IGenesis
31:1 Ke kaloku waweva amazwi oonyana bakaLabhan, besithi, UYakobi uthabathile
yonke into ebiyekabawo; ukanti unayo eyekabawo
ndilufumene lonke olu zuko.
31:2 Wabubona uYakobi ubuso bukaLabhan, nabo bungebubo
kuye njengangaphambili.
31:3 Wathi uYehova kuYakobi, Buyela ezweni looyihlo, uye ezweni looyihlo
kwimizalwane yakho; ndiya kuba nawe.
31:4 UYakobi wathumela, wabiza uRakeli noLeya, ukuba beze endle empahleni yakhe emfutshane.
31:5 Wathi kubo, Ndiyabubona ubuso bukayihlo, ukuba abunjalo
kum njengangaphambili; ke uThixo kabawo ubenam.
31:6 Niyazi nina, ukuba uyihlo ndimkhonze ngamandla am onke;
31:7 ke uyihlo undidephisele, wawuguqula umvuzo wam kalishumi; kodwa
UThixo akamvumelanga ukuba andenzakalise.
31:8 Xa athe, Enala yoba ngumvuzo wakho; emva koko zonke iinkomo
xa athe, Enemizila yoba ngumvuzo wakho;
zonke iinkomo zazala ezinemizila.
31:9 Wayihlutha uThixo imfuyo kayihlo, wayinika
mna.
31:10 Kwathi, ngexesha lokumitha kweenkomo, ndaphakamisa
Ndaphakamisa amehlo am, ndabona ephupheni, nanzo iinkunzi zezimvu zidloba
empahleni emfutshane yayinemizila, nerhwexu, nenala.
31:11 Sathetha nam isithunywa sikaThixo ephupheni, sisithi, Yakobi;
Wathi, Ndilapha.
31:12 Sathi, Khawuphakamise amehlo akho, ubone zonke iinkunzi zeegusha ezikhwelayo.
empahleni emfutshane inemizila, nerhwexu, nenala, kuba ndiyibonile
konke akwenzayo uLabhan kuwe.
31:13 NdinguThixo waseBheteli, apho wasithambisa khona isimiso, nalapho ukhona
wabhambathisa isibhambathiso kum; suka ke ngoko, uphume kweli lizwe, uhambe
buyela ezweni lokuzalwa kwakho.
31:14 Baphendula uRakeli noLeya, bathi kuye, Kusekho isabelo na?
ulilifa kuthi endlwini kabawo?
31:15 Asingeniswa kuye na? ngokuba usithengisile, waba nempumelelo
wayidla nemali yethu.
31:16 Ngoko kuze bonke ubutyebi abuhluthileyo uThixo kubawo, bube bobethu;
nakoonyana bethu ke ngoko, konke akuthethileyo uThixo kuwe kwenze.
31:17 Wesuka uYakobi wabakhwelisa oonyana bakhe, nabafazi bakhe, ezinkameleni;
31:18 Waqhuba yonke impahla yakhe, nayo yonke impahla yakhe abenayo
wayizuza impahla yakhe abeyifuyile, abeyiqwebile ePadan-aram, ngokuba
ukuze aye kuIsake uyise ezweni lakwaKanan.
31:19 ULabhan ubeye kucheba impahla yakhe emfutshane; uRakeli wayiba imilonde-khaya leyo
yayingokayise.
31:20 UYakobi wamlalanisa uLabhan umAram, ekubeni ebemxelele
ingekuko nokuba ubalekile.
31:21 Wabaleka, yena nako konke abenako; wesuka, wawela
wabubhekisa ubuso bakhe entabeni yaseGiliyadi.
31:22 Waxelelwa uLabhan ngomhla wesithathu ukuba uYakobi ubalekile.
31:23 Wathabatha abazalwana bakhe, wamphuthuma imihla esixhenxe.
uhambo; bamfumana entabeni yaseGiliyadi.
31:24 Weza uThixo kuLabhan umAram ephupheni ebusuku, wathi kuye,
Zilumkele, ungathethi nto kuYakobi, nokuba yelungileyo nokuba yembi.
31:25 ULabhan wamfumana uYakobi. Ke kaloku uYakobi ubeyigxumekile intente yakhe entabeni;
uLabhan nabazalwana bakhe bagxumeka iintente entabeni yaseGiliyadi.
31:26 Wathi uLabhan kuYakobi, Yintoni na le nto uyenzileyo, ukuba uyebele?
Ngenkani kum, wazithimba iintombi zam njengabathinjwa
ikrele?
31:27 Yini na ukuba uzimele, ubaleke, undilalanise? kwaye
akundixelelanga, ukuze ndikundulule unovuyo novuyo
ngeengoma, nengqongqo, nangohadi?
31:28 Yini na ukuba ungandivumeli ndibange oonyana bam neentombi zam? unayo ngoku
kwenziwe ubudenge ngokwenjenjalo.
31:29 Kusemandleni esandla sam ukunenza ububi; nguThixo kayihlo
uthethe nam phezolo, esithi, Zilumkele ungathethi naye
UYakobi nokuba ulungile okanye umbi.
