12 Uthe uJosefu: “Hayi bo, andivumi! Ndithi kuni nina nize kuhlola eli lizwe lethu.”
13 Bathe bona: “Mhlekazi, thina kutata singamadoda alishumi linambini. Simi kwilizwe laseKanana. Omnye umntakwethu akasekho; untondo yena usele nexhego ekhaya.”
14 “Benditshilo, niziimpimpi nina!” utshilo uJosefu.
15 “Niyabona ke, ndiza kunivavanya ngolu hlobo: ndifung' ukumkani, anisayi kube nimke apha kude kuze loo mninawa wenu.
16 Omnye wenu uza kuya kumphuthuma. Bonke abanye aba baza kuvalelwa elugcinweni, kude kuvele inyaniso yale nto niyithethayo. Ndifung' ukumkani, mna ndithi niziimpimpi nina.”
17 Uthe ke mabavalelwe entolongweni iintsuku ezintathu.
18 Ngolwesithathu usuku uJosefu wathi kubo: “Ndingumntu omoyikayo uThixo. Ke ndiza kunisindisa, kodwa phantsi kwalo mqathango: