Genesis 31 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

31 ¹Yakobo anamva ana a Labani akunena kuti, “Yakobo watenga zonse za atate wathu; kuchokera pa zinthu za atate wathu wapanga chuma chonsechi.” ²Ndipo Yakobo anaona nkhope ya Labani, ndipo sinali pa iye monga poyamba.

³Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa Yakobo, “Bwerera ku dziko la makolo ako ndi ku banja lako; Ine ndidzakhala ndi iwe.”

⁴Chomwecho Yakobo anatuma nawaitana Rakele ndi Leya ku munda, ku gulu lake la ziweto. ⁵Iye anati kwa iwo, “Ndikuona nkhope ya atate wanu kuti sili pa ine monga kale, koma Mulungu wa atate wanga wakhala ndi ine. ⁶Inu mukudziwa kuti ndatumikira atate wanu ndi mphamvu zanga zonse. ⁷Atate wanu anandinyenga, nasintha malipiro anga kakhumi, koma Atate wathu sanamlole kundichitira choipa. ⁸Akanena kuti, ‘Zamawanga ndizo malipiro ako,’ gulu lonse linabala zamawanga; akanena kuti, ‘Zamizere ndizo malipiro ako,’ gulu lonse linabala zamizere. ⁹Choncho Atate wathu wachotsa ziweto za atate wanu nazipereka kwa ine. ¹⁰Ndinakweza maso anga m'maloto pa nyengo yoberekera ya ziweto, ndipo ndinaona atonde amene ankakwera ziwetozo anali amizere, amawanga, ndi amathotho. ¹¹Mthenga wa Atate anati kwa ine m'maloto, ‘Yakobo,’ ndipo ine ndinati, ‘Ine ndili pano.’ ¹²Iye anati, ‘Kweza maso ako uone: atonde onse amene akukwera ziweto ndi amizere, amathotho, amawanga—pakuti ndaona zonse zimene Labani akukuchitira iwe. ¹³Ine ndine Atate wa Beteli, kumene unadzoza chipilala ndi kundilumbirira Ine. Tsopano nyamuka, tuluka m'dziko lino, nubwerere ku dziko la abale ako.’”

¹⁴Rakele ndi Leya anayankha nati, “Kodi tikadali ndi gawo kapena cholowa m'nyumba ya atate wathu? ¹⁵Kodi sakutiona ngati alendo? Anatigulitsa ndipo wadyeratu ndalama zathu zonse. ¹⁶Chuma chonse chimene Atate wathu anachitenga kwa Labani ndi chathu ndi cha ana athu. Tsopano chita zonse zimene Atate wathu wakuuza.”

¹⁷Chomwecho Yakobo ananyamuka, nakweza ana ake ndi akazi ake pa ngamira. ¹⁸Anatenga ziweto zake zonse ndi chuma chake chonse chimene anachipeza, ziweto zimene anazipeza ku Padanaramu, kupita kwa Isake atate wake ku dziko la Kanani. ¹⁹Labani anapita kukameta ubweya wa nkhosa zake, ndipo Rakele anaba milungu ya m'nyumba ya atate wake. ²⁰Ndipo Yakobo anamnyenga Labani Mwaramu posamuuza kuti akuthawa. ²¹Anathawa ndi zonse zimene anali nazo, nanyamuka, nawoloka mtsinje wa Firate, naloza nkhope yake ku dziko lamapiri la Giliyadi.

Labani Athamangitsa Yakobo

²²Pa tsiku lachitatu Labani anauzidwa kuti Yakobo wathawa. ²³Anatenga abale ake, namuthamangitsa masiku asanu ndi awiri, namupeza ku dziko lamapiri la Giliyadi.

²⁴Koma Atate wathu anadza kwa Labani Mwaramu m'maloto a usiku, nati, “Uchenjere kuti usayankhule ndi Yakobo chabwino kapena choipa.”

²⁵Labani anamupeza Yakobo, amene anamanga tenti yake m'mapiri; ndipo Labani ndi abale ake anamanga misasa yawo moyang'anana naye m'mapiri a Giliyadi. ²⁶Labani anati kwa Yakobo, “Wachita chiyani? Wandinyenga ndipo wakusa ana anga aakazi ngati ogwidwa ku nkhondo. ²⁷Chifukwa chiyani unathawa mobisa ndi kundinyenga, osandiuza? Ndikadakutumiza ndi chimwemwe, ndi nyimbo, ndi ng'oma, ndi zeze. ²⁸Chifukwa chiyani sunandilole kuti ndipsompsone ana anga aamuna ndi aakazi potsanzikana? Tsopano wachita zopusa.

²⁹Ndili ndi mphamvu zokuchitira choipa, koma Mulungu wa atate wanu anandiuza dzulo usiku kuti: ‘Udziyang'anire—usayankhule kanthu kwa Yakobo, chabwino kapena choipa.’

³⁰Tsopano wapita ndithu chifukwa unalakalaka kwambiri nyumba ya atate wako—nanga chifukwa chiyani waba milungu yanga?”

³¹Yakobo anayankha Labani nati, “Ndinachita mantha, pakuti ndinaganiza kuti ungalande ana ako aakazi kwa ine. ³²Aliyense amene umupeza naye milungu yako afe. Zindikiritsa chimene ndi chako pamaso pa abale athu, uchitenge.” Yakobo sanadziwe kuti Rakele anaiba milungu ija.

