3 Jakobe wahamba embikwabo bonkhe, wakhotsamela emhlabatsini kasikhombisa, wadzimate wefika kumnakabo.
Abrahama watsi nakaphakamisa emehlo, wabona emadvodza lamatsatfu eme embikwakhe. Watsi kube awabone, wesuka emnyango welithende lakhe wagijima wawahlangabeta, wafike wakhotsama,
Tincekukati nebantfwabato, bahamba embili, kwalandzela Leya nebantfwabakhe, kwagcina Rakheli naJosefa.
Ngaleso sikhatsi Josefa abesangundvunankhulu walo lonkhe live. Kwakunguye labetsengisela bonkhe bantfu kudla. Batsi bomnakaboJosefa nabefika, bamkhotsamela, babhekise buso babo phansi.
Watsi kube efike ekhaya Josefa, bomnakabo base bangenisa tipho lababemphatsele tona batetfula kuye, bamkhotsama.
Josefa wase uyawesusa emadvodzana akhe emadvolweni aJakobe, wakhotsama abhekise buso bakhe phansi.
naku-ke, ndvodzana yami, lofanele kukwenta khona utewukhululeka: Hamba uye kulomuntfu lokubambile umncenge aze akuvele.
Nangabe intfukutselo yembusi ikuvukela, ungawushiyi umsebenti wakho. Kutfobeka kulungisa emaphutsa lamakhulu.
Ngobe wonkhe umuntfu lotiphakamisako uyawutfotjiswa, nalotitfobako uyawuphakanyiswa.”
Njengobe naBabe uyangati, nami ngiyamati, ngidzela kuphila kwami ngenca yetimvu.
Nasaphume nato tonkhe utihola embili, tona timlandzele ngemuva, ngobe tiyalati livi lakhe.
Labo lababesutsa sebaticashisela kudla, kodvwa labo labebalambile abasalambi. Lowo labeyinyumba sewutele bantfwana labasikhombisa, kodvwa lowo labenebantfwana labanyenti sewuyandzindza.