Genesis
43:1 Futhi indlala yayinzima ezweni.
43:2 Kwathi sebedlile amabele ababenawo
bephuma eGibithe, uyise wathi kubo: “Buyelani, nisithengele a
ukudla okuncane.
43:3 UJuda wakhuluma kuye, wathi: "Lowo muntu waqokomisa kithi.
wathi: Aniyikubona ubuso bami, ngaphandle kokuthi umfowenu enani.
43:4 Uma uzothumela umfowethu nathi, sizokwehla futhi ukukuthenga
ukudla:
43:5 Kodwa uma ungamthumi, ngeke sehle, ngoba lowo muntu wathi
kithi: Aniyikubona ubuso bami, ngaphandle kokuthi umfowenu enani.
" 43:6 U-Israyeli wathi: "Kungani nenze kabi kimi, nize nitshele lowo muntu
nisenomfowenu na?
43:7 Bathi: "Le ndoda yasibuza ngodaba lwethu nangakithi."
bethi: “Uyihlo usaphila na? ninomunye umzalwane na? futhi
samtshela ngokwala mazwi;
niyazi ukuthi uyakuthi, Mehliseni umfowenu?
" 43:8 UJuda wathi ku-Israyeli uyise, "Thumela umfana nami, futhi sizohamba
sukuma uhambe; ukuze siphile, singafi, thina, nawe, futhi
abancane bethu.
43:9 Ngiyoba isibambiso sakhe; esandleni sami uyakumbiza; uma ngiletha
angakuyeki, ngimbeke phambi kwakho, mina-ke mangibe necala
phakade:
43:10 Ngoba ngaphandle kokuba siye salibala, ngokuqinisekile manje sase sibuyile kulokhu okwesibili.
11 Uyise u-Israyeli wathi kubo: "Uma kufanele kube manje, yenzani lokhu;
thathani izithelo ezinhle kakhulu zelizwe ezitsheni zenu, lehlise
umuntu isipho, nebhalisamu elincane, nezinyosi ezincane, namakha, nomure;
amantongomane, nama-alimondi:
43:12 Futhi uthathe imali kabili esandleni sakho; kanye nemali eyabuyiswa futhi
emlonyeni wamasaka enu, libuyisele esandleni senu; mhlawumbe it
kwaba ukubheka:
43:13 Thatha futhi umfowenu, futhi nisuke, nibuyele kumuntu.
43:14 Futhi uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke akunike umusa phambi kwendoda, ukuze amukise
umfowenu omunye, noBenjamini. Uma ngiphucwa abantwana, nginguye
abashonelwe.
43:15 Amadoda asethatha leso sipho, aphatha imali ephindwe kabili esandleni sawo.
noBenjamini; wasukuma, wehlela eGibithe, wema phambi kwakhe
uJosefa.
43:16 Futhi lapho uJosefa ebona uBenjamini kanye nabo, wathi enduneni yakhe
indlu, Lethani lamadoda ekhaya, nihlabe, nilungise; kulamadoda
uzodla nami emini.
43:17 Indoda yenza njengokusho kukaJosefa; indoda yangenisa amadoda
Indlu kaJosefa.
18 Amadoda esaba, ngokuba angeniswa endlini kaJosefa;
bathi: "Ngenxa yemali eyabuyiselwa emasakeni ethu."
okokuqala singeniswa; ukuze afune ithuba lokumelana nathi.
usihlasele, usithathe sibe yizigqila nezimbongolo zethu.
43:19 Base besondela kumphathi wendlu kaJosefa, bakhuluma
naye emnyango wendlu.
43:20 Wathi: "O nkosi, ngempela sehla okokuqala ukuthenga ukudla.
43:21 Kwathi lapho sifika endlini yezihambi, savula amasaka ethu.
bheka, imali yalowo nalowo yayisemlonyeni wesaka lakhe, imali yethu
ngesisindo: sesiyibuyisile esandleni sethu.
43:22 Futhi enye imali siye wehlisela ezandleni zethu ukuthenga ukudla
tshela ukuthi ngubani owafaka imali yethu emasakeni ethu.
43:23 Wathi, Ukuthula makube kini, ningesabi: uNkulunkulu wakho, noNkulunkulu wakho
uyise uninikile ingcebo emasakeni enu; Futhi yena
bamkhiphela uSimeyoni.
43:24 Indoda yawangenisa amadoda endlini kaJosefa, yawanika amanzi.
bageza izinyawo zabo; wazinika izimbongolo zabo ukudla.
43:25 Base belungisa isipho ngokumelene noJosefa wafika emini, ngoba bona
bezwa ukuthi kufanele badle isinkwa khona.
43:26 Futhi lapho uJosefa efika ekhaya, bamlethela isipho esasiphakathi
zangena endlini, zakhuleka kuye emhlabathini.
43:27 Wababuza ukuphila kwabo, wathi: "Uyaphila uyihlo, wena?"
ixhegu enakhuluma ngalo na? Ingabe usaphila?
43:28 Baphendula, bathi: "Inceku yakho, ubaba, isaphila kahle;
ephila. Bagebisa amakhanda abo, bakhuleka.
43:29 Futhi waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona umfowabo uBenjamini, kanina
wathi: “Lo ungumfowenu omncane enakhuluma ngaye kimi na?
Wathi: UNkulunkulu makabe nomusa kuwe, ndodana yami.
43:30 UJosefa washesha; ngokuba izibilini zakhe zahawukela umfowabo;
wafuna lapho angakhala khona; wangena ekamelweni lakhe, wakhala khona.
43:31 Wageza ubuso bakhe, waphuma, wazibamba, wathi.
Beka isinkwa.
43:32 Futhi babeka kuye yedwa, futhi bona bebodwa, futhi for
abaseGibithe, ababedla naye, bebodwa;
abaseGibithe babengadli isinkwa namaHeberu; ngoba lokho kuyi-
isinengiso kwabaseGibithe.
43:33 Bahlala phambi kwakhe, izibulo njengobuzibulo bakhe, futhi
omncane njengobuncane bakhe; amadoda amangala omunye
omunye.
43:34 Futhi wathatha futhi wathumela kubo izabelo kusukela phambi kwakhe, kodwa Benjamin
ukungcola kwakuphindwe kahlanu kunanoma iyiphi eyabo. Baphuza, baba
ngijabule naye.