UGENESISE 45

₁Khona uJosefa wayengasenakuzibamba phambi kwabo bonke ababemi naye, wakhala wathi: Phumisani kimi abantu bonke; kwakungemi-muntu naye, uJosefa esazazisa kubafowabo.

₂Wayesephakamisa izwi ngokukhala, abaseGibithe bakuzwa, nendlu kaFaro yakuzwa.

₃Wathi uJosefa kubafowabo: NginguJosefa; ubaba usekhona na? Abafowabo babengenakumphendula, ngokuba bashaqeka ebusweni bakhe.

₄UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: Ake nisondele kimi. Basondela-ke. Wayesethi: NginguJosefa umfowenu enathengisa ngaye eGibithe.

₅Manje ningabi-buhlungu, ningazithukutheleli ukuthi nathengisa ngami lapha, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangithuma phambi kwenu ukulondoloza impilo.

₆Ngokuba isimibili iminyaka indlala ikhona ezweni; kusasele iminyaka eyisihlanu okungayikulinywa, kuvunwe ngayo.

₇UNkulunkulu wangithuma ngaphambi kwenu ukunilondoloza, nibe-yinsali emhlabeni, nisindiswe kube-ngukukhululwa okukhulu.

₈Kalokhu akuyinina enangithuma lapha, kepha uNkulunkulu; ungibeké uyise kaFaro, nenkosi yendlu yakhe yonke, nombusi wezwe lonke laseGibithe.

₉Sheshani nikhuphuke, niye kubaba, nithi kuye: Uthé uJosefa indodana yakho: UNkulunkulu ungibeké inkosi yalo lonke iGibithe; yehla, uze kimi, ungalibali.

₁₀Uyakuhlala ezweni laseGosheni, ube-seduze nami, wena nabantabakho, nabantwana babantabakho, nezimvu zakho, nezinkomo zakho, nakho konke onakho,

₁₁ngikondlele khona, ngokuba kuseyiminyaka eyisihlanu yendlala, funa uswele, wena nomuzi wakho, nakho konke onakho.

₁₂Bhekani, amehlo enu ayabona kanye namehlo omfowethu uBenjamini ukuthi yiwo umlomo wami okhuluma kinina.

₁₃Niyakumlandisa ubaba yonke inkazimulo yami eGibithe, nakho konke enikuboniyelo, nisheshe nehlise ubaba, nimlethe lapha.

₁₄Wayesewa entanyeni yomfowabo uBenjamini, wakhala; noBenjamini wakhala ngasentanyeni yakhe.

₁₅Wabanga bonke abafowabo, wakhalela kubo; emva kwalokho abafowabo bakhuluma naye.

₁₆Lelizwi lezwakala endlini kaFaro, lithi: Abafowabo bakaJosefa bafikile; kwaba-kuhle emehlweni kaFaro nasemehlweni ezinceku zakhe.

₁₇UFaro wayesethi kuJosefa: Yisho kubafowenu ukuthi: Yenzani lokhu: thwesani izimbongolo zenu, nihambe niye ezweni laseKhanani,

₁₈nithathe uyihlo nemizi yenu, nize kimi, nginiphe okuhle kwezwe laseGibithe, nize nidle amanoni ezwe.

₁₉Usuyaliwe; yenzani lokhu; nithathele izingane zenu nawomkenu izinqola ezweni laseGibithe, nilethe uyihlo, beseniza.

₂₀Futhi ningakhathaleli impahla yenu, ngokuba okuhle kwezwe lonke laseGibithe kungokwenu.

₂₁Enze njalo amadodana kaIsrayeli; uJosefa wabapha izinqola njengesiyalo sikaFaro, wabanika nomphako wendlela.

₂₂Kubo bonke, kwaba-yilowo nalowo, wanika izingubo zokuphendulela; kepha uBenjamini wamupha izinhlamvu ezingamakhulu amathathu zesiliva nezingubo eziyisihlanu zokuphendulela.

₂₃Kuyise wathuma kanje: izimbongolo eziyishumi, zithwesiwe izinto ezinhle zaseGibithe, nezimbongolokazi eziyishumi, zithwesiwe amabele, nesinkwa, nomphako kayise endleleni.

₂₄Wayesebamukisa abafowabo, bahamba; wathi kubo: Ningaxabani endleleni.

₂₅Bakhuphuka eGibithe, bafika ezweni laseKhanani kuJakobe uyise.

₂₆Bamtshela bathi: UJosefa usekhona, ungumbusi ezweni lonke laseGibithe. Inhliziyo yakhe yayisiphela amandla, ngokuba akakholwanga yibo.

₂₇Bamlandisa onke amazwi kaJosefa abewashilo kubo; lapho esebona izinqola abezithumile uJosefa zokumthwala, umoya kaJakobe uyise wavuselelwa.

₂₈Wathi uIsrayeli: Kwanele; uJosefa indodana yami usekhona; ngizakuhamba ngimbone ngingakafi.