Isake Aitana Esau
Isake, wakhungu ndipo akukonzekera kufa, atuma Esau kuti akamkonzere chakudya. Rebeka aveka Yakobo zikopa za mbuzi kuti abe dalitso, ndipo Isake alipereka. Palibe dalitso lachiwiri kwa Esau, koma mawu ovuta okha, ndipo Yakobo athawa kuti apulumutse moyo wake.
27 1Pamene Isake anakalamba ndipo maso ake anali ofowoka osatha kuona, anaitana Esau mwana wake wamkulu, nati, “Mwana wanga.” Iye anayankha nati, “Ndili pano.”
2Isake anati, “Taona, ndakalamba; sindidziwa tsiku la imfa yanga. 3Tsopano tenga zida zako—chikwama cha mivi ndi uta—upite kuthengo ukandisakire nyama. 4Kenako undikonzere chakudya chokoma chimene ndimachikonda, ndipo ubwere nacho kuti ndidye, kuti moyo wanga ukudalitse ndisanafe.”
5Rebeka anamvetsera pamene Isake ankayankhula ndi mwana wake Esau. Ndipo Esau anapita kuthengo kukasaka nyama kuti abwere nayo. 6Rebeka anati kwa mwana wake Yakobo, “Ndamva bambo wako akuuza mkulu wako Esau, 7‘Undibweretsere nyama, undikonzere chakudya chokoma kuti ndidye, kuti ndikudalitse pamaso pa Atate wathu ndisanafe.’ 8Tsopano, mwana wanga, mvera mau anga, ndipo uchite monga momwe ndikukuuzira. 9Pita kugulu la ziweto, ukanditengere ana a mbuzi awiri abwino, kuti ndikonzere bambo wako chakudya chokoma, monga momwe amakondera. 10Ndipo utengere bambo wako kuti adye, kuti akudalitse asanafe.”
11Yakobo anati kwa amayi ake Rebeka, “Taonani, Esau mkulu wanga ndi munthu wa ubweya, koma ine ndine wosalala. 12Nanga ngati bambo anga andikhudza? Ndidzaoneka kwa iye ngati wachinyengo, ndipo ndidzadzibweretsera temberero, osati dalitso.”
13Amayi ake anati, “Mwana wanga, temberero lako ligwere pa ine—koma mvera mau anga: pita, ukanditengere.”
14Choncho Yakobo anapita, natenga mbuzizo, nabweretsa kwa amayi ake, ndipo amayi ake anakonza chakudya chokoma chimene bambo ake anachikonda. 15Ndipo Rebeka anatenga zovala zabwino za Esau mwana wake wamkulu, zimene zinali kwa iye m'nyumba, naveka Yakobo mwana wake wamng'ono. 16Anafunditsa manja ake ndi khosi lake losalala ndi zikopa za ana a mbuzi. 17Ndipo anapereka kwa mwana wake Yakobo chakudya chokoma ndi mkate zimene anakonza.
18Yakobo anafika kwa bambo ake, nati, “Bambo anga.” Iye anati, “Ndili pano. Ndiwe ndani, mwana wanga?”
19Yakobo anati kwa bambo ake, “Ine ndine Esau, mwana wanu woyamba kubadwa. Ndachita monga munandiuzira. Chonde dzukani mukhale ndi kudya nyama yanga, kuti moyo wanu undidalitse.”
20Isake anafunsa mwana wake, “Zakutheka bwanji kuzipeza mwachangu chotere, mwana wanga?” Iye anati, “Chifukwa Atate wanu anandithandiza kuti zinditheke.”
21Isake anati kwa Yakobo, “Chonde sendera pafupi, mwana wanga, kuti ndikukhudze, kuti ndidziwe ngati ndiwedi mwana wanga Esau kapena ayi.”
22Yakobo anapita kwa bambo ake Isake, ndipo anamukhudza, nati, “Mau ndi mau a Yakobo, koma manja ndi manja a Esau.” 23Isake sanamuzindikire, chifukwa manja a Yakobo anali a ubweya ngati manja a mkulu wake Esau, choncho Isake anamudalitsa. 24Iye anafunsa, “Kodi ndiwedi mwana wanga Esau?” Ndipo iye anati, “Inde ndine.”
25Isake anati, “Ndipatse nyama ya mwana wanga kuti ndidye, kuti moyo wanga ukudalitse.” Yakobo anamupatsa, ndipo anadya; anamubweretsera vinyo, ndipo anamwa.
