1 Josef okwa kutha aamwahe yatano e ta yi nayo komukwaniilwa nokwa ti: “Tate naamwameme oye zi kuKaanan niimuna yawo naayihe ye yi na. Ngashingeyi oye li moshikandjo shaGoshen.” 2 Okwa ulukile omukwaniilwa aamwayina mboka yatano. 3 Omukwaniilwa okwe ya pula a ti: “Iilonga yeni oyashike?” Oya yamukula ya ti: “Nkeyama, otse aasita yiimuna ngaashi ootatekulu. 4 Otwe ya, tu kale moshilongo shika oondjendi, oshoka moshilongo shaKaanan omu na ondjala ondhigu nokamu na uunapelo wiimuna yetu. Tu kwatha epitikilo, tu kale moshikandjo shaGoshen.” 5 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti kuJosef: “Ngashingeyi ho naamwanyoko oya thiki. 6 Evi lya Egipiti olyawo. Ya langeka moshikandjo shaGoshen, oshitopolwa oshiwanawa moshilongo. Nongele ope na aalumentwelela mokati kawo, naa ninge aasita yiimuna yandje.”
7 Josef okwe eta he Jakob koshipala shomukwaniilwa. Jakob okwa yambeke omukwaniilwa, 8 omukwaniilwa nokwe mu pula a ti: “Ou na omimvo ngapi?”
9 Jakob okwa yamukula a ti: “Omimvo dhuundjendi wandje ethele nomilongo ndatu. Omimvo ndhika odho omishona nomiwinayi, inadhi fa omimvo dhuundjendi wootatekulu muuwindji.” 10 Jakob okwa laleke omukwaniilwa nuuyamba e ta yi. 11 Josef okwa langeke he naamwahe muEgipiti e te ya pe oshitopolwa oshiwanawa moshilongo popepi noshilando Rameses, ngaashi omukwaniilwa a ti. 12 Josef okwa pe he naamwahe negumbo lyahe alihe iikulya ya yeleka omwaalu gwaanona.
Ondjala
13 Ondjala oya li ya geya moshilongo. Iikulya oya li ya pumba akuhe, nAayegipiti nAakaanana oya nanga kondjala. 14 Sho ya landa iilya, Josef okwa gongele iimaliwa e te yi fala kuuwa. 15 Iimaliwa sho ya pu mo muEgipiti nomuKaanan, Aayegipiti oye ya kuJosef taa ti: “Tu pa iikulya! Ino tu sitha ondjala! Ninga po sha! Iimaliwa yetu ayihe ya pu po.”
16 Josef okwe ya yamukula a ti: “Eteni iimuna yeni; otandi mu pe iilya peha lyiimaliwa ngele oya pwa po.” 17 Oyo noye eta iimuna yawo kuJosef, e te ya pe iilya ya gu uukambe wawo, oonzi, iikombo, oongombe nuusino. Omumvo ngoka okwe ya pe iilya ya landa niinima yawo ayihe.
18 Omumvo gwa landula ko oye ya taa ti: “Tatekulu, sho tu li mpaka, itatu iholeke nando, nokutya iimaliwa yetu niimuna yetu ayihe ya pu po, nena oyoye. Inapa hupa we sha, tu ku pe ando, kakele komalutu getu nomapya getu. 19 Ino tu etha, tu se! Ninga po sha! Ino etha omapya getu ga ninge omaputu! Tu landa po, tu gwe iilya, osho wo omapya getu! Otatu ka ninga aapika yomukwaniilwa, noye ta ningi mwene gwomapya getu. Tu pa iilya, tu kale tu na omwenyo, noombuto tu kune omapya getu!”
20 Josef okwa landa po omapya agehe muEgipiti, ga ninge gomukwaniilwa, Aayegipiti ayehe oya landitha po omapya gawo, oshoka ondjala oya li ya geya; omapya agehe noga ningi eliko lyomukwaniilwa. 21 Josef okwa piki aantu okuza kooha dhaEgipiti sigo okooha oonkwawo. 22 Omapya gaayambi ogo ageke ga hupu ko inaaga landwa po. Inaa landitha po omapya gawo, oshoka oya li haa pewa eziminino lyiilya komukwaniilwa. 23 Josef okwa lombwele aantu ta ti: “Omu wete ko kutya onde mu landa po nomapya geni, nde mu landele omukwaniilwa. Oombuto dhokukuna omapya geni odho ndhika. 24 Pethimbo lyeteyo omu na okupa omukwaniilwa oshititano, ihe oshihupe osheni, mu shi longithe ombuto, okwiipalutha nokupalutha aantu yomomagumbo geni naanona yeni.”
25 Oyo noya yamukula ya ti: “Owa hupitha oomwenyo dhetu; owe tu longele uuwanawa, tatekulu. Otatu ningi aapika yomukwaniilwa.” 26 Josef okwa toto po ompango yomapya gomuEgipiti, nokutya oshititano sheteyo oshomukwaniilwa. Ompango ndjika oyi li po sigo onena. Omapya gaayambi ageke kage shi gomukwaniilwa.
Eindilo lyahugunina lyaJakob
27 Aaisraeli oya kala muEgipiti moshikandjo shaGoshen, moka ya yambapala ye na aanona oyendji. 28 Jakob okwa kala muEgipiti omimvo omulongo naheyali, sigo a gwanitha omimvo ethele nomilongo ne naheyali. 29 Ethimbo sho lya hedha ko, a se, okwi ithana omwana Josef e ta ti kuye: “Tula oshikaha shoye kohi yetundji lyandje e to gana kutya ito fumvike ndje muEgipiti. 30 Onda hala ndi fumvikwe pootate; kutha ndje muEgipiti, u ka fumvike ndje mpoka ya fumvikwa.”
Josef okwa yamukula a ti: “Otii ka ninga, ngaashi to ti.”
31 Jakob okwa ti: “Gana ano kutya osho to ka ninga.” Josef okwa gana, naJakob okwi inyongamene e ta galikana i ikwatelela kombete.
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