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| 1. | UJakobe wasebiza amadodana akhe wathi: Buthanani ukuze ngilazise okuzalehlela ensukwini ezizayo. |
| 2. | Buthanani, lizwe madodana kaJakobe, limlalele uIsrayeli uyihlo. |
| 3. | Rubeni, ulizibulo lami, amandla ami, lokuqala kokuqina kwami, ukuphelela kwesithunzi, lokuphelela kwamandla. |
| 4. | Uphuphuma njengamanzi, kawuyikuba ngopheleleyo, ngoba ukhwele embhedeni kayihlo, wasu w ona; wakhwela embhedeni wami. |
| 5. | USimeyoni loLevi bayizelamani; inkemba zabo ziyizikhali zokuphanga. |
| 6. | Umphefumulo wami ungangeni emphakathini wabo wangasese, udumo lwami lungahlangani emhlanganweni wabo; ngoba ngolaka lwabo babulala umuntu, langokuzithokozisa baquma izinkabi umsipha. |
| 7. | Kaluqalekiswe ulaka lwabo ngoba lulamandla, lentukuthelo yabo ngoba ilesihluku. Ngizabehlukanisa koJakobe, ngibahlakaze koIsrayeli. |
| 8. | Juda, wena, abafowenu bazakudumisa; isandla sakho sizakuba sentanyeni yezitha zakho; amadodana kayihlo azakukhothamela. |
| 9. | UJuda ungumdlwane wesilwane; wenyukile empangweni, ndodana yami, uguqile, ulele njengesilwane, lanjengesilwane esisikazi; ngubani ozamsukumisa? |
| 10. | Intonga yobukhosi kayiyikusuka kuJuda, lomnikumthetho phakathi kwenyawo zakhe, aze afike uShilo, njalo izizwe zizamlalela. |
| 11. | Ubophela ithole lakhe likababhemi evinini, lethole likababhemikazi wakhe evinini elihle. Uwatsha isigqoko sakhe ewayinini, lesembatho sakhe egazini lezithelo zevini. |
| 12. | Amehlo akhe azakuba nsundu ngewayini, lamazinyo akhe mhlophe ngochago. |
| 13. | UZebuluni uzahlala ethekwini lolwandle, abe litheku lemikhumbi, lomngcele wakhe uzakuba ngaseSidoni. |
| 14. | UIsakari ungubabhemi olamathambo alamandla, oqutha phakathi kwemithwalo emibili. |
| 15. | Wathi ebona indawo yokuphumula ukuthi inhle, lelizwe ukuthi liyabukeka, wagobisa amahlombe akhe ukuze athwale, waba yinceku esibhalweni. |
| 16. | UDani uzakwahlulela abantu bakhe, njengesinye sezizwe zakoIsrayeli. |
| 17. | UDani uzakuba yinyoka endleleni, inhlangwana emkhondweni, eluma izithende zebhiza, ukuze umgadi walo awe nyovane. |
| 18. | Ngilindele usindiso lwakho, Nkosi. |
| 19. | UGadi, iviyo lizamhlasela, kodwa yena uzahlasela ezithendeni. |
| 20. | Kuvela kuAsheri, ukudla kwakhe kuzanona, uzaveza izibiliboco zenkosi. |
| 21. | UNafithali uyimpala ethukululiweyo, eveza amazwi amahle. |
| 22. | UJosefa ulugatsha oluthelayo, ugatsha oluthelayo emthonjeni, ingatsha zikhwela phezu komduli. |
| 23. | Abatshoki basebemphatha kabuhlungu, ba m tshoka, bamzonda. |
| 24. | Kodwa idandili lakhe lahlala liqinile, lengalo zezandla zakhe zaqiniswa ngezandla zikaSomandla kaJakobe, okuvela khona umelusi, ilitshe likaIsrayeli, |
| 25. | ngoNkulunkulu kayihlo ozakusiza, langoSomandla ozakubusisa ngezibusiso zamazulu ezivela phezulu, izibusiso zokujula okulele phansi, izibusiso zamabele lesizalo, |
| 26. | izibusiso zikayihlo ziyedlula izibusiso zabokhokho bami, kuze kube sengqongeni zamaqaqa aphakade; zizakuba phezu kwekhanda likaJosefa, laphezu kwenkanda yalowo owehlukaniswe kubafowabo. |
| 27. | UBhenjamini uyimpisi edabulayo; ekuseni izakudla ekujimbileyo, lakusihlwa izakwehlukanisa impango. |
| 28. | Bonke labo bayizizwe ezilitshumi lambili zakoIsrayeli; futhi lokho yikho uyise akukhuluma kubo ebabusisa; ngulowo lalowo ngesibusiso sakhe wababusisa. |
| 29. | Wasebalaya wathi kubo: Sengibuthelwa ebantwini bakithi; lingingcwabe labobaba obhalwini olusensimini kaEfroni umHethi, |
| 30. | obhalwini olusensimini yeMakaphela eqondane leMamre, elizweni leKhanani, uAbrahama owaluthenga lensimu kuEfroni umHethi ibe yindawo yethu yokungcwabela. |
| 31. | Lapho bangcwaba oAbrahama loSara umkakhe; lapho bangcwaba oIsaka loRebeka umkakhe; lalapho ngangcwaba uLeya, |
| 32. | insimu, lobhalu olukiyo, kwathengwa emadodaneni kaHethi. |
| 33. | Kwathi uJakobe eseqedile ukulaya amadodana akhe, waqoqela inyawo zakhe embhedeni, waphela, wabuthelwa ebantwini bakibo. |
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