UJosefa omunye wabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, enendaba ebonisa uthando lweqiniso. Ungacabanga ukuthi abafowabo bayithengisa? Lena yi- Indaba kaJosefa, insizwa okwathi nakuba idayiswa, ayizange iyeke ukuthanda umkhaya wayo
Indaba kaJosefa
Indaba kaJosé ithakazelisa ngempela. Wayeyinsizwa eyasuka ekubeni yisigqila yaba undunankulu wesinye sezizwe ezibaluleke kakhulu. UJosefa uyindodana yeshumi nanye kaJakobe noRaheli.
Lapho uJakobe noRaheli bekhulelwa uJosefa, uJakobe wayesemdala kakade, ngakho wayenobuhlobo obuhlukile noJosefa kunabo bonke abanye abantwana bakhe. UJosé kusukela esemncane wayenesimilo nokuziphatha okuhle. Wayifeza imisebenzi yakhe futhi waxwayisa uyise ngezinyathelo ezimbi abafowabo ababedlula kuzo.
UGenesise 37:3
3 U-Israyeli wamthanda uJosefa ngaphezu kwawo wonke amadodana akhe, ngokuba wamthola esemdala; wamenzela ibhantshi elinemibala ehlukahlukene.
Lezi zifanekiselo zothando nothando uJakobe ayenalo ngendodana yakhe zavusa umona nomona kwabanye abafowabo. Ubuhlobo phakathi kukaJosé nabafowabo babuhlale bushubile futhi ukumphatha kwabo kwakubuswa intukuthelo nomhawu.
Endabeni kaJosefa, kwembulwa ukuthi njengoyise uJakobe, wayeyinceku kaNkulunkulu esetshenziswa kakhulu. Ngamaphupho, uJehova wabonisa uJosefa izimo ezazizokwenzeka.
Elinye lala maphupho lembulela uJosefa ukuthi wayezofinyelela isikhundla esibalulekile okwakumelwe ngisho nabafowabo bamlalele, ngoba wayezobabusa. Okwabathukuthelisa nakakhulu futhi kwakwanda ukwenqaba kwabo uJosé.
UGenesise 37: 8-11
8 Abafowabo bamphendula bathi: "Uyakubusa phezu kwethu, noma uyakubusa phezu kwethu na?" Basebemzonda kakhulu ngenxa yamaphupho akhe lamazwi akhe.
9 Wabuye waphupha elinye iphupho, walitshela abafowabo, wathi: “Bhekani, ngiphuphe elinye iphupho; bheka, ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi eziyishumi nanye zingikhothamela.
10 Wabatshela uyise nabafowabo; uyise wamkhuza wathi kuye: Liphupho lini leli oliphuphileyo? Mina nonyoko nabafowenu siyeza ukukukhothamela emhlabathini na?
11 Abafowabo baba nomhawu ngaye, kepha uyise wazindla ngalokho.
Naphezu kothando olukhulu uJakobe ayenalo ngendodana yakhe, wayengaziqondi izinto ezazizokwenzeka. Kungakho lapho esezomtshela elinye lamaphupho akhe, uJakobe wamkhuza, ngoba wayengaqondi ukuthi kungani abantwana bakhe, umkakhe uRaheli futhi wayezokhothamela uJosefa.
Nokho, uJakobe wayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke wayembula injongo ethile ngaleliphupho nokuthi incazelo ethile yayifihliwe. Yingakho uJakobe azindla ngala mazwi ukuze aqonde imicabango kaJehova.
Abafowabo bengaboni nje uthando uJakobe ayenalo ngendodana yakhe kodwa bebona indlela uJehova azibonakalise ngayo kuJosefa, bamzonda ngempela uJosefa. Bamakhela uzungu, baze bafisa ukuthi abulawe.
Lesi senzo savinjwa umfowabo uRubén, owenqaba ukuchitha igazi lomfowabo.
UGenesise 37: 20-22
20 Ngakho-ke wozani siyibulale, siyiphonse emgodini, sithi: 'Kudliwe isilo esibi; futhi sizobona ukuthi ayoba yini amaphupho abo.
21 Lapho uRubeni ekuzwa lokho, wamkhulula esandleni sakhe, wathi: "Masingambulali."
22 Wayesethi uRubeni kubo: “Ningachithi gazi; yiphonse kulo mgodi osehlane, ningabeki isandla kuwo; ngokuba emkhululile esandleni sakhe ukuba abuyele kuyise.
