UGWA­LO LO­KU­QA­LA LU­KA­MO­ZI­SI OLU­THI­WA

UGE­NE­SI­SE

Uku­da­lwa ko­mhla­ba lo­mu­ntu

1Eku­qa­le­nia uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­da­la ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba.

2 Nja­lo umhla­ba wa­wu­nge­la­si­mo unge­la­lu­thob, lo­bu­mnya­ma ba­bu­phe­zu ko­ku­ju­la; lo­Mo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­ndi­za phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi.

3 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kho­na uku­kha­nyac; kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­kha­nya.

4 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­kha­nya uku­thi ku­hle; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi ko­ku­kha­nya lo­bu­mnya­ma.

5 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bi­za uku­kha­nya ngo­ku­thi yi­mi­ni, lo­bu­mnya­ma wa­bu­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­bu­su­ku. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lo­ku­qa­la.

6 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kho­na umkha­thid pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­nzi; ka­we­hlu­ka­ni­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­nzi la­ma­nzi.

7 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­nza umkha­thi, wa­se­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­nzi anga­pha­nsi ko­mkha­thi la­ma­nzi aphe­zu ko­mkha­thie; kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

8 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bi­za umkha­thi ngo­ku­thi nga­ma­zu­lu. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lwe­si­bi­li.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­qo­qe­lwe ama­nzi ave­la nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu nda­wo­nyef, nja­lo ka­ku­bo­na­ka­le umhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yo; kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

10 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bi­za umhla­ba­thi owo­mi­le­yo ngo­ku­thi ngu­mhla­ba, le­nhla­nga­no ya­ma­nzi wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi zi­nlwa­ndle. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ku­hle.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Umhla­ba ka­wu­mi­li­se utsha­ni1, imi­bhi­da ethe­la inhla­nye­lo, isi­hla­hla se­si­the­lo si­se­nza isi­the­lo ngo­hlo­bo lwa­so, onhla­nye­lo ya­so iku­so phe­zu ko­mhla­ba. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

12 Umhla­ba wa­su­ve­za utsha­ni, imi­bhi­da ethe­la inhla­nye­lo ngo­hlo­bo lwa­yo, le­si­hla­hla si­se­nza isi­the­lo, esi­nhla­nye­lo ya­so iku­so ngo­hlo­bo lwa­so. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ku­hle.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lwe­si­tha­thu.

14 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kho­na izi­kha­nyi­so emkha­thi­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, uku­ze ze­hlu­ka­ni­se pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­ni lo­bu­su­ku2; nja­lo zi­be yi­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­kha­thi ezi­mi­si­we­yo, le­nsu­ku le­mi­nya­ka.

15 Nja­lo zi­be yi­zi­kha­nyi­so emkha­thi­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, uku­ze zi­kha­nyi­se emhla­be­ni. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

16 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­nza izi­kha­nyi­so ezi­mbi­li ezi­nku­lug: Isi­kha­nyi­so esi­khu­lu uku­ze si­bu­se imi­ni, le­si­kha­nyi­so esi­nci­nya­ne uku­ze si­bu­se3 ubu­su­ku, ka­nye le­zi­nka­nye­zi.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­zi­mi­sa emkha­thi­ni wa­ma­zu­lu, uku­thi zi­kha­nyi­se emhla­be­ni,

18 lo­ku­thi zi­bu­se emi­nih le­bu­su­ku, lo­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi ko­ku­kha­nya lo­bu­mnya­ma. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ku­hle.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lwe­si­ne.

20 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ama­nzi ka­wa­gcwa­le uku­nya­ka­ze­la kwe­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ephi­la­yo, nja­lo ka­ku­pha­phe inyo­ni phe­zu ko­mhla­ba emkha­thi­ni4 wa­ma­zu­lu.

21 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­da­la oqu­qu­ma­de­vu bo­lwa­ndle aba­khu­lu, la­so so­nke isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo esi­bhi­nqi­ka­yo, ama­nzi agcwe­le so­na, ngo­hlo­bo lwa­so, la­yo yo­nke inyo­ni ele­mpi­ko, ngo­hlo­bo lwa­yo. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ku­hle.

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­ku­bu­si­sa, esi­thi: Za­la­ni, la­ndei, nja­lo li­gcwa­li­se ama­nzi enlwa­ndle, le­nyo­ni ka­za­nde emhla­be­ni.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lwe­si­hla­nu.

24 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Umhla­ba ka­wu­ve­ze izi­da­lwa ezi­phi­la­yo ngo­hlo­bo lwa­zo, izi­fu­yo lo­ku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo le­nya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba nge­nhlo­bo za­zo. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

25 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­nza inya­ma­za­na zo­mhla­ba nge­nhlo­bo za­zo, le­zi­fu­yo nge­nhlo­bo za­zo, la­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo ko­mhla­ba nge­nhlo­bo za­kho. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ku­hle.

