31 Watsi kube abone Simakadze kutsi Leya uyaliwa, wavula sitalo sakhe; kepha Rakheli waba yinyumba.
Sarayi abeyinyumba, ate bantfwana.
Sarayi, umka-Abrama, abengenamntfwana. Abenesisebenti lesasingumGibhithe lesasibitwa ngekutsi nguHagari.
Phela Simakadze abesavale tonkhe titalo tebemndeni waka-Abimeleki ngenca yaSara, umka-Abrahama.
Isaka wathandazela umkakhe kuSimakadze, ngobe abeyinyumba. Simakadze wawuphendvula umthandazo wakhe; Rebheka, umka-Isaka, wakhulelwa.
Esawu wamtondza Jakobe ngenca yesibusiso labesitsatse kuyise, wadzimate watsi enhlitiyweni yakhe: “Emalanga ekulilela babe asayasondzela, emvakwawo Jakobe, umnaketfu, ngitambulala.”
Ngako Jakobe wangena kuRakheli. Wamtsandza kakhulu kunaLeya. Jakobe wasebentela Labani leminye futsi iminyaka lesikhombisa.
Leya wakhulelwa, watala indvodzana, wayetsa libito watsi nguRubeni, ngobe abetsi: “Simakadze ukubonile kuhlupheka kwami, manje indvodza yami seyitangitsandza.”
Nkulunkulu wakhumbula Rakheli, wawuva umthandazo wakhe, wasivula sitalo sakhe.
Emadvodzana aLeya bekuboRubeni, litubulo laJakobe, bese kuba nguSimeyoni, naLevi, naJuda, na-Isakhari, naZebuloni.
Bantfwana balifa leliphuma kuSimakadze, basibusiso lesivela kuye.
Simakadze wakhuluma watsi: “Sengikubone ngempela kuhlushwa kwebantfu bami labaseGibhithe. Sengikuvile nekukhala kwabo ngekucindzetelwa nguletindvuna tabo temisebenti. Ngiyakwati kuhlupheka kwabo.
kodvwa Esawu ngamtondza. Ngagucula tintsaba takhe taba lugwadvule, lifa lakhe ngalishiyela timphungutja tasehlane.”
“Lotsandza uyise nome unina kwengca mine, akangifaneli; nalotsandza indvodzana yakhe nome indvodzakati yakhe kwengca mine, akangifaneli.
“Kute umuntfu longakhonta emakhosi lamabili; ngobe uyakutondza lenye, atsandze lenye; uyakwetsembeka kulenye ayedzelele lenye. Ungeke ukhonte Nkulunkulu nemcebo.
Babete bantfwana, ngobe Elizabethe abengatali, futsi bobabili besebakhulile.
“Lota kimi angeke abe ngumfundzi wami ngaphandle kwekutsi adzele uyise nenina, umfati wakhe nebantfwabakhe, bomnakabo nabodzadzewabo, yebo, kanye nemphilo yakhe lucobo lwayo.
Lowo lotsandza kuphila kwakhe, uyawulahlekelwa ngiko; nalowo lotondza kuphila kwakhe kulelive, uyawukulondvolotela kuphila lokuphakadze.
Nkulunkulu wanika Abrahama lisiko lekusoka, kwaba sibonakaliso sesivumelwane. Ngako Abrahama watala Isaka, wamsoka ngemvakweliviki atelwe; na-Isaka wasoka Jakobe, naJakobe wasoka bokhokho labali-12.
“Nangabe indvodza inebafati lababili, bese itsandza lona lomunye kwendlula lona lomunye, bobabili bese batubula ngebafana kodvwa litubulo lekucala kube ngelalomfati losaliwakati,
Ngako Bowazi watsatsa Ruthe, waba ngumkakhe. Simakadze wambusisa, Ruthe watetfwala, watala indvodzana.
Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi Hana wakhulelwa watala indvodzana, wayetsa libito watsi nguSamuweli, atsi: “Ngamcela kuSimakadze.”
Ngathandaza ngicela lomntfwana, Simakadze wase uyangipha loko lengangikucele kuye.
Kodvwa abetsi nakabela Hana, incenye yakaHana ayiphindze kabili, ngobe abemtsandza kakhulu; Simakadze abesivalile sitalo saHana.
Simakadze wentela Hana umusa, wakhulelwa, watala bantfwana: emadvodzana lamatsatfu nemadvodzakati lamabili. Umfana longuSamuweli abesolomane achubeka akhula embikwaSimakadze.