Genesis
39:1 UJosefa wehliselwa eGibithe; kanye noPotifari, induna
UFaro, induna yabalindi, umGibhithe, wamthenga esandleni
ama-Ishmayeli ayemehlisele khona.
2 UJehova wayenaye uJosefa, waba yindoda enenhlanhla; wayesengena
endlini yenkosi yakhe umGibhithe.
39:3 Inkosi yakhe yabona ukuthi uJehova wayenaye, nokuthi uJehova wenza
konke akwenzayo ukuze aphumelele esandleni sakhe.
39:4 Futhi uJosefa wathola umusa emehlweni akhe, futhi wamkhonza, futhi wamenza
umbonisi phezu kwendlu yakhe, nakho konke okwakho wakubeka esandleni sakhe.
39:5 Futhi kwenzeka kusukela esikhathini lapho wamenza umbonisi endaweni yakhe
indlu, nakho konke anakho, uJehova wabusisa okwamGibithe
indlu ngenxa kaJosefa; isibusiso sikaJehova sasiphezu kwakho konke lokho
wayesendlini, nasensimini.
6 Wakushiya konke okwakho esandleni sikaJosefa; futhi wayengazi lutho yena
ayenakho, ngaphandle kwesinkwa ayesidla. Futhi uJosefa wayengumuntu omuhle,
futhi ethandwa kahle.
39:7 Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto, umkankosi yakhe wamlahla
amehlo kuJosefa; wathi: Lala lami.
8 Kepha wala, wathi kumkankosi yakhe: "Bheka, nkosi yami."
akazi ukuthi yini ekimi endlini, futhi unikele konke lokho
usesandleni sami;
39:9 Akakho omkhulu kunami kule ndlu; futhi akagodlanga
noma yini evela kimi ngaphandle kwakho, ngokuba ungumkayo; pho, ngingenza kanjani
lobu bubi obukhulu, futhi one kuNkulunkulu?
39:10 Kwathi esakhuluma kuJosefa imihla ngemihla, yena
akamlalelanga, ukuba alale naye, nokuba abe naye.
39:11 Kwathi ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthi uJosefa wangena endlini
enze umsebenzi wakhe; kwakungekho lapho kumadoda endlu
ngaphakathi.
39:12 Wambamba ngengubo yakhe, wathi: "Lala nami."
ingubo esandleni sakhe, wabaleka, waphumela phandle.
39:13 Kwathi, lapho ebona ukuthi wayeshiyile ingubo yakhe kuye
isandla, wabaleka.
39:14 Wabiza amadoda endlu yakhe, futhi wakhuluma kubo, wathi:
Bheka, usilethele umHeberu ukuba adlale ngathi; wangena kimi
ukulala nami, ngamemeza ngezwi elikhulu;
39:15 Kwathi lapho ezwa ukuthi ngaphakamisa izwi lami, ngamemeza.
washiya ingubo yakhe kimi, wabaleka, waphumela phandle.
39:16 Futhi wabeka ingubo yakhe eceleni kwakhe, yaze yafika inkosi yakhe ekhaya.
39:17 Wakhuluma kuye ngokwala mazwi, wathi: "IsiHebheru."
inceku osilethe yona yangena kimi ukuze idlale ngami.
39:18 Kwathi, njengoba ngiphakamisa izwi lami futhi ngikhala, ukuthi wayishiya eyakhe
ingubo nami, wabaleka waphuma.
39:19 Kwathi inkosi yakhe isizwile amazwi omkayo
wakhuluma kuye, wathi: “Yenze njalo kimi inceku yakho;
ukuthi ulaka lwakhe lwavutha.
39:20 Inkosi kaJosefa yamthatha, yamfaka etilongweni, endaweni lapho
iziboshwa zenkosi zaziboshiwe, wayelapho etilongweni.
39:21 Kodwa uJehova wayenaye uJosefa, futhi wabonisa umusa kuye, futhi wamnika umusa
emehlweni omlindi wetilongo.
39:22 Futhi umlindi wetilongo wanikela esandleni sikaJosefa zonke
iziboshwa ezazisetilongweni; futhi noma yini ababeyenza lapho, wayeyikho
umenzi wayo.
39:23 Umgcini wetilongo akazange abheke lutho ngaphansi kwakhe
isandla; ngokuba uJehova wayenaye, nakho konke akwenzayo, uJehova
yenze ukuba iphumelele.