29 Nangabe nalona senimtsatsa lapha kimi, bese wehlelwa yingoti endleleni, ngitawufa ngibulawe buhlungu, ngobe vele sengimdzala.’
Onkhe emadvodzana akhe ase eta kuye atekumdvudvuta. Kodvwa wala kudvudvutwa watsi: “Ngiyawuze ngehle ngiye endzaweni yalabafile, lapho kunendvodzana yami khona, seloku ngililela indvodzana yami.” Ngako-ke uyise wachubeka walila.
Uyise wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Maye mine bo! Bonkhe bantfwabami bayangiphelela; Josefa akasekho, naSimeyoni akasekho, kodvwa manje senifuna kutsatsa naBhenjamini. Mine konkhe nje kuyangihlanekela.”
Kodvwa Jakobe watsi kuye: “Indvodzana yami angiyivumeli kutsi uhambe nayo, yewukele eGibhithe. Umnakabo ufile, nguye yedvwa losasele. Nakungahle kwenteke avelelwe yingoti nisesendleleni, ngitakufa ngibulawe buhlungu ebudzaleni bami.”
Kodvwa Jakobe akazange amvumele Bhenjamini, labelama Josefa, kutsi ahambe nabo, ngobe phela abesaba kutsi angahle naye avelelwe yingoti.
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu Somandla anganipha umusa ebusweni balowo muntfu, anikhululele umnakenu nibuye kanye naye naBhenjamini. Kepha-ke mine nangemukwa bantfwabami, ngiyemukwa.”
nakabona kutsi lomfana akekho, anganhlakayeka afe. Ngaloko tsine, tinceku takho, sitawube sibangele inceku yakho, lengubabe, kutsi ife kabuhlungu ebudzaleni bayo.
Ngalelo langa ngiyawubatfukutselela ngibashiye. Ngiyawubafihlela buso bami, bayawubhubha. Bayawukwehlelwa tigemegeme netinhlupho letinyenti, ngalelo langa bayawutibuta batsi: ‘Letigemegeme atikasehleli ngobe Nkulunkulu angasekho kitsi yini?’