Eyeziqalo 45 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

45 ¹UYosefu akazange akwazi ukuzibamba phambi kwabo bonke ababemi ngakuye, waza wadanduluka wathi: “Khuphani wonke umntu kum!” Akubangakho namnye owasala naye xa uYosefu wazazisa kubantakwabo. ²Walila kakhulu kangangokuba amaYiputa eva, nendlu kaFaro yeva. ³UYosefu wathi kubantakwabo: “NdinguYosefu mna! Usaphila na ubawo?” Abantakwabo abazange bakwazi ukumphendula, kuba babesothukile phambi kwakhe.

⁴UYosefu wathi kubantakwabo: “Khanisondele kum.” Basondela. Wathi: “NdinguYosefu, umntakwenu enamthengisa waya eYiputa.

⁵Ngoku musani ukukhathazeka okanye ukuzicaphukela ngenxa yokundithengisa apha, kuba uBawo wethu wandithumela phambi kwenu ukuze ndilondoloze ubomi. ⁶Indlala sele ineminyaka emibini ikweli lizwe; kusasele iminyaka emihlanu ekungayi kubakho kulima nakuvuna kuyo. ⁷UBawo wethu wandithumela phambi kwenu ukuze ndinigcinele intsalela emhlabeni, ndinigcine niphila nibe liqela elikhulu labasindileyo. ⁸Ngoko ke, asinini enandithumela apha, kodwa nguBawo wethu—wandenza ubawo kuFaro, inkosi yendlu yakhe yonke, nomlawuli welizwe lonke laseYiputa. ^a a v8 UYosefu ubiza ubukhoboka bakhe njengelungiselelo lukaBawo wethu—ububi babantakwabo necebo likaBawo lokuhlangula, kokubini kuhamba kwisiganeko esinye.

⁹Khawulezani, nenyuke niye kubawo, nimxelele nithi: Unyana wakho uYosefu uthi: UBawo wethu undenze inkosi yeYiputa yonke. Yihla uze kum; ungalibazisi. ¹⁰Uya kuhlala eGoshen, kufuphi nam—wena, nabantwana bakho, nabantwana babantwana bakho, nemihlambi yakho yeegusha neyeenkomo, nako konke onako. ¹¹Ndiya kukondla khona—kusasele iminyaka emihlanu yendlala—ukuze wena, nendlu yakho, nako konke onako ningabi hlwempu. ¹²Amehlo enu ayabona, namehlo omntakwethu uBhenjamin ayabona, ukuba ngumlomo wam ngokwawo othetha nani. ¹³Mxeleleni ubawo lonke udumo lwam eYiputa, nako konke enikubonileyo. Khawulezani nimehlisele apha ubawo. ¹⁴Waza wawola umntakwabo uBhenjamin ngeengalo zakhe, walila, noBhenjamin walila entanyeni yakhe.” ¹⁵Wabanga bonke abantakwabo, walila phezu kwabo. Emva koko abantakwabo bathetha naye.

¹⁶Zafika iindaba endlwini kaFaro, kusithiwa: “Bafikile abazalwana bakaYosefu.” Kwamkholisa oko uFaro namaphakathi akhe. ¹⁷UFaro wathi kuYosefu: “Yithi kubantakwenu: yenzani oku—layishani izilwanyana zenu, nihambe, nibuyele ezweni laseKanan. ¹⁸Thabathani uyihlo neendlu zenu nize kum. Ndiya kuninika okona kulungileyo kwelizwe laseYiputa, nize nitye ubutyebi belizwe. ¹⁹Uyalelwe oku: baxelele uthi, ‘Yenzani oku—thabathani iinqwelo eYiputa zabantwana benu nabafazi benu, nize noyihlo, nibuye. ²⁰Ningakhathazeki ngempahla yenu—okona kulungileyo kwelizwe lonke laseYiputa kokwenu.’”

²¹Benjenjalo oonyana bakaSirayeli; uYosefu wabanika iinqwelo ngokomyalelo kaFaro, wabanika nomphako wendlela. ²²Wanika ngamnye isambatho sokutshintsha, kodwa uBhenjamin wamnika iingqekembe zesilivere ezingamakhulu amathathu nezambatho zokutshintsha ezihlanu. ²³Wathumela kuyise ama-esile alishumi ethwele okona kulungileyo kweYiputa, nama-esilekazi alishumi ethwele ingqolowa, nesonka, nokutya kohambo lwakhe. ²⁴Wabandulula abantakwabo; bakuba behamba, wathi: “Ningaxabani endleleni.”

²⁵Ngoko bemka eYiputa, bafika kuyise uYakobi eKanan. ²⁶Bamxelela bathi: “UYosefu usaphila—ngumlawuli weYiputa yonke!” Kodwa intliziyo yakhe yathi nqi; akazange abakholelwe. ²⁷Kodwa bakumxelela onke amazwi uYosefu awawathethayo kubo, wazibona neenqwelo uYosefu awazithumela ukuba zimthwale, waphila kwakhona umoya kayise uYakobi. ²⁸USirayeli wathi: “Kwanele! UYosefu unyana wam usaphila. Ndiza kuya ndimbone ngaphambi kokuba ndife.”