Genesis
32:1 UJakobe wahamba indlela yakhe, futhi izingelosi zikaNkulunkulu zamhlangabeza.
2 UJakobe ezibona wathi: "Leli yibandla likaNkulunkulu."
igama laleyo ndawo iMahanayimi.
3 UJakobe wathuma izithunywa phambi kwakhe ku-Esawu umfowabo ezweni
kwaSeyiri, izwe lakwa-Edomi.
32:4 Wabayala, wathi: "Niyakusho kanje enkosini yami u-Esawu;
Isho kanje inceku yakho uJakobe, ithi: Bengigogobele kuLabani, ngahlala
lapho kuze kube manje:
32:5 Futhi nginezinkabi, nezimbongolo, izimvu, nezinceku, nezincekukazi.
ngithumele ukutshela inkosi yami, ukuze ngithole umusa emehlweni akho.
6 Izithunywa zabuyela kuJakobe, zathi: "Sifikile kumfowenu."
uEsawu, naye uyeza ukukuhlangabeza, enamadoda angamakhulu amane.
7 UJakobe wesaba kakhulu, wakhathazeka, wabahlukanisa abantu
eyayinaye, nezimvu, nezinkomo, namakamela, kwaba kabili
amabhande;
8 Wathi: "Uma u-Esawu efika kwelinye iqembu, alishaye, nelinye."
iqembu elisele liyobaleka.
32:9 UJakobe wathi: "O Nkulunkulu kababa u-Abrahama, noNkulunkulu kababa u-Isaka,
uJehova owathi kimi: 'Buyela ezweni lakini, ezweni lakini.'
ngizakwenza kahle kuwe;
32:10 Angifanelekeli omncinyane kuwo wonke umusa neqiniso lonke.
oyibonisile encekwini yakho; ngoba ngadlula ngodondolo lwami
leli Jordani; manje sengingamaviyo amabili.
32:11 Ngikhulule, Ngiyakuncenga, esandleni somfowethu, esandleni sika
u-Esawu, ngokuba ngiyamesaba, funa afike angishaye kanye nonina
nezingane.
32:12 Futhi wena wathi, 'Impela ngizokwenzela okuhle, futhi ngenze inzalo yakho ibe njengetshe.'
isihlabathi solwandle esingenakubalwa ngobuningi.
32:13 Walala khona ngalobo busuku; wathatha kokufika kuye
mnike u-Esawu umfowabo isipho;
32:14 Izimpongo ezingamakhulu amabili, nezimpongo ezingamashumi amabili, izimvukazi ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi amabili
izinqama,
32:15 Amakamela amunyisayo angamashumi amathathu kanye namathole awo, nezinkomo ezingamashumi amane, nezinkunzi eziyishumi, ezingamashumi amabili.
izimbongolokazi, namathole ayishumi.
32:16 Futhi wabanikela esandleni sezinceku zakhe, zonke iqhutshwa
ngokwabo; wathi ezincekwini zakhe: Dlulani phambi kwami, nibeke ih
isikhala phakathi kwemoto nemoto.
32:17 Futhi wayala owokuqala, wathi: "Nxa u-Esawu umfowethu ehlangana
akubuze, athi: Ungokabani na? uya ngaphi na?
ngezikabani lezi eziphambi kwakho na?
32:18 Uyakuthi, 'Zingezenceku yakho uJakobe; kuyisipho esithunyelwe
enkosini yami u-Esawu; bheka, naye usemuva kwethu.
32:19 Wayala kanjalo owesibili, nowesithathu, futhi bonke ababelandela
wathi: "Niyakukhuluma kanje ku-Esawu, lapho nifumana."
yena.
32:20 Futhi nithi: 'Bheka, inceku yakho uJakobe ingasemva kwethu. Ngoba yena
wathi: Ngizamthobisa ngesipho esihamba phambi kwami
ngasemuva ngiyakubona ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbe angangamukela.
32:21 Ngakho isipho sawela phambi kwakhe, futhi yena wahlala ngalobo busuku
Inkampani.
32:22 Futhi wavuka ngalobo busuku, wathatha abafazi bakhe ababili, futhi ababili bakhe
izincekukazi, namadodana akhe ayishumi nanye, bawela ezibukweni iJabhoki.
32:23 Wabathatha, futhi wabawelisa emfuleni, futhi wawelisa lowo
kwadingeka.
32:24 UJakobe wasala yedwa; kwasekubambana indoda laye kwaze kwafika isikhathi
ukuphuma kosuku.
32:25 Futhi lapho ebona ukuthi akazange amehlule, wathinta umgodi
ethangeni lakhe; isikhonkwane sethanga likaJakobe saqhekezekile njengaye
wabambana naye.
32:26 Wathi, "Ngiyeke ngihambe, ngoba ukusa. Wathi: "Angithandi."
yekela uhambe, ngaphandle kokuthi ungibusise.
32:27 Wathi kuye, Ungubani igama lakho? Wasesithi: UJakobe.
32:28 Wathi: "Igama lakho ngeke kusathiwa uJakobe, kodwa u-Israyeli
isikhulu unamandla noNkulunkulu nakubantu, wanqoba.
29 UJakobe wambuza, wathi: "Ake ungitshele igama lakho." Futhi yena
wathi: “Ubuzelani igama lami na? Futhi wabusisa
naye lapho.
30 UJakobe waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheniyeli, ngokuba ngibone ubuso bukaNkulunkulu
ebusweni, nokuphila kwami kuyalondolozwa.
32:31 Futhi lapho edlula ePenuweli, ilanga laphuma phezu kwakhe, futhi wayema
ithanga lakhe.
32:32 Ngakho abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abawudli umsipha.
esesikhoxeni sethanga kuze kube namuhla, ngokuba wathinta
inyonga yethanga likaJakobe emsipheni owashwabana.