26Ndipo bambo ake Isake anati kwa iye, “Sendera pafupi, mwana wanga, ndipo undipsompsone.” 27Choncho Yakobo anasendera pafupi, namupsompsona. Ndipo Isake ananunkhiza fungo la zovala zake, namudalitsa, nati, “Taona—fungo la mwana wanga lili ngati fungo la munda umene Atate wathu waudalitsa. 28Atate wathu akupatse mame a kumwamba ndi kunenepa kwa dziko lapansi, ndi tirigu wochuluka ndi vinyo watsopano. 29Anthu akutumikire iwe, ndipo mitundu ya anthu ikuweramire. Lamulira abale ako, ndipo ana a amayi ako akuweramire. Otembereredwa akhale onse amene akutemberera iwe, ndipo odalitsidwa onse amene akudalitsa iwe.”
30Pamene Isake anatsiriza kudalitsa Yakobo, ndipo Yakobo akungochoka kumene pamaso pa bambo ake Isake, mkulu wake Esau anabwera kuchokera kusaka. 31Iyenso anakonza chakudya chokoma, nachibweretsa kwa bambo ake, nati kwa bambo ake, “Bambo anga adzuke adye nyama ya mwana wake, kuti moyo wanu undidalitse.”
32Bambo ake Isake anamufunsa, “Ndiwe ndani?” Iye anati, “Ine ndine mwana wanu, woyamba kubadwa, Esau.”
33Isake ananjenjemera kwambiri, nati, “Nanga ndani amene anasaka nyama nabwera nayo kwa ine? Ndadya yonse iwe usanabwere, ndipo ndamudalitsa—inde, adzakhala wodalitsidwa!”
34Esau atamva mau a bambo ake, analira mokweza ndi mowawidwa mtima kwambiri, nati kwa bambo ake, “Inenso ndidalitseni, bambo anga!”
35Isake anati, “Mng'ono wako anabwera mwachinyengo, natenga dalitso lako.”
36Esau anati, “Kodi sanamutchule bwino dzina lake kuti Yakobo? Pakuti wandinyenga kawiri: anatenga ukulu wanga wobadwa, ndipo tsopano watenga dalitso langa.” Ndipo anafunsa, “Kodi simunandisungire dalitso?”
37Isake anayankha Esau, nati, “Taona, ndamuyika kukhala mbuye wako, ndamupatsa abale ake onse kuti akhale antchito ake, ndipo ndamuchirikiza ndi tirigu ndi vinyo watsopano. Nanga ndingakuchitire chiyani, mwana wanga?”
38Esau anati kwa bambo ake, “Kodi muli ndi dalitso limodzi lokha, bambo anga? Inenso ndidalitseni, bambo anga!” Ndipo Esau analira mokweza.
39Ndipo bambo ake Isake anamuyankha, nati, “Taona—malo ako okhala adzakhala kutali ndi kunenepa kwa dziko lapansi, ndi kutali ndi mame a kumwamba kumwambako. 40Ndi lupanga lako udzakhala ndi moyo, ndipo udzatumikira mng'ono wako. Koma ukadzakhala wosakhazikika, udzathyola goli lake pa khosi pako.”
41Esau anamusungira mkwiyo Yakobo chifukwa cha dalitso limene bambo ake anamupatsa, ndipo anati mu mtima mwake, “Masiku a kulira maliro a bambo anga ayandikira; pamenepo ndidzapha mng'ono wanga Yakobo.”
42Ndipo Rebeka atauzidwa mau a mwana wake wamkulu Esau, anatumiza kukaitana mwana wake wamng'ono Yakobo, nati kwa iye, “Mkulu wako Esau akudzitonthoza mtima pankhani yako, akufuna kukupha. 43Tsopano, mwana wanga, mvera mau anga: dzuka, uthawire kwa mchimwene wanga Labani ku Harani. 44Ukhale naye kwa kanthawi—mpaka ukali wa mkulu wako utsike, 45mpaka mkwiyo wa mkulu wako uchoke pa iwe, ndipo aiwale zomwe unamuchitira. Pamenepo ndidzatumiza munthu kudzakutenga kuchokera kumeneko. Chifukwa chiyani nditaye nonse awiri pa tsiku limodzi?”
46Rebeka anati kwa Isake, “Ndanyansidwa ndi moyo wanga chifukwa cha akazi a Chihiti awa. Ngati Yakobo adzakwatira mkazi wa ana aakazi a Heti, wa m'dziko lino, nanga ndingakhalirenji ndi moyo?”