18 Edomu uyawuncotjwa; Seyiri, sitsa sakhe, naye uyawuncotjwa, kodvwa Israyeli uyawukhula abe nemandla.
Shangatsi tive tingasebenta wena, nemindeni ikukhotsamele. Ube yinkhosi kubomnakenu, emadvodzana enyoko akukhotsamele. Akacalekiswe lokucalekisako, abusiswe lokubusisako.”
Uyawuphila ngenkemba yakho, usebente umnakenu, kodvwa kuyawutsi nawudlubulundzela, uyawulephula lijoko lakhe entsanyeni yakho.”
Jakobe watfumela tigijimi ku-Esawu umnakabo, eveni laseSeyiri, kulaka-Edomu.
Wase umisa tinkambu temasotja kulo lonkhe laka-Edomu. Onkhe ema-Edomu ase aba ngaphansi kwaDavide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Simakadze wase uvusela Solomoni sitsa, Hadadi, um-Edomu, labewendlu yasebukhosini baka-Edomu.
Kucala, ngesikhatsi Davide alwa nebaka-Edomu, Jowabe, labeyindvuna yemphi labekhuphukile kuyawungcwaba lasebafile, wafike wabhubhisa onkhe emadvodza aka-Edomu.
Awu, Nkulunkulu, usiyekelele wasilahla, wenta netivikelo tetfu tabhidlitwa, kwaya njengobe usitfukutselele. Buya utesilulamisa.
Inkemba yami seyinatse yenela emazulwini, bukani, yehla ngekwehlulela, yehlela kulaka-Edomu, sive lengitasibhubhisa ngisicedze.
Ngubani lona lochamuka ka-Edomu, lobuya eBhosra, lonetingubo letibhocwe ngalokubovu njengengati? Ngubani yena lona, lowembetse umjiva webukhosi lokhatimulako, lohamba acanase ngebukhulu bemandla akhe? “Ngimi, lengikhuluma ngekulunga, lonemandla ekusindzisa.”
“Ngalelo langa ngiyakulivusa kabusha lithende laDavide leliwile. Ngiyakutakha kabusha tindzawo talo letephukile, ngiwakhe kabusha emadzibikelo alo, ngiphindze ngilakhe libe nguloku lelake laba nguko,
khona batekudla lifa lensali yaka-Edomu kanye nelato tonkhe tive letibitwa ngeLibito lami,” usho njalo Simakadze, lotawutenta tonkhe letintfo.
Simakadze ukhuluma ku-Edomu, utsi: “Ngitakwenta ube ngulomncane emkhatsini wetive, ngikwente wedzeleleke kakhulu.
Kodvwa Edomu waphendvula, watsi: “Ningeke nengce lapha; naningake nilokotse, siyawuphuma sinihlasele ngetikhali.”
Umbusi uyawuvela kuJakobe abhubhise bonkhe lababesele nakuhlaselwa lelo dolobha.”