iGenesis iGenesis 42
iGenesis 42
Abazalwana bakaYosefu eYiputa
1Wabona uYakobi ukuba kukho ingqolowa eYiputa, wathi uYakobi koonyana bakhe, Nibona ntoni na? 2Wathi, Yabonani, ndivile ukuba kukho ingqolowa eYiputa; yihla uye khona, usithenge khona; ukuze sidle ubomi, singafi. 3Behla abakhuluwa bakaYosefu abalishumi, beya kuthenga ingqolowa eYiputa. 4Kodwa uBhenjamin, umninawa kaYosefu, akamthumanga uYakobi nabazalwana bakhe; ngokuba ethe, Makangaphathwa ububi. 5Beza oonyana bakaSirayeli, beza kuthenga ingqolowa kwabo bezayo; kuba indlala ibikho ezweni lakwaKanan. 6uYosefu wayengurhuluneli welizwe elo; wayethengisa ngengqolowa kubo bonke abantu belo zwe; beza abakhuluwa bakaYosefu, baqubuda kuye. 7uYosefu wababona abakhuluwa bakhe, wabazi, wazenza wasemzini kubo, wathetha nabo kalukhuni; wathi kubo, Nivela phi na? Bathi, Sivela ezweni lakwaKanan, size kuthenga ukudla; 8uYosefu wayebazi abakhuluwa bakhe, kodwa bona babengamazi. 9Wawakhumbula uYosefu amaphupha abenawo ngabo, wathi kubo, Niziintlola nina; ukubona inkunkuma yelizwe oze kulo. 10Bathi kuye, Hayi, nkosi yam, abakhonzi bakho baze kuthenga ukudla. 11Sonke singabazalwana bamntu mnye; singamadoda okwenene, thina bakhonzi bakho asizizo iintlola. 12Wathi kubo, Nize kubona amampunge eli hlabathi; 13Bathi ke bona: “Abakhonzi bakho balishumi elinesibini abazalwana, singoonyana bandoda-nye ezweni lakwaKanan; yabona, omncinane ukubawo namhlanje, omnye akakho. 14Wathi uYosefu kubo, Yile nto bendiyithetha kuni, ndathi, Niziintlola. 15Niya kucikidwa ngale ndawo: Ehleli nje uFaro, anisayi kuphuma apha, ukuba akathanga eze apha umninawa wenu. 16Thumani omnye kuni apha, alandele umzalwana wenu, nokhonkxwa, ukuze acikidwe amazwi enu, ukuba ninenyaniso na; 17Wabafaka bonke entolongweni iintsuku ezintathu. 18Wathi uYosefu kubo ngomhla wesithathu, Yenzani oku, ukuze niphile; ngokuba ndiyamoyika uThixo; 19Ukuba ninyanisile, omnye umzalwana wenu makafakwe entolongweni yenu; yiyani, nithabathe ingqolowa ngenxa yendlala yezindlu zenu. 20Mziseni umninawa wenu kum; ke ngoko, amazwi enu aya kuqinisekiswa, kwaye aniyi kufa. Kwaye benjenjalo. 21Bathetha omnye komnye besithi, Inene, sinetyala ngenxa yomninawa wethu, ngokuba sakubona ukubandezeleka komphefumlo wakhe, oko abetarhuzisa kuthi, asamphulaphula; ke ngoko, le mbandezelo ifikile kuthi. 22Wabaphendula uRubhen, wathi, Bendingathethanga kuni; ndithe, Musa ukona, mntwana wam; kwaye ubungafuni nokuva? ke ngoko, yabonani, nalo igazi lakhe liyabizwa. 23Babengazi bona ukuba uYosefu ubevile; ngokuba wayethetha kubo ngetoliki. 24Wabafulathela, walila; wabuya weza kubo, wathetha kubo, wamthabatha uSimon kubo, wamkhonkxa phambi kwabo. 25Wathi uYosefu mazizaliswe iipokotho zabo ngengqolowa, imali yabo bonke ibuyiselwe engxoweni yakhe, banikwe nomphako wendlela; Wenjenjalo ke nakubo. 26Bayikhwelisa ingqolowa emaesileni abo, bemka khona. 27Uthe ke omnye akuyivula ingxowa yakhe, ukuba aluse iesile lakhe kwindlu yabahambi, wayibona imali yakhe; ngokuba, yabonani, belisemlonyeni wetyala lakhe. 28Wathi kubazalwana bakhe, Ibuyisiwe imali yam; yabona ke, ukho wena kum; 29Bafika kuYakobi uyise ezweni lakwaKanan, bamxelela konke okubehleleyo; yithi, 30Yathetha kakubi ngathi indoda engumninilo lizwe, isithi, siziintlola zelizwe. 31Sathi kuye, Singabantu abanyanisekileyo; asizizo iintlola, 32singabazalwana abalishumi elinababini, oonyana bakabawo; omnye akakho, omncinane ukubawo namhlanje ezweni lakwaKanan. 33Indoda leyo, engumnini-lizwe, yathi kuthi, Ndiya kwazi ngale nto, ukuba ninyanisile; shiyani abe mnye wabantwana benu apha kum, niphathele ukulamba kwemizalwane yenu, nihambe; 34Mziseni umninawa wenu kum; ndiya kwazi ke ngoko, ngokuba anizizo iintlola, ningabantu bokwenene; Ndiya kukukhulula ngentlawulelo mna, mzalwana wam, urhwebe kweli lizwe. 35Ke kaloku, bakukhuphela iingxowa zabo, yabona, elowo engxoweni yakhe; bakuzibona iziqhuma zemali boyika bona noyise. 36Wathi kubo uYakobi uyise, Ndibathabathile abantwana bam; uYosefu akakho, noSimon akakho; niza kuthabatha noBhenjamin; zonke ezo zinto zichasene nam. 37Wathi uRubhen kuyise, Babulale bobabini oonyana bam, ukuba andithanga ndimzise kuwe; mnikele esandleni sam, ndombuyisela kuwe mna. 38Wathi, Unyana wam akasayi kuhla nani; ngokuba ufile umkhuluwa wakhe, yena usele yedwa; Ukuba uthe wahlelwa bububi endleleni yakho, bozihlisela izimvi zam kwelabafileyo ndinentlungu.
Currently Selected:
iGenesis iGenesis 42: CXB24
Qaqambisa
Share
Copy
Ufuna ukuba iimbalasane zakho zigcinwe kuzo zonke izixhobo zakho? Bhalisela okanye ngena
Contemporary Xhosa Bible
Copyright © 2024, by City Bible Foundation ®
Used by permission of City Bible Foundation ® All rights reserved worldwide.