³³Labani analowa mu tenti ya Yakobo, nafufuza, ndi mu tenti ya Leya, ndi mu tenti ya adzakazi awiri aja, koma sanapeze kanthu; natuluka mu tenti ya Leya, nalowa mu tenti ya Rakele. ³⁴Rakele nʼkuti atatenga mafano a m'nyumba, nawayika mu chokhalira cha ngamira, nakhala pamwamba pawo. Labani anafufuza mu tenti yonse koma sanapeze kanthu. ³⁵Iye anati kwa atate wake, “Musandipsere mtima, mbuye wanga—sindingathe kuimirira pamaso panu; pakuti ndili pa msambo wa akazi.” Iye anafufuza koma sanapeze milungu ija.

³⁶Yakobo anapsa mtima, nalimbana ndi Labani. Yakobo anayankha Labani nati, “Kulakwa kwanga nʼchiyani? Tchimo langa nʼchiyani, kuti undithamangitse chotere? ³⁷Wafufuza katundu wanga yonse—wapeza chiyani cha m'nyumba mwako? Chiyike pano pamaso pa abale anga ndi abale ako; aweruze pakati pa ife tonse awiri.

³⁸Zaka makumi awiri ndakhala ndi iwe: nkhosa zako zazikazi ndi mbuzi zako zazikazi sizinapite padera, ndipo sindinadye nkhosa zazimuna za gulu lako. ³⁹Zopseredwa ndi zilombo sindinazibweretse kwa iwe; ine ndekha ndinapirira kuonongeka kwake. Iwe unazifuna kuchokera m'manja mwanga, zoba usana kapena zoba usiku. ⁴⁰Ine ndinakhala motere: masana kutentha kunandiwononga, ndipo usiku kuzizira, ndipo tulo tinandithawa m'maso mwanga. ⁴¹Zaka makumi awiri ndakhala m'nyumba mwako—zaka khumi ndi zinayi ndikutumikira chifukwa cha ana ako aakazi awiri, zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi chifukwa cha ziweto zako—ndipo unasintha malipiro anga kakhumi. ⁴²Mulungu wa atate wanga, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, ndi Woopsa wa Isake akanapanda kukhala ndi ine, ndithu ukadanditumiza wopanda kanthu tsopano. Atate wathu anaona masautso anga ndi ntchito ya manja anga, ndipo anakuchenjeza dzulo usiku.” ^a a v42 “Woopsa wa Isake” ndi dzina lapadera limene Yakobo anatchula nalo Atate wathu — Mulungu amene atate wake Isake anamuopa ndi mantha akuya a pangano. Kutchula Atate m'njira iyi ndiko kumutchula kudzera m'maso mwa mwana wokhulupirika.

⁴³Labani anayankha Yakobo nati, “Ana aakaziwa ndi anga, anawa ndi anga, ziwetozi ndi zanga—zonse zimene ukuona ndi zanga. Koma ndingachite chiyani lero kwa ana anga aakazi, kapena kwa ana amene iwo anabereka? ⁴⁴Tsono bwera, tichite pangano, iwe ndi ine; likhale mboni pakati pa iwe ndi ine.”

⁴⁵Chomwecho Yakobo anatenga mwala, nawuyimika kuti ukhale chipilala. ⁴⁶Yakobo anati kwa abale ake, “Tolani miyala.” Iwo anatola miyala, naunjika mulu, nadya pamenepo mʼmbali mwa mulu. ⁴⁷Labani anawutcha kuti Yegara-sahaduta, koma Yakobo anawutcha kuti Galeedi. ⁴⁸Labani anati, “Mulu uwu ndi mboni pakati pa iwe ndi ine lero.” Nʼchifukwa chake anawutcha dzina lake Galeedi, ⁴⁹ndiponso Mizipa, pakuti anati, “Mulungu aziyang'anira pakati pa ine ndi iwe pamene tidzakhala kutali wina ndi mnzake. ⁵⁰Ngati udzazunza ana anga aakazi kapena kutenga akazi ena kuwonjezera pa iwo, ngakhale palibe munthu pano, Mulungu ndiye mboni pakati pa iwe ndi ine.” ⁵¹Labani anati kwa Yakobo, “Taona mulu uwu ndi chipilala ichi chimene ndayika pakati pa iwe ndi ine. ⁵²Mulu uwu ndi mboni, ndipo chipilala ichi ndi mboni: ine sindidzawoloka mulu uwu kudza kwa iwe, ndipo iwe sudzawoloka mulu uwu ndi chipilala ichi kudza kwa ine, kudzandichitira choipa. ⁵³Mulungu wa Abrahamu ndi Mulungu wa Nahori, Mulungu wa atate wawo, aweruze pakati pathu.” Chomwecho Yakobo analumbira pa Woopsa wa atate wake Isake. ⁵⁴Yakobo anapereka nsembe pa phiri, naitana abale ake kuti adye chakudya; iwo anadya chakudya, nagona pa phiri usiku umenewo. ⁵⁵Labani anadzuka mmamawa, napsompsona adzukulu ake ndi ana ake aakazi, nawadalitsa; kenaka anachoka, nabwerera kwawo.