UGenesise 48 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 48 UJakobe ubusisa amadodana kaJosefa

¹ Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto omunye wathi kuJosefa: Bheka, uyihlo uyagula; wathatha amadodana akhe amabili, oManase no-Efrayimi, kanye naye.

² UJakobe watshelwa, kwathiwa: “Bheka, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe; u-Israyeli wamqinisa, wahlala embhedeni.”

³ UJakobe wasesithi kuJosefa: UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLusu elizweni leKhanani, wangibusisa.

⁴ Futhi yathi kimi: Bheka, ngizokwenza uzale futhi ngikwandise, futhi ngizokwenza ube uquqaba lwezizwe; leli zwe ngiyakulinika inzalo yakho emva kwakho libe yifa kuze kube phakade.

⁵ Manje amadodana akho amabili, u-Efrayimi noManase, owazalelwa wona ezweni laseGibithe ngingakafiki kuwe eGibithe, angawami; njengoRubeni noSimeyoni bayakuba ngabami.

⁶ Futhi inzalo yakho oyoyizala ngemva kwabo iyoba ngeyakho futhi ibizwe ngegama labafowabo efeni layo.

⁷ Mina-ke, ekuphumeni kwami ePhadani, uRaheli wafa nami ezweni laseKhanani endleleni, kusekude ukuba ngifike e-Efrati; ngammbela lapho endleleni yase-Efrati; okuyiBetlehema.

⁸ U-Israyeli wabona amadodana kaJosefa wathi: “Angobani na?

⁹ UJosefa wasesithi kuyise: Lawa angamadodana ami uNkulunkulu angiphe wona kulindawo. Wathi: “Ziletheni kimi, ngizababusisa.”

¹⁰ Amehlo ka-Israyeli ayefiphele ngenxa yokuguga, engasaboni. Waziletha kuye; wasebanga, wawagona.

¹¹ UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Ngangingacabangi ukuthi ngizakubona ubuso bakho; khangela-ke, uNkulunkulu ungibonisile lenzalo yakho.

¹² UJosefa wayesebakhiphela phakathi kwamadolo akhe, wakhothamela ubuso bakhe emhlabathini.

¹³ UJosefa wayesebabamba bobabili, u-Efrayimi ngesandla sakhe sokunene ngakwesokhohlo sika-Israyeli, noManase ngesokhohlo, ngakwesokunene sika-Israyeli, wabaletha kuye.

¹⁴ U-Israyeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene wasibeka ekhanda lika-Efrayimi engomncane, nesandla sakhe sokhohlo ekhanda likaManase, eqondisa izandla zakhe ngokuhlakanipha; ngoba uManase wayelizibulo.

¹⁵ Wambusisa uJosefa, wathi: “UNkulunkulu abahamba phambi kwakhe obaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka, uNkulunkulu ongondlile konke ukuphila kwami kuze kube namuhla;

¹⁶ Ingelosi eyangikhulula ebubini bonke ibusisa abafana; igama lami malibizwe phezu kwabo negama lawobaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka; futhi mabakhule babe yisixuku phakathi komhlaba.

¹⁷ UJosefa esebona ukuthi uyise ubeke isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, kwakungalungile kuye;

¹⁸ UJosefa wayesethi kuyise: “Qha, baba, ngokuba lo uyizibulo; beka isandla sakho sokunene ekhanda lakhe.

¹⁹ Uyise wala wathi: “Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi lokhu; kodwa ngempela, umfowabo omncane uyakuba mkhulu kunaye, nenzalo yakhe iyoba uquqaba lwezizwe.

²⁰ Wababusisa ngalolo suku, wathi: “Ngawe u-Israyeli uyakubusisa ngokuthi: ‘UNkulunkulu akwenze ube njengo-Efrayimi nanjengoManase; wabeka u-Efrayimi phambi kukaManase.

²¹ U-Israyeli wayesethi kuJosefa: “Bheka, ngiyafa, kepha uNkulunkulu uyakuba nani, anibuyisele ezweni lawoyihlo.

²² Futhi ngakunika isabelo esisodwa ngaphezu kwabafowenu, engabathatha ngenkemba yami nomnsalo wami esandleni sama-Amori.