¹ Elo Yakobo aitile abana bakwe abaume, kabili asosele: "Kolonganeni capamo, ukuti ninga myeba ifili noku mucitikila kuntanshi. ² Longaneni bonse nokukutika, imwe mwe bana baume bakwa Yakobo. Kutikeni kuli Israeli, shinwe. ³ eubeni, uli beli lyandi, ubulamba bwandi, kabili intendekelo ya bukose bwandi, uwapulamo mubucindami, kabili uwapulamo mumaka. ⁴ Uushalululwa nga menshi yalepita mukwangufyanya tawakabe uwa ntanshi, pantu waile pabusanshi bwakwa wiso. Elo wabukowesha; waninine napa ipuna candi. ⁵ Simeone ba levi niba munyina ifyanso fya bulwi empanga shabo. ⁶ We mweo wandi, wiisa mukupanda mano kwabo; wilunda kuku kolongana kwabo, pantu umutima wandi walicindamisha ukucila ifyo. Pantu mubukali bwabo balipeye abantu. Nikukuisekesha eko balemanikile ng'ombe. ⁷ Bwinga tipwa ubukali bwabo pantu bwali ubwakutinya -ne cipyu cabo, pantu cali cibi. Nkaba patula muli Yakobo no kubasalanganya mu Israeli. ⁸ Yuda, ba munonko bakakulumba. Amaboko yob yakabapa mikoshi yabalwani bobde. Abana baume bakwa wiso baka fukama pa cinso cobe. ⁹ Yuda mwana wa nkalamo. Umwana wandi, ulefuma kuco waipaya. wa lalilila, walambalala kwati ninkalamo kwati nkalamo iikota. ¹⁰ Ubufumu tabwakafume muli Yuda, nangu ninkoto yabukateka ukufua pa makasa yakwe, mpaka shilo ikafike. Inko shika mubela. ¹¹ Akakakila punda wakwe ku cimuti ca mwangashi, no mwana wakwa punda ku cimuti ca mwangashi asala, alisuka ifyakufwala fyakwe mu mwangashi no mwingila mu mulopa wa mwangashi. ¹² Amenso yakwe yakaba ayafita ngo mwangashi, kabili ameni yakwe aya buuta kwati mukaka. ¹³ Sebulani akekala mululamba lwa bemba. Akaba icabu ku mato ayakalamba no mupaka wakwe ukatantalila ku Sidoni. ¹⁴ Isakari ni punda uwakosa, uwalambalala pakati ka fipe. ¹⁵ Amona incende isuma iyakutushishapo ne calo icisuma. fikatobeka icipeya cakwe ku cisendo nokuba umubomfi wa mulimo. ¹⁶ Dani akapingual abantu bakwe kwati mutundu umo uwa bena Israeli. ¹⁷ Dani akaba ni nsoka mumbai ya nshila, insoka yabusungu mu nshila iisuma amabondo yaba kabalwe, pakuti uleensha engapona cimfuta numa. ¹⁸ Nkalolela ipusukilo lyobe, Yawe. ¹⁹ Gadi-ibumba lya bapupu lika musansa, lelo akabasansa kututende twabo. ²⁰ Ifyakulya fyakwa Ashere fikaba ifikankala, kabili akapekanya ifyakulya fya kubufumu. ²¹ Naftali ni nsebula yalekelwa; akakwata utwana utusuma. ²² Yosefe mwangashi uutwalisha, umwangashi uutwalisha mupepi nakamfukumfuku ne misambo shanina pa cibumba. ²³ Abalasa buta abaka musansa nokumulasa elo noku mucusha. ²⁴ Lelo ubuta bwakwe bukashikatala, na maboko yakwe yakaba aya cenjela pamulandu wa maboko ya wa bulamba wakwa Yakobo, pamulandu we shina lyakwa kacema, ilibwe lyakwa Israeli. ²⁵ Lesa wakwa wiso akakwafwa na Lesa wabulamba akakupala na mapalo ukufuma mu mulu, amapalo yashika ayaba panshi na mapalo yaku mabele elo na munda ²⁶ Amapalo yakwa wiso yakalamba ukucila amapalo ya mpili shakale nangu fintu fikabilwa mutupili twakale. Yengaba pa mutwe wakwa Yosef, na pa cilongwe cakumutwe wakwa shimucindikwa waba munyina. ²⁷ Benjamini mumbulu wa nsala mulucelo akalya ico ekata no bushiku akakanya ifitapwa." ²⁸ Ishi emitundu ikumi limo na shibili isha mu Israeli. Ifo efyo wishibo asosele kuli bena ilyo abapalile. Cila umo amupalile ne palo ilimulingile. ²⁹ Elo abalangilile nokusosa kuli bena, "ndimukuya kubantu bandi. Mukanshike pamo nefikolwe fyandi ifyantanshi mu lucengo ulo lwaba mumpanga yakwa Efrone umwina Hiti, ³⁰ mulucengo ulo lwaba mu mpanga ya makipela, iyapalamina ku Mamre mu calo ca Kenaani, impanga iyo Abrahamu ashitile ukuba incende yakushikamo ukufuam kuli Efrone umwina Hiti. ³¹ Mulya emo bashikile Abrahamu na Sara umukashi wakwe; mulya emo bashikile Isaki na Reebeka umukashi wakwe; kabili mulya emo nashikile Leya. ³² Impanga no lucengo fyashitilwe ku bantu ba ku Hiti." ³³ Ilyo Yakobo apwisishe ifi ifyakukonka ku bana bakwe abaume, atintile amakasa yakwe pabusanshi, apemene umupu wakulelesha, kabili aile ku bantu bakwe.