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¹UJosefa wayesefika wamtshela uFaro lokho, wathi: “Ubaba nabafowethu, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, nakho konke abanakho, bevela ezweni laseKhanani; bheka, basezweni laseGosheni.

²Wathatha kubafowabo, amadoda ayisihlanu, wawayisa kuFaro;

³UFaro wasesithi kubafowabo: Uyini umsebenzi wenu? Basebesithi kuFaro: Izinceku zakho zingabelusi, thina labobaba.

⁴Bathi kuFaro: “Ngokuba size ukugogobala ezweni; ngokuba izinceku zakho azinadlelo lemihlambi yazo; ngoba indlala inzima elizweni leKhanani. Manje izinceku zakho mazihlale ezweni laseGosheni.

⁵UFaro wakhuluma kuJosefa, wathi: “Uyihlo nabafowenu beze kuwe.”

⁶Izwe laseGibhithe liphambi kwakho; endaweni enhle kakhulu yezwe kahlale uyihlo nabafowenu; mabahlale ezweni laseGosheni; uma wazi okuthile phakathi kwabo, ubamise babe ngababusi phezu kwezinkomo zami.

⁷UJosefa wamngenisa uyise uJakobe, wammisa phambi kukaFaro; uJakobe wambusisa uFaro.

⁸UFaro wasesithi kuJakobe: Mingaphi iminyaka yakho?

⁹UJakobe wathi kuFaro: “Izinsuku zeminyaka yokuhamba kwami ziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu; oyise ezinsukwini zokuhambela kwabo.

¹⁰UJakobe wambusisa uFaro, waphuma phambi kukaFaro.

¹¹UJosefa wayesebamisa uyise nabafowabo, wabanika indawo ezweni laseGibithe, endaweni enhle kunazo zonke yezwe, ezweni laseRamesesi, njengokuyala kukaFaro.

¹²UJosefa wondla uyise nabafowabo nendlu yakhe yonke ngesinkwa ngokwezizukulwane zabo.

¹³Kwakungekho sinkwa ezweni lonke; ngokuba indlala yayinzima kakhulu, izwe laseGibithe nezwe lonke laseKhanani kwafa indlala.

¹⁴UJosefa waqoqa yonke imali eyatholwa ezweni laseGibithe nasezweni laseKhanani kakolweni ababewuthenga, uJosefa wayingenisa imali endlini kaFaro.

¹⁵Kwathi imali isingekho ezweni laseGibithe nasezweni laseKhanani, bonke abaseGibithe beza kuJosefa, bathi: “Siphe isinkwa, ngokuba siyakufelani phambi kwakho na?” ngoba imali iyahluleka.

¹⁶Wayesethi uJosefa: “Lethani izinkomo zenu; ngiyakukunika imfuyo yakho, uma imali iyeka.

¹⁷Base beletha izinkomo zabo kuJosefa; uJosefa wabanika isinkwa ngamahhashi, nangezimvu, nangezinkomo, nangezimbongolo;

¹⁸Kwathi lowo nyaka usuphelile, beza kuye ngomnyaka wesibili, bathi kuye: “Asiyikufihlela inkosi yami ukuthi imali yethu yachithwa kanjani; Inkosi yami inemihlambi yezinkomo; akusele lutho emehlweni enkosi, kuphela imizimba yethu namasimu ethu.

¹⁹Kungani siyakufa phambi kwamehlo akho, thina nezwe lakithi? sithenge thina namazwe ethu ngesinkwa, thina namazwe ethu sibe yizinceku zikaFaro; futhi usinike inzalo, ukuze siphile, singafi, ukuze izwe lingabi yincithakalo.

²⁰UJosefa wamthengela uFaro izwe lonke laseGibithe; ngokuba abaseGibithe bathengisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngesiqephu sakhe somhlaba, ngokuba indlala yabehlula, izwe laba ngelikaFaro.

²¹Kepha abantu, wabayisa emizini kusukela kolunye uhlangothi lomkhawulo waseGibithe kuze kube kolunye uhlangothi lwalo.

²²Yizwe labapristi kuphela angalithenganga; ngoba abapristi bababela isabelo sikaFaro, badla isabelo sabo uFaro abanika sona; ngalokho abathengisanga ngezwe labo.

²³UJosefa wayesethi kubantu: “Bhekani, namuhla nginithengele uFaro nina nezwe lenu; bheka, nansi imbewu yenu, nihlwanyele ezweni.

²⁴Esakhiweni niyonika uFaro okwesihlanu, futhi izingxenye ezine ziyoba zenu njengembewu yensimu nokudla kwenu nokwabendlu yenu nokudla kwabancane benu.

²⁵Bathi: “Usindisile ukuphila kwethu; masithole umusa emehlweni enkosi yami, sibe yizinceku zikaFaro.

²⁶UJosefa wabeka umthetho phezu kwezwe laseGibhithe kuze kube namuhla ukuthi uFaro athole ingxenye yesihlanu; ngaphandle kwezwe labapristi lodwa, elingazange libe ngelikaFaro.

²⁷U-Israyeli wahlala ezweni laseGibithe, ezweni laseGosheni; babenemfuyo kulo, banda, banda kakhulu;

²⁸UJakobe wahlala iminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ezweni laseGibithe; Iyonke iminyaka kaJakobe yaba yiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amane nesikhombisa.

²⁹Sase sisondela isikhathi sokuthi u-Israyeli afe; wabiza indodana yakhe uJosefa, wathi kuye: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, beka isandla sakho ngaphansi kwenyonga yami, ungenzele umusa neqiniso; ungangingcwabi eGibhithe.

³⁰Kodwa ngizakuba lobudlelwano labobaba, njalo uzangikhupha eGibhithe, ungingcwabe ethuneni labo. Wathi: “Ngizokwenza njengokusho kwakho.”

³¹Wathi: “Funga kimi.” Wafunga kuye. U-Israyeli wakhuleka ekhanda lombhede.