፡በምታድሩበት፡ስፍራ፡አኑሯቸው፡ብለኽ፡እዘዛቸው፡አለው።
4፤ኢያሱም፡ከየነገዱ፡አንድ፡አንድ፡ሰው፥ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ያዘጋጃቸውን፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ሰዎች፡ጠራ።
5፤ኢያሱም፡አላቸው፦በአምላካችኹ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡ወደ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡ዕለፉ፤ከእናንተም፡ሰ ው፡ዅሉ፡በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ቍጥር፡በጫንቃው፡ላይ፡አንድ፡አንድ፡ድንጋይ፡ከዚያ፡ይሸከም።
6፤ይህም፡በመካከላችኹ፡ምልክት፡ይኾናል፤ልጆቻችኹም፡በሚመጣው፡ዘመን፦የእነዚህ፡ድንጋዮች፡ነገር፡ምንድር፡ ነው፧ብለው፡ሲጠይቋችኹ፥
7፤እናንተ፦በእግዚአብሔር፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡የዮርዳኖስ፡ውሃ፡ስለ፡ተቋረጠ፡ነው፤ዮርዳኖስን፡በተሻገ ረ፡ጊዜ፡የዮርዳኖስ፡ውሃ፡ተቋረጠ፥እነዚህም፡ድንጋዮች፡ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ለዘለዓለም፡መታሰቢያ፡ይኾናሉ፡ ትሏቸዋላችኹ።
8፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ኢያሱ፡እንዳዘዘ፡አደረጉ፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፡እንደ፡ተናገረው፡በእስራኤል፡ነገ ድ፡ቍጥር፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ድንጋዮች፡አንሥተው፡ወደሚያድሩበት፡ስፍራ፡ወሰዱ፥በዚያም፡አ ኖሯቸው።
9፤ኢያሱም፡የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡የተሸከሙ፡ካህናት፡እግሮች፡በቆሙበት፡ስፍራ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡ሌላዎች ን፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ድንጋዮች፡ተከለ፤እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡በዚያ፡አሉ።
10፤ሙሴም፡ኢያሱን፡እንዳዘዘው፡ዅሉ፥እግዚአብሔር፡ኢያሱን፡ለሕዝቡ፡እንዲነግር፡ያዘዘው፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡እስኪ ፈጸም፡ድረስ፡ታቦቱን፡የተሸከሙ፡ካህናት፡በዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡ቆመው፡ነበርና፤ሕዝቡም፡ፈጥነው፡ተሻገሩ።
11፤ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡ፈጽመው፡በተሻገሩ፡ጊዜ፥ሕዝቡ፡እያዩ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦትና፡ካህናቱ፡ተሻገሩ።
12፤ሙሴም፡እንዳዘዛቸው፡የሮቤል፡ልጆች፥የጋድም፡ልጆች፥የምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ተሰልፈው፡በእስራኤል፡ል ጆች፡ፊት፡ተሻገሩ።
13፤አርባ፡ሺሕ፡ያኽል፡ሰዎች፡ጋሻና፡ጦራቸውን፡ይዘው፡ለሰልፍ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡ወደኢያሪኮ፡ሜዳ፡ተሻገ ሩ።
14፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡እግዚአብሔር፡ኢያሱን፡በእስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ፊት፡ከፍ፡አደረገው፤ሙሴንም፡እንደ፡ፈሩ፡በዕድሜ ው፡ዅሉ፡ፈሩት።
15፤16፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦የምስክሩን፡ታቦት፡የሚሸከሙትን፡ካህናት፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡እንዲወጡ፡እዘዝ፡ብሎ ፡ተናገረው።
17፤ኢያሱም፡ካህናትን፦ከዮርዳኖስ፡ውጡ፡ብሎ፡አዘዛቸው።
18፤የእግዚአብሔርንም፡የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡የተሸከሙ፡ካህናት፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡መካከል፡በወጡ፡ጊዜ፥የካህናቱ ም፡እግር፡ጫማ፡ደረቅ፡መሬት፡መርገጥ፡በዠመረ፡ጊዜ፥የዮርዳኖስ፡ውሃ፡ወደ፡ስፍራው፡ተመለሰ፥ቀድሞም፡እንደ ፡ነበረ፡በዳሩ፡ዅሉ፡ላይ፡ኼደ።
19፤ሕዝቡም፡በመዠመሪያው፡ወር፡በዐሥረኛው፡ቀን፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡ወጡ፥በኢያሪኮም፡ዳርቻ፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡በገ ልገላ፡ሰፈሩ።
20፤ከዮርዳኖስም፡ውስጥ፡የወሰዷቸውን፡እነዚያን፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለቱን፡ድንጋዮች፡ኢያሱ፡በገልገላ፡አቆማቸው።
21፤ለእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡ተናገራቸው፦በሚመጣው፡ዘመን፡ልጆቻችኹ፡አባቶቻቸውን፦እነዚህ፡ድንጋ ዮች፡ምንድር፡ናቸው፧ብለው፡ሲጠይቁ፥
22፤ለልጆቻችኹ፡እንዲህ፡ብላችኹ፡ታስታውቃላችኹ።እስራኤል፡ይህን፡ዮርዳኖስን፡በደረቅ፡ተሻገረ፤
23፤እስክንሻገር፡ድረስ፡አምላካችኹ፡ቀይ፡ባሕርን፡ከፊታችን፡እንዳደረቀ፡እንዲሁ፡እስክትሻገሩ፡ድረስ፡አም ላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡የዮርዳኖስን፡ውሃ፡ከፊታችኹ፡አደረቀ።
24፤ይኸውም፡የእግዚአብሔር፡እጅ፡ጠንካራ፡እንደ፡ኾነች፡የምድር፡አሕዛብ፡ዅሉ፡እንዲያውቁ፥አምላካችኹንም፡ እግዚአብሔርን፡ለዘለዓለሙ፡እንድትፈሩ፡ነው።
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ምዕራፍ፡5።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡የነበሩት፡የአሞራውያን፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፥በባሕሩም፡አጠ ገብ፡የነበሩ፡የከነዓናውያን፡ነገሥት፡ዅሉ፥እግዚአብሔር፡ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ፊት፡የዮርዳኖስን፡ውሃ፡እስኪ ሻገሩት፡ድረስ፡እንዳደረቀ፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፥ልባቸው፡ቀለጠ፡ከእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡የተነሣ፡ነፍስ፡ከዚያ፡ወዲያ፡ አልቀረላቸውም።
2፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡እግዚአብሔር፡ኢያሱን፦የባልጩት፡መቍረጫ፡ሠርተኽ፡የእስራኤልን፡ልጆች፡ኹለተኛ፡ጊዜ፡ግረ ዛቸው፡አለው።
3፤ኢያሱም፡የባልጩት፡መቍረጫ፡ሠርቶ፡የግርዛት፡ኰረብታ፡በተባለ፡ስፍራ፡የእስራኤልን፡ልጆች፡ገረዘ።
4፤ኢያሱ፡የገረዘበትም፡ምክንያት፡ይህ፡ነው፤ከግብጽ፡የወጡት፡ሕዝብ፡ወንዶች፡ሰልፈኛዎች፡ዅሉ፡ከግብጽ፡ከወ ጡ፡በዃላ፡በመንገድ፡ላይ፡በምድረ፡በዳ፡ሞቱ።
5፤የወጡት፡ሕዝብ፡ዅሉ፡ተገርዘው፡ነበር፤ነገር፡ግን፥ከግብጽ፡በወጡበት፡መንገድ፡በምድረ፡በዳ፡የተወለዱት፡ ሕዝብ፡ዅሉ፡አልተገረዙም፡ነበር።
6፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ወተትና፡ማር፡የምታፈሰ፟ውን፡ምድር፡ለእኛ፡ይሰጠን፡ዘንድ፡ለአባቶቻቸው፡የማለላቸውን፡ም ድር፡እንዳያሳያቸው፡የማለላቸው፥ከግብጽ፡የወጡ፡የእግዚአብሔርንም፡ቃል፡ያልሰሙ፥እነዚያ፡ሰልፈኛዎች፡ዅሉ ፡እስኪጠፉ፡ድረስ፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡አርባ፡ዓመት፡በምድረ፡በዳ፡ይኼዱ፡ነበር።
7፤ልጆቻቸውን፡በእነርሱ፡ፋንታ፡አስነሣ፥እነዚህንም፡ኢያሱ፡ገረዛቸው፤በመንገድ፡ሳሉ፡ስላልገረዟቸው፡ሸለፈ ታሞች፡ነበሩና።
8፤ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡ፈጽመው፡በተገረዙ፡ጊዜ፡እስኪድኑ፡ድረስ፡በሰፈር፡ውስጥ፡በየስፍራቸው፡ተቀመጡ።
9፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦ዛሬ፡የግብጽን፡ነውር፡ከእናንተ፡ላይ፡አንከባልያለኹ፡አለው፤ስለዚህ፥የዚያ፡ስፍ ራ፡ስም፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ገልገላ፡ተብሎ፡ተጠራ።
10፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡በገልገላ፡ሰፈሩ፤ከወሩም፡በዐሥራ፡አራተኛው፡ቀን፡በመሸ፡ጊዜ፡በኢያሪኮ፡ሜዳ፡ፋሲ ካ፡አደረጉ።
11፤ከፋሲካውም፡በዃላ፡በነጋው፡የምድሪቱን፡ፍሬ፡የቂጣ፡ዕንጐቻ፡ቈሎም፡በዚያው፡ቀን፡በሉ።
12፤በነጋውም፡ከምድሪቱ፡ፍሬ፡ከበሉ፡በዃላ፡መና፟ው፡ቀረ፤ከዚያም፡በዃላ፡ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡መና፟፡አልመጣ ላቸውም፤ነገር፡ግን፥በዚያው፡ዓመት፡የከነዓንን፡ምድር፡ፍሬ፡በሉ።
13፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤ኢያሱ፡በኢያሪኮ፡አጠገብ፡ሳለ፡ዐይኑን፡አንሥቶ፡ተመለከተ፥እንሆም፥የተመዘዘ፡ሰይፍ፡በ እጁ፡የያዘ፡ሰው፡በፊቱ፡ቆሞ፡ነበር፤ኢያሱም፡ወደ፡ርሱ፡ቀርቦ፦ከእኛ፡ወገን፡ወይስ፡ከጠላቶቻችን፡ወገን፡ነ ኽን፧አለው።
14፤ርሱም፦አይደለኹም፤እኔ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ሰራዊት፡አለቃ፡ኾኜ፡አኹን፡መጥቻለኹ፡አለ።ኢያሱም፡ወደ፡ምድር ፡በግንባሩ፡ተደፍቶ፡ሰገደና፦ጌታዬ፡ለባሪያው፡የሚነግረው፡ምንድር፡ነው፧አለው።
15፤የእግዚአብሔርም፡ሰራዊት፡አለቃ፡ኢያሱን፦አንተ፡የቆምኽበት፡ስፍራ፡የተቀደሰ፡ነውና፥ጫማኽን፡ከእግርኽ ፡አውልቅ፡አለው።ኢያሱም፡እንዲሁ፡አደረገ።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡6።______________
ምዕራፍ፡6።
1፤ኢያሪኮም፡ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡የተነሣ፡ፈጽማ፡ተዘግታ፡ነበር፤ወደ፡ርሷ፡የሚገባ፡ከርሷም፡የሚወጣ፡ማንም፡ አልነበረም።
2፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፡አለው፦ተመልከት፥ኢያሪኮንና፡ንጉሧን፡ጽኑዓን፡ኀያላኗንም፡በእጅኽ፡ሰጥቻለኹ።
3፤ሰልፈኛዎቻችኹ፡ዅሉ፡ከተማዪቱን፡አንድ፡ጊዜ፡ይዙሯት፤እንዲሁም፡ስድስት፡ቀን፡አድርጉ።
4፤ሰባትም፡ካህናት፡ሰባት፡ቀንደ፡መለከት፡በታቦቱ፡ፊት፡ይሸከሙ፤በሰባተኛውም፡ቀን፡ከተማዪቱን፡ሰባት፡ጊዜ ፡ዙሩ፥ካህናቱም፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ይንፉ።
5፤ቀንደ፡መለከቱም፡ባለማቋረጥ፡ሲነፋ፥የመለከቱንም፡ድምፅ፡ስትሰሙ፥ሕዝቡ፡ዅሉ፡ታላቅ፡ጩኸት፡ይጩኹ፤የከተ ማዪቱም፡ቅጥር፡ይወድቃል፥ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡እያንዳንዱ፡አቅንቶ፡ይገባባታል።
6፤የነዌም፡ልጅ፡ኢያሱ፡ካህናቱን፡ጠርቶ፦የቃል፡ኪዳኑን፡ታቦት፡ተሸከሙ፥ሰባትም፡ካህናት፡ሰባት፡ቀንደ፡መለ ከት፡ወስደው፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡ይኺዱ፡አላቸው።
7፤ሕዝቡንም፦ኺዱ፥ከተማዪቱንም፡ዙሩ፥ሰልፈኛዎችም፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡ይኺዱ፡አለ።
8፤ኢያሱም፡ለሕዝቡ፡በተናገረ፡ጊዜ፥ሰባቱ፡ካህናት፡ሰባቱን፡ቀንደ፡መለከት፡ይዘው፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡ኼዱ ፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱንም፡ነፉ፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦት፡ይከተላቸው፡ነበር።
9፤ሰልፈኛዎቹም፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡በሚነፉ፡በካህናቱ፡ፊት፡ይኼዱ፡ነበር፥የቀረውም፡ሕዝብ፡ከታቦቱ፡በዃላ፡ይ ኼድ፡ነበር፥ካህናቱም፡እየኼዱ፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ይነፉ፡ነበር።
10፤ኢያሱም፡ሕዝቡን፦እኔ፦ጩኹ፡እስከምልበት፡ቀን፡ድረስ፡አትጩኹ፥ድምፃችኹንም፡አታንሡ፥ከአፋችኹም፡አንድ ፡ቃል፡አይውጣ፤በዚያን፡ጊዜ፡ትጮኻላችኹ፡ብሎ፡አዘዛቸው።
11፤እንዲሁ፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ታቦት፡አንድ፡ጊዜ፡ከተማዪቱን፡አዞረው፤እነርሱም፡ወደ፡ሰፈሩ፡ተመልሰው፡ዐደ ሩ።
12፤ኢያሱም፡ማለዳ፡ተነሣ፡ካህናቱም፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ታቦት፡ተሸከሙ።
13፤ሰባቱም፡ካህናት፡ሰባት፡ቀንደ፡መለከት፡ይዘው፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡ይኼዱ፡ነበር፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱ ንም፡ይነፉ፡ነበር፤ሰልፈኛዎቹም፡በፊታቸው፡ይኼዱ፡ነበር፤የቀሩትም፡ሕዝብ፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡በዃላ፡ይ መጡ፡ነበር፥ካህናቱም፡እየኼዱ፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ይነፉ፡ነበር።
14፤በኹለተኛውም፡ቀን፡ከተማዪቱን፡አንድ፡ጊዜ፡ዞረው፡ወደ፡ሰፈር፡ተመለሱ፤ስድስት፡ቀንም፡እንዲህ፡አደረጉ ።
15፤በሰባተኛውም፡ቀን፡በነጋ፡ጊዜ፡ማልደው፡ተነሡ፥እንደዚህም፡ሥርዐት፡ከተማዪቱን፡ሰባት፡ጊዜ፡ዞሩ፤በዚያ ፡ቀን፡ብቻ፡ከተማዪቱን፡ሰባት፡ጊዜ፡ዞሩ።
16፤በሰባተኛውም፡ጊዜ፡ካህናቱ፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ሲነፉ፡ኢያሱ፡ሕዝቡን፡አለ፦እግዚአብሔር፡ከተማዪቱን፡ሰጥ ቷችዃልና፥ጩኹ።
17፤ከተማዪቱም፡በርሷም፡ያለው፡ዅሉ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡ዕርም፡ይኾናሉ፤የላክናቸውን፡መልክተኛዎች፡ስለሸሸገች ፡ጋለሞታዪቱ፡ረዓብ፡ከርሷም፡ጋራ፡በቤቷ፡ውስጥ፡ያሉ፡ዅሉ፡ብቻ፡በሕይወት፡ይኖራሉ።
18፤እናንተ፡ግን፡ዕርም፡ካደረጋችኹት፡በዃላ፡ዕርም፡ከኾነው፡ነገር፡ራሳችኹን፡ጠብቁ፤ዕርም፡ከኾነው፡አንዳ ች፡የወሰዳችኹ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡የእስራኤልን፡ሰፈር፡የተረገመ፡ታደርጉታላችኹ፥ታስጨንቁትማላችኹ።
19፤ነገር፡ግን፥ብርና፡ወርቅ፡ዅሉ፡የናስና፡የብረትም፡ዕቃ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡የተቀደሰ፡ይኹን፤ወደእግዚአብሔ ርም፡ግምጃ፡ቤት፡ይግባ።
20፤ሕዝቡም፡ጮኹ፥ካህናቱም፡ቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ነፉ፤ሕዝቡም፡የቀንደ፡መለከቱን፡ድምፅ፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፡ታላቅ፡ጩ ኸት፡ጮኹ፥ቅጥሩም፡ወደቀ፤ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡እያንዳንዱ፡አቅንቶ፡ወደ፡ፊቱ፡ወደ፡ከተማዪቱ፡ወጣ፥ከተማዪቱንም፡ ወሰዱ።
21፤በከተማዪቱም፡የነበሩትን፡ዅሉ፥ወንዱንና፡ሴቱን፥ሕፃኑንና፡ሽማግሌውን፥በሬውንም፡በጉንም፡አህያውንም፥ በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡ፈጽመው፡አጠፉ።
22፤ኢያሱም፡ምድሪቱን፡የሰለሉ፡ኹለቱን፡ሰዎች፦ወደጋለሞታዪቱ፡ቤት፡ግቡ፥ከዚያም፡ሴቲቱንና፡ያላትን፡ዅሉ፡ እንደ፡ማላችኹላት፡አውጡ፡አላቸው።
23፤ሰላዮቹም፡ብላቴናዎች፡ገብተው፡ረዓብን፥አባቷንና፡እናቷን፥ወንድሞቿንም፥ያላትንም፡ዅሉ፥ቤተ፡ዘመዶቿን ም፡ዅሉ፡አወጡ፤ከእስራኤልም፡ሰፈር፡በውጭ፡አስቀመጧቸው።
24፤ከተማዪቱንም፡በርሷም፡የነበረውን፡ዅሉ፡በእሳት፡አቃጠሉ፤ነገር፡ግን፥ብሩንና፡ወርቁን፡የናሱንና፡የብረ ቱንም፡ዕቃ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ግምጃ፡ቤት፡አደረጉት።
25፤ኢያሪኮን፡ሊሰልሉ፡ኢያሱ፡የሰደዳቸውንም፡መልክተኛዎች፡ስለ፡ሸሸገች፡ጋለሞታዪቱን፡ረዓብን፥የአባቷንም ፡ቤተ፡ሰብ፥ያላትንም፡ዅሉ፡ኢያሱ፡አዳናቸው፤ርሷም፡በእስራኤል፡መካከል፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ተቀምጣለች።
26፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡ኢያሱ፦ይህችን፡ከተማ፡ኢያሪኮን፡ለመሥራት፡የሚነሣ፡ሰው፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡ርጉም፡ይ ኹን፤መሠረቷን፡ሲዠምር፡በኵር፡ልጁ፡ይጥፋ፥በሯንም፡ሲያቆም፡ታናሹ፡ልጁ፡ይጥፋ፡ብሎ፡ማለ።
27፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ከኢያሱ፡ጋራ፡ነበረ፤ዝናውም፡በምድር፡ዅሉ፡ላይ፡ወጣ።
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ምዕራፍ፡7።
1፤የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ግን፡ዕርም፡በኾነው፡ነገር፡በደሉ፤ከይሁዳ፡ነገድ፡የኾነ፡ዐካን፥ርሱም፡የከርሚ፡ልጅ፥ የዘንበሪ፡ልጅ፥የዛራ፡ልጅ፥ዕርም፡ከኾነው፡ነገር፡ወሰደ፤የእግዚአብሔርም፡ቍጣ፡በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ላይ፡ነ ደደ።
2፤ኢያሱም፡ከቤቴል፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡በቤትአዌን፡አጠገብ፡ወዳለችው፡ወደጋይ፡ሰዎችን፡ከኢያሪኮ፡ልኮ፦ውጡ፥ ምድሪቱንም፡ሰልሉ፡ብሎ፡ተናገራቸው፤ሰዎቹም፡ወጡ፥ጋይንም፡ሰለሉ።
3፤ወደ፡ኢያሱም፡ተመልሰው፦ኹለት፡ወይም፡ሦስት፡ሺሕ፡ያኽል፡ሰው፡ወጥተው፡ጋይን፡ይምቱ፡እንጂ፡ሕዝቡ፡ዅሉ፡ አይውጣ፤ጥቂቶች፡ናቸውና፥ሕዝቡ፡ዅሉ፡ወደዚያ፡ለመኼድ፡አይድከም፡አሉት።
4፤ሦስት፡ሺሕ፡ያኽል፡ሰዎችም፡ወደዚያ፡ወጡ፤ከጋይም፡ሰዎች፡ፊት፡ሸሹ።
5፤የጋይም፡ሰዎች፡ከነርሱ፡ሠላሳ፡ስድስት፡ያኽል፡ሰዎችን፡መቱ፤ከበሩ፡እስከ፡ሸባሪም፡ድረስ፡አባረሯቸው፡በ ቍልቍለቱም፡መቷቸው፤የሕዝቡም፡ልብ፡ቀለጠ፥እንደ፡ውሃም፡ኾነ።
6፤ኢያሱም፡ልብሱን፡ቀደደ፥ርሱና፡የእስራኤልም፡ሽማግሌዎች፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ታቦት፡ፊት፡እስከ፡ማታ፡ድረስ፡ በግንባራቸው፡ተደፉ፤በራሳቸውም፡ላይ፡ትቢያ፡ነሰነሱ።
7፤ኢያሱም፡አለ፦ዋይ! ጌታ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሆይ፥በአሞራውያን፡እጅ፡አሳልፈኽ፡ትሰጠን፡ታጠፋንም፡ዘንድ፡ይህን፡ሕዝብ፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ ለምን፡አሻገርኸው፧በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡መቀመጥን፡በወደድን፡ነበር፡እኮ!
