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31 ¹UYakobi weva oonyana bakaLabhan besithi: “UYakobi uthabathe konke ubenako ubawo wethu; kuloo mpahla yayingekabawo wethu wenze obu butyebi.” ²Waza uYakobi wabubona ubuso bukaLabhan, babungasekho kuye njengakuqala.

³Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuYakobi: “Buyela ezweni looyihlo nakwizalamane zakho; ndiya kuba nawe.”

⁴Wathumela ke uYakobi, wabiza uRaheli noLeya ukuba beze edlelweni, emhlambini wakhe. ⁵Wathi kubo: “Ndiyabona ubuso bukayihlo bungasekho kum njengakuqala, kodwa uThixo kabawo uhlale enam. ⁶Niyazi ukuba ndimkhonzile uyihlo ngamandla am onke. ⁷Uyihlo undiqhathile, waguqula umvuzo wam izihlandlo ezilishumi, kodwa uBawo wethu akamvumelanga ukuba andenzakalise. ⁸Ukuba wayesithi: ‘Umvuzo wakho ngamaxhwele,’ wonke umhlambi wazala amaxhwele; ukuba wayesithi: ‘Umvuzo wakho ngawo anemigca,’ wonke umhlambi wazala anemigca. ⁹Ngoko ke uBawo wethu uyithabathile imfuyo kayihlo wayinika mna. ¹⁰Kwathi ngexesha lokukhwelana komhlambi, ndaphakamisa amehlo am ephupheni, ndabona iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezazikhwela zinemigca, zinamaxhwele, zinamachokoza. ¹¹Isithunywa sikaBawo sathi kum ephupheni: ‘Yakobi,’ ndaza ndathi: ‘Ndilapha.’ ¹²Sathi: ‘Phakamisa amehlo akho ubone: zonke iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezikhwela umhlambi zinemigca, zinamachokoza, zinamaxhwele—kuba ndikubonile konke oku akwenzayo uLabhan kuwe. ¹³NdinguBawo waseBheteli, apho wathambisa khona intsika waza wenza isibhambathiso kum. Ngoku suka, uphume kweli lizwe, ubuyele ezweni lakowenu.’”

¹⁴Baphendula uRaheli noLeya bathi: “Ngaba sisenesabelo na, nelifa, endlwini kabawo? ¹⁵Akasibaleli njengabasemzini na? Usithengisile, kananjalo uyidlile tu nemali yethu. ¹⁶Bonke ubutyebi uBawo wethu abuthabathileyo kuLabhan bobethu nobabantwana bethu. Ngoku yenza konke uBawo wethu akuxelele kona.”

¹⁷Wesuka ke uYakobi, wabakhwelisa oonyana bakhe nabafazi bakhe eenkameleni. ¹⁸Wayithabatha yonke imfuyo yakhe nayo yonke impahla yakhe awayeyifumene, imfuyo awayeyizuzile ePadan-aram, ukuze aye kuyise u-Isake ezweni laseKanan. ¹⁹Wayehambile uLabhan ukuya kucheba izimvu zakhe, waza uRaheli weba izithixo zasendlwini kayise. ²⁰UYakobi wamkhohlisa uLabhan umAram ngokungamxeleli ukuba uyabaleka. ²¹Wabaleka nako konke abenako, wesuka, wawela umlambo iEfrati, wabhekisa ubuso bakhe kwelentaba laseGiliyadi.

ULabhan uyasukela

²²Ngomhla wesithathu waxelelwa uLabhan ukuba uYakobi ubalekile. ²³Wathabatha izalamane zakhe, wamsukela iintsuku ezisixhenxe, waza wamfumana kwelentaba laseGiliyadi.

²⁴Kodwa uBawo wethu weza kuLabhan umAram ephupheni ebusuku, wathi: “Lumka ungathethi noYakobi, nokuba kokulungileyo nokuba kokubi.”

²⁵Wamfumana uLabhan uYakobi. UYakobi wayemise intente yakhe kweleentaba; uLabhan nezalamane zakhe bamisa ngakuye kweleentaba laseGiliyadi. ²⁶Wathi uLabhan kuYakobi: “Wenze ntoni na? Undikhohlisile, iintombi zam waziqhuba njengabathinjwa bemfazwe. ²⁷Yini na ukuba ubaleke ngasese undikhohlise, ungandixeleli? Ngendikundulule ngovuyo, ngeengoma, ngeengqongqo, nangohadi. ²⁸Yini na ukuba ungandivumelanga ndibaange oonyana bam neentombi zam ndivalelisa? Ngoku wenze ngobudenge.

²⁹Ndinawo amandla okukwenzakalisa, kodwa uThixo kayihlo undixelele phezolo wathi: ‘Zilumkele—ungathethi nto noYakobi, nokuba kokulungileyo nokuba kokubi.’

³⁰Ngoku uhambile ngokwenene kuba ubukhumbule kakhulu indlu kayihlo—kungoko yini na ukuba uzibe izithixo zam?”

