UYosefu, unyana weshumi elinanye kaYakobi noRakeli, inzwakazi nentanda. Umzabalazo wakhe wokuhenda umJiphutha.
1 Ikopi yeTestamente kaYosefu.
2 Kwathi xa sele eza kufa wababiza ndawonye oonyana bakhe nabantakwabo waza wathi kubo:
3 Bazalwana bam nabantwana bam, phulaphulani kuYosefu intanda kaSirayeli; bekani indlebe, bonyana, kuyihlo.
4 Ndibubonile umona nokufa ebomini bam, noko andilahlekanga, koko ndime enyanisweni, yeNkosi.
5 Aba bazalwana bam bandithiyile, Ke mna uYehova wandithanda;
6 Babefuna ukundibulala, kodwa uThixo woobawo undigcinile.
7 Bandihlisela emhadini, Osenyangweni wandinyusa.
8 kuthengiswe mna ukuba ndibe likhoboka, yaza iNkosi yezinto zonke yandikhulula;
9Ndafuduswamna,sandincedaisandlasakheesithenkqi.
10 Ndandilambile, yaye uYehova wandondla.
11 Ndandindedwa, yaye uThixo wandithuthuzela;
12 Ndandisifa, yaye uYehova wandivelela.
13 Ndandisentolongweni, uThixo wam wandenzela inceba;
14 Ndisezintanjeni, wandikhulula;
15 Wandinyelisa, wandibambana;
16 Wathetha kabukhali ngamaYiputa, wandihlangula;
17 Ndabamonelwa ngabakhonzi kunye nam, Wandiphakamisa.
18 Ke umthetheli-waka kaFaro, wayinikela kum indlu yakhe;
19Ndazamelaumfaziohlazekileyo,ukubandikreqekuye; ke uThixo kaSirayeli ubawo wandihlangula elangatyeni lomlilo.
20Ndavalelwaentolongweni,ndabethwa,ndabethwa;Ke iNkosi yandenzela inceba phambi komlindi wentolongo.
21 Kuba iNkosi ayibashiyi abo bamoyikayo, nokuba kusebumnyameni, nasemixokelelwaneni, nokuba kusezimbandezelweni, nokuba kukwizingxakeko.
22 Kuba uThixo akadani njengomntu, akoyiki, njengonyana womntu, njengozelweyo wasemhlabeni, ukuba akethuki, akhwankqiswe.
23 Ezintweni zonke ke uya kuzikhusela, azithuthuzele ngeendlela ngeendlela;
24Ngezilingoezilishumiwandibonisaukucikideka,kuzo zonke ndanyamezela; Kuba unyamezelo lusebenza ikhubalo elinamandla;
25 Kukangaphi landisongela ngokufa laa mYiputa?
26 Kukangaphi endinikela ukuba andibethe, andibize ngokundisongela, athi, ndingavumi ukunxulumana naye, athi kum,
27 woba yinkosi yam nayo yonke into esendlwini yam, ukuba uthe wazinikela kum, woba njengenkosi yethu.
28Kodwandawakhumbulaamazwikabawo,ndazandaya egumbini lam, ndalila ndaza ndathandaza eNkosini.
29 Ndazila ukudla ngaloo minyaka isixhenxe, ndabonakala kumaYiputa, ndingodlamkileyo;
30Ukubainkosiyamibingekhoekhaya,bendingaselanga wayini; andikudlanga neentsuku ezintathu, ndakupha amahlwempu nabagulayo.
31 Ndamquqela uYehova kwakusasa, ndamlilela inkazana engumYiputa, eNofu; ngokuba ibiyeyo kundikhwankqisa kakhulu; ngokuba yayisithi, iza kundizela ebusuku.
32 Kuba ebengenanyana, wandenza unyana.
33 Wandanga njengonyana, ndingazi; kodwa kamva, wafuna ukunditsalela kuhenyuzo.
34 Ndathi ke ndakukwazi oko, ndaba buhlungu kakhulu, ndasa ekufeni; Uthe ke akuphuma, ndabuyela kum, ndamenzela isijwili imihla emininzi, kuba bendiwazi ubuqhetseba bakhe nenkohliso yakhe.
