Amadoda Angamakhulu Amane Ebonakala Kude
Intlanganiso eyayisoyikeka iphela ingubuhlobo: uIsawu wagidima, walila, akasifuna isipho. Kodwa uYakobi wamnyanzela ngaso, wathi ukubona ubuso bakhe kufana nokubona ubuso bukaBawo wethu, waza wala ngasese ukuhamba naye, wazinza kwenye indawo.
33 1UYakobi waphakamisa amehlo wabona uIsawu esiza enamadoda angamakhulu amane. Waza wabahlula abantwana phakathi kukaLeya, uRakeli, nezicakakazi ezibini. 2Wabeka izicakakazi nabantwana bazo phambili, uLeya nabantwana bakhe emva kwazo, uRakeli noYosefu ekugqibeleni. 3Yena ngokwakhe wahamba phambi kwabo, equbuda emhlabeni kasixhenxe, wada wafika kumkhuluwa wakhe.
4UIsawu wagidima esiya kumkhawulela, wamwola, wamsonga ngeengalo entanyeni, wamanga—baza balila. 5Wathi uIsawu akuphakamisa amehlo wabona abafazi nabantwana, wabuza wathi: “Ngoobani aba unabo?” Wathi uYakobi: “Ngabantwana uBawo wethu abaphe ngobubele isicaka sakho.”
6Zaza izicakakazi zasondela nabantwana bazo, zaqubuda. 7Weza noLeya nabantwana bakhe, baqubuda; bandula ukusondela uYosefu noRakeli, baqubuda.
8Wathi uIsawu: “Yintoni injongo yalo mkhosi wonke endidibene nawo?” Wathi uYakobi: “Kukuze ndifumane ubabalo enkosini yam.”
9Kodwa wathi uIsawu: “Ndinendyebo, mntakwethu; zigcinele okwakho.”
10Wathi uYakobi: “Hayi, ndiyakucela—ukuba ndifumene ubabalo emehlweni akho, samkele isipho sam esivela esandleni sam, kuba ndibubonile ubuso bakho ngokungathi ndibona ubuso bukaBawo wethu, waza wandamkela. 11Khawuthabathe intsikelelo yam, oziswe yona, kuba uBawo wethu undibabalile ndaza ndaba nako konke.” Wanyanzela ke, waza wayithabatha.
12Waza wathi uIsawu: “Masihambe indlela yethu, ndihambe phambi kwakho.”
13Kodwa wathi uYakobi kuye: “Inkosi yam iyazi ukuba abantwana basebuthathaka, nokuba imihlambi neenkomo ezisancancisa ziphantsi kokhathalelo lwam. Ukuba ingaqhutyelwa ngamandla usuku olunye, yonke imihlambi iya kufa. 14Mayihambe inkosi yam phambi kwesicaka sayo; mna ndohamba ngokucothayo, ngokwesantya semfuyo ephambi kwam nangokwesantya sabantwana, ndide ndifike enkosini yam eSeyire.”
15Wathi uIsawu: “Makhe ndishiye abanye babantu bam nawe.” Waphendula uYakobi wathi: “Yini na ukwenza oko? Mandifumane ubabalo emehlweni enkosi yam.”
16Wabuya ke uIsawu ngaloo mini ngendlela yakhe esiya eSeyire. 17Kodwa uYakobi wahamba waya eSukoti, wazakhela indlu, wenzela imfuyo yakhe iminquba—kungoko loo ndawo ibizwa ngokuba yiSukoti.
18UYakobi wafika kakuhle eShekem, isixeko esiseKanana, evela ePadan-aram, wamisa iinkampu malunga nesixeko. 19Wathenga isiza apho wamisa khona intente yakhe koonyana bakaHamori, uyise kaShekem, ngekhulu lamaqhekeza esilivere. a a v19 Iqesita yayiyiyunithi yentlawulo yamandulo, mhlawumbi yayiyisilivere elilinganiselweyo, engaziwa ncakasana ukulingana kwayo kwanamhlanje. 20Apho wamisa isibingelelo, wasibiza ngokuba yiEl-Elohe-Israel—uBawo kaSirayeli. b b v20 UYakobi wasimisa esi sibingelelo emva kokuba uBawo wethu emnike igama elitsha elinguSirayeli—ebanga uYakobi nabantwana bakhe ukuba ngabosapho lwakhe ngonaphakade.
