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Nge nkhwaku imwe, khumbu linu lenga lakundichitiya uheni ine, kweni Chiuta wangung'anamuwa umampha, kuti ichi chichitike alinga ŵanandi ŵasungike ŵamoyo, nge ndimo ŵalili msana wale.

Kweni Yosefe wanguti kwaku wo, “Rekani kopa, chifukwa kumbi inende mu malo ghaku Chiuta?

Viyo rekani kopa; ine ndikakuleraninga ndi ŵana ŵinu viyo.” Viyo wanguŵaziŵiska so uneneska ndi wanguŵasangaruska.

‘Mukambe kwaku Yosefe, Gowoke, nditukupempha, maulakwi gha ŵana ŵanyako ndi uheni wawo, chifukwa ŵangukuchitiya uheni’. Ndipo sono tipempha ugowoke ulakwi wa ŵaŵanda ŵaku Chiuta wa ausu.” Yosefe wanguliya penipo ŵangukamba nayo.

Ndipo Yosefe wanguti ku ŵana ŵanyake, “Ine nde pafupi kufwa; kweni Chiuta wakachezganga namwe, ndipo wakakutuzganinga mu charu ichi kuya ku charu chenicho wangurapiya kwaku Abrahamu kwaku Yisaki, ndi kwaku Yakobe.”

Sono Yosefe wanguchita rapu lapa ŵana ŵaku Yisraele, wanguti, “Chiuta wakachezganga namwe, ndipo mukapinganga viwanga vyangu kutuwa muno.”

Viyo Yosefe wangufwa, penipo wenga wa virimika machumi pe chumi ndi chumi limoza (110) mu umoyo wake; ndipo ŵangumupaka vyachema ndipo wanguŵikika mubokosi mu Egipiti.