UGenesisi 40:1-23
40 Ngemva kwezinto lezi, umphathi wabaphathinkezo+ benkosi yaseGibhithe lomphathi wabaphekizinkwa bonela inkosi yabo, inkosi yaseGibhithe.
2 UFaro wazizondela iziphathamandla zakhe ezimbili, umphathi wabaphathinkezo lomphathi wabaphekizinkwa,+
3 wasezifaka ejele, endlini yenduna yabalindi,+ lapho uJosefa ayevalelwe khona.+
4 Induna yabalindi yathi uJosefa abe lazo iziphathamandla lezi, azinakekele+ futhi zahlala ejele okwezinsuku ezinengi.*
5 Ngobunye ubusuku umphathinkezo wenkosi yaseGibhithe lomphekizinkwa wayo ababevalelwe ejele, baphupha amaphupho njalo iphupho ngalinye lalilengcazelo yalo.
6 UJosefa wathi efika kubo ngelanga elilandelayo ekuseni, wababona bedanile.
7 Yikho wabuza iziphathamandla zikaFaro ezazivalelwe laye ejele wathi: “Lidaneleni kangaka lamuhla?”
8 Zona zamphendula zathi: “Sobabili siphuphe amaphupho kodwa akulamuntu ongasichasisela wona.” UJosefa wasesithi kuzo: “Ukuchasisa amaphupho kayisikho kukaNkulunkulu yini?+ Ngicela lingilandisele wona.”
9 Ngakho umphathi wabaphathinkezo walandisela uJosefa iphupho lakhe wathi: “Ephutsheni lami ngibone isihlahla samagilebisi siphambi kwami.
10 Esihlahleni leso bekulengatsha ezintathu futhi zithe ziqala ukuhluma zaba lamaluba,* zathela izixha zamagilebisi njalo ahle avuthwa.
11 Inkomitsho kaFaro ibisesandleni sami, ngasengisikha amagilebisi ngawakhamela enkomitshini kaFaro. Ngemva kwalokho ngaqhubela uFaro inkomitsho yakhe.”
12 UJosefa wasesithi kuye: “Nansi ingcazelo yephupho lakho: Ingatsha ezintathu zimela amalanga amathathu.
13 Ngelanga lesithathu kusukela lamuhla, uFaro uzakukhulula* akubuyisele esikhundleni sakho+ njalo uzaqhubela uFaro inkomitsho yakhe njengalokhu owawukwenza usesengumphathinkezo wakhe.+
14 Kodwa ungikhumbule nxa izinto sezikuhambela kuhle. Ngicela ungitshengise uthando oluqotho futhi utshele uFaro ngami, mhlawumbe ungangikhipha endaweni le.
15 Phela ngathunjwa elizweni lamaHebheru+ futhi akulacala engilenzileyo lapha elenze bangifaka ejele.”*+
16 Umphathi wabaphekizinkwa wathi ebona ukuthi uJosefa ukhulume ingcazelo enhle wathi kuye: “Lami ngiphuphile, ngiphuphe ekhanda lami kulamabhasikiti amathathu alezinkwa ezimhlophe.
17 Ebhasikitini ephezulu bekulemihlobo yonke yezinto ezinhle ezibhekhelwe uFaro futhi bekulenyoni ebezisidla okusebhasikitini leyo ebiphezu kwekhanda lami.”
18 UJosefa wasephendula wathi: “Nansi ingcazelo yephupho lakho: Amabhasikiti amathathu amela amalanga amathathu.
19 Kungakadluli izinsuku ezintathu kusukela lamuhla, uFaro uzakuquma ikhanda* abesekulengisa esigodweni njalo inyoni zizakudla inyama yakho.”+
20 Ngelanga lesithathu kwakulilanga uFaro azalwa ngalo+ futhi wenzela zonke izisebenzi zakhe idili. Wasesithi umphathi wabaphathinkezo kanye lomphathi wabaphekizinkwa balethwe kuye, phambi kwezisebenzi zakhe.
21 Wasebuyisela umphathi wabaphathinkezo esikhundleni sakhe sokuba ngumphathinkezo njalo umphathinkezo waqhubeka enika uFaro inkomitsho yakhe.
22 Kodwa walengisa umphathi wabaphekizinkwa njengoba nje uJosefa wayebachasisele.+
23 Lanxa kunjalo umphathi wabaphathinkenzo kazange amkhumbule uJosefa, wakhohlwa ngaye.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “okwesikhathi esithile.”
^ Kumbe, “impoko.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “uzaphakamisa ikhanda lakho.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “egodini.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “uzaliphakamisa ikhanda lakho.”
