¹ Jakobe wakali kunkala munyika bweenzhyezhyi ya bauhi, munyika ya Canaana. ² Aya nga makani a Jakobe. Josefa, wakali mukubunhi wa myaka iikumi aciloba, wakali kweembela lubono lwa bauhi abana bakwabo. Bakali antoomwe abana ba Bilhar alimwi abana ba Zilpah, bamuka ushi. Josefa wakaleta twaambo kuli bauhi tutali kabotu. ³ Ono Isulaili wakali kumuyandihya Josefa kwiinda boonse bana bakwe nkaambo wakamuzhyala mubucembele. Wakamubambila cikobela cibotu kapati. ⁴ Bana bakwabo bakabona kuti bauhi bakali kumuyanda walo kwiinda mbabo boonse babunyina. Baka musulaika alimwi tobakali kubandika kabotu anguwe. ⁵ Josefa wakalota ciloto, alimwi wakabambila bana bakwabo. ⁶ Bakamusulaika bwiinda. Wakati kuli mbambo, ''Kamu teelela ciloto ncindalota. ⁷ Mubone, twali kwaanga misunta ya maila mumuunda, mpoona musunta wangu waimikila, mpoona, misunta yenu yauhinguluka yaukotamina musunta wangu.'' ⁸ Bana bakwabo bakati kuli nguwe, ''hena uyeeya kuti uyakuba mwami wesu? Uyeeya kuti uya kutulela?'' Baka musulaika kwiinda akaambo kamalotoakwe a mazwi akwe. ⁹ Wakalota alimwi cimbi ciloto aku caambakubanabakwabo. Wakati, ''Amubone, ndalota alimwi antongwezhyi zhyili kumi aimwi zhyandi kotamina.'' ¹⁰ Waka caamba ciloto cakwe kuli bauhi mbubona mbwaakambila banaba kwabo, bauhi baka mutongooka, bakati, ''Nciloto nzhyi eei ncoolota? Hena babanyoko ambebo alimwi abana bakwenu tuya kukukotamina? ¹¹ Bana bakwabo kunyina nobakabotelwa, pele bauhi bakaa yobola aya makani mumizeezo. ¹² Bana bakwabo bakaunka kuya kweembela mbelele zhya bauhi ku Shechem. ¹³ Isulaili wakati kuli Josefa, ''Tee bana bakwenu bali ku Shechem ku kweembela mbelele? Boola, nkutume kuli mbabo.'' Josefa wakati kuli bauhi, ''Inga ndaunka.'' ¹⁴ Bauhi bakati, ''unka ono, ukabone bana bakwenu naa bapona kabotu ambelele naa zhyili kabotu, uboole uzhyi kundaambile.'' Jakobe wakamutuma, Kwiinda kucibanda ca Hebron, alimwi Josefa wakaunka ku Shechem. ¹⁵ Umwi mulombwana wakamu swaanganya Josefa. Mpoona, Josefa ulaingaila musokwe. Mulombwana waka mubuzhya wakati,''Ukapaula znhyi?'' ¹⁶ Josefa wakati, ''Nkapaula bana bakwesu. Amundaabile, ndakomba, nkobeembelela mbelele.'' ¹⁷ Mulombwana wakati, ''bakahvwa kuno, nkaambo ndakabavwa kaba kanza kuya ku Dothan.''' Josefa waka tobela alimwi akuya kubayana ku Dothan bana bakwabo. ¹⁸ Bakamubona ucili alaale, ono katana hika muhyi munhyi lyabo, bakapangana kuti ayaiwe. ¹⁹ Bana bakwabo bakati kuli umwi aumwi, ''Kamulanga, ngooyu himaloto waboola. ²⁰ Kamuboola ono,aboobo, tumuyaye amana tumuwaale mucilindi cimwi tukaambe kuti, ''Walumwa munyama; Tubone maloto akwe naa alabeleka znhyi.'' ²¹ Lubeni wakabahvwa kabakanza, wakamuhuna wakati, ''Tutamuyayi pe.'' ²² Lubeni wakati kuli mbabo, ''Mutatili bulowa, kamumu waala buyo mumulindi, amubule ncomucita kuli nguwe,'' - Kumwi ka kwete muzeezo wakumuvwana kuti amane a mupiluhe kuli bauhi. ²³ Cakacitika kuti Josefa naa kahika kubanyina, bakamunyanga cibaki cakwe cibotu. ²⁴ Bamunyamuna akumuwaala mumulindi. Mulindi ooyu wakanyina a meezhyi muli nguwo. ²⁵ Bakakala kulya cikwa. Bakatambya meso aabo alimwi akulanga, alimwi, mpoona, baka bona inkamu yaba hinyenda ba Ishmaelites bakali kuhwa ku Gilead, ama nkamela auumwine mpahya ya kusambala balaya ku Egipiti. ²⁶ Judah wakati kubana bakwabo, ''Tuyana mpindu znhyi kuti twayaya mukwesu akuvwumba bulowa bwakwe? ²⁷ Kamuboola, atumusambale kuma Ishmaeli tutabiki matanhi eesu ali nguwe. Nkaambo mwanaakwesu, tuli nyama yomwe; bana bakwabo bakamuteelela. ²⁸ Basambazhyi ba Midianite bakainda. Bana bakwabo Josefa bakamukwela kuzhwa mumulindi. Bamusambala ku ma Ishmaelites makumi obileaa siliva. Ma Ishmaelites baka mutola Josefa ku Egipiti. ²⁹ Lubeni wakapiluka ku mulindi, alimwi, mpoona, wakayana Josefa tako mumulindi. Wakakwamauna zhyakusama zhyakwe. ³⁰ Wakapilukamku bana bakwabo waamba, ''musankwa tamo mucilindi, ono mebo njekuli?'' ³¹ Bakayaya kapongo mpoona ba kabweza cibaki ca Josefa a kucitoba mubulowa bwa kapongo. ³² Mpoona baka bweza cibaki ca Josefa bacitola kuli bauhi alimwi akwaamba, ''Twacibwezela eeci. Kamubona naa ncamwana wenu.'' ³³ Jakobe wakacizhyiba, wakati, ''Ncencico ncikobela ca mwaanga. Munyama wakamuluma. Mahimpe Josefa waka kwamaunwa.'' ³⁴ Jakobe waka kwamauna zhyikobela zhyakwe wasama masaka kucibuno cakwe. Walila mwanaakwe mazuba manji. ³⁵ Bana bakwe boonse basankwa alimwi abakaintu bakanyamuka kuti bakaumbulizhya wihyi, pele wakaka. Wakati, ''mahimpe njakuzhyikwa buyo nhilila mwanaangu.'' Josefa uhi wakamulila. ³⁶ Ba Midianites baka musambala ku Egipiti kuli Potiphar, mubelehi wa Faalo, hilutwe wa balindizhyi ba mwami.