UGenesise 37 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 37 UJosefa uthengiswa ngabafowabo

¹ UJakobe wahlala ezweni uyise ayegogobele kulo, ezweni laseKhanani.

² Lezi ziyizizukulwane zikaJakobe. UJosefa, owayeneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa, walusa umhlambi kanye nabafowabo; indodana yayikanye namadodana kaBiliha kanye namadodana kaZilipa abafazi bakayise; uJosefa waletha umbiko wabo omubi kuyise.

³ U-Israyeli wamthanda uJosefa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantwana bakhe, ngokuba wayeyindodana yobudala bakhe; wamenzela ingubo enemibala eminingi.

⁴ Lapho abafowabo bebona ukuthi uyise wayemthanda ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafowabo, bamzonda futhi babengakwazi ukukhuluma naye ngokuthula.

⁵ UJosefa waphupha iphupho, walitshela abafowabo, basebemzonda kakhulu.

⁶ Wathi kubo: “Zwanini leliphupho engiliphuphileyo.”

⁷ Ngokuba bheka, besibopha izithungu ensimini, bheka, isithungu sami savuka, saqonda; bheka, izithungu zenu zema nxazonke, zakhothama phambi kwesithungu sami.

⁸ Abafowabo bathi kuye: “Impela uyakusibusa na?” noma uzosibusa ngempela na? Basebemzonda kakhulu ngenxa yamaphupho akhe langenxa yamazwi akhe.

⁹ Waphupha elinye iphupho, walitshela abafowabo, wathi: “Bhekani, ngiphuphe elinye iphupho; bheka, ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi eziyishumi nanye kukhothama phambi kwami.

¹⁰ Wasebalandisa uyise labafowabo; uyise wamkhuza wathi kuye: Liphupho lini leli oliphuphileyo? Ingabe mina nonyoko kanye nabafowenu sizofika ngempela ukuze sikhothame phambi kwakho emhlabeni?

¹¹ Abafowabo basebemhawukela; kodwa uyise waligcina ilizwi.

¹² Abafowabo bahamba bayakwelusa izimvu zikayise eShekemi.

¹³ UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Abafowenu abafuyi yini umhlambi eShekema? woza, ngizakuthuma kubo. Wathi kuye: “Ngilapha.”

¹⁴ Wathi kuye: “Hamba, ubheke ukuthi basahlezi kahle yini abafowenu nomhlambi; futhi ungilethele izwi futhi. Wamthuma esuka esigodini saseHebroni, wafika eShekemi.

¹⁵ Umuntu othile wamfumana, bheka, wayezulazula endle; indoda yambuza yathi: Ufunani?

¹⁶ Wathi: “Ngifuna abafowethu; ngitshele lapho abalusa khona imihlambi yabo.

¹⁷ Wayesethi lowo muntu: “Bamukile lapha; ngoba ngibezwile besithi: Kasiye eDothani. UJosefa wabalandela abafowabo, wabafumana eDothani.

¹⁸ Lapho bembona ekude, engakasondeli kubo, bamenzela ugobe lokumbulala.

¹⁹ Basebekhulumisana besithi: Khangelani, nangu umphuphi esiza.

²⁰ Wozani manje simbulale, simphonse emgodini othile, sithi: ‘Udliwe yizilwane ezimbi, sibone ukuthi ayakuba yini ngamaphupho akhe.’

²¹ URubeni wakuzwa, wamsindisa esandleni sabo; wathi: “Masingambulali.”

²² URubeni wathi kubo: “Ningachithi gazi, kepha mphonseni kulo mthombo osehlane, ningabeki isandla kuye; ukuze amkhulule esandleni sabo, ambuyisele kuyise.

²³ UJosefa esefikile kubafowabo, bamhlubula uJosefa ingubo yakhe, ingubo yakhe enemibala eyayimbethe;

²⁴ Bamthatha, bamphonsa emthonjeni; umthombo wawungenalutho, kungekho manzi kuwo.

²⁵ Bahlala phansi ukuba badle isinkwa, baphakamisa amehlo abo, babheka, bheka, kwafika isixuku sabakwa-Ishmayeli bevela kwaGileyadi namakamela alo ethwele izinongo, nebhalisamu, nomure, behlela ukukwehlisela eGibithe.

²⁶ UJuda wasesithi kubafowabo: Kuzasizani ukuthi sibulale umfowethu, sifihle igazi lakhe?

²⁷ Wozani simthengise kwabakwa-Ishmayeli, isandla sethu masingabi phezu kwakhe; ngokuba ungumfowethu nenyama yethu. Abafowabo basutha.

²⁸ Kwase kudlula abathengi bakwaMidiyani; bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bakhuphula uJosefa, bathengisa ngoJosefa kuma-Ishmayeli ngamashekeli angamashumi amabili esiliva; bamyisa uJosefa eGibithe.

²⁹ URubeni wabuyela emgodini; bheka, uJosefa wayengekho emthonjeni; waklebhula izingubo zakhe.

³⁰ Wabuyela kubafowabo, wathi: “Umntwana akasekho; mina-ke, ngiyaphi na?

³¹ Base bethatha ingubo kaJosefa, bahlaba izinyane lembuzi, bacwilisa ingubo egazini;

³² Bayithumela ingubo enemibala, bayiyisa kuyise; yathi: “Siyitholile; yazi manje ukuthi iyisambatho sendodana yakho noma qha.

³³ Wase ekwazi, wathi: “Le ingubo yendodana yami; isilo esibi samudla; Ngokungangabazeki, uJosefa wadwengulwa.

³⁴ UJakobe waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wembatha indwangu yesaka okhalweni lwakhe, walilela indodana yakhe izinsuku eziningi.

³⁵ Onke amadodana akhe nawo onke amadodakazi akhe asuka ukumduduza; kepha wala ukududuzwa; wathi: “Ngokuba ngiyakwehlela endaweni yabafileyo ngilila indodana yami.” Ngakho uyise wamkhalela.

³⁶ AbakwaMidiyani bamthengisa eGibithe kuPotifari, isikhulu sikaFaro, induna yabalindi.