Genesisi
45 UJosefa nakezwa lokhu, akhenge akghone ukuzibamba phambi kweensebenzi zakhe.+ Warhuwelela wathi: “Phumani noke ngapha!” Wasala nabafowabo lokha nakaziveza kibo.+
2 Walila khulu kangangobana nabantu beGibhide basizwa isililweso safika nendlini kaFaro. 3 Ngemva kwalokho, uJosefa wathi kubafowabo: “NginguJosefa. Ubaba usaphila?” Abafowabo babhalelwa kumphendula, barareka. 4 UJosefa wathi kubafowabo: “Ngibawa nitjhidele.” Batjhidela kuye.
Wathi: “NginguJosefa umfowenu enamthengisa eGibhide.+ 5 Ningaphatheki kumbi, ningasolani ngebanga lokungithengisa kwenu. UZimu ungithumele lapha bona asindise ukuphila.+ 6 Lo mnyaka wesibili kunendlala enarheni,+ kuseza iminyaka emihlanu lapha kungekhe kulinywe namkha kuvunwe. 7 UZimu ungithume ngaphambi kwenu bona kusindiswe iinzukulwana zenu,+ ngokwenza lokhu uzonisindisa ngokurarako begodu angekhe nife. 8 Nje-ke akusingini eningithumele lapha kodwana ngithunyelwe nguZimu weqiniso bona angibeke ngibe yinduna engaphasi kwakaFaro nekosi enarheni yeGibhide.+
9 “Rhabani niye kubaba, nithi kuye, ‘Nakhu indodanakho uJosefa ekutjhoko: “UZimu ungibeke bona ngibe yikosi eGibhide.+ Ngibawa uze kimi, ungariyadi.+ 10 Kufuze uhlale enarheni yeGotjheni,+ uzokuba seduze nami nawulapho, wena, amadodanakho, iinzukulwana zakho, umhlambakho nakho koke onakho. 11 Ngizokunikela ukudla nawulapho ngombana kuseza iminyaka emihlanu yendlala.+ Nakungasinjalo, wena nomndenakho nakho koke onakho nizokubulawa yindlala.”’ 12 Nani niyabona ngitjho noBhenjamini uyabona ukuthi ngimi lo okhulumako.+ 13 Nje-ke kufuze nitjele ubaba ukuthi ngihlonitjhwa kangangani eGibhide, nimtjele nangakho koke enikubonileko. Rhabani begodu nibuye nobaba.”
14 Wagona umfowabo uBhenjamini bewalila, noBhenjamini wamgona naye walila.+ 15 Wamanga boke abafowabo, wabagona bewalila. Ngemva kwalokho bathoma ukukhuluma naye.
16 Kuthe iindaba zokufika kwabafowabo bakaJosefa nazifika endlini kaFaro, uFaro neensebenzi zakhe bathaba. 17 UFaro wathi kuJosefa: “Tjela abafowenu uthi kibo: ‘Layitjhani ukudla eenlwaneni zenu ezithwalako nitjhinge enarheni yeKanana, 18 nithathe uyihlo nemindenenu nize kimi. Ngizoninikela izinto ezihle zenarheni yeGibhide, nizokudla ukudla okunothileko kwenarheni le.’+ 19 Kufuze ubayale uthi:+ ‘Yenzani lokhu: Thathani iinkarana+ zenarheni yeGibhide niyokukhweza abantwabenu nabafazi benu. Kufuze nikhweze uyihlo kwenye yazo nize kimi.+ 20 Ningatshwenyeki ngepahlenu+ ngombana koke okuhle kweGibhide ngekwenu.’”
21 Amadodana ka-Israyeli enza njalo begodu uJosefa wawanikela iinkarana njengombana uFaro akhulumile, wawanikela nomphako wendlela. 22 Wanikela omunye nomunye wabo isambatho esitjha kodwana wanikela uBhenjamini iimpaparwana zesiliva ezima-300 nezambatho ezihlanu ezitja.+ 23 Wathumela uyise nakhu okulandelako: Abodumbana abalitjhumi bathwele izinto ezihle zeGibhide nabodumbana abasikazi abalitjhumi bathwele ikoroyi, uburotho nomphako kayise wendlela. 24 Kuthe abafowabo nabakhambako, wathi kibo: “Ningalwi njengombana nikhamba.”+
25 Ngemva kwalokho, bakhuphuka basuka eGibhide bafika enarheni yeKanana kubababo uJakopo. 26 Bambikela bathi: “UJosefa usaphila begodu ubusa yoke inarha yeGibhide.”+ Kodwana ubababo waphelelwa mamandla ngombana bekangabakholwa.+ 27 Kuthe nabamtjela koke uJosefa abatjele khona begodu nakabona iinkarana ezithunyelwe nguJosefa bona zizomlayitjha, wazizwa angcono. 28 U-Israyeli wathi: “Sengiyakholwa nje! Indodanami uJosefa isaphila! Kufuze ngiyoyibona ngaphambi kobana ngihlongakale!”+