Lokhu kusikhombisa ukuthi intukuthelo, umona kanye nenzondo kungasiphuphuthekisa kanjani ukuze senze izenzo zobudlova, ngisho nakubantu esibathandayo.
Abazalwane badayisa uJosé
U-Israyeli, owaziwa nangokuthi uJakobe, uthumela indodana yakhe ukuba iyobheka abafowabo ababeluse izimvu futhi wayicela ukuba imtshele ukuthi amadodana akhe nezimvu ayenjani lapho ebuya.
UJosé wayengazi ukuthi ngalolo suku abafowabo babemenzele uzungu lokufa, ngakho ngaphandle kokungabaza futhi ngaphandle kokwesaba, wahamba wayogcwalisa lokho uyise ayekuphathise khona.
Lapho abafowabo bebona ukuthi uJosé wayesondela, babuyela komunye nomunye ukuze babulale nakanjani ukuphila komfowabo omncane. URubén waphinde wesaba futhi wacela abafowabo ukuba bamphonsa emgodini, kuyilapho besanquma ukuthi bazokwenzani ngaye.
UGenesise 37:247
24 bamthatha bamphonsa emgodini; kodwa umthombo wawungenalutho, kungekho manzi kuwo.
Lapho sebekwazi ukumbamba uJosefa futhi bamphonsa emgodini, baqala ukucabanga ngesiphetho somfowabo. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwafika umahamba-nendlwana ovela eGibhithe, uthenga izigqila, ezazisesimweni esiphelele sokusebenzela uFaro.
Abafowabo ngaphandle kokungabaza, baqonda ukuthi kwakuyithuba elihle lokususa uJosé, ngaphandle kokumbulala. Ngakho bamthengisa kwabaseGibhithe ukuze abe yisigqila sikaFaro.
UGenesise 37:28
28 Lapho abathengisi bakwaMidiyani bedlula, bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bamkhuphula, bathengisa ngaye kuma-Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili zesiliva. Basebemthatha uJosefa bamyisa eGibhithe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, babetshela uyise ukuthi uJosé udliwe izilwane zasendle, ukuze angayi kofuna uJosé futhi kanjalo azuze lokho ababekulangazelela, ukuphila ngaphandle komfowabo omncane.
UGenesise 37: 33-34
33 Wamazi, wathi: “Yingubo yendodana yami; isilo esibi samudla; UJosefa udwenguliwe.
34 UJakobe waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wembatha indwangu yamasaka okhalweni lwakhe, walilela indodana yakhe izinsuku eziningi.
Indaba kaJosefa isibonisa indlela abafowabo bakaJosefa abavumela ngayo imizwelo yabo ukubabusa, ngaphandle kokucabanga ngempela ngemiphumela yezenzo zabo. Ngempela uJosé kwakungafanele asolwe ngothando uyise ayenalo ngaye. Futhi wayengeyena obangela izimo zengqondo ezimbi abafowabo ababenazo nsuku zonke.
Abazange bakutshele icebo elimangalisayo uJehova wamabutho ayenalo ngokuphila kukaJosefa.
UJosefa ufika eGibhithe
UJehova ukuyo yonke indawo futhi wazibona izenzo zabafowabo bakaJosefa ngokumelene naye, ngakho wayehlala enaye, emphelezela futhi emnika umusa wakhe. UJosefa wathengwa nguPotifari, induna yabalindi bakaFaro.
UGenesise 39: 2-3
2 Kepha uJehova wayenaye uJosefa, waba ngumuntu onenhlanhla; wayesendlini yenkosi yakhe umGibhithe.
3 Inkosi yakhe yabona ukuthi uJehova unaye nokuthi konke akwenzayo uJehova wakuphumelelisa esandleni sakhe.
Uthatha uJosé emzini wakhe ukuze abe umphakeli wakhe. Phakathi nokuhlala kwakhe endlini kakaputeni, uJosé wazuza ukwazisa kwenkosi yakhe. Lokhu ngomusa kaJehova owabusisa imisebenzi yezandla zakhe.
UmkaPotifari waqala ukufisa uJosefa futhi wamcupha izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ukuze awele ezifisweni ezazimkhanuka. UJosefa wayazi ukuthi wayengeke amkhaphele uPotifari kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke uNkulunkulu kayise, njengoba wayazi ukuthi uma ewela ezinkanuko zalelizwe, umusa kaJehova wawuzosuka kuye masinyane.
