¹ Khona uJosefa wayengasenakuzibamba phambi kwabo bonke ababemi naye, wakhala wathi : Phumisani kimi abantu bonke . Kwakungemi muntu naye , uJosefa esazazisa kubafowabo. ² Wayesephakamisa izwi ngokukhala , abaseGibithe bakuzwa , nendlu kaFaro yakuzwa. ³ Wathi uJosefa kubafowabo : NginguJosefa; ubaba usekhona na ? Abafowabo babengenakumphendula, ngokuba bashaqeka ebusweni bakhe. ⁴ UJosefa wayesethi kubafowabo : Ake nisondele kimi . Basondela-ke. Wayesethi: NginguJosefa umfowenu enathengisa ngaye eGibithe. ⁵ Manje ningabi buhlungu , ningazithukutheleli ukuthi nathengisa ngami lapha, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangithuma phambi kwenu ukulondoloza impilo. ⁶ Ngokuba isimibili iminyaka indlala ikhona ezweni ; kusasele iminyaka eyisihlanu okungayikulinywa, kuvunwe ngayo. ⁷ UNkulunkulu wangithuma ngaphambi kwenu ukunilondoloza , nibe yinsali emhlabeni, nisindiswe kube ngukukhululwa okukhulu. ⁸ Kalokhu akuyinina enangithuma lapha, kepha uNkulunkulu; ungibeke uyise kaFaro, nenkosi yendlu yakhe yonke, nombusi wezwe lonke laseGibithe. ⁹ Sheshani nikhuphuke , niye kubaba , nithi kuye : U the uJosefa indodana yakho: UNkulunkulu ungibeke inkosi yalo lonke iGibithe ; yehla, uze kimi , ungalibali. ¹⁰ Uyakuhlala ezweni laseGosheni, ube seduze nami , wena nabantabakho , nabantwana babantabakho, nezimvu zakho, nezinkomo zakho, nakho konke onakho, ¹¹ ngikondlele khona , ngokuba kuseyiminyaka eyisihlanu yendlala , funa uswele, wena nomuzi wakho, nakho konke onakho. ¹² Bhekani, amehlo enu ayabona kanye namehlo omfowethu uBenjamini ukuthi yiwo umlomo wami okhuluma kinina. ¹³ Niyakumlandisa ubaba yonke inkazimulo yami eGibithe , nakho konke enikubonileyo, nisheshe nehlise ubaba, nimlethe lapha. ¹⁴ Wayesewa entanyeni yomfowabo uBenjamini , wakhala; noBenjamini wakhala ngasentanyeni yakhe. ¹⁵ Wabanga bonke abaf owabo, wakhalela kubo ; emva kwalokho abafowabo bakhuluma naye. Abafowabo bakaJosefa babuyela ekhaya ¹⁶ Leli zwi lezwakala endlini kaFaro , lithi: Abafowabo bakaJosefa bafikile . Kwaba kuhle emehlweni kaFaro nasemehlweni ezinceku zakhe. ¹⁷ UFaro wayesethi kuJos efa: Yisho kubafowenu ukuthi : Yenzani lokhu : thwesani izimbongolo zenu, nihambe niye ezweni laseKhanani, ¹⁸ nithathe uyihlo nemizi yenu , nize kimi , nginiphe okuhle kwezwe laseGibithe, nize nidle amanoni ezwe. ¹⁹ Usuyaliwe: Yenzani lokhu: Nithathele izingane zenu nawomkenu izinqola ezweni laseGibithe, nilethe uyihlo, bese niza. ²⁰ Futhi ningakhathaleli impahla yenu , ngokuba okuhle kwezwe lonke laseGibithe kungokwenu. ²¹ Enze njalo amadodana ka -Israyeli. UJosefa wabapha izinqola njengesiyalo sikaFaro, wabanika nomphako wendlela. ²² Kubo bonke , kwaba yilowo nalowo , wanika izingubo zokuphendulela ; kepha uBenjamini wamupha izinhlamvu ezingamakhulu amathathu zesiliva nezingubo eziyisihlanu zokuphendulela. ²³ Kuyise wathuma kanje : izimbongolo eziyishumi, zithwesiwe izinto ezinhle zaseGibithe, nezimbongolokazi eziyishumi , zithwesiwe amabele , nesinkwa, nomphako kayise endleleni. ²⁴ Wayesebamukisa abafowabo, bahamba; wathi kubo: Ningaxabani endleleni. ²⁵ Bakhuphuka eGibithe, bafika ezweni laseKhanani kuJakobe uyise. ²⁶ Bamtshela bathi: UJosefa usekhona, ungumbusi ezweni lonke laseGibithe . Inhliziyo yakhe yayisiphela amandla, ngokuba akakholwanga yibo. ²⁷ Bamlandisa onke amazwi kaJosefa abewashilo kubo; lapho esebona izinqola abezithumile uJosefa zokumthwala, umoya kaJakobe uyise wavuselelwa. ²⁸ Wathi u -Israyeli: Kwanele; uJosefa indodana yami usekhona ; ngizakuhamba ngimbone ngingakafi.