UGenesise 45 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 45 UJosefa utshela abafowabo ukuthi ungubani ngempela

¹ UJosefa wayengenakuzibamba phambi kwabo bonke ababemi ngakuye; wamemeza wathi: “Yilowo nalowo makasuke kimi.” futhi kwakungekho muntu owama ngakuye lapho uJosefa ezazisa kubafowabo.

² Wakhala ngezwi elikhulu, abaseGibithe nendlu kaFaro bakuzwa.

³ Wayesethi uJosefa kubafowabo: “NginguJosefa; ubaba usaphila nabafowabo behluleka ukumphendula; ngoba babetshaywa luvalo phambi kobuso bakhe.

⁴ UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: “Sondelani kimi.” Base besondela. Wathi: “Ngingumfowenu uJosefa enathengisa ngaye eGibithe.”

⁵ Manje ningabi lusizi, ningazithukutheleli ukuthi nathengisa ngami lapha, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangithuma phambi kwenu ukulondoloza ukuphila.

⁶ Kule minyaka emibili kwakukhona indlala ezweni, futhi kuseneminyaka emihlanu okungayikuvuna ngayo noma kuvunwe.

⁷ UNkulunkulu wangithuma phambi kwenu ukuba nginigcinele inzalo emhlabeni, ngisindise ukuphila kwenu ngokukhululwa okukhulu.

⁸ Manje akunina ongithume lapha, kodwa uNkulunkulu; wangimisa ngaba nguyise kuFaro, nombusi wendlu yakhe yonke, nombusi ezweni lonke laseGibithe.

⁹ Khuphukani masinyane niye kubaba nithi kuye: Isho kanje indodana yakho uJosefa: UNkulunkulu ungenze umbusi phezu kwalo lonke iGibithe; yehlela kimi, ungalibali.

¹⁰ Uyakuhlala ezweni laseGosheni, ube seduze kwami, wena nabantwana bakho, nabantwana babantwana bakho, nezimvu zakho, nezinkomo zakho, nakho konke onakho.

¹¹ Futhi lapho ngiyakunondla; ngoba kusasele iminyaka emihlanu yendlala; ukuthi wena nendlu yakho nakho konke onakho, ningaweli ebumpofu.

¹² Bhekani, amehlo enu ayabona, namehlo omfowethu uBenjamini ukuthi ngumlomo wami okhuluma kini.

¹³ Kumelwe nitshele ubaba ngayo yonke inkazimulo yami eGibhithe nangakho konke enikubonile; futhi kufanele nisheshe nehlise ubaba lapha.

¹⁴ Wawela entanyeni kaBhenjamini umfowabo, wakhala; uBenjamini wakhala ngasentanyeni yakhe.

¹⁵ Ngaphezu kwalokho, wabanga bonke abafowabo wakhala phezu kwabo; ngasemuva abafowabo bakhuluma kuye.

¹⁶ Kwasekuzwakala umbiko endlini kaFaro, kwathiwa: “Abafowabo bakaJosefa bafikile, kwaba kuhle emehlweni kaFaro nezinceku zakhe.”

¹⁷ UFaro wayesethi kuJosefa: “Yisho abafowenu ukuthi: ‘Yenzani lokhu; bopha izinkomo zakho, uye ezweni laseKhanani;

¹⁸ nithathe uyihlo nezindlu zenu, nize kimi, ngininike okuhle kwezwe laseGibithe, nidle amanoni ezwe.

¹⁹ Manje uyaliwe, kwenze; zithatheleni izinqola ezweni laseGibithe, nithathele abancane benu nabafazi benu, nilethe uyihlo, nize.

²⁰ Unganaki impahla yakho; ngoba okuhle kwezwe lonke laseGibhithe kungokwenu.

²¹ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benze njalo; uJosefa wabanika izinqola njengesiyalo sikaFaro, wabanika ukudla kwendlela.

²² Wabanika zonke izingubo ezahlukene; kepha uBenjamini wamnika amashekeli angamakhulu amathathu esiliva nezingubo zangaphansi eziyisihlanu.

²³ Wathumela kanjalo kuyise; izimbongolo eziyishumi, zithwele izinto ezinhle zaseGibithe, nezimbongolo eziyishumi, zithwele amabele, nesinkwa, nenyama kayise endleleni.

²⁴ Wasebamukisa abafowabo, basebesuka, wathi kubo: Qaphelani ukuthi lingawa endleleni.

²⁵ Bakhuphuka besuka eGibithe, bafika ezweni laseKhanani kuyise uJakobe.

²⁶ Wamtshela wathi: “UJosefa usekhona, ungumbusi wezwe lonke laseGibithe.” Inhliziyo kaJakobe yaphela, ngokuba engabakholwanga.

²⁷ Basebemtshela wonke amazwi kaJosefa abewakhulume kubo; lapho ebona izinqola uJosefa ayezithumele ukuba zimthwale, umoya kayise uJakobe waphila.

²⁸ Wayesethi u-Israyeli: “Sekwanele; Indodana yami uJosefa isaphila: Ngizohamba ngimbone ngingakafi.