Uputukilo 29:1-35
29 Yakomba yanunga ni wenyi wenyi, ndo ku chifuchi cha akwa-chivumbuko.*
2 Iye yamona shima lia meya mu chana, mba hakamwihi ni shima liacho, hapwile yendo yitatu ya mapanga yize te yinautama. Mumu meya a mu shima liacho e apwile ni kuhana kuli mapanga. Ku shima liacho kapwile ni kufukako liwe linene.
3 Muze apwile ni kutembula yendo yeswe ya mapanga, tufunga te kakuchiza liwe ku shima hanga anwise mapanga meya, mba mahilwisa liwe ha chihela chalio, ku kanwa lia shima.
4 Yakomba yaahula ngwenyi: “Mandumbu jami, kulihi nunakatuka?” Ayo yakumbulula ngwo: “Tunakatuka ku Harane.”
5 Iye yaahula nawa ngwenyi: “Nunanyingika Lapane, mujikulu wa Nehore?” Ayo yakumbulula ngwo: “Tunamunyingika.”
6 Chocho iye yaahula nawa ngwenyi: “Kanahinduka?” Ayo yamukumbulula ngwo: “Ewa, kali kanawa. Mwanenyi wa pwo Rakele auze uneza amuze ni mapanga!”
7 Iye yamba ngwenyi: “Tangwa lichili ha muchima hi mashimbu ko a kutembula mapanga. Hanenu meya kuli mapanga mba nwatwale hanga alie.”
8 Ayo yamba ngwo: “Katutayijile kulinga chocho, ndo haze mutukunga mapanga eswe, ni kuchiza liwe ku shima lia meya. Mba tuhane meya kuli mapanga.”
9 Shimbu te machihanjika no, Rakele yaheta ni mapanga ja tato, mumu kapwile kafunga.
10 Muze Yakomba hamona Rakele mwana wa natu Lapane, ni mapanga ja Lapane, Yakomba yakundama ni kawashi, yachiza liwe ku shima lia meya, yahana meya kuli mapanga ja natu Lapane.
11 Chocho, Yakomba yahana mbeju kuli Rakele, yaputuka kulila chikolo.
12 Yakomba yalweza Rakele ngwenyi, kali usoko wa tato, mwana wa Rebeka. Rakele yazomboka yaya ni kulweza tato.
13 Muze Lapane hevwa lusango hakutwala kuli Yakomba mwana wa ndumbwenyi wa pwo, yazomboka yeza ni kulitakana nenyi. Yamusambilila, yamwaha mbeju, yaya nenyi ku zuwo lienyi. Yakomba yalweza Lapane yuma yeswe yize yalingiwile kuli iye.
14 Lapane yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Yena lume uli manyinga* jami.” Chocho Yakomba yatwama nenyi kakweji wa muundu.
15 Lapane yamba kuli Yakomba ngwenyi: “Kuwatambile kungukalakalila chawana mumu ngwo uli usoko* wami. Achingulweze, fweto yika unazange hanga ngukwehe?”
16 Lapane kapwile ni ana a mapwo aali, mukulwana jina lienyi te Liya, wa kanuke jina lienyi te Rakele.
17 Meso ja Liya te hi apema ko, alioze Rakele kapwile mupema chinji, chileza-leza.
18 Yakomba yazanga chinji Rakele, chocho yamba kuli Lapane ngwenyi: “Ngunazange kukukalakalila miaka shimbiali hanga ungwehe mwane wa kanuke Rakele.”
19 Lapane yamba ngwenyi: “Shinaho ngumuhane kuli yena, kuhiana kumuhana kuli lunga mukwo. Nunga ni kutwama ni yami.”
20 Yakomba yakalakala miaka shimbiali mumu lia Rakele, alioze kumeso jenyi, miaka yacho yapwile ngwe matangwa wika, mumu te kakuzanga chinji Rakele.
21 Yakomba yamba kuli Lapane ngwenyi: “Ngwehe pwo liami hanga ngulimone nenyi, mumu matangwa twalitesele hakumbana.”
22 Chocho, Lapane yakunga malunga eswe a ku chihela chize, yalinga chiteleka.
23 Alioze ha ufuku, Lapane yanda mwanenyi Liya, yamutwala kuli Yakomba hanga alimone nenyi.
24 Lapane yahana nawa ngamba yenyi Zelupa hanga apwe ngamba ya mwanenyi Liya.
25 Chimene, Yakomba yamona ngwenyi Liya! Chocho yamba kuli Lapane ngwenyi: “Mumu liaka wangulinga chuma chino? Ngwami ngunakakukalakalila mumu lia Rakele nyi? Mumu liaka wangwonga?”
26 Lapane yakumbulula ngwenyi: “Kuno hi chako ko kulianga kuhangisa kanuke shimbu mukulwana kanda aya ulo.
27 Poso* yino achiwahilila ni pwo yono. Mba mukatambula nawa pwo mukwo, muze mungukalakalila miaka yikwo shimbiali.”
28 Yakomba yalinga chocho, yawahilila ni pwo yoze ha poso yacho, mba Lapane yamwaha mwanenyi Rakele hanga apwe pwo lienyi.
29 Chikwo nawa, yahana ngamba yenyi Mbila hanga apwe ngamba ya mwanenyi Rakele.
30 Mba yakomba yalimona nawa ni Rakele. Iye te kakuzanga chinji Rakele kuhiana Liya, chocho yakalakalila nawa Lapane miaka yikwo shimbiali.
31 Muze Yehova amwene ngwenyi Liya keshi kumuzanga* kuli mukwo-lunga, yamukwasa hanga apwe kafumba,* alioze Rakele te mumba.
32 Chocho, Liya yapwa kafumba, mba yasema mwana wa lunga, yamuluka jina ngwenyi, Rupene,* se wambile ngwenyi: “Mumu Yehova hamona lamba liami, haliapwila lunga liami maputuka kunguzanga.”
33 Yapwa nawa kafumba, yasema mwana wa lunga, yamba ngwenyi: “Yehova hangwivwa. Mumu lunga liami te keshi kunguzanga, kashika angwaha nawa mwana yono.” Chocho yamuluka jina ngwenyi, Simeone.*
34 Iye yapwa nawa kafumba, yasema mwana mukwo wa lunga, yamba ngwenyi: “Haliapwila lunga liami malinunga ni yami, mumu hinamusemena ana atatu.” Kashika yamuluka jina ngwenyi, Levi.*
35 Cheka nawa, iye yapwa kafumba, yasema mwana wa lunga, yamba ngwenyi: “Ha chisuho chino munguhalisa Yehova.” Chocho yamuluka jina ngwenyi, Yunda.* Kukatuka haze, yalitwamina kusema.
Footnotes
^ Che kwamba ku chivumbuko cha chifuchi cha Kanana.
^ Hanji “usoko wami.” Chize Alisonekene, “pundu lume chifwaha chami ni musunya wami.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “ndumbu.”
^ Hanji “semana.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “Liya te kakumuvwila kole.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “yazulula ngoji yenyi.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Tala Mwana Umuwika.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Kupanjika.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Kulalaminya, Kulinunga.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Kuhalisa; Chuma cha Uhaliso.”
