10 – UYakobi noIsake bayaxolelana

₁UYakobi uhambile naye, waza wahlangana nezithunywa zikaThixo endleleni. ₂Uthe akuzibona wavakala esithi: “Ngumkhosi kaThixo lo,” waza wathi loo ndawo yiManayim igama layo.

₃UYakobi wathumela izigidimi ngaphambili ukuba ziye kumntakwabo uEsawu eSeyire, e-Edom. ₄Wathi ze zithi kuye: “Mna, Yakobi, sicaka sakho, ndazisa wena, nkosi yam Esawu, ukuba bekhe ndahlala kwaLabhan, ndaza ndabambezeleka apho kwada kwakalokunje. ₅Ndiza neenkomo neegusha, iidonki neebhokhwe, kwakunye nezicaka. Ndithumela lo myalezo ke, mhlekazi, ndinethemba lokuba uya kundamkela.”

₆Ukubuya kwazo izigidimi zikaYakobi, zafika zathi: “Simbonile uEsawu umntakwenu; selesendleleni ekukhawulelayo. Uza namakhulu amane amadoda.” ₇Wothuka wakhathazeka uYakobi; waza wabahlula bangamaqela amabini abantu bakhe, ngokunjalo neegusha, neenkomo, neebhokhwe, kwaneenkamela. ₈Icebo lakhe lalikukuba kusinde eli lesibini iqela, xa athe wahlasela elokuqala uEsawu.

₉Uye wathandaza emva koko uYakobi esithi: “Thixo kabawo-mkhulu uAbraham, Thixo kabawo wam uIsake, ndive. Nguwe, *Ndikhoyo, othe mandibuyele ezweni lakowethu naphakathi kwezizalwana zam. Watsho usithi uya kuyenza mhlophe indlela yam, konke kulunge. ₁₀Ububele ondenzele bona, nokunyaniseka kwakho, akundifanele, Nkosi. Ndayiwela iJordan ndingenanto, ndiphethe umsimelelo kuphela. Ngoku ndibuya ndihamba nala maqela mabini. ₁₁Ndihlangule ke kumntakwethu uEsawu, ndiyakubongoza. Ndinoloyiko hleze asihlasele asitshabalalise sonke, umntwana nonina. ₁₂Khumbula ke ukuba wathembisa ukuba konke kondilungela, wathembisa nokuba wondipha inzala engenakubalwa bani, ebuninzi bungangobentlabathi elunxwemeni lolwandle.”

₁₃Ngengomso uYakobi wakhetha kuloo mhlambi wakhe ezo wayeza kuzipha umntakwabo uEsawu: ₁₄iimazi zeebhokhwe zaba ngamakhulu mabini, iinkunzi zangamashumi mabini; amakhulu mabini eemazi zeegusha, namashumi mabini eenkunzi zeegusha, ₁₅amashumi amathathu eemazi zeenkamela namankonyane azo; kunye namashumi mane eemazi zeenkomo, kunye neshumi leenkunzi; namashumi mabini eemazi zeedonki; kunye neenkunzi ezilishumi. ₁₆Wazahlula-hlula zayimihlambi, waza umhlambi ngamnye wakhokelwa sisicaka. Wathi mazihambe ngaphambili, zishiye isithuba phakathi komhlambi ngamnye. ₁₇Wathi kwisicaka esasingaphambili, ze sithi xa ebuza uEsawu ukuba ngaba ngubani na inkosi yaso, besiya ngaphi na, wona umhlambi lo ungokabani: ₁₈“ZezikaYakobi, isicaka sikaEsawu. Wenza ngazo isipho kuEsawu inkosi yakhe. Yena uYakobi uyalandela ngasemva.”

₁₉Wabaxelela loo nto bonke abakhokela imihlambi, owesibini nowesithathu njalo-njalo, esithi: “Nakuhlangabezana noEsawu ze nithi: ₂₀‘Ewe, isicaka sakho uYakobi siyeza ngasemva.’ ”

Icebo likaYakobi lalikukuba amenze athambe ngezo zipho uEsawu, aze xa efika yena Yakobi kuye axolelwe. ₂₁Wazindulula ke ezo zipho, waza yena walalisa apho esikhululweni ngobo busuku.

₂₂Ngobo busuku wavuka uYakobi, wahamba nabafazi bakhe bobabini, namaqadi abo, kunye nabantwana bakhe abalishumi nanye, wawuwela umlambo iJabhoko. ₂₃Akubaweza waweza nempahla yakhe yonke, ₂₄kodwa yena wasala ngasemva.

Kwafika umntu, wajijisana naye kwada kwasekuzeni kokusa. ₂₅Wathi loo mntu akubona ukuba akamngquli uYakobi, wamchukumisa enyongeni, yatsho yagungxuka endaweni yayo. ₂₆Watsho esithi: “Ndiyeke ndihambe, kuyasa.”

