ISAHLUKO 1
UZebhulon, unyana wesithandathu kaYakobi noLeya. Umqambi kunye ne-philanthropist. Oko wakufundayo ngenxa yeyelenqe awayelenzelweuYosefu.
1 Ikopi yamazwi kaZebhulon, awawamisela oonyana bakhe, ngaphambi kokuba afe, ngomnyaka wekhulu elineshumi elinesine wokudla kwakhe ubomi, iminyaka emibini emvenikokufakukaYosefu.
2Wathikubo,Ndiphulaphuleni,ninabonyana bakaZebhulon, wabekeleni indlebe amazwi kayihlo.
3 Mna, Zebhulon, ndizalelwe kubazali bam isiphoesilungileyo.
4 Kuba ubawo wanda kakhulu kunene ekuzalweni kwam, empahleni emfutshane neenkomo, ngokuba isabelo sakhe sasinemizila.
5Andiqondiukubandonileyonkeimihlayam, ngaphandlekokucinga.
6 Kananjalo andikhumbuli ukuba ndenze nabuphi na ubugwenxa, ngaphandle kwesono sokungazi endasenza kuYosefu; kuba ndanqophisana nabakhuluwa bam ukuba bangamxeleleubawookwenzekileyo.
7 Kodwa ndalila emfihlekweni iintsuku ezininzingenxakaYosefu,kubandandiboyika abantakwethu, ngenxa yokuba babevumelene bonke ukuba nabani na oya kubhengeza imfihlelo,uyakubulawa.
8 Ke kaloku, xa babethanda ukumbulala, ndabafungisa ndilila kakhulu, ukuba bangabi natyalalesisono.
9 UYosefu noSimon noGadi beza beza kumbulala uYosefu, wathi kubo elila, wathi kubo, Tarhuni, bazalwana bam, tarhuni imbilini kaYakobi ubawo; musani ukuzibeka phezu kwam izandla zenu, ukuze ndiphalaze igazielimsulwa;akonangakuwe.
10 Ukuba ndonile, ndohlwaye, bazalwana bam,nindohlwaye;
11 Kwaye njengoko wayewathetha la mazwi, esenza isijwili njengoko esenza njalo, andizange ndikwazi ukuzithwala izimbonono zakhe, kwaye ndaqalisa ukulila, kwaye
isibindi sam saphalala, kwaye yonke into yezibilinizamyakhululeka.
12 Ndalila kunye noYosefu, yaxokozela intliziyo yam, amalungu omzimba wam angcangcazela,andakwaziukuma.
13 Wathi uYosefu wandibona ndilila naye, ndimzakeukubaamsike,wasabaemvakwam, ebabongoza.
14 Wesuka uRubhen, wathi, Yizani, bazalwana bam, singambulali, kodwa masimphosekomnyewalemihadiyomiweyo, abawembayooobawo,bangafumanimanzi.
15 Kuba ngenxa yesi sizathu iNkosi yabalela ukubakunyukeamanziphakathikwaboukuze uYosefuagcinwe.
16 Benjenjalo ke, bada bamthengisa kumaIshmayeli.
17Kubaandibanganasabelongexabisolakhe, bantwanabam.
18KeooSimonnoGadi,nabanyeabazalwana bethu abathandathu, balithabatha ixabiso likaYosefu,bazithengelabona,nabafazibabo, nabantwanababo,iimbadada;
19 Asiyi kudla kuyo, kuba lixabiso legazi lomzalwana wethu; ke siya kulinyathela ngeenyawo, ngokuba ethe uya kuba ngukumkani phezu kwethu, makhe sibone ukubaayakuthininaamaphuphaakhe.
20 Kubhaliwe ke ngoko emthethweni kaMoses, ukuba othe akamvelisela mbewu umzalwana wakhe, mayikhululwe imbadada yakhe,bamtshiceebusweni.
21 Ke kaloku abakhuluwa bakaYosefu bebengathandi ukuba adle ubomi umninawa wabo; uYehova wabakhulula iimbadada ababezinxibakuYosefuumninawawabo.
22 Kwathi, ekufikeni kwabo eYiputa, bakhululwa ngabakhonzi bakaYosefu ngaphandle kwesango, baqubuda kuYosefu ngokwendlelakaFaroukumkani.
23 Abasuka baqubuda kuye kuphela, batshicelwa kananjalo, bawa phambi kwakhe kwaoko, baba neentloni ngaphambili. amaYiputa.
