So, when they despaired of him, they held a conference in private. The eldest among them said: "Know you not that your father did take an oath from you in Allah's Name, and before this you did fail in your duty with Yusuf (Joseph)? Therefore I will not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah decides my case (by releasing Benjamin) and He is the Best of the judges.
Walipo kata tamaa naye wakenda kando kunong'ona. Mkubwa wao akasema: Je! Hamjui ya kwamba baba yenu amechukua ahadi kwenu kutokana na Mwenyezi Mungu, na kabla ya hapo mlimkosa katika agano lenu juu ya Yusuf? Basi mimi sitotoka nchi hii mpaka baba yangu anipe ruhusa au Mwenyezi Mungu anihukumie. Na Yeye ndiye Mbora wa mahakimu.