Bible Reading Plan – Day 9

₃₁Akubona *uNdikhoyo ukuba uLeya akathandwa, wampha inzala, wamvala yena uRakeli. ₃₂Wakhawula uLeya, wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, wathi nguRubhen igama lakhe, kuba wayesithi: “UNdikhoyo ulubonile usizi lwam; ngoku ndiza kuthandwa ngumyeni wam.” ₃₃Waphinda wazala omnye umntwana oyinkwenkwe, wathi yena nguSimon, esithi: “UNdikhoyo undiphe lo mntwana ngenxa yokuba evile ukuba andithandwa.”

₃₄Uphinde wazala enye inkwenkwe, wathi le nguLevi, kuba wayesithi: “Ndiya kudityaniswa nendoda yam ngakumbi kuba ndizele amakhwenkwe amathathu.” ₃₅Uphinde ngenye inkwenkwe kwakhona, wathi yona nguJuda, kuba wayesithi: “Ndiyambonga uNdikhoyo kwesi sihlandlo.” Emva koko wapheza ukuzala.

₁URakeli wayengekazali mntwana wonke lo gama. Waba nobukhwele ngodade wabo, wavakala esithi kuYakobi: “Ndiphe abantwana; kungenjalo ndisuke ndife kunale nto.”

₂Wacaphuka uYakobi, wathi ukuphendula: “NdinguThixo kakade mna? Uvalwe ndim, ungazali nje?”

₃Uthe uRakeli: “Nanku uBhiliya impelesi yam; ungamngeni nje, andizalele umntwana, nowam umzi wande?” ₄Wayikhulula ke impelesi yakhe, wayinika umyeni wakhe, wayambatha. ₅Wakhulelwa uBhiliya, wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe. ₆Wathi uRakeli: “UThixo undigwebele; usivile isicelo sam, wandipha unyana.” Wathi ke igama laloo mntwana nguDan. ₇Waphinda wakhawulwa uBhiliya, wazala enye inkwenkwe kwakhona. ₈Wathi uRakeli: “Ndizamene gqitha nodade wethu, kodwa ngoku ndimoyisile.” Wathi ke igama laloo nkwenkwe nguNafetali.

₉Uthe ke uLeya akuziqonda ukuba akasazali, wanika uYakobi impelesi yakhe uZilipha ukuba ibe liqadi lakhe. ₁₀Wazala inkwenkwe uZilipha. ₁₁Wathi uLeya: “Ndisikelelekile.” Wathi ke igama layo nguGadi. ₁₂UZilipha wazala enye inkwenkwe. ₁₃Wathi uLeya: “Andisavuyi ngako! Nabanye abafazi baza kuthi ndiyavuya.” Kwathiwa ke loo nkwenkwe nguAshere.

₁₄Xa kwakuvunwa ingqolowa, uRubhen wafumana imithuma yentando emasimini, wayisa kuLeya unina. URakeli wathi kuLeya: “Khawundiphe emithumeni leyo ifunyenwe ngumntwanakho.”

ULeya wathi: ₁₅“Yho! Hleli nje, kanti akwanelanga kukuhlutha indoda yam! Ngoku selufun' ukundihlutha nemithuma le yomntwanam!”

Wathi uRakeli: “Kanti ungalala naye ngokuhlwanje uYakobi, ukuba uyandipha.”

₁₆Ukufika kukaYakobi, evela emasimini ngokuhlwa, uLeya wamkhawulela, wafika wathi: “Uza kulala nam ngokuhlwanje, kuba ndikuthenge ngemithuma yomntwanam.” Walala noLeya ke ngoko kuhlwa uYakobi.

₁₇UThixo wayiva imithandazo kaLeya, wakhawula, waphinda wazala enye yesihlanu inkwenkwe. ₁₈Wathi: “UThixo uyandibuyisela kuba impelesi yam ndiyinikele kumyeni wam.” Wathi ke loo nkwenkwe nguIsakare. ₁₉Wakhulelwa, waphinda wazala enye inkwenkwe uLeya, eyesithandathu ngoku. ₂₀Wathi: “UThixo undiphe isipho esihle; umyeni wam kuya kunyanzeleka ukuba andixabise, ndizele amadoda amathandathu nje.” Wathi ke loo nkwenkwe nguZebhulon. ₂₁Emva koko wazala intombi, wathi yona nguDayina.

₂₂UThixo wamva uRakeli, wayiphendula imithandazo yakhe, wamvula wazala. ₂₃Wakhawula, wazala inkwenkwe. Wathi: “UThixo ulisusile ihlazo lam.” ₂₄Wathi ke igama layo nguJosefu, esithi: “Wanga uNdikhoyo angandongezela kwaenye inkwenkwe.”

