Nchito 7:1-21

¹Mupayizi mupati wakati, “Makani aya ngakasimpe na?”

²Sitivini wakati, “Nobakwesu anomataata, mundiswilizye: Leza wabulemu wakalibonia kuli taata wesu Abbulahamu kali ku Mesopotamiya, katana kukkala mu Halani;

³wakati kulinguwe, “Longa uzwe munyika yakulindinywe abantu bakulindinywe, mpawo uye kunyika njensikakutondezye.”

⁴Mpawo wakazwa wasiya inyika yaba Kkaludiya akuyokkala ku Halani, kali nkuko oku wisi nakafwa, Leza wakamweeta munyika omuno mumukkede lino.

⁵Takwe nakamupa kuti ibelukono lwakwe pe, nikuba mweenya wakuti alyate kulinjiyo. Pesi wakamusyomezya - kuti uzomupa nyika eyi kuti ibe lukono lwakwe amazyalani akwe, nikuba takalina kuba amwana pe - kuchindi echo mpakati uzomupa nyika eyi mbuli lukono kulinguwe akumazyalani ayotobela nguwe.

⁶Leza wakambula anguwe anzila eyi kuti bana bakwe bayokkala munyika yabwenzu, akuti bana banyika eyo bayobajata buzike akabapenzya kapati kwaminyaka ili myanda iine. Leza wakati,

⁷“Pesi ndiyobeteka musyobo wabantu abo ibayobajata buzike, kuzwa awo bayozwa bazoze omuno bazondikombe mubusena obuno.'

⁸Mpawo Leza wakapa Abbulahamu chizuminano chabupalule, elyo Abbulahamu wakazyala Ayizeki mpawo wamupalula mubuzuba bwamusanu aatatu; Ayizeki wakazyala Jakkobbu, mpawo Jakkobbu wakazyala ibalikkumi ababili.

⁹Lino nkambo kakuti Jozefu, bananyina bakamuchitila ibbivwe bakamuuzya ku Ijiputi, pesi Leza wakali anguwe

¹⁰wakamuvuna kuzwa kumapenzi akwe. Wakapa Jozefu choolwe abusongo kunembo lya Falo, mwami waku Ijiputi, iwakamusala kuba mwendelezi mu Ijiputi aatala lyempuli yakwe.

¹¹“Lino kwakaba bbalanwe, amapenzi mapati mu Ijiputi yoonse amu Kkenani, mpawo bamataata bakabulikilwa chakulya.

¹²Pesi Jakobbu nakamvwa kuti ku Ijiputi kuli chakulya, wakatuma bamataata kulwendo lutanzi.

¹³Mulwendo lwabo lwabili Jozefu wakalitondezya kubakulana baklwe, mpawo wakabazibya kuli Falo.

¹⁴Mpawo wakatuma bakulana bakwe kuti babwede bakaambile wisi kuti aze ku Ijiputi, antomwe abanzubo zyakwe bonse, kabali mweelwe wabantu bali makumi ali musanu aabili abantu bali musanu.

¹⁵Lino Jakobbu wakayinka wakukkala mu Ijiputi wakufwida mumo, welwakwe abamataata.

¹⁶Bakabwezegwa batolwa ku Shekkemu bakubambwa mukabanda ka Abbulahamu nkakawula amuulo wansiliva kuzwa kubana ba Hamoli mu Shekkemu.

¹⁷Lino nichakamba kuzulila chiindi chachisyomezyo nchakali waamba kuli Abbulahamu, bantu bakakomena akuvula mu Ijiputi,

¹⁸lumwi kwaba uumbi mwami wakeendelezya Ijiputi mwami utakwe anchakalizi pe azya Jozefu.

¹⁹Wakeena bantu besu akubamanikizya kuti bazibye kuzyalwa kwabana bacheche kuchitila kuti abajaye.

²⁰Muchiindi nchicho echo Mozesi wakazyalwa wakali kweebeka loko kubusyu bwa Leza, wakalondolwa kwamyezi iitatu mung'anda yawisi.

²¹Eelyo nakagwisigwa aanze, mwana musimbi wa Falo wakamutangila akumukomezya mbuli mwana wakwe mulombe.