¹ Vyayire kuruku yavininke, ndjeunya atantilire Yosefu, "Kenga, vasho nakuvera avamu twara kuvanarume vendi vaviri, Manase ntani Efrayimu. ² Opo vamutantelire Yakopo, "Kenga monoye Yosefa anayatiki ayakumone, "Isragheli awana nkondo ashungiri pa mbete. ³ Yakopo atantere Yosefu, Karunga munankondo nadintjeya anamonekere mu Luzi mushirongo sha Kanana. Mbyo anantungiki ⁴ ntani kuntantera ashi, taterera, nganikupa ruvaro, nakuruwederera. Ngani kurenka ghukare wadimuhoko dadingi. Vanavoye ngava kukwamo nganivapa shino shirongo ngashikare shiweka shakukarererapo.' ⁵ Weno vanarume voye vaviri, ovo wayitilire ve mushirongo sha Egipte kumeho nayire koye ame muEgipte, weno vande. Efraim ntani Manase ngavakara vande, yira momo vakara va Reuben ntani Simiyoni vande. ⁶ Vana ovo ngauwana kutunda pavano ngava kara voye; ngavavavarwira kumadina ghavo kuruvaro rwavakuru vavo naku upingwa wavo. ⁷ Ano ngoli kukwande ame, opo ngani katunda ka Padani, narunyando rwande Rakel adohorokire mundjira mushirongo sha Kanana, opo kwa hupiliro shimpe shinano tutike mu Efrat. Mbyonamu horekire momo mundjira ya Efrati (mwamo mu Betelhemu). ⁸ Opo va Iragheli vamonine vanarume va Yosefu, aghamba, "Vare vano?'' ⁹ Yosefu aghamba kuvashe, "Ovano vanarume vande, ova apa Karunga pano. "Isragheli aghamba, " Vayite kukwande, mposhi nivatungike.'' ¹⁰ Mantjo gha Isragheli kapi anakumona nawa konda ya ukurupe wendi, kapi amonine. Yosefa avayita pepi naye, a vancumita nakuva tambura. ¹¹ Isragheli atantere Yosefa, "Kapi navi tatererangashi ngani mona shipara shoyenka ano Karunga mbyo ana mpukitirinka niya mone vanavoye." ¹² Yosefu ava ghupu muliva lya Isragheli, makura a tongamene atu mutwe wendi mulivhu. ¹³ Yosefu a vaghupu navantje, Efraimu kulighoko lya rulyo kurumontjo rwa Isragheli ntani Manase kurumontjo rwendi ghuye kurulyo rwa Isragheli, ntani kumwe nakuva shwegheda pepi naye. ¹⁴ Isragheli aghupu lihghoko lyendi alikambeke pamutwe wa Efraim, ogho akaliropo mwanuke, lighoko lyendi lyarumontjo alikambeke pamutwe wa Manase. Avindiki maghoko ghendi, konda Manase mbeli. ¹⁵ Isragheli atungiki Yosefa, ghamba, "Karunga oghu kavakareranga vavava Abrahamu na Isaka, Karunga ogho kampakerango mbiri sogoro lyanamuntji, ¹⁶ muengeli ogho a nkungo kumaudona naye atungike vamati vano. :idina lyande ngava kalitwenyange kumwe naghavo, na madina gha vavava Abrahamu na Isaka. Ngavakure ngava vuke pantunda ya livu." ¹⁷ Yosefa a pa amonine vashe vana kambeke lighoko lyavo lyarulyo pamutwe wa Efraimu, vya mulimbikire. A ghupu lighoko lya vashe ali dirute litunde pamutwe wa Efraimu liyende pamutwe wa Manase. ¹⁸ Yosefa a tantere vashe, "Kapishi ngoli, vava; oghuno ndje mbeli. Turenu lighoko lyenu lya rulyo pa mutwe wendi." ¹⁹ Vashe ava vishwena nakumutantera ashi, "Naviyiva, monarume wande, naviyiva. Naye ngakakara muntu, ghuye ngakara wa munene, Mughunyendi wa mwanuke ngaka kapitakana mukurwendi na ruvaro rwendi ngaruka vhuka mudimumuhoko." ²⁰ Isragheli ava tungike liyuvha lino nakunkango dino, "Vantu vamu Isragheli ngava katapa matungiko amadina ghenu nakughamba ashi, 'Karunga amurenke mukare yira Efraim kumeho ya Manase'." ²¹ Isragheli atantere Yosefa, "Kenga, ame ntantani nife, Ano ngoli Karunga ngakara nanwe, ngaka muvhyuta kushirongo shenu. ²² Koye, ove unakara kumeho yamuunyoye, kunakukupa ndundu oyo naghupire kuva Amaritesi na rufuro rwande na ghuta wande wankandja."