15 Ikakade mna ndebiwa kwilizwe lamaHebhere, ukanti nalapha eJiputa akukho nto ndiyenzileyo ibinokundingenisa entolongweni.”
16 Uthe naye umbhaki wezonka, akubona ukuba into iphupha lenjoli eliyithethayo iyanandipheka, naye walilawula kuJosefu iphupha lakhe, esithi: “Mna, kwelam iphupha bendithwele ngentloko iibhaskiti ezintathu.
17 Kwephezulu ibhaskiti bekukho zonke iindidi zokutya kukakumkani okwenziwa ngumbhaki, kwafika iintaka zakuxhola.”
18 UJosefu uthe: “Nantsi into ethethwa liphupha lakho: Iibhaskiti ezintathu zithetha iintsuku ezintathu.
19 Ukumkani uza kukukhulula ngeentsuku ezintathu, kodwa uza kunqunyulwa intloko, uze uxhonywe esibondeni, zize iintaka zikuxhole.”
20 Ngomhla wokukhunjulwa kokuzalwa kukakumkani, ngemva kweentsuku ezintathu ukususela koku, ukumkani wenzela iindedeba zasebhotwe itheko. Wayikhulula injoli nombhaki, beziswa phambi kwezo ndedeba.
21 Injoli yabuyiselwa kumsebenzi wayo ebikade iwenza,