Yosefe Abweretsa Ana Ake

Ali pafupi kufa, Yakobo akukumbukira Atate Wamphamvuzonse ku Luzi ndipo akutenga ana awiri a Yosefe obadwira ku Igupto kukhala ake. Akupinganitsa manja ake kuti aike wamng'ono, Efraimu, patsogolo pa woyamba kubadwa, ndipo akukana kuwongoleredwa. Chitsanzo cha moyo wake womwe chikubwerezedwanso dala kamodzinso.

Chaputala 48.

Zitatha izi, Yosefe anauzidwa kuti, “Taona, atate wako akudwala.” Choncho anatenga ana ake awiri, Manase ndi Efraimu. Yakobo anauzidwa kuti, “Taona, mwana wako Yosefe wadza kwa iwe.” Israyeli analimbikitsa mphamvu zake, nadzuka nakhala pa bedi. Yakobo anati kwa Yosefe, “El-Sadai—Atate wathu Wamphamvuyonse—anandionekera ku Luzi m'dziko la Kanani, nandidalitsa. Anati kwa ine, ‘Ndidzakubalitsa, ndikuchulukitsa, ndi kukusandutsa gulu la mitundu ya anthu; ndidzapatsa dziko ili kwa mbewu yako pambuyo pako, likhale cholowa chosatha.’ Tsopano, ana ako awiri amene anakubadwira ku Iguputo ndisanadze kwa iwe kuno, ndi anga. Efraimu ndi Manase adzakhala anga, monga Rubeni ndi Simeoni. Koma ana amene udzabereka pambuyo pawo ndi ako; adzatchedwa pansi pa maina a abale awo pa cholowa chawo. Kunena za ine, pamene ndinadza kuchokera ku Padani, Rakele anandifera m'mbali mwanga m'dziko la Kanani, pa njira, pamene panali patsala mtunda wochepa kukafika ku Efurata; ndinamyika pomwepo pa njira yopita ku Efurata” (ndiko, Betelehemu).

Pamene Israyeli anaona ana a Yosefe, anati, “Ndani awa?”

Yosefe anati kwa atate wake, “Awa ndi ana anga, amene Atate wathu anandipatsa kuno.” Iye anati, “Chonde uwabweretse kwa ine, kuti ndiwadalitse.”

Maso a Israyeli anali atachita khungu ndi ukalamba—sanathe kuona bwino. Choncho Yosefe anawabweretsa pafupi ndi iye, ndipo anawapsompsona nawakumbatira. Israyeli anati kwa Yosefe, “Sindinayembekezere konse kuona nkhope yako—tsopano Atate wathu wandilola kuonanso mbewu yako.” Ndipo Yosefe anawatenga pakati pa mawondo a atate wake, nawerama ndi nkhope yake pansi. ^a Yosefe anawatenga onse awiri—Efraimu m'dzanja lake lamanja, cholunjika ku dzanja lamanzere la Israyeli, Manase m'dzanja lake lamanzere, cholunjika ku dzanja lamanja la Israyeli—nawabweretsa pafupi ndi iye. Israyeli anatambasula dzanja lake lamanja naliika pamutu pa Efraimu—wamng'ono—kenako dzanja lake lamanzere pamutu pa Manase, nawoloza manja ake—pakuti Manase anali woyamba kubadwa. Ndipo anadalitsa Yosefe, nati, “Atate wathu, amene atate anga Abrahamu ndi Isake anayenda pamaso pawo—Atate wathu amene wakhala m'busa wanga masiku onse a moyo wanga mpaka lero lino, ^b Mthenga amene wandiwombola ku zoipa zonse—adalitse anyamatawa. Dzina langa likhalebe mwa iwo, ndi maina a atate anga Abrahamu ndi Isake; ndipo akule akhale khamu pakati pa dziko lapansi.” ^c

Yosefe anaona dzanja lamanja la atate wake pamutu pa Efraimu; izi zinamukhumudwitsa, choncho anagwira dzanja la atate wake kuti alichotse pamutu pa Efraimu nalisamutsire pamutu pa Manase. Yosefe anati kwa atate wake, “Ayi, atate anga, pakuti uyu ndiye woyamba kubadwa—ikani dzanja lanu lamanja pamutu pake.”

Koma atate wake anakana, nati, “Ndikudziwa, mwana wanga, ndikudziwa. Iyenso adzakhala mtundu wa anthu, iyenso adzakhala wamkulu. Komabe m'bale wake wamng'ono adzakhala wamkulu kuposa iye, ndipo zidzukulu zake zidzakhala mitundu yambiri.” Tsiku limenelo anawadalitsa, nati, “Israyeli adzadalitsa kudzera mwa inu, kunena kuti, ‘Atate wathu akusandutseni ngati Efraimu ndi ngati Manase.’” Ndipo anaika Efraimu patsogolo pa Manase. Israyeli anati kwa Yosefe, “Taona, ine ndatsala pang'ono kufa, koma Atate wathu adzakhala nawe, nadzakubwezera ku dziko la makolo ako. Ndipo kwa iwe, osati kwa abale ako, ndakupatsa phiri limodzi lotsetsereka limene ndinalitenga kwa Aamori ndi lupanga langa ndi uta wanga.” ^d