¹ Yakoba waikajile mutanda yo shanji wa endelemo kala, mutanda ya kenani. ² Bino byobintu bya Yakoba. Yosefu wajinga namyaka jikumi naitanu naibiji, Nakulama mikoko naba longo baji, wajinga nabana baji Bilhah ne bana bakwa Zilpah, bamukazhi anji. Yosefu walentele mawi abula bukishika ne ambo kwi bashmbo. ³ Pano Ialela wantemwenwe Yosefu kukila bonse bana baji babalume mambo wajinga mwana wamubukote. Wamulengele kiwuuto kyamatomyantomya. ⁴ Balongo baji bamumwene kubbamba bashanji bamutemwa kukila boonse balongo baji. Bamupatile nekubula kwamba mutende kwi aye. ⁵ Yosefu walondele kiloto, kabiji nekubula balongo baji. Bamupachile kukilapo. ⁶ Wibambijile amba, "Napapata ntelekai kukino kinto kyonalonta. ⁷ Monai twaji kukasanga senke mumajimi kabiji monai kikunta kyami kyaimana nekwimana kyaoloka, ne kumona, bikunta byenu bya shokoloka nekufukamina kukikunta kyami". ⁸ Balongo baji bamwambijile amba, " Kine wafwainwa kwitwi kazha atweba? Wafwainwa kwi twikazha atweba?" Bamupachile kukilapo mambo abilonto byambo byaji. ⁹ Kabiji walontele kikwambo nekubula balongo baji. waambile amba, " Talai, nalota kikwambo kilonto: munte ne n`ondo ne Tubanga banga jikumi nakamo byafukama kwi amiwa". <sup>10</sup> Wa bujile bashaji nekubalongo baji, kabiji bashaji bamukumbwile amba, Bamwambjile amba," Ngani kilonto kyowalonta? Ban`ombe ne amiwa ne balongo bafwainwa nokukufukamina ¹¹ Balongo baji bamuvwijile kichima. Byoka byo bashaji balamine byambo mumuchhima. ¹² Balongo baji baile nakufunga mikoko yaba shabo mu shechem. ¹³ Isalela waambijile Yosefu, " Kechi balongo bombe baya mukufunga mikoko mu shechem? Iya, mbena kukutuma kabiji. " Yosefu waambile amba, "Nenengezha". ¹⁴ Wamwambijile, " Yanga pano, Monai kyawama nebalongo kulama bulongo mikoko, nekulenta jiwi" Kepo Yakoba wamutumine kuya mu kikulu kya Hebuloni, Ne kuya ku Shechem. ¹⁵ Mukwabo muntu wataine Yesefu. Monai, Yesefu wapitan`ainenga mubujimi. Muntu wamwipujizhe,'' Ubena kukeba ka?'' ¹⁶ Yosefu amba,'' Mbena kukeba balongo bami, napopola kombena kujishisha mikoko,'' ¹⁷ Muntu amba,'' Baji kusha inompuzha, mambo najikwibonvwa amba, lekai tuyenga ku Dafun.'' kepo yosefu walondejile balongo baji ne kwiba tana Dafan. ¹⁸ Ba mumwene palepa, sa-akyange kufika kobaji, Bamulangulukile jimo kumwipaya. ¹⁹ Balongo banji besambile umo nemukwabo,'' monai, nkambo wabiloto wafikakala. ²⁰ Iyai pano, Byokabo, lekai tumwipaye nekumutaya mukimbo. Tusakwimba amba,'' banyama bamungye bamonauna ,' Tusakumona bikafuma mubiloto,'' ²² Lubeni wauvwine nekumupokolola kumu nekumufumya kumaboko abo. Wa-ambile,'' kechi tumwipaye ine.'' ²¹ Lubeni wibambijile amba,'' kyatama kwitila mashi.Mutayai mukino kimbo kijimukiselebwa, mino kechi mu bikepo maboko ne'' ku bamba amupulushe kufuma kumaboko ambo nekumuleta kwi bashaji ²³ Kyafikile kimye Yosefu afikile kubalongo baji, Bamu tabwijile kivulo kya mantomya kyawamine. ²⁴ Bamushikwile nekumutaya mukimbo kechi mwajinga kintu nanga mema. ²⁵ Baikele panshi nakuja shikwa. Bainwine meeso nekumona, kabiji monai, kalaki wanbena Ishimela waishilenga kufuma ku Gilead, nabangamela sabasenda byanoka bulongo ne balm ne mala. Basendele nekuya ku Ijipita. ²⁶ Yuda waambijile balongo baji, " Fwento ka inge twaipaya mulongo wetu nekuzhika mashi aji? ²⁷ Iyai, kabiji nekumunpotesha kubena Ishimela nekubula kubika mambo pe aye. Mambo mulongo wetu muswine wentu". Balongo baji bamuntelekele. ²⁸ Mbena Midiani basulu bapicilenga. Balongo baji bamukwachile nikumwimimanya ku fumya mukimbo. Bamuponteshe kwi bena Ishimali makumi abij ashiliva. Ba musendele Yosefu kumbena Ishimeli ku ijpita. ²⁹ Lumbeni wabwelele ku kimbo, kabiji monai, Yosefu kechi wajingamo mukimbo ne. Watabwile bivwalo byaji. ³⁰ Wabwelele kubalongo baji ne kwamba, amba, "songwalume ufwamo mikimbo. Ne amiwa sakkuyapi?" ³¹ Baipeye mwana mukoko nekutayamo kivwalo kya Yosefu mumashi. ³² Nekulenta kwibashabo ne kwamba amba, " Twaji kutana bino nobe kana kivwalo kya mwanenu nangwa ne." ³³ Yakoba wikivulukile ne kwamba amba, "kivwalo kya mwanami Nyama wamungye wamuja, Yosefu bamutambula mubipiva" ³⁴ Yakoba watabwile kivwalo kyaji nekuvula kivwalo kyamajila, nekujila mwanaji moba avula. ³⁵ Bonse bana babalume nebabakazhi bamutekeneshe. Mino wakaine kumuntekenesha, wambile amba,"kine sakuya ne mukilende sakajila mwanami." Shaji wajijile pe aye. ³⁶ Mbena mipyani bamuponteshe muijipita kwi potifelo mukulumpe mwifelo, mukulumpe wama Shilikale.