UGenesise 35 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 35 UNkulunkulu tshela uJakobe ukuba asuke aye eBethele

¹ UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuJakobe: Suka uye eBhetheli, uhlale khona, wakhe khona ialithare uNkulunkulu owabonakala kuwe ekubalekeleni umfowenu uEsawu.

² UJakobe wayesethi endlini yakhe nakubo bonke ababe naye: “Susani onkulunkulu bezizweni abaphakathi kwenu, nizihlambulule, niguqule izingubo zenu.”

³ Masisuke, sikhuphukele eBethele; ngiyakumenzela khona uNkulunkulu i-altare owangiphendula osukwini lokuhlupheka kwami, waba nami endleleni engahamba ngayo.

⁴ Bamnika uJakobe zonke izithixo zabezizwe ezazisesandleni sabo, namacici ayesezindlebeni zabo; uJakobe wakuthukusa phansi kwesihlahla somtholo esasiseShekemi.

⁵ Basuka, ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kwaba phezu kwemizi eyayibazungezile, kabawasukelanga amadodana kaJakobe.

⁶ UJakobe wafika eLuze esezweni laseKhanani eliyiBethele, yena nabantu bonke ababe naye.

⁷ Wakha khona i-altare, wayiqamba indawo ngokuthi i-Elibeti-Eli, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuye lapho ebalekela umfowabo.

⁸ Kepha uDebora umzanyana kaRebeka wafa, wembelwa phansi kweBethele phansi kwe-oki, igama lalo labizwa ngokuthi i-Alonibhakuti.

⁹ UNkulunkulu waphinda wabonakala kuJakobe ekuphumeni kwakhe ePhadani Aramu, wambusisa.

¹⁰ UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuye: Ibizo lakho nguJakobe; igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe, kepha igama lakho liyakuba ngu-Israyeli; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Israyeli.

¹¹ UNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “NginguNkulunkulu, uMninimandla onke; zalani nande; isizwe nesizwe sezizwe kuyakuvela kuwe, namakhosi ayakuphuma okhalweni lwakho;

¹² Izwe engalinika u-Abrahama no-Isaka ngiyakulinika wena, nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ngiyakulinika izwe.

¹³ UNkulunkulu wenyuka esuka kuye waya endaweni lapho ayekhulume naye khona.

¹⁴ UJakobe wamisa itshe lesikhumbuzo endaweni lapho akhulume naye khona, itshe lesikhumbuzo itshe; wathela phezu kwayo umnikelo wokuphuzwa, wathela amafutha phezu kwayo.

¹⁵ UJakobe wayiqamba indawo lapho uNkulunkulu ayekhulume khona naye ngokuthi iBethele.

¹⁶ Basuka eBethele; kwasekusele ingcosana ukuthi ufike e-Efrathi, uRaheli waba lomhelo, wabeletha kakhulu.

¹⁷ Kwasekusithi esobelethweni olunzima, umbelethisi wathi kuye: Ungesabi; nawe uzoba nayo lendodana.

¹⁸ Kwathi umphefumulo wakhe usaphuma, ngokuba wafa, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uBenoni; kepha uyise wayiqamba ngokuthi uBenjamini.

¹⁹ URaheli wafa, wembelwa endleleni yase-Efrati eyiBetlehema.

²⁰ UJakobe wamisa itshe lesikhumbuzo phezu kwethuna lakhe; liyitshe lesikhumbuzo sethuna likaRaheli kuze kube lamuhla.

²¹ U-Israyeli wayesesuka, wamisa itende lakhe ngaphesheya kombhoshongo wase-Edari.

²² U-Israyeli esehlezi kulelo zwe, uRubeni waya walala noBiliha isancinza sikayise; u-Israyeli wezwa. Amadodana kaJakobe ayeyishumi nambili;

²³ Amadodana kaLeya: uRubeni izibulo likaJakobe, noSimeyoni, noLevi, noJuda, no-Isakare, noZebuloni;

²⁴ Amadodana kaRaheli ngu UJosefa noBenjamini:

²⁵ Amadodana kaBiliha, incekukazi kaRaheli; UDani noNafetali:

²⁶ Amadodana kaZilipa, incekukazi kaLeya; ngoGadi no-Asheri; yilawo angamadodana kaJakobe azalelwa wona ePhadani Aramu.

²⁷ UJakobe wafika ku-Isaka uyise eMamre, emzini ka-Arba, okuyiHebroni, lapho u-Abrahama no-Isaka begogobele khona.

²⁸ Izinsuku zika-Isaka zaziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili.

²⁹ U-Isaka wafa, wabuthelwa kubantu bakubo, esemdala, eseneminyaka eminingi; amadodana akhe o-Esawu noJakobe bammbela.