₂₅Emva kokuvela kukaJosefu, uYakobi wathi kuLabhan: “Ndikhulule, khon' ukuze ndibuyele kowethu. ₂₆Ndinike abafazi bam nabantwana bam endibasebenzeleyo, ndihambe. Uyakwazi ukubulaleka kwam ndikusebenzela.”

₂₇Wathi uLabhan: “Mandiyithethe yona into yokuba ndityhilelwe ukuthi ndihlumé ndatsho ndasisinhanha ngenxa yokuba *uNdikhoyo ekusikelele. ₂₈Ndixelele umvuzo owufunayo nje wena, ndikunike.”

₂₉Uthe uYakobi: “Wazi kakuhle indlela ebendisebenza ngayo, nento yokuba yande kangakanani na imfuyo yakho ebisaluswa ndim lo. ₃₀Laa mbinana wawunayo ukufika kwam, yande kakhulu, yaye noNdikhoyo ebekuthamsanqelisa ngenxa yam. Nam ngoku ndifuna ukusebenzela intsapho yam.”

₃₁“Ndikuhlawule ntoni?” ubuzile uLabhan.

Uthe uYakobi: “Andifuni ntlawulo. Ndiza kuhlala ndiyaluse imihlambi yakho, ukuba nje siyavumelana ngale ndawo. ₃₂Namhlanje ndiza kuya phaya emhlambini, ndifike ndiwakhethe onke amatakane amnyama nazo zonke iibhokhwe ezingcitha. Kuphela komvuzo endiwufunayo ke lowo. ₃₃Kuya kuba lula ke kamva ukuqonda xa ndibile. Uya kuthi uqonde ngaloo nto ke xa uze kuhlola ukuba ndibile na: xa uthe wafika ndingenazo iibhokhwe ezingcitha, kungekho nagusha imnyama, uya kwazi ukuba ndibile.”

₃₄Uthe uLabhan: “Sivene ke, mfo. Masenjenjalo ke.” ₃₅Kwangaloo mhla uLabhan wazahlula emihlambini zonke iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezingcitha, kwakunye nezeegusha ezimnyama. Wathi mazaluswe ngoonyana bakhe, ₃₆bemka nawo loo mhlambi umgama owawunokuthathwa ngeentsuku ezintathu. UYakobi yena wasala neminye imihlambi kaLabhan.

₃₇UYakobi wagawula iipali ezisemanzi zepampiri, nezom-almondi, kunye nompleyini. Wazixoza amaxolo, kwavela iindawo ezimhlophe. ₃₈Wazigxumeka emijelweni kwezo ndawo kusela kuzo imihlambi. Loo nto wayenza kuba iinkunzi zazikhwela xa zize kusela. ₃₉Ezo mazi zeebhokhwe zazikhwelwa ngaphambi kwezo pali zazala amatakane angcitha.

₄₀UYakobi wazahlula iigusha ezibhokhweni, wazijongisa ngakweziya zingcitha. Wawenza ngolu hlobo ke owakhe umhlambi, wawahlula kokaLabhan.

₄₁Xa zikhwelwa iimazi ezomeleleyo, uYakobi wayedla ngokumisa ezo pali phambi kwazo kuloo ndawo yokusela, ukuze zizalele phantsi kwezo pali. ₄₂Kodwa imigqutsuba wayengayizisi yona phantsi kwezo pali. Kungekudala ekaLabhan imihlambi yaba yile iyimigqutsuba, ekaYakobi yona yaba yile yomeleleyo. ₄₃Wahluma, watyeba ngaloo ndlela ke uYakobi. Waba nemihlambi emininzi, nezicaka, iinkamela, needonki.

₁UYakobi weva ukuba oonyana bakaLabhan bathi uzithathe zonke izinto zikayise, yaye nobu butyebi bakhe ubuzuze ngezinto zikayise. ₂Waphawula nokuba akasathandwa nguLabhan. ₃*UNdikhoyo wathi kuYakobi: “Buyela kwilizwe looyihlo-mkhulu, kumawenu. Mna ndiya kuba nawe.”

