Genesis
34:1 UDina indodakazi kaLeya, ayizalela uJakobe, waphuma kuye
bhekani amadodakazi aleli zwe.
34:2 Futhi lapho uShekemi, indodana kaHamori umHivi, isikhulu sezwe, wabona
wamthatha, walala naye, wamngcolisa.
3 Umphefumulo wakhe wanamathela kuDina indodakazi kaJakobe, wamthanda
intombi, yakhuluma kahle kuyo intombi.
34:4 UShekemi wakhuluma kuyise uHamori, wathi: "Ngithathele le ntombazana."
unkosikazi.
5 UJakobe wezwa ukuthi ungcolisile indodakazi yakhe uDina; manje amadodana akhe
babenemihlambi yakhe endle; uJakobe wathula zaze zahlukana
beza.
6 UHamori, uyise kaShekemi, waphuma waya kuJakobe ukuyokhuluma naye.
34:7 Amadodana kaJakobe afika evela endle lapho ezwa lokho
abantu badabuka, futhi bathukuthela kakhulu, ngoba wenze ubuwula
kwa-Israyeli ngokulala nendodakazi kaJakobe; okuyinto engafanele ukuba yikho
kwenziwe.
34:8 UHamori wakhuluma nabo, wathi: "Umphefumulo wendodana yami uShekemi uyalangazelela
ngendodakazi yakho: ngiyakuncenga umnike abe ngumkakho.
34:9 Futhi nishade nathi, futhi nisinike amadodakazi enu, futhi uthathe
amadodakazi ethu kuwe.
34:10 Niyakuhlala nathi, izwe libe phambi kwenu; uhlala futhi
hwebelanani ngayo, nizitholele impahla ngayo.
34:11 UShekemi wathi kuyise wayo nakubafowabo: "Ake ngithole."
umusa emehlweni enu, nalokho eniyakukukhuluma kimi ngiyakuninika khona.
34:12 Cela kimi dowry kakhulu futhi isipho, futhi ngizokunika njengoba nje nina
uzakuthi kimi: kodwa nginike intombi ibe ngumkami.
34:13 Amadodana kaJakobe abaphendula oShekemi noHamori uyise ngobuqili,
wathi, ngokuba emngcolisile uDina udadewabo;
34:14 Bathi kubo: "Asinakuyenza le nto, ukumnika udadewethu."
ongasokile; ngoba lokho kwakuyihlazo kithi.
34:15 Kodwa kulokhu sizovumelana nawe: Uma niyoba njengathi, ukuze wonke
asokwe owesilisa kini;
34:16 Khona-ke sizokunika amadodakazi ethu kuwe, futhi sizothatha akho
amadodakazi kithi, futhi siyohlala nawe, futhi sizoba munye
abantu.
34:17 Kepha uma ningasilaleli, nisokwe; khona sizothatha
indodakazi yethu, futhi sizobe singasekho.
34:18 Futhi amazwi abo emehlweni uHamori, futhi uShekemi, indodana kaHamori.
34:19 Insizwa ayilibalanga ukwenza lokho, ngoba wayejabule
endodakazini kaJakobe; wayenodumo kunendlu yonke kaJakobe
uyise.
20 UHamori noShekemi indodana yakhe bafika esangweni lomuzi wabo
wakhuluma namadoda omuzi wabo, wathi:
34:21 La madoda anokuthula nathi; ngalokho mabahlale ezweni;
nihwebe ngalo; ngoba izwe, bheka, libanzi ngokwanele phambi kwabo;
masizithathele amadodakazi abo abe ngomkethu, siwanike ethu
amadodakazi.
34:22 Kulokhu kuphela amadoda ayosivumela ukuba ahlale nathi, sibe munye
abantu, uma bonke abesilisa bakithi besokwa, njengalokhu bona besokile.
34:23 Ngeke yini izinkomo zabo, nempahla yabo, futhi zonke izilwane zabo
eyethu? kuphela masibavumela, bahlale nathi.
34:24 Futhi bonke abaphumayo balalela oHamori noShekemi indodana yakhe
isango lomuzi wakhe; bonke abesilisa basokwa, bonke abaphumayo
wesango lomuzi wakhe.
34:25 Kwathi ngosuku lwesithathu besebuhlungu, ababili bebonke
amadodana kaJakobe, oSimeyoni noLevi, abafowabo bakaDina, bathatha, kwaba yilowo nalowo eyakhe
wahlasela umuzi ngesibindi, wabulala abesilisa bonke.
34:26 Babulala oHamori noShekemi indodana yakhe ngosiko lwenkemba, bababulala.
wamkhipha uDina endlini kaShekemi, waphuma.
34:27 Amadodana kaJakobe afika phezu ababulewe, futhi aphanga umuzi, ngoba
babengcolisile udadewabo.
34:28 Athatha izimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, nezimbongolo zabo, futhi lokho
okwakusemzini, nalokho okwakusendle;
34:29 Futhi yonke ingcebo yabo, futhi zonke izingane zabo, nabafazi babo bathatha
bathumba, baphanga konke okwakusendlini.
34:30 UJakobe wayesethi kuSimeyoni noLevi, "Ningihluphile ngokungenza ukuba ngibe."
kunuka phakathi kwabakhileyo kulelo zwe, amaKhanani namaKhanani
amaPerizi: mina ngiyingcosana ngenani, ayakubuthana
ndawonye ngokumelene nami, futhi ungibulale; ngiyakuchithwa, mina nabami
indlu.
34:31 Bathi: "Iyakumphatha udadewethu njengesifebe na?"