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30 Ha Ragele a bona hore ha aa tsoalla Jakobo letho, Ragele a honohela morali’abo ’me a qala ho re ho Jakobo:+ “Mphe bana ho seng joalo ke tla ba mosali ea shoeleng.”+ 2 Eaba bohale ba Jakobo bo tukela Ragele ’me o re:+ “Na ke sebakeng sa Molimo, ea u hanetseng ka litholoana tsa mpa?”+ 3 Kahoo a re: “Bilha+ lekhabunyane la ka ke enoa. Kopanela liphate le eena, hore a belehele mangoleng a ka e le hore nka fumana bana ka eena.”+ 4 Eaba o mo fa Bilha lekhabunyane la hae hore e be mosali oa hae, ’me Jakobo a kopanela liphate le eena.+ 5 Joale Bilha a ima ’me ka mor’a nako a tsoalla Jakobo mora.+ 6 Joale Ragele a re: “Molimo e bile moahloli oa ka+ hape o mametse lentsoe la ka, hoo a mphileng mora.” Ke ka lebaka leo a mo rehileng lebitso la Dane.+ 7 Bilha, lekhabunyane la Ragele, a boela a ima ’me ka mor’a nako a tsoalla Jakobo mora oa bobeli. 8 Joale Ragele a re: “Ke loanne le morali’eso ntoa e boima. Hape ke mo hlōtse!” Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Nefthali.+
9 Ha Lea a bona hore o khaolitse ho beleha, a nka Zilpa lekhabunyane la hae a mo fa Jakobo hore e be mosali oa hae.+ 10 Ka mor’a nako Zilpa, lekhabunyane la Lea, a tsoalla Jakobo mora. 11 Joale Lea a re: “Ka lehlohonolo!” Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Gade.+ 12 Ka mor’a moo Zilpa, lekhabunyane la Lea, a tsoalla Jakobo mora oa bobeli. 13 Joale Lea a re: “Ke thabile hakaakang! Etsoe ka sebele barali ba tla phatlalatsa hore ke thabile.”+ Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Ashere.+
14 Joale Rubene+ o ne a itsamaela e le nakong ea kotulo ea koro+ eaba o fumana limandrake tšimong. Kahoo a li tlisa ho ’m ’ae Lea. Joale Ragele a re ho Lea: “Ka kōpo, mphe tse ling tsa limandrake tsa mora oa hao.”+ 15 Eaba o re ho eena: “Na ke ntho e nyenyane hore ebe u nkile monna oa ka,+ ’me joale u nka limandrake tsa mora oa ka?” Kahoo Ragele a re: “Ka lebaka leo o tla robala le uena bosiung bona e le phapanyetsano bakeng sa limandrake tsa mora oa hao.”
16 Ha Jakobo a tsoa tšimong mantsiboea,+ Lea a mo khahlanyetsa a ntan’o re: “U tla kopanela liphate le ’na, hobane ke u hirile ka ho toba ka limandrake tsa mora oa ka.” Tumellanong le hoo a robala le eena bosiung boo.+ 17 Molimo a utloa ’me a araba Lea eaba oa ima ’me ka mor’a nako o tsoalla Jakobo mora oa bohlano.+ 18 Joale Lea a re: “Molimo o mphile moputso oa ea ikhirisang, hobane ke file monna oa ka lekhabunyane la ka.” Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Isakare.+ 19 Eaba Lea o boetse oa ima ’me ka mor’a nako o tsoalla Jakobo mora oa botšelela.+ 20 Joale Lea a re: “Molimo o ntšitsitse, e, ’na, ka tšitso e ntle. Qetellong monna oa ka o tla ’mamella,+ hobane ke mo tsoaletse bara ba tšeletseng.”+ Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Zabulone.+ 21 Ka mor’a moo a tsoala morali ’me joale a mo reha lebitso la Dina.+
22 Qetellong Molimo a hopola Ragele, ’me Molimo a utloa eaba o mo araba ka hore a bule pōpelo ea hae.+ 23 Eaba oa ima ’me o tsoala mora. Joale a re: “Molimo o tlositse nyeliso ea ka!”+ 24 Kahoo a mo reha lebitso la Josefa,+ a re: “Jehova o nkekelelitse mora e mong.”
