| ← Genesis (50/50) |
| 1. | Wawa uYosefu phezu kobuso bukayise, walila phezu kwakhe, wamanga. |
| 2. | UYosefu wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, amagqirha, ukuba amqhole uyise; amagqirha amqhola ke uSirayeli. |
| 3. | Bamzalisela imihla emashumi mane, kuba bebesenjenjalo ukuyizalisa imihla yabaqholiweyo; amaYiputa amlilela imihla emashumi asixhenxe. |
| 4. | Yadlula ke imihla yokulilelwa kwakhe, uYosefu wathetha kwindlu kaFaro, wathi, Ukuba kaloku niyandibabala, khanithethe ezindlebeni zikaFaro, nithi, |
| 5. | Ubawo wandifungisa esithi, Yabona, ndiza kufa; engcwabeni lam endizimbeleyo ezweni lakwaKanan, wondingcwabela khona apho. Ngoko makhe ndinyuke ndiye kumngcwaba ubawo; ndobuya ndibuye. |
| 6. | Wathi uFaro, Nyuka uye kumngcwaba uyihlo ngoko akufungise ngako. |
| 7. | Wenyuka ke uYosefu waya kumngcwaba uyise; benyuka naye bonke abakhonzi bakaFaro, amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe, amadoda amakhulu onke ezwe laseYiputa; |
| 8. | nendlu kaYosefu yonke, nabazalwana bakhe, nendlu kayise. Kwasala iintsapho zabo zodwa, nempahla yabo emfutshane, neenkomo zabo, ezweni laseGoshen. |
| 9. | Kwenyuka naye iinqwelo, nabamahashe, yaba ngumkhosi omkhulu kunene. |
| 10. | Bafika esandeni sika-Atadi esiphesheya kweYordan, bambambazela izifuba, batsho khona ngesililo esikhulu, esinzima kunene; bamenzela uyise isijwili imihla esixhenxe. |
| 11. | Basibona abemi belo zwe, amaKanan, isijwili esandeni sika-Atadi, bathi, Sikhulu esi sijwili kumaYiputa; ngenxa yoko kwathiwa igama laso yiAbhele-mitserayim, ephesheya kweYordan. |
| 12. | Oonyana bakhe benza ke kuye njengokuyolela kwakhe. |
| 13. | Bamthwala oonyana bakhe, bamsa ezweni lakwaKanan, bamngcwaba emqolombeni wentsimi yaseMakapela, awawuthengayo uAbraham ndawonye nentsimi, ukuba ube yindawo eyiyeyakhe yokungcwaba, kuEfron umHiti phambi kowakwaMamre. |
| 14. | UYosefu wabuyela eYiputa ke, yena nabazalwana bakhe, nabo bonke abenyuka naye beya kumngcwaba uyise, emva kokungcwaba kwakhe uyise. |
| 15. | Ke kaloku abakhuluwa bakaYosefu babona ukuba uyise wabo ufile, bathi, Azi uYosefu uya kusitshutshisa na, abubuyisele kanye na kuthi bonke ububi esimenzele bona? |
| 16. | Bathumela kuYosefu, besithi, Uyihlo wayolela phambi kokufa kwakhe, wathi, |
| 17. | Notsho kuYosefu ukuthi, Khawuluxolele ukreqo lwabakhuluwa bakho, nesono sabo sokuba bekwenze into embi; ngoko khawuluxolele ukreqo lwabakhozi boThixo wooyihlo. Walila uYosefu ekuthetheni kwabo kuye. |
| 18. | Baya nabakhuluwa bakhe, baziphosa phantsi phambi kwakhe, bathi, Yabona, singabakhonzi bakho. |
| 19. | Wathi uYosefu kubo, Musani ukoyika; ndisesikhundleni sikaThixo yini na? |
| 20. | Nina nacinga ububi ngam; ke yena uThixo wacinga okulungileyo, ukuze kuthi, njengoko kwenzekileyo namhla, kusinde abantu abaninzi. |
| 21. | Ngoko musani ukoyika; ndonondla nina, nentsapho yenu. Wabathuthuzela ke, wathetha kakuhle nabo. |
| 22. | UYosefu wena eYiputa, yena nendlu kayise. UYosefu wahlala iminyaka elikhulu elinashumi-nye. |
| 23. | UYosefu wabona oonyana besesithathu isizukulwana sikaEfrayim, kwanoonyana bakaMakire, unyana kaManase, ababezalelwe emadolweni kaYosefu. |
| 24. | Wathi uYosefu kubakhuluwa bakhe, Ndiza kufa; uThixo okunene uya kunivelela, aninyuse, niphume kweli lizwe, niye ezweni abelifungele uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi. |
| 25. | UYosefu wabafungisa oonyana bakaSirayeli, esithi, UThixo okunene eya kunivelela nje, nowanyusa amathambo am, emke apha. |
| 26. | Wafa ke uYosefu engominyaka ilikhulu linashumi-nye; bamqhola; wafakwa etyeyeni eYiputa. |
| ← Genesis (50/50) |