8 Ngalo lonke eli xesha uJosefu wayebazi abantakwabo, kodwa bona babengamazi.
9 Wakhumbula nalaa maphupha wayewaphupha ngabo, wathi kubo: “Nina niziimpimpi! Nizele nje ukuza kuhlola iindawo ezibuthathaka kwilizwe lethu.”
10 Bathe bona: “Hayi, nkosi, thina sizizicaka zakho nje ezize kuthenga ukutya.
11 Singoonyana bomntu omnye sonke. Asizizo konke iimpimpi, mhlekazi. Singamadoda anyanisekileyo.”
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.