UGenesise 37:1-36
UGenesise 37:1-36 Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 (CZB24)
UJakobe wahlala ezweni uyise ayegogobele kulo, ezweni laseKhanani. Lezi ziyizizukulwane zikaJakobe. UJosefa, owayeneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa, walusa umhlambi kanye nabafowabo; indodana yayikanye namadodana kaBiliha kanye namadodana kaZilipa abafazi bakayise; uJosefa waletha umbiko wabo omubi kuyise. U-Israyeli wamthanda uJosefa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantwana bakhe, ngokuba wayeyindodana yobudala bakhe; wamenzela ingubo enemibala eminingi. Lapho abafowabo bebona ukuthi uyise wayemthanda ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafowabo, bamzonda futhi babengakwazi ukukhuluma naye ngokuthula. UJosefa waphupha iphupho, walitshela abafowabo, basebemzonda kakhulu. Wathi kubo: “Zwanini leliphupho engiliphuphileyo.” Ngokuba bheka, besibopha izithungu ensimini, bheka, isithungu sami savuka, saqonda; bheka, izithungu zenu zema nxazonke, zakhothama phambi kwesithungu sami. Abafowabo bathi kuye: “Impela uyakusibusa na?” noma uzosibusa ngempela na? Basebemzonda kakhulu ngenxa yamaphupho akhe langenxa yamazwi akhe. Waphupha elinye iphupho, walitshela abafowabo, wathi: “Bhekani, ngiphuphe elinye iphupho; bheka, ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi eziyishumi nanye kukhothama phambi kwami. Wasebalandisa uyise labafowabo; uyise wamkhuza wathi kuye: Liphupho lini leli oliphuphileyo? Ingabe mina nonyoko kanye nabafowenu sizofika ngempela ukuze sikhothame phambi kwakho emhlabeni? Abafowabo basebemhawukela; kodwa uyise waligcina ilizwi. Abafowabo bahamba bayakwelusa izimvu zikayise eShekemi. UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Abafowenu abafuyi yini umhlambi eShekema? woza, ngizakuthuma kubo. Wathi kuye: “Ngilapha.” Wathi kuye: “Hamba, ubheke ukuthi basahlezi kahle yini abafowenu nomhlambi; futhi ungilethele izwi futhi. Wamthuma esuka esigodini saseHebroni, wafika eShekemi. Umuntu othile wamfumana, bheka, wayezulazula endle; indoda yambuza yathi: Ufunani? Wathi: “Ngifuna abafowethu; ngitshele lapho abalusa khona imihlambi yabo. Wayesethi lowo muntu: “Bamukile lapha; ngoba ngibezwile besithi: Kasiye eDothani. UJosefa wabalandela abafowabo, wabafumana eDothani. Lapho bembona ekude, engakasondeli kubo, bamenzela ugobe lokumbulala. Basebekhulumisana besithi: Khangelani, nangu umphuphi esiza. Wozani manje simbulale, simphonse emgodini othile, sithi: ‘Udliwe yizilwane ezimbi, sibone ukuthi ayakuba yini ngamaphupho akhe.’ URubeni wakuzwa, wamsindisa esandleni sabo; wathi: “Masingambulali.” URubeni wathi kubo: “Ningachithi gazi, kepha mphonseni kulo mthombo osehlane, ningabeki isandla kuye; ukuze amkhulule esandleni sabo, ambuyisele kuyise. UJosefa esefikile kubafowabo, bamhlubula uJosefa ingubo yakhe, ingubo yakhe enemibala eyayimbethe; Bamthatha, bamphonsa emthonjeni; umthombo wawungenalutho, kungekho manzi kuwo. Bahlala phansi ukuba badle isinkwa, baphakamisa amehlo abo, babheka, bheka, kwafika isixuku sabakwa-Ishmayeli bevela kwaGileyadi namakamela alo ethwele izinongo, nebhalisamu, nomure, behlela ukukwehlisela eGibithe. UJuda wasesithi kubafowabo: Kuzasizani ukuthi sibulale umfowethu, sifihle igazi lakhe? Wozani simthengise kwabakwa-Ishmayeli, isandla