31:30 Kwaye ngoku, nangona bekuya kufuneka ukuba uhambe, ngenxa yokuba ulangazelela kakhulu
Emva kwendlu kayihlo, uzibeleni na zona izithixo zam?
31:31 Waphendula uYakobi wathi kuLabhan, Bendisoyika, kuba bendisithi,
Hleze uzihluthe kum iintombi zakho?
31:32 Osukuba uzifumana kuye izithixo zakho, makangadli bomi
Mawethu, yiqondeni into enam, niyithabathe. Kuba
Wayengazi uYakobi ukuba uRakeli uzibile.
31:33 Wangena uLabhan ententeni kaYakobi, nasententeni kaLeya, nasezintenteni zombini.
iintente zezicakakazi; akazifumana. Waphuma ke kwekaLeya
Wangena ententeni kaRakeli.
31:34 Ke kaloku uRakeli wayeyithabathile imilonde-khaya, wayibeka esazulwini senkamela.
wahlala phezu kwabo. ULabhan wayiphuthaphutha yonke intente, akayifumana.
31:35 Wathi kuyise, Mayingabi namsindo inkosi yam, ngokuba ndingenako
Suka ume phambi kwakho; ngokuba isiko labafazi liphezu kwam. Kwaye yena
Iphendle, kodwa ayizange ifumane imifanekiso.
31:36 Waqumba uYakobi, wabambana noLabhan
kuLabhan, Luyintoni na ukreqo lwam? siyintoni na isono sam, ukuba ushushu nje?
basuke bandisukela?
31:37 Uziphuthaphuthile zonke iimpahla zam; ufumene ntoni na yazo zonke iimpahla zakho?
izinto zasekhaya? yibeke apha phambi kwabazalwana bam nabazalwana bakho, ukuba
bona bacalule phakathi kwethu sobabini.
31:38 Le minyaka imashumi mabini bendinawe; iimazi zakho zeegusha nezeebhokhwe zakho
andiphunzanga, neenkunzi zempahla yakho emfutshane andizidlanga.
31:39 Into eqwengiweyo andiyizisanga kuwe, ndayimisela ngokwam; Ndiyifumene ilahleko
ngayo; wayibiza esandleni sam nokuba ibiwe emini, nokuba ibiwe
ibiwe ebusuku.
31:40 Ndaba njalo; Emini ndadliwa bubushushu, ebusuku yingqele;
ubuthongo bam bemka emehlweni am.
31:41 Kwaba njalo kum le minyaka imashumi mabini endlwini yakho; ndakukhonza iminyaka elishumi elinamine
ngenxa yeentombi zakho zombini, iminyaka emithandathu ngemfuyo yakho;
uwuguqule kalishumi umvuzo wam.
31:42 ingenguye uThixo kabawo, uThixo ka-Abraham, Ohlonelwa nguIsake;
ubunam, inene ubuye undindulule ndilambatha ngoku. UThixo unayo
Ndizibonile iintsizi zam, nokuxelenga kwezandla zam, wakukhalimela
izolo ebusuku.
31:43 Waphendula uLabhan wathi kuYakobi, Ezi ntombi zezam;
iintombi, naba bantwana ngoonyana bam, neenkomo ezi zezam
zezam iinkomo, neento zonke ozibonayo zezam;
Zintombi zam ezi, nabantwana bazo ezibazeleyo?
31:44 Yiza ngoku, senze umnqophiso, mna nawe; kwaye yiyeke
ube lingqina phakathi kwam nawe.
31:45 UYakobi wathabatha ilitye, waliphakamisa lasisimiso.
31:46 Wathi uYakobi kubazalwana bakhe, Cholani amatye; bathabatha amatye;
benza imfumba, badla khona phezu kwaloo mfumba.
31:47 Wathi ukuyibiza uLabhan yiYegarsahaduta, uYakobi wathi ukuyibiza yiGaledi.
31:48 Wathi uLabhan, Le mfumba ilingqina phakathi kwam nawe namhla.
Ngenxa yoko kwathiwa igama lawo yiGaledi;
31:49 neMizpa; ngokuba wathi, UYehova makabonisele phakathi kwam nawe, sakuba sikhona
engekho omnye komnye.
31:50 ukuba uthe wazicinezela iintombi zam, nokuba uthe wazeka abanye abafazi
ngaphandle kweentombi zam, akukho bani unathi; Yabona, uThixo ulingqina phakathi kwam
nawe.
31:51 Wathi uLabhan kuYakobi, Yabona le mfumba, yabona esi simiso simiyo;
Ndibeke phakathi kwam nawe.
31:52 ingqina yile mfumba, ingqina sesi simiso, ukuba andiyi kugqitha mna
phezu kwale mfumba, uze kuwe, ukuba akuyi kudlula le mfumba namanzi
esi simiso kum, senziwe ububi.
31:53 UThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaNahore, uThixo woyise wabo, makagwebe
phakathi kwethu. UYakobi wafunga ngokoyika uyise uIsake.
31:54 UYakobi wabingelela umbingelelo entabeni apho, wababiza abazalwana bakhe
badla isonka, balala entabeni apho.
31:55 Wavuka uLabhan kusasa, wabanga oonyana bakhe, noonyana bakhe;
Wemka ke uLabhan, wabuyela kweyakhe
indawo.