Yosefe Atengedwa ku Iguputo
Ukapolo sukulepheretsa Yosefe kupita patsogolo: Atate wathu ali naye, ndipo Potifara akumupatsa udindo pa zonse. Iye akukana mkazi wa mbuye wake tsiku ndi tsiku, ndipo mlandu umene mkaziyo akumunamizira ukumuponya m'ndende, kumene akupatsidwanso udindo pa zonse.
39 1Yosefe anatengedwa kupita ku Iguputo. Ndipo Potifara, mkulu wa Farao wa ku Iguputo, mkulu wa alonda, anamgula kwa Aismaeli amene anamutengera kumeneko. 2Atate wathu anali ndi Yosefe, ndipo anali munthu wopambana, akutumikira m'nyumba ya mbuye wake wa ku Iguputo. 3Mbuye wake anaona kuti Atate wathu anali naye, ndi kuti Atate wathu anapindulitsa zonse zimene ankachita m'manja mwake. 4Yosefe anapeza chisomo pamaso pake, namtumikira. Ndipo mbuye wake anaika Yosefe kukhala woyang'anira nyumba yake, namupatsa zonse anali nazo. 5Kuyambira pamene anaika Yosefe kukhala woyang'anira nyumba yake ndi zonse anali nazo, Atate wathu anadalitsa nyumba ya Mwiguputo chifukwa cha Yosefe. Ndipo madalitso a Atate wathu anali pa zonse anali nazo, m'nyumba ndi m'munda. 6Potifara anasiya zonse anali nazo m'manja mwa Yosefe, ndipo sanadere nkhawa za kanthu kalikonse koma chakudya chake chokha. Ndipo Yosefe anali wa thupi lokongola ndi wa nkhope yabwino.
7Pambuyo pa zimenezi, mkazi wa mbuye wake anayang'ana Yosefe maso ake, nati, “Ugone nane.”
8Koma iye anakana, nati kwa mkazi wa mbuye wake, “Taonani, pakuti ine ndili pano, mbuye wanga sadera nkhawa ndi kanthu kalikonse m'nyumba; zonse ali nazo waziika m'manja mwanga. 9Palibe wamkulu kuposa ine m'nyumba muno; sanandimane kanthu kalikonse koma inu nokha, chifukwa ndinu mkazi wake. Nanga ndingachite bwanji choipa chachikulu ichi, ndi kuchimwira Atate wathu?” a a v9 Yosefe anatcha tchimo monga momwe liliri — osati kuphwanya lamulo, koma kupweteka mtima wa Atate amene wamkonda mpaka pa nthawi yeniyeni ino.
10Tsiku ndi tsiku ankayankhula ndi Yosefe, koma iye anakana kumumvera, kugona pafupi naye, kapena kukhala naye. 11Tsiku lina Yosefe analowa m'nyumba kuti achite ntchito yake, ndipo panalibe munthu wa pa banja m'nyumbamo. 12Mkaziyo anamugwira pa chovala chake, nati, “Ugone nane!” Koma iye anachisiya chovalacho m'dzanja lake, nathawira panja.
13Pamene anaona kuti wasiya chovala chake m'dzanja lake, nathawira panja, 14anaitana amuna a pa banja lake, nati, “Taonani, iye anatibweretsera Mhebri kuti atichite chipongwe. Analowa kwa ine kuti agone nane, ndipo ndinafuula ndi mawu okweza. 15Pamene anamva ndikufuula, anasiya chovala chake pafupi ndi ine, nathawira panja.” 16Ndipo anasunga chovala chake pafupi naye kufikira mbuye wake atabwera kunyumba. 17Iye anamuuza nkhani yomweyo, nati, “Kapolo Wachihebri amene munatibweretsera uja anadza kwa ine kuti andichite chipongwe. 18Koma pamene ndinafuula, anasiya chovala chake pafupi ndi ine, nathawira panja.”
19Pamene mbuye wake anamva mawu a mkazi wake amene anamuuza, akuti, “Kapolo wanu anandichitira zinthu izi,” mkwiyo wake unayaka.
20Mbuye wa Yosefe anamutenga, namuika m'ndende mmene munali amndende a mfumu. Ndipo anakhala komweko m'ndende. 21Koma Atate wathu anali ndi Yosefe, namuonetsa chikondi cha pangano, namupatsa chisomo pamaso pa woyang'anira ndende. 22Woyang'anira ndende anaika Yosefe kukhala woyang'anira amndende onse; ndipo chilichonse chimene chinkachitika kumeneko, iye ndiye anachita. 23Woyang'anirayo sanayang'ane kanthu kalikonse kamene kanali m'manja mwa Yosefe, chifukwa Atate wathu anali naye; ndipo chilichonse anachita, Atate wathu anachipindulitsa.