26 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ase­nze aba­ntu ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so we­thuj, nge­si­mo se­thu, nja­lo ba­bu­se phe­zu kwe­nhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndle, la­phe­zu kwe­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu, la­phe­zu kwe­zi­fu­yo, la­phe­zu ko­mhla­ba wo­nke, la­phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo lo­kho oku­hu­qu­ze­la emhla­be­nik.

27 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mda­la umu­ntu ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe; wa­mda­la ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; owe­si­li­sa lo­we­si­fa­za­na wa­ba­da­lal.

28 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­ba­bu­si­sa, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Za­la­ni la­nde, li­gcwa­li­se umhla­bam nja­lo li­we­hli­se­le pha­nsi; li­bu­se phe­zu kwe­nhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndle, la­phe­zu kwe­nyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu, la­phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo oku­hu­qu­ze­la emhla­be­ni.

29 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­li­ni­ke yo­nke imi­bhi­da ethe­la inhla­nye­lo, ese­bu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nke, la­so so­nke isi­hla­hla, oku­ku­so isi­the­lo se­si­hla­hla esi­the­la5 inhla­nye­lo; ki­ni si­nge­so­ku­dlan.

30 Nja­lo ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na yo­mhla­ba, la­ku­yo yo­nke inyo­ni ya­ma­zu­lu, la­ku­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la emhla­be­ni, oku­ku­kho umo­ya6 ophi­la­yo, lo­nke uhla­za ngo­lo­ku­dla. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba nja­lo.

31 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na ko­nke akwe­nzi­le­yo; kha­nge­la-ke kwa­ku­ku­hle ka­khu­luo. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­ku­hlwa, nja­lo kwa­ba yi­ku­sa, usu­ku lwe­si­thu­pha.

2Kwa­se­ku­qe­di­swa ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba la­lo lo­nke ibu­tho la­khoa.

2 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­wu­qe­da ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa umse­be­nzi wa­khe abe­we­nza. Wa­phu­mu­la ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sab emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khe wo­nke abe­we­nza.

3 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bu­si­sa usu­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­lu­ngcwe­li­sa; ngo­ba nga­lo wa­phu­mu­la emse­be­nzi­ni wa­khe wo­nke, uNku­lu­nku­lu awu­da­la­yo wa­we­nza1.

Isi­va­nde seE­de­ni

4 Le­zi zi­nza­lo za­ma­zu­lu le­zo­mhla­ba eku­da­lwe­ni kwa­khoc, mhla iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ise­nza umhla­ba la­ma­zu­lu,

5 la­so so­nke isi­hla­hla­ka­za­na se­nsi­mu, si­nga­ka­bi kho­na emhla­be­ni, la­yo yo­nke imi­bhi­da ye­ga­ngad, inga­ka­mi­li; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­yi­nga­ni­sa­nga izu­lu emhla­be­ni, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu wo­ku­li­ma umhla­ba­thi.

6 Ko­dwa kwe­nyu­ka inku­ngu ive­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, ya­si­the­le­la ubu­so bo­nke bo­mhla­ba­thi.

7 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­bu­mba umu­ntu ngo­thu­li olu­ve­la emhla­ba­thi­nie, ya­phe­fu­mu­le­la ema­kha­le­ni akhe umo­ya we­mpi­lo; umu­ntu wa­se­si­ba ngu­mphe­fu­mu­lo ophi­la­yof.

8 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­hla­nye­la isi­va­nde eE­de­nig nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga, ya­si­mbe­ka kho­na umu­ntu eya­mbu­mba­yo.

9 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­mi­li­sa emhla­be­ni so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­bu­ke­ka­yo le­si­lu­nge­le uku­dla; le­si­hla­hla se­mpi­loh pha­ka­thi kwe­si­va­nde, le­si­hla­hla so­lwa­zi lo­ku­hle lo­ku­bi.

10 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma eE­de­ni umfu­la wo­ku­the­le­la isi­va­nde; nja­lo ku­su­ke­la la­pho we­hlu­ka­ni­swa wa­ba zi­nhlo­ko ezi­ne.

11 Ibi­zo lo­wo­ku­qa­la yi­Pi­sho­ni; yi­wo ozi­nge­le­ze­le ili­zwe lo­nke le­Ha­vi­lai, la­pho oku­le­go­li­de kho­na.

