UGenesisi 30:1-43
30 URasheli wathi ebona ukuthi wayengazalelanga uJakhobe abantwana waqalisa ukuba lomhawu ngodadewabo, wasesithi kuJakhobe: “Nginika abantwana, nxa ungasangiphanga bona ngizakufa.”
2 UJakhobe wavutha ngolaka wamzondela uRasheli wathi: “Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu yini onguye okuvimbele ukuthi ube labantwana?”
3 URasheli wasesithi: “Nangu uBhiliha+ isigqilikazi sami. Lala laye ukuze angizalele abantwana,* lami ngibe labantwana ngaye.”
4 Yikho wanika uJakhobe incekukazi yakhe uBhiliha ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe, uJakhobe walala layo.+
5 UBhiliha wasezithwala wazalela uJakhobe umntwana ongumfana.
6 Ngemva kwalokho uRasheli wathi: “UNkulunkulu usebe ngumahluleli wami njalo ulalele ilizwi lami wanginika indodana.” Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi nguDani.*+
7 UBhiliha incekukazi kaRasheli waphinda wazithwala wazalela uJakhobe umntwana wesibili ongumfana.
8 URasheli wasesithi: “Ngilwe kanzima lodadewethu njalo lami sengize nganqoba.” Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi nguNafithali.*+
9 ULeya wathi ebona ukuthi usemile ukuba labantwana, wathatha incekukazi yakhe uZilipha wayipha uJakhobe ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe.+
10 Incekukazi kaLeya uZilipha yazalela uJakhobe umntwana ongumfana.
11 ULeya wasesithi: “Asengamhlophe kimi.” Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi nguGadi.*+
12 Ngemva kwalokho incekukazi kaLeya uZilipha yazalela uJakhobe umntwana wesibili ongumfana.
13 ULeya wasesithi: “Ngiyathokoza sibili! Khathesi amadodakazi azakuthi ngiyathokoza.”+ Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi ngu-Asheri.*+
14 Ngelinye ilanga uRubheni+ wayezihambela egangeni ngesikhathi sokuvunwa kwengqoloyi wasedobha amamandirakhi,* wawaphathela unina uLeya. URasheli wasesithi kuLeya: “Ngicela unginike amanye amamandirakhi endodana yakho.”
15 ULeya wathi kuye: “Kambe ukubona kuyinto encane ukuthi uthethe umkami?+ Khathesi usufuna lokuthatha amamandirakhi endodana yami!” URasheli wathi: “Kulungile, nxa unganginika amamandirakhi endodana yakho uzalala lawe lamuhla ebusuku.”
16 UJakhobe wathi evela emadlelweni ntambama uLeya wamhlangabeza wathi: “Lamuhla uzalala lami ngoba ngikuqhatshe ngamamandirakhi endodana yami.” Ngakho ngalobobusuku walala laye.
17 Yikho-ke uNkulunkulu wamuzwa uLeya wasemphendula. ULeya wazithwala wazalela uJakhobe umntwana wesihlanu ongumfana.
18 ULeya wasesithi: “UNkulunkulu usenginike imbadalo yami ngoba nginike umkami incekukazi yami.” Ngakho wanika umntwana ibizo wathi ngu-Isakhari.*+
19 ULeya waphinda wazithwala wazalela uJakhobe umntwana wesithupha ongumfana.+
20 ULeya wasesithi: “UNkulunkulu usengiphe isipho, isipho esihle sibili. Khathesi umkami uzangamukela+ ngoba sengimzalele amadodana ayisithupha.”+ Ngakho wanika umntwana ibizo wathi nguZebhuloni.*+
21 Ngemva kwalokho wazala umntwana oyinkazana wamnika ibizo wathi nguDina.+
22 UNkulunkulu wacina emkhumbula uRasheli. UNkulunkulu wamuzwa wamphendula, wenza ukuthi enelise ukuzithwala.+
23 URasheli wazithwala wasesiba lomntwana ongumfana wathi: “UNkulunkulu uselisusile ihlazo lami!”+
24 Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi nguJosefa*+ esithi: “UJehova usenginike enye indodana.”
25 URasheli wathi esebelethe uJosefa, uJakhobe wahle wathi kuLabhani: “Ngiyekela ngihambe ngiye emulini yakithi laselizweni lakithi.+
26 Nginika abantwabami lamakhosikazi ami engiwasebenzeleyo ukuze ngihambe ngoba lawe ukwazi mhlophe ukuthi ngikusebenzele njani.”+
27 ULabhani wasesithi kuye: “Nxa ngithole umusa kuwe ngicela uhlale ngoba ngizwisisile ngezibonakaliso* ukuthi uJehova uyangibusisa ngenxa yakho.”
