Emva kwayo kuyakuvela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala; futhi yonke inala iyokhohlakala ezweni laseGibhithe; indlala iyakudla izwe;
UGenesise 41:51 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 UJosefa waqamba izibulo ngokuthi uManase, ngokuba wathi uNkulunkulu ungenze ngakhohlwa konke umshikashika wami nayo yonke indlu kababa. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE UJosefa waqamba igama lezibulo ngokuthi uManase,* wathi: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ungenze ngikhohlwe konke ukuhlupheka kwami nendlu yonke kababa.” IsiZulu 2020 UJosefa waliqamba izibulo lakhe wathi nguManase, ngokuba ethi: “UNkulunkulu ungenze ngakukhohlwa ukuhlupheka kwami nendlu yonke kababa.” |
Emva kwayo kuyakuvela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala; futhi yonke inala iyokhohlakala ezweni laseGibhithe; indlala iyakudla izwe;
UJosefa wazalelwa amadodana amabili, ungakafiki unyaka wendlala, amzalela wona u-Asenati indodakazi kaPotifera umpristi wase-Oni.
Eyesibili wayiqamba igama lokuthi u-Efrayimi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangenza ngazala ezweni losizi lwami.
Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto omunye wathi kuJosefa: Bheka, uyihlo uyagula; wathatha amadodana akhe amabili, oManase no-Efrayimi, kanye naye.
Manje amadodana akho amabili, u-Efrayimi noManase, owazalelwa wona ezweni laseGibithe ngingakafiki kuwe eGibithe, angawami; njengoRubeni noSimeyoni bayakuba ngabami.
Waphendula ukulila kwami kwaba ngukusina; Wangihlubula indwangu yamasaka, wangibhincisa intokozo;
Ngokuba ukufutheka kwakhe kuba ngokomzuzwana nje; emseni wakhe kukhona ukuphila: ukukhala kuhlezi ubusuku, kepha ekuseni kukhona intokozo.
Lalela, ndodakazi, ubeke indlebe, ubeke indlebe yakho; khohlwa abantu bakho nendlu kayihlo;
Ngokuba ngeke ngilwe ingunaphakade, futhi ngeke ngihlale ngithukuthele, ngokuba umoya uyohluleka phambi kwami kanye nemiphefumulo engiyenzile.
Ukuthi ozibusisayo emhlabeni uzakubusiswa kuNkulunkulu weqiniso; lalowo ofunga emhlabeni uzafunga uNkulunkulu weqiniso; ngoba izinhlupheko zakuqala sezikhohliwe, ngoba zisithekile emehlweni ami.
Udumo lwakhe lunjengezibulo lenkunzi yakhe, nezimpondo zakhe zinjengezimpondo zenyathi; ngalokho Uyodudula abantu ndawonye kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba; futhi bayizinkulungwane eziyishumi zakwa-Efrayimi, futhi bayizinkulungwane zakwaManase.
Ngokuba abantwana bakwaJosefa babe yizizwe ezimbili, uManase no-Efrayimi; ngalokho amaLevi akawanikanga isabelo ezweni, kuphela imizi yokuhlala, namadlelo ayo ezinkomo zawo, nempahla yawo.
Kwakukhona abaningi abesizwe sakwaManase; ngoba wayelizibulo likaJosefa; okungukuthi, uMagiri, izibulo likaManase, uyise kaGileyadi; ngokuba wayeyindoda yempi, ngalokho waba nelakwaGileyadi neBashani.
Kwathi lapho sesifikile isikhathi uHana akhulelwa ngaso, wazala indodana, wayiqamba ngokuthi uSamuweli, wathi: “Ngokuba ngamcela kuJehova.”