UGenesise 30 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 30

¹ URaheli esebonile ukuthi akamzaleli uJakobe abantwana, uRaheli waba nomhawu ngodadewabo; wathi kuJakobe: “Nginike abantwana bami, funa ngife.”

² Intukuthelo kaJakobe yamvuthela uRaheli, wathi: “Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu owagodla isithelo sesisu sikanyoko na?”

³ Wathi: “Bheka, incekukazi yami uBiliha, ngena kuye; uzobelethela emadolweni ami, ukuze nami ngizale naye.

⁴ Wamnika uBiliha incekukazi yakhe ukuba abe ngumfazi; uJakobe wangena naye.

⁵ UBiliha wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.

⁶ URaheli wayesethi: “UNkulunkulu wangihola, wezwa izwi lami, wangipha indodana; yingakho wambiza ngokuthi uDani.

⁷ UBiliha incekukazi kaRaheli wabuye wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.

⁸ Wayesethi uRaheli: “Ngabambana nodadewethu ngokushikashikana okukhulu, ngamnqoba, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uNafetali.”

⁹ ULeya esebonile ukuthi usebelethile, wathatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, wamnika uJakobe abe ngumkakhe.

¹⁰ UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wazalela uJakobe indodana.

¹¹ Wayesethi uLeya: “Kuza iviyo, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uGadi.”

¹² UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.

¹³ Wayesethi uLeya: “Ngiyajabula, ngokuba amadodakazi ayakuthi ngibusisiwe; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Asheri.

¹⁴ URubeni wahamba ngezinsuku zokuvuna ukolweni, wafumana amamandragora endle, wawayisa kunina uLeya. URaheli wayesethi kuLeya: “Nginike ama-apula othando endodana yakho.

¹⁵ Wathi kuye: “Kuncane yini ukuthi uthathile umyeni wami na?” futhi uyafuna futhi ukuphuca ama-apula othando endodaneni yami? URaheli wayesethi: “Ngalokho uzolala nawe namuhla ebusuku ngenxa yama-apula othando endodana yakho.

¹⁶ UJakobe wafika evela endle sekuhlwile, uLeya waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi: “Kumelwe ungene kimi; ngoba impela ngikuqashile ngamamandrake endodana yami. Walala naye ngalobo busuku.

¹⁷ UNkulunkulu wamuzwa uLeya, wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesihlanu.

¹⁸ Wayesethi uLeya: “UNkulunkulu unginikile umvuzo wami, lokhu ngamnika umyeni wami incekukazi yami; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Isakare.

¹⁹ ULeya wabuye wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesithupha.

²⁰ Wayesethi uLeya: “UNkulunkulu unginikile ilobolo elihle; manje umyeni wami useyakuhlala nami, ngokuba ngimzalele amadodana ayisithupha; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uZebuloni.

²¹ Ngasemuva wazala indodakazi, wayiqamba ngokuthi uDina.

²² UNkulunkulu wacabanga ngoRaheli, uNkulunkulu wamuzwa, wavula isizalo sakhe.

²³ Wakhulelwa, wazala indodana; wathi: UNkulunkulu ukususile ihlazo lami.

²⁴ Waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uJosefa; wathi: INkosi izakwengezelela enye indodana kimi.

²⁵ Kwathi uJosefa esezelwe, uJakobe wathi kuLabani: “Ngimukise ukuba ngiye endaweni yami yokuhlala nasezweni lakithi.”

²⁶ Nginike abafazi bami nabantwana bami engikukhonze ngenxa yabo, ngihambe, ngokuba uyayazi inkonzo yami engikwenzele yona.

²⁷ ULabani wayesethi kuye: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, hlala, ngokuba ngibonile ukuthi uJehova ungibusisile ngenxa yakho.”

²⁸ Wathi: “Nginqumele inkokhelo yakho, ngikunike.”

²⁹ Wathi kuye: “Uyazi wena ukuthi ngakukhonza kanjani nokuthi izinkomo zakho zazinjani kimi.”

³⁰ Ngokuba incane onayo ngingakafiki, yandile, yaba yisixuku; futhi iNkosi ikubusisile kusukela ekufikeni kwami; manje nami ngiyakuyinakekela nini indlu yami na?

³¹ Wathi: “Ngikupheni na?” Wayesethi uJakobe: “Awunakunginika lutho; uma uthanda ukungenzela, ngiyakubuye ngiluse, ngiluse umhlambi wakho;

³² Namuhla ngiyakudabula umhlambi wakho wonke, ngikhiphe khona zonke ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimnyama phakathi kwezimvu, nezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka phakathi kwezimbuzi; futhi lokhu kuyakuba ngumvuzo wami.

³³ “Ukulunga kwami kuyakungiphendulela esikhathini esizayo, lapho kufika umvuzo wami phambi kobuso bakho: zonke ezingemabala nezingamagqabhagqabha ezimbuzini, nezingemnyama phakathi kwezimvu, ezingathi zebiwe kimi.

³⁴ Wathi uLabani: “Bheka, ngiyathanda ukuba kube njengezwi lakho.”

³⁵ Ngalolo suku wakhetha izimbuzi ezimizile nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimhlophe kuzo, nazo zonke ezimnyama phakathi kwezimvu, wakubeka esandleni samadodana akhe.

³⁶ Wamisa ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu phakathi kwakhe noJakobe; uJakobe welusa yonke imihlambi kaLabani.

³⁷ UJakobe wazithathela izinti zompopulari eziluhlaza nezom-hazeli nezomquba; waligcwalisa ngemishwe emhlophe, wenza okumhlophe okuseziqephuzweni kubonakale.

³⁸ Wazibeka izinti azihlubula phambi komhlambi emiseleni yokuphuzela, lapho umhlambi ufika ukuphuza, ukuze ukhulelwe lapho ufika ukuphuza.

³⁹ Umhlambi wamitha phambi kwezinti, wazala izinkomo, ezimthende, nezimanakanaka, nezimanakanaka.

⁴⁰ UJakobe wawahlukanisa amawundlu, wabhekisa ubuso bomhlambi kwezinemishwe nakuzo zonke ezinsundu phakathi komhlambi kaLabani; futhi wahlukanisa umhlambi wakhe futhi akawubekelanga umhlambi kaLabani.

⁴¹ Kwathi njalo nxa inkomo ezilamandla zikhulelwa, uJakhobe wabeka amasila phambi kwenkomo emiseleni, ukuze zikhulele phakathi kwamabele.

⁴² Kodwa lapho izinkomo sezibuthakathaka akazifakanga; zazinjalo ezibuthakathaka zikaLabani nezinamandla zikaJakobe.

⁴³ Lowo muntu wanda kakhulu, waba nezinkomo eziningi, nezincekukazi, nezinceku, namakamela, nezimbongolo.