1 Wawa uYosefu phezu kobuso bukayise, walila phezu kwakhe, wamanga.
2 UYosefu wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, amagqirha, ukuba amqhole uyise; amagqirha amqhola ke uSirayeli.
3 Bamzalisela imihla emashumi mane, kuba bebesenjenjalo ukuyizalisa imihla yabaqholiweyo; amaYiputa amlilela imihla emashumi asixhenxe.
4 Yadlula ke imihla yokulilelwa kwakhe, uYosefu wathetha kwindlu kaFaro, wathi, Ukuba kaloku niyandibabala, khanithethe ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi,
5 Ubawo wandifungisa esithi, Yabona, ndiza kufa; engcwabeni lam endizimbeleyo ezweni lakwaKanan, wondingcwabela khona apho. Ngoko makhe ndinyuke ndiye kumngcwaba ubawo; ndobuya ndibuye.
6 Wathi uFaro, Nyuka uye kumngcwaba uyihlo ngoko akufungise ngako.
7 Wenyuka ke uYosefu waya kumngcwaba uyise; benyuka naye bonke abakhonzi bakaFaro, amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe, amadoda amakhulu onke ezwe laseYiputa;
8 nendlu kaYosefu yonke, nabazalwana bakhe, nendlu kayise. Kwasala iintsapho zabo zodwa, nempahla yabo emfutshane, neenkomo zabo, ezweni laseGoshen.
9 Kwenyuka naye iinqwelo, nabamahashe, yaba ngumkhosi omkhulu kunene.
10 Bafika esandeni sika-Atadi esiphesheya kweYordan, bambambazela izifuba, batsho khona ngesililo esikhulu, esinzima kunene; bamenzela uyise isijwili imihla esixhenxe.
11 Basibona abemi belo zwe, amaKanan, isijwili esandeni sika-Atadi, bathi, Sikhulu esi sijwili kumaYiputa; ngenxa yoko kwathiwa igama laso yiAbhele-mitserayim, ephesheya kweYordan.
12 Oonyana bakhe benza ke kuye njengokuyolela kwakhe.
13 Bamthwala oonyana bakhe, bamsa ezweni lakwaKanan, bamngcwaba emqolombeni wentsimi yaseMakapela, awawuthengayo uAbraham ndawonye nentsimi, ukuba ube yindawo eyiyeyakhe yokungcwaba, kuEfron umHiti phambi kowakwaMamre.
14 UYosefu wabuyela eYiputa ke, yena nabazalwana bakhe, nabo bonke abenyuka naye beya kumngcwaba uyise, emva kokungcwaba kwakhe uyise.
15 Ke kaloku abakhuluwa bakaYosefu babona ukuba uyise wabo ufile, bathi, Azi uYosefu uya kusitshutshisa na, abubuyisele kanye na kuthi bonke ububi esimenzele bona?
16 Bathumela kuYosefu, besithi, Uyihlo wayolela phambi kokufa kwakhe, wathi,
17 Notsho kuYosefu ukuthi, Khawuluxolele ukreqo lwabakhuluwa bakho, nesono sabo sokuba bekwenze into embi; ngoko khawuluxolele ukreqo lwabakhozi boThixo wooyihlo. Walila uYosefu ekuthetheni kwabo kuye.
18 Baya nabakhuluwa bakhe, baziphosa phantsi phambi kwakhe, bathi, Yabona, singabakhonzi bakho.
19 Wathi uYosefu kubo, Musani ukoyika; ndisesikhundleni sikaThixo yini na?
20 Nina nacinga ububi ngam; ke yena uThixo wacinga okulungileyo, ukuze kuthi, njengoko kwenzekileyo namhla, kusinde abantu abaninzi.
21 Ngoko musani ukoyika; ndonondla nina, nentsapho yenu. Wabathuthuzela ke, wathetha kakuhle nabo.
22 UYosefu wena eYiputa, yena nendlu kayise. UYosefu wahlala iminyaka elikhulu elinashumi-nye.
23 UYosefu wabona oonyana besesithathu isizukulwana sikaEfrayim, kwanoonyana bakaMakire, unyana kaManase, ababezalelwe emadolweni kaYosefu.
24 Wathi uYosefu kubakhuluwa bakhe, Ndiza kufa; uThixo okunene uya kunivelela, aninyuse, niphume kweli lizwe, niye ezweni abelifungele uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi.
25 UYosefu wabafungisa oonyana bakaSirayeli, esithi, UThixo okunene eya kunivelela nje, nowanyusa amathambo am, emke apha.
26 Wafa ke uYosefu engominyaka ilikhulu linashumi-nye; bamqhola; wafakwa etyeyeni eYiputa. |