35 Ndamxelela amazwi yOsenyangweni, ukuba uthe wabuya ebubini bakhe.
36 Amaxesha amaninzi, ke ngoko, waye wandincoma ngamazwi njengendoda engcwele, kwaye ngobuxoki ekuthetheni kwakhe encoma ubunyulu bam phambi kwendoda yakhe, ngelixa enqwenela ukundibambisa xa sasisedwa.
37 Kuba ibisithi kum, ekuhleni, ndinyulu, yathi kum ngasese, Musa ukuyoyika indoda yam; kuba ebeyisekile bubunyulu bakho; kuba nokuba ubani uthe wathetha ngathi, akakholwa.
38Ngenxayazozonkeezizintondalalaemhlabeni,ndaza ndambongoza uThixo ukuba uYehova andihlangule kubuqhophololo bawo.
39 Akuba ke akaphumelelanga nto ngako oko, wabuya weza kum ephantsi koqeqesho, ukuze alifunde ilizwi likaThixo.
40 Kwaye wathi kum: Ukuba ùthanda ukuba ndizishiye izithixo zam, lala nam, kwaye ndoyicenga indoda yam ukuba imke kuzo izithixo zayo, kwaye siya kuhamba ngomthetho eNkosini yakho.
41 Ndaza ndathi kuye: INkosi ayifuni. ukuze abo bamhlonelayo babe sesikhundleni esingcolileyo, kwaye akakholiswa ngabo bakrexezayo;
42 Kodwa uthe wahlala enoxolo, enqwenela ukuwufeza umnqweno wakhe ongendawo.
43 Ndabakukhona ke ndizila ukudla, ndithandaza,ukuze iNkosi indihlangule kuyo.
44 Kwaye kwakhona, ngelinye ixesha wathi kum: Ukuba akukrexezi, ndiya kubulala indoda yam ngetyhefu; ndikuthabathe ube ngumyeni wam.
45Ndakuvangoko,ndakrazulaiingubozam,ndathikuye.
46 Mfazi, yoyika uThixo, ungenzi obu bubi, hleze utshabalale; ngokuba yazi okunene, ukuba lo mbono wakho ndiya kuwuvakalisa kubo bonke abantu.
47 Woyika ke, wabongozaukuba ndingalixeli eli cebo. 48Wemkakeendithambisangezipho,ekuthumelenikum yonke into eyolisayo koonyana babantu.
49 Wandithumelela ke ukudla okunonya, kuxutywe nemilingo.
50 Lathi lakufika ithenwa ebeliyizisile, ndaphakamisa intloko, ndabona indoda ekhohlakeleyo indinika ikrele elisesityeni;
51 Ephumile ke ndalila, andikuvanga noko ukudla kwakhe;
52 Ngoko emva kosuku olunye yeza kum, yakugcina ukudla, yathi kum, Yini na ukuba ungadlanga kudla?
53 Ndaza ndathi kuyo: Kungenxa yokuba uyizalise ngobugqi obubulalayo; utsho ngani na ukuthi, Andisondeli kwizithixo, ndisondele kuYehova yedwa?
54Keyazingoku,ukubauThixokabawoubutyhililekum ngesithunywa sakhe ububi bakho;
55 Ke ukuze uqonde ukuba ububi babangamatshijolo abunagunya phezu kwabamkhonzayo uThixo ngokunyulu, yabona, ndiya kuthabatha kuyo, ndidle phambi kwakho.
56 Ndathi, Ndathandaza ndathi, UThixo woobawo, nesithunywa sika-Abraham, makabe nam. ndadla.
57Utheakukubonaoko,wawangobusoezinyawenizam, elila; ndamphakamisa ndamyala.
58 Kwaye wathembisa ukuba akayi kuphinda enze obo bugwenxa.
59 Kodwa intliziyo yakhe yayisazimisele ebubini, kwaye wabheka-bheka malunga nendlela yokundibambisa, kwaye encwina ngokunzulu waba lusizi, nangona wayengaguli.
60 Kwaye indoda yakhe yakumbona, yathi kuye: Kungani na ukuba busangane ubuso bakho?
61 Kwaye wathi kuye: Ndinentlungu entliziyweni yam, kwaye ukuncwina komoya wam kuyandicinezela; Wenjenjalo ukumthuthuzela lowo ubengafanga.
