2 Josefa wakapanga varanda vake, madhokodheya kuti vaomese muiri wababa ake ngemitombo
kuti usaora, nemadhokodheya akaomesa muiri waIsuraeri;
3 vakapedza mazuva makumi marongomuna kwaari; ngokuti ndiwo mazuva akadaro aidiwa
kuomesa muiri; nevaEgipite vakamuchema mazuva makumi namnomwe.
4 Naapo mazuva okumuchema apera, Josefa wakaereketa kunevemhatso yaFaro echiti, “Kudaizvino ndaona nyasha mukuona kwenyu, ndapota, ereketai mukuzwa kwaFaro mwechiti;
5 ‘Baba angu vakandipikisa vechiti, Wona, ndaa kufa; unozondiika muiba rangu rendakadzitsira
munyika yeKhenani. Ndizvo zvino, ndapota, nditenderei kuti ndiende, ndiike baba angu, neni
ndinozopetukazve''.
6 Faro wakati, “Kwira, uende, uike baba ako, kudai ngezvaakakupikisa''. 7 Ndizvo Josefa wakakwira kooika baba ake. Vakakwira naye varanda veshe vaFaro, vakuru vemhatso yake, nevakuru veshe venyika yeEgipite,
8 nemhatso yeshe yaJosefa, nevana vababa ake, nevemhatso yababa ake. Vega vadoko vavo
nezvifuyo zvavo nemihlambi yavo vakazvisiya munyika yeGosheni.
9 Dzakakwira naye dzeshe ngoro, nevagadhi vemahachi vaiya chiunga chikuru. 10 Naapo vakaguma kumbuwa yaAthadhi, iri ruseri rweJorodhani, vakachema ngechiriro chikurutu. Josefa wakaemesa mazuva manomwe okuchema baba ake.
11 Apo vagari vomunyika iyo, vaKhenani, vakaona kuchema kwaiya pambuwa yaAthadhi, vakati, “Uku kuchema kunosvipisa mwoyo kuvaEgipite.” Ndizvo zina rendau iyo rakaudzwa kuti Abheri- miziraimu, riri ruseri rweJorodhan. 12 Ndizvo vana vake vakaita kuna jakobe kudai ngezvaakavapanga.
13 Vana vake vakamutwara kuenda kunyika yeKhenani, vakamuika mubako romumunda weMakhipera, riri kumabvazuva kweMamure, iro raakatenga Abrahama pamwepo nomunda kubva kunaEfroni muHiti, kuita ndau yokuika.
14 Apedza kuika baba ake, Josefa wakahwirira Egipite nevakoma vake, navo veshe vakakwira naye kooika baba ake. 15 Naapo vakoma vaJosefa vaona kuti baba avo vafa, vakati, “Pamweni Josefa unozotizonda
nokutiunzidzira kushata kweshe kwetakamuitira''.
16 Vakatumira izwi kunaJosefa vechiti, “Baba ako vakatipanga, vasati vafa, vechiti,
17 ‘Munozoronza kudai kunaJosefa: Rekerera zvino, ndapota, kupauka kwevakoma vako
nokushaisha kwavo, ngokuti vakakuitira zvakashata.’ Zvino, tinokupota, rekerera kupauka
kwevaranda vaMwari wababa ako.” Josefa wakachema apo choko purakaguma kwaari.
18 Vana vababa ake vakauya, vakawira pamberi pake; vakati, “Wona, tiri varanda vako''.19 Asi Josefa wakati kwavari, “Musatya! Ndiri pandau yaMwari here?.
20 Imwimwi mwakandirongera zvakashata, asi Mwari wakandirongera kuti zvindinakire, kuitira kuti vanhu vazhinji vaponeswe, kudai ngezviripo nyamashi.
21 Ndizvo zvino musatya; ndinozomupa zvokurya nevadoko venyu.” Wakavaembedzera, akaereketa ngenyasha kwavari. 22 Josefa wakagara Egipite, iye nevemhatso yababa ake; Josefa wakapona makore zana negumi.
23 Josefa wakaona vana vaEfuremu vomubarirwana wechitatu. Wakaonazve, vana vaMakhiri, mwana waManase. Vona vakabarwa pamadoyo aJosefa. 24 Josefa wakati kuvana vababa ake, “Ndaakufa; asi Mwari unozomuhambira, amubudise kubva
munyika muno kuenda kunyika yaakapika ndiyo, kunaAbrahama, kunaIsaka nokunaJakobe''.
25 Josefa wakapikisa vana vaIsuraeri mhiko echiti, “Ngegwinyiso Mwari unozomuhambira, nemwi
munozotwara magodo angu kukwira nawo kubva pano''.
26 Ndizvo Josefa wakafa, aane makore zana negumi vakaomesa muiri wake ngemitombo kuti usaora, naye wakaiswa mubhokisi