UYOSEFU NOASENATI UAsenathi ufunwa ngunyana wenkosi nabanye abaninzi. 1. Ngomnyaka wokuqala wendyebo, ngenyanga yesibini, ngolwesihlanu enyangeni leyo, uFaro wamthuma uYosefu ukuba alijikeleze lonke ilizwe laseYiputa; Ngenyanga yesine yomnyaka wokuqala, ngolweshumi elinesibhozo enyangeni leyo, uYosefu wafika emideni yeOli, wayichola ingqolowa yelo zwe njengentlabathi yolwandle. Ke kaloku, bekukho ndoda ithile kuloo mzi, egama linguPentefres, engumbingeleli wesithili saseOni, irhuluneli kaFaro, umthetheli wabo bonke abathetheli bakaFaro; yaye lo mntu ubesisityebi ngokuncamisileyo, eyingqondi, enobulali; kananjalo wayengumcebisi kaFaro, ngokuba wayenengqondo ngaphezu kwabathetheli bonke bakaFaro. Wayenentombi enyulu, egama linguAzenati, eminyaka ishumi elinesibhozo, inde, intle, intle ngokugqith' emgceni, ngaphezu kweentombi zonke zehlabathi. Ke yena uAzenati ubengazifanisanga neentombi zamaYiputa; Lwaza lwaphuma udumo lobuhle bakhe, lwaya kulo lonke elo lizwe, lwesa eziphelweni zelimiweyo, ngokokude bathi bonke oonyana babathetheli namabamba, banqwenele ukuyifeketha, kwanoonyana bookumkani; onke amadodana namagorha onke, kwabakho ukubambana okukhulu phakathi kwawo ngenxa yakhe, bazama ukulwa omnye nomnye. Nonyana wamazibulo kaFaro weva ngaye, wambongoza uyise ukuba amnike abe ngumkakhe, wathi kuye, Ndinike, bawo, uAzenati, intombi kaPentefres, indoda yokuqala yaseOni, ndibe ngumfazi wam. Wathi uFaro uyise kuye, Yini na ukuba ufune umfazi ophantsi kunawe, ekubeni ungukumkani weli lizwe lonke? Hayi, kodwa, khangela! Intombi kaYowakim, ukumkani wakwaMowabhi, ikuganelwe nguwe; ibe ke yona ingukumkanikazi, emhle imbonakalo, nembonakalo yayo. Mthabathe ke abe ngumfazi wakho. Kuchazwa inqaba ahlala kuyo uAsenati. 2. UAsenati ke wabacekisa bonke abantu, beqhayisile kwaye benekratshi, engazange wabonwa nandoda, njengoko iPentefres yayinenqaba ende ehlangeneyo endlwini yakhe, enkulu, ephakamileyo ngokuncamisileyo; kananjalo phezu kwenqaba leyo kukho indawo ephakamileyo eneshumi elinanye. amagumbi. Igumbi lokuqala belilikhulu, lithandeka kakhulu, ligalelwe ngamatye amfusa, neendonga zalo zingamatye anqabileyo, amibalabala; Ke kwelo gumbi liphakathi kwegumbi laseYiputa, lingenakubalwa, bekukho igolide nesilivere, bekumisile; zonke ezo nto uAzenati ziqubuda kuzo, ubezoyika, ubebingelela kuzo yonke imihla. Nakwelesibini igumbi lalinazo zonke izinto zokuhombisa zika-Azenati, nekukho kuyo igolide, nesilivere eninzi, neempahla zegolide, ezilukiweyo, namatye anqabileyo, axabiso likhulu, neengubo zelinen ecikizekileyo, nezihombo zonke zobuntombi bakhe. ebekhona. Igumbi lesithathu liyindlu ka-Azenati, enezinto zonke ezilungileyo zomhlaba. Ke amagumbi asixhenxe aseleyo, ayehleli iintombi ezisixhenxe ezilungiselela uAzenati, iyileyo yayinamagumbi okulinda, kuba zazibudala bunye, zizalwa ngabusuku bunye noAzenati; kananjalo babebahle ngokugqithisileyo njengeenkwenkwezi zezulu, kwaye akuzange kubekho mntu uncokolayo nabo okanye umntwana oyinkwenkwe. Ke igumbi lika-Azenati, apho wayekhuliswe khona ubuntombi bakhe, lalineefestile ezintathu; Ifestile yokuqala ibinkulu kakhulu, ikhangele intendelezo ekhangele empumalanga; elesibini lalijonge ezantsi, elesithathu