62 Waza, wafumana ithuba, wagxalathelana ukuza kum xa indoda yakhe isengaphandle, yathi kum, Ndiya kuzixhoma, okanye ndizijulele eweni, ukuba akuthanga ulale nam.
63 Kwaye xa ndabona umoya kaBheliyare umkhathaza, ndathandaza eNkosini, ndaza ndathi kuye: 64Yinina,wenauludwayinge,ukhathazeke,ukhathazwe zizono?
65 Khumbula ukuba ukuba uyazibulala, uAsteho, ishweshwe lendoda yakho, imbangi yakho, uya kubabetha abantwana bakho, kwaye uya kutshabalalisa isikhumbuzo sakho emhlabeni.
66 Kwaye wathi kum: Qaphela, ngoko uyandithanda; Makwanele kum oko; kodwa wuzamele umphefumlo wam, nabantwana bam;
67 Wayengazi ke ukuba ndithethe ngolu hlobo enkosini yam, kungekhona ngenxa yakhe.
68 Kuba ukuba umntu uthe wawa phambi komnqweno ongendawo,wabalikhoboka lawo,kwanjengokuba naye, into elungileyo asukuba eyiva ngokuphathelele loo nkanuko, uyayamkela ngenxa yomnqweno wakhe okhohlakeleyo.
69 Ndiyanixelela ke, bantwana bam, ukuba kwakumalunga nelixa lesithandathu ukuba wemka kum; ndaguqaphambikoYehovaiminiyonke,nobusukubonke; kwaze kwasa ndavuka ndilila eloxesha ndithandazela ukukhululwa kuye.
70 Ekugqibeleni, ngoko, wazibamba izambatho zam, endirhuqa ukuba ndidibane naye.
71 Ndathi ke, ndakubona ukuba ushiywa ziingubo zam, xa agezayo, ndayishiya ngasemva, ndabaleka ndemkaze.
72 Kwaye ebambelele ngokuqinileyo kwisambatho wandityhola ngobuxoki, kwaye xa indoda yakhe yeza yandiphosa entolongweni endlwini yayo; yaye
ngengomso wandityakatya waza wandithumela entolongweni kaFaro.
73 Kwaye xa ndandibotshelelwe, inkazana engumYiputa yaxinezeleka yintlungu, yeza yaza yeva indlela endandimbulelangayouYehovakwayendivumaiingoma kwindawo yobumnyama, kwaye ngelizwi lovuyo ndigcoba, ndizukisa uThixo wam ukuba ndihlangulwe. ngenxa yenkanuko yomfazi ongumYiputa.
74 Kwaye rhoqo uye wathumela kum esithi: Vuma ukuzalisekisaumnqwenowam,kwayendiyakukukhulula kwiimbophelelo zakho, kwaye ndiya kukukhulula ebumnyameni.
75 Kwaye andizange ndityekele kuye nangengcinga.
76 Kuba uThixo uyamthanda lowo uhlanganisa ukuzila ukudla nobunyulu emhadini wokungendawo, kunokuba abe ngowabalela ubuncwane emagumbini ookumkani.
77 Kwaye ukuba umntu uphila ebunyulu, aze anqwenele kanjalo uzuko, kwaye Osenyangweni esazi ukuba oko kumlungele, oko ukubeke phezu kwam kanjalo.
78Kukangaphi,nangonawayegula,esithiwehlaezekum ngamaxesha angamjonganga, waza waphulaphula ilizwi lam njengoko ndandithandaza!
79 Ndathi ndakukuva ukuncwina kwakhe ndathi cwaka. 80Kubaxandandisendlwiniyakhewayeqheleukuthwala iingalo zakhe, namabele, nemilenze, ukuze ndibe nokulala kunye naye; ngokuba ebemhle kunene, evetheethebeni, ukuze andilukuhle.
81 Yandigcina iNkosi kumayelenqe ayo.
ISAHLUKO 2
UYosefu ulixhoba lamacebo amaninzi ngobukrelekrele obungendawo bomfazi waseMemphian. Ukuze ufumane umzekeliso obangel’ umdla wesiprofeto, bona Indinyana 73-74 .
