Lokhu kuyindaba kaJakobe . UJosefa eseneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa wawalusa umhlambi kayise enabafowabo; engumfana nje wayekuwo amadodana kaBiliha nakuwo amadodana kaZilipa omkayise; uJosefa waletha kuyise imibiko emibi ngabo.

Akesabi imibiko emibi; inhliziyo yakhe iqinile, iyethemba uJehova.

Sizwile imibiko yalokho : izandla zethu ziyadangala ; usizi lusibambile , imihelo njengeyobelethayo.

Ngizwile imibiko evela kuJehova ; kuthunyiwe isithunywa phakathi kwezizwe ngokuthi: Buthanani, nilihlasele, nisukele ukulwa.

NgeDamaseku. IHamati ne -Aripadi ku jabhile, ngokuba kuzwile imibiko emibi, kuphela amandla. Kuyahlupheka njengolwandle, akunakuthula.

Izinhliziyo zenu mazingadangali , ningesabi imibiko ezwakalayo ezw eni, lapho kufika umbiko othile ngomunye umnyaka , bese kufika emva kwawo omunye ngomnyaka olandelayo , kube ngubudlova ezweni , umbusi avukele umbusi.

Umbono ka -Obadiya. Isho k anje iNkosi uJehova ngo -Edomi, ithi: Sizwile imibiko evela kuJehova , kuthunyiwe isithunywa phakathi kwabezizwe ngokuthi: Vukani, simvukele ngokulwa.