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39 UJosefa wasethathwa wahanjiswa eGibhithe.+ UmGibhithe okuthiwa nguPhothifa+ owayeyisiphathamandla sikaFaro futhi eyinduna yabalindi wamthenga kuma-Ishmayeli+ ayebuye laye. 2 Kodwa uJehova wayelaye uJosefa.+ Lokhu kwenza ukuthi aphumelele njalo wanikwa isikhundla sokukhangela indlu yenkosi yakhe engumGibhithe. 3 Inkosi yakhe yabona ukuthi uJehova wayelaye lokuthi uJehova wayesenza ukuthi konke ayekwenza kuphumelele.
4 UJosefa waqhubeka ethola umusa enkosini yakhe njalo waba yisisebenzi sayo esithenjiweyo. Ngakho yamkhetha ukuthi akhangele abendlu yayo kanye lokuthi aphathe konke okungokwayo. 5 Yathi isimbeke ukuthi akhangele abendlu yayo lokuthi abe ngumphathi wakho konke eyayilakho, uJehova waseqhubeka ebusisa abendlu yomGibhithe ngenxa kaJosefa futhi uJehova wabusisa konke ayelakho endlini yakhe lasemasimini.+ 6 Ekucineni uPhothifa wabeka konke ayelakho ezandleni zikaJosefa njalo wayengasazihluphi ngalutho ngaphandle kokudla ayekudla. Kanti njalo uJosefa wakhula waba lijaha elihle futhi elilomzimba omuhle.
7 Ngemva kwalokho inkosikazi yenkosi yakhe yaqalisa ukumhawukela uJosefa, yathi kuye: “Lala lami.” 8 Kodwa yena wala wathi kuyo: “Inkosi yami ayizihluphi ngakho konke okusendlini yayo ngoba ngilapha njalo konke okungokwayo ikubeke ezandleni zami. 9 Kakho omkhulu kulami endlini le futhi inkosi yami ayingincitshanga lutho ngaphandle kwakho ngoba wena uyinkosikazi yayo. Manje ngingayenzelani into embi kangaka, ngonele uNkulunkulu?”+
10 Nsuku zonke owesifazana lo wayemncenga uJosefa, kodwa yena kazange avume ukulala laye kumbe ukuthi bake babe bodwa. 11 Ngelinye ilanga uJosefa wangena endlini esiyakwenza imisebenzi yakhe njalo ezinye izisebenzi zazingekho endlini. 12 Owesifazana lo wasembamba ngesembatho sakhe wathi: “Lala lami!” Kodwa uJosefa waphunyuka wabaleka waya phandle, isembatho sakhe sasala esandleni sowesifazana. 13 UmkaPhothifa uthe ebona ukuthi isembatho sikaJosefa sesisele esandleni sakhe lokuthi wayesebaleke waphuma phandle, 14 wasememeza izisebenzi zendlu yakhe wathi kuzo: “Khangelani, umHebheru lo owalethwa ngumkami lapha usefuna ukusenza inhlekisa. Ubuye lapha efuna ukulala lami mina ngahle ngahlaba umkhosi. 15 Uthe engizwa ngihlaba umkhosi ngimemeza wasetshiya isembatho sakhe eceleni kwami wabaleka waphuma phandle.” 16 Ngemva kwalokho umkaPhothifa wabeka isembatho leso eceleni kwakhe, walinda inkosi yakhe yaze yafika endlini.
17 Waseyitshela into efananayo wathi: “Isisebenzi esingumHebheru owasiletha lapha sibuye kimi sifuna ukungenza inhlekisa. 18 Kodwa sithe singizwa ngihlaba umkhosi, ngimemeza satshiya isembatho saso eceleni kwami sabaleka saphuma phandle.” 19 Inkosi yakhe ithe isizwa lokho okwakukhulunywa ngumkayo esithi: “Lokho yikho engikwenziwe yisisebenzi sakho,” yavutha ngolaka. 20 Ngakho inkosi kaJosefa yamthatha yamphosela ejele lapho okwakugcinwa khona izibotshwa zenkosi njalo waqhubeka ekhonapho ejele.+
21 Kodwa uJehova kazange amtshiye uJosefa njalo waqhubeka emtshengisa uthando oluqotho, wenza lokuthi umphathijele abe lomusa kuye.+ 22 Umphathijele wakhetha uJosefa ukuthi akhangele zonke izibotshwa ejele njalo kwasekunguye owayekhangela konke okwakumele kwenziwe yizibotshwa khonapho.+ 23 Umphathijele wayengazihluphi ngokukhangela loba yini eyayisezandleni zikaJosefa ngoba uJehova wayelaye uJosefa njalo uJehova wayesenza ukuthi konke ayekwenza kuphumelele.+