8፤ጌታ፡ሆይ፥እስራኤል፡በጠላቶቻቸው፡ፊት፡ከሸሹ፡ምን፡እላለኹ፧
9፤ከነዓናውያንም፡በምድሪቱ፡የሚኖሩ፡ዅሉ፡ሰምተው፡ይከቡ፟ናል፥ስማችንንም፡ከምድር፡ያጠፋሉ፤ለታላቁ፡ስምኽ ም፡የምታደርገው፡ምንድር፡ነው፧
10፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፡አለው፦ለምን፡በግንባርኽ፡ተደፍተኻል፧ቁም፤
11፤እስራኤል፡በድሏል፤ያዘዝዃቸውንም፡ቃል፡ኪዳኔን፡አፍርሰዋል፤ዕርም፡የኾነውንም፡ነገር፡ወሰዱ፥ሰረቁም፥ ዋሹም፥በዕቃቸውም፡ውስጥ፡ሸሸጉት።
12፤ስለዚህም፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡በጠላቶቻቸው፡ፊት፡መቆም፡አይችሉም፤የተረገሙ፡ስለ፡ኾኑ፡በጠላቶቻቸው፡ፊ ት፡ይሸሻሉ፤ዕርም፡የኾነውንም፡ነገር፡ከመካከላችኹ፡ካላጠፋችኹ፡ከዚህ፡በዃላ፡ከእናንተ፡ጋራ፡አልኾንም።
13፤ተነሣና፡ሕዝቡን፡ቀድስ፥እንዲህም፡በላቸው፦እስራኤል፡ሆይ፥ዕርም፡የኾነ፡ነገር፡በመካከልኽ፡አለ፤ዕርም ም፡የኾነውን፡ነገር፡ከመካከላችኹ፡እስክታጠፉ፡ድረስ፡በጠላቶቻችኹ፡ፊት፡መቆም፡አትችሉም፡ብሎ፡የእስራኤል ፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ተናግሯልና፥እስከ፡ነገ፡ተቀደሱ።
14፤ነገም፡በየነገዳችኹ፡ትቀርባላችኹ፤እግዚአብሔርም፡የሚለየው፡ነገድ፡በየወገኖቹ፡ይቀርባል፤እግዚአብሔር ም፡የሚለየው፡ወገን፡በየቤተ፡ሰቦቹ፡ይቀርባል፤እግዚአብሔርም፡የሚለየው፡ቤተ፡ሰብ፡በየሰዉ፡ይቀርባል።
15፤ዕርም፡የኾነውም፡ነገር፡የተገኘበት፡ሰው፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡አፍርሷልና፥በእስራኤልም፡ዘንድ ፡በደል፡አድርጓልና፥ርሱና፡ያለው፡ዅሉ፡በእሳት፡ይቃጠላሉ።
16፤ኢያሱም፡ማልዶ፡ተነሣ፥እስራኤልንም፡በየነገዶቻቸው፡አቀረበ፤የይሁዳም፡ነገድ፡ተለየ፤
17፤የይሁዳንም፡ወገን፡አቀረበ፡የዛራንም፡ወገን፡ለየ፤የዛራንም፡ወገን፡ሰዎች፡አቀረበ፤
18፤ዘንበሪም፡ተለየ፤የቤቱንም፡ሰዎች፡አቀረበ፤ከይሁዳም፡ነገድ፡የኾነ፡የከርሚ፡ልጅ፡የዘንበሪ፡ልጅ፡የዛራ ፡ልጅ፡ዐካን፡ተለየ።
19፤ኢያሱም፡ዐካንን፦ልጄ፡ሆይ፥ለእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡ክብር፡ስጥ፥ለርሱም፡ተናዘዝ፤ያደረግኸ ውንም፡ንገረኝ፤አትሸሽገኝ፡አለው።
20፤ዐካንም፡መልሶ፡ኢያሱን፦በእውነት፡የእስራኤልን፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡በድያለኹ፡እንዲህና፡እንዲህም ፡አድርጌያለኹ።
21፤በዘረፋ፡መካከል፡አንድ፡ያማረ፡የሰናዖር፡ካባ፥ኹለት፡መቶም፡ሰቅል፡ብር፥ሚዛኑም፡ዐምሳ፡ሰቅል፡የኾነ፡ ወርቅ፡አይቼ፡ተመኘዃቸው፥ወሰድዃቸውም፤እንሆም፥በድንኳኔ፡ውስጥ፡በመሬት፡ተሸሽገዋል፥ብሩም፡ከዅሉ፡በታች ፡ነው፡አለው።
22፤ኢያሱም፡መልክተኛዎች፡ሰደደ፡ወደ፡ድንኳኑም፡ሮጡ፤እንሆም፥በድንኳኑ፡ውስጥ፡ተሸሽጎ፡ነበር፥ብሩም፡በበ ታቹ፡ነበረ።
23፤ከድንኳኑም፡ውስጥ፡ወስደው፡ወደ፡ኢያሱና፡ወደእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ዅሉ፡አመጡት፤በእግዚአብሔርም፡ፊት፡አኖ ሩት።
24፤ኢያሱና፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡የዛራን፡ልጅ፡ዐካንን፥ብሩንም፥ካባውንም፥ወርቁንም፥ወንዶችና፡ሴቶች፡ልጆቹንም ፥በሬዎቹንም፥አህያዎቹንም፥በጎቹንም፥ድንኳኑንም፥ያለውንም፡ዅሉ፡ወስደው፡ወደዐኮር፡ሸለቆ፡አመጧቸው።
25፤ኢያሱም፦ለምን፡አስጨነቅኸን፧እግዚአብሔር፡ዛሬ፡ያስጨንቅኻል፡አለው፤እስራኤልም፡ዅሉ፡በድንጋይ፡ወገሩ ት፤በእሳትም፡አቃጠሏቸው፥በድንጋይም፡ወገሯቸው።
26፤በላዩም፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ያለ፡ታላቅ፡የድንጋይ፡ክምር፡ከመሩ፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ከቍጣው፡ትኵሳት፡ተመለ ሰ።ስለዚህም፡የዚያ፡ስፍራ፡ስም፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡የዐኮር፡ሸለቆ፡ተብሎ፡ተጠራ።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡8።______________
ምዕራፍ፡8።
1፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦አትፍራ፥አትደንግጥ፤ሰልፈኛዎችን፡ዅሉ፡ከአንተ፡ጋራ፡ውሰድ፥ተነሥተኽም፡ወደ፡ጋ ይ፡ውጣ፤እይ፥የጋይን፡ንጉሥ፡ሕዝቡንም፡ከተማውንም፡ምድሩንም፡በእጅኽ፡ሰጥቼኻለኹ።
2፤በኢያሪኮና፡በንጉሧም፡እንዳደረግኽ፡እንዲሁ፡በጋይና፡በንጉሧ፡ታደርጋለኽ፤ምርኮዋንና፡ከብቷን፡ግን፡ለራ ሳችኹ፡ትዘርፋላችኹ፤ከከተማዪቱም፡በስተዃላ፡ድብቅ፡ጦር፡አስቀምጥ፡አለው።
3፤ኢያሱም፡ሰልፈኛዎቹም፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ጋይ፡ሊወጡ፡ተነሡ፤ኢያሱም፡ጽኑዓን፡ኀያላን፡የኾኑትን፡ሠላሳ፡ሺሕ፡ሰዎ ች፡መረጠ፡በሌሊትም፡ሰደዳቸው፥
4፤እንዲህም፡ብሎ፡አዘዛቸው፦እንሆ፥ከከተማዪቱ፡በስተዃላ፡ተደበቁ፤ከከተማዪቱ፡አትራቁ፥ዅላችኹም፡ተዘጋጁ፤
5፤እኔ፡ከእኔም፡ጋራ፡ያለው፡ሕዝብ፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ከተማዪቱ፡እንቀርባለን፤እኛንም፡ሊገናኙ፡እንደ፡ፊተኛው፡በወ ጡ፡ጊዜ፡ከፊታቸው፡እንሸሻለን፤
6፤አስቀድመን፡እንደ፡ሸሸን፡የምንሸሽ፡ይመስላቸዋልና፥ከከተማዪቱ፡እስክናርቃቸው፡ድረስ፡ወጥተው፡ይከተሉና ል፤እኛም፡ከፊታቸው፡እንሸሻለን።
7፤እናንተም፡ከተደበቃችኹበት፡ስፍራ፡ተነሡ፤አምላካችኹም፡እግዚአብሔር፡ርሷን፡በእጃችኹ፡አሳልፎ፡ይሰጣልና ፥ከተማዪቱን፡ያዙ።
8፤በያዛችዃትም፡ጊዜ፡ከተማዪቱን፡በእሳት፡አቃጥሏት፤እንደእግዚአብሔር፡ቃል፡አድርጉ፤እንሆ፥አዝዣችዃለኹ።
9፤ኢያሱም፡ሰደዳቸው፤ወደሚደበቁበትም፡ስፍራ፡ኼዱ፥በጋይና፡በቤቴል፡መካከልም፡በጋይ፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ተቀ መጡ፤ኢያሱ፡ግን፡በዚያች፡ሌሊት፡በሕዝቡ፡መካከል፡ዐደረ።
10፤ኢያሱም፡ማልዶ፡ተነሣ፥ሕዝቡንም፡አሰለፈ፤ርሱም፡የእስራኤልም፡ሽማግሌዎች፡ከሕዝቡ፡በፊት፡ወደ፡ጋይ፡ወ ጡ።
11፤ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡የነበሩ፡ሰልፈኛዎች፡ዅሉ፡ወጥተው፡ቀረቡ፥ወደከተማዪቱም፡ፊት፡ደረሱ፥በጋይም፡በሰሜን፡በ ኩል፡ሰፈሩ፤በእነርሱና፡በጋይም፡መካከል፡ሸለቆ፡ነበረ።
12፤ዐምስት፡ሺሕ፡ያኽል፡ሰዎችንም፡ወስዶ፡በቤቴልና፡በጋይ፡መካከል፡በከተማዪቱም፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ደብቆ፡ አስቀመጣቸው።
13፤በከተማዪቱ፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡የነበሩትን፡ሰራዊት፡ዅሉ፡በከተማዪቱም፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡የተደበቁትን፡ሕዝ ብ፡አኖሩ፤ኢያሱም፡በዚያች፡ሌሊት፡ወደሸለቆው፡መካከል፡ኼደ።
14፤የጋይም፡ንጉሥ፡ባየ፡ጊዜ፡የከተማዪቱ፡ሰዎች፡ቸኵለው፡በማለዳ፡ተነሡ፤ርሱና፡ሕዝቡም፡ዅሉ፡በተወሰነው፡ ጊዜ፡በዐረባ፡ፊት፡ወዳለው፡ወደ፡አንድ፡ስፍራ፡እስራኤልን፡በሰልፍ፡ለመገናኘት፡ወጡ፤ከከተማዪቱ፡በስተዃላ ፡ግን፡ድብቅ፡ጦር፡እንዳለ፡አያውቅም፡ነበር።
15፤ኢያሱም፡እስራኤልም፡ዅሉ፡ድል፡የተነሡ፡መስለው፡ከፊታቸው፡በምድረ፡በዳው፡መንገድ፡ሸሹ።
16፤በከተማዪቱም፡የነበሩ፡ሰዎች፡ዅሉ፡ሊያሳድዷቸው፡ተጠሩ፤ኢያሱንም፡አሳደዱት፥ከከተማዪቱም፡እንዲርቁ፡አ ደረጓቸው።
17፤በጋይና፡በቤቴልም፡ውስጥ፡እስራኤልን፡ለማሳደድ፡ያልወጣ፡ሰው፡አልነበረም፤ከተማዪቱንም፡ከፍተው፡ተዉ፥ እስራኤልንም፡አሳደዱት።
18፤እግዚአብሔር፡ኢያሱን፦ጋይን፡በእጅኽ፡አሳልፌ፡እሰጥኻለኹና፡በእጅኽ፡ያለውን፡ጦር፡በላይዋ፡ዘርጋ፡አለ ው፤ኢያሱም፡በእጁ፡ያለውን፡ጦር፡በከተማዪቱ፡ላይ፡ዘረጋ።
19፤የተደበቁትም፡ፈጥነው፡ከስፍራቸው፡ተነሡ፥ኢያሱም፡እጁን፡በዘረጋ፡ጊዜ፡ሮጡ፥ወደ፡ከተማዪቱም፡ገብተው፡ ያዟት፤ፈጥነውም፡ከተማዪቱን፡በእሳት፡አቃጠሏት።
20፤የጋይም፡ሰዎች፡ወደ፡ዃላቸው፡ዞረው፡የከተማዪቱ፡ጢስ፡ወደ፡ሰማይ፡ሲወጣ፡አዩ፥ወዲህና፡ወዲያም፡መሸሽ፡ አልቻሉም፤ወደ፡ምድረ፡በዳም፡የሸሹ፡ሕዝብ፡በሚያሳድዷቸው፡ላይ፡ተመለሱ።
21፤ኢያሱም፡እስራኤልም፡ዅሉ፡ተደብቀው፡የነበሩት፡ከተማዪቱን፡እንደ፡ያዙ፥የከተማዪቱም፡ጢስ፡እንደ፡ተነሣ ፡ባዩ፡ጊዜ፡ወደ፡ዃላ፡ተመልሰው፡የጋይን፡ሰዎች፡ገደሉ።
22፤ሌላዎቹም፡በላያቸው፡ከከተማዪቱ፡ወጡ፤የጋይም፡ሰዎች፡በእስራኤል፡መካከል፡ኾኑ፥እስራኤልም፡ከበቧቸው፤ አንድ፡እንኳ፡ሳይቀር፡ሳያመልጥም፡ገደሏቸው።
23፤የጋይንም፡ንጉሥ፡ሳይሞት፡ይዘው፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፡አመጡት።
24፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤እስራኤልን፡ሊያሳድዱ፡ኼደው፡የነበሩትን፡የጋይን፡ሰዎች፡ዅሉ፡በሜዳና፡በምድረ፡በዳ፡ከ ገደሏቸው፡በዃላ፥እነርሱም፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡እስኪያልቁ፡ድረስ፡ከወደቁ፡በዃላ፥እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ጋይ፡ተ መለሱ፥በሰይፍም፡ስለት፡መቷት።
25፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡የወደቁት፡ዅሉ፡ወንድም፡ሴትም፡የጋይ፡ሰዎች፡ዅሉ፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ሺሕ፡ነፍስ፡ነበሩ።
26፤ኢያሱም፡በጋይ፡የሚኖሩትን፡ዅሉ፡ፈጽሞ፡እስኪያጠፋ፡ድረስ፡ጦር፡የዘረጋባትን፡እጁን፡አላጠፈም።
27፤ነገር፡ግን፥እግዚአብሔር፡ኢያሱን፡እንዳዘዘው፡ቃል፡የዚያችን፡ከተማ፡ከብትና፡ምርኮ፡እስራኤል፡ለራሳቸ ው፡ዘረፉ።
28፤ኢያሱም፡ጋይን፡አቃጠላት፥እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡ድብድባና፡በረሓ፡ለዘለዓለም፡አደረጋት።
29፤የጋይንም፡ንጉሥ፡እስከ፡ማታ፡ድረስ፡በዛፍ፡ላይ፡ሰቀለው፤ፀሓይም፡በገባች፡ጊዜ፡ኢያሱ፡አዘዘ፥ሬሳውንም ፡ከዛፍ፡አወረዱት፥በከተማዪቱም፡በር፡አደባባይ፡ጣሉት፥በላዩም፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ያለውን፡ታላቅ፡የድንጋ ይ፡ክምር፡ከመሩበት።
30፤የዚያን፡ጊዜም፡ኢያሱ፡በጌባል፡ተራራ፡ላይ፡ለእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡መሠዊያን፡ሠራ።
31፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡የእስራኤልን፡ልጆች፡እንዳዘዘ፥በሙሴም፡ሕግ፡መጽሐፍ፡እንደተጻፈው፥መሠዊያ ው፡ካልተወቀረና፡ብረት፡ካልነካው፡ድንጋይ፡ነበረ፤በርሱም፡ላይ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡የሚቃጠለውን፡መሥዋዕት፡አ ቀረቡ፥የደኅንነትንም፡መሥዋዕት፡ሠዉ።
32፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ሲያዩ፡በዚያ፡ስፍራ፡በድንጋዮቹ፡ላይ፡የሙሴን፡ሕግ፡ጻፈባቸው።
33፤የእስራኤልንም፡ሕዝብ፡አስቀድሞ፡ይባርኩ፡ዘንድ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡እንዳዘዘ፥እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፥ ሽማግሌዎቻቸውም፥አለቃዎቻቸውም፥ፈራጆቻቸውም፥የአገሩ፡ልጆችም፥መጻተኛዎችም፥እኩሌቶቹ፡በገሪዛን፡ተራራ፡ ፊት፡እኩሌቶቹም፡በጌባል፡ተራራ፡ፊት፡ኾነው፥የእግዚአብሔርን፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ታቦት፡በተሸከሙት፡በሌዋውያን፡ ካህናት፡ፊት፡ለፊት፥በታቦቱም፡ፊት፡በወዲህና፡በወዲያ፡ቆመው፡ነበር።
34፤ከዚህም፡በዃላ፡በሕጉ፡መጽሐፍ፡እንደ፡ተጻፈ፡ዅሉ፥የሕጉን፡ቃሎች፡ዅሉ፡በረከቱንና፡ርግማኑን፡አነበበ።
35፤ኢያሱም፡በእስራኤል፡ጉባኤ፡ዅሉ፡በሴቶቹም፡በሕፃናቱም፡በመካከላቸውም፡በሚኖሩት፡መጻተኛዎች፡ፊት፡ዅሉ ን፡አነበበ፡እንጂ፡ሙሴ፡ካዘዘው፡አንዲት፡ቃል፡አላስቀረም።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡9።______________
ምዕራፍ፡9።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በተራራማው፡በቈላውም፡በታላቁ፡ባሕር፡ዳር፡በሊባኖስም፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡የነ በሩ፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፥ኬጢያዊ፡አሞራዊም፡ከነዓናዊም፡ፌርዛዊም፡ዔዊያዊም፡ኢያቡሳዊም፥ይህን፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፥
2፤ኢያሱንና፡እስራኤልን፡ሊወጉ፡አንድ፡ኾነው፡ተሰበሰቡ።
3፤የገባዖን፡ሰዎች፡ግን፡ኢያሱ፡በኢያሪኮና፡በጋይ፡ያደረገውን፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፥
4፤እነርሱ፡ደግሞ፡ተንኰል፡አደረጉ፤ለራሳቸውም፡ሥንቅ፡ያዙ፥በአህያዎቻቸውም፡ላይ፡አሮጌ፡ዐይበትና፡ያረጀና ፡የተቀደደ፡የተጠቀመም፡የጠጅ፡አቍማዳ፡ጫኑ።
5፤ያረጀ፡የተጠቀመም፡ጫማ፡በእግራቸው፡አደረጉ፡አሮጌም፡ልብስ፡ለበሱ፤ለሥንቅም፡የያዙት፡እንጀራ፡ዅሉ፡የደ ረቀና፡የሻገተ፡ነበረ።
6፤ኢያሱም፡ወደሰፈረበት፡ወደ፡ገልገላ፡ኼደው፡ለርሱና፡ለእስራኤል፡ሰዎች፦ከሩቅ፡አገር፡መጥተናል፤አኹንም፡ ከእኛ፡ጋራ፡ኪዳን፡አድርጉ፡አሉ።
7፤የእስራኤልም፡ሰዎች፡ዔዊያውያንን፦ምናልባት፡በመካከላችን፡የምትቀመጡ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡እንዴትስ፡ከእናንተ፡ ጋራ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡እናደርጋለን፧አሏቸው።
8፤ኢያሱንም፦እኛ፡ባሪያዎችኽ፡ነን፡አሉት።ኢያሱም፦እናንተ፡እነማን፡ናችኹ፧ከወዴትስ፡መጣችኹ፧አላቸው።
9፤እነርሱም፡አሉት።ከአምላክኽ፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡ስም፡የተነሣ፡እጅግ፡ከራቀ፡አገር፡ባሪያዎችኽ፡መጥተናል፤ዝ ናውንም፥በግብጽም፡ያደረገውን፡ዅሉ፥
10፤በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶም፡በነበሩት፡በኹለቱ፡በአሞራውያን፡ነገሥታት፡በሐሴቦን፡ንጉሥ፡በሴዎን፡በዐስታሮትም፡ በነበረው፡በባሳን፡ንጉሥ፡በዐግ፡ያደረገውን፡ዅሉ፡ሰምተናል።
11፤ሽማግሌዎቻችንም፡በምድራችንም፡የሚኖሩት፡ዅሉ፦ለመንገድ፡ሥንቅ፡በእጃችኹ፡ያዙ፥ልትገናኟቸውም፡ኺዱ፦እ ኛ፡ባሪያዎቻችኹ፡ነን፤አኹንም፡ከእኛ፡ጋራ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡አድርጉ፡በሏቸው፡አሉን።
12፤ወደ፡እናንተ፡ለመምጣት፡በተነሣንበት፡ቀን፡ይህን፡እንጀራ፡ትኵሱን፡ለሥንቅ፡ከቤታችን፡ወሰድነው፤አኹን ም፥እንሆ፥ደርቋል፥ሻግቷልም።
13፤እነዚህም፡የጠጅ፡አቍማዳዎች፡ዐዲስ፡ሳሉ፡ሞላንባቸው፤እንሆም፥ተቀደ፟ዋል፤መንገዳችንም፡እጅግ፡ስለ፡ራ ቀብን፡እነዚህ፡ልብሶቻችንና፡ጫማዎቻችን፡አርጅተዋል።
14፤ሰዎቹም፡ከሥንቃቸው፡ወሰዱ፥እግዚአብሔርንም፡አልጠየቁም።
15፤ኢያሱም፡ከነርሱ፡ጋራ፡ሰላም፡አደረገ፥በሕይወት፡እንዲተዋቸውም፡ከነርሱ፡ጋራ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡አደረገ፤የማ ኅበሩም፡አለቃዎች፡ማሉላቸው።
16፤ከነርሱም፡ጋራ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ካደረጉ፡ከሦስት፡ቀን፡በዃላ፡ጎረቤቶቻቸው፡እንደ፡ኾኑ፡በመካከላቸውም፡እን ደ፡ኖሩ፡ሰሙ።
17፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ተጕዘው፡በሦስተኛው፡ቀን፡ወደ፡ከተማዎቻቸው፡መጡ፤የከተማዎቻቸውም፡ስም፡ገባዖን፥ ከፊራ፥ብኤሮት፥ቂርያትይዓሪም፡ነበረ።
18፤የሕዝቡም፡አለቃዎች፡በእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ስለ፡ማሉላቸው፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡አልመቷቸው ም።ማኅበሩም፡ዅሉ፡በአለቃዎቹ፡ላይ፡አጕረመረሙ።
