UGenesisi 33:1-20
33 UJakhobe wathi evusa ikhanda wabona u-Esawu esiza elamadoda angu-400.+ Ngakho wehlukanisa abantwana, abanye baya kuLeya abanye kuRasheli abanye kuzincekukazi ezimbili.+
2 Wafaka izincekukazi ezimbili labantwabazo phambili,+ kwasekulandela uLeya labantwabakhe,+ ngemva kwabo kwakulandela uRasheli+ loJosefa.
3 UJakhobe wasehamba phambi kwabo, wakhothama kasikhombisa elokhu esondela kumnewabo.
4 U-Esawu wasegijima emhlangabeza wafika wamgona, wamqabuza futhi bakhala.
5 U-Esawu wathi ephakamisa amehlo wabona abesifazana labantwana wathi: “Ngobani laba ohamba labo?” Yena wathi: “Ngabantwana uNkulunkulu abanike inceku yakho ngomusa wakhe.”+
6 Izincekukazi zasezisondela labantwabazo zafika zakhothama,
7 kwasekulandela uLeya labantwabakhe labo bafika bakhothama. UJosefa laye wasesondela phambili eloRasheli bafika bakhothama.+
8 U-Esawu wasesithi: “Kanti iqembu labantu leli olithumeleyo ngelani?”+ UJakhobe wamphendula wathi: “Bengisenzela ukuthola umusa enkosini yami.”+
9 U-Esawu wasesithi: “Mfowethu ngilempahla enengi kakhulu,+ zigcinele okungokwakho.”
10 Kodwa uJakhobe wathi: “Ngiyacela nxa ngithole umusa kuwe, thatha isipho engikunika sona ngoba ngisilethele ukuthi ngibone ubuso bakho. Khathesi sengibone ubuso bakho kwaba angathi ngibone ubuso bukaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokuthi ungamukele ngazo zombili.+
11 Ngicela wamukele isipho engifuna ukukubusisa ngaso+ ngoba uNkulunkulu ungenzele umusa futhi angisweli lutho.”+ Waqhubeka emncenga waze wasamukela.
12 Ngemva kwesikhathi u-Esawu wathi: “Asisuke lapha sihambe, wothi mina ngikhokhele phambi kwakho.”
13 Kodwa uJakhobe wathi kuye: “Inkosi yami iyazibonela ukuthi abantwana basesebancane*+ lokuthi ngihamba lezimvu ezilamazinyane lenkomo ezilamathole. Nxa zingahamba zigijinyiswa okwelanga elilodwa wonke umhlambi uzakufa.
14 Ngicela inkosi yami ihambe phambi kwenceku yayo, kodwa mina ngizaqhubeka ngohambo kancane kancane ukuze ngihambisane lezifuyo zami labantwana, ngize ngifike enkosini yami eSeyiri.”+
15 U-Esawu wasesithi: “Kungcono ngikutshiyele abanye abantu bami.” Yena wathi: “Kungani kumele wenze njalo? Inkosi yami kayingenzele umusa nje kuphela.”
16 Yikho ngalelolanga u-Esawu wangena indlela wabuyela eSeyiri.
17 UJakhobe yena wasuka lapho waya eSukhothi,+ wafika wazakhela indlu kuleyondawo, wakhela lemihlambi yakhe izibaya. Yikho wabiza indawo leyo ngokuthi yiSukhothi.*
18 UJakhobe wafika kuhle edolobheni leShekhemu+ elizweni laseKhenani+ evela ePhadani-aramu+ njalo wafika wakhempa eduze kwedolobho lelo.
19 Wasethenga indawo ngenhlamvu zemali ezingu-100,+ wamisa itende lakhe kuyo njalo wayithenga kumadodana kaHamori uyise kaShekhemu.
20 UJakhobe wakha i-alithare kuleyondawo walibiza ngokuthi, uNkulunkulu, nguNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “iyakwazi ukuthi abantwana babuthakathaka.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Isibaya; Isihonqo.”
