1. Bana ba Iseraele ba tlola molao wa ntho tse entsweng anathema. Akane, mora Karmi, mora Sabdi, mora Sera, wa leloko la Juda, a nka tsa tse entsweng anathema; mme Jehova a halefela bana ba Iseraele ke hona.
2. Joshua ha a le Jeriko, a romela banna Ai, e haufi le Beth-Avene, ka nqa botjha-bela ho Bethele, a ba bolella, a re: Eyang le hlwele lefatshe. Banna bao ba ya, ba hlwela Ai.
3. Ba boela ho Joshua, ba re ho yena: Ho se ke ha ya setjhaba kaofela; ho ye banna ba ka bang kete tse pedi, kapa tse tharo, ba futuhele Ai; o se ke wa kgathatsa setjhaba kaofela, etswe ba se bakae.
4. Yaba ho ya banna ba ka bang kete tse tharo ba setjhaba, empa ba baleha pela banna ba Ai.