Genesis
50:1 UJosefa wawa ebusweni bukayise, wakhala phezu kwakhe, wamanga
yena.
50:2 UJosefa wayala izinceku zakhe izinyanga ukuba zigqumise uyise ngomuthi.
izinyanga zamqhola u-Israyeli.
3 Zaphelela kuye izinsuku ezingamashumi amane; ngoba zigcwaliseka njalo insuku ze
abaseGibithe bamlilela abangamashumi ayisithupha
kanye nezinsuku eziyishumi.
50:4 Kwathi sezidlulile izinsuku zokulila kwakhe, uJosefa wakhuluma endlini
kaFaro, ethi: Uma manje ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, khuluma
ake nincenge ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi:
50:5 Ubaba wangifungisa, wathi: "Bheka, ngiyafa, ethuneni lami enginalo."
wangimbela ezweni laseKhanani, lapho uyakungimbela. Manje
ngakho-ke ake ngikhuphuke ngimmbele ubaba, futhi ngiyakuza
futhi.
6 Wathi uFaro, "Khuphuka, ummbele uyihlo, njengalokho akwenza kuwe."
inhlamba.
7 UJosefa wakhuphuka ukuyommbela uyise, wakhuphuka naye bonke
izinceku zikaFaro, namalunga endlu yakhe, nawo onke amalunga ezizwe
ezweni laseGibhithe,
50:8 Futhi yonke indlu kaJosefa, nabafowabo, nendlu kayise.
akushiya kuphela izingane zabo, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo
izwe laseGosheni.
50:9 Futhi kwakhuphuka kanye naye kokubili izinqola nabamahhashi, futhi kwaba kakhulu
inkampani enkulu.
50:10 Bafika esibuyeni sika-Athadi, okuyinto ngaphesheya kweJordani, futhi
lapho balila ngesililo esikhulu nesibuhlungu kakhulu: futhi wenza a
elilela uyise izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
50:11 Futhi lapho abakhileyo ezweni, amaKhanani, babona isililo.
esitezi sika-Athadi bathi: “Lokhu kuyisililo esinzima kuJehova
abaseGibithe; ngalokho igama laso laqanjwa ngokuthi i-Abela Mizirayimi okuyikhona
ngaphesheya kweJordani.
50:12 Amadodana akhe enza kuye njengokuyala kwakhe.
50:13 Ngoba amadodana akhe amthwala amyisa ezweni laseKhanani, futhi bammbela esigodini
umhume wensimu yaseMakaphela u-Abrahama awuthenga kanye nensimu ngawo
indawo yokungcwaba ka-Efroni umHeti ngaphambi kweMamre.
50:14 UJosefa wabuyela eGibhithe, yena nabafowabo, futhi bonke ababehamba
wakhuphukela naye ukuyongcwaba uyise, ngemva kokungcwaba uyise.
50:15 Abafowabo bakaJosefa sebebonile ukuthi uyise ufile, bathi:
Mhlawumbe uJosefa uyakusizonda, asiphindisele ngakho konke
okubi esakwenza kuye.
16 Bathuma isithunywa kuJosefa, bathi: "Uyihlo wayala
ngaphambi kokuba afe, wathi,
50:17 Niyakusho njalo kuJosefa ukuthi: 'Ake uthethelele isiphambeko sikaJehova.
abafowenu, nesono sabo; ngoba benzile okubi kuwe;
ake uthethelele isiphambeko sezinceku zikaNkulunkulu wakho
ubaba. UJosefa wakhala lapho bekhuluma kuye.
50:18 Nabafowabo bahamba, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe; futhi bathi:
Bheka, siyizinceku zakho.
" 50:19 UJosefa wathi kubo: "Ningesabi, ngoba mina ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu?
50:20 Kodwa nina, nacabanga okubi ngami; kepha uNkulunkulu wakuceba kwaba kuhle,
ukuze kwenzeke njenganamuhla, ukusindisa abantu abaningi.
50:21 Ngakho manje ningesabi: Ngizokondla nina, nabancane benu. Futhi
wabaduduza, wakhuluma kubo ngomusa.
22 UJosefa wahlala eGibithe, yena nendlu kayise; uJosefa waphila
iminyaka eyikhulu neshumi.
23 UJosefa wabona abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi besizukulwane sesithathu: abantwana
nakuMakiri indodana kaManase wondlelwa emadolweni kaJosefa.
50:24 UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: "Sengiyafa, futhi uNkulunkulu uzonihambela nokunihambela.
futhi nginikhiphe kuleli zwe, niyise ezweni alifungela u-Abrahama;
ku-Isaka, nakuJakobe.
25 UJosefa wafungisa abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wathi: "UNkulunkulu uyakwenza."
ngiyakunihambela nokunihambela, nikhuphule amathambo ami lapha.
26 Wafa ke uJosefa eneminyaka eyikhulu neshumi;
wamfaka, wafakwa ebhokisini eGibithe.