Rakele na Leya

Abale awiri akazi asapikisana kubulukira mwa atumiki awo, mwa manduragora na kubala, mbathula mwana onsene dzina mwakubverana na nkhondo yawo na pinthu pidabva Baba wathu. Buluka penepo Yakobe, mbafuna kubwerera kumui, asapusisa Labani thangwi ya mabira a mikhwala na a madonthodontho mbafuma na pifuyo pyamphambvu.

Kapitulu 30.

Pidaona Rakele kuti nkhabe kubalira Yakobe anapiana, iye acitira njiru mulongo wace. Alonga kuna Yakobe: “Ndipaseni anapiana, peno ndinafa!”

Yakobe aipirwa kakamwe na Rakele. Alonga: “Kodi Ine ndiri m'mbuto mwa Baba wathu, ule wakukukhondesani misapo ya m'mimba?”

Alonga: “Ndiye ntumiki wanga Bila. Pitani kuna iye, toera iye andibalire anapiana, na kubulukira mwa iye inembo ndikwanise kumanga banja.” ^a Na tenepo ampasa Bila ntumiki wace toera akhale nkazi, mbagona Yakobe na iye. Bila athukuka mimba mbabalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna. Penepo Rakele alonga: “Baba wathu anditonga; iye abvambo fala yanga mbandipasa mwana wacimuna.” Natenepo ancemera Dani. ^b Bila, ntumiki wa Rakele, athukuka mimba pontho mbabalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna waciwiri. Rakele alonga: “Ndalimbana kakamwe na mulongo wanga, mbandikunda.” Natenepo ancemera Nafatali. ^c

Pidaona Leya kuti aleka kubala anapiana, akwata Zilipa ntumiki wace mbampasa Yakobe toera akhale nkazi. Penepo Zilipa ntumiki wa Leya abalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna. Leya alonga: “Mwaedza!” Natenepo ancemera Gadi. ^d Zilipa ntumiki wa Leya abalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna waciwiri. Leya alonga: “Ndine wakutsandzaya kakamwe! Thangwi akazi anandicemera wakutsandzaya.” Natenepo ancemera Aseri. ^e

Mu ntsiku za kubvuna tirigu, Rubeni abuluka mbagumana manduragora m'munda mbaabweresa kuna mai wace Leya. Penepo Rakele alonga kuna Leya: “Ndaphata miyendo, ndipase manduragora angasi a mwana wako.” ^f

Mbwenye Leya atawira: “Kodi nkhabe kukwana kukwata mamuna wanga? Cincino usafuna kukwatambo manduragora a mwana wanga?” Rakele alonga: “Mbvenye—iye anakwanisa kugona na iwe masiku ano thangwi ya manduragora a mwana wako.”

Yakobe pidabwera iye kubuluka m'munda namasiku, Leya abuluka toera kugumana na iye mbalonga: “Usafunika kugona na ine, thangwi ndakugula na manduragora a mwana wanga.” Natenepo iye agona na iye masiku anewa.

Na Baba wathu ambvera Leya, iye athukuka mimba mbabalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna wacixanu. Leya alonga: “Baba wathu andipasa malipo anga thangwi ndapasa ntumiki wanga kuna mamuna wanga.” Natenepo ancemera Isakari. ^g Leya athukuka mimba pontho mbabalira Yakobe mwana wacimuna wacitanthatu. Penepo Leya alonga: “Baba wathu andipasa muoni wadidi. Cincino mamuna wanga anandilemedza, thangwi ndam'balira ana acimuna matanthatu.” Natenepo ancemera Zebuloni. ^h Buluka penepo abala mwana wacikazi mbancemera Dina.

Penepo Baba wathu akumbuka Rakele; iye ambvera mbafungula mimba yace. Athukuka mimba mbabala mwana wacimuna, mbalonga: “Baba wathu abulusa manyadzo anga.” Ancemera Zuze, mbalonga: “Baba wathu andithimizire mwana unango wacimuna.” ⁱ

Ndilekeni Ndiende Kunyumba

Rakele pidamala iye kubala Zuze, Yakobe alonga kuna Labani: “Ndilekeni ndibwerere kunyumba na kudziko yanga. Ndipaseni akazi anga na anapiana anga, akuti ndakuphatirani basa thangwi ya iwo, mbandilekeni ndiende. Imwe musadziwa basa idandikuphatirani.”

Mbwenye Labani alonga kuna iye: “Ndingagumana nkombo pamaso pako—ndadziwa kubulukira mu kuwombeza kuti Mulungu andipasa nkhombo thangwi ya iwe.” Alonga: “Lerenga malipo ako, ndiye ndinakupasa.”

