UJosefa ungomunye wamadodana kaJakobe owathengiswa njengesigqila embusweni waseGibhithe futhi ngenxa yezipho uNkulunkulu amnikeza zona, wakwazi ukuba nesikhundla esibalulekile kuFaro. I Indaba kaJosefa ligcwele ukuhlengwa, ukholo, intethelelo nothando ngoNkulunkulu. Yazi kulesi sihloko ngendaba Engcwele nehlonishwayo kaJosefa kanye namaphupho eBhayibhelini Elingcwele, isifinyezo esinemininingwane yabantu abadala kanye nezingane!
Indaba kaJosefa
Lokhu Indaba kaJosefa yezingane Ngokufigqiwe. UJakobe, inzalamizi yamaHeberu wayenabantwana abayishumi nanye nomkakhe uLeya. Nokho, wayefisa ngokujulile ukuba umkakhe uRebheka, owayenenhliziyo yakhe, angaba nomntwana. Ngemva kwesikhathi eside, uRebeka uyakwazi ukukhulelwa indodana abayibiza ngokuthi uJosé.
Wayeyindodana kaJakobe eyintandokazi. Eyokuqala eyokuba yindodana kaLea neyesibili ngokuba uthunjana. UJakobe wanika uJosefa amalungelo amaningi. Kangangokuthi abanye abafowabo baba nomona omkhulu ngaye.
Le mizwa yaveza kubafowabo imizwa engemihle. Umona wabaholela ekubeni bahlele impindiselo eyayizomkhipha endlini yakhe. Indaba kaJosefa eBhayibhelini ingenye yalezo eziye zakhanga i-cinematography ukuyiletha esikrinini esikhulu.
Landisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu:
UGenesise 37:3
3 U-Israyeli wamthanda uJosefa ngaphezu kwawo wonke amadodana akhe, ngokuba wamthola esemdala; wamenzela ibhantshi elinemibala ehlukahlukene.
Indaba kaJosefa isitshela ukuthi lo mfanyana, esemncane, wasetshenziswa uNkulunkulu. UJehova wamnika isipho sokumnika imiyalezo ngamaphupho. Lokhu kwenza abafowabo bagcwala intukuthelo nomona ngomfowabo omncane.
Iphupho lokugcina abambulele lona ukuthi wabona iLanga, iNyangayezulu, uyise nabafowabo bakhothama phambi kwakhe. Ngenxa yalokho uJosé ayebatshele kona, abafowabo bamkhuza futhi uyise wamkhuza ngokuxoxa lezo zindaba.
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.
UJakobe wayeyinzalamizi yesibili yabantu bamaHeberu futhi ngenxa yokukhetha uJosefa, ngolunye usuku wamnika ingubo enombala ewuphawu lokuthi nguye owayezomkhulula ebukhosini. Lesi senzo sakhipha umona ongalawuleki kubafowabo ababehlela ukubulala umfowabo ngelinye ilanga. Kubafowabo, ukuphela komuntu owayengavumelananga nalesi senzo esibi kwakunguRubén, umfowabo omdala.
Abafowabo, bekhathele futhi benomona ngendlela uyise ayethanda ngayo uJosé, banquma ukumbulala. Ngenxa yokungezwani phakathi kukaRubén nabafowabo, banquma ukumphonsa emgodini. Baze bathatha isinqumo sokukhohlisa uyise ukuthi amtshele ukuthi indodana yakhe ibulawe isilo. Njengobufakazi bamanga akhe bazomlethela ingubo enombala enegazi.
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.
Indaba kaJosé noVenta wakhe
Ngolunye usuku oluhle, abafowabo bakaJosefa bahamba bayokwelusa izimvu. uJosefa wabalandela. Into ayengakaze ayicabange umfana ukuthi izihlobo zakhe zase zihlele ukumshiya. Babemphonsa emgodini. Isiphetho sakhe sase sinqunyiwe kakade.
