Genesisi
33 Jakobe watsi nakaphakamisa emehlo, wabona kuchamuka Esawu ahamba nemadvodza langu-400.+ Ngako watsatsa labantfwana wabaniketa Leya, Rakheli naletincekukati letimbili.+ 2 Wabeka letincekukati nebantfwana bato ngembili,+ kwalandzela Leya nebantfwana bakhe,+ kwase kugcina Rakheli+ naJosefa. 3 Yena wahamba embikwabo futsi abehambe aguca kwaze kwaba tikhatsi letingu-7 njengobe asondzela kumnakabo.
4 Esawu wagijima wamhlangabeta, wefike wamgaca futsi wamanga, bobabili bakhala kakhulu. 5 Esawu watsi nakaphakamisa emehlo, wabona labafati nalabantfwana futsi watsi: “Bobani laba lohamba nabo?” Jakobe watsi: “Laba bantfwana Nkulunkulu layibusise ngabo inceku yakho.”+ 6 Ngako letincekukati tasondzela kanye nebantfwana bato futsi bonkhe bakhotsama embikwakhe, 7 naLeya wasondzela nebantfwana bakhe, nabo bakhotsama. Ngemuva kwaloko kwasondzela Josefa naRakheli, nabo futsi bakhotsama.+
8 Esawu watsi: “Kungani utfumele bonkhe labantfu nalemihlambi lebengihlangana nayo?”+ Jakobe waphendvula watsi: “Bengentela kutsi ngitfole umusa enkhosini yami.”+ 9 Ngako Esawu watsi: “Cha mnaketfu, tsatsa tintfo takho.+ Mine nginetintfo letinyenti kakhulu.” 10 Kodvwa Jakobe watsi: “Nangabe ungemukela, ngicela utsatse lesipho lengikunika sona ngobe ngisiletse ngenca yekutsi bengifuna kukubona. Nyalo sengibone buso bakho, kwaba shengatsi ngibone buso baNkulunkulu, ngobe ungemukele kahle.+ 11 Ngicela usitsatse lesipho lengisitfumele ngenjongo yekukufisela lokuhle,+ ngobe Nkulunkulu ungentele umusa futsi nginato tonkhe tintfo lengitidzingako.”+ Ngako wachubeka amncenga wagcine asasitsetse.
12 Ngemuva kwaloko Esawu watsi: “Asisuke sihambe, futsi mine ngitawuhamba kucala.” 13 Kodvwa Jakobe watsi: “Nkhosi yami, uyabona kutsi labantfwana bancane+ nekutsi ngihamba netimvu netinkhomo letimunyisako. Nangitawujakisa lomhlambi lilanga nje libe linye, utawufa wonkhe. 14 Ngako nkhosi yami, ngicela uhambe kucala, mine ngitawuchubeka ngihamba kancane ngendlela lelungele imfuyo yami kanye nalabantfwana, ngize ngifike kuwe eSeyiri.”+ 15 Esawu watsi: “Ngicela kukushiya nalabanye bantfu bami.” Kodvwa Jakobe watsi: “Ukwentelani loko? Mine ngicela inkhosi yami imane ingentele umusa.” 16 Ngako-ke ngalelolanga, Esawu wahamba wabuyela eSeyiri.
17 Jakobe wahamba waya eSukhothi+ futsi wefike watakhela indlu, wakhela nemfuyo yakhe emadlangala. Kungako lendzawo ayibita ngekutsi yiSukhothi.*
18 Ngemuva kwekutsi asuke ePhadani-aramu,+ Jakobe wahamba kahle wefika aphephile edolobheni lokutsiwa yiShekhemu,+ leliseveni laseKhenani,+ futsi wamisa emathende akhe edvute nalelodolobha. 19 Watsenga indzawo emadvodzaneni aHamori, babe waShekhemu, wase umisa emathende akhe kuyo. Lendzawo wayitsenga ngetinhlavu temali letingu-100.+ 20 Wakha li-al’thare kuleyo ndzawo, waletsa libito watsi: Nkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu wa-Israyeli.+