5 Wafike wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Sengibonile kutsi buso beyihlo abusangijabuleli njengakucala, kodvwa Nkulunkulu wababe abenami.
Ngaso leso sikhatsi Abimeleki waya ku-Abrahama ahamba naPhikoli, indvuna yemabutfo akhe, wafike watsi: “Nkulunkulu unawe kuko konkhe lokwentako.
Simakadze wabonakala kuye ngabona lobo busuku, watsi: “NginguNkulunkulu weyihlo Abrahama; ungesabi, ngobe nginawe, ngiyakukubusisa ngandzise titukulwane takho ngenca yenceku yami Abrahama.”
Simakadze abeme etikwalo; wakhuluma naye watsi: “NginguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu weyihlo Abrahama, naNkulunkulu wa-Isaka. Lelive lolele kulo ngiyawulinika wena kanye netitukulwane takho.
Ukhumbule kutsi ngitawuba nawe ngikulondvolote nome uyaphi, ngikubuyise kulo lelive. Ngobe ngingeke ngikushiye ngingakakwenti loku lesengikwetsembise kona.”
NginguNkulunkulu waseBetheli, lapho wagcoba khona litje ngemafutsa, walenta sikhumbuto, wafunga kimi. Sukuma-ke manje, utfutse kulelive, ubuyele eveni lakini, lapho kunenkhaba yakho khona.’ ”
Nginawo emandla ekukulimata; kodvwa Nkulunkulu weyihlo ukhulume kimi itolo ebusuku ephusheni watsi: ‘Ucaphele, ungakhulumi lokuhle nome lokubi kuJakobe.’
Ngako-ke Jakobe wabita boRakheli naLeya kutsi bete kuye emadlelweni, lapho abelusele khona imfuyo yakhe.
Kube Nkulunkulu wababe, naNkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, lokwesaba kwa-Isaka, abengekho ngakimi, ngineliciniso kutsi ngabe ungicoshile ngahamba mahhala ngite lutfo. Kodvwa Nkulunkulu ukubonile kuhlupheka kwami nemsebenti wetandla tami, wase uyakwekhuta kulobusuku bayitolo.”
Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama naNkulunkulu waNahori, utakwehlulela emkhatsini wetfu.” Ngako-ke Jakobe wafunga ngaNkulunkulu weyise Isaka, wagomela kutsi utasigcina lesetsembiso.
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.’
Jakobe wabe sewubusisa Josefa, watsi: “Shangatsi Nkulunkulu wabobabe, lowakhontwa bo-Abrahama na-Isaka, yena loNkulunkulu longihole kuyo yonkhe imphilo yami, kwaze kwaba ngulamuhla, angababusisa labafana.
Mine yihlo ngicela ubatsetselele laba bomnakenu ngalobubi lababenta kuwe, ngobe bakona.’ Sesiyakucela-ke kutsi usitsetselele kulobubi lesabenta kuwe, tsine tinceku taNkulunkulu weyihlo.” Josefa wakhala nakeva lomlayeto.
Ngako-ke ungesabi, ngobe mine nginawe; ungajabhi, ngobe mine nginguNkulunkulu wakho. Ngitakucinisa ngikusite, ngiyakukubamba ngesandla sami sekudla lesilungile.
Balekelani kutsandza imali, neneliswe nguloko leninako, ngobe Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngingeke ngikuyekele, ngingeke ngikushiye.”