₄UYakobi ke wathumela ukuba kubizwe uRakeli noLeya ukuba beze kuye endle apho wayesalusa khona imihlambi. ₅Uthe kubo: “Ndiyabona ukuba uyihlo akasandithandi ngoku; ukanti uThixo kabawo ubesoloko enam. ₆Nazi kakuhle nobabini indlela ebendimsebenzela ngayo uyihlo. ₇Kodwa yena wandiqhatha, wawuguqu-guqula umvuzo wam kalishumi. Kodwa uThixo akavumanga ukuba andenzakalise. ₈Ubesakuthi uLabhan akuthi ezinamachaphaza ziya kuba zezam, zisuke zonke zizale amatakane anamachaphaza. Kuthi akuthi ziya kuba zezinemizila ezam, zisuke zonke zizale amatakane anemizila. ₉UThixo uyihluthile imfuyo kayihlo, wayinika mna.

₁₀“Ngexesha ekwakukhwelwa iimazi ndaba nephupha: ndaphakamisa amehlo, ndabona iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezazikhwela iimazi, zingcitha, zingcaka. ₁₁Sathi kum isithunywa sikaThixo ngephupha: ‘Yakobi!’ Ndasabela ndathi: ‘Ndim lo.’ ₁₂Sithe ke sona: ‘Phakamisa amehlo, ubone zonke iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezikhwelayo zingcitha, zingcaka. Ndiyibonile yonke into akwenze yona uLabhan; kungoko ndisenza le nto. ₁₃Mna ndingulaa Thixo wabonakala kuwe eBhetele, apho wathambisa khona ngamafutha ilitye lesikhumbuzo, apho wawenze khona isifungo. Ngoku ke lishiye eli lizwe, ubuyele kwelakowenu.’ ”

₁₄Bathe ukuphendula ooRakeli noLeya: “Asisenabango thina kwizinto zikatata. ₁₅Usiphethe okwabantu basemzini. Wasithengisa, wayitya yaphela naloo nto wayifumana ngathi. ₁₆Ngoko ke seliyeyethu nabantwana bethu yonke loo nto uThixo asihluthele yona kutata. Yenza loo nto wena uThixo akuyalela yona.”

₁₇Kwangoko uYakobi wabakhwelisa ezinkameleni abafazi bakhe noonyana bakhe. ₁₈Wayiqhuba yonke loo mihlambi wayifumana ePadan-aram, wenjenjeya ukusinga kuyise uIsake eKanana. ₁₉ULabhan wayeye kucheba iigusha zakhe. Lo gama angekhoyo uRakeli waya kuba *imilonde-khaya kuyise. ₂₀UYakobi yena wamkhohlisa uLabhan ngokungamazisi uLabhan ukuba uyemka. ₂₁Wathatha konke okwakhe, wemka ngokungxama. Waya kuwela umlambo iEfrati, wenjenjeya ejonge kweleenduli eGiliyadi.

₂₂Emva kweentsuku ezintathu uLabhan weva ukuba uYakobi ubalekile. ₂₃Wahamba nezihlobo zakhe, basukela iintsuku zada zasixhenxe, bamfumana kwezo nduli zeGiliyadi. ₂₄Ngobo busuku uThixo wavela ngephupha kuLabhan, wathi: “Uze ulumke, ungathethi nto kuYakobi konke, nenjani na.” ₂₅ULabhan wafika uYakobi emise kwezo nduli zeGiliyadi, waza yena namadoda awayehamba nawo wemisa kwalapho.

₂₆ULabhan wathi kuYakobi: “Yintoni le uyenzileyo? Kutheni undikhohlisa nje, ude uqhube neentombi zam oku kwabathinjwa emfazweni? ₂₇Kutheni le nto usuka uzimele, ungatsho xa umkayo? Ukuba ubuxelile ngendikukhulule kakuhle, wenzelwa iingoma ngamagubu nangeehapu. ₂₈Akukhange undinike nethuba lokuba khe ndange abazukulwana bam neentombi zam, ndithi ndlela-ntle kubo. Hayi noko, bubudenge into oyenzileyo! ₂₉Ndingakwenza into embi ngoku. Kodwa phezolo uThixo kayihlo uthe ze ndingathethi nto kuwe. ₃₀Ndiyazi ukuba umkiswe kukukhumbula ikhaya, kodwa ke uyibele ntoni yona *imilonde-khaya yam?”

₃₁Uthe uYakobi: “Ndoyike ukuba undihluthe iintombi zakho. ₃₂Kodwa ke ukuba kukho umntu apha onayo imilonde-khaya yakho, maze abulawe lowo. Ngoku sikhoyo sonke khangelani nantoni na eyeyenu, niyithathe.” UYakobi wayengazi ukuba imilonde-khaya kaLabhan ibiwe nguRakeli.

