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1. | UYakobi wahamba ngendlela yakhe; zaqubisana naye izithunywa zikaThixo. |
2. | Wathi uYakobi akuzibona, Ngumkhosi kaThixo lo; wathi igama laloo ndawo yiMahanayim. |
3. | Ke kaloku uYakobi wathuma abathunywa phambi kwakhe, baya kuEsawu, umkhuluwa wakhe, ezweni lakwaSehire, emhlabeni wakwaEdom. |
4. | Wabawisela umthetho esithi, Nothi ukuthetha enkosini yam uEsawu, Utsho umkhonzi wakho uYakobi ukuthi, Bendingumphambukeli kuLabhan, ndalibala khona kwada kwangoku; |
5. | ndineenkomo namaesile, nempahla emfutshane, nabakhonzi, nabakhonzazana; ndithumele ukuxelela inkosi yam, ukuze indibabale. |
6. | Abathunywa babuyela kuYakobi besithi, Sifikile kumkhuluwa wakho uEsawu, naye uyeza kukukhawulela, enamadoda angamakhulu omane. |
7. | Woyika kunene uYakobi, wabandezeleka, wabahlula abantu ababenaye, nempahla emfutshane, neenkomo, neenkamela; iimfuduka zambini. |
8. | Wathi, Ukuba uEsawu uthe wafika kwenye imfuduka, wayichitha, yosinda imfuduka eseleyo. |
9. | Wathi uYakobi, Thixo kabawo uAbraham, Thixo kabawo uIsake, Yehova, uthe kum, Buyela ezweni lakowenu, kwelokuzalwa kwakho; ndokuphatha kakuhle. |
10. | Andiyilingene inceba yonke, nenyaniso yonke oyenzileyo kumkhonzi wakho; kuba ndayiwela le Yordan, ndinentonga yam yodwa, kodwa ngoku ndimfuduka mbini. |
11. | Khawundihlangule esandleni somkhuluwa wam, esandleni sikaEsawu; ngokuba ndiyamoyika, hleze afike andibulale, unina ndawonye nabantwana. |
12. | Wawuthe wena, Inene, ndiya kukuphatha kakuhle, imbewu yakho nidyenze ibe njengentlabathi yolwandle, engenakubalwa ngenxa yobuninzi. |
13. | Ke kaloku yena walala khona ngobo busuku. Wathabatha entweni esifike kuyo isandla sakhe, yangumnikelo kuEsawu, umkhuluwa wakhe; |
14. | iimazi zeebhokhwe ezimakhulu mabini, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezimashumi mabini, neemazi neegusha ezimakhulu mabini, neenkunzi zeegusha ezimashumi mabini, |
15. | neenkamela ezisengwayo ezimashumi mathathu, ezinamathole azo, neemazi zeenkomo ezimashumi mane, neenkunzi zeenkomo ezilishumi, neemazi zamaesile ezimashumi mabini, namaxhamxwa alishumi. |
16. | Wazinikela esandleni sabakhonzi bakhe, walowo umhlambi wawodwa. Wathi kubakhonzi bakhe, Welani phambi kwam, nibeke isithuba phakathi komhlambi nomhlambi. |
17. | Owokuqala wamwisela umthetho, wathi, Xa athe uEsawu umkhuluwa wam waqubisana nawe, wakubuza ngokuthi, Ungokabani na? Uya phi na? Zezikabani na ezi zinto ziphambi kwakho? |
18. | wothi, Zezomkhonzi wakho uYakobi: ngumnikelo othunyelwe inkosi yam uEsawu; nanku ke naye ngasemva kwethu. |
19. | Nowesibini, nowesithathu wamwisela umthetho, nabo bonke ababeyilandela imihlambi, esithi, Nothetha ngolo hlobo kuEsawu, nakufumanana naye. |
20. | Kananjalo nothi, Nanko mkhonzi wakho uYakobi engasemva kwethu. Kuba wathi, Mandibucamagushe ubuso bakhe ngomnikelo ohamba phambi kwam, emveni koko ndibubone ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbi wondibuka. |
21. | Umnikelo lowo wahamba phambi kwakhe; ke yena walala ngobo busuku emfudukeni. |
22. | Wavuka ngobo busuku, wathabatha abafazi bakhe bobabini, nabakhonzanzana bakhe bobabini noonyana bakhe abalishumi elinamnye, waliwela izibuko le Yabhoki. |
23. | Wabathabatha ke, wabaweza emfuleni lowo, waziweza zonke izinto abenazo. |
24. | UYakobi wasala yedwa; kwazamana indoda naye kwada kwathi qhiphu ukusa. |
25. | Yakubona ukuba ayimeyisi, yachukumisa usikrobana womlenze wakhe, wancothuka usikrobana womlenze kaYakobi ngokuzamana nayo. |
26. | Yathi, Ndindulule ndihambe, kuba kuyasa. Wathi yena, Andiyi kukundulula umke, ukuba akuthanga undisikelele. |
27. | Yathi kuye, Ngubani na igama lakho? Wathi, NdinguYakobi. |
28. | Yathi, Igama lakho akusayi kuba sathiwa nguYakobi; kuya kuthiwa unguSirayeli, ngokuba ulwe noThixo nabantu, weyisa. |
29. | Wabuza uYakobi wathi, Ndixelele igama lakho. Yathi, Ulibuzelani na igama lam? Yamsikelela khona. |
30. | UYakobi wayithiya loo ndawo igama eliyiPeniyeli; kuba wathi, Ndibonene noThixo, wahlangulwa umphefumlo wam. |
31. | Lathi chapha ilanga, akudlula ePeniweli, ejingxela ngomlenze wakhe. |
32. | Ngenxa yoko oonyana bakaSirayeli abawudli umsipha kasikrobana ophezu kosikrobana womlenze, nanamhla; ngokuba yachukumisa usikrobana womlenze kaYakobi emsipheni kasikrobana. |
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