Genesis 42:1 UJakobe ebona ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibithe, uJakobe wathi kweyakhe madodana, Kungani nibukana na? 42:2 Wathi: "Bheka, ngizwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibhithe yehla khona, usithengele khona; ukuze siphile, singafi. 3 Abafowabo bakaJosefa abayishumi behla ukuyothenga amabele eGibithe. 4 Kodwa uBhenjamini, umfowabo kaJosefa, uJakobe akamthumanga nabafowabo; ngoba yena wathi: Hlezi ehlelwe yingozi. 42:5 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli beza ukuthenga amabele phakathi kwabafikayo kwakukhona indlala ezweni laseKhanani. 42:6 Futhi uJosefa wayengumbusi phezu kwezwe, futhi nguye owayethengisa kuye bonke abantu bezwe; bafika abafowabo bakaJosefa, bakhothama phambi kwakhe ubuso babo bubheke phansi. 42:7 Futhi uJosefa wabona abafowabo, futhi wabazi, kodwa wazenza ongaziwa wakhuluma kalukhuni kubo; wasesithi kubo: Uvela ngaphi woza wena? Basebesithi: Sivela elizweni leKhanani ukuthenga ukudla. 8 UJosefa wabazi abafowabo, kepha bona abamazanga. 9 UJosefa wakhumbula amaphupho awaphuphayo ngabo, wathi kubo bona, niyizinhloli; nize ukubona ubuze bezwe. 42:10 Bathi kuye: "Cha, nkosi yami, kodwa izinceku zakho ukuthenga ukudla woza. 42:11 Sonke singamadodana andodanye; singabantu abaqotho, izinceku zakho azizona izinhloli. 42:12 Wathi kubo: "Hhayi, kodwa ukubona ubuze bezwe woza. 42:13 Bathi: "Izinceku zakho ziyizelamani eziyishumi nambili, amadodana andodanye. izwe laseKhanani; bheka, omncane ukanye nathi namuhla ubaba, kanti omunye akekho. " 42:14 UJosefa wathi kubo: "Yilokho engakhuluma kini, ngithi, 'Wena yizinhloli: 42:15 Ngalokhu niyakuvivinywa: Kuphila kukaFaro aniyikuphuma ngakho, ngaphandle kokuthi umfowenu omncane eze lapha. 42:16 Thumani omunye wenu, futhi amvumele ukuba alande umfowenu, futhi niyogcinwa phakathi etilongweni, ukuze avivinywe amazwi enu, ukuthi likhona yini iqiniso uma kungenjalo, kuphila kukaFaro isibili niyizinhloli. 42:17 Wababeka bonke etilongweni izinsuku ezintathu. 18 UJosefa wayesethi kubo ngosuku lwesithathu: "Yenzani lokhu, niphile; ngoba ngiyesaba UNkulunkulu: 42:19 Uma ningamadoda aqotho, ake omunye wabafowenu aboshelwe endlini ka etilongweni lenu: hambani, niyise amabele ngenxa yendlala yezindlu zenu; 42:20 Nilethe umfowenu omncane kimi; ayakuba njalo amazwi akho liqinisekisiwe, futhi aniyikufa. Benza kanjalo. 42:21 Base bethi omunye komunye: "Impela sinecala mayelana nathi umfowethu, lapho sabona usizi lomphefumulo wakhe, lapho esincenga. futhi asilalelanga; ngakho lolu sizi lusehlele. 42:22 URubeni wabaphendula, wathi: "Angizange ngikhulume kini, ngithi: 'Ningenzi.' ona kumntwana; kepha anizwanga na? ngakho-ke, bheka, futhi igazi lakhe liyafuneka. 42:23 Futhi babengazi ukuthi uJosefa uyezwa kubo; ngoba wakhuluma kubo ngesandla umhumushi. 42:24 Futhi wabafulathela, wakhala. wabuyela kubo wabuye wakhuluma nabo, wathatha kubo uSimeyoni, wambopha phambi kwamehlo abo. 42:25 Khona-ke uJosefa wayala ukuba bagcwalise amasaka abo ngamabele, futhi ukubuyisela imali yalowo nalowo esakeni lakhe, nokubanika umphako wendlela; wenza njalo kubo. 42:26 Base bethwesa izimbongolo zabo ngamabele, bamuka lapho. 42:27 Kwathi omunye evula isaka lakhe ukuze anike imbongolo yakhe ukudla endlini yezihambi. wayibheka imali yakhe; ngoba bheka, lalisemlonyeni wesaka lakhe. 42:28 Wathi kubafowabo: "Imali yami isibuyisiwe; futhi, bheka, sekuhlwile esakeni lami; inhliziyo yabo yaphela amandla, besaba, bethi omunye komunye: Kuyini lokhu uNkulunkulu asenzele khona? 42:29 Bafika kuJakobe uyise ezweni laseKhanani, bamtshela yena konke okwabehlelayo; ethi, 42:30 Indoda, inkosi yezwe, yakhuluma kalukhuni kithi, yasithatha. ezinhlolini zezwe. 42:31 Futhi sathi kuye: "Singabantu abaqotho; asizona izinhloli. 42:32 Siyizelamani eziyishumi nambili, amadodana kababa; oyedwa akekho, futhi omncane namuhla sikubaba ezweni laseKhanani. 42:33 Futhi indoda, inkosi yezwe, wathi kithi: Ngalokhu ngizokwazi ukuthi ningabantu abaqinisileyo; shiyani omunye wabafowenu lapha nami, nithathe ukudla kwendlala yezindlu zenu, nihambe; 42:34 Nilethe umfowenu omncane kimi, khona-ke ngizokwazi ukuthi nikhona aniyizinhloli, kodwa ukuthi ningabantu abaqinisileyo; kanjalo ngiyakunikhulula umfowenu, niyakuthengisa ezweni. 42:35 Kwathi lapho bethulula amasaka abo, bheka, bonke isikhwama semali yomuntu sasisesakeni lakhe; uyise ebona izikhwama zemali, bethuka. 42:36 UJakobe uyise wathi kubo: "Ningiphuca mina." abantwana: UJosefa akekho, noSimeyoni akasekho, nizothatha uBenjamini kude: zonke lezi zinto zimelene nami. 42:37 URubeni wakhuluma kuyise, wathi: "Bulala amadodana ami amabili, uma ngiletha. ungamniki kuwe; mnikele esandleni sami, mina ngizamletha kuwe futhi. 38 Wathi: "Indodana yami ayiyikwehla nani; ngoba umfowabo ufile. usele yedwa; uma ehlelwa yingozi endleleni eniyihambayo hambani, khona-ke niyokwehlisela izimvi zami endaweni yabafileyo ngosizi.