Eyeziqalo 50 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

50 ¹UYosefu wawa phezu kobuso bukayise, wamlilela, wamanga. ²UYosefu wandula ukuyalela amagqirha awayemkhonza ukuba aqhole uyise ngamayeza. Ngoko amagqirha amqhola uSirayeli. ³Kwafuneka iintsuku ezingamashumi amane, ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokuqhola; amaYiputa amlilela iintsuku ezingamashumi asixhenxe.

⁴Zakudlula iintsuku zokuzila kwakhe, uYosefu wathetha nabendlu kaFaro, wathi: “Ukuba ndifumene ubabalo emehlweni enu, ndicela nithethe noFaro, nithi: ⁵Ubawo wandigqibisa ngesifungo, wathi: ‘Ndiyafa; ndingcwabe engcwabeni endizigcweleleyo kwelaseKanan.’ Ndicela undivumele ndinyuke ngoku ndiye kungcwaba ubawo, ndize ndibuye.”

⁶UFaro wathi: “Nyuka uye kungcwaba uyihlo, njengoko akugqibisa ngesifungo.”

⁷UYosefu wenyuka waya kungcwaba uyise; kwenyuka kunye naye bonke abakhonzi bakaFaro, amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe, nawo onke amadoda amakhulu elizwe laseYiputa, ⁸nabo bonke abendlu kaYosefu, nabazalwana bakhe, nabendlu kayise. Kwasala kuphela abantwana babo, nemihlambi yabo, neenkomo zabo, ezweni laseGoshen. ⁹Kwenyuka naye neenqwelo zokulwa nabamahashe. Yayilikhulu kakhulu iqela. ¹⁰Bafika esandeni sika-Atad, phesheya kweYordan, bazila apho ngesijwili esikhulu nesinzima kakhulu; uYosefu wazilela uyise iintsuku ezisixhenxe. ¹¹Bathi abemi belizwe, amaKanan, bakubona ukuzila esandeni sika-Atad, bathi: “Oku kukuzila okukrakra kwamaYiputa.” Ngenxa yoko la ndawo yabizwa ngokuba nguAbheli-mizrayim; ikwelinye icala leYordan. ^a a v11 UAbheli-mizrayim uthetha ukuthi “ukuzila kweYiputa” — amaKanan ayithiya le ndawo ngenxa yesijwili esikhulu asibonayo apho. ¹²Oonyana bakhe benza kuye njengoko wayebayalele. ¹³Oonyana bakhe bamthwala bamsa ezweni laseKanan, bamngcwabela emqolombeni wentsimi yaseMakapela, awayithenga uAbraham kuEfron umHeti ukuba ibe yindawo yokungcwaba, malunga neMamre. ¹⁴Emva kokungcwaba uyise, uYosefu wabuyela eYiputa kunye nabazalwana bakhe, nabo bonke ababenyuke naye ukuya kungcwaba uyise.

Uloyiko Lwakudala Lwabazalwana

¹⁵Abazalwana bakaYosefu, bakubona ukuba uyise ufile, bathi: “Kuya kuthini na ukuba uYosefu usithiyile asibuyekeze ngabo bonke ububi esabenza kuye?” ¹⁶Ngoko bathumela umyalezo kuYosefu, besithi: “Uyihlo wawisa lo myalelo phambi kokuba afe, wathi: ¹⁷Yithi kuYosefu: ‘Ndicela uxolele isiphoso nesono sabazalwana bakho—benza okubi kuwe.’ Kaloku ngoku ndicela uxolele isiphoso sabakhonzi bakaThixo kayihlo.” UYosefu walila bakuthetha naye. ¹⁸Beza nabazalwana bakhe bawa phantsi phambi kwakhe, bathi: “Khangela, singabakhonzi bakho.” ¹⁹Kodwa uYosefu wathi kubo: “Musani ukoyika, kuba ndisendaweni kaBawo wethu na? ²⁰Nina naniceba okubi ngam, kodwa uBawo wethu wakucebela okulungileyo, ukuze kusindiswe ubomi babantu abaninzi, njengoko kusenzeka namhlanje. ²¹Ngoko ke, musani ukoyika; ndiya kunondla nina nabantwana benu.” Ngoko wabathuthuzela, ethetha ezintliziyweni zabo.

Iminyaka Yokugqibela KaYosefu

²²UYosefu wahlala eYiputa, yena nendlu kayise. UYosefu waphila iminyaka elikhulu elineshumi. ²³UYosefu wabona abantwana bakaEfrayim kwada kwesesithathu isizukulwana; nabantwana bakaMakire unyana kaManase bazalelwa emadolweni kaYosefu. ^b b v23 Ukubeka usana olusanda kuzalwa emadolweni enkulu yosapho yayisisenzo sakudala sokwamkela nokuba ngowakho — uYosefu wayebanga ngokusesikweni aba bantwana ukuba ngabakhe. ²⁴UYosefu wathi kubazalwana bakhe: “Ndiyafa, kodwa uBawo wethu uya kuza ngokuqinisekileyo eze kuninceda, aninyuse kweli lizwe anise ezweni awalifungela uAbraham, no-Isake, noYakobi.” ^c c v24 Amazwi okugqibela kaYosefu akhangele phambili kuMphumo — uBawo wethu akabashiyi abantwana bakhe ebukhobokeni; uyeza ukuze abagoduse. ²⁵Wandula uYosefu ukubagqibisa ngesifungo oonyana bakaSirayeli, wathi: “UBawo wethu uya kuza ngokuqinisekileyo eze kuninceda; niwanyuse amathambo am, niwasuse apha.” ²⁶UYosefu wafa eneminyaka elikhulu elineshumi. Bamqhola ngamayeza, bambeka ebhokisini eYiputa.