¹Zvino Josefa akawira pamusoro pechiso chababa vake, akachema pamusoro pake, akamutsvoda.

²Josefa akaraira varanda vake dzakanga dziri n'anga, kuti vasasike baba vake, n'anga dzikasasika Isiraeri.

³Vakapedza mazuva makumi mana naye, nekuti ndiwo aiva mazuva okusasika; navaEgipita vakamu­chema mazuva makumi manomwe.

⁴Zvino mazuva okuchema akati apera, Josefa akataura naveimba yaFarao, akati, Zvino kana ndawana nyasha kwa­muri, dorevai munzeve dzaFarao, muti,

⁵Baba vangu vakandipikisa, vachiti tari­rai, ndofa, muguva randakazvicherera munyika yeKanani, ndimo maunofanira kundivigamo. Naizvozvo zvino dondite­nderai henyu kuti ndikwire, ndindoviga baba vangu, ndogodzoka.

⁶Farao akati, Kwira, undoviga baba vako, sezvavakakupikisa.

⁷Ipapo Josefa akakwira kundoviga baba vake, navaranda vose vaFarao va­kakwira naye, vakuru veimba yake, na­vakuru venyika yeEgipita,

⁸naveimba yose yaJosefa, navana vababa vake, naveimba yababa vake; asi pwere dzavo dzoga, namakwai avo, nemombe dzavo, vaka­zvisiya panyika yeGosheni,

⁹ngoro nava­tasvi vamabhiza vakakwirawo naye, ri­kava boka guru-guru.

¹⁰Vakasvika paburiro raAtadhi, riri mhiri kwaJoridhani, vakamuchemapo nokuchema kukuru kwazvo; akachema baba vake mazuva manomwe.

¹¹Zvino vanhu vaigara panyika yeKanani vakati vachiona kuchema ikoko paburiro raAtadhi, vakati, Kuchema uku kukuru ndokwavaEgipita; naizvozvo nzvimbo iyoyo ikatumidzwa Abherimiziraimu, iri mhiri kwaJoridhani.

¹²Vanakomana vake vakamuitira sezvaakanga avaraira;

¹³nekuti vanakomana vake vakando­muisa kunyika yeKanani, vakamuviga mubako romunda weMakapera, riya ra­katengwa naAbhurahamu, pamwechete nomunda kuna Efuroni muHeti, pakata­risana neMamure, kuti zvive zvake, ive nzvimbo yake yokuviga.

¹⁴Zvino Josefa akati aviga baba vake, akadzokera Egipita, iye navakoma vake, navose vakanga vakwira naye ku­ndoviga baba vake.

¹⁵Zvino vakoma vaJosefa vakati vachiona kuti baba vavo vafa, vakati, Zvimwe Josefa achative­nga, nokutitsiva kwazvo zvakaipa zvose zvatakamuitira.

¹⁶Naizvozvo vakatuma shoko kuna Josefa, vachiti, Baba venyu vakaraira, vasati vafa, vachiti,

¹⁷Taurai naJosefa, muti, Zvino dokangamwirai henyu kutadza kwavakoma venyu; ne­zvivi zvavo, nekuti vakakuitirai zva­kaipa; zvino dokangamwirai kutadza kwa­varanda vaMwari wababa venyu. Josefa akachema pakutaura kwavo naye.

¹⁸Vakuru vake vakaendawo, vaka­wira pasi pamberi pake, vakati, Tarirai, tiri varanda venyu.

¹⁹Josefa akati kwavari, Musatya, nekuti ini ndiri pachigaro chaMwari here?

²⁰Kana murimwi, makandifungira zvakaipa, asi Mwari akafunga kuti zvive zvakanaka, kuti zviitwe sezvinoitwa nhasi, kuti vanhu vazhinji vararamiswe.

²¹Naizvozvo zvino musatya, ndichaku­chengetai, nepwere dzenyu. Akavanya­radza, akataura navo nomoyo waka­naka.

²²Josefa akagara Egipita, iye navei­mba yababa vake; Josefa akagara makore ane zana negumi.

²³Josefa akaona vana vaEfuremu vorudzi rwechitatu, navana vaMakiri, mwanakomana waManase, va­kaberekerwa pamabvi aJosefa.

²⁴Josefa akati kuhama dzake, Ndofa, asi Mwari achakumutsai zvirokwazvo, nokukubudi­sai panyika ino, muende kunyika yaaka­pikira Abhurahamu naIsaka, naJakove.

²⁵Josefa akapikisa vana vaIsiraeri, akati, Mwari achakumutsai zvirokwazvo, nemwi mutakure mafupa angu abve pano.

²⁶Ipapo Josefa akafa, ava namakore ane zana negumi; vakamusasika, akaiswa mubhokisi paEgipita.