¹ Sono yakhobe waka manya kuti mukaba chakulya mu Egiputo. Wakaba phalila bana bake banalume,'' chifukwa mukulabiskana yumoza na munyake?'' ² Iye wakati,''Onani kuno, napulika kuti muli chakulya mu Egiputo. Lutani kwene kula na kutigulilako ise mwakuti tibe naumoyo ndipo tileke kufwa.'' ³ Babili ba yosefe khumi bakahilila ku Egiputo kugula chakulya. ⁴ Kwene yakhobe waka mutuma chala benjamini, mbale wa yosefe, pamoza na babale bake, pakuti wakati,'' nilina chofyo kuti chiheni chingiza pa iye.'' ⁵ Bana ba Isiraeli bakiza kugula pakati pa abo so bakiza, pakuti zinja ikaba mu chalo cha Kenani. ⁶ Sono Yosefe wakaba ndina ya chalo chose chila. Iye ndiye wakaba uyo wakagulisa kubanthu bose ba mu chalo. babale ba Yosefe bakiza nakusunama pasi kwa iye na visko vabo pasi. ⁷ Yosefe wakabaona bake na kubapani kizga yibo, kwene iye wakajibisa kwa yibonaku yobaya nankhongo na yibo. wakati kwa yibo,'' ninkuni uko mwafumila ?'' bakati ,'' ku fuma kuchalo cha kenani kuzagula chaku lya ⁸ Yosefe wakaba manya babale bake, kwene yibo bakamu manya chala. ⁹ Ntheula Yosefe waka kumbukila maloto waka lota pa yibo, na kuyoboya kwa yibo ,'' ndi mwe ba skoli! mwizila kuzakaona malo yanyakeya chalo ya mbula kuvikilika.'' ¹⁰ Baka yoboya kwa iye,'' chalo, Fumu yane batebeti binu biza kuzagula chakulya. ¹¹ Ise tose tili bana ba muthu yomoza. Ndise ba nthu bogomezgeka. Batebeti binu mba skoli chala,'' ¹² Wakati kwa yibo, ''chala , mwizila ku zaka ona vigaba vya chalo vyambula kuvikilili ka.'' ¹³ Bakati ,''ise batebeti binu tili babele tweluvu, bana banalime ba munthu yumoza muchalo cha Kanani. Onani muchoko chomene zuba lino wali na dada bithu, yumoza mbale withu ngwa moyo chala.'' ¹⁴ Yosefe wakati kwa yibo,'' ichi ndicho nkha yoboya kwa imwe; ndimwe ba skoli. ¹⁵ Mwayichi mupimikenge. Nga nkhwa falao, imwe mufumengepo pano chara, pakhapekha muchoko chomene mbale winu wize kuno. ¹⁶ Tumani yomoza wa imwe na kuti waka mutole mbale winu. imwe mukhalililenge mu jere, mwakuti mazgo yinu yapimike,panji muli unenesko mwayimwe. padela pa yichi , nga nkhwa falao, nadi ndimwe baskoli. ¹⁷ Bakabayika bose mumalo yakulindizga cheluzgo kwa masiku yatatu ¹⁸ Yosefe wakati yibo pa zuba la chitatu ,'' chitani ichi ndipo mube ba moyo, pakuti ine nkhopa chiuta. ¹⁹ Usange ndimwe banthu bakugomezgeka,leka ni yumoza wa babale binu waja lilike mu jere, kwene imwe mulute, nyamulani chakulya chifukwa khli njala ku manyumba kwinu. ²⁰ Zaninaye mununguna winu muchoko chomene kwa ine mwakuti mazgo yinu yasandiwe ndipo imwe mufwenge chala,'' yibo baka chita ntheula ²¹ Baka yobo yeskana ku yumoza na munyake,'' ose nadi ndise bakwananga kulingani na mbale withu mwayichi tikapna kusuzgika kwa wa umoyo wake apo waka beyelelanga naise ndipo ise kuti tikamupulikila chala. Ntheula suzgo yili liza