4 Kodvwa Esawu wagijima wamhlangabeta, wafike wamgona ngemikhono, wamanga. Bakhala bobabili.
Jakobe wanga Rakheli, wakhala ngenca yenjabulo.
Watsi kube Labani ayive lendzaba yemshana wakhe, wagijima wamhlangabeta, wafike wamgona wamanga, wamngenisa endlini. Jakobe watekela Labani yonkhe indzaba yakhe.
Ngicela kutsi umane ungephule esandleni semnaketfu Esawu, ngobe ngiyamesaba, kutsi angahle angihlasele abulale bantfwana kanye nabonina.
Lendvodza yatsi: “Libito lakho lingeke lisaba nguJakobe, kodvwa sewutawuba ngu-Israyeli, ngobe ubambene naNkulunkulu nebantfu, wajinge wancoba.”
Josefa washesha waphuma, ngobe inhlitiyo yakhe yefikelwa buhlungu, wafuna indzawo lesitsele, wangena khona wakhala.
Batsi nabanikwa kudla kwasetafuleni laJosefa, kwakaBhenjamini kwaphindvwa kahlanu kunekwabo bonkhe. Ngako-ke badla, banatsa, bajabula kanye naye.
Wakhala kakhulu, kwadzimate kweva nemaGibhithe, kanye nebendlu yakaFaro.
Josefa wagibela incola yakhe waphikelela khona eGosheni, wayawuhlangabeta uyise Israyeli. Watsi achamuka nje, Josefa wambona uyise watigaca entsanyeni yakhe, wakhalela kuye sikhatsi lesidze.
Ngako Jowabe wavele wahamba waya enkhosini, wafike wayitjela konkhe loko. Inkhosi yabe seyibita Absalomu; wafike wakhotsamisa buso bakhe phansi emhlabatsini embikwenkhosi. Inkhosi yanga Absalomu.
Awu, Simakadze, indlebe yakho ayiwuve umthandazo wenceku yakho, iwuve nalomthandazo wetinceku takho letijabulela kuhlonipha Libito lakho. Nika inceku yakho imphumelelo lamuhla ngekuyipha kubonelelwa nekuvelwa ngulombusi.” Ngaleso sikhatsi ngangingumphatsi wesitja senkhosi.
Batsi nabambona basesekhashane, bangete bambona kutsi nguye; bacala bakhala kakhulu, baklebhula imijiva yabo, batitsela ngelutfuli etinhloko tabo.
Ngakhuleka kuSimakadze, wangiphendvula, wangikhulula kuko konkhe kwesaba kwami.
Nangabe umuntfu ajabulisa Simakadze ngesimilo sakhe, Simakadze ubese wenta titsa takhe tihlalisane kahle naye.
Inhlitiyo yenkhosi isesandleni saSimakadze, uyicondzisa kalula njengemanti emfula.
Ngako-ke yesuka yahamba yaya kuyise. “Yayisekudzeni kabi nelikhaya ngesikhatsi uyise ayibona. Inhlitiyo yeyise yagcwala sihawu, wayihawukela wagijima wayihlangabeta. Wayigaca ngemkhono wakhe, wayanga.
Bakhala bonkhe, Pawula bamgaca ngemikhono, bamanga.
Watsi kube lomfana ahambe, Davide wesuka lapho eningizimu nelitje, wakhotsamela Jonathani katsatfu, abhekise buso bakhe phansi. Base bayangana, bakhala bobabili, kodvwa Davide wakhala kakhulu.