UGenesise 42

Abafowabo bakaJosefa baseGibhithe

1Kwathi uJakobe ebona ukuthi kukhona ukolweni eGibithe, uJakobe wathi emadodaneni akhe: “Nibukana ngani na?

2Wathi: “Bheka, ngizwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibithe; yehlela lapho, usithengele khona; ukuze siphile, singafi.

3Abafowabo bakaJosefa abayishumi behla ukuyothenga amabele eGibithe.

4Kodwa uBhenjamini umfowabo kaJosefa kamthumanga uJakobe labafowabo; ngoba wathi: Ukuze ububi bungamfica.

5Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli beza ukuthenga ukolweni phakathi kwabafikayo, ngokuba indlala yayikhona ezweni laseKhanani.

6UJosefa wayengumbusi wezwe, wayethengisa kubo bonke abantu bezwe; bafika abafowabo bakaJosefa bakhothama phambi kwakhe ubuso babo bubheke phansi.

7UJosefa wababona abafowabo, wabazi, kepha wazenza ongabazi kubo, wakhuluma kalukhuni kubo; wasesithi kubo: Livela ngaphi? Basebesithi: Sivela elizweni leKhanani ukuyathenga ukudla.

8UJosefa wabazi abafowabo, kepha bona abamazanga.

9UJosefa wayesekhumbula amaphupho awaphupha ngabo, wathi kubo: “Niyizinhloli; ukubona ubuze bezwe oze kulo.

10Bathi kuye: “Qha, nkosi, izinceku zakho zize ukuthenga ukudla.”

11Sonke singamadodana andodanye; singamadoda angempela, izinceku zakho azizona izinhloli.

12Wathi kubo: “Qha, nize ukubona ubuze bezwe.”

13Bathi: “Izinceku zakho ziyizelamani eziyishumi nambili, amadodana andodanye ezweni laseKhanani; bheka, encane ikubaba namuhla, enye ayikho.

14UJosefa wathi kubo: “Yilokhu engakhuluma kini ngathi: Niyizinhloli;

15Niyakuvivinywa ngalokhu: Kuphila kukaFaro aniyikusuka lapha, uma umfowenu omncane engezi lapha.

16Thumani omunye wenu ukuba amlande umfowenu, wena uyakuba etilongweni, ukuze kuvivinywe amazwi akho ukuthi kukhona yini iqiniso kuwe;

17Wabafaka bonke esitokisini izinsuku ezintathu.

18UJosefa wayesethi kubo ngosuku lwesithathu: “Yenzani lokhu, niphile; ngokuba ngiyamesaba uNkulunkulu;

19Uma ningamadoda aqotho, omunye wabafowenu makaboshwe endlini yetilongo lenu; hambani, nithwale ukolweni ngendlala yezindlu zenu.

20Kodwa lilethe kimi umfowenu olicinathunjana; ngakho amazwi enu ayakuqiniswa, futhi aniyikufa. Benza kanjalo.

21Base bethi omunye komunye: “Impela sinecala ngomfowethu, ngokuba sabona usizi lomphefumulo wakhe lapho esincenga, kepha asilalelanga; ngakho-ke lolu sizi lusehlele.

22URubeni wabaphendula wathi: “Angikhulumanga kini ngathi: Ningoni kumntwana; kanti ubungafuni ukuzwa? ngakho-ke, bheka, igazi lakhe liyabizwa.

23Kodwa babengazi ukuthi uJosefa wayebazwisisa; ngoba wayekhuluma kubo ngomhumushi.

24Wabafulathela, wakhala; wabuye wabuyela kubo, wakhuluma kubo, wamthatha uSimeyoni kubo, wambopha phambi kwamehlo abo.

25Khona-ke uJosefa wayala ukuba izikhwama zabo zigcwalise ukolweni futhi babuyisele imali yomuntu ngamunye esikhwameni sakhe futhi babanike umphako wendlela; wenza njalo kubo.

26Base bethwesa izimbongolo zabo amabele, bamuka lapho.

27Omunye wabo wavula isikhwama sakhe ukuba aphe imbongolo yakhe endlini yezihambi, wabheka imali yakhe; ngoba bheka, lalisemlonyeni wesikhwama sakhe.

28Wayesethi kubafowabo: “Imali yami isibuyisiwe; futhi bheka, isikhona ngisho ephaketheni lami;

29Bafika kuyise uJakobe ezweni laseKhanani, bamtshela konke okubehleleyo; ithi,

30Indoda, inkosi yezwe, yakhuluma kabi kithi, yasithatha njengezinhloli zezwe.

31Sathi kuye: Singabantu abaqotho; asizona izinhloli.

32Siyizelamani eziyishumi nambili, amadodana kababa; enye kakho, encane ikubaba namuhla ezweni laseKhanani.

33Indoda, inkosi yezwe, yathi kithi: ‘Ngalokhu ngiyakwazi ukuthi ningabantu abaqotho; Shiyani omunye wabafowenu lapha kimi, niphathele indlala yezindlu zenu ukudla, nihambe;

34Nilethe umfowenu omncane kimi; khona ngiyakwazi ukuthi anisizo izinhloli, kodwa ukuthi ningamadoda angempela; ngalokho ngiyakuhlenga wena, umfowenu, uhwebe ezweni.

35Kwathi besathulula izikhwama zabo, isikhwama semali salowo lalowo sasisekhukhwini lakhe; kwathi bona noyise bebona izikhwama zemali, besaba.

36Uyise uJakobe wayesethi kubo: “Nginiphucile abantwana bami; UJosefa akasekho, noSimeyoni akasekho, nizomsusa noBenjamini; zonke lezi zinto zimelene nami.

37URubeni wakhuluma kuyise, wathi: “Bulala amadodana ami omabili, uma ngingamlethi kuwe; mnikele esandleni sami, mina-ke ngizambuyisela kuwe.

38Wayesethi: “Indodana yami ayinakwehla nani; ngoba umfowabo ufile, yena usesele yedwa; uma emehlelwa okubi endleleni enihamba ngayo, niyokwehlisela izimvi zami endaweni yabafileyo ngosizi.

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