24 Emveni koko amaYiputa abuva bonke ububiobenziwekuYosefu.
25 Kwaye emva kokuba ithengisiwe abazalwana bam bahlala phantsi ukuze badle basele.
26 Ke mna ngenxa kaYosefu andadla; ndawubukela umhadi; ngokuba uYuda wayesoyika,hlezebambulaleuSimon,noDan, noGadi,bambulale.
27Bakubonaukubaandidli,bandimisaukuba ndimlinde,wadawathengiswakumaIshmayeli.
28WezauRubhen,wevaukubakuthengisiwe yena uYosefu, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wenzaisijwili,wathi,
29 Ndothini na ukububona ubuso bukabawo uYakobi? Kwaye wayithatha imali wabaleka emva kwabarhwebi kodwa njengoko engabafumanangawabuyaebuhlungu.
30 Ke bona abarhwebi bayishiya indlela ephangaleleyo, bangena eTroglodi ngendlela emfutshane.
31 Waba buhlungu uRubhen, akadla kudla ngaloomini.
32WayakeuDan,wathikuye,Musaukulila, musa ukuba buhlungu; ngokuba siyifumene intoesinokuyithethakubawowethuuYakobi.
33 Masixhele inkunzi yebhokhwe exhonti, siyithi nkxu kuyo ingubo kaYosefu; siyithumele kuYakobi, sithi, Yazi, yingubo yonyanawakhonale?
34 Benjenjalo. Ahluba ingubo yokwaleka kuYosefu, xa babethengisa ngaye, amambathisainguboyobukhoboka.
35 USimon wayithabatha ingubo yangaphantsi, akavuma ukuyincama, kuba ubethanda ukuyikrazula ngekrele lakhe, njengoko wayevutha ngumsindo kuba uYosefuehleli,nokoengambulalanga.
36 Sesuka thina sonke, sathi kuye, Ukuba akukuyekiinguboyangaphantsi,sothikubawo, ukubawenzeobububikwaSirayeliwedwa.
37 Wabanika ke; benza ke njengoko uDan wayetshilo.
ISAHLUKO 2
Ubongoza abantu ukuba babe novelwano nokuqondaabanyeabantu.
1 Ngoku ke, bantwanana, mna ukuba niyigcine imithetho yeNkosi, nenze inceba kummelwane wenu, nenceba kubo bonke, ingabingabantubodwa,ibeneenkomo;
2 Ngenxa yayo yonke le nto iNkosi yandisikelela, kwaye xa bonke abazalwana bambabegula,ndasindangaphandlekokugula, kubaiNkosiiyazaziiinjongozabobonke.
3Ngokoke,yibaninofefeezintliziywenizenu, bantwanabam;
4 Kuba oonyana babakhuluwa bam babegula kwaye besifa ngenxa kaYosefu, ngenxa yokuba babengenanceba ezintliziyweni zabo; kodwa oonyana bam bakhuselwa ngaphandle kokugula,njengokonisazi.
5 Oko bendisezweni lakwaKanan, ngaselunxwemeni lolwandle, ndambamba uYakobi ubawo iintlanzi; yaye xa abaninzi barhaxwa elwandle, mna ndaqhubeka ndingonakele.
6 Ndahamba ngephenyane ngowokuqala elwandle,kubauYehovawandinikaukuqonda nobulumkoapho.
7 Ndehlisa iphini lokujika emva kwawo, ndaza ndolula iseyile phezu kolunye ukhuni olumenkqoesazulwini.
8 Ndahamba ngawo elunxwemeni, ndibambisa iintlanzi endlwini kabawo, sada sayakufikaeYiputa.
9 Kwaye ngemfesane ndabelana ngokubambisakwamkubobonkeabasemzini.
10 Ke xa umntu wayengowasemzini, nokuba eselekhulile, okanye eselekhulile, ndandiyipheka intlanzi, ndinxibe kakuhle, ndinike bonke abantu, njengoko ebesukuba eswele, ndibuhlungu, ndisikwa yimfesane ngabo.
11 Ngako oko uYehova wandinika ukuba ndibabambise iintlanzi ezininzi; kuba owabayo nommelwane wakhe, wamkela izihlandloezininzingakumbieNkosini.
