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UJosefa Ufakwa Ejele
UJOSEFA bekaneemnyaka eyi-17 nakayiswa eGibhide. Wathengiselwa uPotifaro. UPotifaro gade asiberegi sekosi yeGibhide, uFaro.
UJosefa gade athembekile ekosinakhe uPotifaro. UJosefa naselamkhulu uPotifaro wamenza umphathi wazo zoke izinto zemzinakhe. Kubayini-ke uJosefa asejele? Kungebanga likamkaPotifaro.
Njengombana uJosefa wakhula waba yindoda ehle eqalekako, kungalokho umkaPotifaro wafuna ukulala naye. UJosefa ubengeze akwenza lokho njengombana gade azi bona akukalungi. Lokho kwamsilinga umkaPotifaro. Lokha indodakhe neyibuya ekhaya, waleya amala wathi: ‘UJosefa ongakalungi loya ulinge ukulala nami!’ Njengombana uPotifaro gade amkholelwa umkakhe, naye wamkwatela khulu uJosefa. Wamfaka ejele.
Umphathi wejele nekabona bona uJosefa yindoda elungileko, wamenza umphathi wazo zoke ezinye iimbotjhwa. Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi uFaro wakwatela umphathi weenselo nombhagiburotho begodu wabafaka ejele. Langelinye bobabili babhudanga, kodwana bebangayazi ihlathululo yebhudango labo. Ngelanga elilandelako uJosefa wathi kibo: ‘Ngibawa ningitjele amabhudango wenu.’ Nebaqeda ukumtjela, uJosefa wabahlathululela lona ngerhelebho lakaZimu.
Kumphathi weenselo uJosefa wathi: ‘Emalangeni amathathu uzokutjhaphululwa ejele, uzokuba mphathi weenselo zakaFaro godu.’ UJosefa wangezelela: ‘Nasele uphumile, utjele uFaro ngami, ungirhelebhe ngiphume endaweni le.’ Kodwana uJosefa wathi kumbhagiburotho: ‘Emalangeni amathathu azokulandela uFaro uzokuqunta ihloko .’
Emalangeni amathathu kwenzeka njengombana uJosefa akhulumile. UFaro waqunta ihloko yombhagiburotho. Umphathi weenselo wakhitjhwa ejele, wabuyela ekukhonzeni uFaro godu. Kodwana umphathi weenselo wakhohlwa tjhira ngoJosefa! Akhenge atjele uFaro ngaye, begodu kwafuneka bona uJosefa ahlale ejele.