32 Ngakho uLeya wakhulelwa wazala indodana wayiqamba ngokuthi uRubeni,* + ngoba wathi: “Kungenxa yokuthi uJehova ulubonile usizi lwami, + ngoba manje umyeni wami usezoqala ukungithanda.”

3 “Rubeni, + wena uyizibulo lami, + ubungqabavu bami nokuqala kwamandla ami okuzala, ukuvelela kwesithunzi nokuvelela kwamandla. 4 Kodwa ngeke uvelele, ngoba ngenxa yokuhluleka ukuzilawula njengamanzi ezikhukhula, ugibele embhedeni kayihlo. + Ngaleso sikhathi wangcolisa* umbhede wami. URubeni wagibela ngempela kuwo!