28 Waphinda wathi: “Tshono ukuthi ufuna ngikubhadale ngani besengikubhadala.”+
29 UJakhobe wasesithi kuye: “Lawe uyakwazi ukuthi ngikusebenzele njani lokuthi imihlambi yakho ibinjani ngesikhathi ngiyigcinile.+
30 Wawulokulutshwana ngingakabuyi kodwa umhlambi wakho usuwandile waba mkhulu njalo selokhu ngafikayo uJehova ubelokhu ekubusisa. Pho mina ngizayisebenzela nini imuli yami?”+
31 ULabhani wathi: “Manje ngikupheni?” UJakhobe wasesithi: “Ungangiphi lutho. Ngizaphinda ngeluse umhlambi wakho ngiwulinde nxa ungangenzela into eyodwa nje.+
32 Ngizadabula phakathi komhlambi wakho lamuhla. Wena khiphela eceleni zonke izimvu ezilamatshatha lemibalabala, lazo zonke izimvu ezinsundu eziphakathi kwemvana ezinduna kanye lazo zonke imbuzi ezinsikazi ezilemibalabala lamatshatha. Kusukela khathesi izifuyo lezi kumele zibe yimbadalo yami.+
33 Ukulunga* kwami kumele kungifakazele ngesikhathi esizayo nxa usuzohlola imbadalo yami. Ngingatholakala ngilembuzi ensikazi engelamibalabala futhi engelamatshatha kuzathiwa itshontshiwe njalo ngingatholakala ngilezinyane lemvu eliduna kodwa lingelambala onsundu kuzathiwa litshontshiwe.”
34 ULabhani wasesithi: “Kulungile! Akwenzakale njengokutsho kwakho.”+
35 Ngalelolanga uLabhani wabeka eceleni impongo ezilemizilazila lemibalabala, lembuzi ezinsikazi ezilamatshatha lemibalabala, zonke nje ezilokumhlophe lawo wonke amazinyane ezimvu amaduna ayelombala onsundu, wasesithi izifuyo lezo zigcinwe ngamadodana akhe.
36 Ngemva kwalokho wehlukanisa imihlambi yakhe lekaJakhobe okwebanga elilingana lohambo lwamalanga amathathu. UJakhobe yena wasala eselusa imihlambi kaLabhani eyayisele.
37 UJakhobe wasethatha izigojwana ezimanzi zesihlahla somstorakhi lesom-alimondi kanye lesepulane waxebula amaxolo ezigojwana lezo kwasala kukhanya amatshatha amhlophe.
38 Wasefaka izigojwana ayesezixebule amaxolo phambi komhlambi. Wazifaka emigelweni eyayigeleza amanzi, emikolweni lapho okwakunathela khona izifuyo ukuze zilandelwe phambi kwezigojwana lezo nxa sezizonatha.
39 Ngakho imihlambi yayilandelwa phambi kwezigojwana lezo njalo yayizala amazinyane alemizilazila lalamatshatha kanye lemibalabala.
40 UJakhobe wehlukanisa imvana ezinduna wakhangelisa imihlambi kulezo ezilemizilazila lakuzo zonke ezinsundu ezaziphakathi kwemihlambi kaLabhani. Wasesehlukanisa imihlambi yakhe ukuze ingahlangani lekaLabhani.
41 Kwakusithi nxa izifuyo ezilamandla sezilandelwa uJakhobe afake izigojwana zakhe phambi kwemihlambi emigelweni okwakugeleza kuyo amanzi ukuze zilandelwe ziseduze kwezigojwana lezo.
42 Kodwa wayengazifaki izigojwana zakhe nxa kulezifuyo ezibuthakathaka. Ngakho ezibuthakathaka zazihlala zisiba ngezikaLabhani, ezilamandla zibe ngezikaJakhobe.+
43 UJakhobe wanotha kakhulu, waba lemihlambi emikhulu kanye lezisebenzi zesilisa lezesifazana lamakamela labobabhemi.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiHebheru, “abelethele emadolweni ami.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Umahluleli.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Sengilwile.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Amhlophe.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Ukuthokoza; Intokozo.”
^ Abesifazana babesidla izithelo lezi ngoba babecabanga ukuthi ziyabanceda ukuthi bazithwale.
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Uyimbadalo.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Ukwamukela.”
^ Leli libizo elifitshaniswe kwelithi Josifiya. Litsho ukuthi, “Sengathi uNkulunkulu angangezelela.”
^ Kumbe, “ngobufakazi.”
^ Kumbe, “Ukuthembeka.”
