Eyeziqalo 42 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

42 ¹Wathi uYakobi akubona ukuba ikho ingqolowa eYiputa, wathi koonyana bakhe: “Yini na ukuba nijongane nje?” ²Wathi: “Khangelani, ndivile ukuba ikho ingqolowa eYiputa. Yihlani niyokusithengela khona, ukuze siphile singafi.” ³Behla ke abazalwana bakaYosefu abalishumi, baya kuthenga ingqolowa eYiputa. ⁴Kodwa uYakobi akamthumanga uBhenjamin, umzalwana kaYosefu, ukuba ahambe nabo, kuba wayesoyika ukuba angahlelwa yingozi. ⁵Beza ke oonyana bakaSirayeli ukuza kuthenga ingqolowa phakathi kwabanye ababesiza, kuba kwakukho indlala ezweni laseKanan. ⁶UYosefu wayengumlawuli welizwe, ethengisela bonke abantu balo ingqolowa. Beza ke abazalwana bakaYosefu, baqubuda kuye, ubuso babo busemhlabeni. ⁷Wababona uYosefu abazalwana bakhe, wabazi, kodwa wenza ngathi ngowasemzini kubo, wathetha nabo kabukhali, wathi: “Nivela phi na?” Bathi: “Sivela ezweni laseKanan, sizokuthenga ukutya.”

⁸UYosefu wabazi abazalwana bakhe, kodwa bona abamazanga. ⁹Wazikhumbula ke uYosefu amaphupha awayewaphuphile ngabo, wathi kubo: “Niziintlola! Nize kubona ezona ndawo zibuthathaka zelizwe.”

¹⁰Bathi kuye: “Hayi, nkosi yam, izicaka zakho zize kuthenga ukutya. ¹¹Sonke singoonyana bendoda-nye; singamadoda anyanisekileyo. Izicaka zakho azizange zibe ziintlola.”

¹²Kodwa wathi kubo: “Hayi, nize kubona ezona ndawo zibuthathaka zelizwe.”

¹³Bathi: “Izicaka zakho zingabazalwana abalishumi elinambini, oonyana bendoda-nye ezweni laseKanan. Omnci unobawo wethu namhlanje, omnye akasekho.”

¹⁴Wathi uYosefu kubo: “Kunjengoko nditshilo kuni: niziintlola. ¹⁵Niya kuvavanywa ngale nto: ehleli nje uFaro, aniyi kumka apha, ingekho umninawa wenu omnci. ¹⁶Thumani omnye wenu ukuba aye kulanda umzalwana wenu, nina niseleyo nivalelwe, ukuze amazwi enu avavanywe, enokuba inyaniso ikho na kuni. Ukuba akunjalo, ehleli nje uFaro, inene niziintlola.” ¹⁷Wabavalela bonke eluvalelweni iintsuku ezintathu. ¹⁸Ngomhla wesithathu uYosefu wathi kubo: “Yenzani oku niphile, kuba ndiyamoyika uBawo wethu. ^a a v18 UYosefu uyamkhankanya uThixo amoyikayo — uBawo wethu — engqina ukunyaniseka kwakhe kokwenene nangona ezifihlile phambi kwabazalwana bakhe. UBawo osandla sakhe sifihlakeleyo sikhokele onke amanyathelo ebali likaYosefu nguloo Bawo mnye abamnqulayo abazalwana bakhe. ¹⁹Ukuba ninyanisekile, makusale omnye wabazalwana benu apha eluvalelweni, abanye bahambe, bethwala ingqolowa yendlala yezindlu zenu, ²⁰Nindizele umninawa wenu omnci, ukuze amazwi enu aqinisekiswe, ningafi.” Benza njalo ke.

²¹Bathi ke omnye komnye: “Inene sinetyala ngomzalwana wethu, kuba sabona usizi lomphefumlo wakhe ekusibongozeni kwakhe, saza thina asamphulaphula. Yiyo loo nto lolu sizi lusehlele.” ²²Waphendula uRubhen wathi kubo: “Andaninxusanga na ukuba ningoni kuloo mkhwenkwe? Anandiphulaphula. Ngoku igazi lakhe liyabizwa.” ²³Babengazi ukuba uYosefu uyabeva, kuba kwakukho umtoliki phakathi kwabo. ²⁴Wabafulathela wakhala, wandula ukubuyela kubo wathetha nabo. Wathabatha uSimon kubo, wambopha phambi kwamehlo abo.

²⁵UYosefu wayalela ukuba izingxowa zabo zizaliswe ngengqolowa, nokuba isilivere yalowo nalowo ibuyiselwe engxoweni yakhe, baphiwe nomphako wendlela. Kwenziwa ke njalo kubo. ²⁶Bayilayisha ke ingqolowa yabo kumaesile abo, bemka khona apho. ²⁷Endaweni yokulalisa, omnye wavula ingxowa yakhe ukuze aphe iesile lakhe ukutya, wayibona isilivere yakhe isemlonyeni wengxowa yakhe. ²⁸Wathi kubazalwana bakhe: “Isilivere yam ibuyisiwe — khangelani, isengxoweni yam!” Zaphela iintliziyo zabo; bathi, bengcangcazela, omnye komnye: “Yintoni na le ayenzileyo uBawo wethu kuthi?” ^b b v28 Kukuvuka kokuqala kwabazalwana besazi isandla sikaBawo esisebenzayo — nasekoyikeni kwabo, bayaqonda ukuba oku kungaphezu kwento eyenzeke ngengozi. UBawo ngomonde ubabuyisela ekhaya ngenceba efihlakeleyo kaYosefu. ²⁹Beza kuyise uYakobi ezweni laseKanan, bamxelela konke okwabehlelayo, bathi: ³⁰“Indoda leyo, inkosi yelizwe, ithethe nathi kabukhali, yasiphatha njengeentlola zelizwe. ³¹Kodwa sathi kuyo: ‘Singamadoda anyanisekileyo; asizange sibe ziintlola. ³²Singabazalwana abalishumi elinambini, oonyana bakabawo. Omnye akasekho; omnci ngoku unobawo ezweni laseKanan.’ ³³Yathi kuthi indoda leyo, inkosi yelizwe: ‘Ndiya kwazi ngale nto ukuba ninyanisekile: shiyani omnye umzalwana kum, nithabathe ingqolowa yendlala yezindlu zenu, nihambe. ³⁴Nindizele umninawa wenu omnci, ndize ndazi ukuba aniziintlola, kodwa ningamadoda anyanisekileyo. Ndiya kunibuyisela umzalwana wenu, nize nirhwebe kweli lizwe.’”

³⁵Kwathi bakuzithulula iingxowa zabo, bonke bafumana isixa sabo semali engxoweni yakhe. Bakubona izixa zabo zemali, boyika bona noyise. ³⁶Wathi kubo uyise uYakobi: “Nindihluthe abantwana: uYosefu akasekho, uSimon akasekho, ngoku nithabatha noBhenjamin. Konke oku kuchasene nam!”

³⁷Wathi uRubhen kuyise: “Ungababulala oonyana bam bobabini ukuba andimbuyisi kuwe. Mbeke ezandleni zam, ndiya kumbuyisela kuwe.”

³⁸Wathi: “Unyana wam akayi kuhla nani, kuba umzalwana wakhe ufile, kwaye nguye yedwa oseleyo. Ukuba uhlelwa yingozi endleleni eniya kuyihamba, niya kuzithoba iinwele zam ezimvu ziye engcwabeni ngentlungu.”