sethu masingabi phezu kwakhe; ngokuba ungumfowethu nenyama yethu. Abafowabo basutha. Kwase kudlula abathengi bakwaMidiyani; bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bakhuphula uJosefa, bathengisa ngoJosefa kuma-Ishmayeli ngamashekeli angamashumi amabili esiliva; bamyisa uJosefa eGibithe. URubeni wabuyela emgodini; bheka, uJosefa wayengekho emthonjeni; waklebhula izingubo zakhe. Wabuyela kubafowabo, wathi: “Umntwana akasekho; mina-ke, ngiyaphi na? Base bethatha ingubo kaJosefa, bahlaba izinyane lembuzi, bacwilisa ingubo egazini; Bayithumela ingubo enemibala, bayiyisa kuyise; yathi: “Siyitholile; yazi manje ukuthi iyisambatho sendodana yakho noma qha. Wase ekwazi, wathi: “Le ingubo yendodana yami; isilo esibi samudla; Ngokungangabazeki, uJosefa wadwengulwa. UJakobe waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wembatha indwangu yesaka okhalweni lwakhe, walilela indodana yakhe izinsuku eziningi. Onke amadodana akhe nawo onke amadodakazi akhe asuka ukumduduza; kepha wala ukududuzwa; wathi: “Ngokuba ngiyakwehlela endaweni yabafileyo ngilila indodana yami.” Ngakho uyise wamkhalela. AbakwaMidiyani bamthengisa eGibithe kuPotifari, isikhulu sikaFaro, induna yabalindi.
UGenesise 37:1-36 IsiZulu 2020 (ZUL20)
UJakobe wakha eKhanani, ezweni okwakukade kuhlala kulo uyise. Lena yindaba kaJakobe nezizukulwane zakhe. Kwathi uJosefa eseneminyaka eyi-17, elusa umhlambi nabafowabo ababezalwa nguBhiliha noZilipha, abafazi bakayise, uJosefa wabika umbiko omubi ngabafowabo kuyise. U-Israyeli wayemthanda uJosefa kunawo wonke amadodana akhe, kwazise wayemthole esemdala. Wamthungela ingubo enemikhono emide. Abafowabo bakubona ukuthi uyise umthanda kunabo bonke abafowabo, ngakho-ke bamzonda, futhi ababe besakwazi ukukhuluma kahle naye. UJosefa waphupha iphupho, wayeselitshela abafowabo, okuthe bangalizwa bamzonda ngokwedlulele. Wathi kubo: “Ake nizwe iphupho engiliphuphileyo. Besibopha izinyanda ensimini, kwathi inyanda yami yaphakama yema, ezenu zase ziyizungeza, zayikhothamela.” Abafowabo bathi kuye: “Usho ukuthi uzoba yinkosi yethu usibuse na?” Yabhebhetheka kakhulu inzondo kubafowabo ngenxa yamaphupho namazwi akhe. UJosefa wabuye waphupha, wabalandisa futhi abafowabo, wathi: “Ngiphuphe ngibona ilanga, nenyanga, nezinkanyezi eziyi-11 kungikhothamela.” Wamlandisa noyise njengoba enze kubafowabo, kodwa uyise wamthethisa, wathi kuye: “Phupho lini leli oliphuphileyo na? Usho ukuthi unyoko nami nabafowenu siyokuza sikukhothamele na?” Abafowabo baba nomona ngaye, kodwa uyise wawagcina enhliziyweni yakhe lawo maphupho. Ngelinye ilanga abafowabo bakaJosefa bahamba nomhlambi kayise beyowelusela eShekhemu. U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa: “Abafowenu abelusele yini eShekhemu na? Woza ukuze ngikuthume kubo.” UJosefa wathi: “Ngilapha baba.” Wathi kuye: “Hamba uyobona ukuthi abafowenu nemfuyo basaphatheke kahle yini, bese ungilethela umbiko.” Wamthuma esuka esigodini eHebhroni, waze wayofika eShekhemu. Umuntu mumbe wamfumana ezulazula endle, wambuza wathi: “Ufunani lapha na?” Wathi: “Ngifuna abafowethu. Ngiyakuncenga, ngitshele ukuthi ngabe belusele kuphi na?” Leyo ndoda yathi: “Basukile lapha. Ngibezwe bethi: ‘Asihambe siye eDothani.’ ” UJosefa wahamba wabalandela, waze wabathola khona eDothani. Bambona esekude engakasondeli eduze kwabo, base bemakhela ugobe lokumbulala. Bathi omunye komunye: “Nansi inyanga yamaphupho iza. Wozani siyibulale, siyiphonse komunye wemigodi, bese sithi kubaba: ‘Udliwe yisilwane esibi sasendle,’ sibone-ke ukuthi amaphupho akhe ayofika kuphi.” URubeni ekuzwa lokho, wazama ukumphephisa kubo, wathi: “Asingambulali. Ningalichithi igazi! Mphonseni emgodini khona lapha ehlane, ningambeki isandla!” Wayefuna ukumphephisa kubo ukuze amphindisele kuyise. Uthe lapho uJosefa efika kubafowabo, bamhlubula ingubo yakhe ayeyigqokile embalabala, enemikhono emide. Bamthatha, bamphonsa emgodini owawomile, ungenamanzi. Bahlala phansi, badla; kuthe bephakamisa amehlo, babona ihele labakwa-Ishmayeli liqhamuka kwaGileyadi, amakameli abo ethwele inhlaka, nebhalisamu, nemure, bekwehlisela eGibhithe. UJuda wathi kubafowabo: “Siyozuzani ngokubulala umfowethu, bese sifihla igazi lakhe na? Asimthengisele abakwa-Ishmayeli engenamyocu, ngokuba ungumfowethu, uyinyama yethu.” Abafowabo bamlalela. Kwathi lapho kwedlula abahwebi bakwaMidiyani, bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bamthengisa kwabakwa-Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-20, ababe sebemthatha bahamba, baya naye eGibhithe. URubeni wabuyela emgodini, washaqeka engasamfici uJosefa lapho, wayeseklebhula izingubo zakhe. Wabuyela kubafowabo wathi kubo: “Akasekho umfana emgodini, ngizoshonaphi mina na?” Bathatha ingubo kaJosefa ende, base behlaba impongo, bacwilisa ingubo kaJosefa egazini layo. Bayithumela ingubo ende enemibala ehlukene kuyise, bathi: “Nakhu esikutholile. Ake uhlolisise ubone ukuthi akusiyona yini ingubo yendodana yakho na?” UJakobe eyibona, wathi: “Yingubo yendodana yami le. Isilwane esibi sasendle simdlile. Simdwengulile uJosefa waba yizicucu.” UJakobe wayeseklebhula izingubo zakhe, wembatha isaka okhalo lwakhe, walilela indodana yakhe izinsuku eziningi. Onke amadodana namadodakazi akhe, afika ukuzomduduza, kepha kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Wathi: “Ngiyoze ngiye kwelabafileyo ngisayililela indodana yami.” Waqhubeka nokuyililela indodana yakhe. AbakwaMidiyani bamthengisa uJosefa eGibhithe kuPotifari, inceku kaFaro, induna yabalindi.
UGenesise 37:1-36 IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE (ZUL59)
UJakobe wakha ezweni lokugogobala kukayise, ezweni laseKhanani. Lokhu kuyindaba kaJakobe. UJosefa eseneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa wawalusa umhlambi kayise enabafowabo; engumfana nje wayekuwo amadodana kaBiliha nakuwo amadodana kaZilipa omkayise; uJosefa waletha kuyise imibiko emibi ngabo. Kepha u-Israyeli wathanda uJosefa kakhulu kunabantwana bakhe bonke, ngokuba wayeyindodana yobuxhegu bakhe; wamenzela ingubo enemikhono emide. Abafowabo babona ukuthi uyise umthanda kunabafowabo bonke; khona bamzonda, bengenakukhuluma kuye ngokuthula. UJosefa waphupha iphupho, wabalandisa lona abafowabo; babelokhu bemzonda kakhulu. Wathi kubo: “Ake nizwe leli phupho engiliphuphileyo. Bhekani, besibopha izithungu ensimini; naso-ke isithungu sami sivuka sima; nazo-ke izithungu zenu zisiphahla, zisikhothamela isithungu sami.” Base bethi kuye abafowabo: “Impela uyakuba yinkosi yethu, usibuse na?” Bamzonda kakhulu kunakuqala ngenxa yamaphupho akhe namazwi akhe. Waphupha nelinye