Ine Ndine Yosefe
Yosefe akutulutsa aliyense m'chipinda ndipo akulira mosadziletsa: Ndine Yosefe. Akuuza abale ake ochita mantha kuti asadzizunze: Atate wathu anamutumiza patsogolo kuti asunge miyoyo yawo. Ngolo zikunyamulitsidwa katundu, ndipo mtima wa Yakobo umene unali wozizira ukutsitsimuka atamva nkhaniyo.
45 1Yosefe sanathe kudziletsa pamaso pa onse amene anaimirira pafupi naye, kotero anafuwula, “Chotsani aliyense pamaso panga!” Palibe amene anatsala naye pamene Yosefe anadziulula kwa abale ake. 2Ndipo analira mokweza kwambiri kotero kuti Aigupto anamva, ndipo a m'nyumba mwa Farao anamva. 3Yosefe anati kwa abale ake, “Ine ndine Yosefe! Kodi atate wanga akanali ndi moyo?” Koma abale ake sanathe kumuyankha, pakuti anachita mantha pamaso pake.
4Yosefe anati kwa abale ake, “Chonde, bwerani pafupi ndi ine.” Ndipo iwo anabwera pafupi. Nati, “Ine ndine Yosefe, m'bale wanu, amene munandigulitsa ku Igupto.
5Tsopano musavutike mumtima kapena kudzikwiyira nokha chifukwa chondigulitsa kuno, pakuti Atate wathu anandituma patsogolo panu kuti ndisunge moyo. 6Njala yakhala m'dziko kwa zaka ziwiri tsopano; ndipo zatsala zaka zina zisanu zopanda kulima kapena kukolola. 7Atate wathu anandituma patsogolo panu kuti ndikusungireni otsala pa dziko lapansi, ndi kukusungani ndi moyo monga gulu lalikulu la opulumuka. 8Choncho tsopano, si inu amene munandituma kuno, koma Atate wathu—Iye anandiyesa atate wa Farao, mbuye wa a m'nyumba mwake monse, ndi wolamulira dziko lonse la Igupto. a a v8 Yosefe anatcha ukapolo wake kukhala chisamaliro cha Atate wathu—kuipa kwa abale ake ndi dongosolo lowombola la Atate zikuyenda mu chochitika chomwecho.
9Fulumirani, pitani kwa atate wanga, mukamuuze: Mwana wanu Yosefe akuti: Atate wathu wandiyesa mbuye wa Igupto yonse. Tsikirani kwa ine; musachedwe. 10Mudzakhala ku Goseni, pafupi ndi ine—inu, ana anu, ana a ana anu, ziweto zanu zankhosa, ng'ombe zanu, ndi zonse zimene muli nazo. 11Ndidzakusamalirani kumeneko—pakuti zatsala zaka zisanu za njala—kuti inu, a m'nyumba mwanu, ndi zonse zimene muli nazo musagwere mu umphawi. 12Maso anu akuona, ndipo maso a m'bale wanga Benjamini akuona, kuti ndi pakamwa panga pomwe pakuyankhula ndi inu. 13Muuzeni atate wanga za ulemu wanga wonse mu Igupto, ndi zonse zimene mwaona. Fulumirani ndi kutsitsa atate wanga kuno. 14Ndipo anagwira m'bale wake Benjamini m'khosi, nalira, ndipo Benjamini analira pa khosi lake.” 15Ndipo anapsompsona abale ake onse, nalira pa iwo. Zitatha izi, abale ake anayankhula naye.
16Ndipo mbiri inafika ku nyumba ya Farao, kuti, “Abale a Yosefe abwera.” Ndipo zinakondweretsa Farao ndi akuluakulu ake. 17Farao anati kwa Yosefe, “Uza abale ako kuti: Chitani ichi—senzetsani nyama zanu katundu, muzipita, mubwerere ku dziko la Kanaani. 18Tengani atate wanu ndi a m'nyumba mwanu, ndipo mubwere kwa ine. Ndidzakupatsani zabwino koposa za dziko la Igupto, ndipo mudzadya zonona za dzikolo. 19Walamulidwa: uwauze kuti, ‘Chitani ichi—tengani ngolo kuchokera ku Igupto chifukwa cha ana anu ndi akazi anu, mubweretse atate wanu, ndipo mubwere. 20Musadere nkhawa za katundu wanu—pakuti zabwino koposa za dziko lonse la Igupto ndi zanu.’”
21Ana a Israeli anachita motero; Yosefe anawapatsa ngolo monga mwa lamulo la Farao, ndipo anawapatsa chakudya cha panjira. 22Anapatsa aliyense chovala chosinthira, koma Benjamini anampatsa ndalama zasiliva mazana atatu ndi zovala zosinthira zisanu. 23Ndipo anatumizira atate wake abulu khumi osenza zinthu zabwino za Igupto, ndi abulu aakazi khumi osenza tirigu, buledi, ndi chakudya cha paulendo wake. 24Anawalola abale ake kuti apite; ndipo pamene ankanyamuka, anati, “Musakangane mu njira.”
25Choncho anachoka ku Igupto, nafika kwa atate wawo Yakobo ku Kanaani. 26Anamuuza kuti, “Yosefe akanali ndi moyo—ndipo ngwolamulira Igupto yonse!” Koma mtima wake unazizira; sanawakhulupirire. 27Koma pamene anamuuza mau onse a Yosefe amene anawauza, ndipo ataona ngolo zimene Yosefe anatumiza kudzamunyamula, mzimu wa atate wawo Yakobo unatsitsimuka. 28Israeli anati, “Zakwana! Yosefe mwana wanga akanali ndi moyo. Ndidzapita ndi kukamuona ndisanamwalire.”