Genesis 25:1-34
25 Ngoku uAbraham waphinda wazithathela umfazi, yaye igama lakhe yayinguKetura.
2 Ekuhambeni kwexesha wamzalela uZimran, uYokeshan, uMedan, uMidiyan,+ uIshibhaki noShuwaha.+
3 UYokeshan wazala uShebha noDedan.
Oonyana bakaDedan yayinguAshure, uLetushi noLewumi.*
4 Oonyana bakaMidiyan yayinguEfa, uEfere, uHanoki, uAbhida noEldaha.
Bonke aba yayingoonyana bakaKetura.
5 Ekuhambeni kwexesha uAbraham wanika uIsake yonke into awayenayo,+
6 kodwa abanye oonyana bakhe ababezelwe ngabanye abafazi bakhe,* wabanika izipho. Waza ke wabakhulula bemka kuIsake unyana wakhe,+ ngoxa wayesaphila, baya ngasempuma, kwilizwe laseMpuma.
7 Iminyaka awayiphilayo uAbraham yaba yiminyaka eyi-175.
8 Emva koko uAbraham waphefumla okokugqibela, waza wafa aluphele yaye anelisekile, wahlanganiselwa kubantu bakowabo.*
9 Oonyana bakhe, uIsake noIshmayeli, bamngcwabela kumqolomba waseMakaphela, owawungaphambi kweMamre, entsimini kaEfron unyana kaTsohare umHiti,+
10 ntsimi leyo yayithengwe nguAbraham koonyana bakaHeti. Wangcwatyelwa khona uAbraham, noSara umfazi wakhe.+
11 Emva kokuba uAbraham efile, uThixo waqhubeka emsikelela uIsake+ unyana wakhe, yaye wayehlala kufuphi naseBhere-lahayi-royi.+
12 Le yimbali kaIshmayeli+ unyana ka-Abraham, lo uHagare+ umYiputa, isicakakazi sikaSara, wamzalela uAbraham.
13 Nanga amagama oonyana bakaIshmayeli, amagama abo ngokwemvelaphi yeentsapho zabo: izibulo likaIshmayeli nguNebhayoti,+ ibe nguKedare,+ uAdebhele, uMibhesam,+
14 uMishma, uDuma, uMasa,
15 uHadadi, uTema, uYeture, uNafishi noKedema.
16 Abo ngoonyana bakaIshmayeli, yaye ngamagama abo lawo ngokweendawo zabo zokuhlala nangokweenkampu zabo,* iinkosi eziyi-12 ngokwezizwana zazo.+
17 UIshmayeli waphila iminyaka eyi-137. Emva koko waphefumla okokugqibela waza wafa, yaye wahlanganiselwa kubantu bakowabo.*
18 Bahlala eHavila+ kufuphi neShure,+ ekufuphi neYiputa, bada bayokufika naseAsiriya. Wahlala kufuphi nabo bonke abantakwabo.*+
19 Le yimbali kaIsake unyana ka-Abraham.+
UAbraham wazala uIsake.
20 UIsake wayeneminyaka eyi-40 xa watshata noRebheka, intombi kaBhetuweli+ umAram wasePadan-aram, udadeboLabhan umAram.
21 UIsake wayesoloko emcenga uYehova ngomfazi wakhe, kuba wayengafumani bantwana; ngoko uYehova wasiphendula isicelo sakhe, waza uRebheka umfazi wakhe wamitha.
22 Oonyana ababengaphakathi kuye baqalisa ukulwa,+ wade wathi: “Ukuba iza kuba nje le nto, ndisaphilela ntoni ke?” Ngoko wabuza kuYehova.
23 Wathi uYehova kuye: “Kukho iintlanga ezimbini esibelekweni sakho,+ yaye kuza kwahlukana izizwana ezibini ngaphakathi kwakho.+ Olunye uhlanga luza komelela kakhulu kunolunye,+ yaye omkhulu uza kuba sisicaka somncinci.”+
24 Xa kwafika ixesha lokuba abeleke, tyhini! wayenamawele esibelekweni sakhe.
25 Laphuma elokuqala libomvu lonke njengesambatho soboya,+ ngoko bathi igama lalo nguEsawu.*+
26 Emva koko kwaphuma umntakwabo ebambelele esithendeni sikaEsawu,+ bathi yena nguYakobi.*+ UIsake wayeneminyaka eyi-60 xa babezalwa.
27 Ekukhuleni kwawo la makhwenkwe, uEsawu waba ngumzingeli oyincutshe,+ indoda yasendle, yena uYakobi wayeyindoda engenakusoleka, ehlala ezintenteni.+
28 Yaye uIsake wayemthanda uEsawu, kuba wayesoloko emphathela inyamakazi, ngoxa yena uRebheka wayethanda uYakobi.+
29 Ngenye imini uYakobi wayepheka isityu, wafika uEsawu esuka endle, ediniwe.
30 Ngoko uEsawu wathi kuYakobi: “Khawulezisa ndiyakucela, ndiphe intwana* yeso sityu sakho sibomvu,* kuba ndidiniwe!”* Yiloo nto igama lakhe kwathiwa nguEdom.*+
31 Wathi uYakobi: “Qala undithengisele ilungelo lakho lokuba lizibulo!”+
32 UEsawu wathi: “Naku ndisifa ngoku! Buza kundenzela ntoni ubuzibulo?”
33 UYakobi wathi: “Ndifungele kuqala!” Wamfungela waza wamthengisela uYakobi ilungelo lakhe lokuba lizibulo.+
34 Emva koko uYakobi wanika uEsawu isonka nesityu seelentile, watya wasela, waza wemka. Ngoko uEsawu wabudela ubuzibulo.
Umbhalo osemazantsi
^ ‘UAshure, uLetushi noLewumi.’ NgesiHebhere la magama kusenokuba aquka inzala yabo.
^ Okanye “ngamashweshwe akhe.”
^ Lo ngumbongo othetha ngokufa.
^ Okanye “ngokweenkampu zabo ezibiyelweyo.”
^ Lo ngumbongo othetha ngokufa.
^ Okanye kusenokwenzeka, “Wahlala esilwa nabo bonke abantakwabo.”
^ Othetha ukuthi “Ukuba Xhonti.”
^ Othetha ukuthi “Obambe Isithende; Umbhukuqi.”
^ Okanye “ndiphe ithamo.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “yale nto ibomvu.”
^ Okanye “ndilambe kakhulu.”
^ Othetha ukuthi “Obomvu.”