lakhangela esitratweni. Kwakumi isilili segolide egumbini elibheke empumalanga; Ke umandlalo wawuhonjiswe ngempahla emfusa, ephothiweyo ngegolide, ukhuko lulukiwe ngengubo ebomvu nebomvu, nelinen ecikizekileyo. Kule bhedi uAzenathi wayelala yedwa, zange kwahlalwa ndoda namfazi. Kananjalo bekukho intendelezo enkulu ehlangene nendlu, ejikelezileyo ngeenxa zonke; kwaye kukho udonga olude ngokuncamisileyo macala onke, olwakhiwe ngamatye amakhulu abuxande; Kananjalo bekukho amasango entendelezweni amane, azalekwe ngesinyithi, agcina ishumi elinesibhozo lamadodana anamandla, lilinye lixhobe; Kananjalo betyelwe eludongeni imithi emihle, ngeendlela zonke, ethwala iziqhamo, neziqhamo zivuthiweyo, kuba beli lilixa lokuvuna. Kananjalo bekukho umthombo wamanzi otyebileyo ompompoza ngasekunene kwaloo ntendelezo ; Kwaye phantsi komthombo lowo bekukho iqula elikhulu, elisela amanzi aloo mthombo, ekuphuma kulo, ngathi ngumlambo esazulwini sentendelezo, eliyinkcenkcesha yonke imithi yaloo ntendelezo. UYosefu uvakalisa ukuza kwakhe ePentekoste. 3. Kwathi, ngomnyaka wokuqala, weminyaka esixhenxe yendyebo, ngenyanga yesine, ngolweshumi elinesibhozo enyangeni leyo, uYosefu wafika emideni yenduli, ethabatha ingqolowa yaloo mmandla. Ke kaloku, akusondela uYosefu kuloo mzi, wasusa amadoda alishumi elinamabini phambi kwakhe, ePentefres, umbingeleli waseOni, esithi, Ndiya kungena kuwe namhlanje, ngokuba ilixa lemini nelesidlo sasemini; ubushushu obukhulu belanga, ndize ndizonde phantsi kophahla lwendlu yakho. Kwaye uPentefres, akuziva ezi zinto, wavuya ngovuyo olukhulu kakhulu, waza wathi: "Mayibongwe iNkosi, uThixo kaYosefu, ngenxa yokuba inkosi yam uYosefu undibambe ndifanelekile." Ke uPentefres wabiza umveleli wendlu yakhe, wathi kuye, Khawuleza, uyilungise indlu yam, wenze isidlo esikhulu; Wathi uAzenati akuva ukuba uyise nonina baphumile elifeni labo, wavuya kunene, wathi, Ndiya kumbona ubawo noma, kuba bevela elifeni lethu. yayilixesha lokuvuna). Wakhawuleza uAzenati, waya egumbini lakhe abelele kulo, wambatha ingubo yokwaleka yelinen ecikizekileyo, ebomvu, nemfakamfele, wabhinqa umbhinqo wegolide ezandleni zakhe. ezinyaweni zakhe wabeka iingxowa zegolide, waza entanyeni yakhe wabeka isivatho esinqabileyo esixabiso likhulu, amatye anqabileyo, abehonjiswe ngeenxa zonke. namatye; wamthwesa neqhiya entloko, wambopha isithsaba ezintlafunweni, wamgqubuthela ngengubo yokwaleka entloko. UPentephres uceba ukunika uYosefu uAsenati ngomtshato. 4. Wakhawuleza, wehla ezinyukweni zakhe, waya kuyise nonina, wabanga. Kwaye ooPentephres nomfazi wakhe bagcoba ngentombi yabo uAsenati ngovuyo olukhulu ngokugqithisileyo, kuba bayibona ihonjisiwe kwaye ihonjisiwe njengomtshakazi kaThixo; bakhupha zonke izinto ezilungileyo ababezithabathe elifeni labo, bazinika intombi yabo; + yaye uAzenati wagcoba ngazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo ezifekethayo zasehlotyeni, iidiliya neediliya nedatilisa namahobe, namaqunube namakhiwane; Wathi uPentefres kwintombi yakhe uAzenati: "Mntwana." Wathi yena, Ndilapha, nkosi yam. Wathi kuye, Hlala phakathi kwethu, ndiwathethe amazwi am kuwe. Uyabona, uYosefu, iGorha likaThixo, uyeza kuthi namhla; yaye lo mntu ungumphathi welizwe lonke laseYiputa. Ukumkani uFaro wammisa ukuba abe ngumphathi welizwe lethu lonke nokumkani; yena ulinika ingqolowa kulo lonke eli lizwe. , aze