¹ Jakobe wahlala endzaweni uyisae labehla kuyo, endzaweni yema Khenani. ² Leti tintfo letenteka mayelana naJakobe. Josefa, labelijaha lelineminyaka lelishumi nesikhombisa bundzala. abelusa tinvu kanye nabomnakabo. Abekanye nendvodzana yaBilhah kanye nendvodzana yaZilpah, bafati beyise. Josefa watfula sento labebasenta lesingasiso kahle kuyise wabo. ³ Nyalo isirayeli watsandza Josefa kunawowonkhe emadvodzana akhe ngobe abeyindvodzana layitfola asagugile. Wamentela lijazi lelihle. ⁴ Bomnakabo babona kutsi babe wabo umtsandza kakhulu kunabo bonkhe. Bamenyanya futsi bebanga mukhulu misi kahle. ⁵ Josefa waphupha liphupho futsi watjela bomna kabo ngalo. bamenyanya kakhulu kuna kucala. ⁶ Watsi kubo lalelani naliliphupho lengilibhudzile. ⁷ Buka, besibopha titfungo takolo ensimini futsi buka, sami sitfungo sema sacondza etulu futsi buka letenu teta takhotsama lesami. ⁸ Bomnakabo batsi kuye, Utsungasi phatsa mbamba? Utsi ungasibusa mbamba? Bamenyanya kakhulu kuna kucala ngenca yeliphupho lakhe kanye futsi nema gama lawasho. ⁹ Waphupha lelinye futsi liphupho futsi waphindze wabatjela bomnakabo. watsi, buka, ngiphuphe lelinye futsi liphupho: Lilanga kanye nenyeti netinkanyeti letilishumi nakunye betikhotsamela mine.'' ¹⁰ Walitjela uyise njengobe atjela bomnakabo, uyise wamukhalima. Watsi kuye. Yini leliphupho loliphuphile? Kungabe makewakho kanye nami nabo mnakenu empeleni siguce sikhotsame kuwe? ¹¹ Bomnakabo bamudlela umona, kepha uyise wazidla ngako. ¹² Bomnakabo bahamba bayolusela infuyo Shechem. ¹³ Israel watsi kuJosefa, '' Bomnakenu abakaluseli Shechem yini? buya, ngitakutfuma kubo.'' Josefa watsi kuye, '' Sengilungele.'' ¹⁴ Watsi kuye, Hamba nyalo, ufike ubone kutsi kusahamba kahle yini ngabomnakenu kanye nenfuyo. ungibuyele nephendvulo.''Ngakoke Jakobe wamutfuma asuka eHebron ngakoke Josefa wahamba alibangise Shechem. ¹⁵ Indvodza letsite yakhandza Josefa. buka, Josefa abeyingayinga emadlelweni. Lendvodza yamubuta, '' Ufunani?'' ¹⁶ Josefa watsi, ''Ngifuna bomnaketfu. Ngicela ungitjele kutsi balusele ngakuphi.'' ¹⁷ Lendvodza yatsi, Basukile kulendzawo, ngibeve batsi, 'Asambeni siye eDothan.''' Josefa walandzela bomnakabo wabatfola eDothan. ¹⁸ Bamubona aseta bucalu, asengaka fiki edvute nabo, bebamakhele licebo lekumbulala. ¹⁹ Bobhuti bakhe bakhuluma kulomunye batsi, '' bukani umphuphi uyeta. ²⁰ Wota nyalo, asimbulaleni similahle kusinye saletigodzi. Sitawutsi, ' silwane sasendle simudlile.' Sitase sibone kutsi kutawphumani kulamaphupho akhe.'' ²¹ Rubeni wabeva wase uyamsindzisa esandlenisabo. Watsi,'' asingambulalini.'' ²² Rubeni wakhuluma kubo watsi, ''Ningayicitsi ingati. Mulahleni esigodzini lesisehlane, kepha ningamutsintsi''- kuze kutsi amuphephise esandleni sabo kumbuyisela emuva kubabe wakhe. ²³ Kwafika lapho Josefa efika kubanakab, bamkhumulisa ingubo yakhe leyayiyinhle. ²⁴ Bamtsatsa bamjika esigodzini. Lesgodzi sasite lutfo kwakute nemanti. ²⁵ Bahlala phansi badla sinkhwa. Baphakamisa emehlo babuka, buka incwaba yema Ishumayeli wayita iphuma eGiliyadi, nemakamela abo latfwele tinongo ne bhalsumu kanye ne myrrh. Bebahambela kuwatfwala bayenawo endasi eGibhithe. ²⁶ Juda wakhuluma kubafowabo, '' Kuyasisitaphi kubulala umnaketfu bese sifihla ingati yakhe. ²⁷ Wotani, simutsengiseni kuma Ishumayeli bese animubeki sandla. Ngoba angumnaketfu, inyama yetfu.'' Banakabo bamulalela. ²⁸ Ema Midiyani endlula ngendlela. Umnakabo wadvonsa Josefa wamukhipha kulesigodzi. Bamudayisela ema Ishimayeli ngetincetu temasiliva langemashumi lamabili. Lama ishmayeli amtfwala Josefa ayanaye eGibhithe. ²⁹ Rubeni wabuyela kulomgodzi, bheka, Josefa abesangekho kulomgodzi. ³⁰ Wadzabula tembatfo takhe. Wagucukela kubanakabo watsi, ''lomfana akasekho lana! ngiyawuyaphi?'' ³¹ Bahlaba imbuti base batsatsa tembatfo batifaka kulengati yalembuti. ³² Base bayimikisa kuyise wabo batsi,'' sitfole naku. Sicela ubuke kutsi yingobubo yendvodzana yakho noma cha.'' ³³ Jakobe wayibona watsi ,'' ngiyo ingubo yendvodzana yami. Silwane sasendle simdlile. Josefa wadzabuka wabatincetu. ³⁴ Jakobe wadzabula ingubo wafaka emasaka emalungeni. Wazilela indvodzana yakhe emalanga lamanengi. ³⁵ Onkhe emadvodzana nemadvodzakati akhe asukuma amdvudvuta, kepha wala kudvudvutwa. Wase utsi, '' watsi ngitawehla ngiye eShilo ngiyozilela indvodzana yami.'' Babe wakhe wamlilela. ³⁶ EMamediyane amtsengisa eGibhithe ku Phothifa, mabhalane waFaro, umphatsi wabogadzi.