Lokhu kwamthukuthelisa kakhulu umkakaputeni waze wanquma ukuqamba amanga kumyeni wakhe, wagcwala ukucasuka okukhulu wathatha isigqila sakhe wasivalela ejele.
José umhumushi wamaphupho
Esinye isambulo endabeni kaJosefa, ngokunganikezeli esonweni nasekulingweni, umusa kaJehova awuzange usuke kuye, yingakho wazuza ukwethenjwa nomusa wenhloko yetilongo, owambeka njengomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphila. bonke ababeboshwe lapho.
Phakathi kweziboshwa kwakunamadoda amabili ayeboshelwe ukuthukuthelisa uFaro. Omunye wabo kwakungumphathi weziphuzo, owaphupha iphupho engaliqondi, wadabuka kakhulu.
Ngakho uJosefa wacela inhloko yezindebe ukuba imtshele iphupho lakhe futhi, ngomusa kaJehova, imchazele lona. Wenza njalo, uJehova wamambulela ingcazelo yaleliphupho. Eyinikeza induna yezindebe, yamcela ukuba imkhumbule lapho uFaro embuyisela emsebenzini wakhe futhi.
Kanye nabo kwakukhona nenduna yababhaki futhi njengenduna yezindebe, waphupha iphupho walitshela uJosefa. Ngokungafani nenduna yenkomishi, iphupho lakhe lamemezela ukuthi uFaro wayezomlengisa.
Ngosuku lwesithathu, amaphupho ababenabo bobabili abaphathi agcwaliseka. Inhloko yababhaki yagwetshwa ukulengiswa futhi ikhanda lezinkomishi labuyiselwa emsebenzini walo, kodwa akazange amkhumbule uJosé njengoba ayecelile.
UJosefa nephupho likaFaro
Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, uFaro waba namaphupho amabili amphazamisa kakhulu, njengoba ayengayiqondi incazelo yawo. Ngakho wathumela ukuba kubizwe bonke izanusi nezanusi esizweni ukuze bachaze amaphupho akhe.
Bahluleka ukuqonda incazelo yabo ngakho uFaro akabanga nakho ukuthula ayekufuna. Inhloko yezindebe, lapho izwa lezi zinto, yakhumbula uJosefa nokuthi walichaza ngokuqiniseka iphupho lakhe nenhloko yababhaki.
Ngalokho akutshela uFaro ngoJosefa futhi lokhu ngokudangala okukhulu wathumela ngokushesha ukuba achaze amaphupho womabili. Njengoba ayebonakala phambi kukaFaro, uJosefa ngomusa nangesibusiso sikaJehova, walizwa iphupho futhi wamnikeza incazelo yeqiniso yalo.
UGenesise 41: 25-28
25 UJosefa wayesemphendula uFaro, wathi: “Iphupho likaFaro yilo uqobo; UNkulunkulu umbonisile uFaro lokho azokwenza.
26 Izinkomo eziyisikhombisa ezinhle zineminyaka eyisikhombisa; futhi ama-spikes amahle ayiminyaka eyisikhombisa: iphupho nguwe.
27 Izinkomo eziyisikhombisa ezondile nezimbi ezikhuphuka emva kwazo ziyiminyaka eyisikhombisa; nezikhwepha eziyisikhombisa ezincane nezibunileyo zomoya wasempumalanga, ziyakuba yiminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala.
28 Yilokhu engikuphendulayo kuFaro. Lokho uNkulunkulu azokwenza, ukubonisile kuFaro.
Ethola umusa emehlweni kaFaro ngencazelo yamaphupho, ngakho wayala ukuba abekwe njengombusi waseGibhithe.
UGenesise 41: 33-36
33 Ngakho-ke uFaro makazitholele indoda ehlakaniphileyo nehlakaniphileyo, ayimise phezu kwezwe laseGibithe.
uJosefa umbusi waseGibithe
UJosé wayengumbusi ogcwele ukuhlakanipha ngenxa yokubonga koPhezukonke futhi wafeza izibopho zakhe ngokucophelela nangokuzinikela. Ngenza izinqumo ezingcono kakhulu futhi nginakekele ipulazi ngalinye kanye nokwelulwa komhlaba, ukuze ngilungiselele ngendlela egculisayo, ngaphambi kweminyaka yesomiso esasizofikela isizwe.