Lapho besacabanga ukuthi bangambulala kanjani uJosefa, kwafika udwendwe lwaseGibhithe oluphethe ukuthenga izigqila. Lona kanye loludwendwe lwaluzoyithengisa le nsizwa endlini kaPotifari, owayekhonza uFaro, ezweni laseGibhithe. Naphezu kwendaba edabukisayo yabafowabo noJosefa, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulawula yonke into.
Le ndaba yayigcina injongo kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, njengamaKristu lapho sibhekene nezimo ezimbi, kumelwe sithandazele ukuba uNkulunkulu asinike ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda ukuze siqonde izinto futhi sizisingathe ngokwentando yakhe.
Genesise 37:27-28:33-34; 36
24 bamthatha bamphonsa emgodini; kodwa umthombo wawungenalutho, kungekho manzi kuwo. 28 Lapho abathengisi bakwaMidiyani bedlula, bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bamkhuphula, bathengisa ngaye kuma-Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili zesiliva. Basebemthatha uJosefa bamyisa eGibhithe.
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.
36 AbakwaMidiyani bathengisa ngaye eGibithe kuPotifari induna kaFaro, induna yabalindi.
Lapho uJosefa esesandleni sikaPotifari, uJehova akamshiyi yedwa uJosefa. Konke ayekuthinta kwakubusiswe uNkulunkulu. UPotifari uyawazisa umsebenzi kaJosefa owethenjwa inkosi yakhe.
Indaba kaJosefa eGibhithe
Indaba kaJosefa eGibhithe iqala lapho ekhethwa uPotifari induna yabalindi bakaFaro ukuba ahlale endlini yakhe, njengoba uJosefa ayethola umusa kaJehova, konke akwenzayo kwaphumelela ngendlela uNkulunkulu kuphela angaphumelela ngayo.
UGenesise 39: 2-3
2 Kepha uJehova wayenaye uJosefa, waba yindoda enenhlanhla; wayesendlini yenkosi yakhe umGibhithe.
3 Inkosi yakhe yabona ukuthi uJehova unaye nokuthi konke akwenzayo uJehova wakuphumelelisa esandleni sakhe.
UPotifari uyawazisa umsebenzi kaJosefa. Ngenxa yezinga lomsebenzi kaJosé nokuthi yonke into ayithintayo iphumelela kanjani, wamnika izihluthulelo zendlu yakhe ukuze abe umphathizitsha wakhe. Ngenxa yalesi senzo sokuthembela kuJehova, wayibusisa yonke indlu kaPotifari. Ngakho-ke, konke uJosefa ayekwenza kwathandeka enkosini yakhe. Kepha umkandunankulu waqala ukubona uJosefa ngamehlo enkanuko, walala nendodana kaJakobe.
UGenesise 39: 6-7
6 Washiya konke okwakho esandleni sikaJosefa, akakhathalelanga lutho ngaphandle kwesinkwa asidlayo. Futhi kwakunguJosefa enobuso obuhle nobukhona obuhle.
7 Kwathi emva kwalokho umkankosi yakhe wambheka uJosefa, wathi: “Lala nami;
UJosefa wayemesaba njalo uJehova futhi wayembonga kakhulu inkosi yakhe, eyayimhlonipha kakhulu. Umfana omncane wayehlale ekhumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu nguye onika izibusiso ezandleni zakhe ukuze konke akwenzayo kuphumelele. Lapho umkaPotifari emkhohlisa, uJosé wamenqaba, echaza ukuthi wayengenakumona kuNkulunkulu wakhe futhi angakhaphela uKaputeni owayemethemba.
Ukulahlwa kukaJosefa kwamthukuthelisa kakhulu umkaPotifari futhi wanquma ukuqamba amanga kuye. Wathi uJosé wazama ukumhlukumeza. Enikezwa lokhu kwaziswa, uPotifari unquma ukuyisa uJosefa ejele.