₃₃ULabhan waya kukhangela ententeni kaYakobi, wadlulela nakwekaLeya, waya nakweyeempelesi zeentombi zakhe, akafumana nto apho. Wesuka apho waya ententeni kaRakeli. ₃₄URakeli wayeseleyithathile imilonde-khaya wayifaka engxoweni, wahlala phezu kwayo. Wakhangela wagqogqa yonke indawo uLabhan, akayifumana noko.

₃₅URakeli uthe kuyise: “Akuyi kukhathazeka, mhlekazi, xa ndingasukumiyo. Kaloku ndiya exesheni.” Wagqogqa uLabhan, wabuya ze nalapho engayifumananga imilonde-khaya yakhe.

₃₆UYakobi wangcangcazela ngumsindo, wathi: “Uthi yintoni le imbi ndiyenzileyo? Mthetho wuphi lo ndiwaphuleyo ukugunyazisa ukuba uzingelane nam? ₃₇Kukho nto yendlu yakho oyifumeneyo apha wakugqiba ukugqogqa umzi wam? Yirhole ibonwe ngala madoda uhamba nawo nala am, khon' ukuze alathe oyena wonileyo: indim, inguwe.

₃₈“Bendihleli nawe iminyaka engamashumi mabini. Ngalo lonke elo xesha bezizala rhoqo iibhokhwe zakho, yaye andizange nditye nanye igusha yakho. ₃₉Bendisoloko ndiyihlawula igusha nganye eqwengwe zizilwanyana. Andizange ndize nayo kuwe ndisithi asilotyala lam. Wawudla ngokuthi mandibuyise yonke into ebiweyo, nokuba kusemini, nokuba kusebusuku. ₄₀Ndanditshiswa ngamalanga emini, ndidliwa naziingqele ebusuku, kungehli nobuthongo obu, ₄₁kule minyaka imashumi mabini ndinawe. Ndasebenza ishumi elinane leminyaka, ndifuna iintombi zakho. Ndabuya ndasebenza eminye emithandathu, ndisebenzela imfuyo. Kanti ke phezu koko uwuguqu-guqule kwada kwakalishumi umvuzo wam. ₄₂Ukuba ebengenam uThixo woobawo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, ngewandigxotha ndemka ndingaphethe nto. Kodwa ke uThixo ububonile ubunzima ebendikubo nomsebenzi wam, waza ke phezolo wandigwebela.”

₄₃Wenjenje ukuphendula uLabhan: “Ziintombi zam ezi; naba bantwana bazo ngabam; nale mihlambi yeyam; nditsho yonke le nto ilapha. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndingenako ukubanqanda abantwana bam, ₄₄ndingáyenza imvumelwano kunye nawe. Masithathe amatye, siwafumbe ndawonye, abe sisikhumbuzo saloo mvumelwano.”

₄₅UYakobi ke wathatha ilitye, walimisa ukuba libe sisikhumbuzo. ₄₆Wathi amadoda makaqokelele amatye, awafumbe apho. Enjenjalo ke, aza ahlala phantsi apho ngakuloo matye, atya. ₄₇ULabhan wathi loo ndawo yiJegare-saduta, uYakobi wathi yiGaledi. ₄₈ULabhan wathi kuYakobi: “Le ngqumba yamatye iya kuba sisikhumbuzo kuthi.” Yiyo loo nto loo ndawo kwathiwa yiGaledi. ₄₉ULabhan wabuya wathi: “Wanga *uNdikhoyo angasijonga naxa sesahlukene.” Yaza loo ndawo kwathiwa yiMizpa.

₅₀Waqhuba wathi uLabhan: “Ukuba ukhe wabaphatha kakubi abantwana bam, okanye wathatha bafazi bambi, nokuba andiyazanga loo nto, uzukhumbule ukuba uThixo usijongile. ₅₁Nanga la matye afunjwe apha, phakathi kwethu; nali nelitye lesikhumbuzo. ₅₂Zizombini ke ezo zinto zisisikhumbuzo. Andisoze ndidlule apha ndize kukuhlasela; nawe ungaze uzidlule uze kundihlasela. ₅₃NguThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaNahore, oya kusigweba.” Waza ke uYakobi wafunga egameni loMhlonitshwa kayise uIsake. ₅₄Waxhela, wenza idini apho, wamemela izihlobo zakhe esidlweni. Bakugqiba ukutya bahlala kuloo ntaba ubusuku bonke. ₅₅Kwakusasa ngengomso uLabhan wanga abazukulwana bakhe neentombi zakhe, esithi ndlela-ntle kubo, wajika wagoduka.