1 Niyabona ke ngoko, bantwanana bam, ukuba lukhulu kangakanani na unyamezelo, nomthandazo kunye nokuzila ukudla.
2 Ngokunjalo nani, ukuba niphuthuma ubunyulu nobunyulu, ninomonde nomthandazo, nizila ukudla ngokuthobeka kwentliziyo, yohlala iNkosi phakathi kwenu, ngokuba ithanda ubunyulu.
3 Kwaye naphina apho oPhezukonke ahlala khona, nangonaumona,okanyeubukhoboka,okanyeukunyelisa umntu, iNkosi ehleliyo kuye, ngenxa yobunyulu bakhe ayimhlanguli kuphela ebubini, kodwa ikwamphakamisa kwananjengam.
4 Kuba umntu uyaphakanyiswa ngeendawo zonke, nokuba kungokwenza, nokuba kungelizwi, nokuba kungokucinga.
5 Abazalwana bam bebesazi ukundithanda kukabawo,ke mna ndingaziphakamisi entliziyweni yam; bendisengumntwana, bendimoyika uThixo entliziyweni yam; kuba ndandisazi ukuba zonke izinto ziya kudlula.
6 Ke kaloku andiziphakamiseli kubo nganjongo imbi; ndasuka ndababeka abazalwana bam; + yaye ngenxa yokuba ndandithengisiwe + ndayeka ukuwaxelela
amaIshmayeli + ukuba ndingunyana kaYakobi, indoda enkulu negorha.
7 Ngaba nani, bantwana bam, yibani nokoyika uThixo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yenu phambi kwamehlo enu, nibeke imbeko kubazalwana benu.
8 Kuba bonke abawenza umthetho weNkosi baya kuthandwa yiyo.
9 Ndafika eIndokholpi namaIshmayeli, andibuza, esithi, 10 Ulikhoboka na? Ndathi ke mna ndingumkhonzi ozalelweekhaya,ukuzendingabahlazisiabazalwanabam.
11Kwayeoyenamkhulukubowathikum:Akulokhoboka, kuba kwanenkangeleko yakho iyenza ibonakale.
12 Kodwa ndathi ndilikhoboka labo.
13 Xeshikweni safikayo eYiputa, babambana nam, ngokuba nguwuphi na kubo oya kundithenga, andithabathe.
14 Kwabonakala kulungile emehlweni abo bonke ukuba ndihlale eYiputa nabarhwebi babo, bade babuye beze kurhweba.
15 UYehova wandibababala emehlweni omrhwebi, waza wandinikela indlu yakhe.
16 UThixo wamsikelela ngesandla sam, wamandisela ngegolide, nangesilivere, nakubakhonzi; 17Ndabanayeiinyangaezintathuezineentsukuezintlanu.
18 Ngelo xesha inkazana yakwaMefife, umkaPentefra, yehla ngenqwelo yokulwa, inekratshi elikhulu; ngokuba yayivile ngam kumathenwa ayo.
19 Wayixelela indoda yakhe, ukuba umrhwebi lowo ube sisityebi ngenkwenkwe engumHebhere; bathi inene, ibiwe ezweni lakwaKanan.
20 Ngoko yenza ubulungisa, umthabathe umntwana, umse endlwini yakho; enjenjalo uThixo wamaHebhere ukukusikelela; ngokuba ubabalo oluphuma emazulwini luphezu kwakhe.
21 Waza uPentephris woyiseka ngamazwi akhe, waza wayalela ukuba aziswe umrhwebi, waza wathi kuye:
22 Yintoni na le ndiyivayo ngawe, ukuba uyeba abantu ezweni lakwaKanan, uthengise ngabo babe ngamakhoboka?
23 Wawa ke umrhwebi lowo ngasezinyaweni zakhe, wamana embongoza, esithi, Ndiyakukhunga, nkosi yam, andiyazi into oyithethayo.
24 Wathi uPentepris kuye, Uvela phi na ke ngoko umkhonzi ongumHebhere?
25 Waza wathi: AmaIshmayeli amphathise kum ade abuye.
26 Akakholwa nguye; wathi makakhulule, abethwe.
27 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uyazingisa kweli lizwi, wathi uPentepris, Mayiziswe umfana lowo.
28Ndakubandingeniswe,ndaqubudakwiPentepris,kuba ebengowesithathu esintwini sikaFaro.