19፤አለቃዎቹም፡ዅሉ፡ለማኅበሩ፡ዅሉ፦በእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ምለንላቸዋል፤ስለዚህም፡እንነካቸ ው፡ዘንድ፡አይገ፟ባ፟ንም።
20፤ስለማልንላቸው፡መሐላ፡ቍጣ፡እንዳይወርድብን፡ይህን፡እናድርግባቸው፥በሕይወትም፡እንተዋቸው፡አሏቸው።
21፤አለቃዎቹም፦በሕይወት፡ይኑሩ፡አሏቸው፤አለቃዎቹም፡እንደ፡ተናገሯቸው፡ለማኅበሩ፡ዅሉ፡ዕንጨት፡ቈራጮች፡ ውሃም፡ቀጂዎች፡ኾኑ።
22፤ኢያሱም፡ጠርቶ፦እናንተ፡በመካከላችን፡ስትኖሩ፦ከእናንተ፡እጅግ፡የራቅን፡ነን፡ብላችኹ፡ለምን፡አታለላች ኹን፧
23፤አኹንም፡የተረገማችኹ፡ናችኹ፤ለአምላኬም፡ቤት፡ዕንጨት፡ቈራጭ፡ውሃም፡ቀጂ፡የኾነ፡ባሪያ፡ከእናንተ፡ለዘ ለዓለም፡አይጠፋም፡አላቸው።
24፤መልሰውም፡ኢያሱን፦እኛ፡ባሪያዎችኽ፡ምድሪቱን፡ዅሉ፡ይሰጣችኹ፡ዘንድ፥በርሷም፡የሚኖሩትን፡ዅሉ፡ከፊታች ኹ፡ያጠፋ፡ዘንድ፡አምላክኽ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያውን፡ሙሴን፡እንዳዘዘ፡በእውነት፡ሰምተናል፥ስለዚህም፡ከእና ንተ፡የተነሣ፡ስለ፡ነፍሳችን፡እጅግ፡ፈራን፥ይህንንም፡ነገር፡አድርገናል።
25፤አኹንም፥እንሆ፥በእጅኽ፡ውስጥ፡ነን፤ለዐይንኽም፡መልካምና፡ቅን፡የመሰለውን፡ነገር፡አድርግብን፡አሉት።
26፤እንዲሁም፡አደረገባቸው፥ከእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡እጅ፡አዳናቸው፥አልገደሏቸውምም።
27፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡ኢያሱ፡ለማኅበሩ፡በመረጠውም፡ስፍራ፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡መሠዊያ፡ዕንጨት፡ ቈራጮች፡ውሃም፡ቀጂዎች፡አደረጋቸው።
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ምዕራፍ፡10።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤የኢየሩሳሌም፡ንጉሥ፡አዶኒጼዴቅ፡ኢያሱ፡ጋይን፡እንደ፡ያዘ፡ፈጽሞም፡እንዳጠፋት፥በኢያሪኮ ና፡በንጉሧም፡ያደረገውን፡እንዲሁ፡በጋይና፡በንጉሧ፡እንዳደረገ፥የገባዖንም፡ሰዎች፡ከእስራኤል፡ጋራ፡ሰላም ፡እንዳደረጉ፡በመካከላቸውም፡እንደ፡ኾኑ፡በሰማ፡ጊዜ፥
2፤ገባዖን፡ከመንግሥታት፡ከተማዎች፡እንደ፡አንዲቱ፡ታላቅ፡ከተማ፡ስለ፡ኾነች፥ከጋይም፡ስለ፡በለጠች፥ሰዎቿም ፡ዅሉ፡ኀያላን፡ስለ፡ነበሩ፥እጅግ፡ፈራ።
3፤ስለዚህም፡የኢየሩሳሌም፡ንጉሥ፡አዶኒጼዴቅ፡ወደኬብሮን፡ንጉሥ፡ወደ፡ሆሃም፥ወደየርሙት፡ንጉሥም፡ወደ፡ጲር አም፥ወደለኪሶ፡ንጉሥም፡ወደ፡ያፊዓ፥ወደአዶላም፡ንጉሥም፡ወደ፡ዳቤር፡ልኮ፦ወደ፡እኔ፡ውጡ፥
4፤ከኢያሱና፡ከእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ጋራ፡ሰላም፡አድርገዋልና፥ገባዖንን፡ለመምታት፡አግዙኝ፡አለ።
5፤ዐምስቱም፡የአሞራውያን፡ነገሥታት፥የኢየሩሳሌም፡ንጉሥ፥የኬብሮን፡ንጉሥ፥የየርሙት፡ንጉሥ፥የለኪሶ፡ንጉሥ ፥የአዶላም፡ንጉሥ፥ከሰራዊቶቻቸው፡ዅሉ፡ጋራ፡ተሰብስበው፡ወጡ፥ከገባዖንም፡ጋራ፡ሊጋጠሙ፡ከበቧት።
6፤የገባዖንም፡ሰዎች፡ኢያሱ፡ወደሰፈረበት፡ወደ፡ገልገላ፡ልከው፦ባሪያዎችኽን፡ለመርዳት፡እጅኽን፡አትመልስ፤ በተራራማው፡አገር፡የሚኖሩ፡የአሞራውያን፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፡ተሰብስበውብናልና፥ፈጥነኽ፡ወደ፡እኛ፡ውጣ፡አድነ ንም፡ርዳንም፡አሉት።
7፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡የነበሩ፡ሰልፈኛዎች፡ዅሉ፡ጽኑዓን፡ኀያላኑም፡ዅሉ፡ከገልገላ፡ወጡ።
8፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦በእጅኽ፡አሳልፌ፡ሰጥቻቸዋለኹና፡አትፍራቸው፤ከነርሱም፡አንድ፡ሰው፡የሚቋቋምኽ፡ የለም፡አለው።
9፤ኢያሱም፡ከገልገላ፡ሌሊቱን፡ዅሉ፡ገሥግሦ፡በድንገት፡መጣባቸው።
10፤እግዚአብሔርም፡በእስራኤል፡ፊት፡አስደነገጣቸው፤በገባዖንም፡ታላቅ፡መምታት፡መታቸው፥በቤትሖሮንም፡ዐቀ በት፡በመንገድ፡አሳደዳቸው፥እስከ፡ዓዜቃና፡እስከ፡መቄዳ፡ድረስ፡መታቸው።
11፤ከእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ፊት፡እየሸሹ፡በቤትሖሮን፡ቍልቍለት፡ሲወርዱ፥ወደ፡ዓዜቃ፡እስኪደርሱ፡ድረስ፡እግዚ አብሔር፡ከሰማይ፡ታላላቅ፡የበረዶ፡ድንጋይ፡አወረደባቸውና፡ሞቱ፤የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡በሰይፍ፡ከገደሏቸው፡ይ ልቅ፡በበረዶ፡ድንጋይ፡የሞቱት፡በለጡ።
12፤እግዚአብሔርም፡በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡እጅ፡አሞራውያንን፡አሳልፎ፡በሰጠ፡ቀን፡ኢያሱ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ተናገ ረ፤በእስራኤልም፡ፊት፡እንዲህ፡አለ፦በገባዖን፡ላይ፡ፀሓይ፡ትቁም፥በኤሎንም፡ሸለቆ፡ጨረቃ፤
13፤ሕዝቡም፡ጠላቶቻቸውን፡እስኪበቀሉ፡ድረስ፡ፀሓይ፡ቆመ፥ጨረቃም፡ዘገየ።ይህስ፡በያሻር፡መጽሐፍ፡የተጻፈ፡ አይደለምን፧ፀሓይም፡በሰማይ፡መካከል፡ዘገየ፥አንድ፡ቀንም፡ሙሉ፡ያኽል፡ለመግባት፡አልቸኰለም።
14፤እግዚአብሔር፡ለእስራኤል፡ይዋጋ፡ነበርና፥እግዚአብሔር፡የሰውን፡ቃል፡የሰማበት፡እንደዚያ፡ያለ፡ቀን፡ከ ዚያም፡በፊት፡ከዚያም፡በዃላ፡አልነበረም።
15፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ሰፈራቸው፡ወደ፡ገልገላ፡ተመለሱ።
16፤እነዚህም፡ዐምስት፡ነገሥታት፡ሸሽተው፡በመቄዳ፡ዋሻ፡ተሸሸጉ።
17፤ለኢያሱም፦ዐምስቱ፡ነገሥታት፡በመቄዳ፡ዋሻ፡ተሸሽገው፡ተገኙ፡ብለው፡ነገሩት።
18፤ኢያሱም፡እንዲህ፡አለ፦ወደዋሻው፡አፍ፡ታላላቅ፡ድንጋይ፡አንከባላ፟ችኹ፥ይጠብቋቸው፡ዘንድ፡ሰዎችን፡በዚ ያ፡አኑሩ፤
19፤እናንተ፡ግን፡አትዘግዩ፥ጠላቶቻችኹንም፡አባሯ፟ቸው፥በዃላም፡ያሉትን፡ግደሉ፤አምላካችኹም፡እግዚአብሔር ፡በእጃችኹ፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጥቷቸዋልና፥ወደ፡ከተማዎቻቸው፡እንዳይገቡ፡ከልክሏቸው፡አለ።
20፤እስኪጠፉም፡ድረስ፡ኢያሱና፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡በታላቅ፡መምታት፡መምታታቸውን፡በፈጸሙ፡ጊዜ፥ከነርሱም፡ ያመለጡት፡ወደተመሸገ፡ከተማ፡በገቡ፡ጊዜ፥
21፤ሕዝብ፡ዅሉ፡ኢያሱ፡ወደ፡ሰፈረበት፡ወደ፡መቄዳ፡በደኅና፡ተመለሱ፤በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ላይ፡ምላሱን፡ማንቀ ሳቀስ፡የደፈረ፡ማንም፡ሰው፡የለም።
22፤ኢያሱም፦የዋሻውን፡አፍ፡ክፈቱ፥እነዚያንም፡ዐምስት፡ነገሥታት፡ከዋሻው፡ወደ፡እኔ፡አውጧቸው፡አለ።
23፤እንዲህም፡አደረጉ፤ዐምስቱንም፡ነገሥታት፥የኢየሩሳሌምን፡ንጉሥ፡የኬብሮንንም፡ንጉሥ፡የየርሙትንም፡ንጉ ሥ፡የለኪሶንም፡ንጉሥ፡የኦዶላምንም፡ንጉሥ፥ከዋሻው፡ወደ፡ርሱ፡አወጧቸው።
24፤እነዚያንም፡ነገሥታት፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፡ባወጧቸው፡ጊዜ፡ኢያሱ፡የእስራኤልን፡ሰዎች፡ዅሉ፡ጠራ፥ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡ የኼዱትን፡የሰልፈኛዎች፡አለቃዎች፦ቅረቡ፥በእነዚህም፡ነገሥታት፡ዐንገት፡ላይ፡እግራችኹን፡አኑሩ፡አላቸው። ቀረቡም፥በዐንገታቸውም፡ላይ፡እግራቸውን፡አኖሩ።
25፤ኢያሱም፦እግዚአብሔር፡በምትወጓቸው፡በጠላቶቻችኹ፡ዅሉ፡ላይ፡እንዲሁ፡ያደርጋልና፥አትፍሩ፥አትደንግጡ፤ ጽኑ፥አይዟችኹ፡አላቸው።
26፤ከዚህም፡በዃላ፡መትተው፡ገደሏቸው፥በዐምስቱም፡ዛፎች፡ላይ፡ሰቀሏቸው፤እስከ፡ማታም፡ድረስ፡በዛፎቹ፡ተሰ ቅለው፡ቈዩ።
27፤ፀሓይም፡ልትገባ፡በቀረበች፡ጊዜ፡ኢያሱ፡አዘዘ፥ከዛፎችም፡አወረዷቸው፥ተሸሽገውም፡በነበሩበት፡ዋሻ፡ጣሏ ቸው፥እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡በዋሻው፡አፍ፡ታላላቅ፡ድንጋይ፡ተደርጓል።
28፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡ኢያሱ፡መቄዳን፡ያዛት፥ርሷንና፡ንጉሧንም፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡መታ፤በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ ዅሉ፡ፈጽሞ፡አጠፋቸው፥ከነርሱም፡አንዱን፡ስንኳ፡አላስቀረም፤በኢያሪኮም፡ንጉሥ፡እንዳደረገ፡በመቄዳ፡ንጉሥ ፡አደረገ።
29፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ከመቄዳ፡ወደ፡ልብና፡ዐለፉ፥ልብናንም፡ወጉ።
30፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ርሷንና፡ንጉሧን፡በእስራኤል፡እጅ፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጠ፤ርሷንም፡በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ ፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡መታ፥በርሷም፡አንዱን፡ስንኳ፡አላስቀረም፤በኢያሪኮም፡ንጉሥ፡እንዳደረገው፡በልብና፡ንጉሥ ፡አደረገ።
31፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ከልብና፡ወደ፡ለኪሶ፡ዐለፉ፥ከበቧትም፥ወጓትም።
32፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ለኪሶን፡በእስራኤል፡እጅ፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጣት፥በኹለተኛውም፡ቀን፡ያዟት፤በልብናም፡እንዳደረ ጉት፡ዅሉ፥ርሷን፡በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡መቷቸው።
33፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡የጌዝር፡ንጉሥ፡ሆራም፡ለኪሶን፡ለመርዳት፡ወጣ፤ኢያሱም፡አንድ፡ስንኳ፡ሳይቀር፡ርሱንና፡ ሕዝቡን፡መታ።
34፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ከለኪሶ፡ወደ፡ኦዶላም፡ዐለፉ፥ከበቧትም፥ወጓትም፤
35፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡ያዟት፥በሰይፍም፡ስለት፡መቷት፤በለኪሶም፡እንዳደረገው፡ዅሉ፥በርሷ፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ ፡በዚያ፡ቀን፡ፈጽሞ፡አጠፋ።
36፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ከኦዶላም፡ወደ፡ኬብሮን፡ወጡ፥ወጓትም፥ያዟትም፤
37፤ርሷንም፡ንጉሧንም፡ከተማዎቿንም፡ዅሉ፡በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡መቱ፤በኦዶላም፡እ ንዳደረገው፡ዅሉ፡ማንንም፡አላስቀረም፤ርሷንም፡በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ፡ፈጽሞ፡አጠፋ።
38፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ዳቤር፡ተመለሱ፥ወጓትም፥
39፤ርሷንም፡ንጉሧንም፡ከተማዎቿንም፡ያዙ፤በሰይፍም፡ስለት፡መቷቸው፥በእነርሱም፡ውስጥ፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅ ሉ፡ፈጽመው፡አጠፉ፤ማንንም፡አላስቀረም፤በኬብሮን፥ደግሞ፡በልብናና፡በንጉሧ፡እንዳደረገው፡እንዲሁ፡በዳቤር ና፡በንጉሧ፡አደረገ።
40፤እንዲሁም፡ኢያሱ፡ምድሪቱን፡ዅሉ፡ተራራማውን፡አገር፡ደቡቡንም፡ቈላውንም፡ቍልቍለቱንም፡ነገሥታታቸውንም ፡ዅሉ፡መታ፤ማንንም፡አላስቀረም፤የእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንዳዘዘውም፡ነፍስ፡ያለበትን፡ዅሉ፡ፈ ጽሞ፡አጠፋ።
41፤ኢያሱም፡ከቃዴስ፡በርኔ፡እስከ፡ጋዛ፡ድረስ፡የጎሶምንም፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፡እስከ፡ገባዖን፡ድረስ፡መታ።
42፤የእስራኤልም፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ለእስራኤል፡ስለ፡ተዋጋላቸው፡ኢያሱ፡እነዚህን፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፡ምድ ራቸውንም፡ባንድ፡ጊዜ፡ያዘ።
43፤ኢያሱም፡ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡እስራኤል፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ሰፈሩ፡ወደ፡ገልገላ፡ተመለሱ።
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ምዕራፍ፡11።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤የአሶር፡ንጉሥ፡ኢያቢስ፡ይህን፡በሰማ፡ጊዜ፡ወደማዶን፡ንጉሥ፡ወደ፡ዮባብ፥ወደሺምሮንም፡ን ጉሥ፥ወደአዚፍም፡ንጉሥ፥
2፤በሰሜንም፡በተራራማው፡አገር፥በኪኔሬትም፡ደቡብ፡በዐረባ፥በቈላውም፥በምዕራብም፡በኩል፡ባለ፡በዶር፡ኰረብ ታ፡ወደ፡ነበሩ፡ነገሥታት፥
3፤በምሥራቅና፡በምዕራብም፡ወዳለው፡ወደ፡ከነዓናዊው፥ወደ፡አሞራዊውም፥ወደ፡ኬጢያዊውም፥ወደ፡ፌርዛዊውም፥በ ተራራማውም፡አገር፡ወዳለው፡ወደ፡ኢያቡሳዊው፥ከአርሞንዔምም፡በታች፡በምጽጳ፡ወዳለው፡ወደ፡ዔዊያዊው፡ላከ።
4፤እነዚህም፡ከሰራዊቶቻቸው፡ዅሉ፡ከእጅግም፡ብዙ፡ፈረሰኛዎችና፡ሠረገላዎች፡ጋራ፡ወጡ፤በባሕር፡ዳርም፡እንዳ ለ፡አሸዋ፡ብዙ፡ሕዝብ፡ነበረ።
5፤እነዚህም፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፡ተሰብስበው፡እስራኤልን፡ለመውጋት፡መጥተው፡በማሮን፡ውሃ፡አጠገብ፡አንድ፡ኾነው ፡ሰፈሩ።
6፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፦ነገ፡በዚህ፡ጊዜ፡ዅሉን፡እንደ፡ሞቱ፡አድርጌ፡በእስራኤል፡እጅ፡አሳልፌ፡እሰጣቸዋ ለኹና፡አትፍራቸው፤የፈረሶቻቸውንም፡ቋንዣ፡ትቈርጣለኽ፥ሠረገላዎቻቸውንም፡በእሳት፡ታቃጥላለኽ፡አለው።
7፤ኢያሱም፡ከሰልፈኛዎቹ፡ዅሉ፡ጋራ፡በድንገት፡ወደማሮን፡ውሃ፡መጣባቸው፥ወደቀባቸውም።
8፤እግዚአብሔርም፡በእስራኤል፡እጅ፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጣቸው፤መቷቸውም፥ወደ፡ታላቂቱም፡ሲዶና፥ወደ፡ማሴሮንም፥በምሥ ራቅም፡በኩል፡ወዳለው፡ወደምጽጳ፡ሸለቆ፡አሳደዷቸው፤ማንንም፡ሳያስቀሩ፡መቷቸው።
9፤ኢያሱም፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንዳዘዘው፡አደረገባቸው፤የፈረሶቻቸውንም፡ቋንዣ፡ቈረጠ፥ሠረገላዎቻቸውንም፡በእሳ ት፡አቃጠለ።
10፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡ኢያሱ፡ተመልሶ፡አሶርን፡ያዘ፥ንጉሧንም፡በሰይፍ፡ገደለ፤አሶርም፡አስቀድሞ፡የእነዚህ፡መ ንግሥታት፡ዋና፡ከተማ፡ነበረች።
11፤በርሷም፡ያሉትን፡ነፍሳት፡ዅሉ፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡ገደሉ፥ፈጽመውም፡አጠፏቸው፤እስትንፋስ፡ያለውንም፡አላስ ቀሩም፤አሶርንም፡በእሳት፡አቃጠላት።
12፤የእግዚአብሔርም፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡እንዳዘዘው፥ኢያሱ፡የእነዚህን፡ነገሥታት፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፥ነገሥታታቸውንም ፡ዅሉ፡ያዘ፥በሰይፍም፡ስለት፡መታቸው፥ፈጽሞም፡አጠፋቸው።
13፤እስራኤልም፡በኰረብታዎቹ፡ላይ፡የነበሩትን፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡አላቃጠሉም፤ነገር፡ግን፥እስራኤል፡አሶርን፡ ብቻ፡አቃጠሏት።
14፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡የእነዚህን፡ከተማዎች፡ምርኮ፡ዅሉ፡ከብቶቹንም፡ለራሳቸው፡ዘረፉ፤ሰዎቹን፡ዅሉ፡ግን ፡እስኪጠፉ፡ድረስ፡በሰይፍ፡ስለት፡መቷቸው፥እስትንፋስ፡ያለውንም፡ዅሉ፡አላስቀሩም።
15፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ባሪያውን፡ሙሴን፡እንዳዘዘው፡እንዲሁ፡ሙሴ፡ኢያሱን፡አዞ፟ት፡ነበር፥ኢያሱም፡እንዲሁ፡አ ደረገ፤እግዚአብሔር፡ሙሴን፡ካዘዘው፡ዅሉ፡ምንም፡አላስቀረም።
16፤ኢያሱም፡ያን፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፥ተራራማውን፥ደቡቡንም፡ዅሉ፥የጎሶምንም፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፥ቈላውንም፥ዐረባንም፥የእ ስራኤልንም፡ተራራማውንና፡ቈላውን፡ያዘ፥
