UGenesise 50 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 50uJakobe uyangcwatshwa

1UJosefa wawa ebusweni bukayise, wakhala phezu kwakhe, wamanga.

2UJosefa wayala izinceku zakhe, inyanga, ukuba zigqumise uyise ngomzimba;

3Zaphelela kuye izinsuku ezingamashumi amane; ngokuba zaphelela kanjalo izinsuku zokugqumisa; abaseGibithe bamlilela izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa.

4Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku zokulila kwakhe, uJosefa wakhuluma endlini kaFaro, wathi: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni enu, khulumani ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi:

5Ubaba wangifungisa wathi: Bheka, ngiyafa; ethuneni lami engazimbela lona ezweni laseKhanani, lapho uyakungimbela. Manje-ke ake ngikhuphuke ngingcwabe ubaba, futhi ngizobuya.

6Wayesethi uFaro: “Khuphuka, ummbele uyihlo njengokukufungisa kwakhe.”

7UJosefa wakhuphuka ukuyommbela uyise, zakhuphuka naye zonke izinceku zikaFaro, namalunga endlu yakhe, nawo onke amadoda amadala ezwe laseGibithe;

8Yonke indlu kaJosefa, nabafowabo, nendlu kayise, bashiya kuphela abantwana babo abancane, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, ezweni laseGosheni.

9Izinqola nabamahhashi bakhuphuka naye, kwaba isixuku esikhulu kakhulu.

10Bafika esibuyeni sase-Athadi esingaphesheya kweJordani, bakhala khona ngesililo esikhulu nesinzima kakhulu; wamlilela uyise izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

11Abakhileyo kulelo zwe, amaKhanani, bebona ukulila ebaleni lika-Athadi, bathi: “Lokhu kuyisililo esikhulu samaGibithe; ngalokho igama laso laqanjwa ngokuthi i-Abela Mizirayimi engaphesheya kweJordani.

12Amadodana akhe enza kuye njengokuyala kwakhe;

13Amadodana akhe amngenisa ezweni laseKhanani, ammbela emhumeni wensimu yaseMakaphela, u-Abrahama awuthenga kanye nezwe, kube yindawo yethuna lika-Efroni umHeti phambi kweMamre.

14UJosefa wabuyela eGibithe, yena nabafowabo, nabo bonke abakhuphuka naye ukuyombela uyise, ngemva kokungcwaba uyise.

15Abafowabo bakaJosefa sebebonile ukuthi uyise ufile, bathi: “Mhlawumbe uJosefa uyakusizonda, aphindisele kithi ngakho konke okubi esikwenzile kuye.”

16Basebethuma isithunywa kuJosefa ukuthi: Uyihlo walaya engakafi wathi:

17Ngakho anothi kuJosefa: Thethelela isiphambeko sabafowenu nesono sabo; ngoba bonile; usithethelele manje isiphambeko sezinceku zikaNkulunkulu kayihlo. UJosefa wakhala lapho bekhuluma kuye.

18Nabafowabo bahamba, bawa phansi phambi kwakhe; futhi bathi: “Bheka, siyizinceku zakho.”

19UJosefa wathi kubo: “Ningesabi, ngokuba mina ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu na?”

20Kepha nina, nangicambela okubi; kepha uNkulunkulu wakuceba kwaba kuhle ukuba kwenziwe, njenganamuhla, ukugcina abantu abaningi bephila.

21Ningesabi manje; ngiyakunondla nina nabancane benu. Wabaduduza, wakhuluma kubo ngomusa.

22UJosefa wahlala eGibithe, yena nendlu kayise; uJosefa waphila iminyaka eyikhulu neshumi.

23UJosefa wabona abantwana bakwa-Efrayimi besizukulwane sesithathu; nabantwana bakwaMagiri, indodana kaManase, bakhuliselwa emadolweni kaJosefa.

24UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo: “Sengiyafa, uNkulunkulu uyakuninakekela nokuninakekela, anikhiphe kuleli zwe, aniyise ezweni alifungela o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.

25UJosefa wasefungisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli, wathi: UNkulunkulu uzalilalela lokulilalela, njalo lizakhupha amathambo ami lapho.

26UJosefa wafa, eneminyaka eyikhulu neshumi; bamgqumisa ngemithi, wafakwa ebhokisini eGibithe.