Genesisi
50 UJosefa waziphosa phezu kwakayise,+ walila bewammanga. 2 Ngemva kwalokho, watjela iinsebenzi zakhe ezibodorhodere bona zizese uyise ngamafutha anuka kamnandi+ ukwenzela bona isidumbu sakhe singaboli. Nje-ke abodorhodere batjhatjha u-Israyeli ngamafutha lawo, 3 kwabathatha amalanga ama-40 ukwenza njalo ngombana bekuthatha amalanga angako ukutjhatjha isidumbu ngamafutha anuka kamnandi ukwenzela bona singaboli. AmaGibhide araga nokulilela u-Israyeli amalanga ama-70.
4 Kwathi nasele kudlule amalanga wokulilela u-Israyeli, uJosefa wayokukhuluma neenduna ezingaphasi kwakaFaro, wathi: “Nange ngifumene umusa kini, tjelani uFaro umlayezo nakhu: 5 ‘Ubaba wangifungisa,+ wathi: “Nangihlongakalako+ kufuze uyongibulungela ethuneni lami+ engazilungiselela lona enarheni yeKanana.”+ Nje-ke ngibawa ukuyokubulunga ubaba, kuzakuthi ngemva kwalokho ngibuye.’” 6 UFaro wathi: “Khamba uyokubulunga uyihlo njengombana akufungisile.”+
7 Nje-ke uJosefa wakhamba wayokubulunga uyise, wakhamba nazo zoke iinsebenzi zakaFaro, abadala+ besigodlweni sakaFaro, boke abadala benarheni yeGibhide, 8 woke umndenakhe, abafowabo nomndeni kayise.+ Enarheni yeGotjheni kwasala abantwana, imihlambi yezimvu nefuywabo kwaphela. 9 Wakhamba neenkarana+ nabakhweli beenjomani, kwamambala bekusiqhema esikhulu tle! 10 Bafika eselelweni se-Athadi, esisesifundeni seJordani, barhahlawula isililo. UJosefa wasolo alilela uyise bekwaphela amalanga alikhomba. 11 Abantu ebebahlala lapho bekumaKanana, nje-ke bababona nabalila eselelweni se-Athadi, bathi: “Kwamambala amaGibhide ezwa ubuhlungu!” Kungebangelo indawo leyo yathiywa ngokuthi yi-Abela-Mitsirayimu,* isesifundeni seJordani.
12 Amadodana kaJakopo enza lokho awatjele khona.+ 13 Amadodanakhe amthwala, ayombulungela eKanana, erholweni lesimu yeMakaphela, isimu ephambi kweMamre, leyo u-Abrahama ayithenga ku-Efroni umRhiti bona kube yindawakhe yokubulungela.+ 14 Ngemva kokuthi uJosefa aqedile ukubulunga uyise, wabuyela eGibhide akhamba nabafowabo nabo boke ebebakhambe naye nakayokubulunga uyise.
15 Ngemva kokuhlongakala kwakayise, abafowabo bakaJosefa bathi komunye nomunye: “Kungenzeka uJosefa usibambele amavunda begodu uzozibuyiselela ngokumbi esamenza khona.”+ 16 Nje-ke bathumela uJosefa umlayezo othi: “Ngaphambi kokuthi uyihlo ahlongakale wathi: 17 ‘Nakhu enizokutjela uJosefa: “Ngiyakuncenga, ngibawa ulibalele umtjhapho wabafowenu nesono abasenza ngokukubangela ubuhlungu obungaka.”’ Ngibawa ulibalele umtjhapho weenceku zakaZimu kayihlo.” UJosefa walila njengombana bakhuluma naye. 18 Abafowabo beza baguqa phambi kwakhe, bathi: “Ungasenza nanyana yini oyithandako ngombana siziingqila zakho!”+ 19 UJosefa wathi kibo: “Ningasabi. Kanti senginguZimu na? 20 Ngitjho nanyana benihlose ukungilimaza,+ uZimu wenze lokhu kwaba yintwehle, wasindisa ukuphila kwabanengi njengombana enza namhlanjesi.+ 21 Nje-ke ningabi nevalo. Ngizokuraga nokupha nina nabantwabenu ukudla.”+ Wabaduduza njalo-ke bewabaqinisa.
22 UJosefa waraga nokuhlala eGibhide nomndeni kayise. Waphila iminyaka eli-110. 23 Wabona isizukulwana sesithathu samadodana ka-Efrayimu,+ amadodana kaMakiri+ namadodana kaManase. UJosefa bekabathatha njengabantwabakhe. 24 Kamva wathi kubafowabo: “Sengiyahlongakala kodwana uZimu uzokuba nani,+ uzonikhupha enarheni le anise enarheni afunga ngayo ku-Abrahama, ku-Isaka nakuJakopo.”+ 25 UJosefa wafungisa amadodana ka-Israyeli, wathi: “Kwamambala uZimu uzokuba nani, nje-ke kufuze nikhambe namathambami naniphuma enarheni le.”+ 26 UJosefa wahlongakala aneminyaka eli-110. Bamzesa ngamafutha anuka kamnandi ukwenzela bona isidumbu sakhe singaboli+ bebamfaka ngekasini eGibhide.