iphupho, wabalandisa lona abafowabo, wathi: “Bhekani, ngiphuphe nelinye iphupho; bhekani-ke ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi eziyishumi nanye kwangikhothamela.” Wabalandisa uyise nabafowabo; uyise wamsola, wathi kuye: “Yiphupho lini leli oliphuphileyo na? Impela mina nonyoko nabafowenu siyakuza, sikukhothamele emhlabathini na?” Abafowabo baba nomhawu ngaye, kepha uyise wawalonda lawa mazwi. Abafowabo baya ukwalusa umhlambi kayise eShekemi. U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa: “Abafowenu abawalusi umhlambi eShekemi na? Woza, ngiyakukuthuma kubo.” Wathi kuye: “Ngilapha.” Wayesethi kuye: “Hamba-ke, ubone ukuthi basahlezi kahle yini abafowenu nomhlambi, uze ungibuyisele izwi.” Wamthuma esuka esigodini saseHebroni, waze wafika eShekemi. Umuntu othile wamfumana ezulazula endle; lo muntu wambuza wathi: “Ufunani na?” Wathi: “Ngifuna abafowethu; ake ungitshele ukuthi baluselaphi.” Wathi lowo muntu: “Basukile lapha, ngokuba ngabezwa bethi: ‘Asiye eDotayini.’ ” UJosefa walandela abafowabo, wabafumana eDotayini. Bambona esekude; engakasondeli kubo, bamenzela ugobe lokumbulala. Bakhulumisana omunye nomunye, bathi: “Bhekani, inyanga yamaphupho iyeza. Ngalokho wozani, siyibulale, siyiphonse komunye wemigodi, bese sithi: ‘Isilwane esibi siyidlile,’ sibone ukuthi azakuba yini amaphupho ayo.” URubeni wakuzwa, wamophula esandleni sabo ngokuthi: “Asingambulali.” URubeni wathi kubo: “Ningachithi gazi; mphonseni kulo mgodi osehlane, ningabeki isandla kuye,” ukuba amophule esandleni sabo, ambuyisele kuyise. Kwathi uJosefa esefike kubafowabo, bamkhumula ingubo yakhe, leyo ngubo enemikhono emide ayeyigqokile. Bamthatha, bamphonsa emgodini; umgodi wawungenalutho, kungekho manzi kuwo. Bahlala phansi ukuba badle isinkwa; baphakamisa amehlo abo, babona; bheka, kwafika ihele labakwa-Ishmayeli livela kwaGileyadi, linamakamela alo ethwele inhlaka nebhalisamu* nemure,* likwewusela eGibithe. Wayesethi uJuda kubafowabo: “Kuyakusizani, uma simbulala umfowethu, sifihle igazi lakhe, na? Wozani sithengise ngaye kwabakwa-Ishmayeli, isandla senu singabi phezu kwakhe, ngokuba ungumfowethu, uyinyama yethu.” Abafowabo bamlalela. Kwase kudlula abathengi bakwaMidiyani; bamdonsa uJosefa, bamkhuphula emgodini, bathengisa ngoJosefa kwabakwa-Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili zesiliva. Labo-ke bamusa uJosefa eGibithe. URubeni wabuyela emgodini; bheka, uJosefa wayengasekho emgodini; waklebhula izingubo zakhe. Wayesebuyela kubafowabo, ethi: “Akasekho umntwana; mina-ke ngizakushonaphi na?” Base bethatha ingubo kaJosefa, bahlaba impongo, bacwilisa ingubo egazini. Bathumela leyo ngubo enemikhono emide, bayiyisa kuyise, bathi: “Siyitholile lena; ake ubone, uma le ngubo ingeyendodana yakho yini, noma akusiyo na?” Wayibona, wathi: “Yiyo ingubo yendodana yami; isilwane esibi simdlile; yebo, uJosefa udatshuliwe nokudatshulwa.” UJakobe wayeseklebhula izingubo zakhe, wafaka indwangu yamasaka okhalweni lwakhe, walilela indodana yakhe izinsuku eziningi. Onke amadodana akhe nawo onke amadodakazi akhe asuka ukuyomduduza, kepha wala ukududuzwa, wathi: “Ngiyakwehla, ngiye endodaneni yami endaweni yabafileyo ngilila.” Uyise wamlilela-ke. AbakwaMidiyani bathengisa ngaye eGibithe kuPotifari, inceku kaFaro, induna yabalindi bakhe.