17 Monna eo a etsa kamoo Josefa a laetseng kateng, a isa banna bao tlung ya Josefa.
18 Yaba banna bao ba tshoha, ha ba iswa tlung ya Josefa, ba re: Ke ka baka la tjhelete tse kgutliseditsweng mekotleng ya rona mohlang oo re iswang teng, re tle re tsekiswe, a re tsohele matla, a re tshware rona le diesele tsa rona, a re etse makgoba a hae.
19 Ba atamela mohlahlobi wa ntlo ya Josefa, ba bua le yena monyako wa ntlo,
20 ba re: Oho monghadi, re fela re ne re tlile la pele ho tla reka dijo;
21 yare ha re fihla moo ho robalwang, ra lokolla mekotla ya rona; ra tshoha tjhelete ya e mong le e mong e le molomong wa mokotla wa hae, tjhelete ya rona ka tekanyo ya yona, mme re boetse re e tlisitse matsohong a rona.
22 Re bile re tlisitse le tjhelete e nngwe matsohong a rona ho tla reka dijo; ha re tsebe hore a ke mang ya buseditseng tjhelete ya rona mekotleng ya rona.
23 A re ho bona: Kgotso e be le lona! Se tshabeng; Modimo wa lona, e leng le Modimo wa ntata lona, ke wona o le neileng leruo mekotleng ya lona; tjhelete ya lona ya na ya fihla ho nna. A ba a ba tlisetsa Simeone.