Yoshua 9:7
Joshua 9:7 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015
Basi watu wa Israeli wakawaambia hao Wahivi, “Lakini huenda mnakaa karibu nasi, twawezaje basi kufanya mapatano nanyi?”
Joshua 9:7 in English
Joshua 9:7 · Berean Standard Bible
But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
Context
5Walivaa miguuni mwao viatu vilivyoraruka na kushonwa kisha wakavaa nguo kuukuu. Chakula chao kilikuwa mkate uliokauka na kuingia koga. 6Ndipo wakamwendea Yoshua kambini huko Gilgali wakamwambia yeye pamoja na watu wa Israeli, “Tumetoka katika nchi ya mbali, fanyeni mkataba nasi.” 7Basi watu wa Israeli wakawaambia hao Wahivi, “Lakini huenda mnakaa karibu nasi, twawezaje basi kufanya mapatano nanyi?” 8Wakamwambia Yoshua, “Sisi ni watumishi wako.”
Yoshua akawauliza, “Ninyi ni nani, nanyi mnatoka wapi?” 9Nao wakamjibu: “Watumishi wako wametoka nchi ya mbali sana kwa ajili ya umaarufu wa Bwana Mungu wenu. Kwa kuwa tumesikia taarifa zake: hayo yote aliyofanya huko Misri,
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