25 Eitse ha Ragele a tsoetse Josefa, kapele-pele Jakobo a re ho Labane: “E-re ke tsamaee e le hore ke ee sebakeng sa heso le naheng ea heso.+ 26 ’Nehe basali ba ka le bana ba ka, bao ke u sebelelitseng bakeng sa bona, e le hore nka tsamaea; etsoe u tseba tšebeletso eo ke u etselitseng eona.”+ 27 Joale Labane a re ho eena: “Joale, haeba ke fumane kamohelo mahlong a hao,—ke nkile e le pontšo ea se tlang hore Jehova o ntlhohonolofatsa ka lebaka la hao.”+ 28 A eketsa: “Mpehele moputso oa hao ’me ke tla fana ka oona.”+ 29 Kahoo a re ho eena: “U tseba kamoo ke u sebelelitseng kateng le kamoo mohlape oa hao o ileng oa tsoella kateng ho ’na;+ 30 hore u ne u e-na le mohlape o monyenyane pele ke tla, ’me o qalile ho eketseha ea e-ba o moholo, hobane Jehova o u hlohonolofalitse ho tloha ha ke kenella.+ Kahoo joale ba ntlo ea ka le bona ke tla ba etsetsa ntho e ’ngoe neng?”+
31 Joale a re: “Ke u fe eng?” Jakobo a tsoela pele ho re: “U se ke ua mpha letho!+ Haeba u tla nketsetsa ntho ena, ke tla qala hape ho alosa mohlape oa hao.+ Ke tla tsoela pele ho o lebela.+ 32 Ke tla feta har’a mohlape oohle oa hao kajeno. U behelle ka thōko nku e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe e thobosha e mebala-bala, le nku e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe e hlaba har’a lipheleu tse nyenyane le efe kapa efe e mebala-bala le e thobosha har’a lipōli tse tšehali. Ka mor’a moo tseo e tla ba moputso oa ka.+ 33 Ketso ea ka e nepahetseng e tla nkarabella letsatsing leha e le lefe le tlang mohlang u tlileng ho tla talima moputso oa ka;+ e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe e seng thobosha le e seng mebala-bala har’a lipōli tse tšehali le e seng hlaba har’a lipheleu tse nyenyane ke ntho e utsoitsoeng haeba e le ho ’na.”+
34 Eaba Labane o re: “Ho lokile! Ho ke ho be ho ea ka lentsoe la hao.”+ 35 Joale a behella ka thōko letsatsing leo liphooko tse mechato le tse mebala-bala le lipōli tsohle tse tšehali tse thobosha le tse mebala-bala, e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe eo ho eona ho nang le bosoeu le e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe e hlaba har’a lipheleu tse nyenyane, empa a nehelana ka tsona matsohong a bara ba hae. 36 Ka mor’a moo a beha sebaka se bohōle ba leeto la matsatsi a mararo pakeng tsa hae le Jakobo, ’me Jakobo a alosa mohlape oa Labane o setseng.
37 Joale Jakobo a nka mare a ntseng a le mongobo a sefate sa storaxe+ le a sefate sa almonde+ le a sefate sa poleini+ ’me a a ebola hore a be le likarolo tse tšoeu tse ebohileng ka ho hlahisa libaka tse tšoeu tse neng li le mareng.+ 38 Qetellong a beha mare ao a a ebotseng ka pel’a mohlape, linoelong,+ moo mehlape e noelang teng, hore e palese ka pel’a ’ona ha e tlil’o noa.
39 Ka lebaka leo mehlape e ne e palesa ka pel’a mare, ’me mehlape e ne e hlahisa tse mechato, tse thobosha le tse mebala-bala.+ 40 Eaba Jakobo o arola lipheleu tse nyenyane a ntan’o retelletsa lifahleho tsa mehlape ho tse mechato le tsohle tse hlaba har’a mehlape ea Labane. Joale a beha mehlape ea hae ka thōko ’me ha aa ka a e beha pel’a mehlape ea Labane. 41 Kamehla e ne e re neng kapa neng ha mehlape e matla+ e palesa, Jakobo o ne a beha mare ka linoelong+ ka pel’a mahlo a mehlape, hore e palese ka pel’a mare. 42 Empa ha mehlape e bontša ho fokola o ne a sa a behe moo. Kahoo kamehla e fokolang e ne e e-ba ea Labane, empa e matla e e-ba ea Jakobo.+
43 Monna enoa a ’na a eketseha haholoanyane, ’me a ba le mehlape e mengata le makhabunyane le bahlanka le likamele.+