UGenesise 33 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 33

¹ UJakobe waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona, nango u-Esawu eza enamadoda angamakhulu amane. Abantwana wabahlukanisela uLeya noRaheli nezincekukazi zombili.

² Wabeka izincekukazi nabantwana bazo ngaphambili, uLeya nabantwana bakhe ngemuva, noRaheli noJosefa ngemuva.

³ Wasedlula phambi kwabo wakhothamela emhlabathini kasikhombisa waze wasondela kumfowabo.

⁴ U-Esawu wagijima ukumhlangabeza, wamgona, wawa entanyeni yakhe, wamanga; basebekhala.

⁵ Waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona abesifazane nabantwana; wathi: Ngubani lo okuwe? Wathi: “Abantwana uNkulunkulu ayiphe inceku yakho ngomusa wakho.”

⁶ Zase zisondela izincekukazi, zona nabantwana bazo, zakhothama.

⁷ ULeya nabantwana bakhe basondela, bakhothama; ngemva kwalokho uJosefa noRaheli basondela, bakhothama.

⁸ Wathi: “Uthini ngazo zonke lezi zinkomo engihlangane nazo na?” Wathi: “Bayakufumana umusa emehlweni enkosi yami.”

⁹ Wayesethi u-Esawu: “Nginokuningi, mfowethu; gcina lokho onakho kuwe.

¹⁰ Wathi uJakobe: “Qha, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, thatha isipho sami esandleni sami; ngoba ngalokho ngibone ubuso bakho kungathi ngibonile ubuso bukaNkulunkulu, wathokoza ngami.

¹¹ Thathani isibusiso sami esilethwa kini; ngokuba uNkulunkulu ungenzele umusa, nangenxa yokuthi nginokuningi. Wamncenga, wakwamukela.

¹² Wathi: “Masihambe, sihambe, ngiyakuphuma phambi kwakho.”

¹³ Wathi kuye: “Inkosi yami iyazi ukuthi abantwana bathambile, nokuthi izimvu nezinkomo kanye nezimvu zikimi;

¹⁴ Inkosi yami mayiwele phambi kwenceku yayo, mina-ke ngiyakuhamba kahle njengezinkomo eziwela phambi kwami, ngibekezele abantwana, ngize ngifike enkosini yami eSeyiri.

¹⁵ Wathi u-Esawu: “Ake ngishiye abanye abantu abanami nawe.” Wasesithi: Lidingani? mangithole umusa emehlweni enkosi yami.

¹⁶ Ngakho u-Esawu wabuya ngalolo suku ngendlela yakhe eya eSeyiri.

¹⁷ UJakobe wasuka waya eSukoti, wazakhela indlu, wenzela izinkomo zakhe amadokodo; ngalokho igama laleyo ndawo lathiwa iSukoti.

¹⁸ UJakobe wafika eSalema, umuzi wakwaShekemi, osezweni laseKhanani, ekuphumeni kwakhe ePhadani Aramu; wamisa itende lakhe phambi komuzi.

¹⁹ Wathenga isiqephu sezwe lapho agxumeka khona itende lakhe esandleni sabantwana bakwaHemori uyise kaShekemi ngezinhlamvu eziyikhulu zemali.

²⁰ Wamisa khona i-altare, walibiza ngokuthi i-Elohe-Israyeli.