UGenesisi 49:1-33
49 UJakhobe wabiza amadodana akhe wathi: “Buthanani ndawonye ngilitshele okuzakwenzakala kini ekucineni kwezinsuku.
2 Hlanganani lilalele lina madodana kaJakhobe, lalelani uyihlo u-Israyeli.
3 “Rubheni+ ulizibulo lami,+ ungamandla ami lokuqala kwamandla ami okuzala, njalo ubulesithunzi esikhulu lamandla amangalisayo.
4 Kodwa awusoze ube mkhulu ngenxa yokuthi waba njengamanzi esikhukhula, awuzange uzibambe, wakhwela phezu kombheda kayihlo.+ Ngalesosikhathi wangcolisa umbheda wami. URubheni wakhwela kuwo sibili!
5 “USimiyoni loLevi yizelamani.+ Inkemba zabo yizikhali zodlakela.+
6 Awu mphefumulo* wami ungazihlanganisi labo. Awu dumo lwami* ungangeni emhlanganweni wabo ngoba babulala abantu ngolaka lwabo,+ baquma lenkunzi imisipha besenzela ukukholisa nje.
7 Akuqalekiswe ukuthukuthela kwabo ngoba kulesihluku, aluqalekiswe ulaka lwabo ngoba lulolunya.+ Akuthi ngibachithachithe elizweni likaJakhobe, ngibasabalalise elizweni lika-Israyeli.+
8 “Kodwa wena Juda+ abafowenu bazakudumisa.+ Isandla sakho sizakuba sentanyeni yezitha zakho.+ Amadodana kayihlo azakukhothamela.+
9 UJuda ungumdlwane wesilwane.+ Ndodana yami uzakudla inyamazana usukume. UJuda usecambalele, wazelula njengesilwane. Unjengaso kanye isilwane, kambe ngubani ongaba lesibindi sokumvusa?
10 Intonga yobukhosi ayisoze isuke kuJuda;+ lenduku yombusi ayisoze isuke phakathi kwezinyawo zakhe kuze kufike uShilo*+ njalo izizwe zonke zizamlalela.+
11 Uzabophela ubabhemi wakhe esihlahleni samagilebisi, abophele lodonkana kababhemi wakhe esihlahleni samagilebisi esihle, abesewatsha izigqoko zakhe phakathi kwewayini lesembatho sakhe egazini lamagilebisi.
12 Amehlo akhe abomvu ngenxa yewayini, lamazinyo akhe amhlophe ngenxa yochago.
13 “UZebhuloni+ uzahlala ekhunjini lolwandle, ekhunjini lapho okuma khona imikhumbi+ njalo umngcele wakhe okhatshana uzaqhela usiya eSidoni.+
14 “U-Isakhari+ ngubabhemi olamathambo aqinileyo, olele phakathi laphakathi kwemithwalo emibili.
15 Uzabona ukuthi indawo yokuphumula inhle lokuthi ilizwe liyabukeka. Uzakwehlisa ihlombe lakhe athwale umthwalo njalo uzavuma ukusetshenziswa ngenkani.
16 “UDani,+ omunye wezizwana zako-Israyeli uzakwahlulela abantu bakhe.+
17 UDani kabe yinyoka eseceleni komgwaqo, inyoka elempondo eseceleni kwendlela, egamula* izithende zebhiza ukuze oligadileyo awe ngeqolo.+
18 Awu Jehova, ngizalindela insindiso evela kuwe.
19 “UGadi+ uzahlaselwa liqembu lezigebenga, kodwa yena uzalihlala izithende alihlasele.+
20 “Isinkwa sika-Asheri+ sizakuba* yithaphutshiye njalo uzakhipha ukudla okufanele inkosi.+
21 “UNafithali+ yimpalakazi enhle ezacileyo. Ukhuluma amazwi amnandi.+
22 “UJosefa+ lihlumela lesihlahla esithelayo, isihlahla esithelayo esiseduze komthombo njalo esilengatsha ezilengele ngale komduli.
23 Kodwa abaphosa imitshoko babelokhu bemhlukuluza, bemtshoka ngemitshoko futhi baqhubeka bemzonda.+
24 Lanxa kunjalo, idandili* lakhe laqhubeka lisendaweni yalo,+ izandla zakhe zahlala ziqinile futhi ziphosa imitshoko ngokuphangisa.+ Lokhu kwakuvela ezandleni zalowo olamandla, oncedisa uJakhobe, kumelusi, ilitshe lika-Israyeli.
25 Yena* uvela kuNkulunkulu kayihlo, uzakunceda njalo useduze loSomandla. Uzakubusisa ngezibusiso zaphezulu emazulwini, lezibusiso zaphansi ezindaweni ezitshonayo,+ langezibusiso zamabele kanye lesibeletho.
26 Izibusiso zikayihlo zizakuba zinkulu ukwedlula izibusiso zezintaba zanini lanini, ukwedlula izinto ezinhle ezisemaqaqeni ahlala ekhona.+ Zizahlala ziphezu kwekhanda likaJosefa, phezu komqhele wekhanda lalowo owakhethwa kubafowabo.+
27 “UBhenjamini+ uzaqhubeka edlithiza njengeganyana.+ Ekuseni uzakudla inyamazana ayijimbileyo, ntambama ehlukanise impahla ayithumbileyo.”+
28 Bonke laba yibo ababumba izizwana zako-Israyeli ezingu-12 njalo lokhu yikho abakutshelwa nguyise ngesikhathi ebabusisa. Ngamunye wamnika isibusiso esimfaneleyo.+
29 Ngemva kwalokho wabatshela wathi: “Khathesi sengizazifela njengabanye abantu bakithi.+ Lingingcwabe lapho okwangcwatshwa khona obaba ebhalwini olusensimini ka-Efroni umHithi,+
30 ubhalu olusensimini yeMakhaphela phambi kweMamre elizweni laseKhenani. Insimu le yathengwa ngu-Abrahama ku-Efroni umHithi ukuthi ibe yindawo yokungcwaba.
31 U-Abrahama loSara bangcwatshwa kuleyondawo.+ U-Isaka+ lomkakhe uRabheka labo bangcwatshwa khona njalo yikho lapho engangcwaba khona uLeya.
32 Insimu leyo lobhalu olukuyo kwathengwa kumadodana kaHethi.”+
33 UJakhobe waqeda-ke ukulayela amadodana akhe, wasebuyisela inyawo zakhe phezu kombheda, waphefumula okokucina wafa njalo wangcwatshwa njengabanye abantu bakibo.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Ezinye inguqulo zithi, “ngqondo yami.”
^ Ibizo leli litsho ukuthi, “Lowo okungokwakhe; Lowo ongumnikazi wakho.”
^ Kumbe, “eluma.”
^ Kumbe, “Ukudla kuka-Asheri kuzakuba.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Lapha kutshiwo uJosefa.
