26 Bafike bamtjela batsi: “Josefa usaphila! Ungumbusi etikwalo lonkhe live laseGibhithe.” Jakobe wamane waphela emandla nje, wacale wangete wabakholwa.
Batsatsa ingubo yaJosefa, babulala siphongo, benya lengubo engatini yaso.
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.
Batsi nabefika kuyise Jakobe eveni laseKhenani bamlandzisa ngako konkhe lokwabehlela, batsi:
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.”
Lomunye sewangishiya, kungahle kube nje waklejuklejulwa tilwane tesiganga waba ticucwana. Kusukela ngalelo langa angizange ngiphindze ngimbone.
Besuka-ke bahamba babuyela kuyise Jakobe eKhenani.
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Ngangingasacabangi kutsi ngiyawuphindze ngibubone buso bakho, kodvwa Nkulunkulu sewungivumele kutsi ngikubone, ngaze ngabona ngisho nebantfwabakho futsi.”
Ngangitsi nangimamatseka emehlweni abo, bangete bakukholwa kalula loko, kukhanya kwebuso bami kwakuligugu kubo.
Ngisho nome bengingambita avume ete, angiboni kutsi abengangilalela.
Wamenta waba sikhulu semuti wakhe, waba ngundvunankhulu welive lonkhe,
Kwakungatsi siyabhudza tsine batfunjwa baseSiyoni, ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu asibuyisela eJerusalema.
Ngesikhatsi umphefumulo wami uphelelwa ngemandla ngakukhumbula wena, Simakadze. Umthandazo wami wafinyelela kuwe, ethempelini lakho lelingcwele.
Kodvwa baphostoli bayitsatsa lenkhulumo yalabafati ngekutsi bayabhedza, bangete bakukholwa loko.
bafike batjelwa kutsi: “INkhosi ivuke ngempela! Simoni uyibonile!”
Bajinge bangete bakholwa, ngobe babejabulile, bamangele kakhulu; ngako wase uyababuta utsi: “Kukhona yini lokudliwako lapha?”