IGenesisi 27

27 ¹Kwathi u-Isaka esekhulile, amehlo akhe esefiphele engasaboni, wabiza u-Esawu indodana yakhe endala wathi kuye: “Ndodana yami.” Waphendula: “Ngilapha.”

²U-Isaka wathi: “Bheka, sengimdala; angilwazi usuku lokufa kwami. ³Manje thatha izikhali zakho—umgodla nomnsalo—uphumele endle uyongizingelela inyamazane. ⁴Bese ungenzela ukudla okumnandi engikuthandayo, ukulethe ngidle, ukuze umphefumulo wami ukubusise ngingakafi.”

⁵URebheka wayelalele u-Isaka ekhuluma nendodana yakhe u-Esawu. U-Esawu waphumela endle ukuyozingela inyamazane ayilethe. ⁶URebheka wathi kuJakobe indodana yakhe: “Bheka, ngizwe uyihlo etshela umfowenu u-Esawu, ethi: ⁷‘Ngilethela inyamazane, ungenzele ukudla okumnandi ngidle, ukuze ngikubusise phambi kukaBaba wethu ngingakafi.’ ⁸Manje-ke, ndodana yami, lalela izwi lami wenze khona kanye lokhu engikutshela khona. ⁹Yiya emhlambini ungikhethele khona amazinyane amabili amahle ezimbuzi, ukuze ngenzele uyihlo ukudla okumnandi, njengoba ekuthanda. ¹⁰Bese ukuyisa kuyihlo adle, ukuze akubusise engakafi.”

¹¹UJakobe wathi kunina uRebheka: “Bheka, u-Esawu umfowethu uyindoda enoboya, mina ngibushelelezi. ¹²Kuyothiwani uma ubaba engiphulula? Ngiyobonakala kuye njengomkhohlisi, ngizizisele isiqalekiso, hhayi isibusiso.”

¹³Unina wathi: “Isiqalekiso sakho masibe phezu kwami, ndodana yami—wena nje lalela izwi lami: hamba, uwangilethele.”

¹⁴Ngakho uJakobe wahamba, wawathatha amazinyane, wawaletha kunina, owenza ukudla okumnandi uyise akuthandayo. ¹⁵URebheka wabe esethatha izingubo ezinhle kakhulu zika-Esawu indodana yakhe endala, ezaziphethe naye endlini, wazigqokisa uJakobe indodana yakhe encane. ¹⁶Wamboza izandla zakhe nentamo yakhe ebushelelezi ngezikhumba zamazinyane ezimbuzi. ¹⁷Wabe esenika uJakobe indodana yakhe ukudla okumnandi nesinkwa ayesenzile.

¹⁸UJakobe wafika kuyise wathi: “Baba.” Wathi: “Ngilapha. Ungubani wena, ndodana yami?”

¹⁹UJakobe wathi kuyise: “Ngingu-Esawu, izibulo lakho. Ngenzile njengoba ungitshelile. Ngiyacela uvuke uhlale udle inyamazane yami, ukuze umphefumulo wakho ungibusise.”

²⁰U-Isaka wabuza indodana yakhe: “Uyitholé kanjani ngokushesha kangaka, ndodana yami?” Wathi: “Ngokuba uBaba wakho ungenzé ngaphumelela.”

²¹U-Isaka wathi kuJakobe: “Ngiyacela usondele, ndodana yami, ukuze ngikuphulule, ngazi ukuthi impela unguye yini indodana yami u-Esawu noma cha.”

²²UJakobe wasondela kuyise u-Isaka, wamphulula wathi: “Izwi liyizwi likaJakobe, kodwa izandla ziyizandla zika-Esawu.” ²³U-Isaka akamazanga, ngokuba izandla zikaJakobe zazinoboya njengezandla zomfowabo u-Esawu; ngakho u-Isaka wambusisa. ²⁴Wabuza: “Impela unguye indodana yami u-Esawu na?” Wathi: “Nginguye.”

²⁵U-Isaka wathi: “Ngiphakele inyamazane yendodana yami, ukuze umphefumulo wami ukubusise.” UJakobe wamphakela, wadla; wamlethela iwayini, waliphuza.

