1Yosefu ategeka igisonga cye ati “Nimwuzuzeamasaho y'abo bagabo ihaho ringana n'iryo bashobora kujyana,ushyire n'ifeza y'umuntu mu munwa w'isaho ye.
2Ushyire n'igikombe cyanjye cy'ifeza mu munwa w'isaho y'umuhererezi,ushyiranemo n'ifeza ye yahahishaga.”Abigenza uko Yosefu yamutegetse.
3Bukeyehamaze kubona, abo bagabo basezeranwa n'indogobe zabo.
4Bavuye mu mudugudubataragera kure, Yosefu abwira igisonga cye ati “Hagurukaukurikire ba bagabo, nubagerahoubabwire uti ‘Ni iki gitumye mwitura inabiuwabagiriye neza?
5Icyo mwibye si cyo databuja anywesha, kandi si cyo yikingira aragura? Ubwo mwakoze mutyo, mwakoze icyaha.’”
6Abageraho, ababwira ayo magambo.
7Baramubwira bati “Databuja, ni iki kikuvugishije amagambo ameze atyo? Ntibikabeho ko abagaragu bawe dukoraibimeze bityo.
8Dore ifeza twasanze mu minwa y'amasaho yacu twarazigushubije, tuzivanye mu gihugu cy'i Kanāni. None twabasha dute kwiba ifeza cyangwa izahabu byo mu nzu ya shobuja?
9Uwo uri bukibonane wo mu bagaragu bawe yicwe, natwe duhinduke imbata zawe, databuja.”
10Arababwira ati “Nuko rero bibe nk'uko mubivuze. Uwo kiri bubonekeho ni we uri bube imbata yanjye, namwe ntimuri bugibweho n'urubanza.”
11Barihuta barururutsa,umuntu wese ahambura isaho ye,
12arasaka ahēra ku mpfura ageza ku muhererezi, cya gikombe kiboneka mu isaho ya Benyamini.
13Bashishimura imyambaro yabo,umuntu wese ahekesha indogobe ye imitwaro, basubiramu mudugudu.
14Yuda na bene se bagera mu nzu ya Yosefu, basanga akiri aho bamwikubitaimbere.
15Yosefu arababaza ati “Icyo mukozeicyo ni igiki? Ntimuzi yukoumuntuumezenkanjye ashobora kuragura koko?”
16Yuda aramusubizaati “Databuja, turagusubizaiki? Turavuga iki? Turireguza iki? Imana yamenye gukiranirwa kw'abagaragu bawe. Dore turi imbata zawe databuja, twe n'uwo cya gikombe kibonetseho.”
17Aramusubizaati “Ntibikabeho ko ngira ntyo: uwo igikombe kibonetseho ni we uri bube imbata yanjye, ariko mwe mwigendere mujye kwa so amahoro.”
18Yuda aramwegera aramubwira ati “Databuja, ndakwinginze, jyeweumugaragu wawe reka mvugireijambo mu matwi yawe,uburakari bwawe bwe kugurumaniraumugaragu wawe, kukouhwanye na Farawo rwose.
19Databuja, ntiwabajije abagaragu bawe uti ‘Muracyafite so, cyangwa hari undi mwene so mufite?’
20Natwe tukagusubizadatabuja tuti ‘Dufitedata w'umusaza, hariho n'umwana yabyaye ashaje aracyari muto, mukuruwe yarapfuye, ni weusigaye ari ikinege mu nda ya nyina, se aramukunda.’
21Mazeukabwira twe abagaragu bawe uti ‘Muzamunzanire murebe.’
22Tukakubwira databuja tuti ‘Uwo muhungu ntiyasiga se, yamusigase yapfa.’
23Naweukabwira twe abagaragu bawe uti ‘Umuhererezi wanyu nimutamanukana, ntimuzongere kunca iryera.’
24“Nuko tuzamutse tugezekuri data,umugaragu wawe, tumubwira amagambo yawe databuja.
25Data aratubwira ati ‘Nimwongere musubireyo, muduhahireyo utwo kurya.’
26Turamusubizatuti ‘Ntitwasubirayo. Umuhererezi wacu nitujyana tuzamanuka tujyeyo, kuko tutabasha guca uwo mugaboiryera,umuhererezi wacu tutarikumwe.’
27Data,umugaragu wawe aratubwira ati ‘Muzi yukoumugorewanjye twabyaranye abahungu babiri,
28umwe akamvaho nkibwira ndashidikanya yuko yatanyaguwe n'inyamaswa nanjye nkaba ntakimubona,
29nimunkurahon'uyu akagira ibyago, muzatuma imvi zanjye zimanukanaishavu zijya ikuzimu.’
30“Nuko none najya kuri dataumugaragu wawe tutarikumwe n'uwo muhungu,
31data akabona tutazanye yapfa, kukoubugingo bwe bwiboshye ku bw'uwo muhungu, twebwe abagaragu bawe tukabadutumye imvi za dataumugaragu wawe, zimanukanaishavu zijya ikuzimu.
32Kuko jyeweumugaragu wawe nishingiye uwo muhungu kuri data nti ‘Nintamugushyikiriza, nzaba ngukoreye icyaha data, kitazamvaho iteka.’
33Nuko none ndakwinginze, databuja, jyeweumugaragu wawe ngume mu cyimbo cy'uwo muhungu ndi imbata yawe, kandi uwo muhungu atahane na bene se.
34Nasubirante ngo njye kuri data, ntari kumwe n'uwo muhungu? Ne kurebaibyago bizagera kuri data.”