46 Josefa abesaneminyaka lengemashumi lamatsatfu nakacala kusebenta ngaphansi kwaFaro. Wesuka kuFaro walihamba lonkhe laseGibhithe.
Lona-ke ngumlandvo wesitukulwane saJakobe. Josefa, labesaneminyaka leli-17, abelusa timvu netimbuti kanye nabomnakabo bekutalwa nguBilha, naZilpha, bafati beyise. Josefa abeletsa umbiko kuyise ngaloko lokubi lababekwenta.
Kwatsi ngeminyaka lesikhombisa yenala, live laba nesivuno lesikhulu.
Nome Josefa abebabona labomnakabo, kodvwa bona babengamboni.
Kusengumnyaka wesibili lona indlala ikhungetse umhlaba; kusasele leminye iminyaka lesihlanu kungalinywa kungavunwa.
Davide abeneminyaka lengema-30, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi, wabusa iminyaka lengema-40.
Inkhosi Rehobowamu yahamba yayawutsatsisa kubantfu labadzala lababesebenta neyise Solomoni aseyinkhosi, yafike yabuta yatsi: “Nine ningangeluleka kutsi ngibaphendvula kanjani labantfu?”
Kodvwa Rehobowamu wasilahla leseluleko salabantfu labadzala lababemeluleke ngaso, wahamba wayawubuta kulabasha, bontsanga yakhe lababetinceku takhe.
Use wambona nje umuntfu loyingcweti emsebentini wakhe? Nguye lowo loyawusetjentiswa ngemakhosi, angeke aweswele nemsebenti.
Inkhosi yakhuluma nabo, yakhandza kutsi kute namunye labelingana naboDanyela, naHananiya, naMishayeli kanye na-Azariya; ngako base bangena emsebentini wenkhosi.
Kwakufanele kube ngemajaha lamahle langenasiyela, labenemandla nenhlitiyo yako konkhe kufundziswa, lanelwati, lanengcondvo lekhaliphile, lalungele kusebenta esigodlweni senkhosi. Kwakufanele awafundzise lulwimi netincwadzi taseBhabhulona.
Bala onkhe emadvodza kusukela kulasaneminyaka lengema-30 kuya kulengema-50 budzala, labo lase bangena enkonzweni yekukhonta ethendeni lekuhlangana.
Lindzani nithandaze onkhe emalanga, khona nitawuba nemandla ekuphunyula kuletintfo letitakwenteka nitekwati kuma embikweNdvodzana yeMuntfu.”
Nakacala lomsebenti wakhe Jesu abeneminyaka lecishe ibe ngema-30 budzala; bantfu babecabanga kutsi uyindvodzana yaJosefa labengumsa wa-Eli,
Kuye lonemandla ekunigcina, ningete nakhubeka, kuze aniletse ebukhosini bakhe, nite licala, nitfokota kakhulu,
Davide wefika kuSawula, wangena emsebentini wakhe. Sawula wamtsandza kakhulu Davide, waze wambeka nekutsi abe ludzibi lwakhe.