UJakobe ubusisa uJosefa lamadodana akhe

48Kwasekusithi emva kwalezizinto kwathiwa kuJosefa: Khangela, uyihlo uyagula. Wasethatha amadodana akhe amabili laye, uManase loEfrayimi. 2 Kwasekubikwa kuJakobe ukuthi: Khangela, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe. UIsrayeli waseziqinisa wahlala embhedeni. 3 UJakobe wasesithi kuJosefa: UNkulunkulu uSomandlaa wabonakala kimi eLuzib elizweni leKhanani, wangibusisa, 4 wathi kimi: Khangela, ngizakwenza uzale ngikwandise ngikwenze ube yizizwe ezinengi, nginike inzalo yakho emva kwakho lelilizwe, libe yimfuyo elaphakadec. 5 Khathesi-ke, amadodana akho amabilid, owawazalelwa elizweni leGibhithe ngingakafiki kuwe eGibhithe, angawami; uEfrayimi loManase njengoRubeni loSimeyoni bazakuba ngabamie. 6 Kodwa izizukulwana zakho ozazizala emva kwabo zizakuba ngezakho; ngebizo labafowabo zizabizwa elifeni lazo. 7 Mina-ke, ekusukeni kwami ePadani, uRasheli wafaf elami elizweni leKhanani, endleleni, kuselomangwana ukuya eEfrathig, ngasengimngcwaba khona endleleni yeEfrathi, eyiBhethelehema.

8 UIsrayeli wasebona amadodana kaJosefa wathi: Ngobani laba? 9 UJosefa wasesithi kuyise: Bangamadodana ami, uNkulunkulu anginika wonah lapha. Wasesithi: Ake uwalethe kimi ngiwabusisei. 10 Njalo amehlo kaIsrayeli ayefiphele1 ngenxa yobudala, engelakubonaj. Wasewasondeza kuye, wawanga, wawagonak. 11 UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Ngangingacabanganga ukuthi ngingabona ubuso bakho, kodwa khangela, uNkulunkulu ungibonise lenzalo yakho. 12 UJosefa wasewakhupha emadolweni akhel, wakhothama ngobuso bakhe emhlabathini. 13 UJosefa wasebathatha bobabili, uEfrayimi ngesandla sakhe sokunene ngakwesokhohlo sikaIsrayeli, loManase ngesandla sakhe sokhohlo ngakwesokunene sikaIsrayeli, wabasondeza kuye. 14 Kodwa uIsrayeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene, wasibeka ekhanda likaEfrayimi, lanxa engomncinyane, lesandla sakhe sokhohlo ekhanda likaManase, eqondisa izandla zakhe esazim, ngoba uManase wayelizibulo.

15 Wasembusisa uJosefa wathi: UNkulunkulu abahamba phambi kwakhe obaba oAbrahama loIsakan, uNkulunkulu owangondla kusukela ebukhoneni bami kuze kube lamuhla, 16 ingilosio engihlengep kokubi konke, ibusise abafana; njalo ibizo lami libizwe kubo, lebizo labobaba oAbrahama loIsakaq; bande babebanengi phakathi komhlaba. 17 Kwathi uJosefa esebonile ukuthi uyise ubeke isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda likaEfrayimi, kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe; wasibamba isandla sikayise ukuze asisuse ekhanda likaEfrayimi asise ekhanda likaManase. 18 UJosefa wasesithi kuyise: Hayi njalo, baba, ngoba lo ulizibulo; beka isandla sakho sokunene ekhanda lakhe. 19 Kodwa uyise wala wathi: Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazir; laye uzakuba yisizwe, laye uzakuba mkhulu; kanti lanxa kunjalo umfowabo omncinyane uzakuba mkhulu kulayes, lenzalo yakhe izakuba yikugcwala kwezizwe. 20 Wasebabusisa ngalolosuku esithi: Ngawet uIsrayeli uzabusisa, esithi: UNkulunkulu kakumise njengoEfrayimi lanjengoManase. Wasebeka uEfrayimi phambi kukaManase. 21 UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Khangela, ngiyafa; kodwa uNkulunkulu uzakuba lani, njalo uzalibuyisela elizweni laboyihlou. 22 Futhi mina ngikunikile isabelo esisodwa okwedlula abafowenuv, engasithatha esandleni samaAmori ngenkemba yami langedandili lami.