Genesise 19-20
19 Kwasekusithi inkosi kaJosefa isizwile amazwi umkayo awakhuluma kuyo esithi: Yenze njalo inceku yakho kimi, ulaka lwayo lwavutha.
20 Inkosi yakhe yamthatha uJosefa, yamfaka etilongweni, lapho kwakukhona iziboshwa zenkosi, waba lapho etilongweni.
Indaba kaJosé nenhloko yezinkomishi
Lapho uJosé eboshiwe ngenxa yamanga omkaKaputeni uPotifari, wahlangana namadoda amabili ayekhonze uFaro. Bobabili bavuma kuJosefa ukuthi uFaro wayethukuthele futhi wabaphonsa etilongweni. Enye yalamadoda kwakunguye owayephuza kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esejele uJosé wamphatha ngenhlonipho nangothando.
Ngolunye usuku ekuseni lapho uJosé engena eyophaka iziphuzo, wambona edabukile ngoba wayephuphe futhi wayengaliqondi. UJosefa, njengoba wayenomusa kaJehova, waliqonda iphupho induna yezindebe eyayiliphuphile futhi wamcela ukuba amkhumbule lapho ebuyela kuFaro, njengoba ukuboshwa kwakhe kwakungalungile, kodwa akazange akhumbule.
UGenesise 40: 9-14
9 Induna yabaphathizitsha yamlandisa uJosefa iphupho layo, yathi kuye: “Ngiphuphe ngibona umvini phambi kwami;
10 emvinini amagatsha amathathu; yabonakala ihlumile, yachitha imbali yayo, iza ukuvuthwa amahlukuzo awo.
11 Leyo ndebe kaFaro yayisesandleni sami, ngase ngithatha izithelo zomvini ngazikhamela endebeni kaFaro, futhi nganikela indebe esandleni sikaFaro.
12 UJosefa wathi kuye: "Nansi incazelo yalo: amagatsha amathathu ayizinsuku ezintathu."
13 Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu uFaro uyakuliphakamisa ikhanda lakho, akubuyisele esikhundleni sakho, uyinike uFaro indebe esandleni sakhe, njengalokho wawuvame ukwenza lapho usengumphathizitsha wakhe.
14 Ngikhumbule-ke, lapho usunakho lokho okuhle, ngikuncenga ukuba ungenzele umusa, ukhulume ngami kuFaro, ungikhiphe kule ndlu.
uJosefa nombhaki
Kanye nekhanda leziphuzo, kwakuboshiwe umbhaki, owayenakekelwa uJosé, njengalowo ayevalelwe naye. Umbhaki waba nephupho angakwazi ukulichaza. Azi ukuthi uchaze iphupho kumphathizitsha, wanquma ukumtshela iphupho lakhe. Lapho uJosé ezwa leli phupho, wachaza incazelo yalokho ayefuna ukukusho. Leli kwakuyoba iphupho lesine uJosé alichaza, ababili ekhaya nababili ejele. IZwi likaNkulunkulu lisitshela ngokuningiliziwe iphupho lombhaki. Asibone.
UGenesise 40: 16-19
16 Ibona induna yababhaki ukuthi iyichasisele kahle, yathi kuJosefa: “Ngiphuphe ngibona obhasikidi abathathu abamhlophe ekhanda lami.
17 Eqomeni eliphezulu kwakukhona izibiliboco zikaFaro ngezinhlobo zonke; izinyoni zakudla eqomeni elisekhanda lami.
18 UJosefa waphendula wathi: "Nansi incazelo yabo: Obhasikidi abathathu bayizinsuku ezintathu."
19 Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu uFaro uyakulisusa ikhanda lakho kuwe, akulengise emthini, izinyoni zidle inyama yakho kuwe.
Amaphupho kaFaro
lapho sihlobana Indaba kaJosefa yezingane Kumelwe sigqamise indlela uJehova asebenzisa ngayo amaphupho kaFaro ukuze agcwalise lokho ngolunye usuku eyakwembulela uJosefa.
