Eyeziqalo 47 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

47 ¹UYosefu weza waxelela uFaro wathi: “Ubawo nabantakwethu, nemihlambi yabo yezimvu neyeenkomo, nako konke abanako, bafikile bevela eKanan. Ngoku baseGoshen.” ²Wathabatha amadoda amahlanu phakathi kwabantakwabo, wawamisa phambi koFaro. ³UFaro wabuza abantakwabo Yosefu wathi: “Ngowuphi umsebenzi wenu?” Bathi kuFaro: “Izicaka zakho zingabalusi bezimvu, thina noobawo ngokufanayo.”

⁴Bathi kuFaro: “Size kuhlala kweli lizwe njengabasemzini, kuba akukho dlelo lemihlambi yezicaka zakho—indlala inkulu eKanan. Ngoko ke, khawuvumele izicaka zakho zizinze eGoshen.”

⁵UFaro wathi kuYosefu: “Uyihlo nabantakwenu bafikile kuwe. ⁶IYiputa iphambi kwakho. Misa uyihlo nabantakwenu kweyona ndawo ilungileyo yelizwe—mabahlale eGoshen. Ukuba ukho amadoda anobuchule phakathi kwabo, wabeke abe ngabaphathi bemfuyo yam.”

⁷UYosefu wangenisa uyise uYakobi, waza wammisa phambi koFaro; uYakobi wamsikelela uFaro. ⁸UFaro wabuza uYakobi wathi: “Mingaphi iminyaka yobomi bakho?”

⁹UYakobi waphendula uFaro wathi: “Iminyaka yokubhadula kwam ilikhulu elinamashumi amathathu. Mincinci yaye inzima, ayifikelelanga kwiminyaka yokubhadula kwoobawo.” ¹⁰UYakobi wamsikelela uFaro, waza wemka phambi koFaro.

¹¹Ngoko ke uYosefu wabamisa uyise nabantakwabo, wabanika umhlaba kweyona ndawo ilungileyo yaseYiputa, kwingingqi yaseRameses, njengoko uFaro wayeyalele. ¹²UYosefu wondla uyise, nabantakwabo, nayo yonke indlu kayise, ngokwenani labantwana babo.

Indlala Iqatsela

¹³Kwakungasekho kudla kulo lonke ilizwe, kuba indlala yayinkulu kakhulu; ilizwe laseYiputa nelizwe laseKanan onakala yindlala. ¹⁴UYosefu waqokelela yonke isilivere eyayifumaneka elizweni laseYiputa nasezweni laseKanan ngenxa yokudla ababekuthenga, waza uYosefu wayingenisa isilivere endlwini kaFaro. ¹⁵Yakuphela isilivere elizweni laseYiputa nasezweni laseKanan, onke amaYiputa eza kuYosefu esithi: “Siphe ukudla! Yini na ukuba sife phambi kwakho? Kuba isilivere iphelile.”

¹⁶UYosefu waphendula wathi: “Ngenisani imfuyo yenu; ndoninika ukudla ngokwananisa ngemfuyo yenu, kuba isilivere yenu iphelile.” ¹⁷Bayizisa imfuyo yabo kuYosefu, waza wabanika isonka ngamahashe, nemihlambi yezimvu, neyeenkomo, nee-esile. Wabanika isonka ngaloo nyaka ngenxa yayo yonke imfuyo yabo. ¹⁸Waphela loo nyaka, beza kuye ngonyaka wesibini bathi: “Asinako ukuyifihla enkosini yethu into yokuba isilivere yethu iphelile, nemfuyo seyeyenkosi yethu; akusekho nto iseleyo enkosini yethu ngaphandle kwemizimba yethu nomhlaba wethu. ¹⁹Yini na ukuba sife phambi kwamehlo akho—thina nomhlaba wethu? Sithenge thina nomhlaba wethu ngokudla; thina nomhlaba wethu siya kumkhonza uFaro. Siphe imbewu ukuze siphile, singafi, nomhlaba ungenziwa inkangala.”

²⁰Ngoko ke uYosefu wawuthenga wonke umhlaba waseYiputa wawunika uFaro, kuba amaYiputa onke athengisa ngeentsimi zawo—indlala yayinkulu ngokugqithisileyo kuwo. Umhlaba waba ngokaFaro. ²¹Wabafudusela abantu ezidolophini, ukususela kwelinye icala laseYiputa ukuya kwelinye. ²²Kodwa umhlaba wababingeleli akawuthenganga, kuba uFaro wayebanika isabelo esimisiweyo ababephila ngaso; ngako oko abathengisanga ngomhlaba wabo. ²³UYosefu wathi ebantwini: “Khangelani, ndinithengile nina nomhlaba wenu ngenxa kaFaro namhlanje. Nantsi imbewu—hlwayelani umhlaba. ²⁴Ngexesha lokuvuna, nikani uFaro isahlulo sesihlanu; nizigcinele izahlulo ezine zibe yimbewu yentsimi nokudla kwenu, nokwamakhaya enu, nokwabantwana benu.”

²⁵Bathi: “Usisindisile ubomi bethu. Ngamana singababalwa emehlweni enkosi yethu, size sibe ngamakhoboka kaFaro.” ²⁶Ngoko ke uYosefu wawenza umthetho eYiputa—osasebenza nanamhlanje—wokuba isahlulo sesihlanu siye kuFaro. Ngumhlaba wababingeleli kuphela ongabanga ngokaFaro.

²⁷USirayeli wahlala ezweni laseYiputa, kwilizwe laseGoshen. Bazuza impahla khona, baqhama banda kakhulu. ²⁸UYakobi wahlala eYiputa iminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe; iminyaka yobomi bakhe yaba likhulu elinamashumi amane anesixhenxe. ²⁹Lwakusondela ixesha lokuba uSirayeli afe, wabiza unyana wakhe uYosefu wathi: “Ukuba ndibabalekile kuwe, khawubeke isandla sakho phantsi kwethanga lam, undibonise uthando olunyanisekileyo nokuthembeka. Khawungandingcwabi eYiputa, ^a a v29 Ukubeka isandla phantsi kwethanga lomntu yayisisenzo sesifungo esibalulekileyo samandulo, esibophelela isithembiso kwinzala yomntu. ³⁰kodwa mandilale noobawo. Ndithwale ndiphume eYiputa, undingcwabe engcwabeni labo.” UYosefu wathi: “Ndiya kwenza njengoko utshoyo.”

³¹UYakobi wathi: “Ndifungele.” UYosefu wamfungela. Waza uSirayeli waqubuda ngasentloko yesilili sakhe.