UYosefu Uzisa Oonyana Bakhe
Esecicini lokufa, uYakobi ukhumbula uBawo wethu uSomandla eLuzi, aze athabathe oonyana bakaYosefu bobabini baseYiputa babe ngabakhe. Uphambanisa izandla zakhe ukuze abeke omncinane, u-Efrayim, phambi kwezibulo, aze ale ukulungiswa. Lo mkhwa wobomi bakhe uyaphindwa ngabom kwakhona.
48 1Emva koko, uYosefu waxelelwa kwathiwa: “Yabona, uyihlo uyagula.” Ngoko ke wathabatha oonyana bakhe bobabini, uManase no-Efrayim. 2UYakobi waxelelwa kwathiwa: “Yabona, unyana wakho uYosefu uze kuwe.” USirayeli waziqinisa, wavuka wahlala phezu kwebhedi. 3UYakobi wathi kuYosefu: “U-El-Shadayi—uBawo wethu uSomandla—wabonakala kum eLuzi kwilizwe laseKanan, waza wandisikelela. 4Wathi kum: ‘Ndiya kukwenza uchume, ndikwandise, ndikwenze ube yindibano yezizwe; ndiya kuyinika imbewu yakho emva kwakho eli lizwe, libe lilifa laphakade.’ 5Ngoku, oonyana bakho bobabini abazalelwe wena eYiputa phambi kokuba ndize kuwe apha, ngabam. U-Efrayim noManase baya kuba ngabam, njengoRubheni noSimon. 6Kodwa abantwana oza kubazala emva kwabo ngabakho; baya kubizwa ngamagama abazalwana babo elifeni labo. 7Ke mna, ekubuyeni kwam ePadan, uRakeli wafela ecaleni kwam kwilizwe laseKanan, endleleni, kusekude kancinci ukufika e-Efrata; ndamngcwaba apho endleleni eya e-Efrata” (oko kukuthi, eBhetelehem).
8Wathi uSirayeli akubabona oonyana bakaYosefu, wathi: “Ngoobani aba?”
9UYosefu wathi kuyise: “Ngoonyana bam aba, uBawo wethu andinike bona apha.” Wathi: “Khawubasondeze kum, ukuze ndibasikelele.”
10Amehlo kaSirayeli ayefiphele ngenxa yobudala—wayengaboni kakuhle. Ngoko ke uYosefu wabasondeza kuye, waza wabanga wabawola. 11USirayeli wathi kuYosefu: “Bendingalindelanga nokuba ndibubone ubuso bakho—kanti ngoku uBawo wethu undivumele nokuba ndiyibone nenzala yakho.” 12Waza uYosefu wabasusa phakathi kwamadolo kayise, waqubuda ubuso bakhe busingise emhlabeni. a a v12 Ukubeka abantwana phakathi kwamadolo yayisisimbo samandulo sokwamkela umntwana ngokusesikweni. 13UYosefu wabathabatha bobabini—u-Efrayim ngesandla sakhe sokunene, esingise ngasekhohlo kukaSirayeli, uManase ngesandla sakhe sokhohlo, esingise ngasekunene kukaSirayeli—waza wabasondeza kuye. 14USirayeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene, wasibeka phezu kwentloko ka-Efrayim—omncinci—waza isandla sakhe sokhohlo wasibeka phezu kwentloko kaManase, enqamlezisa izandla zakhe—kuba uManase wayelizibulo. 15Waza wamsikelela uYosefu, wathi: “Bawo wethu, oobawo bam u-Abraham no-Isake abahamba phambi kwakho—Bawo wethu obe nguMalusi wam ubomi bam bonke kude kube namhlanje, b b v15 UYakobi ubiza uBawo wethu ngokuba nguMalusi wakhe—okokuqala eZibhalweni uBawo wethu enikwa esi sihloko. Umxholo woMalusi usolulekela phambili kwiNdumiso 23, nakuMalusi kaSirayeli ku-Isaya noHezekeli, uze ufumane ukuzaliseka kwawo kuYesu, ozibiza ngokuba nguMalusi oLungileyo. 16iSithunywa esindihlangule kubo bonke ububi—basikelele aba bafana. Igama lam malihlale kubo, namagama oobawo bam u-Abraham no-Isake; baze bande babe sisihlwele phakathi kwehlabathi.” c c v16 ISithunywa esihlangula uYakobi nguBawo wethu ngokwakhe—lowo ubonakeleyo, wazamana naye, wahamba naye ubomi bakhe bonke.
17UYosefu wabona isandla sokunene sikayise phezu kwentloko ka-Efrayim; oku kwamkhathaza, ngoko ke wasibamba isandla sikayise ukuba asisuse entloko ka-Efrayim asibeke entloko kaManase. 18UYosefu wathi kuyise: “Hayi, bawo, kuba lo lizibulo—beka isandla sakho sokunene phezu kwentloko yakhe.”
19Kodwa uyise wala, wathi: “Ndiyazi, nyana wam, ndiyazi. Naye uya kuba sisizwe, naye uya kuba mkhulu. Noko ke umninawa wakhe uya kuba mkhulu kunaye, nenzala yakhe iya kuba zizizwe ezininzi.” 20Ngaloo mini wabasikelela, wathi: “USirayeli uya kusikelela ngani, athi: ‘UBawo wethu makakwenze ube njengo-Efrayim nanjengoManase.’” Waza wambeka u-Efrayim phambi koManase. 21USirayeli wathi kuYosefu: “Yabona, sendiza kufa, kodwa uBawo wethu uya kuba nawe, akubuyisele kwilizwe looyihlo. 22Yaye kuwe, ngaphezu kwabazalwana bakho, ndikunike ithambeka elinye lentaba endalithabatha esandleni sama-Amori ngekrele lam nangesaphetha sam.” d d v22 Eli “thambeka lentaba” kusenokwenzeka libhekisa kummandla waseShekem, owawuya kuba ngummandla ophambili wezizwe zakwa-Efrayim nezakwaManase.
