IGenesisi 32

32 ¹UJakobe waqhubeka nohambo lwakhe, izingelosi zikaBaba wethu zamhlangabeza. ²UJakobe wazibona wathi: “Leli yikamu likaBaba wethu!” Waqamba leyo ndawo igama lokuthi iMahanayimi. ^a a v2 IMahanayimi lisho ukuthi “amakamu amabili” — igama uJakobe alinika indawo lapho ahlangabezana khona nebutho lezingelosi zikaBaba wethu.

³UJakobe wathumela izithunywa phambi kwakhe ku-Esawu umnewabo ezweni laseSeyiri, esifundeni sakwa-Edomi.

⁴Wabayala wathi: “Nitshele inkosi yami u-Esawu: inceku yakho uJakobe ithi, Ngihlale noLabani ngahlala khona kuze kube manje. ⁵Nginezinkabi, izimbongolo, imihlambi, nezinceku—ezesilisa nezesifazane. Ngithumele ukuba ngazise inkosi yami, ukuze ngithole umusa emehlweni akho.” ⁶Izithunywa zabuyela kuJakobe: “Siye kumnewenu u-Esawu—uyeza ukukuhlangabeza, enamadoda angama-400.” ⁷UJakobe wesaba kakhulu, wakhathazeka. Wahlukanisa abantu ababenaye, nemihlambi, nezinkomo, namakamela, waba ngamakamu amabili, ⁸ecabanga ethi: “Uma u-Esawu efika kwelinye ikamu alihlasele, ikamu eliseleyo lizophunyuka.” ⁹UJakobe wathi: “Nkulunkulu kababa u-Abrahama, Nkulunkulu kababa u-Isaka, Baba wami, owathi kimi, ‘Buyela ezweni lakini nasemndenini wakho, ukuze ngikuphathe kahle,’ ¹⁰Angikufanele nhlobo nokuncane kwawo wonke umusa nokwethembeka okubonise inceku yakho, ngokuba ngawela le Jordani nginoduku lwami kuphela, kodwa manje sengibe ngamakamu amabili. ¹¹Ngikhulule, ngiyakucela, esandleni somnewethu, esandleni sika-Esawu—ngiyamesaba: engase afike angibulale, omama kanye nabantwana. ¹²Kodwa wena wathi, ‘Ngiyakukwenzela okuhle ngempela, ngenze inzalo yakho ibe njengesihlabathi solwandle, engenakubalwa ngenxa yobuningi.’”

¹³Walala khona ngalobo busuku, wathatha isipho somnewabo u-Esawu kulokho ayenakho: ¹⁴izimbuzi ezinsikazi ezingama-200 nezimpongo ezingamashumi amabili, izimvu ezinsikazi ezingama-200 nezinqama ezingamashumi amabili, ¹⁵amakamela ancelisayo angamashumi amathathu kanye namazinyane awo, izinkomazi ezingamashumi amane, izinkunzi eziyishumi, izimbongolo ezinsikazi ezingamashumi amabili, nezimbongolo ezinduna eziyishumi. ¹⁶Wazinikela ezincekwini zakhe, umhlambi nomhlambi, zahlukene, wathi ezincekwini zakhe: “Dlulelani phambi kwami, nishiye isikhala phakathi komhlambi nomhlambi.” ¹⁷Wayala eyokuqala wathi: “Lapho u-Esawu umnewethu ekuhlangabeza ekubuza ethi, ‘Ungokabani? Uyaphi? Ngokabani lezi eziphambi kwakho?’ ¹⁸wobe usuthi, ‘Ngezenceku yakho uJakobe, isipho esithunyelwe enkosini yami u-Esawu. Bheka, naye uqobo usemuva kwethu.’” ¹⁹Wayala naleyo yesibili, neyesithathu, nabo bonke ababelandela imihlambi, wathi: “Khulumani okufanayo ku-Esawu lapho nimthola, ²⁰nithi, ‘Phezu kwalokho, inceku yakho uJakobe isemuva kwethu.’” Ngokuba wacabanga wathi: “Ngiyakumxolisa ngesipho esihamba phambi kwami, andukuba ngibone ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbe uyongamukela.”

²¹Ngakho isipho sadlula phambi kwakhe, kepha yena uqobo walala ngalobo busuku ekamu.

Ukuwela iJabhoki

²²Ngalobo busuku wavuka, wathatha amakhosikazi akhe amabili, nezincekukazi ezimbili, namadodana ayishumi nanye, wawela izibuko leJabhoki. ²³Wabathatha wabawelisa umfula, kanjalo wawelisa konke ayenakho. ²⁴UJakobe wasala yedwa. Kwafika indoda yabambana naye kwaze kwasa. ²⁵Ithe ibona ukuthi ayikwazi ukumahlula uJakobe, leyo ndoda yathinta inqulu yakhe, inqulu kaJakobe yenyela besabambene.

²⁶Yathi: “Ngiyeke ngihambe; sekuyasa.” Kodwa uJakobe wathi: “Ngeke ngikuyeke uhambe ngaphandle kokuba ungibusise.”

²⁷Yathi kuye: “Ungubani igama lakho?” Wathi: “NginguJakobe.”

²⁸Yathi: “Igama lakho ngeke lisaba nguJakobe, kodwa uyoba ngu-Israyeli, ngokuba ulwile noBaba wethu nabantu, wanqoba.” ^b b v28 U-Israyeli usho ukuthi “ulwa noNkulunkulu” — igama uBaba wethu alinika uJakobe emva kobusuku bokubambana.

²⁹UJakobe wayibuza wathi: “Ngicela ungitshele igama lakho.” Yathi: “Ulibuzelani igama lami?” Yambusisa khona lapho.

³⁰Ngakho uJakobe waqamba leyo ndawo igama lokuthi iPheniyeli: “Ngokuba ngibone uBaba wethu ubuso nobuso, kodwa ukuphila kwami kwasindiswa.” ^c c v30 Isivumo sikaJakobe emva kokubambana ubusuku bonke: uhlangene noBaba wethu ubuso nobuso — uBaba wobuhlobo ngesimo ayengambona, amthinte, abambane naye — kepha ukuphila kwakhe kusindisiwe. ³¹Ilanga lamphumela esadlula ePhenuweli, exhuga ngenxa yenqulu yakhe. ³²Yingakho, ngisho namanje, ama-Israyeli engawudli umsipha wethanga osenqulwini—ngokuba wathinta inqulu kaJakobe khona lapho, emsipheni wethanga.