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| 1. | Kwasekusithi uIsaka esemdala lamehlo akhe esefiphele enga sa boni, wabiza uEsawu indodana yakhe enkulu, wathi kuye: Ndodana yami! Wasesithi kuye: Khangela ngi lapha. |
| 2. | Wasesithi: Khangela-ke, sengimdala, angilwazi usuku lokufa kwami. |
| 3. | Ngakho khathesi, ake uthathe izikhali zakho, isikhwama sakho semitshoko ledandili lakho, uphume uye egangeni ungizingelele inyama yenyamazana, |
| 4. | ungilungisele ukudla okumnandi njengengikuthandayo, u ku lethe kimi ukuthi ngidle, ukuze umphefumulo wami ukubusise ngingakafi. |
| 5. | URebeka wasesizwa lapho uIsaka ekhuluma loEsawu indodana yakhe. UEsawu wasesiya egangeni ukuyazingela inyama yenyamazana ukuze ayilethe. |
| 6. | URebeka wasekhuluma kuJakobe indodana yakhe, esithi: Khangela, ngizwile uyihlo ekhuluma kuEsawu umnewenu, esithi: |
| 7. | Ngilethela inyama yenyamazana, ungilungisele ukudla okumnandi ukuthi ngidle, ngikubusise phambi kwe Nkosi ngingakafi. |
| 8. | Ngakho khathesi, ndodana yami, lalela ilizwi lami kulokhu engikulaya khona. |
| 9. | Ake uye emhlanjini, ungithathele lapho amazinyane amabili amahle ezimbuzi, ngizawenzela uyihlo ukudla okumnandi njengalokho akuthandayo; |
| 10. | uza ku sa-ke kuyihlo ukuthi adle, ukuze akubusise engakafi. |
| 11. | UJakobe wasesithi kuRebeka unina: Khangela, uEsawu umnewethu uyindoda elihwanqa, kodwa ngiyindoda ebutshelezi. |
| 12. | Mhlawumbe ubaba uzangiphulula, besengisiba emehlweni akhe njengomhleka usulu, njalo ngizilethele isiqalekiso kungabi-ke yisibusiso. |
| 13. | Unina wasesithi kuye: Isiqalekiso sakho kasibe phezu kwami, ndodana yami; kuphela lalela ilizwi lami, uhambe ungithathele wona. |
| 14. | Wasehamba, wa wa thatha, wa wa letha kunina; unina waselungisa ukudla okumnandi njengalokho uyise akuthandayo. |
| 15. | URebeka wasethatha izigqoko ezinhle zikaEsawu indodana yakhe enkulu, ayelazo endlini, wagqokisa uJakobe indodana yakhe encinyane; |
| 16. | lezikhumba zamazinyane ezimbuzi wazifaka ezandleni zakhe lebutshelezini bentamo yakhe. |
| 17. | Wasenika ukudla okumnandi lesinkwa ayekulungisile esandleni sikaJakobe indodana yakhe. |
| 18. | Wasesiza kuyise wathi: Baba! Wasesithi: Khangela ngi lapha; ungubani ndodana yami? |
| 19. | UJakobe wasesithi kuyise: NginguEsawu izibulo lakho; ngenze njengoba ungitshelile; ake usukume uhlale, udle okwenyama yenyamazana yami, ukuze umphefumulo wakho ungibusise. |
| 20. | UIsaka wasesithi endodaneni yakhe: Kungani uyithole masinyane kangaka, ndodana yami? Wasesithi: Ngoba i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho yenze ukuthi ize phambi kwami. |
| 21. | UIsaka wasesithi kuJakobe: Ake usondele ukuze ngikuphulule, ndodana yami, ukuthi uyindodana yami uEsawu uqobo, kumbe hatshi. |
| 22. | UJakobe wasesondela kuIsaka uyise; wasemphulula wathi: Ilizwi liyilizwi likaJakobe, kodwa izandla ziyizandla zikaEsawu. |
| 23. | Kodwa kamazanga ngoba izandla zakhe zaziloboya njengezandla zomnewabo uEsawu; ngakho wambusisa. |
| 24. | Wasesithi: Uyindodana yami uEsawu uqobo? Wasesithi: Ngi nguye. |
| 25. | Wasesithi: Sondeza kimi ukuze ngidle okwenyama yenyamazana yendodana yami, ukuze umphefumulo wami ukubusise. Wase yi sondeza kuye, wasesidla; waseletha kuye iwayini, wasenatha. |
