Ndipo Leya wanguzuwuka ndi wangupapa mwana munthurumi, ndipo wangudana zina lake Rubene; pakuti wanguti, “Chifukwa Ambuya alereska pa suzgu yangu; nadi sono mrumi wangu wandanjenge.”
Penipo Yisraele wajanga mu charu chiya Rubene wanguruta ndi wangula ndi Biliha mbiligha ya awiske; ndipo Yisraele wanguvwa ichi. Sono ŵana ŵanthurumi ŵaku Yisraele ŵenga chumi ndi ŵaŵi (12).
Ŵana ŵaku Rubene wakudanga waku Yisraele (pakuti ndiyo wakudanga; kweni chifukwa wangukazuzga chita cha awiske, viyo ura wa kawi kake ungupaskika ku ŵana ŵaku Yosefe mwana waku Yisraele, chifukwa cho kuti wakulembeka mu mkoka wa khamu kwakuyana ndi ndondomeka ya kawi kake cha;
Ŵina Rubene, mwana waumwali waku Yisraele, migonezi yawo, ndi mbumba zawo, mu nyumba za auskeu, kwakuyana ndi unandi wa mazina ghawo, yumoza yumoza, munthurumi we yose kwamba wa virimika machumi ghaŵi ndi kuruska po, wo ŵangaziŵa kurwa nkhondo:
Kweni wamutumbikenge wakudanga kupapika, mwana wa wakutinkhika, pakumupaska vigaŵa viŵi vyaku vyose vyo we navyo, pakuti ndiyo ndopa zake zakudanga, mazaza gha wakupapika wakudanga ndi ghake.