Genesis 32:1-32
32 UYakobi wahamba indlela yakhe, waza wadibana neengelosi zikaThixo.
2 Uthe nje akuzibona wathi: “Yinkampu kaThixo le!” Ngoko wayithiya loo ndawo ngokuba yiMahanayim.*
3 UYakobi wathumela abathunywa ukuba bahambe phambili ukuya kuEsawu umntakwabo okwilizwe laseSehire,+ kumhlaba* wakwaEdom,+
4 wathi kubo: “Ze nithi kwinkosi yam uEsawu, ‘Isicaka sakho uYakobi sithi: “Ndiye ndahlala* noLabhan ixesha elide.+
5 Ndiye ndaba neenkunzi zeenkomo, iidonki, iigusha, izicaka nezicakakazi,+ kwaye ndithumela lo myalezo ukwazisa inkosi yam, ukuze indithande.” ’ ”
6 Ekuhambeni kwexesha abathunywa babuyela kuYakobi, besithi: “Sidibene nomntakwenu uEsawu, usendleleni ezayo, uyakukhawulela. Uhamba namadoda ayi-400.”+
7 UYakobi woyika kakhulu waza wanexhala.+ Wabohlula abantu ababekunye naye baziinkampu ezimbini, wohlula neegusha, iinkomo neenkamela.
8 Wathi: “Ukuba uEsawu uyayihlasela enye inkampu, enye iza kukwazi ukubaleka.”
9 UYakobi wathi: “Owu Thixo katata uAbraham noThixo katata uIsake, owu Yehova, wena othe kum, ‘Buyela kwilizwe lakowenu nakwizizalwana zakho yaye ndiza kukuphatha kakuhle,’+
10 andifanelwanga koku kundithanda kwakho ungagungqi nakukuthembeka kwakho kwisicaka sakho,+ kuba ndayiwela le Yordan ndinentonga qha, kodwa ngoku ndineenkampu ezimbini.+
11 Ndiyathandaza kuwe,+ ndisindise esandleni somntakwethu uEsawu, kuba ndiyamoyika, hleze afike apha andihlasele,+ mna, abafazi nabantwana.
12 Wawuthe wena, ‘Nakanjani ndiza kukuphatha kakuhle, yaye ndiza kuyenza inzala* yakho ibe ngangesanti yolwandle, ibe ninzi kakhulu ukuba ingabalwa.’ ”+
13 Wahlala apho ngobo busuku. Emva koko wathatha ezinye zezinto zakhe zasisipho sikaEsawu umntakwabo:+
14 iimazi zeebhokhwe eziyi-200, iinkunzi zeebhokhwe eziyi-20, iimazi zeegusha eziyi-200, iinkunzi zeegusha eziyi-20,
15 iinkamela eziyi-30 ezincancisayo, iimazi zeenkomo eziyi-40, iinkunzi zeenkomo eziyi-10, iimazi zeedonki eziyi-20 neenkunzi zeedonki eziyi-10 ezikhule ngokupheleleyo.+
16 Wanika izicaka zakhe imihlambi ihamba ngokulandelelana, wathi kuzo: “Welani kuqala kunathi, kwaye makubekho umgama phakathi kwemihlambi.”
17 Kwisicaka sokuqala wathi: “Ukuba kwenzekile uEsawu umntakwethu adibane nawe aze akubuze athi, ‘Ungokabani, uyaphi, izezikabani zona ezi zilwanyana ziphambi kwakho?’
18 Uze uthi, ‘Zezesicaka sakho uYakobi. Zisisipho esithunyelelwa inkosi yam uEsawu,+ ibe yena uYakobi uyeza emva kwethu.’ ”
19 Kwesesibini nesesithathu, nakubo bonke ababeqhuba imihlambi, wathi: “Niza kuthetha ngolo hlobo kuEsawu nakudibana naye.
20 Nantsi enye into emaniyithethe kuye, ‘Naso isicaka sakho uYakobi sisiza ngasemva.’ ” Kuba wazixelela oku: ‘Ukuba ndiyamthomalalisa ngokuthumela isipho esihamba phambi kwam,+ mhlawumbi ndiza kuthi xa ndimbona, andamkele ngobubele.’
21 Ngoko isipho sawela kuqala kunaye, kodwa yena wahlala enkampini ngobo busuku.
22 Ngobo busuku, wavuka wathatha abafazi bakhe bobabini+ nezicakakazi zakhe zozibini+ noonyana bakhe abancinci abayi-11, wawela izibuko laseYabhoki.+
23 Wabathatha waza wabaweza umlambo,* waweza nayo yonke into awayenayo.
24 Ekugqibeleni uYakobi wasala yedwa. Kwafika enye indoda yajijisana naye de kwathi qheke ukusa.+
25 Yathi yakubona ukuba ayimoyisi, yabamba usikrotyana wethanga lakhe; usikrotyana wethanga likaYakobi waphuma endaweni yakhe, njengoko le ndoda yayijijisana naye.+
26 Emva koko yathi: “Ndiyeke ndihambe, kuba kuyasa.” Yena wathi: “Soze ndikuyeke de undisikelele.”+
27 Yathi kuye: “Ngubani igama lakho?” waza yena wathi: “NguYakobi.”
28 Emva koko yathi: “Akuzukuphinda kuthiwe unguYakobi, kodwa uza kuba nguSirayeli,*+ kuba ujijisene noThixo+ kunye nabantu wada woyisa.”
29 UYakobi wathi kule ndoda: “Ndicela undixelele igama lakho.” Yona yathi: “Kutheni ubuza igama lam?”+ Yatsho imsikelela kuloo ndawo.
30 Ngoko ke uYakobi wathi igama laloo ndawo yiPeniyeli,*+ kuba wathi, “UThixo ndimbone ubuso ngobuso, kodwa ubomi* bam buye bakhuselwa.”+
31 Laphuma ilanga kamsinya nje akuba edlulile ePenuweli,* kodwa wayejingxela ngenxa yethanga lakhe.+
32 Yiloo nto oonyana bakaSirayeli bengawutyi umsipha wethanga* okusikrotyana, unanamhlanje, kuba yachukumisa umsipha kasikrotyana wethanga likaYakobi.
Umbhalo osemazantsi
^ Ethetha ukuthi “Iinkampu Ezimbini.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “kwintsimi.”
^ Okanye “ndahlala njengomntu wasemzini.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “imbewu.”
^ Okanye “intlambo.”
^ Othetha ukuthi “Ojijisene NoThixo” okanye “UThixo Uyajijisana.”
^ Ethetha ukuthi “Ubuso BukaThixo.”
^ Okanye “umphefumlo.”
^ Okanye “ePeniyeli.”
^ Ngokoqobo, “umsipha onento yokwenza nomthambo osethangeni.”
