51 Aboobo Josefa wakaulika mwanaakwe mutaanzi kuti Manase,*+ nkaambo wakati, “Leza wandipa kuti ndilube mapenzi aangu oonse alimwi abamuŋanda yataata boonse.” 52 Wabili wakamuulika kuti Efraimu,*+ nkaambo wakati, “Leza wandipa kuti ndizyale bana munyika yamapenzi.”+

20 Mucisi ca Egepita Josefa wakazyala Manase+ a Efraimu,+ aabo Asenati+ imwana musimbi wa Potifera imupaizi waku Oni* mbaakamuzyalila.

17 Josefa naakabona kuti usyi wazumanana kabikkide janza lyakwe lyalulyo amutwe wa Efraimu, wakabijilwa, aboobo wakasola kujata janza lyausyi kutegwa aligwisye amutwe wa Efraimu akulibikka amutwe wa Manase. 18 Josefa wakaambila usyi kuti: “Ikutali boobo taata, nkaambo ooyu ngomutaanzi.+ Amubikke janza lyanu lyalulyo amutwe wakwe.” 19 Pele usyi wakazumanana kukaka ulaamba: “Ndilizyi oobo mwanaangu, ndilizyi oobo. Awalo ooyu uyooba makamu alimwi uyooba mupati. Nokuba boobo, musyoonto wakwe uyooba mupati kwiinda nguwe,+ abana bakwe bayoovwula kapati akuba misyobo minji.”+

18 “Nkamu ya Efraimu yamisyobo yotatwe iyooyaka kulubazu lwakumbo munkamu zyabo; eelyo silutwe wabana ba Efraimu ngu Elisama+ imwana wa Amihudi. 19 Aabo balembedwe mumpi yakwe yabasikalumamba bali 40,500.+