Konke kwaqala ngobunye ubusuku uFaro elele futhi ephupha amaphupho amabili amphazamisa kakhulu. Akazange aziqonde wabiza izanusi zonke nezanusi ayezazi kodwa akekho owayekwazi ukuzichaza.
Ikhanda lezindebe lilalele ukuhlupheka kukaFaro, lakhumbula uJosefa osemncane owayesejele. Indoda yachazela inkosi yayo amaphupho ayo etilongweni nezincazelo zikaJosé, yona nombhaki wezinkwa, nendlela izincazelo zayo ezazinembile ngayo.
Njengoba uFaro elangazelela ukwazi incazelo yala maphupho, ngokushesha wathumela ukuba kubizwe uJosefa ukuze amchazele ngamunye wemibono ayeyibonile. UJosefa wakhululwa, wagezwa futhi wahlanzwa ukuze avele phambi kukaFaro waseGibhithe. UJosefa wamlalela futhi walichaza ngendlela efanele iphupho ngalinye ngenxa yezibusiso uJehova amthululela zona.
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.
UGenesise 41: 33-36
33 Ngakho-ke uFaro makazitholele indoda ehlakaniphileyo nehlakaniphileyo, ayimise phezu kwezwe laseGibithe.
uJosefa umbusi waseGibithe
Ngenxa yokuhlakanipha uJosefa akubonisa lapho echaza amaphupho, uFaro wamnika isiqu sombusi ukuze anakekele zonke izitshalo zezwe futhi alungiselele iminyaka yesomiso uJehova ayeyimemezele.
UJosefa wabusa ngokuzinikezela nangokuhlakanipha ayekunikwe uJehova futhi lapho kuqala indlala, umuzi ngamunye eduze kwaseGibhithe waphendukela kuJosefa ukuze athenge ukudla, ngoba indlala yayingqongqoza eminyango yawo.
UGenesise 41: 38-39
38 UFaro wathi ezincekwini zakhe: "Singamfumana yini omunye umuntu onje onoMoya kaNkulunkulu na?"
39 UFaro wathi kuJosefa: “Njengokuba uNkulunkulu ekwazisile konke lokhu, akakho oqondayo noma ohlakaniphe njengawe.
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.
UGenesise 41: 55-56
55 Lapho indlala isikhona ezweni lonke laseGibhithe, abantu bakhalela isinkwa kuFaro. UFaro wasesithi kuwo wonke amaGibhithe: Yanini kuJosefa, lenze njengalokhu alitshela khona.
56 Indlala yaba khona ezweni lonke. UJosefa wasevula zonke iziphala ezazikhona, wathengisela amaGibhithe; ngoba indlala yayisikhulile elizweni leGibhithe.
Indaba kaJosé nokuhlangana noyise
Lapho indlala ifika ezweni laseKhanani, abafowabo bakaJosefa baphoqeleka ukuba behle bayothenga ukudla ezweni laseGibhithe. Lapho abafowabo befika, uJosefa wababona futhi wakhuluma kubo ngonya ngalokho ababekwenzile kuye.
Ecasulwe yintukuthelo, unquma ukubavalela ejele, ebasola ngokuthi bayizinhloli. Ngemva kokuba umphefumulo wakhe udabukile, washiya isiboshwa esisodwa kuphela futhi wathumela ezinye endlini kaJakobe. abachazele uyise ukuthi kwenzekeni.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, bahamba befuna umfowabo, befeza izimfuneko zikaJosé, owacela ukuba bathathe umfowabo omncane, ogama lakhe linguBenjamin. Enesifiso sokubona uyise, uJosé uhlela ukushiya umfowabo omncane eboshiwe, azi ukuthi uyise uJakobe wayezofika emfuna.
