IGenesis
42:1 Wabona uYakobi ukuba kukho ingqolowa eYiputa, wathi uYakobi kweyakhe
bonyana, yini na ukuba nikhangelane?
42:2 Wathi, Yabonani, ndivile ukuba kukho ingqolowa eYiputa;
yihla uye khona, usithengele khona; ukuze sidle ubomi, singafi.
42:3 Behla abakhuluwa bakaYosefu abalishumi, beya kuthenga ingqolowa eYiputa.
42:4 Kodwa uBhenjamin, umninawa kaYosefu, uYakobi akamthumanga nabakhuluwa bakhe; ngokuba yena
Wathi, Hleze ahlelwe bububi.
42:5 Oonyana bakaSirayeli beza kuthenga ingqolowa phakathi kwababezayo;
kwabakho indlala ezweni lakwaKanan.
42:6 UYosefu wayengumlawuli welizwe elo; yena wayethengiselwa yena
bonke abantu belizwe elo. Beza ke abakhuluwa bakaYosefu, baqubuda
bona ngokwabo phambi kwakhe, ubuso babo bubheke emhlabeni.
42:7 UYosefu wababona abakhuluwa bakhe, wabazi, wazenza wasemzini
wathetha kubo kalukhuni; Wathi kubo, Uvela phi na
nize? Bathi, Sivela ezweni lakwaKanan besiza kuthenga ukudla.
42:8 Ke kaloku uYosefu wabazi abakhuluwa bakhe, kodwa bona abazange bamqonde.
42:9 UYosefu wawakhumbula amaphupha awawaphuphayo ngabo, wathi kubo
bona, niziintlola; nize kubona ubuze belizwe eli.
42:10 Bathi kuye, Hayi, nkosi yam;
yiza.
42:11 Sonke siphela singoonyana bamfo mnye; singamalungisa, abakhonzi bakho abazizo iintlola.
42:12 Wathi kubo, Hayi, nifuna ukubona ubuze belizwe eli
yiza.
42:13 Bathi, Abakhonzi bakho balishumi elinababini; siyazalana, singoonyana bamfo mnye.
ilizwe lakwaKanan; yabona ke, omncinane kuthi namhla
uyise, omnye akakho.
42:14 Wathi uYosefu kubo, Yile nto bendiyithetha kuni, ndisithi, Nina
ziintlola:
42:15 Niya kucikidwa ngale ndawo: ehleli nje uFaro, anisayi kuphuma
ngenxa yoko, ngaphandle kokuba umninawa wenu omncinane eze apha.
42:16 Thumani omnye kuni apha, amphuthume umninawa wenu, nigcinwe nina ke
entolongweni, ukuze acikidwe amazwi enu, ukuba ninenyaniso na
okanye, ehleli nje uFaro, inene noba niziintlola.
42:17 Wababeka bonke elugcinweni imihla emithathu.
42:18 Wathi uYosefu kubo ngomhla wesithathu, Yenzani oku, niphile; kuba ndiyoyika
UThixo:
42:19 Ukuba ninyanisile, umzalwana wenu makakhonkxwe endlwini yomzalwana wenu
yiyani, niyise ingqolowa ngenxa yendlala yezindlu zenu;
42:20 Umninawa wenu omncinane nimzise kum; aya kuba njalo amazwi akho
niqinisekisiwe, kwaye aniyi kufa. Benjenjalo ke.
42:21 Bathetha omnye komnye besithi, Inyaniso, sinetyala ngenxa yethu
umzalwana wethu, sakubonayo ukubandezeleka komphefumlo wakhe, xa abetarhuzisa;
asakuva; kungenxa yoko le nto kusifikeleyo oku kubandezeleka.
42:22 Wabaphendula uRubhen, wathi, Bendingathethanga kuni, ndisithi, Musani
wona umntwana; anaphulaphula na? ke ngoko, khangela, kananjalo
libizwe igazi lakhe.
42:23 Babengazi bona ukuba uYosefu uyeva; kuba ebethetha kubo ngesandla
itoliki.
42:24 Wathi guququ, walila; wabuyela kubo
Wabuya wathetha nabo, wamthabatha uSimon kubo, wamkhonkxa
phambi kwamehlo abo.
42:25 Wathi uYosefu mazizaliswe iingxowa zabo ngengqolowa, kubuyiselwe kubo
imali yalowo nalowo engxoweni yakhe, banikwe nomphako wendlela;
Wenjenjalo ke kubo.
42:26 Bawabopha ingqolowa amaesile abo, bemka ke apho.
42:27 Uthe ke omnye akuyivula ingxowa yakhe, ukuze aphe iesile lakhe iindiza apho balalisa khona.
wayijonga imali yakhe; nantso isemlonyeni wengxowa yakhe.
42:28 Wathi kubazalwana bakhe, Ibuyisiwe imali yam; yabonani, liselihlwili
engxoweni yam, baphela amandla, boyika, besithi
omnye komnye, Yintoni na le ayenzileyo kuthi?
42:29 Bafika kuYakobi uyise ezweni lakwaKanan, bamxelela
zonke ezibahleleyo; esithi,
42:30 Indoda leyo, inkosi yelo zwe, yathetha nathi kalukhuni, yasithabatha.
kwiintlola zelizwe.
42:31 Sathi kuye, Sinyanisile; asizizo iintlola.
42:32 singabazalwana abalishumi elinababini, oonyana bakabawo; omnye akakho, yaye omncinane
Namhla sikuwo ubawo wethu, ezweni lakwaKanan.
42:33 Indoda leyo, inkosi yelo zwe, yathi kuthi, Ndiya kwazi ngale nto
ukuba ningabantu abanyanisekileyo; shiyani abe mnye umzalwana wenu apha kum, nithabathe
ukudla ngenxa yendlala yezindlu zenu, nihambe;
42:34 nimzise umninawa wenu omncinane kum, ndiqonde ukuba ninguye
Hayi, iintlola, kodwa ukuba ninyanisile; ndoninikela kuni umzalwana wenu;
norhweba elizweni.
42:35 Kwathi, bakukhuphela iingxowa zabo, babona elowo
isiqhuma semali yomntu sabakho engxoweni yakhe;
Uyise wazibona iziqhuma zemali, boyika.
42:36 Wathi kubo uYakobi uyise, Nindihluthe abantwana
Oonyana bakaYosefu akakho, uSimon akakho, niza kuthabatha noBhenjamin
kude: zonke ezo zinto zichasene nam.
42:37 Wathi uRubhen kuyise, Babulale bobabini oonyana bam, ukuba ndithe ndabazisa oonyana bam bobabini.
Musa ukumnikela kuwe; mnikele esandleni sam, ndimzise kuwe
kwakhona.
42:38 Wathi yena, Unyana wam akasayi kuhla nani; ngokuba ufile umninawa wakhe;
usele yedwa, ukuba uthe wahlelwa yinto embi ngendlela eniyihambe
hambani, nazihlisela izimvi zam kwelabafileyo ndinesingqala.