UYakobi uhlanganisa oonyana bakhe
Amazwi okugqibela kaYakobi ayizozo zonke iintsikelelo. URubheni, uSimon noLevi beva ugonyamelo lwabo lubizwa; uYuda ufumana intonga yobukhosi nomlawuli oza kuza. Unyana ngamnye uxelelwa inyaniso ngaye; uYakobi ulindela usindiso lukaBawo wethu, anike imiyalelo yokungcwatywa, aze afe.
49 1UYakobi wababiza oonyana bakhe wathi: “Hlanganisani, ukuze ndinixelele oko kuya kwenzeka kuni ngemihla ezayo. 2Hlanganisani niphulaphule, nyana bakaYakobi; phulaphulani kuSirayeli uyihlo. 3Rubheni, ulizibulo lam, ungamandla am neentlahlela zamandla am, ugqwesile ngesidima ugqwesile ngegunya. 4Ngokungazinzi njengamanzi, akuyi kugqwesa, kuba wenyukela ebhedini kayihlo; waza wayidyobha—wenyukela ekhukweni lwam. 5USimon noLevi ngabazalwana; amakrele abo zizixhobo zogonyamelo. 6Mandingaze ndingene ebhungeni labo; imbeko yam mayingadibani nebandla labo. Kuba ngomsindo wabo babulala amadoda, nangenkani yabo banqamla imisipha yeenkabi. 7Maqalekiswe umsindo wabo, kuba ukhali, nengqumbo yabo, kuba inenkohlakalo! Ndiya kubahlula-hlula kuYakobi ndibachithachithe kwaSirayeli. 8Yuda, abazalwana bakho baya kukudumisa; isandla sakho siya kuba sentanyeni yeentshaba zakho; oonyana bakayihlo baya kukhahlela phambi kwakho. 9UYuda uyinkonyana yengonyama; ubuye evela exhobeni, nyana wam. Uqubudile; ubuthumile njengengonyama nanjengengonyamakazi—ngubani onokumvusa? 10Intonga yobukhosi ayiyi kumka kuYuda, nentonga yomlawuli phakathi kweenyawo zakhe, ade afike lowo ikungowakhe, aze izizwe zimthobele. a a v10 Intonga yobukhosi ethenjiswe uYuda nalowo ingeyakhe nguYesu — ozalwe emnombeni kaYuda, obizwa ngokuba yiNgonyama yesizwe sakwaYuda kwiSityhilelo 5:5. 11Ebophelela ithole lakhe emdirini, nenkonyana ye-esile lakhe emdirini okhethekileyo, uzihlambile iingubo zakhe ewayinini, nezambatho zakhe egazini leediliya. 12Amehlo akhe amnyama kunewayini, namazinyo akhe mhlophe kunobisi. 13UZebhulon uya kuhlala elunxwemeni lolwandle; uya kuba likhusi leenqanawa, umda wakhe uya kuba seSidon. 14U-Isakare liesile elomeleleyo, elibuthume phakathi kwezibaya zezimvu. 15Wabona ukuba indawo yokuphumla intle nokuba ilizwe limnandi, wagobisa igxalaba lakhe emthwalweni waba sisicaka somsebenzi wokunyanzelwa. 16UDan uya kubagweba abantu bakhe njengesinye sezizwe zakwaSirayeli. 17UDan uya kuba yinyoka esendleleni, irhamba ngasecaleni komendo, eluma izithende zehashe ukuze umkhweli walo awe ngomqolo. 18Ndilindele usindiso lwakho, Bawo wam. b b v18 Phakathi kokusikelela oonyana bakhe, uYakobi uqhawuka angene kumthandazo wobuqu—ekuphela kwesikhalo esithe ngqo kuBawo wethu kwesi sahluko. Igama lakhe elithetha “usindiso” lithwele ingcambu kanye leyo ethi, ngokuhamba kwexesha, ibe ligama elithi uYesu. 19UGadi—abahlaseli baya kumhlasela yena, kodwa yena uya kubahlasela ezithendeni zabo. 20Ukutya kuka-Ashere kuya kutyeba, uya kuvelisa izidlo zobukhosi. 21UNafetali libhadikazi elikhululweyo elizala amathole amahle. 22UYosefu lisebe eliqhamayo, isebe eliqhamayo ngasemthonjeni; amasebe akhe aqabela phezu kodonga. 23Abatoli ngobukrakra bamhlasela, bamtolela iintolo, bamcinezela kabuhlungu. 24Kodwa isaphetha sakhe sahlala singagungqi; iingalo zakhe zaphathiswa ubugcisa zizandla zikaSomandla kaYakobi—uBawo wethu—kulapho kuvela khona uMalusi, iLitye lakwaSirayeli. c c v24 USomandla kaYakobi sesinye sezona zibizo zindala zikaBawo wethu eBhayibhileni—lowo unamandla obambe izandla zabantwana bakhe zizinzile xa iintolo zindiza. UMalusi neLitye zizibizo uBawo wethu azabelana ngazo noNyana wakhe uYesu, ozibiza ngokuba nguMalusi olungileyo, nobizwa ngokuba lilitye lembombo nguPetros. 25NgoThixo kayihlo oya kukunceda, ngo-El Shaddai—uSomandla, uBawo wethu—oya kukusikelela ngeentsikelelo zasezulwini ngaphezulu, iintsikelelo zenzonzobila ebuthume ngezantsi, iintsikelelo zamabele nezesizalo. 26Iintsikelelo zikayihlo zinamandla ngaphezu kweentsikelelo zookhokho bam, zifikelela ebutyebini beenduli ezingunaphakade. Mazibe sentlokweni kaYosefu, nasebunzi lalowo wahlulwayo kubazalwana bakhe. 27UBhenjamin uyingcuka ebawayo, kusasa edla ixhoba, ngokuhlwa esaba amaxhoba.”
Intsikelelo kunyana ngamnye
28Zonke ezi zizizwe ezilishumi elinambini zakwaSirayeli; yile nto wayitshoyo uyise ngethuba ebasikelela, ngamnye ngentsikelelo emfaneleyo.
29Wabayalela wathi: “Ndihlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowethu. Ndingcwabeni koobawo emqolombeni osentsimini ka-Efron umHeti, 30emqolombeni osentsimini yaseMakaphela, empumalanga kweMamre kwelakwaKanan, awathi uAbraham wawuthenga kunye nentsimi kuEfron umHeti ukuba ibe yindawo yokungcwaba. 31Apho bangcwaba khona uAbraham noSara umkakhe; apho bangcwaba khona u-Isake noRebheka umkakhe; naapho ndamngcwaba khona uLeya, 32intsimi nomqolomba okuyo zathengwa kumaHeti. 33UYakobi wagqiba ukuyala oonyana bakhe, wafinyeza iinyawo zakhe ebhedini, waphuma umphefumlo, wahlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowabo.”