UGenesise 50 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

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¹ UJosefa wawa ebusweni bukayise, wakhala phezu kwakhe, wamanga.

² UJosefa wayala izinceku zakhe, inyanga, ukuba zigqumise uyise ngomzimba;

³ Zaphelela kuye izinsuku ezingamashumi amane; ngokuba zaphelela kanjalo izinsuku zokugqumisa; abaseGibithe bamlilela izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa.

⁴ Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku zokulila kwakhe, uJosefa wakhuluma endlini kaFaro, wathi: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni enu, khulumani ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi:

⁵ Ubaba wangifungisa wathi: Bheka, ngiyafa; ethuneni lami engazimbela lona ezweni laseKhanani, lapho uyakungimbela. Manje-ke ake ngikhuphuke ngingcwabe ubaba, futhi ngizobuya.

⁶ Wayesethi uFaro: “Khuphuka, ummbele uyihlo njengokukufungisa kwakhe.”

⁷ UJosefa wakhuphuka ukuyommbela uyise, zakhuphuka naye zonke izinceku zikaFaro, namalunga endlu yakhe, nawo onke amadoda amadala ezwe laseGibithe;

⁸ Yonke indlu kaJosefa, nabafowabo, nendlu kayise, bashiya kuphela abantwana babo abancane, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, ezweni laseGosheni.

⁹ Izinqola nabamahhashi bakhuphuka naye, kwaba isixuku esikhulu kakhulu.

¹⁰ Bafika esibuyeni sase-Athadi esingaphesheya kweJordani, bakhala khona ngesililo esikhulu nesinzima kakhulu; wamlilela uyise izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

¹¹ Abakhileyo kulelo zwe, amaKhanani, bebona ukulila ebaleni lika-Athadi, bathi: “Lokhu kuyisililo esikhulu samaGibithe; ngalokho igama laso laqanjwa ngokuthi i-Abela Mizirayimi engaphesheya kweJordani.

¹² Amadodana akhe enza kuye njengokuyala kwakhe;

¹³ Amadodana akhe amngenisa ezweni laseKhanani, ammbela emhumeni wensimu yaseMakaphela, u-Abrahama awuthenga kanye nezwe, kube yindawo yethuna lika-Efroni umHeti phambi kweMamre.

¹⁴ UJosefa wabuyela eGibithe, yena nabafowabo, nabo bonke abakhuphuka naye ukuyombela uyise, ngemva kokungcwaba uyise.

¹⁵ Abafowabo bakaJosefa sebebonile ukuthi uyise ufile, bathi: “Mhlawumbe uJosefa uyakusizonda, aphindisele kithi ngakho konke okubi esikwenzile kuye.”

¹⁶ Basebethuma isithunywa kuJosefa ukuthi: Uyihlo walaya engakafi wathi:

¹⁷ Ngakho anothi kuJosefa: Thethelela isiphambeko sabafowenu nesono sabo; ngoba bonile; usithethelele manje isiphambeko sezinceku zikaNkulunkulu kayihlo. UJosefa wakhala lapho bekhuluma kuye.

¹⁸ Nabafowabo bahamba, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe; futhi bathi: “Bheka, siyizinceku zakho.”

¹⁹ UJosefa wathi kubo: “Ningesabi, ngokuba mina ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu na?”

²⁰ Kepha nina, nangicambela okubi; kepha uNkulunkulu wakuceba kwaba kuhle ukuba kwenziwe, njenganamuhla, ukugcina abantu abaningi bephila.

²¹ Ningesabi manje; ngiyakunondla nina nabancane benu. Wabaduduza, wakhuluma kubo ngomusa.

²² UJosefa wahlala eGibithe, yena nendlu kayise; uJosefa waphila iminyaka eyikhulu neshumi.

²³ UJosefa wabona abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi besizukulwane sesithathu; nabantwana bakwaMagiri, indodana kaManase, bakhuliselwa emadolweni kaJosefa.

²⁴ UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: “Sengiyafa, uNkulunkulu uyakuninakekela nokuninakekela, anikhiphe kuleli zwe, aniyise ezweni alifungela o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.

²⁵ UJosefa wasefungisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli, wathi: UNkulunkulu uzalilalela lokulilalela, njalo lizakhupha amathambo ami lapho.

²⁶ UJosefa wafa, eneminyaka eyikhulu neshumi; bamgqumisa ngemithi, wafakwa ebhokisini eGibithe.