23 Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Esiswini sakho kunetive letimbili. Utawutala tive letitakwehlukana tinhlobo letimbili. Lesinye sive siyawuba nemandla kunalesinye, lomdzala akhonte lomncane.”
Ngiyawumbusisa, ngikunike indvodzana ngaye. Ngiyawumbusisa, abe ngunina wetive. Kuyawuvela kuye emakhosi etive.”
“Nasi-ke sivumelwane sami nawe: Uyawuba nguyise wetive letinyenti.
Bambusisa Rebheka batsi kuye: “Hamba kahle, dzadzewetfu. Shangatsi ungaba ngunina wetinkhulungwane tetinkhulungwane; shangatsi intalo yakho ingawancoba emadolobha etitsa tayo.”
Kwatsi nakufika emalanga akhe ekubeleka, wabeleka emaphahla.
Labafana bakhula. Esawu waba ngumtingeli lonelikhono, angumuntfu wasematsafeni, kantsi Jakobe yena abesithuli ahlala ekhaya.
Shangatsi tive tingasebenta wena, nemindeni ikukhotsamele. Ube yinkhosi kubomnakenu, emadvodzana enyoko akukhotsamele. Akacalekiswe lokucalekisako, abusiswe lokubusisako.”
Isaka wetfuka wachachatela kamatima wonkhe umtimba watsi: “Kantsi ngubani lona loletse inyama yenyamatane lapha kimi, ngayidla yonkhe ungakefiki wena, ngase ngiyambusisa? Ngempela utawubusiswa yena.”
Isaka wamphendvula watsi: “Asubuke nje, sengimente waba yinkhosi yakho, ngimnike bonkhe bomnakabo kutsi babe tisebenti takhe. Ngimuphe inala yemabele neyeliwayini. Pho, wena ngingabe ngisakwentelani, ndvodzana yami?”
Uyawuphila ngenkemba yakho, usebente umnakenu, kodvwa kuyawutsi nawudlubulundzela, uyawulephula lijoko lakhe entsanyeni yakho.”
Titfunywa tabuya kuJakobe, tafike tatsi: “Simkhandzile umnakenu Esawu; naye sewuyeta utekuhlangabeta, uta nemadvodza langemakhulu lamane.”
Jakobe wahamba embikwabo bonkhe, wakhotsamela emhlabatsini kasikhombisa, wadzimate wefika kumnakabo.
Lawa ngemabito emakhosi labebusa eveni laka-Edomu kusengakabusi inkhosi ka-Israyeli:
Kodvwa uyise wala, watsi: “Ngiyati, ndvodzana yami, ngiyati. Naye utaba sive, naye futsi utaba mkhulu. Kodvwa nome kunjalo, lona lomncane utawuba mkhulu kunaye, netitukulwane takhe tiyawuba tive letinkhulu.”
Wase umisa tinkambu temasotja kulo lonkhe laka-Edomu. Onkhe ema-Edomu ase aba ngaphansi kwaDavide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Kwasala sekute inkhosi e-Edomu; ngako kwase kubambe lisekela.
Wase umisa tinkambu temasotja kulaka-Edomu. Onkhe ema-Edomu ase aba ngaphansi kwaDavide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Emachawe aseJerusalema ayawuyincoba iNtsaba iSiyoni alibuse lelive laka-Edomu. Lowo mbuso uyakwenganyelwa nguSimakadze.
Mosi watfumela tigijimi kusuka eKhadeshi, taya enkhosini yaka-Edomu, tafike tatsi: “Umnakenu Israyeli utsi wena uyabati bonkhe bulukhuni lobusehlele.
Nika labantfu nansi imiyalo utsi: “Senitalidzabula ekhatsi lelive lebanakenu, titukulwane ta-Esawu, letihlala eSeyiri. Batawunesaba, kodvwa nibocaphela.
“Ngako sahamba sendlula labanaketfu labatitukulwane taka-Esawu, lababehlala eSeyiri. Sawushiya umgwaco i-Arabha lochamuka e-Elathi nase-Esiyoni Geberi; sahamba ngemgwaco welihlane lakaMowabi.
Davide bekulitfumbu laJese. Laba labatsatfu bekucala bona balandzela Sawula, kwatsi