Icebo laliwukufihla indebe kaJosefa esakeni lokudla uBhenjamini ayezokuphatha. Lapho bephuma ezweni laseGibhithe, esinye sezigqila zikaJosefa sabavimba, sigcwalisa iziyalezo zombusi, sifinyelela umgomo wakhe. Abazalwane bafika bedangele phambi kukayise futhi bachaza ukuthi kwenzekeni.
UJakobe wanquma ukwehlela ezweni laseGibhithe, ngoba akazange awamukele umqondo wokulahlekelwa enye indodana. Ayengacabangi ukuthi uyophinde abone indodana yakhe ayithandayo uJosé.
UGenesise 42:16
16 Thumani omunye wenu amlande umfowenu, nina niyakuhlala niyiziboshwa; uma kungenjalo, phila uFaro abayizinhloli.
UGenesise 42:24
24 UJosefa wayesesuka kubo, wakhala; wabuyela kubo, wakhuluma kubo, wamthabatha uSimeyoni phakathi kwabo, wamfaka etilongweni emehlweni abo.
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."
UGenesise 43:34
34 UJosefa wabathathela izitsha phambi kwakhe; kepha isabelo sikaBenjamini sikhulu ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunesabo bonke. Baphuza, bajabula kanye naye.
UJosefa ubona uyise
Ngemva kwakho konke okwenzekile phakathi kwabafowabo, ubonisa indlela uyise uJakobe ajabula ngayo lapho embona nokuthi wasifeza kanjani isicelo sendodana yakhe sokusuka ezweni laseKhanani futhi ehlele eGibhithe ukuze abe seduze futhi akwazi ukuzondla ngendlela uJosefa ayefuna ngayo. Lapho uFaro ezwa izindaba zokuhlangana kukaJosefa nomndeni wakhe, wajabula, ngoba indodana kaJakobe yayihlonishwa kakhulu kuye.
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.
UGenesise 47: 5-7
5 UFaro wakhuluma kuJosefa, wathi: "Uyihlo nabafowenu beze kuwe;
6 Izwe laseGibithe liphambi kwakho; bahlalise uyihlo nabafowenu ezweni elihle kunawo wonke; hlala ezweni laseGosheni; uma uqonda ukuthi kukhona phakathi kwabo amadoda anamandla, uwabeke abe ngababonisi bezinkomo zami.
7 UJosefa naye wamngenisa uJakobe uyise, wamemisa phambi kukaFaro; uJakobe wambusisa uFaro.
Indaba kaJosefa nezimfundiso zakhe
Le ndaba iqukethe isifundo kubazali. NgokweZwi likaNkulunkulu, kufanele sikhulise abantwana bethu ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu ( IzAga 22:6 ), ngoba lokho kuyobonisa indlela okufanele bayilandele, ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu, njengoba kwenza uJosefa. Imfundiso yesibili eqondiswe kubazali iwukugwema ukubonisa okuthandwa yizingane zabo, ngoba singavusa imizwa, amagqubu phakathi kwezinye izingane ezizolimaza umkhaya ( Efesu 6:4; IzAga 14:30 )
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, indaba kaJosefa isitshela ukuthi kwadingeka adlule kulolu vivinyo ukuze uJehova aphule ukuzikhukhumeza nokuziqhenya. Lezi zici uJosé azibonisa lapho etshela abazalwane iphupho lakhe zazibonisa ukuthi wayenalezi zimo. Nokho, uNkulunkulu wayazi ukuthi uJosefa uyabathanda futhi uNkulunkulu uhlale ebaqondisa abantwana bakhe.
Ekugcineni, isono sabafowabo sasingenakugwenywa. UNkulunkulu akahlekwa. UJehova wayelawula zonke izinto ngakho-ke, imiphumela yesono sakhe yafinyelela endlini kaJakobe ethola amaqhinga abafowabo.
Ekugcineni, ukuthethelela, uthando, nokholo kwakwazi ukupholisa amanxeba emndenini kaJakobe.
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