Eyeziqalo 27 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

27 ¹Kwathi akuba mdala u-Isake, amehlo akhe efiphele engasaboni kakuhle, wabiza uEsawu unyana wakhe omkhulu, wathi kuye: “Nyana wam.” Waphendula wathi: “Ndilapha.”

²Wathi u-Isake: “Khangela—ndimdala; andiwazi umhla wokufa kwam. ³Ngoko ke thabatha izixhobo zakho—umphongolo weentolo nesaphetha—uphume uye endle, undizingelele inyamakazi. ⁴Wandule undenzele ukutya okumnandi endikuthandayo, ukuzise ndidle, ukuze umphefumlo wam ukusikelele ngaphambi kokuba ndife.”

⁵URebheka wayephulaphule ngoxa u-Isake wayethetha nonyana wakhe uEsawu. UEsawu waya endle ukuya kuzingela inyamakazi ayizise. ⁶URebheka wathi kunyana wakhe uYakobi: “Ndimvile uyihlo ethetha nomntakwenu uEsawu, esithi: ⁷‘Ndiziselele inyamakazi, undenzele ukutya okumnandi ndidle, ukuze ndikusikelele phambi koBawo wethu ngaphambi kokuba ndife.’ ⁸Ngoko ke, nyana wam, phulaphula ilizwi lam, wenze kanye oko ndikuxelela kona. ⁹Yiya emhlambini undithabathele amatakane eebhokhwe amabini amahle, ukuze ndenzele uyihlo ukutya okumnandi, kanye njengoko akuthandayo. ¹⁰Wandule ukuse kuyihlo adle, ukuze akusikelele ngaphambi kokuba afe.”

¹¹UYakobi wathi kunina uRebheka: “Khangela, uEsawu umntakwethu yindoda enoboya, mna ndithe tyaba. ¹²Kuthekani ukuba ubawo undiphatha ngezandla? Ndiya kubonakala njengomkhohlisi kuye, ndizizisele isiqalekiso, kungabi yintsikelelo.”

¹³Unina wathi: “Nyana wam, isiqalekiso sakho masize phezu kwam—wena phulaphula nje ilizwi lam: hamba, undizisele wona.”

¹⁴Wahamba ke uYakobi, wawathabatha amatakane, wawazisa kunina, owathi wenza ukutya okumnandi uyise awayekuthanda. ¹⁵URebheka wathabatha ezona zivatho zihle zikaEsawu unyana wakhe omkhulu, awayezigcine naye endlwini, wambathisa uYakobi unyana wakhe omncinci. ¹⁶Wazigquma izandla zakhe nentamo ethe tyaba ngezikhumba zamatakane eebhokhwe. ¹⁷Wandula wanika unyana wakhe uYakobi ukutya okumnandi nesonka awayesibhakile.

¹⁸UYakobi weza kuyise wathi: “Bawo.” Wathi yena: “Ndilapha. Ungubani na, nyana wam?”

¹⁹UYakobi wathi kuyise: “Ndim uEsawu, izibulo lakho. Ndenze njengoko undixelele. Khawuvuke uhlale phantsi, udle inyamakazi yam, ukuze umphefumlo wakho undisikelele.”

²⁰U-Isake wabuza unyana wakhe: “Uyifumene njani msinyane kangaka, nyana wam?” Wathi yena: “Kungenxa yokuba uBawo wakho undenze ndaphumelela.”

²¹U-Isake wathi kuYakobi: “Khawusondele, nyana wam, ukuze ndikuphathe ngezandla, ndazi ukuba unguEsawu unyana wam ngenene, kusini na.”

²²UYakobi wasondela kuyise u-Isake, wamphatha ngezandla wathi: “Ilizwi lilizwi likaYakobi, kodwa izandla zizandla zikaEsawu.” ²³U-Isake akazange amqonde, kuba izandla zikaYakobi zazinoboya njengezandla zomntakwabo uEsawu, ngoko u-Isake wamsikelela. ²⁴Wabuza: “Unguye ngenene unyana wam uEsawu?” Wathi: “Ndinguye.”

²⁵Wathi u-Isake: “Ndisondezele inyamakazi yonyana wam, ukuze umphefumlo wam ukusikelele.” UYakobi wamsondezela, wadla; wamphathela iwayini, wasela.

