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.