UGenesise 50
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UGenesise 50
uJakobe uyangcwatshwa
1UJosefa wawa ebusweni bukayise, wakhala phezu kwakhe, wamanga.
2UJosefa wayala izinceku zakhe, inyanga, ukuba zigqumise uyise ngomzimba;
3Zaphelela kuye izinsuku ezingamashumi amane; ngokuba zaphelela kanjalo izinsuku zokugqumisa; abaseGibithe bamlilela izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa.
4Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku zokulila kwakhe, uJosefa wakhuluma endlini kaFaro, wathi: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni enu, khulumani ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi:
5Ubaba wangifungisa wathi: Bheka, ngiyafa; ethuneni lami engazimbela lona ezweni laseKhanani, lapho uyakungimbela. Manje-ke ake ngikhuphuke ngingcwabe ubaba, futhi ngizobuya.
6Wayesethi uFaro: “Khuphuka, ummbele uyihlo njengokukufungisa kwakhe.”
7UJosefa wakhuphuka ukuyommbela uyise, zakhuphuka naye zonke izinceku zikaFaro, namalunga endlu yakhe, nawo onke amadoda amadala ezwe laseGibithe;
8Yonke indlu kaJosefa, nabafowabo, nendlu kayise, bashiya kuphela abantwana babo abancane, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, ezweni laseGosheni.
9Izinqola nabamahhashi bakhuphuka naye, kwaba isixuku esikhulu kakhulu.
10Bafika esibuyeni sase-Athadi esingaphesheya kweJordani, bakhala khona ngesililo esikhulu nesinzima kakhulu; wamlilela uyise izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
11Abakhileyo kulelo zwe, amaKhanani, bebona ukulila ebaleni lika-Athadi, bathi: “Lokhu kuyisililo esikhulu samaGibithe; ngalokho igama laso laqanjwa ngokuthi i-Abela Mizirayimi engaphesheya kweJordani.
12Amadodana akhe enza kuye njengokuyala kwakhe;
13Amadodana akhe amngenisa ezweni laseKhanani, ammbela emhumeni wensimu yaseMakaphela, u-Abrahama awuthenga kanye nezwe, kube yindawo yethuna lika-Efroni umHeti phambi kweMamre.
14UJosefa wabuyela eGibithe, yena nabafowabo, nabo bonke abakhuphuka naye ukuyombela uyise, ngemva kokungcwaba uyise.
15Abafowabo bakaJosefa sebebonile ukuthi uyise ufile, bathi: “Mhlawumbe uJosefa uyakusizonda, aphindisele kithi ngakho konke okubi esikwenzile kuye.”
16Basebethuma isithunywa kuJosefa ukuthi: Uyihlo walaya engakafi wathi:
17Ngakho anothi kuJosefa: Thethelela isiphambeko sabafowenu nesono sabo; ngoba bonile; usithethelele manje isiphambeko sezinceku zikaNkulunkulu kayihlo. UJosefa wakhala lapho bekhuluma kuye.
18Nabafowabo bahamba, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe; futhi bathi: “Bheka, siyizinceku zakho.”
19UJosefa wathi kubo: “Ningesabi, ngokuba mina ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu na?”
20Kepha nina, nangicambela okubi; kepha uNkulunkulu wakuceba kwaba kuhle ukuba kwenziwe, njenganamuhla, ukugcina abantu abaningi bephila.
21Ningesabi manje; ngiyakunondla nina nabancane benu. Wabaduduza, wakhuluma kubo ngomusa.
22UJosefa wahlala eGibithe, yena nendlu kayise; uJosefa waphila iminyaka eyikhulu neshumi.
23UJosefa wabona abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi besizukulwane sesithathu; nabantwana bakwaMagiri, indodana kaManase, bakhuliselwa emadolweni kaJosefa.
24UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: “Sengiyafa, uNkulunkulu uyakuninakekela nokuninakekela, anikhiphe kuleli zwe, aniyise ezweni alifungela o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.
25UJosefa wasefungisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli, wathi: UNkulunkulu uzalilalela lokulilalela, njalo lizakhupha amathambo ami lapho.
26UJosefa wafa, eneminyaka eyikhulu neshumi; bamgqumisa ngemithi, wafakwa ebhokisini eGibithe.
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