Genese 47:1-31
47 Ngeci Jozefu waile na kuleka Falo ngwendi: “Tate na bandolome bange banaija kutunda ku lifuti lya Kanana. Banaija na matanga abo a bimanga na bimembe na bingombe na byuma byabo byoshe, co bali mu lifuti lya Gosheni.”
2 Jozefu wambatele bandolome bendi batanu na kubatwala kuli Falo.
3 Falo wehwile bandolome ba Jozefu ngwendi: “Bipangi muka bimukapanga?” Bamukumbulwile ngwabo: “Bangamba bobe bapwa tunyungi ba bimanga, yetu na bakukulwila betu.”
4 Co balekele lalo Falo ngwabo: “Tunaija na kutumama muno mu lifuti mwafwa kukwesi kwa kulisila bimembe na bimanga ba bangamba bobe mwafwa njala inama manene mu lifuti lya Kanana. Ngeci tukulomba ututabesa yetu bangamba bobe mangana tukale mu lifuti lya Gosheni.”
5 Falo mwazibile ngoco, walekele Jozefu ngwendi: “Isho na bandolome bobe banaija kuno kuli yobe.
6 Lifuti lya Ijipiti lili mu maboko obe. Leka Isho na bandolome bobe bakale mu mwela waubwa manene muno mu lifuti. Batabese bakale mu lifuti lya Gosheni. Co nga hakati kabo kuli bamo bauzibuka baje basa kunyunga mwamubwa bimuna, bane cipangi ca kunyunga bimuna bange.”
7 Co Jozefu watwalele Ishe Jakobu kuli Falo, co Jakobu wabezikisile Falo.
8 Falo wehwile Jakobu ngwendi: “Uli na myaka ingahi?”
9 Jakobu wakumbulwile Falo ngwendi: “Myaka injinayebangela* inapu 130. Myaka injinayoyo inapu yaindondo, co lalo ya kayando, co kunjayoyele myaka yaingi ngwe bakukulwila bange ha myaka ibakele na kuyebangela.”*
10 Munima yebi, Jakobu wabezikisile Falo, co watundile ku mesho endi.
11 Ngeci Jozefu walekele ishe na bandolome bendi bakale mu lifuti lya Ijipiti, co wabanene mwela waubwa manene mu mutamba wa lifuti lya Lamusesi ngwe mwashikile Falo.
12 Co Jozefu watwaleleleleho kwana byakulya kuli ishe na ku bandolome bendi na ku banu boshe bakunjibo ya ishe kwesekesa na bwingi bwa bana babo.
13 Co mu lifuti mwoshe kumwakele byakulya mwafwa ije njala yamene manene, co banu ba mu lifuti lya Ijipiti na mu lifuti lya Kanana bazeyele mwafwa ya ije njala yakama.
14 Jozefu wakele na kukungulula bimbongo byoshe byakele mu lifuti lya Ijipiti na mu lifuti lya Kanana bije bibakele na kulanda banu byakulya, co Jozefu wakele na kutwala bije bimbongo mu njibo ya Falo.
15 Mu kwita kwa simbu, bimbongo bya mu lifuti lya Ijipiti na mu lifuti lya Kanana byahwile, co baka-Ijipiti boshe bashangumukile kuya kuli Jozefu na kumuleka ngwabo: “Twane byakulya. Kuma utwecelela tutsile ha mesho obe mwafwa bimbongo byetu binahu ndi?”
16 Co Jozefu wabalekele ngwendi: “Nga bimbongo byeni binahu, co njaneni bimuna beni mangana njimyane byakulya.”
17 Ngeci bashangumukile kunena bimuna babo kuli Jozefu, co Jozefu watwaleleleleho kubana byakulya bakebo oku bamwana tubalu babo, na bimanga babo na bimembe babo, na bingombe babo, na bidonki babo, co uje mwaka watwaleleleleho kubana byakulya bakebo oku bamwana bimuna babo.
18 Uje mwaka muwahwile, mwaka wateleko bashangumukile kwija kuli Jozefu na kumuleka ngwabo: “Kutukushwekela mwata wetu ngwetu bimbongo byetu na bimuna betu, byoshe tunabyana laja kuli yobe mwata wetu. Byahi bitunasala nabyo bitunasa kwana yobe mwata wetu, kubanga yetu babenya na libu lyetu.
19 Keti utwecelele tutsile ha mesho obe na kuseza libu lyetu mupulungwa. Tulande na kulanda libu lyetu mangana utwane byakulya, co yetu tupwa tu bindungo ba Falo, libu lyetuco lipwa lyendi. Twane bimbuto mangana tuyoye, keti tutse, co lalo libu lyetu keti lisale lya mupulungwa.”
20 Co Jozefu walandelele Falo libu lyoshe lya baka-Ijipiti mwafwa baka-Ijipiti boshe balandesele mahya abo mwafwa njala yamene manene, co lije libu lyapwile lya Falo.
21 Co Jozefu wajalwisilile banu boshe ba mu Ijipiti mu binganda, kutunda kushongo ya lifuti kuketa na kushongo ikwabo.
22 Kubanga libu lya tupilistu likelyo kalandele mwafwa byakulya bya tupilistu byakele na kutunda kuli Falo, co bakele na kuyoyela ha byakulya byakele na kubana Falo. Mukemwo kubalandesele libu lyabo.
23 Co Jozefu walekele banu ngwendi: “Taleni, lelo njinamilanda na libu lyeni mangana mupwe bindungo ba Falo. Ambateni ei mbuto mangana mukakune mu mahya.
24 Muyeta simbu ya kuteja, mukane Falo mutamba wamucitanu wa byuma bimukateja, co ei mitamba iwana ikasalaho ikapwe yeni, co hakeho hamukatundisa mbuto imukakuna mu mahya na byakulya bimulya hamolika na baje bali mu binjibo byeni na bana beni.”
25 Ngeci bamukumbulwile ngwabo: “Unatwobola. Tuwane kutetela ku mesho obe shukulu yange, tutabese mangana tupwe bindungo ba Falo.”
26 Co Jozefu wanene lishiko lije licili na kupanga na lelo lino mu lifuti lya Ijipiti ngwendi, mutamba umo ku mitamba itanu upwa wa Falo. Libu lya tupilistu lika likelyo kulyapwile lya Falo.
27 BaIsalele batwaleleleleho kukala mu lifuti lya Ijipiti, mu Gosheni, co batungile muje mu lifuti na kukala na bana babangi na kutuma manene.
28 Co Jakobu wayoyele mu lifuti lya Ijipiti ha myaka 17. Ngeci Jakobu wayoyele myaka 147.
29 Simbu ya kutsa kwa Isalele yakele muyehi. Ngeci wasanene munendi Jozefu na kumuleka ngwendi: “Nga njinawana kutetela ku mesho obe, aka liboko lyobe kwisi ya litafu lyange na kunjimwesa cizemo cije kucesi kutenguluka na kulongwa. Njikulomba, keti unjitsinde mu Ijipiti.
30 Munjitsa unapande kunjitundisa mu Ijipiti na kukanjitsinda mu cihilo ca bakukulwila bange.” Ngeci Jozefu wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Njilinga muunendeka.”
31 Co Isalele wamulekele ngwendi: “Lisinge ku mesho ange.” Ngeci Jozefu walisingile ku mesho a Isalele. Co Isalele wakulamenene ku mitwe ya mwela wendi.
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Nambe “injinajalozoka; injinapu ngwe mungenzi.”
^ Nambe “injinajalozoka; ibanapu ngwe bangenzi.”