17፤እስከ፡ሴይርም፡ከሚያወጣው፡ወና፡ከኾነው፡ተራራ፡ዠምሮ፡ከአርሞንዔም፡ተራራ፡በታች፡በሊባኖስም፡ሸለቆ፡ ውስጥ፡እስካለው፡እስከ፡በዓልጋድ፡ድረስ፤ነገሥታታቸውንም፡ዅሉ፡ይዞ፡መታቸው፥ገደላቸውም።
18፤ኢያሱም፡ብዙ፡ዘመን፡ከነዚህ፡ነገሥታት፡ዅሉ፡ጋራ፡ይዋጋ፡ነበር።
19፤በገባዖን፡ከሚኖሩ፡ከዔዊያውያን፡በቀር፡ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ጋራ፡ዕርቅ፡ያደረገች፡አንዲት፡ከተማ፡አልነ በረችም፤ዅሉን፡በሰልፍ፡ያዙ።
20፤እግዚአብሔር፡ሙሴን፡እንዳዘዘ፥ያጠፏቸው፡ዘንድ፡ሞገስንም፡እንዳያገኙ፡ፈጽመውም፡እንዲያጠፏቸው፥ከእስ ራኤል፡ጋራ፡ይጋጠሙ፡ዘንድ፡ልባቸውን፡እንዲያደነድኑ፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡ዘንድ፡ኾነ።
21፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡ኢያሱ፡መጣ፥ከተራራማውም፡አገር፡ከኬብሮንም፡ከዳቤርም፡ከአናብም፡ከእስራኤልም፡ተራራማ ፡ዅሉ፡ከይሁዳም፡ተራራማ፡ዅሉ፡የዔናቅን፡ልጆች፡ገደለ፤ኢያሱም፡ከከተማዎቻቸው፡ጋራ፡ፈጽሞ፡አጠፋቸው።
22፤በጋዛ፣በጌትም፣በአዛጦንም፡ጥቂቶች፡ቀሩ፡እንጂ፥በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ምድር፡ከዔናቅ፡ልጆች፡ማንም፡አልቀ ረም።
23፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ለሙሴ፡እንደ፡ነገረው፡ዅሉ፡ኢያሱ፡ምድሪቱን፡ዅሉ፡ያዘ፤ኢያሱም፡ለእስራኤል፡እንደ፡ክፍ ላቸውና፡እንደ፡ነገዳቸው፡ርስት፡አድርጎ፡ምድሪቱን፡ሰጣቸው፤ምድሪቱም፡ከሰልፍ፡ዐረፈች።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡12።______________
ምዕራፍ፡12።
1፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡የመቷቸው፥ከአርኖንም፡ሸለቆ፡ዠምሮ፡እስከአርሞንዔም፡ተራራ፡ድረስ፡በምሥራቅ፡ያለው ን፡ዐረባ፡ዅሉ፡በዮርዳኖስም፡ማዶ፡በፀሓይ፡መውጫ፡ያለውን፡አገራቸውን፡የወረሷቸው፡ነገሥታት፡እነዚህ፡ናቸ ው፤
2፤በሐሴቦን፡የተቀመጠው፥በአርኖንም፡ሸለቆ፡አጠገብ፡ካለችው፡ከዐሮዔር፥ከሸለቆውም፡መካከል፡ዠምሮ፡የገለዓ ድን፡እኩሌታ፡እስከያቦቅ፡ወንዝ፡እስከዐሞን፡ልጆች፡ዳርቻ፡ድረስ፥
3፤በምሥራቅም፡በኩል፡ያለውን፡ዐረባ፡እስከኪኔሬት፡ባሕር፡ድረስ፥በቤትየሺሞት፡መንገድ፡አጠገብ፡እስካለው፡ እስከአረባ፡ባሕር፡እስከጨው፡ባሕር፡ድረስ፥በደቡብም፡በኩል፡ከፈስጋ፡ተራራ፡አፋፍ፡በታች፡ያለውን፡ምድር፡ የገዛው፡የአሞራውያን፡ንጉሥ፡ሴዎን፤
4፤ከራፋይምም፡ወገን፡የቀረ፥በዐስታሮትና፡በኤድራይ፡የተቀመጠው፥የአርሞንዔምንም፡ተራራ፥
5፤ሰልካን፥ባሳንንም፡ዅሉ፡እስከ፡ጌሹራውያንና፡እስከማዕካታውያን፡ዳርቻ፥የገለዓድንም፡እኩሌታ፡እስከሐሴቦ ን፡ንጉሥ፡እስከሴዎን፡ዳርቻ፡ድረስ፡የገዛው፡የባሳን፡ንጉሥ፡ዐግ።
6፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴና፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡መቷቸው፤የእግዚአብሔርም፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡ርስት፡አድርጎ፡ለ ሮቤል፡ልጆች፡ለጋድም፡ልጆች፡ለምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ምድሪቱን፡ሰጣቸው።
7፤8፤በዮርዳኖስም፡ማዶ፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡በሊባኖስ፡ሸለቆ፡ካለችው፡ከበዓልጋድ፡ወደ፡ሴይር፡እስከሚያወጣው ፡ወና፡እስከኾነው፡ተራራ፡ድረስ፡ኢያሱ፡በየክፍላቸው፡ርስት፡አድርጎ፡ለእስራኤል፡ነገድ፡በሰጣት፡ምድር፥በ ተራራማው፡አገር፥በቈላውም፥በዐረባም፥በቍልቍለቱም፥በምድረ፡በዳውም፥በደቡቡም፡ያሉ፡ኬጢያውያን፡አሞራውያ ንም፡ከነዓናውያንም፡ፌርዛውያንም፡ዔዊያውያንም፡ኢያቡሳውያንም፡የኾኑ፡ኢያሱና፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡የመቷቸ ው፡የምድር፡ነገሥታት፡እነዚህ፡ናቸው፤
9፤የኢያሪኮ፡ንጉሥ፥በቤቴል፡አጠገብ፡ያለችው፡የጋይ፡ንጉሥ፥
10፤የኢየሩሳሌም፡ንጉሥ፥የኬብሮን፡ንጉሥ፥
11፤የየርሙት፡ንጉሥ፥የለኪሶ፡ንጉሥ፥
12፤13፤የኦዶላም፡ንጉሥ፥የጌዝር፡ንጉሥ፥የዳቤር፡ንጉሥ፥
14፤የጌድር፡ንጉሥ፥የሔርማ፡ንጉሥ፥
15፤የዓራድ፡ንጉሥ፥የልብና፡ንጉሥ፥የዓዶላም፡ንጉሥ፥
16፤የመቄዳ፡ንጉሥ፥የቤቴል፡ንጉሥ፥
17፤18፤የታጱዋ፡ንጉሥ፥የኦፌር፡ንጉሥ፥የአፌቅ፡ንጉሥ፥
19፤የለሸሮን፡ንጉሥ፥የማዶን፡ንጉሥ፥
20፤የአሶር፡ንጉሥ፥የሺምሮን፡ሚሮን፡ንጉሥ፥
21፤የአዚፍ፡ንጉሥ፥የታዕናክ፡ንጉሥ፥የመጊዶ፡ንጉሥ፥
22፤የቃዴስ፡ንጉሥ፥በቀርሜሎስ፡የነበረ፡የዮቅንዓም፡ንጉሥ፥
23፤በዶር፡ኰረብታ፡የነበረ፡የዶር፡ንጉሥ፥የገልገላ፡አሕዛብ፡ንጉሥ፥
24፤የቲርሳ፡ንጉሥ፥ነገሥታቱ፡ዅሉ፡ሠላሳ፡አንድ፡ናቸው።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡13።______________
ምዕራፍ፡13።
1፤ኢያሱም፡ሸመገለ፥በዕድሜም፡አረጀ፤እግዚአብሔርም፡አለው፦አንተ፡ሸመገልኽ፥በዕድሜኽም፡አረጀኽ፤ያልተወረ ሰች፡እጅግ፡ብዙ፡ምድር፡ገና፡ቀርታለች፤
2፤የቀረችውም፡ምድር፡ይህች፡ናት፥የፍልስጥኤማውያንና፡የጌሹራውያን፡አገር፡ዅሉ፥
3፤በግብጽ፡ፊት፡ካለው፡ከሺሖር፡ወንዝ፡ዠምሮ፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡እስካለችው፡የከነዓናውያን፡ኾና፡እስከተቈጠረ ችው፡እስከዐቃሮን፡ዳርቻ፡ድረስ፥የጋዛ፥የአዛጦን፥የአስቀሎና፥የጌት፥የዐቃሮን፥ዐምስቱ፡የፍልስጥኤማውያን ፡መኳንንት፥
4፤በደቡብም፡በኩል፡የኤዋውያን፥የከነዓናውያን፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፥ለሲዶናውያንም፡የምትኾን፡መዓራ፡እስከአሞራውያ ን፡ዳርቻ፡እስከ፡አፌቅ፡ድረስ፥
5፤የጌባላውያውንም፡ምድር፥በምሥራቅም፡በኩል፡ከአርሞንዔም፡ተራራ፡በታች፡ካለችው፡በዓልጋድ፡ዠምሮ፡እስከሐ ማት፡መግቢያ፡ድረስ፡ያለችው፡ሊባኖስ፡ዅሉ፥
6፤በተራራማውም፡አገር፡የሚኖሩትን፡ዅሉ፡ከሊባኖስ፡ዠምሮ፡እስከ፡ማሴሮን፡ድረስ፡ሲዶናውያን፡ዅሉ፤እነዚህን ፡ከእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ፊት፡አባርራቸዋለኹ፤እንዳዘዝኹኽም፡ምድራቸውን፡ለእስራኤል፡ርስት፡አድርገኽ፡አካፍላ ቸው።
7፤አኹንም፡ይህን፡ምድር፡ለዘጠኙ፡ነገድ፡ለምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ርስት፡አድርገኽ፡ክፈለው።
8፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡እንደ፡ሰጣቸው፡ከርሱ፡ከምናሴ፡ጋራ፡የሮቤልና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡ሙሴ፡የሰጣቸውን፡ርስታቸውን፡ተቀበሉ።
9፤በአርኖን፡ሸለቆ፡ዳር፡ካለችው፡ከዐሮዔር፥በሸለቆውም፡መካከል፡ካለችው፡ከተማ፡ዠምሮ፡የሜድባን፡ሜዳ፡ዅሉ ፡እስከ፡ዲቦን፡ድረስ፥
10፤በሐሴቦንም፡የነገሠ፡የአሞራውያን፡ንጉሥ፡የሴዎን፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡እስከዐሞን፡ልጆች፡ዳርቻ፡ድረስ፥
11፤ገለዓድንም፥የጌሹራውያንንና፡የማዕካታውያንን፡ዳርቻ፡ዅሉ፥የአርሞንዔምንም፡ተራራ፡ዅሉ፥
12፤ባሳንንም፡ዅሉ፡እስከ፡ሰልካ፡ድረስ፥በባሳን፡የነበረውን፡በዐስታሮትና፡በኤድራይ፡የነገሠውን፡የዐግን፡ መንግሥት፡ዅሉ፤ርሱም፡ከራፋይም፡የቀረ፡ነበረ፤እነዚህንም፡ሙሴ፡መታቸው፡አወጣቸውም።
13፤የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ግን፡ጌሹራውያንንና፡ማዕካታውያንን፡አላወጡም፤እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡ጌሹርና፡ማዕካት ፡በእስራኤል፡መካከል፡ይኖራሉ።
14፤ለሌዊ፡ነገድ፡ግን፡ርስት፡አልሰጠም፤ለእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡ለእግዚአብሔር፡የቀረበው፡በእሳት፡የተደረገ፡ መሥዋዕት፡ርስታቸው፡ነው፥ርሱ፡እንደ፡ተናገራቸው።
15፤ሙሴም፡ለሮቤል፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በየወገናቸው፡ርስትን፡ሰጣቸው።
16፤ድንበራቸውም፡በአርኖን፡ሸለቆ፡ዳር፡ካለችው፡ከዐሮዔር፡ዠምሮ፡በሸለቆው፡መካከል፡ያለችው፡ከተማ፥የሜድ ባ፡ሜዳ፡ዅሉ፥
17፤ሐሴቦንም፥በሜዳውም፡ያሉት፡ከተማዎቿ፡ዅሉ፥ዲቦን፥ባሞትበዓል፥
18፤ቤትበዓልምዖን፥ያሀጽ፥ቅዴሞት፥
19፤ሜፍዓት፥ቂርያታይም፥ሴባማ፥በሸለቆውም፡ተራራ፡ያለችው፡ጼሬትሻሐር፥
20፤ቤተ፡ፌጎር፥ከፈስጋ፡ተራራ፡በታች፡ያለው፡ምድር፥ቤትየሺሞት፥
21፤የሜዳውም፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፥በሐሴቦንም፡የነገሠው፡የአሞራውያን፡ንጉሥ፡የሴዎን፡መንግሥት፡ዅሉ፡ነበረ፤ሙ ሴም፡ርሱንና፡በምድሪቱ፡የተቀመጡትን፡የሴዎንን፡መሳፍንት፥የምድያምን፡አለቃዎች፡ዔዊን፥ሮቆምን፥ሱርን፥ሑ ርን፥ሪባን፡መታቸው።
22፤ከገደሏቸውም፡ሰዎች፡ጋራ፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ሟርተኛውን፡የቢዖርን፡ልጅ፡በለዓምን፡በሰይፍ፡ገደሉት።
23፤የሮቤልም፡ልጆች፡ድንበር፡የዮርዳኖስ፡ወንዝና፡ዳርቻው፡ነበረ።የሮቤል፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡ከተማዎቻቸውም፡መ ንደሮቻቸውም፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
24፤ሙሴም፡ለጋድ፡ነገድ፡ለጋድም፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ርስት፡አድርጎ፡ሰጣቸው።
25፤ድንበራቸውም፡ኢያዜርና፡የገለዓድ፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፥የዐሞንም፡ልጆች፡ምድር፡እኩሌታ፡በረባት፡ፊት፡እስካ ለችው፡እስከ፡ዐሮዔር፡ድረስ፥
26፤ከሐሴቦን፡ዠምሮ፡እስከ፡ራማት፡ምጽጴ፥እስከ፡ብጦኒም፡ድረስ፥ከመሃናይም፡ዠምሮ፡እስከዳቤር፡ዳርቻ፡ድረ ስ፥
27፤በሸለቆውም፡ቤትሀራም፥ቤትኒምራ፥ሱኮት፥ጻፎን፥የሐሴቦን፡ንጉሥ፡የሴዎን፡መንግሥት፡ቅሬታ፡ነበረ።ድንበ ሩም፡ዮርዳኖስና፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡ባለው፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡የኪኔሬት፡ባሕር፡ወዲያኛው፡ዳርቻ፡ነበር።
28፤የጋድ፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡ከተማዎቻቸውም፡መንደሮቻቸውም፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
29፤ሙሴም፡ለምናሴ፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ርስት፡ሰጣቸው፤ለምናሴም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነ በረ።
30፤ድንበራቸውም፡ከመሃናይም፡ዠምሮ፡የባሳን፡ንጉሥ፡የዐግ፡መንግሥት፥ባሳን፡ዅሉ፥በባሳንም፡ያሉት፡የኢያዕ ር፡መንደሮች፡ዅሉ፡ስድሳው፡ከተማዎች፥የገለዓድም፡እኩሌታ፥
31፤በባሳንም፡ያሉት፡የዐግ፡መንግሥት፡ከተማዎች፥ዐስታሮትና፡ኤድራይ፡ነበረ።እነዚህም፡ለምናሴ፡ልጅ፡ለማኪ ር፡ልጆች፡ኾኑ፤ለማኪር፡ልጆች፡እኩሌታ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
32፤ሙሴ፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡በኢያሪኮ፡አንጻር፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በሞዐብ፡ሜዳ፡ሳለ፡የከፈለው፡ርስት፡ይህ፡ነ ው።
33፤ለሌዊ፡ነገድ፡ግን፡ሙሴ፡ርስት፡አልሰጠም፤የእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንዳላቸው፡ርስታቸው፡ርሱ ፡ነው።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡14።______________
ምዕራፍ፡14።
1፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡በከነዓን፡ምድር፡የወረሱት፥ካህኑ፡አልዓዛርና፡የነዌ፡ልጅ፡ኢያሱ፡የእስራኤልም፡ልጆ ች፡ነገድ፡የአባቶቻቸው፡አለቃዎች፡ያካፈሏቸው፡ርስት፡ይህ፡ነው፤
2፤እግዚአብሔር፡በሙሴ፡እጅ፡እንዳዘዘ፡ለዘጠኙ፡ነገድና፡ለእኩሌታው፡በየርስታቸው፡በዕጣ፡አካፈሏቸው።
3፤ለኹለቱ፡ነገድና፡ለእኩሌታው፡ነገድ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡ሙሴ፡ርስት፡ሰጥቶ፡ነበረ፤ነገር፡ግን፥በመካከላቸው ፡ለሌዋውያን፡ርስት፡አልሰጣቸውም።
4፤የዮሴፍ፡ልጆች፡ምናሴና፡ኤፍሬም፡ኹለት፡ነገዶች፡ነበሩ፤ለሌዋውያንም፡ከሚቀመጡባቸው፡ከተማዎች፡ለእንስሳ ዎቻቸውና፡ለከብቶቻቸውም፡ከሚኾን፡መሰምሪያቸው፡በቀር፡በምድሩ፡ውስጥ፡ድርሻ፡አልሰጧቸውም።
5፤እግዚአብሔር፡ሙሴን፡እንዳዘዘ፡እንዲሁ፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡አደረጉ፥ምድሪቱንም፡ተካፈሉ።
6፤የይሁዳም፡ልጆች፡በገልገላ፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፡ቀረቡ፤ቄኔዛዊውም፡የዮፎኒ፡ልጅ፡ካሌብ፡አለው፦ለአምላክኽ፡ሰው፡ ለሙሴ፡ስለ፡እኔና፡ስለ፡አንተ፡እግዚአብሔር፡በቃዴስ፡በርኔ፡የተናገረውን፡ነገር፡ታውቃለኽ።
7፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡ምድርን፡እሰልል፡ዘንድ፡ከቃዴስ፡በርኔ፡በላከኝ፡ጊዜ፡እኔ፡የአርባ፡ዓመት፡ሰ ው፡ነበርኹ፥እኔም፡በልቤ፡የነበረውን፡ቃል፡መለስኹለት።
8፤ከእኔ፡ጋራ፡የወጡ፡ወንድሞቼ፡ግን፡የሕዝቡን፡ልብ፡አቀለጡ፤እኔ፡ግን፡አምላኬን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ፈጽሜ፡ተ ከተልኹ።
9፤ሙሴም፡በዚያ፡ቀን፦አምላኬን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ፈጽመኽ፡ተከትለኻልና፥እግርኽ፡የረገጠው፡ምድር፡ለአንተና፡ ለልጆችኽ፡ለዘለዓለም፡በርግጥ፡ርስት፡ይኾናል፡ብሎ፡ማለ።
10፤አኹንም፥እንሆ፥እግዚአብሔር፡ለሙሴ፡ይህን፡ቃል፡ከተናገረ፡በዃላ፥እስራኤል፡በምድረ፡በዳ፡ሲዞሩ፥ርሱ፡ እንደ፡ተናገረኝ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እነዚህን፡አርባ፡ዐምስት፡ዓመት፡በሕይወት፡አኖረኝ፤አኹንም፥እንሆ፥ለእኔ፡ ዛሬ፡ሰማንያ፡ዐምስት፡ዓመት፡ኾነኝ።
11፤ሙሴም፡በላከኝ፡ጊዜ፡እንደ፡ነበርኹ፥ዛሬ፡ጕልበታም፡ነኝ፤ጕልበቴም፡በዚያን፡ጊዜ፡እንደ፡ነበረ፥እንዲሁ ፡ዛሬ፡ለመዋጋት፡ለመውጣትም፡ለመግባትም፡ጕልበቴ፡ያው፡ነው።
12፤አኹን፡እንግዲህ፡በዚያን፡ቀን፡እግዚአብሔር፡የተናገረውን፡ይህን፡ተራራማ፡አገር፡ስጠኝ፤አንተ፡በዚያ፡ ቀን፡ዔናቃውያን፡ታላላቆችና፡የተመሸጉ፡ከተማዎችም፡በዚያ፡እንዳሉ፡ሰምተኽ፡ነበር፤ምናልባት፡እግዚአብሔር ፡ከእኔ፡ጋራ፡ይኾናል፥እግዚአብሔርም፡እንደ፡ተናገረኝ፡አሳድዳቸዋለኹ።
13፤ኢያሱም፡ባረከው፤ለዮፎኒም፡ልጅ፡ለካሌብ፡ኬብሮንን፡ርስት፡አድርጎ፡ሰጠው።
14፤ስለዚህም፡የእስራኤልን፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ፈጽሞ፡ስለ፡ተከተለ፡ኬብሮን፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ለቄኔዛዊው፡ ለዮፎኒ፡ልጅ፡ለካሌብ፡ርስት፡ኾነች።
15፤የኬብሮንም፡ስም፡አስቀድሞ፡ቂርያትአርባቅ፡ትባል፡ነበር፤ይህም፡አርባቅ፡በዔናቅ፡ሰዎች፡መካከል፡ከዅሉ ፡ከፍ፡ያለ፡ነበረ።ምድሪቱም፡ከውጊያ፡ዐረፈች።
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ምዕራፍ፡15።
1፤ለይሁዳም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በየወገናቸው፡እስከጺን፡ምድረ፡በዳ፡እስከደቡብ፡መጨረሻ፡እስከኤዶምያስ፡ዳርቻ፡ ድረስ፡ዕጣ፡ኾነላቸው።
2፤በደቡብም፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ድንበራቸው፡እስከጨው፡ባሕር፡መጨረሻ፡ወደ፡ደቡብ፡እስከሚያይ፡እስከባሕር፡ልሳን ፡ነበረ።