29 Kwaye yandithabatha ndahlukana nayo, yaza yathi kum: Ulikhoboka okanye ungokhululekileyo?
30 Ndathi ke, Ndilikhoboka.
31 Wathi, Yekabani na?
32 Ndathi ke, NgamaIshmayeli.
33 Wathi, Utheni na ukuba ube ngumkhonzi wabo?
34 Ndathi ke, Bandithenga ezweni lakwaKanan.
35 Kwaye yathi kum: Inene uyaxoka; yathi kwaoko mandikhulule, ndibethwe.
36 Ngoku, inkazana yaseMemfian yayijonge kum ngefestile ngoxa ndandibethwa, kuba indlu yayo yayikufuphi, yaza yathumela kuye isithi:
37 Isigwebo sakho asilungelelene; umphindezele okhululekileyo xa athe wabiwa, waba ngumkreqi.
38 Ke kaloku, akuba ndikwenzile oku ukuthetha, nokuba bendibethiwe, wathi mandivalelwe, bade bathi, beze abanini benkwenkwe.
39 Wathi ke umfazi endodeni yakhe, Yini na ukuba umbambelele emakhamandeleni lowo uthinjiweyo, nozelwe kakuhle, kanye ofanele ukukhululwa, anikelwe?
40 Kuba wanqwenela ukundibona ethabatheke yinkanuko yesono;
41 Wathi kuye, Asilisiko lamaYiputa ukuthabatha eyeyabanye abantu, ngaphambi kokuba kungqinwe.
42 Watsho ke ngoko ngomrhwebi; ke yena umfana, makavalelwe.
43 Emva kweentsuku ezimashumi mabini anesine, beza amaIshmayeli; kuba evile ukuba uYakobi ubawo wenza isijwili esikhulu ngam.
44 Kwaye beza baza bathi kum: Kwenzeka njani ukuba uthi ulikhoboka? uyabona ke, sibonile ukuba ungunyana wendoda eligorha ezweni lakwaKanan; uyihlo usakuzilela ngeengubo ezirhwexayo naseluthuthwini.
45 Ndithe ndakuva oku, zanyibilika izibilini zam, yanyibilika intliziyo yam, ndanqwenela kunene ukulila, kodwa ndazibamba, ukuba ndingabadanisi abazalwana bam.
46 Ndathi kubo, Andazi, ndingumkhonzi.
47 Ngoko babhunga ukuba bandithengise, ukuze ndingafunyanwa ezandleni zabo.
48 Kuba babemoyika ubawo, hleze afike aze enze kubo impindezelo ekrakra.
49 kuba bamvile ukuba uligorha kuThixo nasebantwini.
50 Wathi ke umrhwebi kubo, Ndikhululeni kumgwebo wePentifri.
51Bezakebacelakum,besithi,Yitshoukubawathengwa ngathi ngemali; wosikhulula.
52 Wathi umfazi kaMefiya endodeni yakhe, Zithengele inkwenkwe; Wathi yena, Ndiva ukuba bayathengisa ngaye.
53 Wathuma ithenwa kwaoko kumaIshmayeli, wacela ukuba bandithengisele.
54 Kodwa ekubeni ithenwa alivumanga ukundithenga ngexabiso lawo, labuya, liwavavanyile; layixelela inkosikazi yalo ukuba bacela ixabiso elikhulu ngekhoboka labo.
55 Laphinda lathuma elinye ithenwa, lathi, Nokuba bafuna iimina zibe mbini, baphe, musani ukuyiyeka igolide; thenga kuphela umfana, umzise kum.
56 Laya ke ithenwa, lawanika amashumi asibhozo eesilivere, landamkela; wathi kumYiputakazi, ndimnike ikhulu.
57 Nakuba bendikwazi oko, ndiye ndathula, ukuze lingadani ithenwa.
58 Niyabona ke ngoko, bantwana bam, ukuba zininzi kwazo izinto endazinyamezelayo, ukuze ndingabadanisi abazalwana bam.
59 Nani ngoko thandanani, nize nizeka kade umsindo, nifihlane iziphoso.
60 Kuba uThixo uthanda ubunye babazalwana, nengqikelelo yentliziyo ekholiswe luthando.
61 Bathe bakufika abazalwana bam eYiputa, beva ukuba imali yabo ndiyibuyisele kubo, andabakhalimela, ndaza ndabathuthuzela.
