¹ Yosefa bamunenele ku Ingitu. Potifa, mukabipangi wa Falo ou akele mukulunu wabaka kunyungauje wakele ka Ingitu wamulandele kutunda kuba Ishimela, aba bamunenele kuje. ² Njambi wakele na Yosefa cho wethzile nakukala munu wakuyalutwe manene. Eayoyelele munjubo ya shukwaina ka Ingitu. ³ Uje shukwaina wamwene ngwendi Njambi wakele nendi cho Njambi wamubethzikithile mu byuma byoshe walingile. ⁴ Yosefa wawanene kutetela kumesho endi. Wapangelele Potifa. Cho Potifa wamupwithile Yosefa mukulunu ha njubo yendi, nabyoshe bije akele nabyo, wabyakele mukunyungiwa kuli ikeye. ⁵ Cho chasholokele kutunda hathimbu ije amupwithile mukulunu ha njubo nabyoshe bije akele nabyo, cho Njambi wakwithwile njubo yauje ka Ingitu hamulonga wa Yosefa. Kubethzikitha cha Njambi chakele ha byuma byoshe akele nabyo Potifa munjubo na mu lihya. ⁶ Potifa wakele byuma byoshe akele nabyo mukunyungiwa kuli Yosefa. Kathele kuthinganyeka bili byoshe olojo ha kulya lika chije alile. Ngechi Yosefa wakele wamubwa cho bamuthsilililile. ⁷ Cho chasholokele hanima yechi munakathzi wa shukwaina washele mesho hali Yosefa nakwendeka ngwendi, "Lala nange." ⁸ Oloni wabtyanene nakwendeka kuli munakathzi washukwaina ngwendi, "Kenga, shukwanana kethi kwaka mbunge kuli ebi njikalinga munjubo, cho naka byoshe ebi wafuka mukubinyunga kuli yange. ⁹ Kukwethi umo wakama muno munjubo ngwe yange. Kanjibyanethele chuma nambe chimo oloni yobe, mwafwa umunakathzi wendi. Njilinga bati bukenya byakama nakulinga bubi kuli Njambi?" ¹⁰ Wendekele kuli Yosefa halitangwa halitangwa, oloniwabyanene kulala nendi nambe kukala nendi. ¹¹ Cho chasholokele litangwa limo waile munjumbo nakupanga chipangi chendi. Kumwakele nambe umo munu wamuje munjubo wahi. ¹² Wamukwatele mubuthzalo bwendi nakwendeka ngwendi. "Lala nange." Wathethzele chithzalo chendi muliboko lyendi, watewele, nakuya hanja. ¹³ Cho chasholokele, omu amwene ngwendi nathethze chithzalo chendi muliboko lyendi nakutewela hanja, ¹⁴ cho wathanene baje banalume bamunjubo yendi nakubaleka ngwendi, "Taleni, Potifa nanene ka Hebelu mangana atuthinamethe. Nakobelele muli yange nakulala nange, cho njinatambekele. ¹⁵ Chinasholokele omu nathzibile njitambekela, mukemo nathethzele chithzalo chendi nange, natewele, nakuya hanja." ¹⁶ Watumbikile chithzalo chendi kuyeyi naikeye shwi nomu shukwaina wethzile hembo. ¹⁷ Wamulekele echi nakulumbununa ngwedi, "Ou ngamba waka Hebela wanenele kuli yetu, nakobelele nakunjithinametha. ¹⁸ Cho chasholokele omu njinatambekele, nathethzele chithzalo chendi nange nakutemela hanja." ¹⁹ Chasholokele ngwe, omu shukwaina wathzibile kulumbununa wamulekele munakathzi wendi, "Echi chikeko ngamba yobe nalingile kuli yange," walubalele manene. ²⁰ Shukwaina ya Yosefa wamwambatele nakumwaka mu kamenga, mwela ou banyungilile binthzinda ba mwene. Wakele muje mukamenga. ²¹ Oloni Njambi wakele na Yosefa na kumusholwela chithzibathano chabuthunga. Wamwanene chikeketima chendi kumesho abaka kunyunga binthzinda. ²² Cho bakakunyunga binthzinda banene binthzinda boshe bakele mukamenga mumaboko a Yosefa. Byuma byoshe balingile muje, Yosefa wakele wakubitwamenena. ²³ Bakulunu kakunyunga bithzinda kubalijakamenene hali chili choshe chakele mumaboko endi, mwafwa Njamba wakele nendi. Byuma byoshe walingile, Njambi wabifukithile.