IGenesisi 49

49 ¹UJakobe wabiza amadodana akhe wathi: “Buthanani, ukuze nginitshele okuyokwenzeka kini ezinsukwini ezizayo. ²Hlanganani nilalele, madodana kaJakobe; lalelani u-Israyeli uyihlo. ³Rubeni, uyizibulo lami, amandla ami nolibo lwezikhwepha zami, odlulele ngesithunzi nodlulele emandleni. ⁴Ongenakuma njengamanzi, ngeke udlule, ngokuba wakhwela embhedeni kayihlo; wayesewungcolisa—wakhwela ecansini lami. ⁵USimeyoni noLevi bangabafowabo; izikhali zobudlova yizinkemba zabo. ⁶Umphefumulo wami mawungangeni emkhandlwini wabo; udumo lwami lungahlangani nebandla labo. Ngokuba entukuthelweni yabo babulala abantu, nangenkani yabo banquma imisipha yezinkabi. ⁷Mayiqalekiswe intukuthelo yabo, ngokuba ivutha, nolaka lwabo, ngokuba lunonya! Ngiyobahlukanisa phakathi kukaJakobe ngibahlakazele phakathi kuka-Israyeli. ⁸Juda, abafowenu bayokudumisa wena; isandla sakho siyoba sentanyeni yezitha zakho; amadodana kayihlo ayokukhothamela. ⁹UJuda uwumdlwane webhubesi; empangweni, ndodana yami, ubuyile. Waguqa phansi; walala njengebhubesi nanjengebhubesikazi—ngubani ongalokotha amvuse? ¹⁰Intonga yobukhosi ngeke isuke kuJuda, nodondolo lombusi phakathi kwezinyawo zakhe, kuze kufike lowo okungokwakhe—uJesu—futhi kuye kuyoba khona ukulalela kwezizwe. ^a a v10 Intonga yobukhosi eyethenjiswa uJuda kanye nalowo okungokwakhe nguJesu — owazalwa ohlwini lukaJuda, obizwa ngokuthi iBhubesi lesizwe sakwaJuda encwadini yeSambulo 5:5. ¹¹Ebophela ithole lakhe emvinini nenkonyane yembongolo yakhe emvinini okhethekileyo, uhlambe izingubo zakhe ngewayini nezivatho zakhe egazini lezithelo zomvini. ¹²Amehlo akhe amnyama kunewayini, namazinyo akhe mhlophe kunobisi. ¹³UZebuloni uyohlala ogwini lolwandle; uyoba yitheku lemikhumbi, umngcele wakhe uyoba seSidoni. ¹⁴U-Isakare uyimbongolo enamandla, elele phakathi kwezibaya zezimvu. ¹⁵Wabona ukuthi indawo yokuphumula inhle nokuthi izwe lijabulisa, ngakho wagobisa ihlombe lakhe emthwalweni waba yisigqila emsebenzini wokuphoqwa. ¹⁶UDani uyokwahlulela abantu bakhe njengesinye sezizwe zakwa-Israyeli. ¹⁷UDani uyoba yinyoka endleleni, ibululu eceleni komendo, eluma izithende zehhashi ukuze umgibeli walo awe nyovane. ¹⁸Ngilindele insindiso yakho, Baba wami. ^b b v18 Phakathi nokubusisa amadodana akhe, uJakobe uphumela emthandazweni womuntu siqu — ukuphela kokukhala okuqondile kuBaba wethu kulesi sahluko. Igama lakhe elithi “insindiso” liqukethe leyo mpande ngqo eyothi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ibe yigama likaJesu. ¹⁹UGadi—abaphangi bayomhlasela yena, kodwa yena uyobahlasela ezithendeni zabo. ²⁰Ukudla kuka-Asheri kuyoba nothile, uyoveza izibiliboco zasebukhosini. ²¹UNafetali uyinsephe ekhululiwe ezala amazinyane amahle. ²²UJosefa uligatsha elithelayo, igatsha elithelayo ngasemthonjeni; amagatsha akhe akhwela phezu kodonga. ²³Abacibisheli ngokubaba bamhlasela, bamciba, bamhlupha kabuhlungu. ²⁴Kodwa umnsalo wakhe wahlala unganyakazi; izingalo zakhe zenziwa zaba namandla ngezandla zoNamandla kaJakobe—uBaba wethu—kuvela khona uMalusi, iTshe lakwa-Israyeli. ^c c v24 UNamandla kaJakobe ungesinye sezibongo ezindala kakhulu zikaBaba wethu eBhayibhelini — oqinileyo obamba izandla zabantwana bakhe ziqine lapho imicibisholo indiza. UMalusi neTshe yizibongo uBaba wethu azabelana ngazo neNdodana yakhe uJesu, ozibiza ngokuthi ungumalusi omuhle, nobizwa nguPhetro ngokuthi uyitshe legumbi. ²⁵NgoNkulunkulu kayihlo oyokusiza, ngo-El Shaddai—uSomandla, uBaba wethu—oyokubusisa ngezibusiso zezulu phezulu, izibusiso zotwa olulele ngaphansi, izibusiso zamabele nezesizalo. ²⁶Izibusiso zikayihlo zinamandla kakhulu kunezibusiso zabokhokho bami, zifinyelela engcebweni yezintaba zaphakade. Mazibe sekhanda likaJosefa, nasebunzini balowo owahlukaniswa kubafowabo. ²⁷UBenjamini uyimpisi ehahayo, ekuseni edla okuzingelwe, kusihlwa eyaba impango.”

Isibusiso sendodana ngayinye

²⁸Zonke lezi yizizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli; yilokhu uyise akusho ngesikhathi ebabusisa, yilowo nalowo ngesibusiso esimfaneleyo.

²⁹Wabayala wathi: “Mina ngibuthelwa kubantu bakithi. Ngingcwabeni nawobaba emhumeni osensimini ka-Efroni umHeti, ³⁰emhumeni osensimini yaseMakaphela, empumalanga yaseMamre ezweni laseKhanani, u-Abrahama awuthenga kanye nensimu ku-Efroni umHeti ube yindawo yokungcwaba. ³¹Lapho bangcwaba khona u-Abrahama noSara umkakhe; lapho bangcwaba khona u-Isaka noRebheka umkakhe; nalapho ngangcwaba khona uLeya, ³²insimu nomhume okuwo kwathengwa kumaHeti. ³³UJakobe waqeda ukuyala amadodana akhe, wagoqela izinyawo zakhe embhedeni, waphefumula okokugcina, wabuthelwa kubantu bakibo.”