IGenesis
39:1 UYosefu wehliswa wasiwa eYiputa; noPotifare, igosa lase
UFaro, umYiputakazi, umYiputa, wamthenga esandleni
namaIshmayeli, awayemhlisele khona.
39:2 UYehova waba naye uYosefu, waba yindoda enempumelelo; wabe engenile
endlwini yenkosi yakhe engumYiputa.
39:3 Yabona inkosi yakhe ukuba uYehova unaye, nokuba uYehova wenza
konke awakwenzayo ukuze kube nempumelelo esandleni sakhe.
39:4 UYosefu wababalwa emehlweni ayo, wayilungiselela;
umveleli wendlu yakhe, neento zonke ebinazo wazinikela esandleni sakhe.
39:5 Kwathi, ukususela ngexesha lokummisa kwakhe umveleli weqela lakhe
nendlu yakhe, nento yonke abenayo, wayisikelela uYehova eyamaYiputa
indlu ngenxa kaYosefu; yaye intsikelelo kaYehova yaba phezu kwako konke oko
ebenayo endlwini, nasemasimini.
39:6 Wayishiya yonke into abenayo esandleni sikaYosefu; waye engazi nto yena
ebengenaso isonka kuphela abesisidla. Ke uYosefu ebengumntu olungileyo;
kwaye ithandwa kakuhle.
39:7 Kwathi emveni kwezo zinto, umfazi wenkosi yakhe wamphosa
amehlo kuYosefu; Wathi, Ndilale.
39:8 Akavuma ke yena, wathi kumkankosi yakhe, Nantsi inkosi yam
engayazi into ekum endlwini; uzenze zonke ezo nto
usesandleni sam;
39:9 Akukho bani mkhulu kum kule ndlu; kananjalo akanqanda
Akukho nto ivela kum, ingenguwe, ngokokuba ungumkayo;
obu bubi bukhulu kangaka, none kuThixo?
39:10 Kwathi, ethetha kuYosefu imihla ngemihla, wathi yena
akamphulaphulanga, ukuba alale ngakuye, nokuba abe naye.
39:11 Kwathi ngelo xesha, wangena uYosefu endlwini
enze umsebenzi wakhe; kwaye kungekho nanye indoda yaloo ndlu
ngaphakathi.
39:12 Wambamba ngengubo yakhe, wathi, Ndilale;
ingubo esandleni sakhe, wabaleka, waphuma phandle.
39:13 wathi, akubona ukuba uyishiyile ingubo yakhe kuye
isandla, wabaleka waphuma.
39:14 wawabiza amadoda endlu yakhe, wathetha kuwo, esithi,
Yabona, usizisele umHebhere ukuba adlale ngathi; wangena kum
ukuba ulale nam, ndakhala ngezwi elikhulu;
39:15 Kwathi, yakuva ukuba ndiliphakamisa izwi lam, ndikhala;
yasishiya ingubo yayo kum, yabaleka, yaphuma phandle.
39:16 Wayibeka phantsi ingubo yakhe ecaleni lakhe, yada yafika inkosi yakhe ekhaya.
39:17 Wathetha kuye ngokwaloo mazwi, esithi, NgumHebhere
weza kum, umkhonzi owazise kuthi, ukuba adlale ngam;
39:18 Kwathi, ndakuliphakamisa izwi lam, ndikhala, wesuka wemka eyakhe
Yambatha nam, sabalekela phandle.
39:19 Kwathi, yakuweva inkosi yakhe amazwi omkayo, awawathethayo
Wathi kuye, Wenjenje umkhonzazana wakho kum;
ukuba wavutha umsindo wakhe.
39:20 Inkosi kaYosefu yamthabatha, yamfaka entolongweni, endaweni apho
amabanjwa okumkani ayekhonkxiwe, waba lapho entolongweni.
39:21 UYehova waba naye uYosefu, waba nenceba kuye, wambabala
emehlweni omgcini wentolongo.
39:22 Umphathi wentolongo wayinikela esandleni sikaYosefu yonke into
amabanjwa awayesentolongweni; kwaye nantoni na ababeyenza khona, wayekho
umenzi wayo.
39:23 Umphathi wentolongo akakhathalelanga nto iphantsi kwakhe
isandla ngokuba uYehova ubenaye, noko wakwenzayo uYehova
wenze ukuba uphumelele.