UGenesise 43
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UGenesise 43
1Indlala yayinzima ezweni.
2Sebedlile ukolweni ababewulande eGibithe, uyise wathi kubo: “Buyelani, nisithengele ukudla.”
3UJuda wakhuluma kuye, wathi: “Lowo muntu wasola kithi, wathi: “Aniyikubona ubuso bami, uma umfowenu engekho kini.”
4Uma uthuma umfowethu nathi, siyakwehla, sikuthengele ukudla;
5Kodwa uma ungamthumi, asiyikwehla; ngoba lowomuntu wathi kithi: Kaliyikubona ubuso bami ngaphandle kokuthi umfowenu elaye.
6Wayesethi u-Israyeli: “Ningenzeleni okubi kangaka ukuba nitshele lowo muntu ukuthi unomunye umfowenu na?
7Bathi: “Lowo muntu wasibuza kahle ngesimo sethu nangendlu yethu, wathi: “Usekhona uyihlo na?” ninomunye umfowenu, samtshela ngokwalawa mazwi, sathi: “Siyazi ngempela ukuthi uzakuthi: Mehliseni umfowenu na?
8Wayesethi uJuda kuyise u-Israyeli: “Thuma umfana nami, sisuke sihambe; ukuze siphile, singafi, thina kanye nani, nabantwana bethu abancane.
9Mina ngiyakummela; uyakumbiza esandleni sami; uma ngingamlethi kuwe, ngimbeke phambi kwakho, ngiyakuba necala kuze kube phakade.
10Ngoba uba besingathandabuzi, ngabe sesibuyile okwesibili.
11U-Israyeli uyise wayesethi kubo: “Uma kunjalo, kwenzeni; Thathani ezitsheni zenu izithelo ezinhle kakhulu zezwe, nilethe isipho kumuntu, ibhalisamu elincane nezinyosi ezincane, izinongo nomure, amakinati nama-alimondi;
12Niphathe esandleni senu imali ephindwe kabili; nemali eyabuyiswa emlonyeni wezikhwama zenu, niyiphathe esandleni senu; mhlawumbe lokhu bekuyiphutha:
13Futhi thatha umfowenu, usukume, ubuyele kulowo muntu.
14UNkulunkulu, uMninimandla onke, makaniphe umusa phambi kwalowo muntu, ukuze animukise umfowenu omunye noBenjamini. Uma ngiphucwa izingane zami, ngigetshengwa.
15Amadoda asethatha leso sipho, aphatha esandleni sawo imali ephindwe kabili, noBenjamini; wasukuma, wehlela eGibithe, wema phambi kukaJosefa.
16UJosefa ebona uBenjamini enabo, wathi enduneni yendlu yakhe: “Buyisela lawa madoda ekhaya, uwabulale, uzilungise; ngoba lamadoda azakudla lami emini.
17Indoda yenza njengokuyala kukaJosefa; indoda yawangenisa amadoda endlini kaJosefa.
18Amadoda 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.
19Asondela kumlindi wendlu kaJosefa, akhuluma kuye ngasemnyango wendlu;
20bathi: “O, Nkosi, sehla okokuqala ukuzothenga ukudla.”
21Lapho sifika endlini yezihambi, savula izikhwama zethu, bheka, imali yalowo nalowo yayisemlonyeni wesikhwama sakhe, imali yethu ngesisindo sayo; futhi sayibuyisela esandleni sethu.
22Saletha enye imali esandleni sethu ukuba sithenge ukudla; ngeke sazi ukuthi ubani owafaka imali yethu emaphaketheni ethu.
23Wathi: “Ukuthula makube kinina, ningesabi; uNkulunkulu wenu noNkulunkulu kayihlo uninikile ingcebo emaphaketheni enu; Benginayo imali yakho. Wamkhiphela uSimeyoni.
24Indoda yawangenisa amadoda endlini kaJosefa, yawanika amanzi, ageza izinyawo zawo; wazinika izimbongolo zabo ifolishi.
25Basebelungisela uJosefa isipho, owafika emini, ngoba bezwile ukuthi bazakudla khona isinkwa.
26UJosefa esengenile endlini, amngenisa endlini isipho esasisesandleni sawo, akhothamela phansi phambi kwakhe.
27Wababuza ukuphila kwabo, wathi: “Uyihlo, ixhegu enakhuluma ngalo, wenza kahle na? Usaphila?
28Bathi: “Inceku yakho ubaba iphilile, isekhona; Bagebisa amakhanda abo, bakhuleka.
29Waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uBenjamini umfowabo, indodana kanina, wathi: “Lo ungumfowenu omncane enakhuluma ngaye kimi na?” Wathi: “UNkulunkulu makakuhawukele, ndodana yami!
30UJosefa washesha; ngoba izibilini zakhe zinxanela umfowabo, wadinga lapho angakhala khona; wangena ekamelweni lakhe, wakhala khona.
31Wageza ubuso bakhe, waphuma wazibamba, wathi: “Beka isinkwa.”
32Basebemlungisela yena yedwa, eyedwa, labaseGibhithe ababedla laye, bodwa, ngoba amaGibhithe ayengelakudla isinkwa lamaHebheru; ngoba kuyisinengiso kwabaseGibhithe.
33Bahlala phambi kwakhe, izibulo njengobuzibulo balo, omncane njengobuncane bakhe; amadoda amangala wodwa.
34Wabathatha, wabathuma basuka phambi kwakhe; kepha ukudla kukaBenjamini kwaba ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunabo bonke. Baphuza, bajabula naye.
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