UYakobi wathi: “Andisobe ndikuyeke, de undithamsanqelise.”

₂₇“Ungubani igama lakho?” ubuzile loo mntu.

“NdinguYakobi,” uphendule watsho yena.

₂₈Uthe ke loo mntu: “Akusokubuya kuthiwe unguYakobi, kuba kaloku wena ujijisene noThixo kwakunye nabantu, waphumelela. Ngoko ke kuya kuthiwa unguSirayeli igama lakho.”

₂₉Uthe yena uYakobi: “Nawe ndixelele elakho igama.”

Uthe loo mfo: “Uza kulenzani igama lam?” Watsho esikelela uYakobi.

₃₀UYakobi wathi: “UThixo ndimbonile ubuso ngobuso, ndibe naku ndisaphila.” Wathi ke loo ndawo yiPeniyeli. ₃₁Laphuma ilanga xa uYakobi emkayo apho ePeniyeli. Wayeqhwalela ngenxa yenyonga egungxulekileyo. ₃₂AmaSirayeli akawutyi umsipha kasikrotyana unanamhlanje, kuba kaloku wachukunyiswa kuloo ndawo uYakobi.

₁UYakobi wambona uEsawu esiza namakhulu amane amadoda, waza abantwana wabahlula-hlula phakathi koLeya noRakeli namaqadi abo omabini. ₂Wabeka amaqadi nabantwana bawo ngaphambili, weza noLeya nabantwana bakhe, kwaza ekugqibeleni yanguRakeli noJosefu. ₃UYakobi wayengaphambi kwabo, ekhahlela kwada kwakasixhenxe njengokuba wayesiya esondela kumntakwabo. ₄UEsawu wakhawuleza ukuya kuye, waziphosa kuye, wamgona, wamanga. Balila bobabini. ₅Akusinga-singa uEsawu, wabona abo bafazi nabo bantwana, wabuza wathi: “Ngoobani aba uhamba nabo?”

“Mhlekazi, ngabantwana endibaphiwe nguThixo,” utshilo uYakobi. ₆Eza amaqadi nabantwana bawo, afika akhahlela. ₇Kwalandela uLeya nabakhe abantwana, kwaza kwagqibela uJosefu noRakeli, nabo bakhahlela.

₈UEsawu uthe: “Yona laa mihlambi ndihlangene nayo endleleni?”

Uthe ukuphendula uYakobi: “Bendiyithumela ukuza kundicengela kuwe, mhlekazi.”

₉Uthe uEsawu: “Ndinemfuyo ngokwaneleyo, mfo wethu; gcina izinto zakho.”

₁₀UYakobi wathi: “Ndincede, zithathe ukuba uyasamkela isicengo sam. Xa ndibona ubuso bakho, ngathi ndibona ubuso bukaThixo, ingakumbi ngoku sowundamkele ngobubele. ₁₁Zithathe kaloku ezi zipho ndikuphathele zona. UThixo undenzele ububele, wandipha yonke into ebendiyifuna.” UYakobi wamcenga uEsawu, wada woyisakala wazithatha ezo zipho.

₁₂Uthe uEsawu: “Masilungiselele ukunduluka ngoku. Mna ndiza kukukhapha.”

₁₃UYakobi uthe: “Kaloku abantwana bam baselula, yaye kufuneka ndicingele neegusha kunye namatakane azo, kuba ukuba zikhe zaxheshwa usuku nje olunye, zingafa zonke. ₁₄Hamba ngaphambili wena, mna ndolandela, ndicothoza kunye nabantwana kunye nemihlambi, de ndikufumane e-Edom.”

₁₅Wathi uEsawu: “Xa kunjalo ke makushiyeke namanye amadoda kula ndihamba nawo.”

Kodwa wathi uYakobi: “Hayi, akukho mfuneko; kwanele xa ndamkelekile kuwe.” ₁₆Wanduluka ke ngaloo mini uEsawu ukusinga e-Edom. ₁₇Kodwa yena uYakobi wenjenjeya esiya eSukoti. Apho wazakhela indlu, nemihlambi yakhe wayenzela uthango. Yiyo loo nto loo ndawo kuthiwa yiSukoti.

₁₈Ekubuyeni kwakhe ePadan-aram, uYakobi wahamba kakuhle, waya kufika kwidolophu iShekem kwelaseKanana, wamisa apho kufuphi nedolophu leyo. ₁₉Wawuthenga loo mhlaba kubazukulwana bakaHamore uyise kaShekem ngekhulu leesiliva. ₂₀Wenza iqonga lamadini apho, wayithiya loo ndawo ngoThixo, uThixo wamaSirayeli.