Ukutendeka 35:1-29
35 Pa numa Lesa aebele Yakobo ati: “Ima, kabiye ku Betele+ e ko uye wikale, kabili kulya e ko ukakuulile Lesa wa cine iciipailo, uwamoneke kuli iwe ilyo wafulumwike Esau munonko.”+
2 E lyo Yakobo aebele aba mu ng’anda yakwe na bonse abo ali nabo ati: “Pooseni tulesa tumbi tumbi uto mukwete,+ isangululeni kabili fwaleni ifya kufwala fimbi,
3 kabili natwime tuleya ku Betele. Kulya e ko nkakuulila Lesa wa cine iciipailo uwanjaswike mu bushiku bwa kucucutika kwandi kabili uuba na ine konse uko nja.”*+
4 E ico bapeele Yakobo tulesa tumbi tumbi tonse uto bakwete no twa kufwala ku matwi utwali ku matwi yabo, kabili Yakobo afishiikile* mwi samba lya cimuti icikalamba icali mupepi na ku Shekemu.
5 Ilyo baleya, Lesa alengele abantu ba mu misumba iyali mupepi batiine nga nshi, e ico tabafulumwine abana baume ba kwa Yakobo.
6 Yakobo na bonse abo ali nabo basukile bafika ku Lusi,+ e kutila ku Betele mu calo ca Kanaani.
7 Kulya e ko akuulile iciipailo, kabili ainike cilya cifulo ati El-betele* pantu e ko Lesa wa cine aisokolwelele kuli ena ilyo afulumwike munyina.+
8 Pa numa Debora+ uwaonseshe Rebeka alifwile, kabili bamushiikile mupepi na Betele mwi samba lya cimuti icikalamba. E ico ainike cilya cimuti ati Allone-bakute.*
9 Lesa alimoneke kuli Yakobo na kabili ilyo alefuma ku Padan-aramu kabili alimupaalile.
10 Lesa amwebele ati: “Ishina lyobe niwe Yakobo.+ Lelo tawakulaitwa ukuti Yakobo, ishina lyobe nomba niwe Israele.” E fyo atendeke ukumwita ati Israele.+
11 Lesa amwebele no kuti: “Nine Lesa Wa Maka Yonse.+ Nkalenga abakatuntuka muli iwe bakafule. Inko na mabumba ya nko fikafuma muli iwe,+ ne mfumu shikatuntuka muli iwe.*+
12 Icalo ico napeela Abrahamu na Isaki, nkapeela iwe, kabili nkapeela na bana* bobe.”+
13 Lyena Lesa alifuminepo, amusha na pa cifulo alandiile nankwe.
14 E ico Yakobo aimike icilibwe pa cifulo apo Lesa alandiile nankwe, kabili atuulile umutulo ilyo apongolwelelepo umwangashi, kabili alipongolwelelepo na mafuta.+
15 Kabili Yakobo aleita icifulo ico Lesa alandiilepo nankwe ati Betele.+
16 Lyena bafumine pa Betele. Kabili ifumo lya kwa Rakele lyalibuukile ninshi kucili intamfu ukufika ku Efrati, kabili aliculile sana pa kupaapa.
17 Awe ilyo alecula pa kupaapa, uwalemupaapisha amwebele ati: “Wisakamana pantu walakwata umwana umwaume na umbi.”+
18 Ilyo ali mupepi no kuleka umweo (pantu na kuba ali mu kufwa), ainike umwana ati Benoni,* lelo wishi amwinike ati Benjamini.*+
19 E ico Rakele alifwile kabili bamushiikile mu mbali ya nshila ya ku Efrati, e kutila, Betelehemu.+
20 Yakobo aimike icilibwe pa nshiishi ya kwa Rakele; ici e cilibwe caimikwa pa nshiishi yakwe ukushinta na lelo.
21 Pa numa Israele aimine no kuyatanika itenti lyakwe kwi shilya lya lupungu lwa Edere.
22 Ilyo Israele aleikala muli cilya calo, bushiku bumo Rubene ailesendama na Bilha kanakashi wa kwa wishi, kabili Israele alyumfwile ifyo acitile.+
E ico abana baume ba kwa Yakobo baali 12.
23 Abana baume abafyelwe muli Leya ni Rubene ibeli lya kwa Yakobo,+ lyena pakonkele Simeone, Lebi, Yuda, Isakari, na Sebuluni.
24 Abana baume abafyelwe muli Rakele ni Yosefe na Benjamini.
25 Na bana baume abafyelwe muli Bilha, umubomfi wa kwa Rakele, ni Dani na Naftali.
26 Na bana baume abafyelwe muli Silupa, umubomfi wa kwa Leya, ni Gadi na Ashere. Aba e bana baume abo Yakobo afyele mu Padan-aramu.
27 Yakobo asukile afika kuli wishi Isaki ku Mamre,+ ku Kiriati-arba, e kutila ku Hebrone uko Abrahamu na Isaki bali abalebeshi.+
28 Isaki aikele imyaka 180.+
29 Lyena Isaki alekele umweo ninshi mukalamba, uwa myaka iingi, kabili bamushikile nge fyo bashikile ifikolwe fyakwe; kabili abana bakwe abaume Esau na Yakobo balimushiikile.+
Amafutunoti
^ Nelyo “mu nshila.”
^ Nelyo “afifishile.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Lesa wa ku Betele.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Icimuti Icikalamba umo Balooseshe.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “shikafuma mu musana obe.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “ulubuto.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Umwana Umwaume uo Nakwata Ninshi Ndeloosha.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Umwana Mwaume uwa ku Kuboko kwa ku Kulyo.”