3፤ከዚያም፡በአቅረቢም፡ዐቀበት፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ወጣ፥ወደ፡ጺንም፡ዐለፈ፥በቃዴስ፡በርኔ፡ወደ፡ደቡብ፡በኩል፡ ወጣ፥በሐጽሮንም፡በኩል፡ዐለፈ፥ወደ፡አዳ፟ርም፡ወጣ፥
4፤ወደ፡ቀርቃ፡ዞረ፥ወደ፡ዐፅሞንም፡ዐለፈ፥በግብጽም፡ወንዝ፡በኩል፡ወጣ፥የድንበሩም፡መውጫ፡በባሕሩ፡አጠገብ ፡ነበረ፤በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ድንበራቸው፡ይህ፡ነው።
5፤በምሥራቅም፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ድንበር፡እስከጨው፡ባሕር፡እስከዮርዳኖስም፡መጨረሻ፡ነበረ።በሰሜንም፡በኩል፡ያ ለው፡ድንበር፡በዮርዳኖስ፡መጨረሻ፡እስካለው፡እስከባሕሩ፡ልሳን፡ድረስ፡ነበረ፤
6፤ከዚያም፡ድንበሩ፡ወደ፡ቤትሖግላ፡ወጣ፥በቤትዐረባ፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ዐለፈ፥ወደሮቤልም፡ልጅ፡ወደ፡ቦሀን፡ድ ንጋይ፡ወጣ፤
7፤ድንበሩም፡ከዐኮር፡ሸለቆ፡ወደ፡ዳቤር፡ወጣ፥በሰሜን፡በኩል፡በአዱሚም፡ዐቀበት፡ፊት፡ለፊት፥በወንዙ፡በደቡ ብ፡በኩል፡ወዳለችው፡ወደ፡ገልገላ፡ተመለከተ፤ድንበሩም፡ወደቤት፡ሳሚስ፡ውሃ፡ዐለፈ፥መውጫውም፡በዐይንሮጌል ፡አጠገብ፡ነበረ፤
8፤ድንበሩም፡በሄኖም፡ልጅ፡ሸለቆ፡አጠገብ፡ኢየሩሳሌም፡ወደምትባለው፡ወደ፡ኢያቡሳዊው፡ወደደቡብ፡ወገን፡ወጣ ፤ድንበሩም፡በራፋይም፡ሸለቆ፡ዳር፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ባለው፡በሄኖም፡ሸለቆ፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡በምዕራብ፡ወገን፡ወዳ ለው፡ተራራ፡ራስ፡ላይ፡ወጣ፤
9፤ድንበሩም፡ከተራራው፡ራስ፡ወደኔፍቶ፡ውሃ፡ምንጭ፡ደረሰ፥ወደዔፍሮንም፡ተራራ፡ከተማዎች፡ወጣ፤ቂርያትይዓሪ ም፡ወደምትባል፡ወደ፡በዓላ፡ደረሰ።
10፤ድንበሩም፡ከበዓላ፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ወደሴይር፡ተራራ፡ዞረ፤ክሳሎን፡ወደምትባል፡ወደይዓሪም፡ተራራ፡ወገ ን፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ዐለፈ፤ወደ፡ቤትሳሚስ፡ወረደ፥በተምና፡በኩልም፡ዐለፈ።
11፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ዐቃሮን፡ወደሰሜን፡ወገን፡ወጣ፤ወደ፡ሽክሮን፡ደረሰ፤ወደበዓላ፡ተራራ፡ዐለፈ፥በየብኒኤል ፡በኩልም፡ወጣ፤የድንበሩም፡መውጫ፡በባሕሩ፡አጠገብ፡ነበረ።
12፤በምዕራቡም፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ድንበር፡እስከ፡ታላቁ፡ባሕርና፡እስከ፡ዳርቻው፡ድረስ፡ነበረ።ለይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ በየወገናቸው፡በዙሪያው፡ያለ፡ድንበራቸው፡ይህ፡ነው።
13፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፡እንዳዘዘው፡ለዮፎኒ፡ልጅ፡ለካሌብ፡በይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡መካከል፡ቂርያትአርባቅ፡የም ትባለውን፡ከተማ፡ድርሻ፡አድርጎ፡ሰጠው፤ርሷም፡ኬብሮን፡ናት፥ይህም፡አርባቅ፡የዔናቅ፡አባት፡ነበረ።
14፤ካሌብም፡ሦስቱን፡የዔናቅን፡ልጆች፡ሴሲንና፡አኪመንን፡ተላሚንም፡ከዚያ፡አሳደደ።
15፤ከዚያም፡በዳቤር፡ሰዎች፡ላይ፡ወጣ፤የዳቤርም፡ስም፡አስቀድሞ፡ቂርያትሤፍር፡ትባል፡ነበር።
16፤ካሌብም፦ቂርያትሤፍርን፡ለሚመታ፡ለሚይዛትም፡ልጄን፡ዓክሳን፡አጋባዋለኹ፡አለ።
17፤የካሌብ፡ወንድም፡የቄኔዝ፡ልጅ፡ጎቶንያል፡ያዛት፤ልጁንም፡ዓክሳን፡አጋባው።
18፤ርሷም፡ወደ፡ርሱ፡በመጣች፡ጊዜ፡ከአባቷ፡ዕርሻ፡እንዲለምን፡መከረችው፤ርሷም፡ከአህያዋ፡ወረደች፤
19፤ካሌብም፦ምን፡ፈለግሽ፧አላት።ርሷም፦በረከትን፡ስጠኝ፤በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ያለውን፡ምድር፡ሰጥተኸኛልና፥አኹ ን፡ደግሞ፡የውሃውን፡ምንጭ፡ስጠኝ፡አለችው።ርሱም፡የላይኛውንና፡የታችኛውን፡ምንጭ፡ሰጣት።
20፤በየወገኖቻቸውም፡የይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡ይህ፡ነው።
21፤በደቡብም፡በኩል፡በምድራቸው፡ዳርቻ፡አጠገብ፡እስከኤዶምያስ፡ድንበር፡ያሉት፡የይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ከተ ማዎች፡እነዚህ፡ነበሩ፤
22፤ቀብስኤል፥ዔዴር፥ያጉር፥ቂና፥
23፤ዲሞና፥ዓድዓዳ፥ቃዴስ፥ሐጾር፥ዪትናን፥
24፤25፤ዚፍ፥ጤሌም፥በዓሎት፥ሐጾርሐዳታ፥ሐጾር፡የምትባለውም፡ቂርያትሐጾር፥
26፤27፤አማም፥ሽማዕ፥ሞላዳ፥ሓጸርጋዳ፥ሐሽሞን፥
28፤ቤትጳሌጥ፥ሐጸርሹዓል፥ቤርሳቤሕ፥ቢዝዮትያ፥
29፤30፤በዓላ፥ዒዪም፥ዓጼም፥ኤልቶላድ፥
31፤ኪሲል፥ሔርማ፥ጺቅላግ፥ማድማና፥ሳንሳና፥
32፤ልባዎት፥ሺልሂም፥ዐይን፥ሪሞን፤ኻያ፡ዘጠኝ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
33፤34፤በቈላው፡ኤሽታኦል፥ጾርዓ፥አሽና፥ዛኖዋ፥
35፤ዐይንገኒም፥ታጱዋ፥ዐይናም፥የርሙት፥
36፤ዓዶላም፥ሰኰት፥ዓዜቃ፥ሽዓራይም፥ዓዲታይም፥ግዴራ፥ግዴሮታይም፤ዐሥራ፡አራት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
37፤38፤ጽናን፥ሐዳሻ፥ሚግዳልጋድ፥ዲልዓን፥
39፤ምጽጳ፥ዮቅትኤል፥ለኪሶ፥ቦጽቃት፥
40፤41፤ኦዶላም፣ከቦን፣ለሕማስ፣ኪትሊሽ፣ግዴሮት፣ቤትዳጎን፣ናዕማ፣መቄዳ፤ዐሥራ፡ስድስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደ ሮቻቸው።
42፤43፤ልብና፥ዔቴር፥ዐሻን፥ይፍታሕ፥አሽና፥
44፤ንጺብ፥ቅዒላ፥አክዚብ፥መሪሳ፤ዘጠኝ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
45፤ዐቃሮን፡ከተመሸጉና፡ካልተመሸጉ፡መንደሮቿ፡ጋራ፤
46፤ከዐቃሮንም፡ዠምሮ፡እስከ፡ባሕር፡ድረስ፡በአዛጦን፡አጠገብ፡ያሉት፡ዅሉ፡ከመንደሮቻቸው፡ጋራ።
47፤አዛጦንና፡የተመሸጉና፡ያልተመሸጉ፡መንደሮቿም፥ጋዛና፡የተመሸጉ፡ያልተመሸጉም፡መንደሮቿ፥እስከግብጽ፡ወ ንዝና፡እስከታላቁ፡ባሕር፡ዳርቻ፡ድረስ።
48፤በተራራማውም፡አገር፡ሳምር፥የቲር፥
49፤ሶኮ፥ደና፥ዳቤር፡የምትባለው፡ቂርያትሰና፥
50፤51፤ዐናብ፥ኤሽትሞዐ፥ዓኒም፥ጎሶም፥ሖሎን፥ጊሎ፤ዐሥራ፡አንድ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
52፤አራብ፥ዱማ፥ኤሽዓን፥
53፤ያኒም፥ቤትታጱዋ፥አፌቃ፥
54፤ሑምጣ፥ኬብሮን፡የምትባል፡ቂርያትአርባቅ፥ጺዖር፤ዘጠኝ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
55፤ማዖን፥ቀርሜሎስ፥ዚፍ፥ዩጣ፥
56፤ኢይዝራኤል፥ዮቅድዓም፥ዛኖዋሕ፥
57፤ቃይን፥ጊብዓ፥ተምና፤ዐሥር፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
58፤59፤ሐልሑል፥ቤትጹር፥ጌዶር፥ማዕራት፥ቤትዓኖት፥ኤልትቆን፤ስድስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
60፤ቂርያትይዓሪም፡የምትባለው፡ቂርያትበዓል፥ረባት፤ኹለት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
61፤በምድረ፡በዳ፡ቤትዐረባ፥ሚዲን፥ስካካ፥
62፤ኒብሻን፥የጨው፡ከተማ፥ዐይንጋዲ፤ስድስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
63፤በኢየሩሳሌም፡የተቀመጡትን፡ኢያቡሳውያንን፡ግን፡የይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ሊያሳድዷቸው፡አልተቻላቸውም፤ኢያቡሳው ያንም፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡በይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡መካከል፡በኢየሩሳሌም፡ውስጥ፡ተቀምጠዋል።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡16።______________
ምዕራፍ፡16።
1፤የዮሴፍም፡ልጆች፡ዕጣ፡በኢያሪኮ፡አጠገብ፡በምሥራቁ፡በኩል፡ካለው፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡አንሥቶ፡በምድረ፡በዳውና፡ በተራራማው፡በኩል፡ከኢያሪኮ፡ወደ፡ቤቴል፡ወጣ፤
2፤ከቤቴል፡ወደ፡ሎዛ፡ወጣ፥በአርካውያንም፡ዳርቻ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ዐጣሮት፡ዐለፈ፥
3፤ወደ፡ምዕራብም፡እስከየፍሌጣውያን፡ዳርቻ፡እስከታችኛው፡ቤትሖሮን፡ዳርቻ፡እስከ፡ጌዝር፡ድረስ፡ወረደ፥መው ጫውም፡በባሕሩ፡አጠገብ፡ነበረ።
4፤የዮሴፍም፡ልጆች፡ምናሴና፡ኤፍሬም፡ርስታቸውን፡ወረሱ።
5፤የኤፍሬምም፡ልጆች፡ድንበር፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እንደዚህ፡ነበረ፤በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡የርስታቸው፡ድንበር፡ዐጣሮ ትአዳ፟ር፡እስከ፡ላይኛው፡ቤትሖሮን፡ድረስ፡ነበረ፤
6፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ምዕራብ፡ወደ፡ሚክምታት፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ወጣ፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ምሥራቅ፡ወደ፡ተአናትሴሎ፡ዞ ረ፥ወደ፡ኢያኖክ፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡ዐለፈ፥
7፤ከኢያኖክም፡ወደ፡ዐጣሮትና፡ወደ፡ነዓራት፡ወረደ፤ወደ፡ኢያሪኮም፡ደረሰ፥ወደ፡ዮርዳኖስም፡ወጣ።
8፤ድንበሩም፡ከታጱዋ፡ወደ፡ምዕራብ፡እስከቃና፡ወንዝ፡ድረስ፡ዐለፈ፥መውጫውም፡በባሕሩ፡አጠገብ፡ነበረ።የኤፍ ሬም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
9፤ይኸውም፡በምናሴ፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡መካከል፡ለኤፍሬም፡ልጆች፡ከተለዩ፡ከተማዎች፡ጋራ፥ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡ከመንደ ሮቻቸው፡ጋራ፥ነው።
10፤በጌዝርም፡የተቀመጡትን፡ከነዓናውያንን፡አላሳደዷቸውም፥እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡ከነዓናውያን፡በኤፍሬም፡መ ካከል፡ተቀምጠዋል፤የጕልበት፡ግብርም፡ያስገብሯቸው፡ነበር።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡17።______________
ምዕራፍ፡17።
1፤ለምናሴ፡ነገድ፡ዕጣ፡ይህ፡ነው፤የዮሴፍ፡በኵር፡ርሱ፡ነውና።የምናሴም፡በኵር፡የገለዓድ፡አባት፡ማኪር፡ብር ቱ፡ሰልፈኛ፡ስለ፡ነበረ፡ገለዓድንና፡ባሳንን፡ወረሰ።
2፤ዕጣውም፡ለቀሩት፡ለምናሴ፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፥ለአቢዔዝር፡ልጆች፥ለኬሌግ፡ልጆች፥ለአሥሪኤል፡ልጆች፥ለ ሴኬም፡ልጆች፥ለኦፌር፡ልጆች፥ለሸሚዳ፡ልጆች፡ኾነ፤የዮሴፍ፡ልጅ፡የምናሴ፡ወንዶች፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እ ነዚህ፡ናቸው።
3፤ለምናሴ፡ልጅ፥ለማኪር፡ልጅ፥ለገለዓድ፡ልጅ፥ለኦፌር፡ልጅ፥ለሰለጰዓድ፡ግን፡ሴቶች፡ልጆች፡እንጂ፡ወንዶች፡ ልጆች፡አልነበሩትም፥የሴቶች፡ልጆቹም፡ስም፡ማህለህ፥ኑዓ፥ዔግላ፥ሚልካ፥ቲርጻ፡ነበረ።
4፤እነርሱም፡ወደ፡ካህኑ፡ወደ፡አልዓዛርና፡ወደነዌ፡ልጅ፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፡ወደ፡አለቃዎችም፡ቀርበው፦እግዚአብሔር ፡በወንድሞቻችን፡መካከል፡ርስት፡እንዲሰጠን፡ሙሴን፡አዘዘ፡አሉ፤እግዚአብሔርም፡እንዳዘዘ፡በአባታቸው፡ወን ድሞች፡መካከል፡ርስት፡ሰጣቸው።
5፤በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡ካለው፡ከገለዓድና፡ከባሳን፡አገር፡ሌላ፡ለምናሴ፡ዐሥር፡ዕጣ፡ኾነ፤
6፤የምናሴ፡ሴቶች፡ልጆች፡በወንዶች፡ልጆች፡መካከል፡ርስት፡ተቀብለዋልና፤የገለዓድም፡ምድር፡ለቀሩት፡ለምናሴ ፡ልጆች፡ኾኗልና።
7፤የምናሴም፡ድንበር፡ከአሴር፡ዠምሮ፡በሴኬም፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡እስካለው፡እስከ፡ሚክምታት፡ድረስ፡ነበረ፤ድንበሩ ም፡በቀኝ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ዐይንታጱዋ፡ሰዎች፡ዐለፈ።
8፤የታጱዋ፡ምድር፡ለምናሴ፡ነበረ፤በምናሴ፡ዳርቻ፡ያለው፡ታጱዋ፡ግን፡ለኤፍሬም፡ልጆች፡ኾነ።
9፤ድንበሩም፡ወደቃና፡ወንዝ፡ከወንዙ፡በደቡብ፡ወገን፡ወረደ፤በምናሴም፡ከተማዎች፡መካከል፡የነበሩት፡እነዚህ ፡ከተማዎች፡ለኤፍሬም፡ኾኑ፤የምናሴም፡ድንበር፡በወንዙ፡በኩል፡በሰሜን፡ወገን፡ነበረ፥መውጫውም፡በባሕሩ፡አ ጠገብ፡ነበረ።
10፤በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ለኤፍሬም፡ነበረ፥በሰሜንም፡በኩል፡ያለው፡ለምናሴ፡ነበረ፥ድንበሩም፡ባሕሩ፡ነበረ ፤በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ወደ፡አሴር፥በምሥራቅም፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ይሳኮር፡ደረሰ።
11፤በይሳኮርና፡በአሴር፡መካከል፡ቤትሳንና፡መንደሮቿ፥ይብልዓምና፡መንደሮቿ፥ዶርና፡የመንደሮቿ፡ሰዎች፥ዐይ ንዶርና፡የመንደሮቿ፡ሰዎች፥ታዕናክና፡የመንደሮቿ፡ሰዎች፥መጊዶና፡የመንደሮቿ፡ሰዎች፥ሦስቱ፡ኰረብታዎች፡ለ ምናሴ፡ነበሩ።
12፤የምናሴ፡ልጆች፡ግን፡የእነዚህን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰዎች፡ሊያሳድዷቸው፡አልቻሉም፤ነገር፡ግን፥ከነዓናውያን፡በ ዚያ፡አገር፡በመቀመጥ፡ጸኑ።
13፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡በጸኑ፡ጊዜ፡ከነዓናውያንን፡የጕልበት፡ግብር፡አስገበሯቸው፥ፈጽመውም፡አላሳደዷቸው ም።
14፤የዮሴፍ፡ልጆች፡ኢያሱን፦እኔ፡ብዙ፡ሕዝብ፡ስለ፡ኾንኹ፡እስከ፡አኹንም፡እግዚአብሔር፡ስለ፡ባረከኝ፡ለምን ፡አንድ፡ክፍል፡አንድም፡ዕጣ፡ብቻ፡ርስት፡አድርገኽ፡ሰጠኸኝ፧አሉት።
15፤ኢያሱም፦ብዙ፡ሕዝብስ፡ከኾንኽ፡ተራራማውም፡የኤፍሬም፡አገር፡ጠቦ፟ኽ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡ወደ፡ዱር፡ወጥተኽ፡በ ፌርዛውያንና፡በራፋይም፡ምድር፡ለአንተ፡ስፍራ፡መንጥር፡አላቸው።
16፤የዮሴፍም፡ልጆች።ተራራማው፡አገር፡አይበቃንም፤በሸለቆውም፡ውስጥ፡ለሚኖሩት፥በቤትሳንና፡በመንደሮቿ፡በ ኢይዝራኤልም፡ሸለቆ፡ለሚኖሩት፡ከነዓናውያን፡የብረት፡ሠረገላዎች፡አላቸው፡አሉት።
17፤ኢያሱም፡የዮሴፍ፡ወገን፡ለሚኾኑ፡ለኤፍሬምና፡ለምናሴ።አንተ፡ብዙ፡ሕዝብ፡ነኽ፥ጽኑም፡ኀይል፡አለኽ፡አን ድ፡ዕጣ፡ብቻ፡አይኾንልኽም፤
18፤ነገር፡ግን፥ተራራማው፡አገር፡ለአንተ፡ይኾናል፥ዱር፡እንኳን፡ቢኾንም፡ትመነጥረዋለኽ፥ለአንተም፡ይኾናል ፤ለከነዓናውያንም፡የብረት፡ሠረገላዎች፡ቢኾኑላቸው፡የበረቱም፡ቢኾኑ፡ታሳድዳቸዋለኽ፡አላቸው።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡18።______________
ምዕራፍ፡18።
1፤የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ማኅበር፡ዅሉ፡በሴሎ፡ተሰበሰቡ፥በዚያም፡የመገናኛውን፡ድንኳን፡ተከሉ፤ምድሩም፡ጸጥ፡ብ ሎ፡ተገዛላቸው።
2፤ከእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡ያልተካፈሉ፡ሰባት፡ነገድ፡ቀርተው፡ነበር።
3፤ኢያሱም፡የእስራኤልን፡ልጆች፡አላቸው፦የአባቶቻችኹ፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡የሰጣችኹን፡ምድር፡ትወርሱ፡ዘ ንድ፡እስከ፡መቼ፡ለመግባት፡ቸል፡ትላላችኹ፧
4፤ከየነገዱ፡ዅሉ፡ሦስት፡ሦስት፡ሰዎች፡ምረጡ፥እኔም፡እልካቸዋለኹ፤ተነሥተውም፡አገሩን፡ይዞራሉ፥እንደ፡ርስ ታቸውም፡መጠን፡ይጽፉታል፤ወደ፡እኔም፡ይመለሳሉ።
5፤በሰባትም፡ክፍል፡ይከፍሉታል፤ይሁዳ፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡በዳርቻው፡ውስጥ፡ይቀመጣል፤የዮሴፍ፡ወገኖች፡በሰሜን ፡በኩል፡በዳርቻው፡ውስጥ፡ይቀመጣሉ።
6፤እናንተም፡ምድሩን፡በሰባት፡ክፍል፡ጻፉት፥የጻፋችኹትንም፡ወዲህ፡አምጡልኝ፤በአምላካችንም፡በእግዚአብሔር ፡ፊት፡በዚህ፡ዕጣ፡አጣጥላችዃለኹ።
