UGenesisi 43:1-34
43 Indlala yayibhahile elizweni.+
2 Ngakho bathi sebewaqedile amabele ababewathole eGibhithe,+ uyise wathi kubo: “Buyelani liyesithengela okunye ukudla.”
3 UJuda wasesithi kuye: “Indoda yaseGibhithe yasixwayisa kwacaca yathi: ‘Nxa lingabuyanga laye umnawenu angifuni kulibona lapha futhi.’+
4 Nxa ungasivumela ukuthi sihambe laye umfowethu, sizahamba siyekuthengela ukudla.
5 Kodwa nxa usala ukuthi sihambe laye asisoze sihambe ngoba indoda leyana yasitshela yathi, ‘Nxa lingabuyanga laye umnawenu angifuni kulibona lapha futhi.’”+
6 U-Israyeli+ wabuza wathi: “Kungani lingilethele uhlupho lolu? Kanti vele laliyitshelelani indoda leyo ukuthi lilomunye umfowenu?”
7 Baphendula bathi: “Indoda leyo yabuzisisa mayelana lathi lezihlobo zethu yathi, ‘Uyihlo usaphila yini? Lilaye yini omunye umfowenu?’ Sasesiyitshela iqiniso.+ Sasizakwazi njani ukuthi izakuthi, ‘Buyani lomfowenu’?”+
8 UJuda wasencenga uyise u-Israyeli wathi: “Wothi ngihambe laye umfana,+ sihle singene indlela ukuze thina lawe kanye labantwabethu+ singafi kodwa siqhubeke siphila.+
9 Ngizakuba leqiniso lokuthi umfana uvikelekile.*+ Nxa kungenzakala loba yini kuye, yimi engizabe ngilecala. Ngizakuba lecala kuwe okwempilo yami yonke nxa ngingehluleka ukuphenduka laye, ngimbeke phambi kwakho.
10 Aluba kasichithanga isikhathi ngabe sesihambe saze saphenduka kabili.”
11 Ngakho uyise u-Israyeli wathi kubo: “Nxa kunjalo-ke yenzani lokhu: Thathani izinto ezinhle kakhulu eziselizweni lizithwale ngamasaka enu, liphathele indoda leyo isipho:+ lithathe ibhalisamu+ elilingeneyo, loluju oluncane, lenhlaka* enukelelayo, lamaxolo alenhlaka,+ lamazambane okuthiwa ngamaphistakhiyo kanye lama-alimondi.
12 Thathani imali ephindwe kabili njalo libuyele lemali eyabuya isemasakeni enu.+ Mhlawumbe kwaphambaniseka.
13 Mthatheni umfowenu lihambe, libuyele endodeni leyo.
14 Kwangathi uNkulunkulu uSomandla angenza ukuthi indoda leyo ilizwele ukuze ikhulule umfowenu kanye loBhenjamini. Kodwa nxa kuyikuthi kuzamele ngilahlekelwe ngabantwabami,+ yikho lokho.”
15 Ngakho amadodana kaJakhobe athatha isipho, lemali ephindwe kabili, athatha loBhenjamini. Asesuka aya eGibhithe afika ama phambi kukaJosefa okwesibili.+
16 UJosefa wathi ebona uBhenjamini elabo wahle watshela indoda eyayikhangela indlu yakhe wathi: “Hambisa amadoda la endlini ubusuhlaba izifuyo ulungise ukudla ngoba kumele ngidle lawo emini.”
17 Indoda leyo yahle yakwenza lokhu okwakukhulunywe nguJosefa,+ yawahambisa endlini kaJosefa.
18 Kodwa amadoda la athi ehanjiswa endlini kaJosefa aqala ukwesaba, athi: “Silethwe lapha ngenxa yemali eyabuyiselwa emasakeni ethu size sibuye kuqala. Khathesi bazasihlasela basenze izigqili, basithathele labobabhemi bethu.”+
19 Ngakho balanda indoda eyayikhangela indlu kaJosefa basebekhuluma layo emnyango wendlu.
20 Bathi: “Uxolo nkosi yami! Sake sabuya lapha kuqala sizothenga ukudla.+
21 Kodwa sathi sifika endlini yezihambi sivula amasaka ethu sabona imali zethu zikhona njalo isaka ngalinye lalilayo yonke imali esasibuye layo.+ Yikho-ke, sifuna ukuyibuyisela imali le.
22 Asikwazi ukuthi ngubani owayibuyisela emasakeni ethu+ njalo siphinde sabuya lenye imali yokuthenga ukudla.”
23 Yasisithi: “Kulungile. Lingesabi. Imali yenu yayiqale yafika kimi. UNkulunkulu wenu, loNkulunkulu kayihlo nguye owayefake amagugu emasakeni enu.” Ngemva kwalokho yakhulula uSimiyoni yamletha kubo.+
24 Indoda le yasibangenisa endlini kaJosefa yabanika amanzi okugeza inyawo, yanika labobabhemi babo ukudla.
25 Balungisa isipho+ sikaJosefa ngoba babezwile ukuthi uyabuya azokudla labo emini.+
26 UJosefa wathi esengenile endlini basebethatha isipho basingenisa bamnika basebeguqa phansi bekhothamise amakhanda.+
27 Ngemva kwalokho wababuza impilo wathi: “Unjani uyihlo, ixhegu elangitshela ngalo? Usaphila yini?”+
28 Basebesithi: “Inceku yakho ubaba iphilile njalo iqinile.” Ngemva kwalokho baguqa bakhothamisa amakhanda.+
29 Wathi evusa amehlo wabona uBhenjamini, umntakanina+ wasesithi: “Lo nguye yini umfowenu oyisicino elangitshela ngaye?”+ Wathi kuBhenjamini: “UNkulunkulu kabe lomusa kuwe ndodana yami.”
30 UJosefa wathi esekhulume lomnawakhe wahle wathi lothu waphuma ngoba wayengasenelisi ukuzibamba. Ngakho wadinga indawo yokuyakhala, wasengena kwenye indlu eyayingelamuntu, zehla ezimathonsi.+
31 Wathi esethule, wageza ubuso wasebuyela wafika wathi: “Phakululani ukudla.”
32 Yena bamnika yedwa ukudla, bona banikwa bodwa, kwasekusithi amaGibhithe ayelawo adla wodwa, ngoba amaGibhithe ayengeke adle ndawonye lamaHebheru ngenxa yokuthi lokhu kuyenyanyeka kumaGibhithe.+
33 Bonke babehlezi phambi kwakhe, olizibulo ehlezi ekuqaliseni ngenxa yelungelo lakhe lokuba lizibulo,+ ekucineni kuhlezi isicino ngenxa yokuba licinathunjana, njalo babelokhu bethaphana ngamehlo bemangele.
34 Yena wayelokhu ebathumela ukudla okwakusetafuleni yakhe kodwa uBhenjamini wayemnika okuphindwe kahlanu ukwedlula okwabanye bonke.+ Ngakho baqhubeka besidla laye njalo benatha baze basutha nti.
