IGenesis
30:1 Ke kaloku akubona uRakeli ukuba akamzaleli mntwana uYakobi, uRakeli wammonela
usisi; Wathi kuYakobi, Ndinike abantwana;
30:2 Wavutha umsindo kaYakobi kuRakeli, wathi, NdiseNkosini na?
ngubani na okuvimbileyo isiqhamo sesizalo?
30:3 Wathi, Nantso impelesi yam uBhiliha, yingene kuye; kwaye uya kuzala
emadolweni am, ukuze nam ndibe nabantwana kuye.
30:4 Wamnika ke uBhiliha, umkhonzazana wakhe, ukuba abe ngumfazi; uYakobi wamngena
yena.
30:5 Wamitha uBhiliha, wamzalela uYakobi unyana.
30:6 Wathi uRakeli, UThixo undigwebele, kananjalo ulivile nelizwi lam
Undinike unyana; ngenxa yoko wamthiya igama elinguDan.
30:7 Wabuya wamitha uBhiliha, umkhonzazana kaRakeli, wamzalela uYakobi unyana wesibini.
30:8 Wathi uRakeli, Ndizamene nodade wethu imizamo enkulu.
ndimeyise, wamthiya igama elinguNafetali.
30:9 Ke kaloku wabona uLeya ukuba unqamkile ukuzala, wathabatha uZilipa, umkhonzazana wakhe
wamnika uYakobi ukuba abe ngumfazi.
30:10 UZilipa, umkhonzazana kaLeya, wamzalela uYakobi unyana.
30:11 Wathi uLeya, Lithunga. Wamthiya igama elinguGadi.
30:12 UZilipa, umkhonzazana kaLeya, wamzalela uYakobi unyana wesibini.
30:13 Wathi uLeya, Ndiva uyolo, ngokuba iintombi ziya kuthi ndinoyolo
Wamthiya igama elinguAshere.
30:14 Waya uRubhen ngemihla yovuno lwengqolowa, wafumana amathuma emasimini.
Wawazisa kuLeya unina. Wathi uRakeli kuLeya,
Khawundinike emithuma yonyana wakho.
30:15 Wathi kuye, Yinto encinane na ukuyithabatha eyam?
umyeni? ubuye uthabathe namathuma onyana wam? kunye noRakeli
Wathi, Uya kulala nawe ngobu busuku ngenxa yamathuma onyana wakho.
30:16 Wafika uYakobi evela ezindle ngokuhlwa, waphuma uLeya esiya
wamhlangabeza, wathi, Uze undingene; kuba, inene, ndimqeshile
wena namathuma onyana wam. Walala naye ngobo busuku.
30:17 UThixo wamphulaphula uLeya; wamitha, wamzalela uYakobi owesihlanu.
unyana.
30:18 Wathi uLeya, UThixo undinikile umvuzo wam, ngenxa yokuba ndilinike umkhonzazana wam
endodeni yam, wamthiya igama elinguIsakare.
30:19 Wabuya wamitha uLeya, wamzalela uYakobi unyana wesithandathu.
30:20 Wathi uLeya, UThixo undiphe isipho esilungileyo; ngoku umyeni wam
hlala nam, kuba ndimzalele oonyana abathandathu. Wathi ke igama lakhe
Zebhulon.
30:21 Emveni koko wazala intombi, wathi igama layo nguDina.
30:22 UThixo wamkhumbula uRakeli, uThixo wamphulaphula, wamvulela
isibeleko.
30:23 Wamitha, wazala unyana; Wathi, UThixo undithabathile
ihlazo:
30:24 Wamthiya igama elinguYosefu; wathi, UYehova makongezelele kum
omnye unyana.
30:25 Kwathi, xa uRakeli ebemzele uYosefu, wathi uYakobi kuye
Labhan, Ndindulule ndiye endaweni yakowethu, ndiye endaweni yakowethu
ilizwe.
30:26 Ndinike abafazi bam nabantwana bam, endikukhonze ngenxa yabo, ndivumele
ndiyahamba: kuba wena uyayazi inkonzo yam endikukhonze ngayo.
30:27 Wathi uLabhan kuye, Ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe
lindani amehlo; ngokuba ndifundile ukuba uYehova usikelele
mna ngenxa yakho.
30:28 Wathi, Ndimisele kakuhle umvuzo wakho ondifaneleyo, ndikunike.
30:29 Wathi kuye, Uyalwazi nawe uhlobo lokukukhonza kwam, nohlobo lwakho olu
iinkomo bezinam.
30:30 Kuba obunayo ndingekafiki yabe imbalwa, ukanti unangoku
yanda yaba ninzi; uYehova ukusikelele emva kwam
Ngoku ke ndiya kuyisebenzela nini na eyam indlu?
30:31 Wathi, Ndikunike ntoni na? Wathi uYakobi, Uze unganikeli
ukuba uthe wandenzela le nto, ndobuya ndiluse, ndidle
Gcina umhlambi wakho.
30:32 Ndiya kucanda phakathi kwayo yonke impahla yakho emfutshane namhla, ndikhuphe zonke kuyo;
ezirhwexu, nezirhwexu, nazo zonke iigusha ezimnyama;
nezinala, nezirhwexu phakathi kweebhokhwe, zibe zezam
qesha.
30:33 bundiphendulele ke ubulungisa bam ngexesha elizayo, xa sukuba lifika
yiza ube ngumvuzo wam phambi kobuso bakho: zonke ezingenala, nezingenala
nenemdaka phakathi kweebhokhwe, nemdaka phakathi kweegusha;
kubalwa ukuba zibiwe kunye nam.
30:34 Wathi uLabhan, Yabona, makube ngokwelizwi lakho elo.
30:35 Wazisusa ngaloo mini iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezinemizila, nezirhwexu.
neemazi zonke zeebhokhwe ezinala, nezirhwexu, nazo zonke
yaba nemhlophe kuyo, neegusha zonke ezimnyama, wabanika
esandleni soonyana bakhe.
30:36 Wamisa uhambo lweemini ezintathu phakathi kwakhe noYakobi; uYakobi wasondla
eseleyo ke yimpahla emfutshane kaLabhan.
30:37 UYakobi wathabatha iintonga zompopulari omhlophe, nezompleyini, nezompleyini
umthi; wachuba iindawo ezimhlophe kuzo, wenza okumhlophe kubonakale
yabe isezintweni.
30:38 Wazimisa iintonga abezichubile emijelweni, phambi kwempahla emfutshane
emikhumbini yamanzi, xa impahla emfutshane ibiza kusela, ukuba isele
bakhawule xa beza kusela.
30:39 Yaphathana ke impahla emfutshane phambi kweentonga ezo, yazala iinkomo
ezinemizila, nezirhwexu, nezinala.
30:40 Wawahlula uYakobi amatakane lawo, wabukhangelisa ubuso bempahla emfutshane
nezinemizila, nezimnyama zonke empahleni emfutshane kaLabhan; wabeka eyakhe
nempahla emfutshane, ukuba ibe yodwa, Ã kayibeka empahleni emfutshane kaLabhan.
30:41 Kwathi, xa iphathanayo eyomeleleyo empahleni emfutshane, yazala
Wazibeka uYakobi iintonga phambi kwamehlo eenkomo emijelweni, ukuba
bakhawule phakathi kweentonga.
30:42 Xa ityhafileyo impahla emfutshane, akazibekanga; zangena ke ezityhafileyo.
EkaLabhan, eyomeleleyo ibe yekaYakobi.
30:43 Yanda indoda leyo kakhulu kunene, yaba nemfuyo eninzi
abakhonzazana, nabakhonzazana, neenkamela, namaesile.