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Day 9 – Jacob and Esau Compete

Read about how Jacob and Esau competed.

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TSHIMOLOHO 27

Jakobo o hlohonolofatswa ke ntatae Isaka

1Yare ha Isaka a se a tsofetse, mahlo a hae a se a fokola, hoo a neng a se a sa bone, a bitsa Esau, mora wa hae wa matsibolo, mme a re ho yena. “Ngwana ka!”

Yena a arabela, a re: “Ke nna enwa.”

2Isaka a re: “Bona ke tsofetse; ha ke tsebe letsatsi leo ke tla shwa ka lona. 3Ako nke dibetsa tsa hao hle, le sehlajwa sa hao, le seqha sa hao, o ye naheng, o eo ntsomela phoofolo. 4Jwale o mphehele nama a hlabosang, ka mokgwa oo ke o ratang, o ntlisetse yona ke tlo ja, e le hore ke tle ke o hlohonolofatse ke eso shwe.”

5Rebeka o ne a ntse a utlwa ha Isaka a bua le Esau, mora wa hae. Esau a ya naheng ho ya tsoma phoofolo, hore a tle a e tlise.

6Rebeka a bua le mora wa hae Jakobo, a re: “Ke utlwile ntatao a bua le moholwane wa ha Esau, a re: 7‘Ntlisetse phoofolo, mme o mphehele nama e hlabosang, e le hore ke tle ke je, mme ke o hlohonolofatse mahlong a Morena ke eso shwe.’ 8Jwale, ngwana ka, mamela kamoo ke o laelang kateng. 9Eya mohlapeng hona jwale, o yo ntlisetsa dipotsanyane tse pedi, tse ntle, mme ka tsona ke tla phehela ntatao nama e hlabosang, ka mokgwa oo a o ratang. 10O tla e isetsa ntatao hore a je, a tle a o hlohonolofatse a eso shwe.”

11Empa Jakobo a re ho Rebeka, mmae: “Bona, moholwane wa ka Esau ke motho ya mohwete, athe nna ke motho ya lehwete. 12Mohlomong ntate o tla mphopholetsa, mme mahlong a hae ke tla bonahala ke le mothetsi, ebe ke itlisetsa thohako e seng tlhohonolofatso.”

13Mmae a re ho yena: “Thohako ya hao e tla ba hodima ka, ngwana ka. Wena, o mamele feela, mme o tsamaye, o yo ntatela tsona.”

14Yaba o a tsamaya, wa di nka, o di tlisetsa mmae; mmae a pheha nama e hlabosang, ka mokgwa oo ntatae a o ratang. 15Jwale Rebeka a nka diaparo tse ntle tsa Esau, mora wa hae wa matsibolo, tse neng di le ho yena ka tlung, a di apesa Jakobo mora wa hae e monyenyane. 16Yaba o thata matsoho a hae, le molala wa hae o lehwete, ka matlalo a dipotsanyane. 17Nama e hlabosang le bohobe, tseo a ileng a di lokisa, a di neela mora wa hae Jakobo, matsohong.

18Yaba Jakobo o ya ho ntatae, o fihla, a re: “Ntate!”

Yena a arabela, a re: “Ke nna enwa! O mang, ngwana ka?”

19Jakobo a re ho ntatae: “Ke nna Esau, matsibolo a hao, mme ke entse kamoo o ntaetseng kateng. Ako tsohe hle, o dule, o je nama ya tseo ke tswa di tsoma, o tle o ntlhohonolofatse.”

20Empa Isaka a re ho mora wa hae: “O e fumane kapele hakaakang, ngwana ka?”

Jakobo a araba, a re: “Ke hobane Morena, Modimo wa hao, o ile a nkatlehisa.”

21Yaba Isaka o re ho Jakobo: “Ako atamele hle, ke o phopholetse ngwana ka ke utlwe hore na efela e le wena mora wa ka Esau, kapa tjhe.”

22Jwale Jakobo a atamela ho ntatae Isaka; yena a mo phopholetsa, mme a re: “Lentswe ke lentswe la Jakobo, empa matsoho ke matsoho a Esau.” 23A se ke a ba a mo tseba, hobane matsoho a hae a ne a ena le mohwete jwaloka matsoho a moholwane wa hae Esau. Yaba o a mo hlohonolofatsa. 24A re: “Na o fela o le mora wa ka Esau?”

Jakobo a arabela, a re: “Ke yena!”

