Uputukilo 35:1-29
35 Mba Zambi yamba kuli Yakomba ngwenyi: “Yako, kanduka ku Mbetele utwameko, utungileko Zambi wamwenemwene chilumbilo, yoze wasolokele kuli yena muze te unachina yayenu Esau.”
2 Chocho, Yakomba yamba kuli akwa-zuwo lienyi ni eswe waze apwile nenyi ngwenyi: “Mbilenu tuzambi eswe a yilambala waze ali hakachi kenu, lipemesenu ni kuzala mazalo eka.
3 Tuyenu, tukandukenu ku Mbetele, mungutungilako Zambi wamwenemwene chilumbilo, yoze wangukumbulwile ha tangwa lia lamba liami, yoze wakupwa hamwe ni yami ku yihela yeswe kuze nakwendela.”
4 Chocho, ayo yahana kuli Yakomba tuzambi eswe a yilambala waze apwile no ni yingelie-ngelie ya ku matwi yize apwile nayo, Yakomba yayishikila mushi lia mutondo unene uze te uli hakamwihi ni mbonge ya Shekeme.
5 Muze te anayi, Zambi yevwisa woma atu a mu mambonge waze te aajingilika, chocho kakawile ana ja Yakomba.
6 Mba Yakomba yaheta ku Luze, che kwamba ku Mbetele, mu chifuchi cha Kanana, iye ni atu eswe waze apwile hamwe nenyi.
7 Kuzekwene yatungako chilumbilo, yachiluka jina ngwenyi, Ele-mbetele,* mumu kwe kuze Zambi alisolwele kuli iye muze te anachina yayo.
8 Mba ha kupalika cha mashimbu, Debola ndeji ya Rebeka yafwa, yamufunda hakamwihi ni Mbetele, mushi lia mutondo unene. Kashika mutondo wacho aulukile jina ngwenyi, Alone-bakute.*
9 Zambi yasoloka nawa kuli Yakomba yamuwahisa muze te anakatuka ku Panda-narame.
10 Zambi yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Jina lie Yakomba. Alioze, kechi kakuvuluka nawa ngwo Yakomba, jina lie mulipwa Izalele.” Iye yaputuka kumusanyika ngwenyi, Izalele.
11 Zambi yamba nawa ngwenyi: “Yami nguli Zambi Mukwa-Ndundo-Jeswe. Sema, ukaliokese. Kuli yena mukukakatuka mavungu ni yikungulwila ya mavungu, mianangana makakatuka kuli yena.*
12 Hakutwala ku chifuchi chize nahanyine kuli Apalahama ni kuli Izake, munguchihana kuli yena, mungukahana chifuchi chino ku munyachi* we.”
13 Chocho, Zambi yahichika Yakomba ha chihela haze te anahanjika nenyi, yaya kwenyi.
14 Mba Yakomba yajika nguji lia liwe ha chihela haze ahanjikile ni Zambi, yazujilaho mulambu wa walwa ni kuzujilaho nawa maji.
15 Yakomba yanunga ni kuvuluka chihela chize ahanjikile ni Zambi ngwenyi, Mbetele.
16 Chocho, yakatuka ku Mbetele. Muze te achili kusuku ni Efrata, Rakele yaputuka kwivwa musongo wa kusema, yapinda chinji ha kusema.
17 Alioze, muze te anapinji hanga mwana asemuke, chifunguji yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Kanda wivwa woma, mumu mwana yono wa lunga neye kumasemuka.”
18 Muze Rakele te hi masutuka, (mumu te hi mafwa), yaluka mwana jina ngwenyi, Mbenoni,* alioze tato yamuluka ngwenyi, Mbenjamine.*
19 Chocho, Rakele yafwa, yamufunjila mu jila ya kuya ku Efrata, che kwamba, ku Mbeteleme.
20 Yakomba yajika nguji ha fuka lienyi. Lino lie nguji lia ha fuka lia Rakele ndo musono.
21 Muze yino hiyapalika, Yakomba yaya, yatunga mbalaka yenyi muze te hahiana ndambu kaposhi wa Edere.
22 Tangwa limwe, muze Izalele te uchili mu chifuchi chize, Rupene yalimona ni Mbila, konkubina wa tato, mba Izalele yachivwa.
Ana ja Yakomba kapwile 12.
23 Ana ja Liya kapwile: Rupene, mwana mutangu wa Yakomba, mba yikwiza Simeone, Levi, Yunda ,Yisaka ni Zapulone.
24 Ana ja Rakele kapwile: Yosefwe ni Mbenjamine.
25 Ana ja Mbila, ngamba ya Rakele kapwile: Ndane ni Napatali.
26 Ana ja Zelupa ngamba ya Liya kapwile: Ngate ni Ashe. Wano e ana ja Yakomba asemukinyine ku Panda-narame.
27 Kusulaho, Yakomba yaheta kuze tato Izake apwile, ku Mamare, mu Kiriate-Arpa, che kwamba, mu Heprone, kuze Apalahama ni Izake atwamine ngwe yilambala.
28 Izake yatwama miaka 180.
29 Kashika, Izake yasutuka, yafwa, yamufunda ngwe chize afunjile tulamba* twenyi, muze te hatwama matangwa anji ni uwahililo.* Mba yamufunda kuli ana jenyi Esau ni Yakomba.
Footnotes
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Zambi ya Mbetele.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Mushi lia Mutondo Unene Muze ayo Alilile.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “makakatuka ku mutanda we.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “mbuto.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Mwana wa Malilo, Mwana wa Malilo Jami.”
^ Lize linalumbunuka ngwo, “Mwana wa ku Kwoko lia Chindume.”
^ Liji lino linalumbunuka ngwo, “kufwa.”
^ Chize Alisonekene, “kashinakaji wa matangwa anji.”