15. wathi kubo uJosefu: “Niyenzeleni le nto? Beningazi kakade ukuba umntu okwesi sikhundla ndikuso uyakwazi ukuvumisa?”
16. UJuda uthe: “Singathini kuwe, mhlekazi, ukukubonisa ukuba asazani nale nto? Singathini ukuzihlamba? NguThixo olaziyo ityala lethu. Thina sonke ngoku singamabanjwa, asinguye kuphela lo ifunyenwe kuye indebe yakho.”
17. Uthe uJosefu: “Unongekhe; andiyivumi loo nto! Kuza kubanjwa lo ifunyenwe kuye indebe yam qha. Bonke abanye bangagoduka ngoxolo, babuyele kuyise.”
18. UJuda wasondela kuJosefu, wafika wathi: “Ngxe, mhlekazi! Ndivumele ndithethe, nakuba ungangokumkani ngokwakhe.
19. Wasibuza, mhlekazi, ukuba ngaba ubawo usaphila na, nokuba ngaba sinaye na umntakwethu ongomnye.
20. Sathi ubawo usadla amazimba, phofu selaluphele. Satsho nokuthi sinaye nomninawa ovele selemdala ubawo. Umkhuluwa wale ntwana akasekho; yiyo yodwa ke ngoko esaphilayo kubantwana bakanina. Uyise uyithanda kakhulu.
21. Wathi ke, mhlekazi, ze size nayo le ntwana khon' ukuze uyibone.
22. Sathi thina ayinako ukwahlukana noyise; angafa.
23. Wathi ke wena thina zicaka zakho ze singezi apha singahambi nale ntwana.
24. “Sathi sakufika kubawo samxelela konke owakuthethayo.
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.