25 Ubawo ubuye wasithuma ukuba siphinde size kufuna into etyiwayo.
26 Samxelela sathi asinakuza apha, singenakwamkelwa, singezanga nayo le ntwana. Besingeza apha kuphela xa ngaba siza nayo.
27 Wathi ubawo: ‘Niyazi ukuba umkam uRakeli wandizalela oonyana ababini kuphela.
28 Omnye unyana akasekho; kunokuba waqwengwa zizilwanyana, kuba akazange abonwe oko wemkayo.
29 Xa ke nifuna ukuhamba naye nalo, aze angabuyi, ingandixhela loo nto ngoku sendimdala.’
30-31 “Ke ngoko, mhlekazi,” utshilo uJuda, “ukuba ndingabuyela ekhaya ingekho le ntwana, ubawo angafa zisuka nje xa aphawula ukuba ayikho. Akasenako ukwahlukana nale nkwenkwe. Selaluphele kangangokuba angafa.
32 Ngaphezu koko ndafunga kubawo ndathi kungafa mna kunokuba kwenzeke into kule ntwana. Ndathi, ukuba andibuyanga nayo, ityala aze alibeke kum.