Yakobe alonga kuna iye: “Imwe mwene musadziwa kuti ndakuphatirani basa tani, na kuti pifuyo pyanu pyakula tani mu kuyang'anirwa kwanga. Thangwi mukhali na pizinji pang'ono ine mbandidzati kubwera, mbwenye pyathimizirika kakamwe; Baba wathu akupasani nkhombo konsene kudandipita ine. Mbwenye cincino, ndinasamalira lini banja yanga ene?”

Abvundza: “Ndikupase ninji?” Yakobe atawira: “Lekani kundipasa cinthu. Mungandicitira cinthu ici cibodzi, ndinabwerera ku kudyesa na kuonera pifuyo pyanu.

Ndilekeni ndipite nkati mwa pifuyo pyanu pyonsene lero, mbandibulusa mabira onsene akuti ali na madontho na mawanga, na ana a bira onsene akuda, na mbuzi zakuti ziri na mawanga na madontho, pyenepi pinakhala malipo anga. Natenepo kulungama kwanga kunandiperekera umboni nduli, mungabwera imwe toera kuona malipo anga. Cifuyo consene cakuti nkhabe mawanga na madontho pakati pa mbuzi, na cakuda pakati pa ana a bira, cingagumanika na ine, cinalengeswa ninga cakuba.”

Labani alonga: “Pyadidi! Mbipikhale ninga mudalonga iwe.”

Ntsiku ineyi Labani abulusa mbuzi zacimuna zakuti zikhali na miseto na mawanga, na mbuzi zacikazi zonsene zakuti zikhali na mawanga na madontho—zonsene zakuti zikhali na cakucena pa manungo—na ana a bira onsene akuda, mbazipereka kuna anace acimuna. Iye aikha mtsinthu wa ulendo wa ntsiku zitatu pakati pa iye na Yakobe, mbadyesa Yakobe pifuyo pyakusala pya Labani.

Penepo Yakobe akwata nthambi ziswa za miti ya popera, amendowa, na purano, mbazisenda toera kucitisa miseto yakucena, mbapangiza cakucena ca mtengo. Aikha nthambi zakusendwa m'mibzele ya madzi patsogolo pa pifuyo—pa mbuto pakuti pikhabwera iwo toera kumwa. Na thangwi ikhabvalana iwo pakubwera toera kumwa, pifuyo pyabvalana patsogolo pa nthambi, natenepo pyabala ana akuti akhali na miseto, mawanga, na madontho. Yakobe agawa ana a bira mbacitisa pifuyo kuyang'ana pifuyo pya miseto na pyonsene pyakuda pya mu pifuyo pya Labani. Akoya pifuyo pyace paokha mbakhonda kupisanganiza na pifuyo pya Labani. Ndzidzi onsene ukhabvalana pifuyo pyamphambvu, Yakobe akhaikha nthambi m'mibzele pamaso pa pifuyo, toera pibvalane pakati pa nthambi, mbwenye pifuyo pyakufewa iye nee akhaziikha penepo tayu. Natenepo pifuyo pyakufewa pyaenda kuna Labani, pyamphambvu pyenda kuna Yakobe. Natenepo mamuna unowu akhala wakupfuma kakamwe, mbakhala na pifuyo pizinji, atumiki acikazi na atumiki acimuna, na ngamera na mabulu.

Pyakulembwa pantsi

^aGenesi 30:3 — Kubala mwana ‘pa maondo’ pikhali pyakucita pyakale pyakutambira mwana — mwana wakuikhwa pa maondo pa mai wakumtambira akhatambirwa mwakubverana na mwambo ninga mwana wace ene.
^bGenesi 30:6 — Dzina Dani yabveka “iye atonga”.
^cGenesi 30:8 — Dzina Nafatali yabveka “kulimbana kwanga”.
^dGenesi 30:11 — Dzina Gadi yabveka “mwaedza”.
^eGenesi 30:13 — Dzina Aseri yabveka “wakutsandzaya” peno “wakusimbwa”.
^fGenesi 30:14 — Manduragora akhali muti ukhanyindirwa kakamwe mu dziko yakale kuti usaphedza kuthukuka mimba — thangwi ineyi Rakele akhafuna kakamwe.
^gGenesi 30:18 — Dzina Isakari yabveka “malipo” peno “nkhombo”.
^hGenesi 30:20 — Dzina Zebuloni yabveka “ulemu”.
ⁱGenesi 30:24 — Dzina Zuze yabveka “mbathimize”.