Genesis
30:1 URaheli ebona ukuthi akamzaleli uJakobe abantwana, uRaheli waba nomhawu ngaye
usisi; wathi kuJakobe: "Nginike abantwana, funa ngife."
30:2 Intukuthelo kaJakobe yamvuthela uRaheli, wathi: "Ingabe ngisesandleni sikaNkulunkulu?"
esikhundleni, ngubani okugodlele isithelo sesisu na?
3 Wathi: "Nansi incekukazi yami uBiliha, ngena kuye; futhi uyakuzala
emadolweni ami, ukuze nami ngibe nabantwana kuye.
30:4 Wamnika uBiliha incekukazi yakhe, abe ngumkakhe; uJakobe wangena kuye
wakhe.
30:5 UBiliha wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
30:6 Wathi uRaheli, "UNkulunkulu ungahlulele, futhi uye walizwa izwi lami
ungiphe indodana; ngalokho waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uDani.
7 UBhiliha, incekukazi kaRaheli, wabuye wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.
30:8 Wathi uRaheli: "Ngokubambana ngibambene nodadewethu.
nginqobile, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uNafetali.
30:9 Lapho uLeya ebona ukuthi wayeka ukuzala, wathatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, futhi
wamnika uJakobe abe ngumkakhe.
30:10 UZilipa, incekukazi kaLeya, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
" 30:11 Wathi uLeya, "Ibutho ibutho." Waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uGadi.
30:12 UZilipa, incekukazi kaLeya, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.
30:13 ULeya wathi, "Ngiyajabula, ngoba amadodakazi ayakuthi ngibusisiwe
waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Asheri.
30:14 URubeni wahamba ngezinsuku zokuvuna ukolweni, wafumana amamandragora ensimini.
ensimini, wawayisa kunina uLeya. URaheli wayesethi kuLeya:
Ake ungiphe amamandragora endodana yakho.
30:15 Wathi kuye, "Kuncane yini ukuthi uthathe yami?
umyeni? ubusuthatha namamandragora endodana yami na? Futhi uRachel
wathi: Ngalokho uzakulala nawe ngalobu busuku ngenxa yamamandragora endodana yakho.
30:16 UJakobe wafika evela endle kusihlwa, uLeya waphuma
wamhlangabeza, wathi: Kumelwe ungene kimi; ngoba isibili ngiqashile
wena namamandragora endodana yami. Walala naye ngalobo busuku.
30:17 UNkulunkulu wamuzwa uLeya, wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe owesihlanu.
indodana.
18 Wathi uLeya: "UNkulunkulu unginikile umvuzo wami, ngokuba nginike incekukazi yami."
endodeni yami: waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Isakare.
19 ULeya wakhulelwa futhi, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesithupha.
30:20 ULeya wathi, "UNkulunkulu ungiphe isipho esihle; manje umyeni wami
hlala nami, ngokuba ngimzalele amadodana ayisithupha; waqamba igama lakhe
Zabuloni.
21 Ngasemuva wazala indodakazi, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uDina.
30:22 Futhi uNkulunkulu wakhumbula uRaheli, futhi uNkulunkulu wamlalela, futhi wavula wakhe
isibeletho.
30:23 Wakhulelwa, wazala indodana; wathi: UNkulunkulu uthathile okwami
isihlamba:
30:24 Waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uJosefa; wathi: UJehova uyakwenezela kimi
enye indodana.
30:25 Kwathi uRaheli esezele uJosefa, uJakobe wathi kuye
Labani, ngimukise ukuba ngiye endaweni yami nakweyami
izwe.
30:26 Nginike abafazi bami nabantwana bami, engikukhonze ngenxa yabo, futhi ngivumele
ngiya, ngokuba uyayazi inkonzo yami engikwenzele yona.
" 30:27 ULabani wathi kuye: "Uma ngithole umusa kuwe
amehlo, linda, ngokuba ngibonile ukuthi uJehova ubusisile
mina ngenxa yakho.
30:28 Wathi: "Ngimisele inkokhelo yakho, futhi ngizokunika."
30:29 Wathi kuye: "Uyazi wena ukuthi ngikukhonze kanjani, futhi indlela yakho
izinkomo zazinami.
30:30 Ngoba kwakukuncane owawunakho ngaphambi kokuba ngifike, futhi manje
yanda yaba yisixuku; futhi uJehova ukubusisile kusukela kimi
manje ngiyakuyilungisela nini eyami indlu na?
30:31 Wathi, "Ngikupheni?" UJakobe wathi: "Awuyikunikela."
uma ungenzela lokhu, ngiyakubuye ngiluse futhi
gcina umhlambi wakho.
30:32 Ngiyakudabula phakathi kwawo wonke umhlambi wakho namuhla, ngisuse kuwo wonke umhlambi wakho
ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimnyama phakathi kwezimvu;
nezimagqabhagqabha nezimanakanaka ezimbuzini, zibe ngezami
qasha.
30:33 Ngakho ukulunga kwami kuyongiphendula ngesikhathi esizayo, lapho kuyoba
woza uthole inkokhelo yami phambi kobuso bakho: zonke ezingenamabala nezingenayo
ezimabalabala ezimbuzini, nezinsundu phakathi kwezimvu, kuyakuba khona
kubalwa ukuthi yebiwe nami.
30:34 Wathi uLabani: "Bheka, makube njengezwi lakho."
30:35 Futhi ngalolo suku wakhipha izimpongo ezinemizila nezimagqabhagqabha.
nezimpongo zonke ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nayo yonke leyo
wayenezinye ezimhlophe kuwo, nazo zonke ezinsundu phakathi kwezimvu, wazinika
esandleni samadodana akhe.
30:36 Wamisa uhambo lwezinsuku ezintathu phakathi kwakhe noJakobe, futhi uJakobe wadla
yonke imihlambi kaLabani.
30:37 UJakobe wathatha izinti zompopulari oluhlaza, hazel kanye chestnut
umuthi; wavala imivimbo emhlophe kuzo, wenza okumhlophe ukuthi kubonakale
wayesezindukuni.
30:38 Futhi wabeka izinduku abezephulile phambi kwemihlambi emiseleni
emiqengqeni yamanzi lapho imihlambi iza ukuphuza, ukuba iphuze
bakhulelwe lapho beza ukuzophuza.
30:39 Futhi imihlambi wakhulelwa phambi kwezinduku, futhi wazala izinkomo
ezimthende, ezimanakanaka, nezimanakanaka.
30:40 UJakobe wawahlukanisa amawundlu, wabhekisa ubuso bemihlambi ngase
ezinemizila, nazo zonke ezinsundu emhlambini kaLabani; wabeka eyakhe
nemihlambi yodwa, angazibeki emhlambini kaLabani.
30:41 Futhi kwenzeka, noma nini lapho izinkomo ezinamandla wakhulelwa, ukuthi
UJakobe wazibeka izinduku phambi kwamehlo ezinkomo emiseleni, ukuthi
bangakhulelwa phakathi kwezinduku.
30:42 Kodwa lapho imfuyo ibuthakathaka, akazifakanga;
ekaLabani, nekaJakobe enamandla.
30:43 Futhi indoda yanda kakhulu kakhulu, futhi waba nemfuyo eningi, futhi
izincekukazi, nezinceku, namakamela, nezimbongolo.