³¹Waphendula uYakobi kuLabhan wathi: “Bendisoyika, kuba bendicinga ukuba uya kuzihlutha kum iintombi zakho. ³²Lowo umfumana enezithixo zakho makafe. Phawula oko kukokwakho phambi kwezalamane zethu, ukuthabathe.” UYakobi wayengazi ukuba uRaheli uzibile.

³³ULabhan waphenya ententeni kaYakobi, nasententeni kaLeya, nasententeni yabakhonzazana bobabini, akafumana nto, waphuma kwekaLeya, wangena ententeni kaRaheli. ³⁴URaheli wayezithabathile izithixo zasendlwini, wazifaka esihlalweni senkamela, wahlala phezu kwazo. ULabhan waphenya yonke intente kodwa akafumana nto. ³⁵Wathi kuyise: “Musa ukuqumba, nkosi yam—andikwazi ukusukuma phambi kwakho; kuba ndisexesheni lam labafazi.” Waphenya kodwa akaze azifumane izithixo zasendlwini.

³⁶Waqumba uYakobi, waxabana noLabhan. Waphendula uYakobi kuLabhan wathi: “Sisiphi isono sam? Luphi ulwaphulo-mthetho lwam, le nto undisukele ngolu hlobo? ³⁷Uyiphenyile yonke impahla yam—ufumene ntoni na kwezasendlwini yakho? Yibeke apha phambi kwezalamane zam nezakho; mazigwebe phakathi kwethu sobabini.

³⁸Iminyaka engamashumi amabini ndinawe: iimazi zezimvu zakho neebhokhwe zakho azikhange ziphunze, kwaye andizange ndizidle iinkunzi zezimvu zomhlambi wakho. ³⁹Izilwanyana ezaqwengiweyo andizange ndizise kuwe; ilahleko ndayithwala ngokwam. Wawuyibiza esandleni sam, into ebiwe emini, nebiwe ebusuku. ⁴⁰Ndaba njalo: emini ndatshiswa bubushushu, ebusuku ndagqunyezwa yingqele, nobuthongo bemka emehlweni am. ⁴¹Iminyaka engamashumi amabini endlwini yakho—elishumi elinesine ndikhonzela iintombi zakho zombini, emithandathu ndikhonzela umhlambi wakho—waza waguqula umvuzo wam izihlandlo ezilishumi. ⁴²Ukuba uThixo kabawo, uThixo ka-Abraham, noMoyiko ka-Isake ebengekho nam, inene ngewundindulule ndilambatha ngoku. UBawo wethu uyibonile inkxwaleko yam nomsebenzi wezandla zam, waza wakulumkisa phezolo.” ^a a v42 “UMoyiko ka-Isake” ligama elikhethekileyo likaYakobi akhankanya ngalo uBawo wethu—uThixo awayemhlonela ngoloyiko olunzulu lomnqophiso uyise u-Isake. Ukubiza uBawo ngolu hlobo kukumbiza ngamehlo onyana othembekileyo.

⁴³Waphendula uLabhan kuYakobi wathi: “Iintombi zezam, abantwana ngabam, imihlambi yeyam—konke okubonayo kokwam. Kodwa ndingenza ntoni namhlanje ngeentombi zam, okanye ngabantwana abazizeleyo? ⁴⁴Yiza, masenze umnqophiso, mna nawe; mawube lingqina phakathi kwam nawe.”

⁴⁵Wathabatha ilitye ke uYakobi, walimisa laba yintsika. ⁴⁶Wathi uYakobi kwizalamane zakhe: “Qokelelani amatye.” Bawathabatha amatye, benza imfumba, badla khona ngasemfumbeni. ⁴⁷ULabhan wayibiza ngokuba yiJegar-sahaduta, kodwa uYakobi wayibiza ngokuba yiGaleyedi. ⁴⁸Wathi uLabhan: “Le mfumba lingqina phakathi kwam nawe namhlanje.” Ngenxa yoko wayithiya ngokuba yiGaleyedi, ⁴⁹nangokuba yiMizpa, kuba wathi: “UThixo makalinde phakathi kwam nawe xa sahlukene. ⁵⁰Ukuba uthe waziphatha kakubi iintombi zam, okanye wazeka abanye abafazi ngaphezu kwazo, nangona kungekho mntu wumbi apha, uThixo ulingqina phakathi kwam nawe.” ⁵¹Wathi uLabhan kuYakobi: “Khangela le mfumba nale ntsika ndiyimise phakathi kwam nawe. ⁵²Le mfumba ingqina, le ntsika ingqina: andiyi kuyigqitha le mfumba ndize kuwe, nawe awuyi kuyigqitha le mfumba nale ntsika uze kum, ngenjongo yokwenzakalisa. ⁵³UThixo ka-Abraham noThixo kaNahore, uThixo kayise wabo, makagwebe phakathi kwethu.” Waza uYakobi wafunga ngoMoyiko kayise u-Isake. ⁵⁴Wenza idini uYakobi phezu kwentaba, wabiza izalamane zakhe ukuba zidle isonka; zadla isonka zaza zalala entabeni. ⁵⁵Wavuka kusasa uLabhan, wabaanga abazukulwana bakhe neentombi zakhe, wabasikelela, wemka, wabuyela ekhaya.