62 Kwaye emva kokufa kukaYakobi ubawondabathanda ngokugqithisileyo ngakumbi, kwaye zonke izinto naziphina izinto awayeziyalele ndazenzela ngokuphuphuma kakhulu.
63 Andibavumelanga ukuba bacinezele nakanye; ndabanika yonke into ebisesandleni sam.
64 Kwaye abantwana babo babengabantwana bam, nabantwana bam baba ngabakhonzi babo; kwaye ubomi babo yayibubomi bam, kwaye konke ukubandezeleka kwaboyayikukubandezelekakwam,kwayesonkeisigulo sabo yayibulwelwe bam.
65Ilizwelamlabalilizwelabo,neqhingalabolabalicebo lam.
66 Kwaye andizange ndiziphakamise phakathi kwabo ngokuzingca ngenxa yozuko lwam lwehlabathi;
67 Ukubanani kanjalo, kengoko, nihambaemithethweni yeNkosi,bantwanabam,Iyakuniphakamisaapho,kwaye iya kunisikelela ngezinto ezilungileyo ngonaphakade kanaphakade.
68Ukubakukhobaniufunaukwenzaububikuni,yenzani okulungileyo kuye, nimthandazele; 69Kuba,qaphelani,niyabonaukubaekuthobekenikwam nokuzeka kade umsindo kwam ndathabatha intombi yombingeleli waseHeliyopoli ndathabatha umfazi.
70 Ndanikwa kunye naye ikhulu leetalente zegolide, waza uYehova wazenza ukuba zindikhonze.
71 Wandenzela ubuhle njengentyantyambo, yadlulela kwiinzwana zakwaSirayeli; wandigcina ebuxhegweni, ngokomelela, nangobuhle, ngokuba bendifana neento zonke kuYakobi.
72 Kwaye yivani, bantwana bam, kanjalo umbono endiwubonileyo.
73 Kwabakho amaxhama alishumi elinamabini esidla; aza abasithoba basasazeka emhlabeni wonke, kwanjalo nabathathu.
74 Ndabona, kuYuda, kuzalelwa intombi eyintombi, eyambetheinguboyelinenemhlophe,kwaye kuyoizalwa ixhwane elingenabala. kwisandla sakhe sasekhohlo kunjengengonyama; agxalathelana kuye onke amarhamncwa, yawanyathela imvana, yawatshabalalisa, yabanyathela ngeenyawo.
75 Kwaye ngenxa yakhe iingelosi nabantu bagcoba, nomhlaba wonke.
76 Kwaye ezi zinto ziya kwenzeka ngexesha lazo, ngemihla yokugqibela.
77 Yigcineni ngoko, nyana bam, niyigcine imithetho kaYehova, nibeke uLevi noYuda; kuba iya kuvela kubo iMvana kaThixo, ethwala isuse isono sehlabathi, lowo usindisayo zonke iintlanga noSirayeli.
78 Kuba ubukumkani bakhe bubukumkani obungunaphakade, abuyi kudlula; Ke ubukumkani bam phakathi kwenu buya kubhadula, njengethala lomlindi, lithi emva kwehlobo linyamalale.
79 Kuba ndiyazi ukuba, emva kokufa kwam, aya kunicinezelaamaYiputa;keuThixouyakuniphindezelela, aningenise kwelo lizwi alithethileyo kooyihlo;
80 Kodwa niya kuwanyusa amathambo am kunye nani; kuba ekunyusweni kwamathambo am khona, uYehova wobananiekukhanyeni,abenguBheliyareebumnyameni kumaYiputa.
81 nimnyuse uAzenati unyoko nimse eHipodrome, nimngcwabe ngaseRakeli unyoko.
82 Waza akuba ezithethile ezi zinto wazitwabulula iinyawo zakhe, waza wafa ebudaleni obukhulu.
83 Onke amaSirayeli amlilela, nayo yonke iYiputa, ngesijwili esikhulu.
84 Baphuma oonyana bakaSirayeli eYiputa, bawathabatha wahamba nawo amathambo kaYosefu, bamngcwabela eHebron kooyise; iminyaka yobomi bakhe yaba yiminyaka elikhulu elinashumi-nye.