Kwathi ngomnyaka wesibili ngeny anga yesibili ngolwamashumi amabili lwenyanga ifu lenyuswa etabernakele lobufakazi.

Ake anga bi njengofileyo , onyama yakhe idliwe inxenye , nxa ephuma esizalweni sikanina.

Lawa angamakhosi ezwe anqotshwa nguJoshuwa nangabantwana bakwa- Israyeli ngaphesheya kweJordani ngasentshonal anga, kusukela eBali Gadi esigodini saseLebanoni kuze kufike entabeni yaseHalaki eyenyukela eSeyiri , uJoshuwa walinika izizwe zakwa-Israyeli libe yifa ngokwezabelo zabo

Washaywa luvalo ngobani , wamesaba, waze waqamba am anga, awangikhumbula, futhi ungakubekanga enhliziyweni yakho , na? Angithi njengokuba ngithulile kwasendulo, awungesabi, na?

Wayesengibuyisela emnyango wendlu ; bheka, amanzi aphuma phansi kombundu wendlu ngasempumal anga, ngokuba ubuso bendlu babungasempumalanga; amanzi ehla evela phansi , ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu, ngaseningizimu kwe-altare.

Ngenyanga yesikhombisa ngolwamashumi amabili nanye lweny anga izwi likaJehova lafika ngesandla sikaHagayi umprofethi, lathi:

Kunjani pho ? Uma abanye bengakholw anga, ukungakholwa kwabo kuyakwenza ize ukukholeka kukaNkulunkulu na?

Ngokuba nasekufikeni kwethu eMakedoniya inyama yethu ayib anga nakuphumula, kodwa sakhathazeka nxazonke ; ngaphandle kwakukhona ukulwa, ngaphakathi ukwesaba.