IGenesis
32:1 UYakobi wahamba ngendlela yakhe; zaqubisana naye izithunywa zikaThixo.
32:2 Wawabona uYakobi, wathi, Ngumkhosi kaThixo lo;
igama laloo ndawo yiMahanayim.
32:3 UYakobi wathuma abathunywa phambi kwakhe kuEsawu, umkhuluwa wakhe ezweni
kwaSehire, ilizwe lakwaEdom.
32:4 Wabawisela umthetho, wathi, Notsho enkosini yam uEsawu;
Utsho umkhonzi wakho uYakobi ukuthi, Bendingumphambukeli kuLabhan, ndalibala
apho kude kube ngoku:
32:5 ndineenkomo namaesile, nempahla emfutshane, nabakhonzi, nabakhonzazana;
ndithumele ukuxelela inkosi yam, ukuze indibabale.
32:6 Babuyela abathunywa kuYakobi, besithi, Sifikile kumninawa wakho
Esawu, naye uyeza kukukhawulela, enamadoda angamakhulu omane.
32:7 Woyika kunene uYakobi, wabandezeleka, wabahlula abantu
eyayinaye, nempahla emfutshane, neenkomo, neenkamela, zaba kubini
iibhanti;
32:8 Wathi, Ukuba uEsawu uthe wafika kwenye imfuduka, wayibetha, neleya
Iqela eliseleyo liya kusinda.
32:9 Wathi uYakobi, Thixo kabawo uAbraham, Thixo kabawo uIsake,
uYehova owathi kum, Buyela ezweni lakowenu, kwelo lizwe lakowenu
Ke mna ndiya kukuphatha kakuhle;
32:10 Andiyilingene inceba yonke, nayo yonke inyaniso;
ozibonisileyo kumkhonzi wakho; kuba ndawela, ndinentonga yam
le Yordan; ngoku ke ndingamaqela amabini.
32:11 Khawundihlangule esandleni somkhuluwa wam, esandleni somninawa wam
UEsawu: ngokuba ndiyamoyika, hleze afike andibulale, nonina
nabantwana.
32:12 Ubusithi, Inene, ndiya kukwenzela okulungileyo, ndiyenze imbewu yakho ibe njengembewu yakho
Intlabathi yolwandle engenakubalwa ngenxa yobuninzi bayo.
32:13 Walala khona ngobo busuku; wathabatha kweyakhe
mnike umnikelo uEsawu umkhuluwa wakhe;
32:14 Iinkunzi zeebhokhwe ezimakhulu mabini, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezimashumi mabini, namakhulu amabini eemazi zeegusha, anamanci mabini
iinkunzi zeegusha,
32:15 iinkamela ezanyisayo ezimashumi mathathu, namathole azo, neenkomo ezimashumi mane, neenkunzi ezintsha ezimashumi mabini, namashumi omabini.
iimazi zamaesile, namathole alishumi.
32:16 Wayinikela esandleni sabakhonzi bakhe, yonke iqhutywa
ngokwabo; Wathi kubakhonzi bakhe, Welani phambi kwam, nibeke ilitye
isithuba phakathi kwemoto nemoto.
32:17 Owokuqala wamwisela umthetho, wathi, Xa athe uEsawu umkhuluwa wam waqubisana naye
akubuza, esithi, Ungokabani na? uya phi na?
Zekabani na ezi ziphambi kwakho?
32:18 wothi, Zezomkhonzi wakho uYakobi; sisipho esithunyelweyo
enkosini yam uEsawu; nanku ke naye ngasemva kwethu.
32:19 Wenjenjalo nowesibini, nowesithathu, nabo bonke ababemlandela
Imihlambi leyo, isithi, Nothetha ngolo hlobo kuEsawu, xa nithe nafumana
yena.
32:20 Kananjalo nothi, Nanko mkhonzi wakho uYakobi engasemva kwethu. Kuba yena
Wathi, Mandimcamagushele ngomnikelo ohamba phambi kwam
Emveni koko ndiya kububona ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbi wondithabatha.
32:21 Sawela ke isipho phambi kwakhe; walala yena ngobo busuku
IKHAMPANI.
32:22 Wavuka ngobo busuku, wathabatha abafazi bakhe bobabini, nababini bakhe
izicakakazi, noonyana bakhe abalishumi elinamnye, baliwela izibuko leYabhoki.
32:23 Wabathabatha ke, wabaweza emlanjaneni, wayiwela ke
waba.
32:24 UYakobi wasala yedwa; kwazamana indoda naye kwada kwayimini
ukuphuma kwemini.
32:25 Yabona ukuba ayimeyisi, yachukumisa umngxuma lowo
ethangeni lakhe; umkroli womlenze kaYakobi waqhekeka, njengaye
wajijisana naye.
32:26 Yathi, Ndindulule ndihambe, kuba kuyasa. Wathi, Andiyi
khulula uhambe, ukuba akuthanga undisikelele.
32:27 Yathi kuye, Ngubani na igama lakho? Wathi yena, Yakobi.
32:28 Wathi, Igama lakho akusayi kuba sathiwa nguYakobi;
unegunya noThixo nabantu, weyisa.
32:29 Wabuza uYakobi wathi, Ndixelele igama lakho. Kwaye yena
Wathi, Yini na ukuba ulibuze igama lam? Wasikelela
yena apho.
32:30 UYakobi wathi igama laloo ndawo yiPeniyeli, ngokuba ndibone ubuso bukaThixo
ndijonge ubuso, wahlangulwa umphefumlo wam.
32:31 Kwathi, egqitha ePenuweli, laphuma ilanga phezu kwakhe, wema
ithanga lakhe.
32:32 Ngoko oonyana bakaSirayeli abawudli umsipha okrazukileyo.
esesikrobeni wethanga unanamhla; ngokuba wachukumisa
umkrobana womlenze kaYakobi emsipheni okrobe.