¹ Kabiji pakupita bino bintu muntu wamubujile Yosefwa, "Talai basemi bakolwa." Kepo amushilwile Nababana baji babiji babalume Manase ne Effelaimu, ne kuya konka. ² Kabiji bamubujile Yakoba, "Monai, mwanenu Yosefwa waiya nakwimimona," Yakoba waubile ngovu nekwikala pa mwanya waji. ³ Yakoba wamwambijile Yosefwa, "Kambo Lesa wamwekele kwi amiwa pa Luz mu ntanda ya kenanama. Wapensheshe amiwa ⁴ Kabiji ne kun`ambila amiwa, Mona, kemivuzha, ne kusemununa amweba. Kenikoka nya mukoka umo. Kapana ino ntanda kukisemi kyenu myaka ne myaka. ⁵ Pano bana bobe babiji, basemekelwa mutanda ya Ijipita sakyange kwiya mu Ijipita, nbo bami. Efulaimu ne Mananse bakekala bami. Byoka lubeni ne Simona bami. ⁶ Bakana bakasemwa bobe; Bakabikwa panshi yamazhina yabalongo babo mu bu swani. ⁷ Mino amiwa byo nafumine ku ntandaPaddan, lechela wafwile ne kundetela bulanda mutanda ya Kenana mujishinda, byo kwajinga museke wakuya ku Efulata. Namuzhikile mujishinda pa kuya ku Efulata" (Ko kubamba Betelema). ⁸ Isalela bya amwene bana ba Yosefwa, waambile amba, "Bobangani? ⁹ Yosefwa wamwambile shaji amba, Bana baami, Abo Lesa apa muno". Isalela wa mwambijile amba, "Balete kwi amiwa, ku bamba nebapeshe." ¹⁰ Pano Isalele meso aji akakelwenga kumona mambo wakomene, kepo Yosefwa wiba letele kubwipi naji, kabiji wiba fyopele nekwiba kumbata. ¹¹ Isalela wamwambijile Yosefwa, "kechi naketekejile kumona kilungi kyobe jibiji. Mino Lesa waswisha amiwa kumona bana bonbe." ¹² Yosefwa webafumishe kumawingo a kyeni kya Isalela. Kabiji nekukunamika kilungi kyaji panshi. ¹³ Yosefwa wafumishe bonse Efulema na kuboko kwa kilujo kukuboko kwa kipiko kwaisalela, kabiji manase nakuboko kwakipiko kukuboko kwaisalela, Babaletele kipi naji. ¹⁴ Isalela wafikizhe kuboko kwakilujo ne kubika pe Efulemu, wajinga mwanyike, kabiji kukipiko pimananse pamutwe wamananse wajinga mubeji. ¹⁵ Isalela wamupenseshe Yosefwa, Nekwamba amba. Lesa wajinako na batata ba Abulama ne Izaka ba Endele, Lesa wandama amiwa ne jalelo, ¹⁶ Malaika wazhikijila amiwa kufuma kubalwani bonse, apeshe bano basongwalume. Jizhina jami jitumbalale mwi abo, kabiji jizhina jabatata ba Abulama na Izake. Lekai jikome pakatampe pano pa ntanda". ¹⁷ Yosefwa byo amwene kubamba kuboko kwa kilujo kuji pa mutwe wa Efulemu kyamufishishe kumuchima waji, wafumishe kuboko kwa shaji nekufumya pe Efulemu ne kubika pe Mananse pa mutwe. ¹⁸ Yosefwa wamwambijile shaji, " Kechi bibye Tata; Mambo uno yemubeji. Bikai kuboko kwenu kwa kilujo pa mutwe wanji," ¹⁹ Bashaji bakaine ne kwamba-amba, "Nayuka mwanami, nayuka. Ukekala kebantu, kabiji ukekala mukatampe, mino kasale ukekala mukulumpe kukilamo, Ne kisemi kyaji kikekala kisaka kikatampe." ²⁰ Isalela wiba pesheshe aja juba ne bino byambo,"Bantu bena Isalela ba kapeshanga mumazhina enu nekwamba amba, Lesa akwalule wikale pamo nobe Efelaimu kabiji pamo nobe Mananse; kabiji byokabyo aye watangizheko Effelaimu kukila Mananse. ²¹ Ponkapo Isalela wamwambijile Yosefwa amba: Talai amiwa nji pepi nakufwa; bino Lesa ukekala nenu, ukemubwezha jibiji ku ntanda ya bashenu. ²² Kabiji nemukizhizhapo kibese kimo kya ntanda kukila pa byo napa balongo benu kino, kya naangachile mu kuboko kwa bena Amoli na mpoko yami ne na buta bwaami bwa mukanda.