Josef nomukulukadhi gwaPotifar
1 Aaismaeli oya fala Josef kuEgipiti e taye mu landa po naPotifar, elenga lyomukwaniilwa, omukuluntu gwaalangeli yuuwa. 2 Omuwa okwa li pamwe naJosef nokwe mu pe elago ewanawa. Okwa kala megumbo lyamwene gwe Omuegipiti, 3 ngoka a mono kutya Omuwa okwa pe Josef elago ewanawa mwaayihe te yi ningi. 4 Potifar okwa li e mu hokwa e te mu ningi elenga lye lyomekolo; osho ngaaka a tula egumbo lye niinima ye ayihe metonatelo lye. 5 Okuza mpoka Omuwa okwa yambeke egumbo lyOmuegipiti omolwaJosef, osho wo ayihe e yi na megumbo nenge komalundu. 6 Potifar okwa gandja ayihe a li e yi na miikaha yaJosef nokwa li kee na we oshimpwiyu shasha, shila okulya akuke.
Josef okwa li omwaanawa a shitika, 7 nokonima yethimbo omukulukadhi gwaPotifar okwa haluka Josef e te mu lombwele ta ti: “Tu lale.” 8 Josef okwa tindi e ta ti: “Tala ko, mwene gwandje ke na oshimpwiyu shasha megumbo muka, oshoka omo ndi li. Okwa ningi ndje omutonateli gwaayihe e yi na. 9 Megumbo muka ondi na mo oonkondo dhi thike pudhe, noina keelela ndje sha shilwe, kakele koye. Ondi longe ngiini uuwinayi u thike mpono, ndi yone kuKalunga?” 10 Nando omukulukadhi a kala ta pula Josef esiku nesiku, Josef ina zimina a lale naye.
11 Ihe esiku limwe Josef sho a yi megumbo, a longe iilonga ye, megumbo kamwa li nando omupiya gumwe. 12 Omukulukadhi okwe mu kwata konguwo ye e ta ti: “Tu lale.” Ihe Josef okwa thigi onguwo ye miikaha ye e ta yi ondapo pondje. 13 Omukulukadhi sho a mono kutya Josef a thigi po onguwo ye e ta yi ondapo pondje, 14 Okwi igidha aapiya ye yomegumbo e ta ti: “Taleni ko nduno! Okahebeli haka ke etwa komusamane gwandje maandjetu, otake tu sitha ohoni. Oke ya mondjugo yandje noka kambadhala okulala nangame, ihe onda kugu onkugo mokule. 15 Sho nda kugu onkugo, oka yi ontuku pondje, ka thigi po onguwo yako pungame.”
16 Omukulukadhi okwa pungula onguwo puye, sigo mwene gwaJosef e ya kegumbo. 17 Okwe mu hokololele wo e ta ti: “Omupika ngoka Omuhebeli we eta huka, okwe ya kungame, a sithe ndje ohoni. 18 Ihe sho nda kugu onkugo, okwa yi ontuku pondje, a thigi po onguwo ye pungame.”
19 Mwene gwaJosef sho u uvu ehokololo lyomukulukadhi gwe ta ti: “Osho omupika gwoye a ningi ndje,” okwa geye noonkondo 20 e ta kwata Josef e te mu tula mondjedhililo moka mu na oonkwatwa dhomukwaniilwa, nomo a kala e edhililwa moka. 21 Ihe Omuwa okwa li naJosef e te mu yambeke, onkee omukuluntu gwondjedhililo okwe mu hokwa. 22 Okwa langeke Josef, a ninge omutonateli gwoonkwatwa adhihe e te mu inekelele iinima ayihe mondjedhililo. 23 Omukuluntu gwondjedhililo ka li we e na oshimpwiyu shasha, oshoka ayihe oya li miikaha yaJosef, nOmuwa okwe mu pe elago ewanawa mwaayihe e yi longo.
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