4 Adawapanganiza kuti akauze Izau kuti: “Ine Jakobo mtumiki wanu ndikhakhala kwa Labani, ndipo ndakhala kumweko kufikira tsapano lino.
“Tibvereni, mbuya wathu. Imwe ndimwe mtongi wa Mulungu pakati pa ife. Mkazi wanuyo, mumuikhe mthenje liri-lentse labwino lomwe tinalo muno. Palibe na m'bodziyo pakati pathu omwe angakumaneni thenje lomwe tinalo, ayai kukuletsani kuikhamo maiwa”.
Akhana njala kwene-kwene, na tenepo adauza Yakobo kuti: “Njala yandipweteka. Ndipasembo nyemba zifuira waphikazi ndinyopole”. (Ni thangwe race adam'cemera Edomu.)
Wanthu ambakutumikire, mitundu ya wanthu ikugodamire. Ukhale wakutonga pakati pa abale wako, bzizukulu bza mai wako bzimbakugodamire. Atembereredwe wentse wakukutemberera, tsono adalisidwe wentse wakukudalisa”.
Izaki adatawira Izauyo kuti: “Ndamudalisa kale umweyo kuti akhale wakutonga iwe, ndipo abale wace wentse ndawasandusa anyagrinya wace. Ndampasa bzakudya na bzakumwa bzace. Kodi tsapano casalambo n'ciyani cakuti ndikucitire iwe mwanangu?”
Tsapano ndakhala na imwe magole makumi mawiri panyumba panu. Ndakuphatirani basa magole khumi na manai thangwe la wana wanu awiriwa, ndipo magole matanthatu ndidaphatira bzifuwo. Tsono sagwati yangu mwacinja-cinja kakhumi.
Iwe ukatawire kuti: ‘Bzimwebzi ni bza mtumiki wanu Jakobo, ndipo aliukubzitumiza kuna imwe mbuya-wace, kuti bzikhale mphaso. Iyembo ali kubwera m'mbuyo mwathumu.’ ”
Ndina ng'ombe, mabulu, mabira na mbuzi ndipombo anyagrinya wacimuna na wacikazi. Ndirikupanganiza mafala yamweya kuna imwe mbuya wangu, kuti mundikomere m'tima!”
Ndaphata minyendo mbuya wangu, tsogolani, ine ndin'famba pang'ono-pang'ono pambuyo, malingana mafambidwe ya bzifuwo na wana wangu, mpaka kufika kuna imwe ku Seiri”.
Izau adabvundza kuti: “Kodi mthithi wa bzifuwo ndagumana nawo ule ngwa ciyani?” Jakobo adatawira kuti: “Mbuyawangu, mthithi omwe ule ni wanu, kuti imwepo mundikomere m'tima”.
Na tenepo Izau, omwe ni Edomu, adakakhala kuSeiri, dziko la mapiri.
Mpsibzi bzizukulu bza Izau, kholo la Aedomu, waukhala m'dziko lamapiri la Seiri.
Iwe ungacita bzabwino, ungaleke kutambiridwa? Tsono ungaleka kucita, dziwa kuti cakuipa ciri pamsuwo. Cakuipaco cin'funa kukunda, tsono iwe ucikunde”.
Aloni adamutawira kuti: “Lekani kukalipa, mbuya wangu, imwe mun'dziwisisa kuti mbumba imweyi imbakumbuka bzakuipa.
“Thangwe munthu ali-wentse omwe an'bzitumbiza, iye an'dzacepesedwa, ndipo omwe an'bzicepesa an'dzakuzidwa”.
ninga Sara, omwe akhambabvera Abrahamu ndipo akhamucemera kuti mbuya. Ndipo imwe mukacita bzabwino na kusaya kugopa ciri-centse, mun'dzacemeredwa wana wa Sara.