UGenesisi 41:1-57
41 Ngemva kweminyaka emibili egcweleyo, uFaro waphupha+ emi ngasemfuleni uNayili,
2 njalo wabona emfuleni lo kuphuma amankomokazi ayisikhombisa ayemahle, enonile futhi esidla utshani obuseceleni komfula uNayili.+
3 Ngemva kwawo kwalandela amanye amankomokazi ayisikhombisa ephuma kuNayili futhi ayekhanya emabi, ecakile. Afika ama eceleni kwamankomokazi anonileyo ngasekhunjini lomfula uNayili.
4 Amankomokazi la acakileyo futhi amabi aqalisa ukudla amankomokazi ayisikhombisa ayemahle enonile, uFaro wahle waphaphama.
5 Waphinda wajumeka wasephupha okwesibili. Waphupha izikhwebu zamabele eziyisikhombisa ziphuma ehlangeni linye futhi zigcwele zizinhle.+
6 Ngemva kwazo kwakhula izikhwebu zamabele eziyisikhombisa ezazicakile futhi zihangulwe ngumoya otshisayo wasempumalanga.
7 Izikhwebu zamabele ezazicakile zaqalisa ukuginya eziyisikhombisa ezazigcwele futhi zizinhle. UFaro wasephaphama, wananzelela ukuthi ubephupha.
8 Ekuseni uFaro waqala* ukukhathazeka, wathi kubizwe bonke abaphristi baseGibhithe abenza amasalamusi kanye lawo wonke amadoda ahlakaniphileyo. UFaro wasebalandisela amaphupho akhe kodwa bonke behluleka ukumchasisela wona.
9 Umphathi wabaphathinkenzo wasesithi kuFaro: “Lamuhla ngiyazivuma izono zami.
10 UFaro wake wazondela izinceku zakhe, mina kanye lomphathi wabaphekizinkwa,+ wasesivalela ejele, endlini yenduna yabalindi.
11 Ngobunye ubusuku sobabili saphupha amaphupho njalo iphupho ngalinye lalilengcazelo yalo.+
12 Lapho esasikhona kwakulejaha elingumHebheru elaliyisisebenzi senduna yabalindi.+ Sathi silitshela amaphupho ethu,+ lasichasisela ukuthi iphupho ngalinye litshoni.
13 Elalisichasisele khona kwenzakala njengokutsho kwalo. Mina ngabuyiselwa esikhundleni sami, indoda engangilayo yalengiswa.”+
14 Ngakho uFaro wathi uJosefa abizwe,+ basebemkhipha masinyane ejele.*+ Waphuca ikhanda, wagela lendevu wasetshintsha izigqoko waya kuFaro.
15 UFaro wasesithi kuJosefa: “Ngibe lephupho kodwa akulamuntu ongangichasisela lona. Ngizwe kuthiwa wena ungezwa iphupho uyenelisa ukulichasisa.”+
16 UJosefa waphendula uFaro wathi: “Kambe ngiyini mina? UNkulunkulu nguye ozakhuluma lokho okulungele inhlalakahle kaFaro.”+
17 UFaro wathi kuJosefa: “Ngiphuphe ngimi ekhunjini lomfula uNayili.
18 Ngibone kuphuma amankomokazi ayisikhombisa emfuleni lo njalo abemahle enonile, aseqalisa ukudla utshani obuseceleni komfula uNayili.+
19 Ngemva kwawo kulandele amanye amankomokazi ayisikhombisa azingcuba, abemabi kakhulu futhi ecakile. Angikaze ngibone amankomokazi amabi njengawo kulo lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe.
20 Amankomokazi la abecake ephelile futhi emabi, aqalise ukudla ayisikhombisa awokuqala anonileyo.
21 Kodwa athe esewadlile akulamuntu obengatsho ukuthi awadlile ngoba abelokhu ekhanya ecakile njengakuqala. Ngemva kwalokho ngihle ngaphaphama.