²⁶Uyise u-Isaka wabe esethi kuye: “Sondela, ndodana yami, ungange.” ²⁷Ngakho uJakobe wasondela wamanga. U-Isaka wahogela iphunga lezingubo zakhe, wambusisa wathi: “Bheka, iphunga lendodana yami linjengephunga lensimu uBaba wethu ayibusisile. ²⁸UBaba wethu makakuphe amazolo asezulwini nokuvunda komhlaba, nenala yamabele newayini elisha. ²⁹Izizwe mazikukhonze, nabantu bakhothame kuwe. Busa abafowenu, namadodana kanyoko makakhothame kuwe. Baqalekisiwe bonke abakuqalekisayo, babusisiwe bonke abakubusisayo.”

³⁰Kwathi u-Isaka eseqedile ukubusisa uJakobe, uJakobe esanda kuphuma ebusweni bukayise u-Isaka, umfowabo u-Esawu wabuya ekuzingeleni. ³¹Naye wenza ukudla okumnandi, wakuletha kuyise, wathi kuyise: “Ubaba makavuke adle okunye kwenyamazane yendodana yakhe, ukuze umphefumulo wakho ungibusise.”

³²Uyise u-Isaka wambuza: “Ungubani wena?” Wathi: “Ngiyindodana yakho, izibulo lakho, u-Esawu.”

³³U-Isaka wathuthumela kakhulu wathi: “Pho ngubani ozingele inyamazane wayiletha kimi? Ngidlé konke ungakafiki, ngambusisa—yebo, uyokuba obusisiwe!”

³⁴Kwathi u-Esawu ezwa amazwi kayise, wakhala ngenhlokomo enkulu kakhulu nebabayo, wathi kuyise: “Ngibusise nami, baba!”

³⁵U-Isaka wathi: “Umfowenu ufike ngenkohliso, wathatha isibusiso sakho.”

³⁶U-Esawu wathi: “Akaqanjwanga ngokufanele yini ngokuthi nguJakobe? Usengikhohlisile kabili: wathatha ubuzibulo bami, manje usethathe isibusiso sami.” Wabe esebuza: “Awungibekelanga sibusiso na?”

³⁷U-Isaka waphendula u-Esawu: “Bheka, ngimenzé inkosi phezu kwakho, ngimnike bonke abafowabo babe yizinceku, ngamsekela ngamabele newayini elisha. Pho ngingakwenzelani, ndodana yami?”

³⁸U-Esawu wathi kuyise: “Unesibusiso esisodwa kuphela yini, baba? Ngibusise nami, baba!” U-Esawu wakhala kakhulu.

³⁹Uyise u-Isaka wabe esemphendula: “Bheka, indawo yakho yokuhlala iyoba kude nokuvunda komhlaba, nakude namazolo asezulwini phezulu. ⁴⁰Uyophila ngenkemba yakho, uyokhonza umfowenu. Kodwa lapho usuyaluzela, uyolephula ijoka lakhe entanyeni yakho.”

⁴¹U-Esawu wamgcina ngesibhongo uJakobe ngenxa yesibusiso uyise ayemnike sona, wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Izinsuku zokulila ubaba sezisondele; khona-ke ngiyombulala umfowethu uJakobe.”

⁴²URebheka watshelwa lokho okwakushiwo u-Esawu indodana yakhe endala, wabiza uJakobe indodana yakhe encane wathi kuye: “Umfowenu u-Esawu uziduduza ngawe—uhlose ukukubulala. ⁴³Manje, ndodana yami, lalela izwi lami: vuka, ubalekele kumfowethu uLabani eHarana. ⁴⁴Uhlale naye isikhashana—kuze kudambe ulaka lomfowenu, ⁴⁵kuze intukuthelo yomfowenu iphenduke kuwe, akhohlwe lokho omenze khona. Khona-ke ngiyothuma ngikubuyise ulapho. Kungani ngilahlekelwe yinina nobabili ngosuku lunye?”

⁴⁶URebheka wathi ku-Isaka: “Ngiyakwenyanya ukuphila kwami ngenxa yalaba besifazane bamaHeti. Uma uJakobe ethatha umfazi kumadodakazi akwaHeti, kuleli zwe, ngiyophilelani?”