17 Ngako-ke insimi ya-Efroni leyayiseMakhaphela ngasemphumalanga neMamre, leyayinemhume nato tonkhe tihlahla letatikuyo, yonkhe leyo ndzawo,
Lensimi kanye nemhume emaHethi akunika Abrahama kutsi kube yindzawo yakhe yekungcwaba.
Lensimi ngulena leyatsengwa ngu-Abrahama kumaHethi. Wangcwatjwa khona lapho-ke Abrahama, kanye nemkakhe Sara.
Bo-Isaka na-Ishmayeli, emadvodzana akhe, amngcwaba emhumeni waseMakhaphela, ensimini ya-Efroni, umsa waSowari, umHethi, emphumalanga naseMamre.
Ngifuna kungcwatjwa lapho kwangcwatjwa khona bobabe. Ubongetfwala, ungikhiphe eGibhithe ngiyekungcwatjwa lapho kwangcwatjwa khona bobabe.” Josefa wamphendvula watsi: “Ngiyawukwenta loko njengobe ushito.”
Emadvodzana aJakobe ametfwala uyise ambuyisela eveni laseKhenani, amngcwaba emhumeni wensimi yaseMakhaphela, ngasemphumalanga yeMamre. Lomgedze watsengwa kanye nensimi ngu-Abrahama ku-Efroni, umHethi, kutsi ube yindzawo yekungcwaba.
Ungakumikisa yini etindzaweni tako? Uyatati yini tindlela letiya emakhaya ako?
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowephanako, ebolekise ngesihle, lowenta tonkhe tintfo ngekwetsembeka.
“Lalelani! Nginitfuma njengetimvu emkhatsini wetimphisi. Ngako-ke hlakaniphani njengetinyoka, nibete bucili njengematuba.
Tidvumbu tabo tamikiswa eShekhemu, lapho tangcwatjwa khona edlizeni lelalitsengwe ngu-Abrahama ngemali esiveni saHamori eShekhemu.
Ngako-ke caphelani kutsi nitiphatsa njani. Ningatiphatsisi kwebantfu labangakahlakaniphi, kepha njengalabahlakaniphile.
Tiphatseni ngekuhlakanipha nanisemkhatsini webantfu labangakholwa, bambisisani sikhatsi, niwasebentise kahle ematfuba leninawo.