22 “Ngasengiphupha izikhwebu zamabele eziyisikhombisa ebezikhula ehlangeni linye njalo bezigcwele zizinhle.+
23 Ngemva kwazo kukhule ezinye izikhwebu zamabele eziyisikhombisa ebeziswabile, zicakile futhi zihangulwe ngumoya otshisayo wasempumalanga.
24 Izikhwebu lezi ezicakileyo ziqalise ukuginya eziyisikhombisa ebezizinhle. Ngakho ngilandisele abaphristi abenza amasalamusi+ kodwa kakho owenelise ukungichasisela.”+
25 UJosefa wasesithi kuFaro: “Amaphupho akho atsho into efananayo. UNkulunkulu weqiniso usemtshelile uFaro lokho azakwenza.+
26 Amankomokazi amahle ayisikhombisa amela iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Lezikhwebu zamabele ezinhle eziyisikhombisa zimela iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Amaphupho la atsho into efananayo.
27 Amankomokazi ayisikhombisa abemabi, ecake ephelile futhi alandele ngemva kwanonileyo, amela iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Lezikhwebu eziyisikhombisa ebezingelalutho njalo zihangulwe ngumoya otshisayo wasempumalanga zitsho ukuthi kuzakuba leminyaka yendlala eyisikhombisa.
28 Njengoba nje ngitshilo kuFaro: UNkulunkulu weqiniso usetshengise uFaro lokho azakwenza.
29 “Kuzakuba leminyaka eyisikhombisa yenala enkulu kulo lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe.
30 Kodwa ngemva kweminyaka le kuzalandela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala. Abantu bazakhohlwa lokuthi bekuke kwaba lenala elizweni laseGibhithe. Kanti njalo indlala le izatshaya ibhuqe ilizwe.+
31 Inala ezabe ikhona elizweni ayisoze ikhunjulwe sibili ngenxa yendlala ezalandela ngoba izabe inkulu kakhulu.
32 UFaro unikwe amaphupho amabili ngoba uNkulunkulu weqiniso useyimise yaqina indaba le njalo uNkulunkulu weqiniso uzakwenza masinyane lokho akuvezileyo.
33 “Yikho-ke uFaro kadinge indoda eqedisisayo njalo ehlakaniphileyo abeseyibeka ukuthi ikhangele ilizwe laseGibhithe.
34 UFaro kangapholisi amaseko, kakhethe iziphathamandla elizweni futhi aqoqe ingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu kuso sonke isivuno esizaphuma eGibhithe ngeminyaka eyisikhombisa ezabe ilenala.+
35 Kaziqoqe konke ukudla okuzakuba khona eminyakeni le ezabe ilenala. Ukudla lokhu akubuthelelwe eziphaleni zikaFaro, kubekwe emadolobheni njalo kugcinwe kuwo.+
36 Nxa iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala isifikile elizweni laseGibhithe, ukudla lokho yikho okuzadliwa ukuze ilizwe lingatshabalaliswa yindlala.”+
37 Icebo leli lakhanya lilihle sibili kuFaro lakuzo zonke izisebenzi zakhe.
38 UFaro wasekhuluma lezisebenzi zakhe wathi: “Kambe singayithola ngaphi enye indoda enjengale, elomoya kaNkulunkulu?”
39 UFaro wathi kuJosefa: “Njengoba uNkulunkulu ekwazise zonke izinto lezi, kakho omunye oqedisisayo lohlakaniphe njengawe.
40 Indlu yami isizakuba sezandleni zakho njalo bonke abantu bami bazalalela konke okutshoyo.+ Mina yimi ngedwa engizakuba phezu kwakho ngenxa yesikhundla sami sokuba yinkosi.”
41 UFaro waphinda wathi kuJosefa: “Zwana, sengibeka lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe ezandleni zakho.”+
42 UFaro wasekhipha indandatho yakhe elophawu eyayisemunweni wakhe wayigqokisa uJosefa, wamgqokisa lezigqoko zelineni ezinhle futhi wamgaxa leketane yegolide entanyeni.