²⁶Wandula uyise u-Isake wathi kuye: “Sondela, nyana wam, undange.” ²⁷Wasondela ke uYakobi, wamanga. U-Isake wayiva ivumba lezivatho zakhe, wamsikelela, wathi: “Khangela—ivumba lonyana wam linjengevumba lentsimi eyisikelele uBawo wethu. ²⁸UBawo wethu makakuphe umbethe wasezulwini nobutyebi bomhlaba, nenala yengqolowa newayini entsha. ²⁹Izizwe mazikukhonze, iintlanga ziguqe phambi kwakho. Lawula abantakwenu, oonyana bakanyoko baguqe phambi kwakho. Maqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo, basikelelwe bonke abakusikelelayo.”

³⁰Kwathi kwakugqiba u-Isake ukumsikelela uYakobi, uYakobi esandula ukumka ebusweni bukayise u-Isake, umntakwabo uEsawu wabuya ekuzingeleni. ³¹Naye wenza ukutya okumnandi, wakuzisa kuyise, wathi kuyise: “Ubawo makavuke adle inyamakazi yonyana wakhe, ukuze umphefumlo wakho undisikelele.”

³²Uyise u-Isake wambuza: “Ungubani na?” Wathi: “Ndingunyana wakho, izibulo lakho, uEsawu.”

³³U-Isake wangcangcazela kakhulu, wathi: “Ngubani na ke lo uzingele inyamakazi wayizisa kum? Ndiyidlile yonke ungekafiki, ndamsikelela—ewe, uya kusikelelwa!”

³⁴Uthe uEsawu akuweva amazwi kayise, wakhala ngelizwi elikhulu nelikrakra kunene, wathi kuyise: “Ndisikelele nam, bawo!”

³⁵Wathi u-Isake: “Umntakwenu uze ngenkohliso, wayithabatha intsikelelo yakho.”

³⁶Wathi uEsawu: “Akabizwa ngokufanelekileyo na ngokuba nguYakobi? Undiqhathe kabini: wathabatha ubuzibulo bam, ngoku uthabathe nentsikelelo yam.” Wandula wabuza: “Akundigcinelanga na intsikelelo?”

³⁷U-Isake waphendula uEsawu wathi: “Khangela, ndimenze inkosi phezu kwakho, ndamnika bonke abantakwabo ukuba babe ngabakhonzi, ndamxhasa ngengqolowa newayini entsha. Ndingakwenzela ntoni na ke ngoku, nyana wam?”

³⁸UEsawu wathi kuyise: “Unantsikelelo-nye kuphela na, bawo? Ndisikelele nam, bawo!” UEsawu wakhala kakhulu.

³⁹Wandula uyise u-Isake wamphendula wathi: “Khangela—indawo yakho yokuhlala iya kuba kude nobutyebi bomhlaba, nakude nombethe wasezulwini ngaphezulu. ⁴⁰Uya kuphila ngekrele lakho, ukhonze umntakwenu. Kodwa xa usuka ungabi nakuzinza, uya kuliqhawula idyokhwe yakhe entanyeni yakho.”

⁴¹UEsawu wamgcinela inzondo uYakobi ngenxa yentsikelelo awayinikwa nguyise, wathi entliziyweni yakhe: “Imihla yokuzila kukabawo isondele; ndandule ndibulale umntakwethu uYakobi.”

⁴²Wathi uRebheka akuxelelwa amazwi kaEsawu unyana wakhe omkhulu, wathuma wabiza uYakobi unyana wakhe omncinci, wathi kuye: “Umntakwenu uEsawu uzithuthuzela ngawe—uceba ukukubulala. ⁴³Ngoko ke, nyana wam, phulaphula ilizwi lam: suka ubaleke uye kumntakwethu uLabhan eHaran. ⁴⁴Uhlale naye okwethutyana—ide iphele ingqumbo yomntakwenu, ⁴⁵ide ibuye kuwe ingqumbo yomntakwenu, alibale noko wakwenzayo kuye. Ndandule ndithumele ndikubuyise uvela khona. Yini na ukuba ndiphulukane nani nobabini ngamini-nye?”

⁴⁶URebheka wathi ku-Isake: “Ndibudimazelwe bubomi bam ngenxa yala mabhinqa amaHiti. Ukuba uYakobi uthabatha umfazi kwiintombi zakwaHeti, kweli lizwe, ndihlalelani na ukuphila?”