IGenesis
45:1 UYosefu akabanga nakuzibamba phambi kwabo bonke ababemi ngakuye;
wadanduluka, wathi, Khuphani bonke abantu bemke kum. Akwabakho mntu wema
kunye naye, ekuzaziseni kukaYosefu kubazalwana bakhe.
45:2 Wakhala kakhulu; eva amaYiputa nendlu kaFaro.
45:3 Wathi uYosefu kubazalwana bakhe, NdinguYosefu; Usaphilile na ubawo?
Ababa nako ukumphendula abazalwana bakhe; ngokuba baye bekhwankqiswa nguye
ubukho.
45:4 Wathi, uYosefu kubazalwana bakhe, Khanisondele kum apha. Kwaye bona
yasondela. Wathi, NdinguYosefu, umzalwana wenu, enathengisa ngaye kuye
Jiphethe.
45:5 Ngoko musani ukuba buhlungu, ningaziqumbeli, ukuba nathengisa ngam
kuba uThixo wandithuma phambi kwenu ukuze ndisindise abantu.
45:6 Kuba le minyaka mibini indlala ikho phakathi kwelizwe;
iminyaka emihlanu, ekungayi kubakho kulima nakuvuna ngayo.
45:7 UThixo wandithuma phambi kwenu, ukuba ndinimisele amasalela ehlabathini
ukusindisa ubomi benu ngosindiso olukhulu.
45:8 Ngoko ke asinini abandithume apha, nguThixo; owandenzayo
unguyise kuFaro, nenkosi phezu kwayo yonke indlu yakhe, nomphathi kuyo yonke indawo
lonke ilizwe laseYiputa.
45:9 Khawulezani, ninyuke niye kubawo, nithi kuye, Utsho unyana wakho ukuthi
UYosefu, uThixo undenze inkosi kuyo yonke iYiputa; yihla uze kum, uhlale
hayi:
45:10 Uya kuhlala ezweni laseGoshen, ube kufuphi nawe
mna, wena, nabantwana bakho, nabantwana boonyana bakho, nempahla yakho emfutshane;
neenkomo zakho, neento zonke onazo;
45:11 Ndokondla khona; kuba isaya kuba mihlanu iminyaka yendlala;
hleze nihlwempuzeke, wena nendlu yakho, nento yonke onayo.
45:12 Yabona, amehlo enu ayabona, namehlo omninawa wam uBhenjamin, ukuba le nto
ngumlomo wam othethayo kuni.
45:13 Nize nimxelele ubawo lonke uzuko lwam eYiputa, nezinto zonke eninazo
babonile; nikhawuleze nihle nobawo, eze apha.
45:14 Wawa entanyeni kaBhenjamin, umninawa wakhe, walila; noBhenjamin
walila entanyeni yakhe.
45:15 Wabanga bonke abazalwana bakhe, walila phezu kwabo; emveni koko
abazalwana bakhe bathetha naye.
45:16 Lwavakala udaba lwabo endlwini kaFaro, kusithiwa, NgokaYosefu
bafikile abazalwana, kwalunga emehlweni kaFaro nabakhonzi bakhe.
45:17 Wathi uFaro kuYosefu, Yithi kubazalwana bakho, Yenzani oku; lade
namaqegu enu, nihambe niye ezweni lakwaKanan;
45:18 nithabathe uyihlo nezindlu zenu, nize kum apha;
ndininike izinto ezilungileyo zelizwe laseYiputa, nidle amanqatha ayo
umhlaba.
45:19 Wena ke uwiselwe umthetho, yenzani oku; thabatha iinqwelo ezweni
iYiputa yeyabantwana benu, nabafazi benu, ningenise uyihlo;
uze.
45:20 Iliso lenu malingabi nanceba empahleni yenu; kuba okulungileyo kwelizwe lonke laseYiputa
eyakho.
45:21 Benjenjalo ke oonyana bakaSirayeli. UYosefu wabanika iinqwelo.
ngokomthetho kaFaro wabanika ukudla
indlela.
45:22 Wabanika bonke elowo iingubo zokukhululana. ke kuBhenjamin
wanikela amakhulu amathathu eesilivere, neengubo ezintlanu zokukhululana.
45:23 Wathumela ngokunjalo kuyise; iidonki ezilishumi zithwele
nezinto ezilungileyo zaseYiputa, neemazi zamaesile ezilishumi, zithwele ingqolowa, nesonka;
inyama kayise ngasendleleni.
45:24 Wabandulula ke abazalwana bakhe, bahamba; wathi kubo.
Lumkani, ningaweli endleleni.
45:25 Benyuka bemka eYiputa, bafika ezweni lakwaKanan
uYakobi uyise,
45:26 Bamxelela besithi, UYosefu usahleli; ungumphathi weento zonke
ilizwe laseYiputa. Yaqoba intliziyo kaYakobi, kuba engakholwa ngabo.
45:27 Bawathetha kuye onke amazwi kaYosefu, abewathethile kubo.
wazibona iinqwelo abezithumele uYosefu, ukuba zimthwale
umoya kaYakobi uyise waphila.
45:28 Wathi uSirayeli, Kwanele; UYosefu unyana wam usahleli;
ndimbone ndingekafi.