2 Bumwi bushiku, mashiku Eli uyo wakalinga kuya cipofola, wakalinga kulete mucipinda cakwe.
Eli ico ciindi wakalinga waba amyaaka makumi osanwe aone amyaaka yosanwe ayotatwe cakwaamba ayi wakalinga kupofwete.
Tulipetwe myaaka makumi osanwe aobilo pano nsengwe, nabi myaaka makumi osanwe aotatwe na katucicite nkusu. Sombi ciindi ici nca mapenshobo akulila. Buumi buleela cakufwambaana, lyalo tulafwa.
Meenso akwe Jakobo akalinga kwaalilwa kubona ceebo ca kucembela alimwi taakalinga kukonsha kubona kabotu. Josefu wakabaleta kuli nguwe, mpeeke Jakobo wakabakumbata akubafyonta.
Isaki ono wakacembela akupofola. Wakatuma nkombe kuli Esau mwanaakwe munenebantu ayi ese. Mpeeke wakamwaambila ayi, “Omwanaangu!” Lakwe wakakumbula ayi, “Ee nkambo.”
Sombi baishi bakakaka akwaamba ayi, “Ndishi omwanaangu, ndishi. Alakwe ulaakuba mushobo alimwi alakwe ulaakuba muntu ulemekwa. Nakubi boobo, mwanike wakwe ulaakwiindaawo alimwi bamulunyungu lwakwe balaakuba likoto lya mishobo.”
Paciindi ico maansaako ayo akufuna alaakututuma, amyeendo yako iyo iyumu nta ilaakulefuka. Meeno ako alaakuceya kutafuna shakulya aalo meenso ako alaakucileka kubonesha.
Ono Eli wakacembela abuumbi. Wakalinga kunoonyumfwabo shoonse shakalinga kucita bana bakwe kubene Isilaeli alimwi akwaamba ayi balakumana abanakashi bakalinga kusebensa pamwinjililo wa Tente ya Cipangano.
Mpeeke wakaya kuŋanda yakwe Aija muShilo. Aija wakapofola ceebo cakucembela.