Ugenesise 40:6-13 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

6. UJosefa wangena kubo ekuseni, wabona ukuthi badabukile.

7. Wayesebuza izinceku zikaFaro ezazinaye zilindwe endlini yenkosi yakhe, ethi: “Ubuso benu budabukeleni namuhla na?”

8. Bathi kuye: “Siphuphe iphupho, akakho ongalichaza.”UJosefa wathi kubo: “Ukuchaza akusikho okukaNkulunkulu na? Ake ningilandise lona.”

9. Induna yabaphathizitsha yayisimlandisa uJosefa iphupho layo, yathi kuye: “Ephusheni lami kwakukhona umvini phambi kwami;

10. emvinini kwakukhona amagatsha amathathu; wahluma qede wakhahlela, amahlukuzo awo athela izithelo.

11. Indebe kaFaro yayisesandleni sami; ngathatha izithelo zomvini, ngazikhamela endebeni kaFaro, indebe ngayinikela esandleni sikaFaro.”

12. Wathi uJosefa kuye: “Nakho ukuchazwa kwalo: lawo magatsha amathathu ayizinsuku ezintathu;

13. zingakadluli izinsuku ezintathu, uFaro uzakuphakamisa ikhanda lakho, akubuyisele esikhundleni sakho; uzakunikela indebe esandleni sikaFaro njengokwenza kwakho kwakuqala, lapho wawungumphathizitsha wakhe.

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