UGenesisi 44 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

UJosefa uyabalinga abafowabo

¹ Waselaye umphathi wendlu yakhe esithi: Gcwalisa amasaka alamadoda ngokudla okulingene amandla awo okuthwala, ufake imali yaleyo laleyondoda emlonyeni wesaka layo.

² Ufake inkezo yami, inkezo yesiliva, emlonyeni wesaka lencinyane kanye lemali yayo. Wenzake njengelizwi likaJosefa.

³ Kwathi sekusile, amadoda avunyelwa ukuhamba kanye lobabhemi bawo.

⁴ Esephumile emzini, engakabi khatshana, uJosefa wathi kumphathi wendlu yakhe: Suka ulandele lawomadoda; lapho usuwaficile uthi kuwo: Liphindiseleni okuhle ngokubi na?

⁵ Inkezo le kayisiyo enatha ngenkosi yami, levumisa ngayo na? Lenze okubi ngokwenza njalo.

⁶ Wawafica, wakhuluma lawo amazwi la.

⁷ Athi kuye: Inkosi yethu ikhulumelani amazwi anje na? Kakube khatshana lezinceku zakho ukwenza okunje.

⁸ Khangela, imali esayifumana emilonyeni yamasaka ethu sayibuyisa sivela elizweni laseKanani, sayiletha kuwe. Pho, besingeba kanjani isiliva loba igolide endlini yenkosi yakho na?

⁹ Uba ufumana inkezo komunye wezinceku, zakho, kabulawe, lathi sibe yizigqili zenkosi yethu.

¹⁰ Wathi: Kakube njengamazwi enu; lowo ezakufunyanwa kuye inkezo kabe yisigqili sami, lina abanye lingabi lacala.

¹¹ Ileyo laleyondoda yaphangisa ukwethula isaka layo, yalivula.

¹² Wawaphenya eqala kwenkulu wacina kwencinyane; inkezo yafunyaniswa esakeni likaBenjamini.

¹³ Asedabula ingubo zawo; ileyo laleyo yethwesa ubabhemi wayo, yabuyela emzini.

¹⁴ UJuda labafowabo bafika endlini kaJosefa; wayesesekhona, bakhothamela phansi phambi kwakhe.

¹⁵ UJosefa wasesithi kubo: Kuyini lokhu elikwenzileyo na? Belingazi ukuthi umuntu onjengami anganuka njengesanuse na?

¹⁶ UJuda wathi kuye: Sizakuthini enkosini yethu na? Singakhulumani? Sizakuzilandulela sithini? UNkulunkulu ubufumene ububi bezinceku zakho; khangela, siyizigqili zenkosi yethu kanye laye okufunyenwe kuye inkezo.

¹⁷ Wasesithi: Kakube khatshana lami ukwenza njalo. Lowo efunyenwe kuye inkezo nguye ozakuba yisigqili sami; kodwa lina hambani kuhle liye kuyihlo.

¹⁸ UJuda wasesondela kuye wathi: O nkosi yami! vumela inceku yakho ike ikhulume ilizwi enkosini yami, ungayithukutheleli inceku yakho, ngoba ungangoFaro wena.

¹⁹ Inkosi yami yabuza inceku zayo yathi: Liloyihlo ingabe lomfowenu na?

²⁰ Sathi enkosini yami: Silobaba oselixhegu, lomntwana wobuxhegu bakhe omncinyane umnewabo sewafa, nguye yedwa osesele kwabakanina, uyise uyamthanda.

²¹ Wena wathi encekwini zakho: Mletheni kimi ukuba ngimbone ngamehlo ami.

²² Sathi enkosini yethu: Umfana angetshiye uyise; ngoba uba emtshiya uyise, uyise uzakufa.

²³ Wena wathi encekwini zakho: Uba umnawenu engafiki lani, kalisoze libone ubuso bami futhi.

²⁴ Kwathi sesibuyele kubaba inceku yakho, samtshela amazwi enkosi yethu.

²⁵ Ubaba wathi: Buyelani, lisithengele okunye ukudla.

²⁶ Sathi thina: Singeke siye, kodwa uba umnawethu omncinyane elathi singaya, ngoba singebone ubuso balowomuntu uba umnawethu omncinyane singelaye.

²⁷ Inceku yakho ubaba yathi kithi: Liyazi ukuthi umkami wangizalela amadodana amabili;

²⁸ enye yasuka kimi, ngakho ngathi: Impela idatshuliwe; selokhu kwaba yilesosikhathi kangiyibonanga.

²⁹ Uba lithatha le, yehlelwe ngokubi, lizakwehlisela izimvi zami endaweni yabafileyo ngosizi.

³⁰ Ngakhoke lapho ngibuyela kubaba inceku yakho, umfana singelaye, njengoba ukusila kwakhe kuhlangene lokusila komfana,

³¹ nxa ebona ukuthi umfana kasilaye, uzakufa; inceku zakho zizakwehlisela izimvi zenceku yakho ubaba endaweni yabafileyo ngosizi.

³² Ngoba inceku yakho yaba yisibambiso somfana kubaba yathi: Uba ngingambuyiseli kuwe, ngizakuba lecala kubaba kuze kube nini lanini.

³³ Ngakhoke, inceku yakho kayisale esikhundleni somfana, ibe yisigqili senkosi yami, umfana akhuphuke kanye labafowabo.

³⁴ Ngoba ngingakhuphukela kubaba kanjani umfana ngingelaye, ngibone okubi okuzakumehlela ubaba na?