Eyeziqalo 32 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

32 ¹UYakobi wahamba indlela yakhe, zaza iingelosi zikaBawo wethu zamhlangabeza. ²UYakobi wazibona wathi: “Le yinkampu kaBawo wethu!” Wayithiya loo ndawo igama elinguMahanayim. ^a a v2 UMahanayim uthetha ukuthi “iinkampu ezimbini” — igama uYakobi alinika le ndawo apho wahlangana khona nomkhosi weengelosi zikaBawo wethu.

³UYakobi wathumela abathunywa phambi kwakhe ku-Esawu umkhuluwa wakhe ezweni laseSeyire, ummandla wakwa-Edom.

⁴Wabayalela wathi: “Xelelani inkosi yam u-Esawu nithi: isicaka sakho uYakobi sithi, bendihlala noLabhan, ndaza ndahlala kude kube ngoku. ⁵Ndineenkomo, amaesile, imihlambi, nezicaka—amadoda namabhinqa. Ndithumele ukuze ndazise inkosi yam, ndizuze ubabalo emehlweni akho.” ⁶Abathunywa babuyela kuYakobi besithi: “Siye kumkhuluwa wakho u-Esawu—uyeza kukuhlangabeza, kukho amadoda angama-400 kunye naye.” ⁷UYakobi woyika kakhulu, waxhalaba. Wabahlula abantu ababenaye, kunye nemihlambi, iinkomo, neenkamela, ngeenkampu ezimbini, ⁸ecinga esithi: “Ukuba u-Esawu uthe wafika kwenye inkampu wayihlasela, inkampu eseleyo iya kusinda.” ⁹Wandula ke uYakobi wathi: “Thixo kabawo u-Abraham, Thixo kabawo u-Isake, Bawo wam, wena owathi kum: ‘Buyela ezweni lakho nasekhayeni lakho, ukuze ndikuphathe kakuhle,’ ¹⁰andilufanelanga nelona qabaza lazo zonke iinceba nokunyaniseka okubonakalisileyo kwisicaka sakho, kuba ndayiwela le Yordan ndinentonga yam kuphela, ke ngoku sendiziinkampu ezimbini. ¹¹Ndihlangule, nceda, esandleni somkhuluwa wam, esandleni sika-Esawu—ndiyamoyika: hleze eze andibulale, oomama kunye nabantwana. ¹²Kodwa wena wathi: ‘Inene ndiya kukuphatha kakuhle, ndenze inzala yakho ibe njengentlabathi yolwandle, engenakubalwa ngenxa yobuninzi.’”

¹³Wahlala apho ngobo busuku, waza wathatha isipho somkhuluwa wakhe u-Esawu koko wayenako: ¹⁴iibhokhwe ezimazi ezingama-200 neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezingama-20, iigusha ezimazi ezingama-200 neenkunzi zeegusha ezingama-20, ¹⁵iinkamela ezanyisayo ezingama-30 kunye namathole azo, iinkomo ezimazi ezingama-40, iinkunzi ezilishumi, amaesile amazi angama-20, neenkunzi zamaesile ezilishumi. ¹⁶Wazinikela kwizicaka zakhe, umhlambi ngomhlambi, ngokwahlukeneyo, waza wathi kwizicaka zakhe: “Hambani phambi kwam, nishiye isithuba phakathi komhlambi nomhlambi.” ¹⁷Wayalela owokuqala wathi: “Xa u-Esawu umkhuluwa wam ekuhlangabeza, ekubuza esithi: ‘Ungowabani? Uya phi na? Ngawabani na la aphambi kwakho?’ ¹⁸wothi: ‘Ngawesicaka sakho uYakobi, sisipho esithunyelwe enkosini yam u-Esawu. Nanko, yena ngokwakhe usemva kwethu.’” ¹⁹Wabayalela kananjalo owesibini, owesithathu, nabo bonke ababelandela imihlambi, wathi: “Nithethe oko kwanto ku-Esawu xa nimfumana, ²⁰nothi: ‘Kananjalo, isicaka sakho uYakobi sisemva kwethu.’” Kuba wayecinga esithi: “Ndiya kumthomalalisa ngesipho esihamba phambi kwam, ndandule ukubona ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbi uya kundamkela.”

²¹Ngoko ke isipho sahamba phambi kwakhe, waza yena ngokwakhe wahlala ngobo busuku enkampini.

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²²Ngobo busuku wavuka, wathatha abafazi bakhe bobabini, nezicakakazi zakhe ezimbini, noonyana abalishumi elinanye, waza wawela izibuko iJabhoki. ²³Wabathatha wabawezisa umlambo, waza kwangokunjalo wayiwezisa yonke into awayenayo. ²⁴Waza uYakobi wasala yedwa. Kwaza kwafika indoda yazamana naye kwada kwasa. ²⁵Yabona ukuba ayinakumoyisa uYakobi, le ndoda yachukumisa inkonxa yethanga lakhe, yaza inkonxa yethanga likaYakobi yenyeleka besazamana.

²⁶Yathi: “Ndiyeke ndihambe; sekusa.” Kodwa uYakobi wathi: “Andiyi kukuyeka uhambe ngaphandle kokuba undisikelele.”

²⁷Yaza yathi kuye: “Ngubani igama lakho?” Waza wathi: “NdinguYakobi.”

²⁸Yathi: “Akusayi kuba saziwa ngokuba nguYakobi, koko uya kuba nguSirayeli, kuba uzamene noBawo wethu nabantu, waza woyisa.” ^b b v28 USirayeli uthetha ukuthi “uzamana noThixo” — igama uBawo wethu alinika uYakobi emva kobusuku bokuzamana.

²⁹UYakobi wambuza wathi: “Nceda undixelele igama lakho.” Yathi: “Yini na ukuba ubuze igama lam?” Yaza yamsikelela apho.

³⁰Ngoko ke uYakobi wayithiya loo ndawo igama elinguPeniyeli, wathi: “Kuba ndimbonile uBawo wethu ubuso ngobuso, kanti ubomi bam busindisiwe.” ^c c v30 Uvumo lukaYakobi emva kokuzamana ubusuku bonke: uhlangene noBawo wethu ubuso ngobuso — uBawo onobudlelwane, osesimweni abenako ukumbona, amchukumise, aze azamane naye — kwaza ke ubomi bakhe basindiswa. ³¹Lamphumela ilanga xa wayegqitha ePenuweli, eqhwalela ngenxa yethanga lakhe. ³²Yiyo loo nto, nangoku, amaSirayeli engasidli isihlunu sethanga esikwinkonxa yethanga—kuba yayichukumisa inkonxa yethanga likaYakobi apho, esihlunwini sethanga.