25Jwale a re: “Ntlisetse yona, ke je nama ya tse tsomilweng ke mora wa ka mme ke o hlohonolatse.”

Yaba o e tlisa ho yena, mme a ja; a mo tlisetsa le veine mme a nwa. 26Jwale ntatae Isaka a re ho yena: “Atamela jwale, ngwana ka o nkake.”

27Yaba o a atamela, o a mo aka; Isaka a utlwa monko wa diaparo tsa hae, mme a mo hlohonolofatsa, a re:

“Bona, monko wa mora wa ka

o jwaloka monko wa tshimo,

tshimo eo

Morena a e hlohonolofaditseng!

28Modimo a ke a o nee phoka

ya lehodimo,

le monono wa lefatshe,

le tjhai ya koro le ya veine.

29Ditjhaba di ke di o sebeletse,

mme merabe e ke e o kgumamele.

Eba morena wa bana beno,

bana beno ba o kgumamele.

Bohle ba o rohakang

ba ke ba rohakehe,

mme bohle ba o hlohonolofatsang

ba hlohonolofale.”

30Eitse hoba Isaka a qete ho hlohonolofatsa Jakobo, mme a eso be le motsotswana Jakobo a tswile ka ho ntatae Isaka, moholwane wa hae Esau a fihla ho tswa tsoma. 31Le yena a pheha nama e hlabosang, mme a e tlisetsa ntatae. Yaba o re ho ntatae: “Ntate, ako tsohe, mme o je nama ya tse tsomilweng ke mora wa hao, o tle ntlhohonolofatse.”

32Ntatae Isaka a re ho yena: “O mang?”

A arabela, a re: “Ke nna mora wa hao, matsibolo a hao, Esau.”

33Isaka a thothomela haholo, a re: “E ne e le mang he, ya ileng a ya tsoma phoofolo, mme a e tlisa ho nna, ka e ja yohle, o eso fihle, mme ka ba ka mo hlohonolofatsa? E, o tla hlohonolofala!”

34Ha Esau a utlwa mantswe a ntatae a lla sello se seholo, se bohloko, mme a re ho ntatae: “Le nna ako ntlhohonolofatse hle ntate!”

35Empa ntatae a re: “Moena wa hao a tlile ka bolotsana, mme o nkile mahlohonolo a hao!”

36Yaba Esau o re: “Na ha a ya bitswa Jakobo ka nepo? Hobane o nqhekanyeditse habedi. O ile a nka ditokelo tsa boholo ba ka, mme jwale bona, o nkile le mahlohonolo a ka!” A tswela pele, a re: “Na nna ha o a ntshiela lehlohonolo?”

37Isaka a arabela Esau, a re: “Bona, ke mo entse morena wa hao, le bana babo bohle ke mo neile bona ho ba bahlanka ba hae, mme ka mmaballa ka koro le ka veine. Ebe jwale, ngwana ka, nka o etsetsa eng?”

38Yaba Esau o re ho ntatae: “Na ha o sa na le lehlohonolo le leng ntate? Le nna ntlhohonolofatse hle, ntate!” Esau a bokolla habohloko.

39Yaba ntatae Isaka o a arabela, o re ho yena:

“Bona, leaho la hao

le tla ba hole le monono wa lefatshe,

le be hole le phoka ya lehodimo

e tswang hodimo.

40O tla phela ka sabole ya hao,

mme o tla sebeletsa moena hao,

empa ha nako ya ho itokolla e fihla,

o tla monyola molala wa hao

jokong ya hae.”

41Jwale Esau a hloya Jakobo ka baka la tlhohonolofatso eo ntatae a mo hlohonolofaditseng ka yona. Esau a re ka pelong ya hae: “Matsatsi a bofifi ba ntate a atametse, mme ke tla bolaya Jakobo, moena wa ka.”

42Empa Rebeka a bolellwa mantswe ana a Esau, mora wa hae wa matsibolo; yaba Rebeka o laela hore ho bitswe Jakobo, mora wa hae e monyenyane, mme a re ho yena: “Bona, moholwane wa hao Esau o tla iphetetsa ka ho o bolaya. 43Ka baka leo, ngwana ka, mamela: tsamaya, o balehele ha malomao Labane, ya Harane. 44O hlole le yena ditshiu di se kae, ho fihlela kgalefo ya moholwane wa hao e kokobela. 45Ha kgalefo ya moholwane wa hao e se e kokobetse, mme a lebetse seo o mo entseng sona, nna ke tla romela motho ho o lata teng. Hobaneng nka shwellwa ke lona ba babedi ka tsatsi le le leng?”

