Amadoda asethatha leso sipho, aphatha esandleni sawo imali ephindwe kabili, noBenjamini; wasukuma, wehlela eGibithe, wema phambi kukaJosefa.
UJosefa ebona uBenjamini enabo, wathi enduneni yendlu yakhe: “Buyisela lawa madoda ekhaya, uwabulale, uzilungise; ngoba lamadoda azakudla lami emini.
Indoda yenza njengokuyala kukaJosefa; indoda yawangenisa amadoda endlini kaJosefa.
Amadoda esaba, ngokuba angeniswa endlini kaJosefa; bathi: Ngenxa yemali eqale yabuyiselwa emaphaketheni ethu, sangeniswa; ukuze afune ithuba ngokumelene nathi futhi asehlele futhi asithathe njengezigqila nezimbongolo zethu.
Asondela kumlindi wendlu kaJosefa, akhuluma kuye ngasemnyango wendlu;
bathi: “O, Nkosi, sehla okokuqala ukuzothenga ukudla.”
Lapho sifika endlini yezihambi, savula izikhwama zethu, bheka, imali yalowo nalowo yayisemlonyeni wesikhwama sakhe, imali yethu ngesisindo sayo; futhi sayibuyisela esandleni sethu.
Saletha enye imali esandleni sethu ukuba sithenge ukudla; ngeke sazi ukuthi ubani owafaka imali yethu emaphaketheni ethu.
Wathi: “Ukuthula makube kinina, ningesabi; uNkulunkulu wenu noNkulunkulu kayihlo uninikile ingcebo emaphaketheni enu; Benginayo imali yakho. Wamkhiphela uSimeyoni.
Indoda yawangenisa amadoda endlini kaJosefa, yawanika amanzi, ageza izinyawo zawo; wazinika izimbongolo zabo ifolishi.
Basebelungisela uJosefa isipho, owafika emini, ngoba bezwile ukuthi bazakudla khona isinkwa.
UJosefa esengenile endlini, amngenisa endlini isipho esasisesandleni sawo, akhothamela phansi phambi kwakhe.
Wababuza ukuphila kwabo, wathi: “Uyihlo, ixhegu enakhuluma ngalo, wenza kahle na? Usaphila?
Bathi: “Inceku yakho ubaba iphilile, isekhona; Bagebisa amakhanda abo, bakhuleka.
Waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uBenjamini umfowabo, indodana kanina, wathi: “Lo ungumfowenu omncane enakhuluma ngaye kimi na?” Wathi: “UNkulunkulu makakuhawukele, ndodana yami!
UJosefa washesha; ngoba izibilini zakhe zinxanela umfowabo, wadinga lapho angakhala khona; wangena ekamelweni lakhe, wakhala khona.
Wageza ubuso bakhe, waphuma wazibamba, wathi: “Beka isinkwa.”
Basebemlungisela yena yedwa, eyedwa, labaseGibhithe ababedla laye, bodwa, ngoba amaGibhithe ayengelakudla isinkwa lamaHebheru; ngoba kuyisinengiso kwabaseGibhithe.
Bahlala phambi kwakhe, izibulo njengobuzibulo balo, omncane njengobuncane bakhe; amadoda amangala wodwa.
Wabathatha, wabathuma basuka phambi kwakhe; kepha ukudla kukaBenjamini kwaba ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunabo bonke. Baphuza, bajabula naye.
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