7፤ነገር፡ግን፥የእግዚአብሔር፡ክህነት፡ርስታቸው፡ነውና፥ለሌዋውያን፡በመካከላችኹ፡ዕድል፡ፈንታ፡የላቸውም፤ ጋድም፡ሮቤልም፡የምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡የ ሰጣቸውን፡ርስታቸውን፡ተቀብለዋል።
8፤ሰዎችም፡ተነሥተው፡ኼዱ፤ኢያሱም፡ምድሩን፡ሊጽፉ፡የኼዱትን፦ኺዱ፥ምድሩንም፡ዞራችኹ፡ጻፉት፥ወደ፡እኔም፡ተ መለሱ፤በዚህም፡በሴሎ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡ዕጣ፡አጣጥላችዃለኹ፡ብሎ፡አዘዛቸው።
9፤ሰዎቹም፡ኼደው፡ምድሩን፡ዞሩ፥እንደ፡ከተማዎችም፡በሰባት፡ክፍል፡ከፈሉት፥በመጽሐፍም፡ጻፉት፤ኢያሱም፡ወደ ፡ሰፈረበት፡ወደ፡ሴሎ፡ተመለሱ።
10፤ኢያሱም፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡በሴሎ፡ዕጣ፡አጣጣላቸው፤በዚያም፡ኢያሱ፡ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡እንደ፡ክፍሎቻ ቸው፡ምድሩን፡ከፈለ።
11፤የብንያምም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ዕጣ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ፤የዕጣቸውም፡ዳርቻ፡በይሁዳ፡ልጆችና፡በዮሴፍ፡ልጆች ፡መካከል፡ወጣ።
12፤በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ድንበራቸው፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡ዠመረ፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ኢያሪኮ፡ወደ፡ሰሜን፡ወገን፡ወጣ፥ከዚያም ፡በተራራማው፡አገር፡ወደ፡ምዕራብ፡ወጣ፥መውጫውም፡በቤትአዌን፡ምድረ፡በዳ፡ነበረ።
13፤ድንበሩም፡ከዚያ፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ቤቴል፡ወደምትባል፡ወደ፡ሎዛ፡ዐለፈ፤ድንበሩም፡በታችኛው፡ቤትሖሮን፡በ ደቡብ፡በኩል፡ባለው፡ተራራ፡ወደ፡ዐጣሮትአዳ፟ር፡ወረደ።
14፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ምዕራብ፡ኼደ፥በቤትሖሮንም፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡ካለው፡ተራራ፡ወደ፡ደቡብ፡ዞረ፤መውጫውም፡ቂርያ ትይዓሪም፡በምትባል፡በይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ከተማ፡በቂርያትበዓል፡ነበረ፤ይህ፡የምዕራቡ፡ዳርቻ፡ነበረ።
15፤የደቡብም፡ዳርቻ፡ከቂርያትይዓሪም፡መጨረሻ፡ነበረ፤ድንበሩም፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ነፍቶ፡ውሃ፡ምንጭ፡ ወጣ።
16፤ድንበሩም፡በሄኖም፡ልጅ፡ሸለቆ፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡ወዳለው፡ተራራ፡መጨረሻ፡ወረደ፥ርሱም፡በራፋይም፡ሸሰቆ፡በሰ ሜን፡በኩል፡ነው፤ወደ፡ሄኖም፡ሸለቆ፡ወደ፡ኢያቡስ፡ዳር፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ወረደ፥ወደ፡ዐይንሮጌልም፡ወረደ።
17፤ወደ፡ሰሜንም፡ዐለፈ፡በቤትሳሚስ፡ምንጭ፡ላይ፡ወጣ፥በአዱሚም፡ዐቀበት፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡ወዳለው፡ወደ፡ጌሊሎት ፡ደረሰ፤ወደሮቤልም፡ልጅ፡ወደ፡ቦሀን፡ድንጋይ፡ወረደ፤
18፤በሰሜንም፡ወገን፡ወደዐረባ፡አጠገብ፡ዐለፈ፥ወደ፡ዐረባም፡ወረደ፤
19፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ቤትሖግላ፡ወደሰሜን፡ወገን፡ዐለፈ፤መውጫውም፡በዮርዳኖስ፡መጨረሻ፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ባለው ፡በጨው፡ባሕር፡ልሳን፡አጠገብ፡ነበረ፤ይህ፡የደቡቡ፡ዳርቻ፡ነበረ።
20፤በምሥራቅም፡በኩል፡ድንበሩ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡ነበረ።ይህ፡በዙሪያቸው፡ዳርቻ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡የብንያም፡ልጆች፡ ርስት፡ነበረ።
21፤የብንያምም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ከተማዎች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ነበሩ፤ኢያሪኮ፥ቤትሖግላ፥ዓመቀጺጽ፥
22፤ቤትዐረባ፥ዘማራይም፥ቤቴል፥
23፤24፤ዓዊም፥ፋራ፥ኤፍራታ፥ክፊርዓሞናይ፥ዖፍኒ፥ጋባ፤ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
25፤ገባዖን፥ራማ፥ብኤሮት፥
26፤ምጽጳ፥ከፊራ፥አሞቂ፥
27፤28፤ሬቄም፥ይርጵኤል፥ተርአላ፥ጼላ፥ኤሌፍ፥ኢየሩሳሌም፡የምትባል፡የኢያቡስ፡ከተማ፥ቂርያትጊብዓት፤ዐሥራ ፡ሦስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።የብንያም፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
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ምዕራፍ፡19።
1፤ኹለተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለስምዖን፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ፤ርስታቸውም፡በይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡መካከል ፡ነበረ።
2፤እነዚህም፡ርስታቸው፡ኾኑላቸው፤ቤርሳቤሕ፥ሤባ፥ሞላዳ፥
3፤4፤ሐጸርሹዓል፥ባላ፥ዔጼም፥ኤልቶላድ፥
5፤በቱል፥ሔርማ፥ጺቅላግ፥ቤትማርካቦት፥
6፤ሐጸርሱሳ፥ቤተ፡ለባኦት፥ሻሩሔን፤ዐሥራ፡ሦስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፤
7፤ዐይን፥ሪሞን፥ዔቴር፥ዐሻን፤አራት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፤
8፤እስከ፡ባዕላትብኤርና፡እስከ፡ደቡቡ፡ራማት፡ድረስ፡በእነዚህ፡ከተማዎች፡ዙሪያ፡ያሉ፡መንደሮች፡ዅሉ፦የስም ዖን፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ይህ፡ነበረ።
9፤ከይሁዳ፡ልጆች፡ክፍል፡የስምዖን፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡ኾነ፤የይሁዳም፡ልጆች፡ዕድል፡ፈንታ፡ስለ፡በዛባቸው፡የስም ዖን፡ልጆች፡በርስታቸው፡መካከል፡ወረሱ።
10፤ሦስተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለዛብሎን፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ፤የርስታቸውም፡ድንበር፡ወደ፡ሣሪድ፡ደረሰ፤
11፤ድንበራቸውም፡በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡መርዓላ፡ወጣ፥እስከ፡ደባሼትም፡ደረሰ፤በዮቅንዓም፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡ወዳ ለው፡ወንዝ፡ደረሰ፤
12፤ከሣሪድም፡ወደፀሓይ፡መውጫ፡ወደ፡ምሥራቅ፡ወደኪስሎትታቦር፡ዳርቻ፡ዞረ፤
13፤ወደ፡ዳብራትም፡ወጣ፥ወደ፡ያፊዓም፡ደረሰ፤ከዚያም፡በምሥራቅ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ጋትሔፍርና፡ወደ፡ዒታቃጺን፡ዐ ለፈ፤ወደ፡ሪምንና፡ወደ፡ኒዓ፡ወጣ።
14፤ድንበሩም፡በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ሐናቶን፡ዞረ፥መውጫውም፡በይፍታሕኤል፡ሸለቆ፡ነበረ።
15፤ቀጣት፥ነኽላል፥ሺምሮን፥ይዳላ፥ቤተ፡ልሔም፤ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
16፤የዛብሎን፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፡ናቸው።
17፤አራተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለይሳኮር፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ።
18፤ድንበራቸውም፡ወደ፡ኢይዝራኤል፥ወደ፡ከስሎት፥ወደ፡ሱነም፥
19፤ወደ፡ሐፍራይም፥ወደ፡ሺኦን፥ወደ፡አናሐራት፥
20፤ወደ፡ረቢት፥ወደ፡ቂሶን፥ወደ፡አቤጽ፥
21፤ወደ፡ሬሜት፥ወደ፡ዐይንጋኒም፥ወደ፡ዐይንሐዳ፥ወደ፡ቤትጳጼጽ፡ደረሰ፤
22፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ታቦርና፡ወደ፡ሻሕጹማ፥ወደ፡ቤትሳሚስ፡ደረሰ፥የድንበራቸውም፡መውጫ፡ዮርዳኖስ፡ነበረ፤ዐ ሥራ፡ስድስት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
23፤የይሳኮር፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፡ናቸው።
24፤ዐምስተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለአሴር፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ።
25፤ድንበራቸውም፡ሔልቃት፥ሐሊ፥ቤጤን፥አዚፍ፥
26፤አላሜሌክ፥ዓምዓድ፥ሚሽአል፡ነበረ፤በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ቀርሜሎስና፡ወደ፡ሺሖርሊብናት፡ደረሰ፤
27፤ወደፀሓይም፡መውጫ፡ወደ፡ቤትዳጎን፡ዞረ፥ወደ፡ዛብሎንም፡ወደይፍታሕኤል፡ሸለቆ፥በሰሜን፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ቤት ዔሜቅና፡ወደ፡ንዒኤልም፡ደረሰ፤በስተግራ፡በኩልም፡ወደ፡ካቡል፡ወጣ፤
28፤ከዚያም፡ወደ፡ዔብሮን፥ወደ፡ረአብ፥ወደ፡ሐሞን፥ወደ፡ቃና፡እስከ፡ታላቁ፡ሲዶናም፡ደረሰ።
29፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ራማ፥ወደተመሸገውም፡ከተማ፡ወደ፡ጢሮስ፡ዞረ፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ሖሳ፡ዞረ፤መውጫውም፡በአክ ዚብ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡ባሕሩ፡ነበረ፤
30፤ዑማ፥አፌቅ፥ረአብ፡ደግሞ፡ነበሩ፤ኻያ፡ኹለት፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
31፤የአሴር፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፡ናቸው።
32፤ስድስተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለንፍታሌም፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ።
33፤ድንበራቸውም፡ከሔሌፍ፥ከጸዕነኒም፡ዛፍ፥ከአዳሚኔቄብ፥ከየብኒኤል፡እስከ፡ለቁም፡ድረስ፡ነበረ፤መውጫውም ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ነበረ።
34፤ድንበሩም፡ወደ፡ምዕራብ፡ወደ፡አዝኖትታቦር፡ዞረ፥ከዚያም፡ወደ፡ሑቆቅ፡ወጣ፤ከዚያም፡በደቡብ፡በኩል፡ወደ ፡ዛብሎን፥በምዕራብ፡በኩል፡ወደ፡አሴር፥በዮርዳኖስም፡በፀሓይ፡መውጫ፡ወደ፡ይሁዳ፡ደረሰ።
35፤የተመሸጉትም፡ከተማዎች፡እነዚህ፡ነበሩ፤ጺዲም፥ጼር፥ሐማት፥
36፤ረቃት፥ኬኔሬት፥አዳማ፥ራማ፥አሶር፥
37፤38፤ቃዴስ፥ኤድራይ፥ዐይንሐጾር፥ይርኦን፥ሚግዳልኤል፥ሖሬም፥ቤትዓናት፥ቤትሳሚስ፤ዐሥራ፡ዘጠኝ፡ከተማዎች ና፡መንደሮቻቸው።
39፤የንፍታሌም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፡ናቸው።
40፤ሰባተኛውም፡ዕጣ፡ለዳን፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ወጣ።
41፤የርስታቸውም፡ዳርቻ፡ይህ፡ነበረ፤ጾርዓ፥ኤሽታኦል፥ዒርሼሜሽ፥
42፤43፤ሸዕለቢን፥ኤሎን፥ይትላ፥ኤሎን፥ተምና፥
44፤ዐቃሮን፥ኢልተቄ፥ገባቶን፥ባዕላት፥
45፤46፤ይሁድ፥ብኔብረቅ፥ጋትሪሞን፥ሜያርቆን፥በኢዮጴ፡ፊት፡ለፊት፡ካለው፡ዳርቻ፡ጋራ፡ራቆን።
47፤የዳንም፡ልጆች፡ዳርቻ፡አልበቃቸውም፤የዳንም፡ልጆች፡ከሌሼም፡ጋራ፡ሊዋጉ፡ወጡ፥ያዟትም፥በሰይፍም፡ስለት ፡መቷት፥ወረሷትም፥ተቀመጡባትም፤ስሟንም፡በአባታቸው፡በዳን፡ስም፡ዳን፡ብለው፡ጠሯት።
48፤የዳን፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ርስት፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ከተማዎችና፡መንደሮቻቸው፡ናቸው።
49፤ምድሩንም፡ዅሉ፡በየድንበሩ፡ርስት፡እንዲኾን፡ከፍለው፡ከጨረሱ፡በዃላ፥የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ለነዌ፡ልጅ፡ለ ኢያሱ፡በመካከላቸው፡ርስት፡ሰጡት።
50፤በኤፍሬም፡ተራራማ፡አገር፡ያለችውን፡ተምናሴራ፡የምትባለውን፡የፈለጋትን፡ከተማ፡እንደእግዚአብሔር፡ትእ ዛዝ፡ሰጡት፤ከተማም፡ሠርቶ፡ተቀመጠባት።
51፤ካህኑ፡አልዓዛር፥የነዌም፡ልጅ፡ኢያሱ፥የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ነገዶች፡የአባቶች፡አለቃዎች፡በእግዚአብሔር ፡ፊት፡በሴሎ፡በመገናኛው፡ድንኳን፡ደጃፍ፡አጠገብ፡በዕጣ፡የተካፈሉት፡ርስት፡ይህ፡ነው።ምድሪቱንም፡መካፈል ፡ጨረሱ።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡20።______________
ምዕራፍ፡20።
1፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ኢያሱን፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡ተናገረው፦
2፤3፤ለእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡እንዲህ፡ብለኽ፡ተናገራቸው፦ሳይወድ፟፡ሳያውቅም፡ሰውን፡የገደለ፡ገዳይ፡እንዲሸሽ ባቸው፡በሙሴ፡እጅ፡የነገርዃችኹን፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማዎችን፡ለዩ፤ከደም፡ተበቃዩ፡መማፀኛ፡ይኾኑላችዃል።
4፤ከነዚህም፡ከተማዎች፡ወደ፡አንዲቱ፡ይሸሻል፥በከተማዪቱም፡በር፡አደባባይ፡ቆሞ፡በከተማዪቱ፡ሽማግሌዎች፡ዦ ሮ፡ነገሩን፡ይናገራል፤እነርሱም፡ወደ፡ከተማዪቱ፡ይቀበሉታል፥የሚቀመጥበትም፡ስፍራ፡ይሰጡታል።
5፤ደም፡ተበቃዩ፡ቢያሳድደው፥አስቀድሞ፡ሳይጠላው፡ባልንጀራውን፡በስሕተት፡ስለ፡ገደለው፡ነፍሰ፡ገዳዩን፡በእ ጁ፡አሳልፈው፡አይስጡት።
6፤በማኅበሩ፡ፊት፡ለፍርድ፡እስኪቆም፡ድረስ፥በዚያም፡ወራት፡ያለው፡ታላቁ፡ካህን፡እስኪሞት፡ድረስ፡በዚያች፡ ከተማ፡ይቀመጥ፤ከዚያም፡ወዲያ፡ነፍሰ፡ገዳዩ፡ይመለሳል፥ወደ፡ከተማውም፡ወደ፡ቤቱም፡ሸሽቶ፡ወደወጣባትም፡ከ ተማ፡ይገባል።
7፤በንፍታሌም፡ባለው፡በተራራማው፡አገር፡በገሊላ፡ቃዴስን፥በኤፍሬምም፡ባለው፡በተራራማው፡አገር፡ሴኬምን፥በ ይሁዳም፡ባለው፡በተራራማው፡አገር፡ኬብሮን፡የምትባለውን፡ቂርያትአርባቅን፡ለዩ።
8፤በዮርዳኖስም፡ማዶ፡ከኢያሪኮ፡ወደ፡ምሥራቅ፡ከሮቤል፡ነገድ፡በምድረ፡በዳው፡በደልዳላው፡ስፍራ፡ቦሶርን፥ከ ጋድም፡ነገድ፡በገለዓድ፡ራሞትን፥ከምናሴም፡ነገድ፡በባሳን፡ጎላንን፡ለዩ።
9፤በማኅበሩ፡ፊት፡እስኪቆም፡ድረስ፡በደም፡ተበቃዩ፡እጅ፡እንዳይሞት፡ሳያውቅ፡ሰውን፡የገደለ፡ወደዚያ፡እንዲ ሸሽ፥ለእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ዅሉ፡በመካከላቸውም፡ለሚቀመጥ፡መጻተኛ፡የተለዩ፡ከተማዎች፡እነዚህ፡ናቸው።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡21።______________
ምዕራፍ፡21።
1፤የሌዋውያን፡አባቶች፡አለቃዎች፡ወደ፡ካህኑ፡ወደ፡አልዓዛር፥ወደነዌም፡ልጅ፡ወደ፡ኢያሱ፥ወደእስራኤልም፡ል ጆች፡ነገዶች፡አለቃዎች፡ቀረቡ፤
2፤በከነዓን፡ምድር፡ባለችው፡በሴሎ፦እግዚአብሔር፡በሙሴ፡እጅ፡የምንቀመጥባቸውን፡ከተማዎች፥ለከብቶቻችንም፡ መሰምሪያዎች፡ትሰጡን፡ዘንድ፡አዟ፟ል፡ብለው፡ተናገሯቸው።
3፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡እንደእግዚአብሔር፡ትእዛዝ፡ከርስታቸው፡እነዚህን፡ከተማዎችና፡መሰምሪያቸውን፡ለሌዋ ውያን፡ሰጡ።
4፤ለቀአትም፡ወገኖች፡ዕጣ፡ወጣ፤ሌዋውያንም፡ለነበሩ፡ለካህኑ፡ለአሮን፡ልጆች፡ከይሁዳ፡ነገድ፥ከስምዖንም፡ነ ገድ፥ከብንያምም፡ነገድ፡ዐሥራ፡ሦስት፡ከተማዎች፡በዕጣ፡ኾኑላቸው።
5፤ለቀሩትም፡ለቀአት፡ልጆች፡ከኤፍሬም፡ነገድ፥ከዳንም፡ነገድ፥ከምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ዐሥር፡ከተማዎች፡በ ዕጣ፡ኾኑላቸው።
