1UJosefa waziphosa phezu kwakayise, wamlilela, wamncwanga emhlathini. 2Walayela amagedla amsebenzelako bonyana omise isidumbu sakayise ngeenhlahla. Yeke amagedla asomisa ngeenhlahla. 3Kwawathatha amalanga amatjhumi amane ngombana leso bekusikhathi esibekelwe ukomisa isidumbu ngeenhlahla. AmaGibhide alilela uJakopo amalanga amatjhumi alikhomba.
4Kuthe nasele kudlule amalanga wokulila uJosefa wathi ebaphathini besigodlo sakaFaro: “Nange ngifumene umusa emehlwenenu ngikhulumelani noFaro nimtjele bonyana 5ubaba wangifungisa wathi, ‘Sele ngizokuhlongakala, ungibulunge ethuneni engazilungisela lona enarheni yeKanana.’ Nje-ke bengithi ngivumela ngikhambe ngiyokubulunga ubaba ngizakubuya.”
6UFaro wathi: “Khuphuka uyokubulunga uyihlo njengombana akufungisa njalo.”
7Yeke uJosefa wakhuphuka wayokubulunga uyise. Zoke iinkhulu zakaFaro zamphekelela: kwakuziintatanyiswa zesigodlo sakhe nazo zoke iintatanyiswa zeGibhide, 8zazikhambisana nawo woke amalunga wekumba kaJosefa nabafowabo nebekumba kayise. Bantwababo nefuywabo kwaphela okwasala eGotjheni. 9Abakhweli beenkarana bakhuphuka naye, kwaba siqubuthu esikhulu.
10Lokha nabafika eGoreni-Hayathadi ngaphetjheya kweJordani bahlaba umkhosi omkhulu wesililo. Lapho uJosefa wadlulisa amalanga alikhomba wokuzilela uyise. 11Lokha amaKanana ahlala lapho nakabona isililo eGoreni-Hayathadi athi: “Lo, mkhosi omkhulu wesililo samaGibhide.” Kungebangelo indawo engaphetjheya kweJordani leyo yabizwa bonyana yi-Abela-Mitsirayimu.
12Ngaleyondlela amadodana kaJakopo aphetha ilizwi lakhe: 13Amthwala, amngenisa enarheni yeKanana. Ambulunga ngerholweni lesimu yeMakaphela engepumalanga yeMamre. Lelo bekulirholo elisesimini eyathengwa ngu-Abrahamu ku-Efroni umRhithi bonyana kube yindawo yamathuna wasafuthi. 14Ngemva kokubulungwa kwakayise, uJosefa wabuyela eGibhide kanye nabafowabo nabo boke ebegade bamphekelele.
Abafowabo kaJosefa bavuma umlandu
15Kuthe bona abafowabo babone bonyana uyisabo uhlongakele bathi: “UJosefa usasibambele ivunda. Ngalokho uzozibuyiselela ngakho koke okumbi esamenza khona!”
16Yeke bazisa uJosefa bathi: “Uyihlo watjhiya umyalezo naku nazakuhlongakala, 17‘Nakhu enizakutjho kuJosefa: Ngibawa bona ulibalele abafowenu imitjhapho nezono abakwenza zona ngokukuphatha makghwakghwa.’ Nje-ke sibawa uqolele imitjhapho yeenceku zakaZimu kayihlo.”
UJosefa walila nakezwa amezwi lawo. 18Abafowabo beza ngokwabo bazilahlela phambi kwakhe bathi: “Simakhobokakho.”
19Kodwana uJosefa wathi: “Ningesabi. Angeze ngazibeka esikhundleni sakaZimu. 20Nina nanihlele ukungilimaza kodwana uZimu wakujika lokho kwaba ngokuhle ukuze asindise amaphilo wabanengi njengombana kunjalo namhlanje. 21Yeke musani ukwesaba. Ngizanondla kanye nabantwabenu.”
Wabaduduza, wakhuluma kuhle nabo.
Ukuhlongakala kwakaJosefa
22UJosefa wahlala eGibhide kanye nomndeni kayise. Waphila iminyaka elikhulu netjhumi. 23Wabona abantwana bomntwana ka-Efrayimu. Wathatha abantwana bakaMakiri umsa kaManase njengebakhe.
24UJosefa wathi kubafowabo: “Sele ngizakuhlongakala. Kodwana yazini uZimu uzanikhumbula anikhuphe enarheni le niye enarheni ayithembisa ngesifungo ku-Abrahamu, u-Isaka noJakopo.”
25UJosefa wafungisa amadodana ka-Israyeli wathi: “Khambani namathambami nanisuka lapha lokha uZimu nakanikhumbulako.”
26UJosefa wahlongakala aneminyaka elikhulu netjhumi. Isidumbu sakhe somiswa ngeenhlahla safakwa ngekasini eGibhide.