12 Le­go­li­de la­le­lo­li­zwe li­hle; la­pho ku­le­be­do­la* le­li­tshe i-o­ni­kse*j.

13 Le­bi­zo lo­mfu­la we­si­bi­li yi­Gi­ho­ni; yi­wo ozi­nge­le­ze­le ili­zwe lo­nke eleE­thi­yo­phi­ya.

14 Le­bi­zo lo­mfu­la we­si­tha­thu yi­Hi­de­ke­li; yi­wo oge­le­ze­la empu­ma­la­nga kweA­si­ri­ya. Lo­mfu­la we­si­ne yi­Yu­fra­thi.

15 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­mtha­tha umu­ntu2, ya­mbe­ka esi­va­nde­ni seE­de­ni, uku­ze asi­li­me asi­lo­ndo­lo­ze.

16 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­mla­ya umu­ntu isi­thi: Ku­so so­nke isi­hla­hla se­si­va­nde unga­dla lo­ku­dla;

17 ko­dwa okwe­si­hla­hla so­lwa­zi lo­ku­hle lo­ku­bi, unga­dli ku­so, ngo­ba mhla usi­dla ku­so uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa.

18 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ku­ku­hle uku­thi umu­ntu abe ye­dwa. Ngi­za­me­nze­la umsi­zik onje­nga­ye3.

19 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­bu­mba ngo­mhla­ba­thi yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ye­ga­nga la­yo yo­nke inyo­ni ya­ma­zu­lul; yaku­le­tha kuA­da­mum4, uku­thi ibo­ne uku­thi anga­zi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi­ni, nja­lo lo­ba yi­ku­phi uA­da­mu aza­bi­za nga­kho isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo, yi­lo ibi­zo la­so.

20 UA­da­mu wa­se­si­tha ama­bi­zo ku­zo zo­nke izi­fu­yo, le­nyo­ni­ni ya­ma­zu­lu, la­ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ye­ga­nga; ko­dwa uA­da­mu ka­tho­le­lwa­nga umsi­zi onje­nga­ye.

21 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­se­hli­se­la phe­zu ku­kaA­da­mu ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lun, wa­se­la­la. Ya­si­tha­tha olu­nye lwe­zi­mba­mbo za­khe, ya­va­la nge­nya­ma enda­we­ni ya­lo.

22 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­se­nza uba­mbo eya­yi­lu­the­the emu­ntwi­ni lwa­ba5 ngo­we­si­fa­za­na, ya­si­mu­sa emu­ntwi­ni.

23 UA­da­mu wa­se­si­thi: Lo kha­the­si uli­tha­mbo la­ma­tha­mbo ami, le­nya­ma ye­nya­ma ya­mio; ba­za­mbi­za ngo­ku­thi ngo­we­si­fa­za­na6, ngo­ba ye­na ethe­thwe endo­de­nip7.

24 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu indo­da iza­tshi­ya uyi­se lo­ni­na, ina­ma­the­le ku­mka­yo; nja­lo ba­za­ku­ba nya­ma­nyeq.

25 Bo­ba­bi­li ba­be­nqu­nu-ke, umu­ntu lo­mka­khe, fu­thi be­nge­la­nhlo­ni.

Uku­wa ko­mu­ntu

3Inyo­ka ya­yi­lo­bu­qi­li-kea ku­la­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ye­ga­nga, eya­yi­ye­nzi­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu. Ya­si­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ye­bo1 uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­tsho yi­ni uku­thi: Ku­me­le li­nga­dli ku­so so­nke isi­hla­hla se­si­va­nde?

2 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi enyo­ke­ni: Si­nga­dla okwe­si­the­lo se­zi­hla­hla ze­si­va­nde;

3 ko­dwa okwe­si­the­lo se­si­hla­hla esi­pha­ka­thi kwe­si­va­nde, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi: Li­nga­dli ku­so, nja­lo li­nga­si­thi­nti, hle­zi li­feb.

4 Inyo­ka ya­si­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ka­li­yi­ku­fa si­bi­li.

5 Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­zi uku­thi mhla li­si­dla ku­so, ame­hlo enu aza­vu­le­ka, nja­lo li­be nje­ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­sa­zi oku­hle lo­ku­bi.

6 Owe­si­fa­za­na ebo­na-ke uku­thi isi­hla­hla si­lu­ngi­le uku­ba yi­ku­dla, lo­ku­thi so­na si­ya­bu­ke­ka2 eme­hlwe­ni, le­si­hla­hla si­khwa­bi­the­ka ukwe­nza uhla­ka­ni­phe, wa­kha okwe­si­the­lo sa­so, wa­dlac; wa­se­ni­ka le­ndo­da ya­khe ka­nye la­ye, ya­si­si­dla.

7 Ase­vu­le­ka ame­hlo abo bo­ba­bi­lid, ba­se­be­sa­zi uku­thi ba­be­nqu­nue; ba­se­be­thu­nge­la nda­wo­nye ama­hla­mvu omkhi­wa, ba­ze­nze­la ama­fa­si­ko­ti3.