6፤ለጌድሶንም፡ልጆች፡ከይሳኮር፡ነገድ፥ከአሴርም፡ነገድ፥ከንፍታሌምም፡ነገድ፥በባሳንም፡ካለው፡ከምናሴ፡ነገ ድ፡እኩሌታ፡ዐሥራ፡ሦስት፡ከተማዎች፡በዕጣ፡ኾኑላቸው።
7፤ለሜራሪም፡ልጆች፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ከሮቤል፡ነገድ፥ከጋድም፡ነገድ፥ከዛብሎንም፡ነገድ፡ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ከተማዎ ች፡ኾኑላቸው።
8፤እግዚአብሔርም፡በሙሴ፡እጅ፡እንዳዘዘ፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡እነዚህን፡ከተማዎችና፡መሰምሪያቸውን፡ለሌዋውያ ን፡በዕጣ፡ሰጡ።
9፤ከይሁዳም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡ከስምዖንም፡ልጆች፡ነገድ፡በስማቸው፡የተጠሩትን፡እነዚህን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጡ።
10፤የፊተኛው፡ዕጣ፡ለእነርሱ፡ስለ፡ወጣ፡የሌዊ፡ልጆች፡የቀአት፡ወገን፡ለኾኑ፡ለአሮን፡ልጆች፡ኾኑ።
11፤በይሁዳ፡ተራራማ፡አገር፡ያለችውን፡ቂርያትአርባቅ፡የምትባለውን፡ከተማ፡በዙሪያዋም፡ያለውን፡መሰምሪያ፡ ሰጧቸው፤ርሷም፡ኬብሮን፡ናት፥ይህም፡አርባቅ፡የዔናቅ፡አባት፡ነበረ።
12፤የከተማዪቱን፡ዕርሻ፡ግን፡መንደሮቿንም፡ለዮፎኒ፡ልጅ፡ለካሌብ፡ርስት፡አድርገው፡ሰጡት።
13፤ለካህኑም፡ለአሮን፡ልጆች፡እነዚህን፡ሰጡ፤ለነፍሰ፡ገዳይ፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማ፡የኾነችውን፡ኬብሮንንና፡መሰም ሪያዋን፥ልብናንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
14፤የቲርንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ኤሽትሞዐንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
15፤ሖሎንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዳቤርንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
16፤ዐይንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዮጣንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ቤትሳሚስንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤ከነዚህ፡ከኹለቱ፡ነገዶች፡ዘ ጠኝ፡ከተማዎችን፡ሰጡ።
17፤ከብንያምም፡ነገድ፡ገባዖንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ናሲብንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
18፤ዐናቶትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዐልሞንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራት፡ከተማዎችን፡ሰጡ።
19፤የአሮን፡ልጆች፡የካህናት፡ከተማዎች፡ከመሰምሪያቸው፡ጋራ፡ዐሥራ፡ሦስት፡ናቸው።
20፤ለቀሩትም፡ለቀአት፡ልጆች፡ወገኖች፡ሌዋውያን፡የዕጣቸው፡ከተማዎች፡ከኤፍሬም፡ነገድ፡ደረሷቸው።
21፤በኤፍሬም፡ተራራማ፡አገር፡ለነፍሰ፡ገዳይ፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማ፡የኾነችውን፡ሴኬምንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ጌዝርንና ፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
22፤ቂብጻይምንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ቤትሖሮንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
23፤ከዳንም፡ነገድ፡ኤልተቄንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ገባቶንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ኤሎንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
24፤ጋትሪሞንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
25፤ከምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ታዕናክንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ጋትሪሞንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤ኹለቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧ ቸው።
26፤የቀሩት፡የቀአት፡ልጆች፡ወገኖች፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡ከመሰምሪያቸው፡ጋራ፡ዐሥር፡ናቸው።
27፤ለሌዋውያንም፡ወገኖች፡ለጌድሶን፡ልጆች፡ከምናሴ፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ለነፍሰ፡ገዳይ፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማ፡በባሳን ፡ውስጥ፡የኾነችውን፡ጎላንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥በኤሽትራንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤ኹለቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
28፤ከይሳኮርም፡ነገድ፡ቂሶንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዳብራትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
29፤የርሙትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዐይንጋኒምንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
30፤ከአሴርም፡ነገድ፡ሚሽአልንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዐብዶንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
31፤ሔልቃትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ረአብንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
32፤ከንፍታሌምም፡ነገድ፡ለነፍሰ፡ገዳይ፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማ፡የኾነችውን፡በገሊላ፡ውስጥ፡ቃዴስንና፡መሰምሪያዋን ፥ሐሞትዶርንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ቀርታንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤ሦስቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጧቸው።
33፤የጌድሶን፡ልጆች፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡ዐሥራ፡ሦስት፡ከተማዎች፡ከመሰምሪያቸው፡ጋራ፡ናቸው።
34፤ከሌዋውያንም፡ለቀሩት፡ለሜራሪ፡ልጆች፡ወገን፡ከዛብሎን፡ነገድ፡ዮቅንዓምንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
35፤ቀርታንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ዲሞናንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ነኽላልንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጡ።
36፤ከሮቤልም፡ነገድ፡ቦሶርንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ያሀጽንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
37፤ቅዴሞትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ሜፍዓትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጡ።
38፤ከጋድም፡ነገድ፡ለነፍሰ፡ገዳይ፡መማፀኛ፡ከተማ፡የኾነችውን፡በገለዓድ፡ውስጥ፡ራሞትንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥መ ሃናይምንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥
39፤ሐሴቦንንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፥ኢያዜርንና፡መሰምሪያዋን፤አራቱን፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጡ።
40፤ከሌዋውያን፡ወገኖች፡የቀሩት፡የሜራሪ፡ልጆች፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡በየወገኖቻቸው፡እነዚህ፡ነበሩ፤ዕጣቸውም፡ ዐሥራ፡ኹለት፡ከተማ፡ነበረ።
41፤በእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡መካከል፡የነበሩት፡የሌዋውያን፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡አርባ፡ስምንት፡ከተማዎችና፡መ ሰምሪያቸው፡ነበሩ።
42፤እነዚህም፡ከተማዎች፡እያንዳንዳቸው፡ከመሰምሪያቸው፡ጋራ፡ነበሩ፤እነዚህም፡ከተማዎች፡ዅሉ፡እንዲሁ፡ነበ ሩ።
43፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ይሰጣቸው፡ዘንድ፡ለአባቶቻቸው፡የማለላቸውን፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፡ለእስራኤል፡ሰጠ፤ወረሷትም፥ተ ቀመጡባትም።
44፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ለአባቶቻቸው፡እንደ፡ማለላቸው፡በዙሪያቸው፡ካሉት፡አሳረፋቸው፤ከጠላቶቻቸውም፡ዅሉ፡ይቋ ቋማቸው፡ዘንድ፡ማንም፡ሰው፡አልቻለም፤እግዚአብሔርም፡ጠላቶቻቸውን፡ዅሉ፡በእጃቸው፡አሳልፎ፡ሰጣቸው።
45፤እግዚአብሔር፡ለእስራኤል፡ቤት፡ከተናገረው፡መልካም፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡ተፈጸመ፡እንጂ፡ምንም፡አልቀረም።
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1፤በዚያን፡ጊዜም፡ኢያሱ፡የሮቤልን፡ልጆችና፡የጋድን፡ልጆች፡የምናሴንም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ጠርቶ፡እንዲህ፡አላ ቸው፦
2፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡ያዘዛችኹን፡ዅሉ፡ጠብቃችዃል፥እኔም፡ላዘዝዃችኹ፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡ታዛ፟ችዃል፤
3፤ይህንም፡ያኽል፡ብዙ፡ጊዜ፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ወንድሞቻችኹን፡አልተዋችኹም፥የአምላካችኹንም፡የእግዚአብሔ ርን፡ትእዛዝ፡ጠብቃችዃል።
4፤አኹንም፡አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንደ፡ተናገራቸው፡ወንድሞቻችኹን፡አሳርፏቸዋል፤አኹን፡እንግዲህ፡ተመ ለሱ፥ወደ፡ቤታችኹና፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡ወደሰጣችኹ፡ወደርስታችኹ፡ምድር፡ኺዱ።
5፤ብቻ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡ሙሴ፡ያዘዛችኹን፡ትእዛዙንና፡ሕጉን፡ታደርጉ፡ዘንድ፥አምላካችኹን፡እግዚአብሔ ርን፡ትወዱ፡ዘንድ፥መንገዱንም፡ዅሉ፡ትኼዱ፡ዘንድ፥ትእዛዙንም፡ትጠብቁ፡ዘንድ፥ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡ትጠጉ፡ዘንድ፥ በፍጹምም፡ልባችኹ፡በፍጹምም፡ነፍሳችኹ፡ታመልኩ፡ዘንድ፡እጅግ፡ተጠንቀቁ።
6፤ኢያሱም፡መረቃቸው፥ሰደዳቸውም፤ወደ፡ቤታቸውም፡ኼዱ።
7፤ለምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ሙሴ፡በባሳን፡ውስጥ፡ርስት፡ሰጥቷቸው፡ነበር፤ለቀረው፡ለእኩሌታው፡ግን፡ኢያሱ፡ በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡በምዕራብ፡ወገን፡በወንድሞቻቸው፡መካከል፡ርስት፡ሰጣቸው።ኢያሱም፡ወደ፡ቤታቸው፡በሰደዳቸ ው፡ጊዜ፡እንዲህ፡ብሎ፡መረቃቸው።
8፤በብዙ፡ብልጥግና፡በእጅግም፡ብዙ፡ከብት፥በብርም፥በወርቅም፥በናስም፥በብረትም፥በእጅግም፡ብዙ፡ልብስ፡ወደ ፡ቤታችኹ፡ተመለሱ፤የጠላቶቻችኹንም፡ምርኮ፡ከወንድሞቻችኹ፡ጋራ፡ተካፈሉ።
9፤የሮቤልም፡ልጆች፡የጋድም፡ልጆች፡የምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ኼዱ፤በሙሴም፡እጅ፡በተሰጠ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ት እዛዝ፡ወደተቀበሏት፡ወደ፡ርስታቸው፡ወደገለዓድ፡ምድር፡ይገቡ፡ዘንድ፡በከነዓን፡ምድር፡ካለችው፡ከሴሎ፡ከእ ስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ዘንድ፡ተመለሱ።
10፤በከነዓን፡ምድር፡ወዳለው፡ወደዮርዳኖስ፡አቅራቢያም፡በመጡ፡ጊዜ፡የሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡የምናሴ ም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡በዚያ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡አጠገብ፡ታላቅ፡መሠዊያ፡ሠሩ።
11፤ለእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፦እንሆ፥በከነዓን፡ምድር፡ዳርቻ፡በዮርዳኖስ፡አጠገብ፡ባለው፡ግዛት፥የእስራኤል፡ልጆ ች፡ባሉበት፡ወገን፥የሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡የምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡መሠዊያ፡ሠርተዋል፡የሚል፡ወሬ ፡ደረሰላቸው።
12፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ይህን፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፡የእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ማኅበር፡ዅሉ፡ወጥተው፡እነርሱን፡ሊዋጉ፡በሴ ሎ፡ተሰበሰቡ።
13፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡በገለዓድ፡ምድር፡ወዳሉት፡ወደሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡ወደጋድ፡ልጆች፡ወደምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እ ኩሌታ፡የካህኑን፡የአልዓዛርን፡ልጅ፡ፊንሐስን፡ላኩ።
14፤ከርሱም፡ጋራ፡ዐሥር፡አለቃዎች፡ነበሩ፥ከእስራኤል፡ከየነገዱ፡ዅሉ፡አንድ፡አንድ፡የአባቶች፡ቤት፡አለቃ፤ እያንዳንዱም፡በእስራኤል፡አእላፋት፡መካከል፡የየአባቶቻቸው፡ቤት፡አለቃ፡ነበረ።
15፤በገለዓድም፡ምድር፡ወዳሉት፡ወደሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡ወደጋድ፡ልጆች፡ወደምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡መጡ፥እንዲህ ም፡ብለው፡ተናገሯቸው።
16፤የእግዚአብሔር፡ማኅበር፡ዅሉ፡የሚለው፡ይህ፡ነው።ይህ፡በእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡ላይ፡ያደረጋችኹት፡ኀጢአት፡ ምንድር፡ነው፧ዛሬ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ከመከተል፡ተመልሳችዃል፤ዛሬም፡መሠዊያ፡በመሥራታችኹ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ላ ይ፡ዐምፃችዃል።
17፤እኛ፡እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡ከርሱ፡ያልነጻንበት፡የፌጎር፡ኀጢአት፡ጥቂት፡ነውን፧በእግዚአብሔር፡ማኅበር፡ላ ይ፡መቅሠፍት፡ወረደ።
