13 NginguNkulunkulu waseBetheli, lapho wagcoba khona litje ngemafutsa, walenta sikhumbuto, wafunga kimi. Sukuma-ke manje, utfutse kulelive, ubuyele eveni lakini, lapho kunenkhaba yakho khona.’ ”
Ingilosi yaNkulunkulu yangibita ephusheni yatsi: ‘Jakobe!’ Ngasabela ngatsi: ‘Ngilapha.’
BoRakheli naLeya baphendvula batsi: “Pho, sisenaso yini sabelo nome lifa lekungeletfu endlini yababe?
Simakadze wakhuluma kuJakobe watsi: “Hamba ubuyele eveni lakini, lapho watalelwa khona, ngitawuba nawe.”
Jakobe wase uyathandaza watsi: “Nkulunkulu wababemkhulu Abrahama, naNkulunkulu wababe wami Isaka! Simakadze, wena wakhuluma kimi watsi: ‘Ncandzeka ubuyele eveni lakini, nasetihlotjeni takho, mine ngitakwentela lokuhle.’
Nkulunkulu wakhuluma kuJakobe watsi: “Suka lapha, ukhuphuke uye eBetheli uyewuhlala khona; ungakhele lilati lapho mine Nkulunkulu ngabonakala kuwe ngesikhatsi ubalekela Esawu, umnakenu.”
Wafike wakha lilati lapho. Lendzawo wayetsa libito watsi yi-Eli Betheli ngobe ngukhona lapho Nkulunkulu atibonakalisa kuye ngesikhatsi abalekela umnakabo.