46Jwale Rebeka a re ho Isaka: “Ke tennwe ke bophelo ka baka la basadi bana ba Bahete. Haeba Jakobo a ka nyala e mong wa banana ba Bahete ba jwaloka bana, bophelo ba ka bo tla ba le molemo ofe ho nna?”

TSHIMOLOHO 28

Jakobo o balehela Harane

1Isaka a bitsa Jakobo, a mo hlohonolofatsa, a mo laela, a re: “O se ke wa nyala e mong wa banana ba Bakanana. 2Tsamaya, o ye Padane-Arame, tlung ya Bethuele, ntatao moholo ya tswalang mmao; o nyale mosadi teng ho baradi ba malomao Labane. 3Modimo ya matla wohle a ke a o hlohonolofatse, a o fe bana ba bangata, a be a o atise haholoholo, o tle o be raditjhabatjhaba. 4A ke a o nee lehlohonolo la Aborahama, wena le ditloholo tsa hao, o tle o rue naha eo o leng mojaki ho yona, eo Modimo a neng a e nee Aborahama!” 5Ka mokgwa ona, Isaka a re Jakobo a tsamaye, mme yena a ya Padane-Arame ha Labane, mora wa Bethuele wa Moarame, kgaitsedi ya Rebeka, mma bo-Jakobo le Esau.

6Esau a bona hore Isaka o hlohonolofaditse Jakobo, mme o mo rometse Padane-Arame ho ya nyala mosadi teng; le hore, ha a mo hlohonolofatsa, o ile a mo laela, a re: “O se ke wa nyala e mong wa banana ba Bakanana;” 7le hore Jakobo o mametse ntatae le mmae, ka ho ya Padane-Arame. 8Esau a bona hore mahlong a ntatae, Isaka, banana ba Bakanana ba kgopo; 9yaba o ya ha Ishemaele, o eketsa sethepu sa hae ka ho nyala Mahalate, moradi wa Ishemaele, mora wa Aborahama, kgaitsedi ya Nebajote.

Toro ya Jakobo

10Jakobo a tloha Beeresheba, a leba Harane. 11A fihla sebakeng se seng, a robala teng, hobane letsatsi le ne le se le diketse. Jwale a nka le leng la majwe a hona moo, a le sama, yaba o a robala. 12A lora toro, mme ho yona a bona lere e hlonngweng fatshe, e ilo fihla lehodimong. A bona mangeloi a Modimo a ntse a ehlwa, a theoha ka yona. 13A bona Morena a eme kahodimo ho yona, a ntse a re: “Ke nna Morena, Modimo wa ntatao Aborahama, le Modimo wa Isaka. Naha eo o robetseng ho yona ke tla o nea yona le ditloholo tsa hao. 14Ditloholo tsa hao di tla ba kaalo ka lerole la lefatshe, mme o tla namela bophirimela, le botjhabela, le leboya, le borwa. Merabe yohle ya lefatshe e tla hlohonolofatswa ka wena le ka ditloholo tsa hao. 15Bona, ke na le wena, mme ke tla o sireletsa hohle moo o yang teng, ke be ke o kgutlisetse naheng ena. Ha nka ke ka o furalla, ho fihlela ke etsa seo ke se buileng ho wena.”

16Yaba Jakobo o phaphama borokong, o re: “Ruri Modimo o teng sebakeng sena; feela ke ne ke sa tsebe.” 17A tshaba, mme a re: “Sebaka see se tshabeha hakaakang! Sebaka sena ke sona ntlo ya Modimo, ebile ke kgoro ya lehodimo.”

18Jakobo a tsoha ka madungwadungwana, a nka lejwe leo a neng a le samile, a le hloma hore e be mokolokotwane, a le tshela ka ole. 19Sebaka seo a se rea lebitso la Bethele; athe pele motse oo o ne o bitswa Lose.

20Yaba Jakobo o a ikana, o re: “Haeba Modimo a ka ba le nna, a mpaballa leetong lena leo ke le nkileng, a mpha bohobe ka ja, le diaparo ka apara, 21ka ba ka kgutlela tlung ya ntate ka kgotso, Morena e tla ba Modimo wa ka. 22Le lejwe leo ke le hlommeng hore e be mokolokotwane, e tla ba ntlo ya Modimo. Ke tla mo nea karolo e le nngwe leshomeng ka leng la tsohle tseo a mphang tsona.”

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