Josefa Anouya noVanakomana Vake
Ava kufa, Jakobho anorangarira Baba vedu Wemasimba Ose paRuzi uye anotora vanakomana vaviri vaJosefa vokuIjipiti sevake. Anoyambutsa maoko ake kuti aise muduku, Efuremu, pamberi pedangwe, uye anoramba kururamiswa. Muenzaniso woupenyu hwake pachake unodzokororwa nemaune zvakare.
48 1Shure kwaizvozvo, Josefa akaudzwa kuti, “Tarira, baba vako vanorwara.” Saka akatora vanakomana vake vaviri, Manase naEfuremu. 2Jakobho akaudzwa kuti, “Tarira, mwanakomana wako Josefa auya kwauri.” Israeri akaunganidza simba rake akagara pamubhedha. 3Jakobho akati kuna Josefa, “Eri Shadhai—Baba vedu Wamasimbaose—vakazviratidza kwandiri paRuzi munyika yeKanani vakandiropafadza. 4Vakati kwandiri, ‘Ndichakuita kuti ubereke, ndichakuwanza, uye ndichakuita boka ramarudzi avanhu; ndichapa nyika iyi kuvana vako vanokutevera senhaka isingaperi.’ 5Zvino, vanakomana vako vaviri vawakaberekerwa muIjipiti ndisati ndauya kwauri pano ndevangu. Efuremu naManase vachava vangu, saRubheni naSimeoni. 6Asi vana vauchabereka shure kwavo ndevako; vachadaidzwa namazita avakoma vavo panhaka yavo. 7Kana ndirini, pandakabva kuPadhani, Rakeri akafa parutivi pangu munyika yeKanani, panzira, patakanga tichine chinhambwe kuEfurata; ndakamuviga ipapo munzira inoenda kuEfurata” (ndiko kuti Bheterehema).
8Israeri akati aona vanakomana vaJosefa, akati, “Ndivanaani ava?”
9Josefa akati kuna baba vake, “Ava vanakomana vangu, vandakapiwa naBaba vedu pano.” Akati, “Ndapota, uya navo kwandiri, kuti ndivaropafadze.”
10Meso aIsraeri akanga oneta nokukwegura—akanga asingaoni zvakanaka. Saka Josefa akavaswededza pedyo naye, iye akavatsvoda akavambundikira. 11Israeri akati kuna Josefa, “Ndakanga ndisingatarisiri kuona chiso chako—zvino Baba vedu vakandiitawo kuti ndione vana vako.” 12Ipapo Josefa akavabvisa pakati pamabvi ababa vake akakotamira pasi nechiso chake. a a v12 Kuisa vana pakati pamabvi kwaiva chiratidzo chekare chokutora mwana sewako zviri pamutemo. 13Josefa akavatora vose vaviri—Efuremu muruoko rwake rworudyi, akananga kuruboshwe rwaIsraeri, naManase muruoko rwake rworuboshwe, akananga kurudyi rwaIsraeri—akavaswededza pedyo naye. 14Israeri akatambanudza ruoko rwake rworudyi akaruisa pamusoro waEfuremu—mudiki—akabva aisa ruoko rwake rworuboshwe pamusoro waManase, akachinjanisa maoko ake—nokuti Manase ndiye akanga ari dangwe. 15Ipapo akaropafadza Josefa akati, “Baba vedu, vaya madzibaba angu Abhurahama naIsaka vakafamba pamberi pavo— Baba vedu vakanga vari mufudzi wangu upenyu hwangu hwose kusvikira zuva ranhasi, b b v15 Jakobho anotumidza Baba vedu somufudzi wake — iyi ndiyo nguva yokutanga muMagwaro apo Baba vedu vanopiwa zita iri. Dingindira roMufudzi rinoramba richienda mberi kusvika kuPisarema 23, kuMufudzi waIsraeri muna Isaya naEzekieri, uye rinozadziswa muna Jesu, uyo anozviti Mufudzi Akanaka. 16Mutumwa wakandidzikinura pane zvakaipa zvose—ropafadzai vakomana. Zita rangu ngarirambe riri mavari, namazita amadzibaba angu Abhurahama naIsaka; uye ngavakure vave vazhinji pakati penyika.” c c v16 Mutumwa anodzikinura Jakobho ndivo Baba vedu pachavo — ivo vakazviratidza, vakaita mutsimba naye, uye vakafamba naye upenyu hwake hwose.
17Josefa akati aona ruoko rworudyi rwababa vake pamusoro waEfuremu; zvakamugumbura, saka akabata ruoko rwababa vake kuti aribvise pamusoro waEfuremu ariise pamusoro waManase. 18Josefa akati kuna baba vake, “Kwete, baba vangu, nokuti uyu ndiye dangwe—isai ruoko rwenyu rworudyi pamusoro wake.”
19Asi baba vake vakaramba vakati, “Ndinoziva, mwanangu, ndinoziva. Naiyewo achava rudzi rwavanhu, naiyewo achava mukuru. Asi mununʼuna wake achava mukuru kumupfuura, uye zvizvarwa zvake zvichava marudzi mazhinji.” 20Zuva iroro akavaropafadza, achiti, “VaIsraeri vacharopafadza nemi, vachiti, ‘Baba vedu ngavakuite saEfuremu uye saManase.’” Uye akaisa Efuremu mberi kwaManase. 21Israeri akati kuna Josefa, “Tarira, ndava kuda kufa, asi Baba vedu vachava newe vagokudzosera kunyika yamadzibaba ako. 22Uye kwauri, kupfuura vakoma vako, ndakupa materu egomo rimwe randakatora muruoko rwavaAmori nomunondo wangu nouta hwangu.” d d v22 “Materu egomo” aya zvimwe anoreva dunhu reShekemu, iro raizova nyika huru yamarudzi aEfuremu naManase.