Genesisi 33:1-20
33 UJakopo uthe nakaphakamisa amehlwakhe wabona kuza u-Esewu anamadoda ama-400.+ Nje-ke wahlukanisa abantwana, abanye baba noLeya abanye noRarheli, abanye baba neensebenzi zakhe ezisikazi ezimbili.+
2 Wabeka iinsebenzi zakhe ezisikazi nabantwana bazo phambili,+ kwalandela uLeya nabantwana bakhe,+ ngemva kwabo kwaba nguRarheli+ noJosefa.
3 Yena wakhamba phambi kwabo, wakhothama amahlandla alikhomba njengombana atjhidela kumnakwabo.
4 U-Esewu wagijima wayomhlangabeza, wafese wamgona, wammanga begodu balila bobabili.
5 Uthe nakavusa ihloko wabona abafazi nabantwana, wathi: “Bobani abakhamba nawaba?” UJakopo wathi: “Bantwana uZimu abaphe isisebenzi sakho.”+
6 Iinsebenzi ezisikazi zaya phambili nabantwana bazo zakhothama,
7 noLeya nabantwabakhe baya phambili bakhothama. Ngemva kwalokho kwalandela uJosefa noRarheli, nabo bakhothama.+
8 U-Esewu wathi: “Kubayini uthumele abantu nemihlambi engihlangene nayo leya?”+ Waphendula wathi: “Ngenze lokhu bona ngifumane umusa ekosinami.”+
9 Ngemva kwalokho u-Esewu wathi: “Nginezinto ezinengi mfowethu,+ okungekwakho akuhlale kungekwakho.”
10 UJakopo wathi: “Ngibawa uzithathe. Nangabe ngifumene umusa kuwe, thatha isipho samesi ngombana ngikulethele sona bona ngizokubona ubuso bakho. Ngithe nangibona ubuso bakho kwaba ngasuthi ngibona ubuso bakaZimu ngombana ungamukele kamnandi.+
11 Ngibawa uthathe isipho esilethwe kuwesi,+ sitjengisa bona ngikufisela okuhle ngombana uZimu ube nomusa kimi begodu nginakho koke engikutlhogako.”+ Waraga nokumncenga bewasithatha.
12 Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi u-Esewu wathi: “Asikhambe, mina ngizokukhamba phambi kwakho.”
13 UJakopo wathi: “Ikosami iyalemuka bona ngikhamba nabantwana, basesebancani+ begodu nginezimvu neenkomo ezisamunyisako, kufuze ngizitlhogomele. Nange zingakhanjiswa ngokurhabako ngelanga linye umhlambi woke ungafa.
14 Nje-ke ngibawa ukhambe phambi kwesisebenzi sakho kosami kodwana mina ngizokukhamba kabuthaka ngokuvumelana nefuywami nabantwabami bengifike eSeyiri ekosinami.”+
15 U-Esewu wathi: “Nakunjalo-ke, ngibawa ukutjhiya abanye babantu bami nawe.” UJakopo wathi: “Kubayini wenza njalo? Kwanele ukufumana umusa ekosinami.”
16 Yeke ngalo ilangelo u-Esewu wabuyela eSeyiri.
17 UJakopo waya eSukothi+ wafese wazakhela indlu, wenzela nomhlambakhe umthunzi. Kungebangelo athiya indawo leyo ngokuthi yiSukothi.*
18 Ngemva kwekhambo elisuka ePadana-Aramu,+ uJakopo wafika aphephile edorobheni leTjhekemu+ enarheni yamaKanana,+ wahloma ikampakhe eduze nedorobho.
19 Wathenga ngeempaparwana ezili-100+ zemali isiquntu sesimu lapho ahlome khona itende lakhe emadodaneni kaRhamori uyise kaTjhekemu.
20 Wenza i-aldara lapho, walithiya ngokuthi nguZimu, uZimu ka-Israyeli.+
Imitlolo Ephasi
^ Kutjho ukuthi “ImiTlhatlhana.”
