UGENESISI 25 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

Iinzukulwana ezinye zaka-Abrahamu

¹ U-Abrahamu wathatha omunye umfazi, egade kuthiwa nguKhethura.

² Yena wambelethela uZimrani, uJokhitjhani, uMedani, uMidiyani, uYitjhibakhi noTjhuwarhi.

³ UJokhitjhani wabeletha uTjheba noDedani. Iinzukulwana zakaDedani bekuma-Atjhuri, amaLethutjhi namaLewumi.

⁴ Amadodana kaMidiyani bekungu-Efa, u-Eferi, uRhanoki, u-Abida no-Elida. Boke labo bekuziinzukulwana zakaKhethura.

Ukuhlongakala nokubulungwa kwaka-Abrahamu

⁵ U-Abrahamu wanikela u-Isaka loke ilifa lakhe.

⁶ Kodwana kwathi asaphila, wapha amadodana wamakhohlwakhe izipho wathi abaye ngenarheni engepumalanga yeKanana ukuze babe kude nendodanakhe u-Isaka.

⁷ U-Abrahamu waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi alikhomba namihlanu.

^8-9 Gade sele aluphele khulu lokha nakakhohlela kokugcina, wahlongakala anelisekile ngepilo, aliqhegu elithukgheleko. Amadodanakhe u-Isaka no-Itjhimayeli bambulunga kebekhabo erholweni leMakaphela. Ithunelo belingepumalanga yeMamre, esimini ka-Efroni umsa kaTsorhari umRhithi,

¹⁰ ekuyisimu u-Abrahamu ayithenga kumaRhithi. U-Abrahamu wabulungwa lapho-ke yena nomkakhe uSara.

¹¹ Ngemva kokuhlongakala kwaka-Abrahamu, uZimu wabusisa indodanakhe u-Isaka ogade ahlala emthonjeni we-Larhayi-Royi.

Iinzukulwana zaka-Itjhimayeli

¹² Naku umlando ka-Itjhimayeli indodana ka-Abrahamu ambelethelwa nguHagari umGibhide, ikhobokakazi lakaSara.

¹³ Naka-ke amabizo wamadodana ka-Itjhimayeli ngokulamana kwawo: Izibulo nguNebayothi, alanywe nguKedari, u-Adibiyeli, uMibisami,

¹⁴ uMitjhima, uDuma, uMasa,

¹⁵ uRhadadi, uTema, uJethuri, uNafitjhi kanye noKhedema.

¹⁶ Lawo-ke mabizo wamadodana ka-Itjhimayeli. Abarholi abalitjhumi nambili beenkorwaba gade banemizi eyakhiweko neenkampa zamatende.

¹⁷ U-Itjhimayeli waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi amathathu namikhomba. Wakhohlela kokugcina, wahlongakala bewabulungwa.

¹⁸ Iinzukulwana zakhe zahlala endaweni ukusuka eRhavila ukuya eTjhuri, ngepumalanga yeGibhide ncange-Asiriya. Zahlala ziphehla inturhu kibo boke abafowazo.

Ukubelethwa kwaka-Esewu noJakopo

¹⁹ Naku umlando ka-Isaka indodana ka-Abrahamu: U-Abrahamu wabeletha u-Isaka.

²⁰ U-Isaka gade aneminyaka ematjhumi amane lokha nakathatha uRabega indodakazi kaBhetuweli umAramu ovela ePadana-Aramu nongudadwabo kaLabani umAramu.

²¹ U-Isaka wathandaza kuSomnini ngomkakhe ogade ayinyumba. USomnini waphendula umthandazwakhe, yeke umkakhe uRabega waba sidisi.

²² Amasana gade anande akghudlhana ngesiswini sakhe wabe wazibuza wathi: “Kanti kwenzakalani kimapha?” Wakanye wayokubuza kuSomnini.

²³ USomnini wathi kuye: “Kunezizwe ezimbili esibelethweni sakho, abantu ababili ngesiswini sakho bazakuhlukaniswa; omunye uzakuba namandla ukudlula omunye, omkhulu alotjhe omncani.”

²⁴ Kwathi nakufika isikhathi sakhe sokubeletha, kwavela amawele wabesanyana.

²⁵ Wokuthoma wavela abomvana, umzimbakhe woke inga wembeswe ngenaka loboya, yeke bamthiya bona ngu-Esewu.

²⁶ Ngemva kwakhe kwavela umfowabo akakarele isithende saka-Esewu ngesandlana sakhe; yeke bamthiya bona nguJakopo. U-Isaka gade aneminyaka ematjhumi asithandathu lokha uRabega nakababelethako.

U-Esewu uthengisa amalungelwakhe wobuzibulo

²⁷ Abesanabo bakhula, u-Esewu waba mzumi onobukghoni, indoda ezwana nommango, kodwana uJakopo yena bekumumuntu ozothileko ohlala ematendeni.

²⁸ U-Isaka wathanda u-Esewu ngombana gade athanda inyama yeenyamazana, kodwana uRabega yena wazithandela uJakopo.

²⁹ Kwathi ngelinye ilanga uJakopo asapheke isitjhebo, kwafika u-Esewu avela emmangweni, adinwe afile.

³⁰ Wathi kuJakopo: “Akhe ungiphe isitjhebo sakho esinzothweso ngombana ngifile ngokudinwa!” Ngikho-nje godu kwathiwa ngu-Edomu.

³¹ UJakopo waphendula wathi: “Uzwile! Ngithengisela ubuzibulo bakho ntange.”

³² U-Esewu wathi: “Qala, ngiyafa ngendlala, buzangisiza ngani nje ubuzibulwanyana bakhonobo?”

³³ UJakopo wathi: “Zibophe ngesifungo khonanje.” Wazibopha ngesifungo-ke, wathengisela uJakopo ubuzibulo bakhe njalo.

³⁴ Yeke uJakopo waphakela u-Esewu isikwa nesitjhebo seenhlumaya. Wagoma, wasela, wasikima, wakhamba. Ngalokho u-Esewu wanyaza ubuzibulo bakhe.