2 Iye adati, “Ndabva kuti ku Ijipiti kuna chakudya. Yendani mukatigulile chakudya, kuti tilalame, tileke kufa.”
Nakutenepo akulu wa Jozefi khumi adayenda ku Ijipiti kagula chakudya.
Paadadya chakudya chaadabwela nacho kuchoka ku Ijipiti, apayi wawo adati, “Yendani pomwe mukagule chakudya ching'ono-ng'ono.”
Koma mukatituma pabodzi namung'ono wathu, tiniyenda kakugulilani chakudya;
Judha adati kwaapayi wake Izraeli, “Tipaseni Bhenjemani tiyende naye, kuti imwe nayise nawana wathu tileke kufa nanjala.
Kulumizani yendani kwaapayi wangu mukati kwayiwo, “Mwana wanu Jozefi wati, Mulungu adandichita mbuya wa Ijipiti yentse, bwelani kuno kuna ine, lekani kuchedwa.
Ninfa lini, koma nin'khala wamoyo, ndichilongosola mabasa ya Chawuta.
Diso la Chawuta lili paawo animugopa, paawo an'nyanganila muntsisi zake,
kuti apulumuse umoyo wawo kuyimpfa, achiwalalamisa panthawe yanjala yamudziko.