pa ise.'' ²² Rubeni wakaba zgola,'' nkhamuphalilani yayi imwe,'' munga muchitilanga uheni munyamata kwene imwe mukaphlika chara? Sono, Onani ,ndopa zake zili pa ise.'' ²³ Yibo baka manya chala kuti Yosefe wakaba pulika, kuti pakaba mutoliki pakati pa bo. ²⁴ Wakazgoka ku fuma kwa yibo na kulila. waka welela kwa yibo na kubo na kuyoboya nabo. wakatola simiyoni pakati pawo naku mukaka iye pamaso yabo. ²⁵ Ntheula Yosefe wakalangula batebeti bake kuzuzga mathumbo yoba bale bake navya kulya, na kutola ndalama kubawezgela na kubayikila waliyose mu thumba lake, na ku bapa yibo vyakupiwa pa ulendo wabo. Ichi chika chitika kwa yibo. ²⁶ Babale bake bakayika pa mabulu yabo chaklya nakuluta kufumapo pala. ²⁷ Apo yumoza wayibo waka jula thumbo lake ku peleka chakylya kwa bula yake mumalo yakupumulilapo, Wakaona ndalama yake. Henani, ichi chikaba mukujula thumba lake. ²⁸ Wakaba phalila babale bake,'' ndalama yane ba yiwezgelamoso.Onani iyi nthene; ili muthumba lane,'' Mitima yabo yikazitopa ndipo bakazyokelana munyna munyake nakunjema nakuti, kasi nchivichi icho chiuta wachita kwa ise?'' ²⁹ Yibo bakaluta kwa yakhobe, dada wabo mu chalo cha Kenani na kumanyiska vose ivo vikachika kwa yibo . Baka yoboya, ³⁰ ''Munthu, fumu ya chalo, yika yoboya nase mwa nkhaza na kuganayana kuti ise tikaba ba skoli mu chalo. ³¹ Tikayoboya kwa iye,' ndise banthu bakugomezgeka. ndise baskoli chala. ³² Ise tilibabale tweluvu,bana ba dada. yamoza wa ise ngwa moyo chala, ndipo muchoko chamene pa zuba zino wali na dada bithu muchalo cha Kenani. ³³ Iye uyu, fumu ya chalo, yika yoboya kwa ise,'' mwayichi nimanyenge kuti imwe ndimwe banthu bakugomezgeka. mulekani yamoza wa ba bale binu wabe na ne, tolani chakulya chifukwa kuli njala kumanyumba kwinu, ndipo lutaninge munthowa yinu. ³⁴ Mwize naye mbale winu muchoko chomene kwa ine. Ntheula nazamumanya kuti ndimwe ba skoli chala, kwene kuti ndimwe banthu baunenesko. Ntheula ni zamukumasila mbale winu ndipo muchitenge malonda muchalo.'' ³⁵ Chikaba ntheula apo baka khutulanga mathumba yabo, yala, haeneni, waliyose thumba lake munthu mukaba thumba la siliva. pala yibo na wiskebo bakaona mathumba yabo ya siliva bakaba na mantha. ³⁶ Wise bo yakhobae iye wakati kwa yibo,''mwanilizga ine na chitima cha bana bane. Yosefe ngwa moyo chala, simiyoni wa luta, na Benja mini mumutoleso. vose vinthu ivi vikumikika na na yine,'' ³⁷ Rubeni wakayoboya kwa bawiske, kuphala, ''mungakoma bana bane bana kume babili pala nilekenge kwiza nayo benjamini kwa yimwe. muyikani mu maboko yane, ndipo namukwizaso naye kwa imwe,'' ³⁸ Yakhobe wakati,'' mwana wane walutenge namwe chala. pakuti mbale wake wali kufwa ndipo iye wakhala yekha. Usange chiheni chiza pa iye panthowa iyo mwamkulutilamo, ntheula mupelekenge sisi lane lanyivwi na chitima ku dindi,''