¹ Maze Yakobo aba mugihugu cose ya zereragamo,igihugu c'Ikanaani. ² Ibi bisekuru bya Yakobo ,Yosefu amaze imiaka cumi ni rindwi,ajakucunga intama na bene se,yararu musore hamwe na bana ba Biiliha, na bana ba Zilipa,abasore bose. Maze Yosefu azanira se amakuru gabo mabi. ³ Aliko Isaraeli yakundaga Yosefu kuruta bandi bose mubanabe kuko yararumwana wo mubuka mwebwe,amushonera imyenda ya maraba gatandahuye. ⁴ Bene se barebako se amukunze kubaruta bose,baramwanga babura amahoro. ⁵ Yakobo arotaindoto,azirotore bene se banaguma kumwanga . ⁶ Arababwira ngo:ni mwumve ndabasabye ,kulizi ndoto na rose. ⁷ Dore twaturi guhambi imzigo mumurima,aliko umuzigo gwanje guragwa ,aliko gusubira guhagarara,dore imitwaro yanyu,irazunguruka,aliko nyuma ipfukama imbere yumuzigo gwanje. ⁸ Bene se baramubwira ngo:Weho uzadutwara?Cngwa mukuri uzadutegeka?bagumya kumwana kubera indotoze na magambo ge. ⁹ Arota ni zindi ndoto ,azirotorera bene se aragamba ngo:narose izindi ndoto .dore izuba,ukwezi ,inyenyeri cumi numwe biri kumpfukamira. ¹⁰ Abibwira se na bene se ,ise aramwiyama ngo:Nindoto zowarose?Njewe na nyoko na bene so tuza gupfukamira hasi kubutaka. ¹¹ Bene se bamugira ishali,Aliko se acunga isili mumutima gwe. ¹² Bene se haja kuragira intama za se Isekumu. ¹³ Israeli abwira Yosefu ngo :bene so ntibaragiye Isekumu ?ngwino ngutume ahobari yitaba ngo ndihano. ¹⁴ Aramubwira ngo:Genda urebe bene so noba barikuragira neza,nintama ko arinziza maze unzanire ihabari menye amutuma avuye i Herimoni mpaka Sekumu. ¹⁵ Umuntu mwe asanga arikugenda mu Sharuba,uwo muntu amubaza ngo:urikushakaki? ¹⁶ Aramubwira ngo: Ndigushaka bene data ndagusabye umbwire aho baragiriye intama. ¹⁷ Uwo muntu aramubwira ngo:Bavuye hano,kuko nayumwishe barikugamba ngo bave hano ,tuje kwa Dotana Yosefu akurikira bene se ,abasanga kwa Donata. ¹⁸ Baramuranga ,atarakabageraho bajina ma y kumwica. ¹⁹ Baragambana ubwabo:dore Kolosi araje. ²⁰ Nuko rero ni muze tumwice ,tumute nucoba turagamba ngo:Ikimizi co mushamba camuriye ,maze tuzarebe indoto ze ico zirakora. ²¹ Rubeni abyumvishije aramuburira amukura mumaboko gabo.aragamba ngo:tutakuraho ubuzima bwe. ²² Rubeni arabwira ngo:Matamena amaraso ge;ahubwo mumujugujure kuri Mubutayu,aliko mutamukozaho amaboko,kugira ngo akize ubugingo bwe ngo amusubize iwase. ²³ Maze Yosefu asohoye kuribene se,bamukuramo imyendaye yamabara yariyambaye. ²⁴ Bamufashe bamujana kumuta mu mwobo icocoba cakirimo ubusa ntana mazi gagarimo. ²⁵ Baricara bararya:barebye babona igikundi cabachuruzi na ba Ishimaeli baza baturutse i Beliadi hamwe ni ngomya bikoreye amavuta meza nagandi mavuta barigute remukira mi Misri. ²⁶ Yuda abwira bene se ngo:bitumariye iki kwica umwana wacu tugahisha amaraso ge? ²⁷ Muze tumugurishe mu Baisimael,amaraso ge gatatu baho,kanini umwana wacu,bene se baramurunva . ²⁸ Maze Abamidiani banyu kuba curuzi,bafata Yosefu bara mugurisha ku Waishimaeli ibice mirongo ibiri ba makuta bajana Yosegfu mu Misri. ²⁹ Rubeni agiye guhengeza murica cobo abona Yosefu ntaurimo ;apasura imyendaye. ³⁰ Asubira kwa bene se aragamba .Umwana wacu ntaho arimucobo ,none njewe ndajahe? ³¹ Bafata umwenda gwa Yosefu maze bafata,hene yimfizi ugo mwenda gwe bagushira mu maraso gayo. ³² Batumagwa mwenda gwa mabara bagujanira se baramubeira ngo dore ibyo tubonye,reba niba arumwenda gu mwana wawe cangwa ntaho arigo. ³³ Amaze kumenya ,agamba n'umwenda gu mwana wanje,ikimizi camuriye.nukuri Yosefu camusatagiye. ³⁴ Yakobo asatura imyenda ye akenyera ibifuko bishaje arikuririra umwana we imisi myingi. ³⁵ Abanabe ,abahara be bose bazagufariji se,ariko yanga guceceka agamba ngo:Oya ndateremuka nje kureba akaburi ku mwana wanje,ndanikuboroga,ise yamurirye cane. ³⁶ Abamidiani ba muguze bo mu Misri biwafotifari comanda nkuru wa barindaga Farao.