18፤እናንተ፡ዛሬ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ከመከተል፡ትመለሳላችኹን፧ዛሬ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ላይ፡ብታምፁ፡ነገ፡በእስራ ኤል፡ማኅበር፡ዅሉ፡ላይ፡ይቈጣል።
19፤ነገር፡ግን፥የርስታችኹ፡ምድር፡የረከሰ፡ቢመስላችኹ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ማደሪያ፡ወደሚቀመጥበት፡ወደእግዚአ ብሔር፡ርስት፡ምድር፡ዐልፋችኹ፡በመካከላችን፡ውረሱ፤ከአምላካችንም፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡መሠዊያ፡ሌላ፡ለእናንተ ፡መሠዊያ፡በመሥራታችኹ፡በእግዚአብሔርና፡በእኛ፡ላይ፡አታምፁ።
20፤የዛራ፡ልጅ፡ዐካን፡ዕርም፡ነገር፡በመውሰድ፡ኀጢአትን፡ስለ፡ሠራ፡በእስራኤል፡ማኅበር፡ዅሉ፡ላይ፡ቍጣ፡አ ልወረደምን፧ርሱም፡በኀጢአቱ፡ብቻውን፡አልሞተም።
21፤የሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡የምናሴም፡ነገድ፡እኩሌታ፡ለእስራኤል፡አእላፋት፡አለቃዎች፡እንዲህ፡ብለ ው፡መለሱላቸው።
22፤የአማልክት፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፥የአማልክት፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ርሱ፡ዐውቆታል፥እስራኤልም፡ያውቀ ዋል፤በእግዚአብሔር፡ላይ፡ዐምፀንና፡ተላልፈን፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡ዛሬ፡አታድነን፤
23፤እግዚአብሔርን፡ከመከተል፡እንድንመለስ፥የሚቃጠለውን፡መሥዋዕትና፡የእኽል፡ቍርባን፡እንድናሳርግበት፥የ ደኅንነትንም፡መሥዋዕት፡እንድናቀርብበት፡ብለን፡መሠዊያ፡ሠርተን፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ርሱ፡ራሱ፡ይበ ቀለን፤
24፤ይልቁንም፡ከልባችን፡ፍርሀት፡የተነሣ፦በሚመጣው፡ዘመን፡ልጆቻችኹ፡ልጆቻችንን፦ከእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡ከእ ግዚአብሔር፡ጋራ፡ምን፡አላችኹ፧
25፤እናንተ፡የሮቤልና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፥እግዚአብሔር፡በእኛና፡በእናንተ፡መካከል፡ዮርዳኖስን፡ድንበር፡አድርጓ ልና፥በእግዚአብሔር፡ዘንድ፡ዕድል፡ፈንታ፡የላችኹም፡ይሏቸዋል፡ብለን፡ይህን፡አደረግን።በዚህም፡ልጆቻችኹ፡ ልጆቻችንን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ከመፍራት፡አስተዋቸዋል።
26፤ስለዚህም፦መሠዊያ፡እንሥራ፡አልን፤ነገር፡ግን፥ለሚቃጠል፡መሥዋዕት፡ወይም፡ለሌላ፡መሥዋዕት፡አይደለም፤
27፤ነገር፡ግን፥በእኛና፡በእናንተ፡መካከል፡ከእኛም፡በዃላ፡በትውልዳችንና፡በትውልዳችኹ፡መካከል፡በሚቃጠል ፡መሥዋዕትና፡በቍርባን፡በደኅንነትም፡መሥዋዕታችን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡እናመልክ፡ዘንድ፥በሚመጣውም፡ዘመን፡ል ጆቻችኹ፡ልጆቻችንን፦በእግዚአብሔር፡ዘንድ፡ዕድል፡ፈንታ፡የላችኹም፡እንዳይሉ፡ምስክር፡ይኾናል።
28፤ስለዚህም፡አልን፦በሚመጣው፡ዘመን፡ለእኛ፡ወይም፡ለትውልዳችን፡ይህን፡ሲሉ፥እኛ፦እንሆ፥አባቶቻችን፡ያደ ረጉትን፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡መሠዊያ፡ምሳሌ፡እዩ፤በእኛና፡በእናንተ፡መካከል፡ምስክር፡ነው፡እንጂ፡ስለሚቃጠል ፡መሥዋዕትና፡ስለ፡ሌላ፡መሥዋዕት፡አይደለም፡እንላለን።
29፤በማደሪያው፡ፊት፡ካለው፡ከአምላካችን፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡መሠዊያ፡ሌላ፡ለሚቃጠል፡መሥዋዕትና፡ለእኽል፡ቍር ባን፡ለሌላ፡መሥዋዕትም፡የሚኾን፡መሠዊያን፡የሠራነው፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ላይ፡በማመፅ፡እግዚአብሔርንም፡ዛሬ፡ መከተልን፡ለመተው፡በማለት፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡ይህ፡ከእኛ፡ይራቅ።
30፤ካህኑ፡ፊንሐስና፡የማኅበሩ፡አለቃዎች፥ከርሱ፡ጋራ፡የነበሩት፡የእስራኤል፡አእላፋት፡አለቃዎች፥የሮቤል፡ ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡የምናሴም፡ልጆች፡የተናገሩትን፡ቃል፡በሰሙ፡ጊዜ፡ነገሩ፡እጅግ፡ደስ፡አሠኛቸው።
31፤የካህኑም፡የአልዓዛር፡ልጅ፡ፊንሐስ፡ለሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡ለጋድ፡ልጆች፡ለምናሴም፡ልጆች።ይህን፡መተላለፍ፡ በእግዚአብሔር፡ላይ፡አላደረጋችኹምና፡እግዚአብሔር፡በመካከላችን፡እንዳለ፡ዛሬ፡እናውቃለን፤አኹን፡የእስራ ኤልን፡ልጆች፡ከእግዚአብሔር፡እጅ፡አድናችዃል፡አላቸው።
32፤የካህኑም፡የአልዓዛር፡ልጅ፡ፊንሐስና፡አለቃዎቹ፡ከሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡ከጋድ፡ልጆች፡ዘንድ፡ከገለዓድ፡አገር ፡ወደከነዓን፡አገር፡ወደእስራኤል፡ልጆች፡ተመለሱ፥ወሬም፡አመጡላቸው።
33፤ነገሩም፡የእስራኤልን፡ልጆች፡ደስ፡አሠኘ፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡እግዚአብሔርን፡አመሰገኑ፥ከዚያም፡ወዲያ ፡የሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆች፡የተቀመጡባትን፡ምድር፡ያጠፉ፡ዘንድ፡ወጥተው፡እንዲወጓቸው፡አልተናገሩም።
34፤የሮቤል፡ልጆችና፡የጋድ፡ልጆችም፦እግዚአብሔር፡አምላክ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፡ይህ፡በመካከላችን፡ምስክር፡ነው፡ሲ ሉ፡መሠዊያውን፡ምስክር፡ብለው፡ጠሩት።
_______________መጽሐፈ፡ኢያሱ፡ወልደ፡ነዌ፥ምዕራፍ፡23።______________
ምዕራፍ፡23።
1፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤ብዙ፡ዘመን፡ከኾነ፡በዃላ፥እግዚአብሔርም፡እስራኤልን፡በዙሪያቸው፡ካሉት፡ጠላቶቻቸው፡ዅሉ ፡ካሳረፈ፡በዃላ፥ኢያሱም፡በሸመገለ፡በዕድሜውም፡ባረጀ፡ጊዜ፥
2፤ኢያሱ፡እስራኤልን፡ዅሉ፡ሽማግሌዎቻቸውንም፡አለቃዎቻቸውንም፡ፈራጆቻቸውንም፡ሹማምቶቻቸውንም፡ጠርቶ፡እን ዲህ፡አላቸው፦እኔ፡ሸምግያለኹ፥በዕድሜም፡አርጅቻለኹ፤
3፤እናንተም፡አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡በእነዚህ፡አሕዛብ፡ዅሉ፡ስለ፡እናንተ፡ያደረገውን፡ዅሉ፡አይታችዃል፤ ስለ፡እናንተ፡የተዋጋ፡ርሱ፡አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ነው።
4፤እንሆ፥እኔ፡ካጠፋዃቸው፡አሕዛብ፡ዅሉ፡ጋራ፡ከዮርዳኖስ፡ዠምሮ፡በፀሓይ፡መግቢያ፡እስካለው፡እስከ፡ታላቁ፡ ባሕር፡ድረስ፡ለነገዶቻችኹ፡ርስት፡እንዲኾኑ፡የቀሩትን፡እነዚህን፡አሕዛብ፡በዕጣ፡ከፈልኹላችኹ።
5፤አምላካችኹም፡እግዚአብሔር፡ርሱ፡ከፊታችኹ፡በብርቱ፡ይበትናቸዋል፥ከፊታችኹም፡ያሳድዳቸዋል፤አምላካችኹ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡እንደ፡ተናገራችኹም፡ምድራቸውን፡ትወርሳላችኹ።
6፤ስለዚህም፡በሙሴ፡ሕግ፡መጽሐፍ፡የተጻፈውን፡ዅሉ፡ለመጠበቅና፡ለማድረግ፡በጣም፡በርቱ፥ከርሱም፡ወደ፡ቀኝም ፡ወደ፡ግራም፡ፈቀቅ፡አትበሉ።
7፤በእናንተ፡መካከል፡ወደቀሩት፡ወደ፡እነዚህ፡አሕዛብ፡አትግቡ፤የአማልክታቸውንም፡ስም፡አትጥሩ፥አትማሉባቸ ውም፥አታምልኳቸውም፥አትስገዱላቸውም፤
8፤እስከ፡ዛሬ፡ድረስ፡እንዳደረጋችኹት፡ወደ፡አምላካችኹ፡ወደ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ተጠጉ፡እንጂ።
9፤እግዚአብሔር፡ታላላቆችንና፡ኀይለኛዎችን፡አሕዛብ፡ከፊታችኹ፡አስወጥቷል፤እስከ፡ዛሬም፡ድረስ፡ማንም፡ሊቋ ቋማችኹ፡አልቻለም።
10፤አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንደ፡ተናገራችኹ፡ስለ፡እናንተ፡የሚዋጋ፡ርሱ፡ነውና፥ከእናንተ፡አንዱ፡ሰው፡ ሺሕ፡ሰውን፡ያሳድዳል።
11፤አምላካችኹን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ትወዱት፡ዘንድ፡ለራሳችኹ፡እጅግ፡ተጠንቀቁ።
12፤እናንተ፡ግን፡ተመልሳችኹ፡በመካከላችኹ፡ወደቀሩት፡ወደ፡እነዚህ፡አሕዛብ፡ብትጠጉ፥ከነርሱም፡ጋራ፡ብትጋ ቡ፥እናንተም፡ወደ፡እነርሱ፡እነርሱም፡ወደ፡እናንተ፡ብትደራረሱ፥
13፤አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ከሰጣችኹ፡ከዚች፡ከመልካሚቱ፡ምድር፡እስክትጠፉ፡ድረስ፡መውደቂያና፡ወጥመድ፥ በጎናችኹም፡መግረፊያ፥በዐይናችኹም፡ሾኽ፡ይኾኑባችዃል፡እንጂ፡አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ከእንግዲህ፡ወዲያ ፡እነዚህን፡አሕዛብ፡ከፊታችኹ፡እንዳያሳድዳቸው፡ፈጽማችኹ፡ዕወቁ።
14፤እንሆም፥ዛሬ፡የምድርን፡ዅሉ፡መንገድ፡እኼዳለኹ፤እናንተም፡እግዚአብሔር፡ስለ፡እናንተ፡ከተናገረው፡ከመ ልካም፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡አንድ፡ነገር፡እንዳልቀረ፡በልባችኹ፡ዅሉ፡በነፍሳችኹም፡ዅሉ፡ዕወቁ፤ዅሉ፡ደርሶላችዃል፤ ከርሱም፡አንድ፡ነገር፡አልቀረም።
15፤አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡የተናገረው፡መልካም፡ነገር፡ዅሉ፡እንደ፡ደረሰላችኹ፥አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር ፡ከሰጣችኹ፡ከዚች፡ከመልካሚቱ፡ምድር፡እናንተን፡እስኪያጠፋችኹ፡ድረስ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንዲሁ፡ክፉን፡ነገር ፡ዅሉ፡ያመጣባችዃል።
16፤አምላካችኹ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ያዘዛችኹን፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡ስታፈርሱ፥ኼዳችኹም፡ሌላዎችን፡አማልክት፡ስታመልኩ፥ ስትሰግዱላቸውም፥በዚያ፡ጊዜ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ቍጣ፡ይነድ፟ባችዃል፥ከሰጣችኹም፡ከመልካሚቱ፡ምድር፡ፈጥናችኹ ፡ትጠፋላችኹ።
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1፤ኢያሱም፡የእስራኤልን፡ነገድ፡ዅሉ፡ወደ፡ሴኬም፡ሰበሰበ፥የእስራኤልንም፡ሽማግሌዎች፡አለቃዎቻቸውንም፡ፈራ ጆቻቸውንም፡ሹማምቶቻቸውንም፡ጠራ።እነርሱም፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ፊት፡ቆሙ።
2፤ኢያሱም፡ለሕዝቡ፡ዅሉ፡እንዲህ፡አለ፦የእስራኤል፡አምላክ፡እግዚአብሔር፡እንዲህ፡ይላል፦አባቶቻችኹ፥የአብ ርሃምና፡የናኮር፡አባት፡ታራ፥አስቀድመው፡በወንዝ፡ማዶ፡ተቀመጡ፤ሌላዎችንም፡አማልክት፡አመለኩ።
3፤አባታችኹንም፡አብርሃምን፡ከወንዝ፡ማዶ፡ወስጄ፡በከነዓን፡ምድር፡ዅሉ፡መራኹት፤ዘሩንም፡አበዛኹ፥ይሥሐቅን ም፡ሰጠኹት።
4፤ለይሥሐቅም፡ያዕቆብንና፡ዔሳውን፡ሰጠኹት፤ለዔሳውም፡የሴይርን፡ተራራ፡ርስት፡አድርጌ፡ሰጠኹት፤ያዕቆብም፡ ልጆቹም፡ወደ፡ግብጽ፡ወረዱ።
5፤ሙሴንና፡አሮንንም፡ላክኹ፥በመካከላቸውም፡እንዳደረግኹ፡ግብጽን፡ቀሠፍኹ፤ከዚያም፡በዃላ፡አወጣዃቸው።
6፤አባቶቻችኹንም፡ከግብጽ፡አወጣዃቸው፥ወደ፡ባሕሩም፡ደረሳችኹ፤ግብጻውያንም፡አባቶቻችኹን፡በሠረገላዎችና፡ በፈረሰኛዎች፡እስከ፡ቀይ፡ባሕር፡ድረስ፡አባረሯቸው።
7፤ወደ፡እግዚአብሔርም፡በጮኹ፡ጊዜ፡በእናንተና፡በግብጻውያን፡መካከል፡ጨለማ፡አደረገ፥ባሕሩንም፡መለሰባቸው ፥አሰጠማቸውም፤ዐይኖቻችኹም፡በግብጽ፡ያደረግኹትን፡አዩ፤በምድረ፡በዳም፡ብዙ፡ጊዜ፡ተቀመጣችኹ።
8፤እኔም፡በዮርዳኖስ፡ማዶ፡ወደተቀመጡበት፡ወደአሞራውያን፡ምድር፡አመጣዃችኹ፤ከእናንተም፡ጋራ፡ተዋጉ፥አሳል ፌም፡በእጃችኹ፡ሰጠዃችኹ፥ምድራቸውንም፡ወረሳችኹ፤ከፊታችኹም፡አጠፋዃቸው።
9፤የሞዐብም፡ንጉሥ፡የሴፎር፡ልጅ፡ባላቅ፡ተነሥቶ፡ከእስራኤል፡ጋራ፡ተዋጋ፤እንዲረግማችኹም፡የቢዖርን፡ልጅ፡ በለዓምን፡ልኮ፡አስጠራው።
10፤እኔ፡ግን፡በለዓምን፡መስማት፡አልወደድኹም፤ርሱም፡ፈጽሞ፡ባረካችኹ፥እኔም፡ከእጁ፡አዳንዃችኹ።
11፤ዮርዳኖስንም፡ተሻገራችኹ፥ወደ፡ኢያሪኮም፡መጣችኹ፤የኢያሪኮም፡ሰዎች፥አሞራዊው፥ፌርዛዊው፥ከነዓናዊው፥ ኬጢያዊው፥ጌርጌሳዊው፥ዔዊያዊው፥ኢያቡሳዊው፡ተዋጓችኹ፤አሳልፌም፡በእጃችኹ፡ሰጠዃቸው።
12፤በፊታችኹም፡ተርብ፡ሰደድኹ፥በሰይፍኽም፡በቀስትኽም፡ሳይኾን፡ኹለቱን፡የአሞራውያንን፡ነገሥታት፡ከፊታች ኹ፡አሳደዳቸው።
13፤ያልደከማችኹበትንም፡ምድር፥ያልሠራችዃቸውንም፡ከተማዎች፡ሰጠዃችኹ፥ተቀመጣችኹባቸውም፤ካልተከላችዃቸው ም፡ከወይንና፡ከወይራ፡በላችኹ።
14፤አኹንም፡እግዚአብሔርን፡ፍሩ፥በፍጹምም፡በእውነተኛም፡ልብ፡አምልኩት፤አባቶቻችኹም፡በወንዝ፡ማዶ፡በግብ ጽም፡ውስጥ፡ያመለኳቸውን፡አማልክት፡ከእናንተ፡አርቁ፥እግዚአብሔርንም፡አምልኩ።
15፤እግዚአብሔርንም፡ማምለክ፡ክፉ፡መስሎ፡ቢታያችኹ፥አባቶቻችኹ፡በወንዝ፡ማዶ፡ሳሉ፡ያመለኳቸውን፡አማልክት ፡ወይም፡በምድራቸው፡ያላችኹባቸውን፡የአሞራውያንን፡አማልክት፡ታመልኩ፡እንደ፡ኾነ፥የምታመልኩትን፡ዛሬ፡ም ረጡ።እኔና፡ቤቴ፡ግን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡እናመልካለን።
16፤ሕዝቡም፡መልሰው፡እንዲህ፡አሉ፦እግዚአብሔርን፡ትተን፡ሌላዎች፡አማልክትን፡ማምለክ፡ከእኛ፡ይራቅ፤
17፤እኛንና፡አባቶቻችንን፡ከባርነት፡ቤት፡ከግብጽ፡ምድር፡ያወጣን፥በዐይናችንም፡ፊት፡እነዚያን፡ታላላቅ፡ተ ኣምራት፡ያደረገ፥በኼድንባትም፡መንገድ፡ዅሉ፡ባለፍንባቸውም፡አሕዛብ፡ዅሉ፡መካከል፡የጠበቀን፥ርሱ፡አምላካ ችን፡እግዚአብሔር፡ነውና።
18፤እግዚአብሔር፡አሕዛብን፡ዅሉ፥በምድሪቱም፡የተቀመጡትን፡አሞራውያን፡ከፊታችን፡አሳደደ፤ስለዚህ፥ርሱ፡አ ምላካችን፡ነውና፥እግዚአብሔርን፡እናመልካለን።
19፤ኢያሱም፡ሕዝቡን፦ርሱ፡ቅዱስ፡አምላክ፡ነውና፥ርሱም፡ቀናተኛ፡አምላክ፡ነውና፥እግዚአብሔርን፡ማምለክ፡አ ትችሉም፤መተላለፋችኹንና፡ኀጢአታችኹን፡ይቅር፡አይልም።
20፤እግዚአብሔርን፡ትታችኹ፡እንግዳዎችን፡አማልክት፡ብታመልኩ፥መልካም፡ካደረገላችኹ፡በዃላ፡ተመልሶ፡ክፉ፡ ነገር፡ያደርግባችዃል፥ያጠፋችኹማል፡አላቸው።
21፤ሕዝቡም፡ኢያሱን፦እንዲህ፡አይኹን፤ነገር፡ግን፥እግዚአብሔርን፡እናመልካለን፡አሉት።
22፤ኢያሱም፡ሕዝቡን፦እንድታመልኩት፡እናንተ፡እግዚአብሔርን፡እንደ፡መረጣችኹ፡በራሳችኹ፡ላይ፡ምስክሮች፡ና ችኹ፡አላቸው፤እነርሱም፦ምስክሮች፡ነን፡አሉ።
23፤ርሱም፦አኹን፡እንግዲህ፡በመካከላችኹ፡ያሉትን፡እንግዳዎች፡አማልክት፡አርቁ፥ልባችኹንም፡ወደእስራኤል፡ አምላክ፡ወደ፡እግዚአብሔር፡አዘንብሉ፡አላቸው።
24፤ሕዝቡም፡ኢያሱን፦አምላካችንን፡እግዚአብሔርን፡እናመልካለን፥ድምፁንም፡እንሰማለን፡አሉት።
25፤በዚያም፡ቀን፡ኢያሱ፡ከሕዝቡ፡ጋራ፡ቃል፡ኪዳን፡አደረገ፥በሴኬምም፡ሥርዐትና፡ፍርድ፡አደረገላቸው።
26፤ኢያሱም፡ይህን፡ቃል፡ዅሉ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ሕግ፡መጽሐፍ፡ጻፈ፤ታላቁንም፡ድንጋይ፡ወስዶ፡በእግዚአብሔር፡ መቅደስ፡አጠገብ፡ከነበረችው፡ከአድባሩ፡ዛፍ፡በታች፡አቆመው።
27፤ኢያሱም፡ለሕዝቡ፦እንሆ፥የተናገረንን፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ቃል፡ዅሉ፡ሰምቷልና፥ይህ፡ድንጋይ፡ይመሰክርብና ል፤እንግዲህ፡አምላካችኹን፡እንዳትክዱ፡ይህ፡ምስክር፡ይኾንባችዃል፡አላቸው።
28፤ኢያሱም፡ሕዝቡን፡በያንዳንዱ፡ወደ፡ርስቱ፡ሰደደ።
29፤እንዲህም፡ኾነ፤ከዚህ፡ነገር፡በዃላ፡የእግዚአብሔር፡ባሪያ፡የነዌ፡ልጅ፡ኢያሱ፡ዕድሜው፡መቶ፡ዐሥር፡ዓመ ት፡ሲኾነው፡ሞተ።
30፤በተራራማውም፡በኤፍሬም፡አገር፡በገዓስ፡ተራራ፡በሰሜን፡ባለችው፡በርስቱ፡ዳርቻ፡በተምናሴራ፡ቀበሩት።
31፤ኢያሱ፡ባለበት፡ዘመን፡ዅሉ፥ከኢያሱም፡በዃላ፡በነበሩት፡ለእስራኤልም፡ያደረገውን፡የእግዚአብሔርን፡ሥራ ፡ዅሉ፡ባወቁት፡በሽማግሌዎች፡ዘመን፡ዅሉ፥እስራኤል፡እግዚአብሔርን፡አመለኩ።
32፤የእስራኤልም፡ልጆች፡ከግብጽ፡ያወጡትን፡የዮሴፍን፡ዐጥንት፡ያዕቆብ፡ከሴኬም፡አባት፡ከኤሞር፡ልጆች፡በመ ቶ፡በግ፡በገዛው፡ዕርሻ፡በሴኬም፡ቀበሩት፤ዕርሻውም፡ለዮሴፍ፡ልጆች፡ርስት፡ኾነ።
33፤የአሮንም፡ልጅ፡አልዓዛር፡ሞተ፤በተራራማውም፡በኤፍሬም፡አገር፡ለልጁ፡ለፊንሐስ፡በተሰጠችው፡በጊብዓ፡መ ሬት፡ቀበሩት፨

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