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45 Naakamvwa boobo Josefa tanaakacili kukonzya kulijata kumbele lyabasikumukutaukila.+ Aboobo wakoompolola wati: “Amubagwisye bantu boonse!” Kunyina umbi wakasyaala a Josefa ciindi naakali kuliyubununa kubanabokwabo.+
2 Mpoonya wakatalika koongolola kulila cakuti bana Egepita alimwi abamuŋanda ya Farao bakamvwa. 3 Kumamanino Josefa wakati kubanabokwabo: “Ndime Josefa. Sena taata ucipona?” Pele banabokwabo tiibakakonzya kwiingula, nkaambo bakagambwa kapati akaambo kanguwe. 4 Aboobo Josefa wakati kubanabokwabo: “Amuswene afwaafwi kulindime.” Mpoonya bakaswena kulinguwe.
Eelyo wakati: “Ndime Josefa imunyoko ngomwakasambala ku Egepita.+ 5 Pele lino mutapengi akutondekana minwe akaambo kakuti mwakandisambala okuno; nkaambo Leza wakandituma kumbele lyanu kutegwa ndifwutule maumi aabantu.+ 6 Ooyu mwaka wabili wanzala munyika,+ alimwi kucili myaka iimbi iili musanu nokutanooli kulima naa kutebula. 7 Pele Leza wakandituma kumbele lyanu kutegwa bamwi banu bacaale+ anyika akupa kuti muzumanane kupona kwiinda mulufwutuko lupati. 8 Aboobo tamuli ndinywe mwakandituma okuno pe, pele ngu Leza mwini-mwini, kutegwa andisale kuba silutwe wabasikulaya* Farao amwami waŋanda yakwe yoonse alimwi amweendelezi wacisi coonse ca Egepita.+
9 Amupiluke cakufwambaana kuli taata, mukamwaambile kuti, ‘Mboobu mbwaamba mwanaako Josefa: “Leza wandibikka kuba mwami wacisi ca Egepita coonse.+ Boola kulindime. Utamuki pe.+ 10 Uzookkale munyika ya Goseni,+ kuti uzoobe afwaafwi andime–yebo, bana bako, bazyukulu bako, matanga aako, ŋombe zyako alimwi azintu zyoonse nzyojisi. 11 Ndinookupa zyakulya ooko, nkaambo kucili myaka yanzala iili musanu.+ Buyo-buyo yebo abamuŋanda yako muyoocetaala, azintu zyoonse nzyojisi ziyoomana.”’ 12 Nywebo alimwi amwanookwesu Benjamini mwalibonena ameso aanu kuti masimpe ndime ndaambaula andinywe.+ 13 Aboobo amukamwaambile taata mbondilemekwa muno mu Egepita alimwi azintu zyoonse nzyomwabona. Lino amufwambaane mukamulete taata okuno.”
14 Mpoonya wakakumbata* munyina Benjamini akutalika kulila, awalo Benjamini wakatalika kulila kabakumbatene.+ 15 Alimwi wakabamyonta banabokwabo boonse kumwi kalila, kumane banabokwabo bakabandika anguwe.
16 Makani akamvwugwa kuŋanda ya Farao kuti: “Banabokwabo Josefa baboola!” Makani aaya akamubotela Farao ababelesi bakwe. 17 Aboobo Farao wakati kuli Josefa: “Kobaambila banabokwanu kuti, ‘Amucite boobu: Amubikke mikuli yanu ambongolo muunke kunyika ya Kanana, 18 alimwi mukamubweze uso abamumaanda aanu mpoonya mukaboole kuno. Ndiyoomupa zintu zibotu zyamucisi ca Egepita, muyoolya zyakulya zinono* zyamunyika mbotu.’+ 19 Alimwi ndakulailila kuti ubaambile kuti:+ ‘Amucite boobu: Amubweze ŋola+ mucisi ca Egepita kutegwa mukabelesye kunyamwida bana abamakaintu banu alimwi muŋola imwi mukanyamwide uso akuboola kokuno.+ 20 Mutalibiliki kujatikizya zintu nzyomujisi+ nkaambo zibotu zyoonse zyamucisi ca Egepita ziyooba zyanu.’”
21 Bana ba Israyeli bakacita mbweena mbobakalaililwa, alimwi Josefa wakabapa ŋola kweelana amalailile aa Farao, alimwi wakabapa azyakulya zyamulweendo. 22 Umwi aumwi wakamupa cisani cipya comwe, pele Benjamini wakamupa mali aansiliva aali 300 azisani zipya zili musanu.+ 23 Alimwi bausyi wakabatumina zintu eezyi: mbongolo zili 10 zyakanyamwide zintu zibotu zyamu Egepita alimwi ambongolo zizyazi zili 10 zyakanyamwide maila azinkwa alimwi azyakulya zimbi zyabausyi zyamulweendo. 24 Aboobo wakalayana abanabokwabo, eelyo nobakali kuunka wakati kulimbabo: “Mutatondekani minwe munzila.”+
25 Mpoonya bakanyamuka kuzwa mu Egepita, eelyo nokwakainda ciindi bakasika munyika ya Kanana kuli Jakobo usyi. 26 Mpoonya bakamulwiida kuti: “Josefa ucipona, alimwi ngomweendelezi mucisi coonse ca Egepita!”+ Pele walo tiiwakamuzwa moyo, nkaambo tanaakabasyoma pe.+ 27 Nobakali kumulwiida makani woonse ngaakabaambila Josefa alimwi naakabona aŋola zyoonse nzyaakatuma Josefa kuti zimubweze, moyo wa Jakobo wakabukuluka. 28 Mpoonya Israyeli wakati: “Mbubo lino ndasyoma! Josefa mwanaangu ucipona! Ndeelede kuunka kuyoomubona kanditanafwa!”+