24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
24 Nao wakamjibu Yoshua, na kusema, Ni kwa sababu ya sisi watumishi wako kuambiwa hakika, jinsi huyo Bwana, Mungu wako alivyomwamuru mtumishi wake Musa kuwapa ninyi nchi hii yote, na kuwaangamiza wenyeji wote wa nchi hii watoke mbele zenu; kwa sababu hii tuliogopa mno kwa ajili ya uhai wetu kwa sababu yenu, nasi tumefanya neno hili.