UGenesise 41: 48-49
48 Wabutha konke ukudla kweminyaka eyisikhombisa yenala eyayisezweni laseGibithe;
49 UJosefa wabutha ukolweni njengesihlabathi solwandle, eningi kakhulu, kwaze kwaba yilapho engenakubalwa, ngokuba wayengenasibalo.
Lapho indlala isifikile esizweni saseGibhithe, uJosefa wavula izinqolobane ukuze adayisele umkhaya ngamunye owawulapho ukudla futhi ubhekane nesomiso.
UJosefa uhlangene nabafowabo
Lapho indlala ihlasela zonke izizwe zaseGibhithe, umkhaya kaJosefa wakuthola kudingekile ukuthenga ukudla lapho umfowabo ayekhona, ungazi ukuthi ungumbusi.
Ngokushesha uJosé wababona abafowabo futhi wabaphatha ngokucasuka ngakho konke ababemenze waphila ngaphandle kwesizathu. Njengombusi, wabathumela ejele esolwa ngokuthi bayizinhloli.
Nokho, uJosé akakwazanga ukubamba igqubu isikhathi eside kangako ngoba kwakungeyona imvelo yakhe ukuba njalo, ngakho umphefumulo wakhe wawudabukile futhi wabakhipha ejele, ngaphandle koyedwa. UJosé wathi mabafune umfowabo omncane ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abazona izinhloli.
Kuthe uma bezithola bengakafiki lesi sivivinyo, baqonda ukuthi konke okwenzeka kubo kungenxa yokuthi babenze lobo bubi kumfowabo. Kungakhathaliseki ukunxusa kwakhe nokunxusa, ngaphandle kokucabanga ngalokho uyise ayezohlupheka ngakho.
Abafowabo bafuna uBhenjamini, umfowabo kaJosefa, futhi lapho behlangana naye, uJosefa wamthululela izibusiso ezinkulu.
UGenesise 43:29
29 UJosefa waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona uBenjamini umfowabo, indodana kanina, wathi: “Lo ungumfowenu omncane enakhuluma ngaye kimi na? Wathi: "UNkulunkulu makakuhawukele, ndodana yami."
Kwafika isikhathi lapho uJosé engasakwazi ukufihla ukuthi ungubani ngempela kubafowabo futhi yilapho anquma khona ukubatshela ukuthi wayengubani ngempela. Esinye sezifiso zikaJosé ezinkulu kwakuwukwazi ukuthi uyise usaphila yini.
Esinye sezigijimi esinamandla esisithola endabeni kaJosefa ukuthi lapho eziveza kubafowabo, akazange abahlulele kodwa waqonda ukuthi yonke into yayiyisu likaJehova.
Lapho iGibhithe noFaro bezwa ngakho konke okwenzekile, wathumela abafowabo bakaJosefa ukuba bayobheka uyise ukuze ahlangane nendodana yakhe ngemva kweminyaka emibili.
UJosefa ubona uyise
Njengoba nje babeyaliwe endabeni kaJosefa, abafowabo bahamba bayotshela uyise uJakobe izindaba ezinhle, kodwa akazange azikholelwe zonke izimangaliso amadodana akhe ayebatshele zona.
Aze abone izimoto abezithunyelelwe yindodana yakhe ukuthi zimthathe zimhlangabeze futhi. UJakobe wajabula kakhulu futhi waya eGibhithe ukuze ayobona indodana yakhe uJosefa futhi.
Lapho sebendawonye, bagona bobabili, ekhala, uJakobe waba nomuzwa wokuthi wayengafa ngokuthula ngoba wayesephinde wabubona ubuso bendodana yakhe ayithandayo.
UGenesise 46: 29-30
29 UJosefa wayesebophela inqola yakhe, waya ukumhlangabeza u-Israyeli uyise eGosheni; wazibonakalisa kuye, wawa entanyeni yakhe, wakhala ngasentanyeni yakhe isikhathi eside.
30 U-Israyeli wayesethi kuJosefa: “Mangife manje, lokhu ngibonile ubuso bakho, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi usaphila.
Indaba kaJosefa isembula izifundo ezinkulu okufanele sizicabangele njengamaKristu ezimweni ezisizungezile. Unganqotshwa izinkanuko zalelizwe, yima uqine futhi uthembeke kuJehova ukuze uthole umusa wakhe, ungenzi izinqumo ezisekelwe emizweni futhi yebo qonda ukuthi konke okwenzeka eduze kwethu kungokwenjongo ethile yaphezulu.
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