| 26. | Uyise uIsaka wasesithi kuye: Ake usondele, ungange, ndodana yami. |
| 27. | Wasesondela, wamanga; wasenuka iphunga lezembatho zakhe, wambusisa wathi: Khangela, iphunga lendodana yami linjengephunga lensimu i Nkosi eyibusisileyo. |
| 28. | Ngakho uNkulunkulu akunike okwamazolo amazulu lokokuvunda komhlaba, lenala yamabele lewayini elitsha. |
| 29. | Abantu kabakukhonze, lezizwe zikukhothamele. Bana yinkosi yabafowenu, lamadodana kanyoko akukhothamele. Okuqalekisayo kaqalekiswe, lokubusisayo kabusiswe ! |
| 30. | Kwasekusithi uIsaka eseqedile ukubusisa uJakobe, kwathi uJakobe esanda ukuphuma phambi kukaIsaka uyise, uEsawu umnewabo wafika evela ekuzingeleni kwakhe. |
| 31. | Laye futhi walungisa ukudla okumnandi, wa ku sa kuyise; wathi kuyise: Ubaba kasukume, adle okwenyama yenyamazana yendodana yakhe, ukuze umphefumulo wakho ungibusise. |
| 32. | UIsaka uyise wasesithi kuye: Ungubani? Wasesithi: Ngiyindodana yakho, izibulo lakho uEsawu. |
| 33. | UIsaka wasethuthumela ngokuthuthumela okukhulukazi, wathi: Pho, ngubani ozingele inyama yenyamazana wa yi letha kimi, ngasengisidla okwayo yonke ungakafiki? Ngimbusisile, yebo uzabusiswa. |
| 34. | Kwathi uEsawu esezwe amazwi kayise, wakhala ngokukhala okukhulu lokubabayo isibili, wathi kuyise: Ngibusisa lami njalo, baba! |
| 35. | Wasesithi: Umfowenu ufike ngenkohliso, wathatha isibusiso sakho. |
| 36. | Wasesithi: Kasikuthi babiza ibizo lakhe ngokuthi nguJakobe, ukuthi ungiqile lezizikhathi ezimbili? Ilungelo lobuzibulo bami ulithethe, khangela-ke, khathesi uthethe isibusiso sami. Wathi futhi: Kawungigcinelanga mina isibusiso? |
| 37. | UIsaka wasephendula wathi kuEsawu: Khangela, ngimbekile abe yinkosi phezu kwakho, labo bonke abafowabo ngimnikile babe zinceku; ngimsekele ngamabele lewayini elitsha; pho, ngingabe ngisakwenzelani, ndodana yami? |
| 38. | UEsawu wasesithi kuyise: Ulesibusiso esisodwa yini, baba? Ngibusisa lami njalo, baba. UEsawu waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe wakhala inyembezi. |
| 39. | UIsaka uyise wasephendula wathi kuye: Khangela, umuzi wakho uzakuba khatshana lokuvunda komhlaba lakhatshana lamazolo amazulu avela phezulu. |
| 40. | Njalo uzaphila ngenkemba yakho, uzakhonza umfowenu. Kodwa kuzakuthi lapho usuphunyuka, uzakwephula ijogwe lakhe entanyeni yakho. |
| 41. | UEsawu wasemzonda uJakobe ngenxa yesibusiso uyise ayembusise ngaso. UEsawu wasesithi enhliziyweni yakhe: Insuku zokulilela ubaba sezisondele, khona ngizambulala umnawami uJakobe. |
| 42. | Kwathi uRebeka etshelwa amazwi kaEsawu indodana yakhe enkulu, wathuma wabiza uJakobe indodana yakhe encinyane, wathi kuye: Khangela, uEsawu umnewenu uyaziduduza ngawe ukuthi akubulale. |
| 43. | Ngakho khathesi, ndodana yami, lalela ilizwi lami; sukuma uzibalekele uye kuLabani umfowethu eHarani, |
| 44. | njalo uhlale laye insuku ezinlutshwana, ize idede intukuthelo yomnewenu, |
| 45. | kuze kuthi ulaka lomnewenu ludede kuwe, futhi akhohlwe lokho okwenze kuye; besengithuma ngikulande khona; kungani ngizalahlekelwa layini lobabili ngosuku lunye? |
| 46. | URebeka wasesithi kuIsaka: Nginengekile yimpilo ngenxa yamadodakazi kaHethi; uba uJakobe ethatha umfazi kumadodakazi kaHethi anjengala, emadodakazini alelilizwe, ngiphilelani? |
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