15 Yaba o hlohonolofatsa Josefa o re:“Modimo ya kgahlisitswengke bo-ntatemoholo,ke bo-ntatemoholo Aborahamale Isaka,ba mo kgahlisaka metsamao ya bona;yena Modimo ya ileng a nkalosa,ho tloha bonyenyaneng ba ka,a nkalosa ho fihlela kajeno.
16 Lengeloi le ntopoletsengbobeng bohle,a hlohonolofatse bahlankana bana!Bitso la ka, le la Aborahama,le la Isaka,a ke a tume,a tumiswe ke bona,ba ke ba ate,ebe letshwele naheng ena.”
17 Ha Josefa a bona hore ntatae o beile letsoho la hae le letona hodima hlooho ya Efraime, a se ke a thaba. Yaba o tshwara letsoho la ntatae, o le tlosa hloohong ya Efraime, o le bea hodimo hlooho ya Manase,
18 mme Josefa a re ho ntatae: “E seng jwalo, ntate, hobane eo e leng letsibolo ke enwa! Bea letsoho la hao le letona hodima hlooho ya hae.”
19 Empa ntatae a hana, a re: “Ke a tseba, ngwana ka, ke a tseba; le yena e tla ba setjhaba, mme le yena o tla ba moholo. Leha ho le jwalo, moena hae o tla ba moholo ho mo feta, mme bana ba hae e tla ba ditjhabatjhaba.”
20 Ka lona letsatsi leo a ba hlohonolofatsa, a re:“Baiseraele ba tla hlohonolofatsana,ba hlohonolofatsane ka lona, ba re:<Modimo a ke a ba atlehise,a ba atlehisejwaloka Efraime le Manase.> ”Ka mokgwa o jwalo a eteletsa Efraime kapele ho Manase.
21 Jwale Iseraele a re ho Josefa: “Bona, nna ke se ke tla shwa, empa Modimo o tla ba le lona, a le kgutlisetse naheng ya bo-ntata lona.