¹ Nomba panuma yaifi fintu, umutu umo alilandile kuli Yosefe ati, "mopneni, wishinwe alilwele." Elo nao alibulile abana bakwe abaume babili Manase na Efraimu. ² Uloyakobo aebelwe ati, "moneni umwana wenu umwaume Yosefe alishile kukumimona, "Israeli alikolongenye amaka kabili alikeleko mubusanshi. ³ Yaobo alialndile kuli Yosefe ati, "Lesa wamaka yonse alimonekele kuli nebo pa Lusi mu calo ca Kenani alimpalile. ⁴ Kabili alilandile kuli nebo ati, "mona, nkakufyasha, kabili nkakusandulula, nkakucita webo ukube ibumba lya nko, nkapela ici calo kubufyashi bobe nge cakupyaninina camu yaya." ⁵ Nomba abana baume bobe babili abafyelwe uli webo mu calo ca Egupti ulo nshila isa kuli webo mu Egupti bandi. Efraumu na Manase bakaba bandi, nga filya fine Rubene na Sumeone bandi. ⁶ Abana ukakwata panuma ya aba bakaba bobe mucakupyanina cabo. ⁷ Lelo kuli nebo, ulo nali kufuma mu Padani, ku cabulanda candi Rakele alifwile mu calo ca kenani munshila, ulo ninshi kushele intamfu iitali ukufika ku Efrata" (uyo e, Betelehemu). ⁸ Ulo Isrele amwene abana baume bakwa Yosefe, alilandile ati, "nibani aba?" ⁹ Yosefe alilandile kuli wishi ati, "bana bandi abaume, abo Lesa apele kuli nebo kuno."Israele alilandile ati, "balete kuli nebo, pakweba ati mbapale." ¹⁰ Nomba Israele amenso yakwe yali nakafifi pamulandu alokotele, kanshi talikumona. Elo Yosefe abapalamikile mupepi nao, kabili alibafyompele nokubakumbatila. ¹¹ Israele alilandile kuli yosefe ati, "nshalikucetekela ukumona icinso cobe nakambi, lelo Lesa ansuminisha nokumona abana bobe." ¹² Yosefe alibafumishe muceni cakwa Israeli, kabili alifukeme nokulosha icinso cakwe panshi. ¹³ Yosefe alibabulile bonse, Efraimu mukuboko kwakwe ukwakulyo ukulosha kukuboko kwakwe Israeli ukwa kuso, kabili Manase mukuboko ukwakuso ukulosha mukuboko kwakulyo ukwakwa Israeli, no bapalamika mupepi nao. ¹⁴ Israeli alitambalike ukuboko kwakwe ukwa kulyo nokubika pa mutwe wakwa Efraimu, uwalipo umwaice, nokuboko kwakwe ukwa kuso pamjutwe wakwa manase. alipusenye amaboko, pantu Manase ali beli. ¹⁵ Israeli alipalile Yosefe, ukwebati, "Lesa uo batata Abrahamu na Isaki baendele, Lesa ukonsakamana ukufiak napali buno bushiku, ¹⁶ malaika uwacingilile nebo ukufu,a ku fyabipa fyonse, apale aba balumendo. Nalinikwe ishina lyandi muli aba kabili namashina yaba tata Abrahamu na Isaki. Nabafulile mubwingi pe sonde." ¹⁷ Ulo Yosefe amwene wishi abika ukuboko kwakwe ukwa kulyo pamutwe wakwa Efraimu, tacasekeshe iyo. alibulile ukuboko kwakwa wishi ukufumya pamutwe wakwa Efraimu ukubika pa mutwe wakwa Manase. ¹⁸ Yosefe alilandile uli wishi ati, "teifyo, batata; pantu ili libeli bikeni ukuboko kwenu ukwa kulyo pamutwe wakwe." ¹⁹ wishi aikene nokulanda ati, "ndishibile, we mwana wandi, ndishibile. Nao wime akaba uluko, kabili akaba umukulu. Lelo ndume yakwe umwaice akabo mukulu ukucial ena kabili nobufyashi bwakwe bukaba icinabwingi bwanko." ²⁰ Israeli alipalile bonse bulya bushiku kuli aya mashiwi, "abena Israeli bakapalilwa muma shina yobe ukweba ati, "Lesa akulenge ukuba nga Efraimu kabili nga Manase."muli ii nshila, Israeli ilibikile Efraimu pantashi yakwa Manase. ²¹ Israeli alilandile kuli Yosefe ati, "mona, ndi mupepi nokufwa lelo Lesa akaba nobe, kabili aka kubwesesha nakucalo caba wiso. ²² Kuli webo, nga umo uuli pamulu pandume shobe, nakupa umulundu wa lupili ulo napokele kubena Amore u lupanga lwandi kabili kubuta bwandi."