Jakobe o a tshaba
1Ke fa Isaka a bitsa Jakobe, a mo tshegofatsa, a mo laela, a mo raya a re: “O se ka wa tsaya mosadi mo go bomorwadia Kanana! 2Mme nanoga o ye kwa Phatane-Arame kwa lapeng la ga Bethuele rra-mmaago, o tseye mosadi mo go bomorwadia Labane malomaago. 3A Modimo, Rra-thata-yotlhe, o go tshegofatse, o go atise, o go ntsifatse gore o nne masomo a merafe. 4A o go nee tshegofatso ya ga Aborahame, wena le losika lwa gago gore o rue lefatshe le o leng moeng mo go lone, le Modimo o le neileng Aborahame.” 5Isaka a naya Jakobe tsela jalo, mme a ya kwa Phatane-Arame kwa go Labane, morwa Bethuele wa Mosiria, kgaitsadia Rebeka, mmaagwe Jakobe le Esau.
6Jaanong Esau a bona gore Isaka o tshegofaditse Jakobe, e bile a mo roma kwa Phatane-Arame go tsaya mosadi teng, a mo laela ka go mo tshegofatsa a re: “O se ka wa tsaya mosadi mo go bomorwadia Kanana;” 7a bile a bona gore Jakobe a utlwa rraagwe le mmaagwe, a ya kwa Phatane-Arame. 8Ya re ka Esau a lemoga ka moo gore bomorwadia Kanana ga ba kgatlhe Isaka rraagwe, 9a ya kwa go Isemaele, a tsaya Mahalathe, morwadia Isemaele, morwa Aborahame, kgaitsadia Nebayothe, a nna mosadi wa gagwe; a oketsa basadi ba gagwe jalo.
Toro ya ga Jakobe kwa Bethele
10Jaanong Jakobe a tloga mo Bereseba, a ya kwa Harane; 11a phirimelelwa felong gongwe, a lala teng, a tsaya lengwe la majwe a teng, a le sama, a robala mo felong foo. 12A lora, a bona sepalamo se tlhomilwe fa fatshe, se bofelelo jwa sona bo fitlhang kwa legodimong; a ba a bona baengele ba Modimo ba palama, e bile ba fologa ka sona. 13A bona Morena a eme mo godimo ga sona a re: “Ke nna Morena, Modimo wa ga Aborahame rraago le Isaka. Lefatshe le o robetseng mo go lone ke tla le naya wena le losika lwa gago. 14Losika lwa gago lo tla nna jaaka lerole la lefatshe; o tla anamela kwa bophirimatsatsi le kwa botlhabatsatsi le kwa bokone le kwa borwa. Ditshika tsotlhe tsa lefatshe di tla tshegofadiwa ka wena le ka losika lwa gago. 15Bona, ke na nao, ke tla go boloka gongwe le gongwe kwa o yang teng; ke tla go busetsa gape mo nageng eno. Gonne ga nkitla ke go tlogela go fitlhelela ke dire tse ke di go solofeditseng.”
16Jaanong ya re Jakobe a thanya mo borokong jwa gagwe a re: “Ruri, Morena o mo felong fano, mme nna ke ne ke sa itse.” 17A boifa a re: “Felo fano go boitshega jang! Ga se naga fela, ke Ntlo ya Modimo; ke kgoro ya legodimo.”
18Jakobe a phakela mo mosong, a tsaya lentswe le o neng a le samile, a le tlhoma go nna segopotso, a tshela lookwane godimo ga lone. 19A taya felo foo leina la “Bethele”, mme leina la kgale la motse wa teng e ne e le Luse. 20Le gona Jakobe a ipofa ka maikano a re: “Fa Modimo o ka nna le nna, wa mpoloka mo tseleng e ke tsamayang ka yona, wa mpha bogobe go ja le diaparo go apara; 21ka ba ka boela kwa lapeng la ga rre ka kagiso, foo Morena o tla nna Modimo wa me. 22Foo lentswe le ke le tlhomileng go nna segopotso e tla nna Ntlo ya Modimo. Gape tsotlhe tse o tla di nnayang ke tla go ntshetsa kabelo ya lesome ya tsona.”