43 Kanti njalo wathi kagadiswe inqola yakhe yesibili yesikhosini. Abantu babememeza phambi kwakhe besithi, “Guqani phambi kwakhe!”* Ngakho uFaro wabeka lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe ezandleni zakhe.
44 UFaro waphinda wathi kuJosefa: “NginguFaro, lanxa kunjalo kulo lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe akulamuntu ozakwenza loba yini* engazange athole imvumo kuwe.”+
45 Ngemva kwalokho uFaro wanika uJosefa ibizo wathi nguZafenathi-phaneya njalo wamnika u-Asenathi+ indodakazi kaPhothifera umphristi wase-Oni* ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe. UJosefa waqalisa ukukhangela konke okwakusenzakala elizweni* laseGibhithe.+
46 UJosefa wayeleminyaka engu-30+ ngesikhathi esima phambi kukaFaro* inkosi yaseGibhithe.
Ngemva kwalokho uJosefa wasuka phambi kukaFaro walibhoda lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe.
47 Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyayilenala ilizwe laqhubeka lithela kakhulu.
48 Waqhubeka eqoqa konke ukudla okwakukhona elizweni laseGibhithe ngeminyaka le eyisikhombisa njalo wayekubuthelela emadolobheni. Edolobheni ngalinye wayegcina ukudla okwakuphuma emasimini ayeseduze kwalo.
49 UJosefa waqhubeka ebuthelela amabele ngobunengi bawo, aze aba manengi njengetshebetshebe yolwandle. Bacina bengasabali* lokuthi anganani ngoba isilinganiso sawo sasesisikhulu kakhulu.
50 Kwathi iminyaka yendlala ingakafiki, u-Asenathi indodakazi kaPhothifera umphristi wase-Oni* wazalela uJosefa abantwana ababili abangabafana.+
51 UJosefa wanika izibulo lakhe ibizo wathi nguManase*+ ngoba wayesithi, “UNkulunkulu usengenze ngakhohlwa zonke inhlupho zami kanye labo bonke abendlu kababa.”
52 Owesibili wamnika ibizo wathi ngu-Efrayimi*+ ngoba wathi, “UNkulunkulu usengenze ngaba labantwana* elizweni lokuhlupheka kwami.”+
53 Yaphela-ke iminyaka eyisikhombisa eyayilenala elizweni laseGibhithe,+
54 kwasekuqala iminyaka yendlala eyisikhombisa njengokutsho kukaJosefa.+ Indlala le yaba khona emazweni wonke kodwa kulo lonke elaseGibhithe kwakulokudla.*+
55 Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi indlala yahlasela lonke ilizwe laseGibhithe, abantu basebekhala kuFaro befuna ukudla.+ Ngakho uFaro watshela bonke abaseGibhithe wathi: “Hambani kuJosefa lenze konke azalitshela khona.”+
56 Indlala yayilokhu ibhahile emhlabeni wonke.+ UJosefa waseqalisa ukuvula zonke iziphala ezazisemadolobheni wathengisela abaseGibhithe ukudla+ ngoba indlala yayisinzima elizweni laseGibhithe.
57 Kanti njalo abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke babebuya eGibhithe bezothenga ukudla kuJosefa ngoba indlala yayitshingile emhlabeni wonke.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiHebheru, “umoya wakhe wakhathazeka.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “egodini.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “A·vrékh!” Kukhanya ibala leli litsho ukuthi abantu kumele bamnike udumo futhi bamhloniphe.
^ NgesiHebheru, “ozaphakamisa isandla sakhe loba unyawo lwakhe.”
^ Idolobho leli lalibizwa langokuthi yiHeliyopholisi.
^ Kumbe, “ukubhoda lonke ilizwe.”
^ Kumbe, “ngesikhathi eqalisa ukusebenzela uFaro.”
^ Kumbe, “bengasakali.”
^ Idolobho leli lalibizwa langokuthi yiHeliyopholisi.
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Lowo owenza umuntu akhohlwe.”
^ Kumbe, “ngaphumelela.”
^ Kukhanya ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Abantwana abaphindwe kabili.”
^ NgesiHebheru, “kwakulesinkwa.”
