iGenesis iGenesis 42 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

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.