12 Kangangeminyaka emihlanu ndabambisa iintlanzi, ndaza ndabanika bonke abantu endayibonayo,ndayinelayonkeindlukabawo.
13 Kwaye ehlotyeni ndandibambisa iintlanzi, yaye ebusika ndandibambisa iigusha kunye nabazalwanabam.
14 Ngoku ke ndiya kunixelela into endiyenzileyo;
15 Ndabona indoda embandezelweni, ihamba zengexeshalasebusika,yabanemfesanekuyo, yeba ingubo ngasese endlwini kabawo, yayinikaobandezelekileyo.
16 Nina ngoko, bantwanana bam, ngoko uThixo anibabalayo, yenzeni imfesane nemfesane kubo bonke, niyinike wonke umntungentliziyoelungileyo;
17Ukubakeaninakoukunikalowousweleyo, yinzeleniimfesanengenxayencebayakhe.
18 Ndiyazi ukuba isandla sam asifumananga ntoyokunikalowousweleyo,ndahambanaye ndililaiistadiyaezisixhenxe;
19 Ngoko ke, bantwanana bam, yibani nemfesane ngabo bonke abantu, ukuze nayo iNkosiibenemfesanekuni,nencebakuni.
20 Ngokuba nangemihla yokugqibela uThixo uya kuyithumela imfesane yakhe emhlabeni, athi apho asukuba efumana khona inceba, ahlalekuye.
21 Kuba njengoko umntu avelana nommelwane wakhe, kwanjengokuba nayo iNkosiihlelikwangolohlobo.
22SehlasayaeYiputa,akabambangananceba uYosefu.
23 Mlumkeleni ke, bantwanana bam, ziqondeni, ningabi nalunya, nithandane; kananjalo musani ukucinga okubi, elowo ngomzalwanawakhe.
24 Kuba oku kwaphula umanyano, kwaye kwahlula yonke imizalwane, kwaye kukhwankqisa umphefumlo, kwaye kohlutha ubuso.
25 Qwalaselani ke amanzi, nize niwazi xa equkuqela ndawonye, atshayele amatye, imithi,umhlabanezinyeizinto.
26 Ukuba zithe zahluka zibe yimilanjana emininzi,umhlabauyaziginya,zimka.
27 Niya kuba njalo nani, ukuba nithe nahlukana. Ngoko ke musani ukucalulana nibe ziintloko ezimbini kwizinto zonke awazenzayo uYehova; inentloko enye, namagxa amabini, nezandla ezibini, neenyawo ezimbini, abe ke onke amalungu aseleyo.
28 Kuba ndifundile emibhalweni yoobawo, ukuba uya kwahlulwa kwaSirayeli, ulandele ookumkaniababini,wenzeonkeamasikizi.
29 Kwaye iintshaba zenu ziya kunikhokelela ekuthinjweni, kwaye niya kuphathwa kakubi phakathi kweeNtlanga, ngobuthathaka obuninzineembandezelo.
30 Kwaye emva kwezi zinto niya kuyikhumbula iNkosi nize niguquke, kwaye Iya kuba nenceba phezu kwenu, kuba inencebanemfesane.
31 Kanjalo akababangeli ububi koonyana babantu, ekubeni beyinyama, bekhohliswa ngokwezenzozaboezingendawo.
32Kwayeemvakwezizintokuyakuvelakuni iNkosi ngokwayo, ukukhanya kobulungisa, kwayeniyakubuyelaemhlabeniwenu.
33 nombona eYerusalem ngenxa yegama lakhe.
34 Nobuya nimqumbise ngobubi bezenzo zenu;
35 Niya kukhutshelwa kude kube lixesha lokuphela.
36 Kwaye ngoku, bantwana bam, musani ukuba buhlungu ngenxa yokuba ndiyafa, okanye niphoswe phantsi ekubeni ndifikelela esiphelwenisam.
37 Kuba ndiya kuvuka esazulwini sakho, njengomlawuli phakathi koonyana bakhe; ndiyakugcobaphakathikwesizwesam,bonke abawugcinayo umthetho kaYehova, nemithethokaZebhulonuyise.
38 Ke yona iNkosi iya kubazisela abangahloneli Thixo umlilo ongunaphakade, ibatshabalalise kuse kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana.
39 Kodwa ngoku ndiphuthuma ukuya ekuphumlenikwam,njengoobawo.
40KodwanizeniyoyikeiNkosiuThixowethu ngamandla enu onke, yonke imihla yobomi benu.
41Uthekeakubaezithethileezizinto,walala ubuthongo,ekubenieselekhulile.
42 Oonyana bakhe bamlalisa etyeyeni elenziwe ngomthi. Emveni koko bamthwala, bamngcwabelaeHebronkooyise.