1. Ndipo Yoswa anasonkhanitsa mapfuko onse a Israyeli ku Sekemu, naitana akulu akulu a Israyeli ndi akuru ao, ndi oweruza ao, ndi akapitao ao; ndipo anadzilangiza pamaso pa Mulungu.
2. Ndipo Yoswa ananena ndi anthu onse, Atero Yehova Mulungu wa Israyeli, Kale lija makolo anu anakhala tsidya lija la mtsinje, ndiye Tera, atate wa Abrahamu ndi atate wa Nahori; natumikira milungu yina iwowa.
3. Ndipo ndinamtenga kholo lanu Abrahamu tsidya lija la mtsinje, ndi kumuyendetsa m'dziko lonse la Kanani ndi kucurukitsa mbeu zace ndi kumpatsa Isake,