17 “Sebemkile,” itshilo loo ndoda. “Ndibavele besithi baza kuya eDotan.” Wenjenjeya ke uJosefu ukulandela abantakwabo, wada waya kugaleleka eDotan, apho wafika bekhona.
18 Bambona esekude, waza wathi efika kubo baba sebenze iyelenqe lokumbulala.
19 Bathi bakumbona: “Nanku esiza laa mphuphi.
20 Masimbulale, size isidumbu sakhe sisifake kwelinye lala maqula atshileyo, sithi uqwengwe ngamarhamncwa, sibone ke ukuba aya kuthini na loo maphupha akhe.”
21 URubhen wabavela kuloo nto, wafuna ukumsindisa uJosefu, wathi: “Hayini, madoda,
22 masingambulali siphalaze igazi lomntakwethu. Makaphoswe nje kweli qula lilapha entlango, kodwa ningamenzakalisi.” Ethetha loo nto nje wayeceba ukumhlangula kubo, aze amgoduse amse kuyise.
23 Akufika kubantakwabo uJosefu, bamkhulula loo ngubo imbeje-mbeje,