8 Ba­se­be­si­zwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu iha­mba esi­va­nde­ni eku­pho­le­ni4 ko­su­ku; uA­da­mu lo­mka­khe ba­se­be­ca­tsha ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­si­va­nde.

9 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­bi­za uA­da­mu, ya­thi ku­ye: Unga­phi?

10 Wa­se­si­thi: Ili­zwi la­kho ngi­li­zwe esi­va­nde­ni, nge­sa­ba, ngo­ba ngi­nqu­nu; nga­se­ngi­ca­tsha.

11 Ya­si­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oku­tshe­le uku­thi unqu­nu? Udli­le yi­ni okwe­si­hla­hla, enga­ku­la­ya nga­so uku­thi unga­dli okwa­so?

12 UA­da­mu wa­se­si­thi: Owe­si­fa­za­na owa­ngi­pha ye­na uku­thi abe la­mif, ye­na ungi­ni­ke okwe­si­hla­hla, nga­se­ngi­si­dla.

13 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu okwe­nzi­le­yo? Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Inyo­ka ingi­kho­hli­si­leg, nga­se­ngi­si­dla.

14 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­si­thi enyo­ke­ni: Nje­ngo­ba usu­kwe­nzi­le lo­khu, uqa­le­ki­si­we we­na okwe­dlu­la so­nke isi­fu­yo lo­kwe­dlu­la yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ye­ga­nga. Uza­ha­mba nge­si­su sa­kho, nja­lo udle uthu­li insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khoh.

15 Nja­lo ubu­tha ngi­za­bu­fa­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­kho lo­we­si­fa­za­na la­pha­ka­thi kwe­nza­lo ya­kho le­nza­lo ya­khei. Yo­na iza­ku­cho­bo­za ikha­nda, we­na uza­yi­cho­bo­za isi­the­ndej.

16 Ko­we­si­fa­za­na ya­thi: Ngo­kwa­ndi­sa ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa ubu­hlu­ngu ba­kho lo­ku­zi­thwa­la kwa­kho; ngo­bu­hlu­ngu uza­be­le­tha aba­ntwa­na, lo­ku­kha­nu­ka kwa­kho ku­za­ku­ba se­ndo­de­ni ya­khok, nja­lo yo­na iza­ku­bu­sal.

17 Nja­lo kuA­da­mu ya­thi: Nje­ngo­ba ula­le­le ili­zwi lo­mka­kho, wa­su­si­dla okwe­si­hla­hla enga­ku­la­ya nga­so uku­thi: Unga­dli okwa­som, uqa­le­ki­si­we umhla­ba nge­nxa ya­khon; ngo­ku­kha­tha­ze­ka uza­ku­dla okwa­wo insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khoo.

18 Nja­lo uza­ku­mi­li­se­la ame­va lo­khu­la olu­hla­ba­yo, ubu­su­si­dla imi­bhi­da ye­ga­nga.

19 Nge­si­thu­ku­thu­ku so­bu­so ba­kho uza­ku­dla uku­dla, uze ubu­ye­le emhla­ba­thi­ni, ngo­ba wa­tha­thwa ku­wo; ngo­ba we­na ulu­thu­lip, nja­lo uza­bu­ye­la ethu­li­niq.

20 UA­da­mu wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo lo­mka­khe ngo­ku­thi nguE­va5, ngo­ba ye­na ungu­ni­na wa­bo bo­nke aba­phi­la­yo.

21 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­se­nze­la uA­da­mu lo­mka­khe izi­gqo­ko ze­zi­go­go, ya­si­ba­gqo­ki­sa.

22 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, umu­ntu use­nje­ngo­mu­nye we­thu, esa­zi oku­hle lo­ku­bir. Kha­the­si-ke, hle­zi elu­le isa­ndla sa­khe atha­the nja­lo okwe­si­hla­hla se­mpi­los, adle aphi­le ku­ze ku­be se­pha­ka­de­ni.

23 Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­mkhu­pha esi­va­nde­ni seE­de­ni uku­thi ali­me umhla­ba­thi, la­pho atha­thwa kho­na.

24 Ya­si­mxo­tsha umu­ntu; ya­be­ka empu­ma­la­nga kwe­si­va­nde seE­de­nit ama­khe­ru­bhi* le­nke­mba evu­tha­yo ephe­ndu­phe­ndu­ka­you, uku­li­nda indle­la ye­si­hla­hla se­mpi­lo.

UKha­yi­ni loA­be­la

4UA­da­mu wa­se­ma­zi uE­va umka­khe; wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­be­le­tha uKha­yi­ni1, wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­zu­ze indo­da eNko­si­ni.

2 Wa­se­bu­ya ebe­le­tha umfo­wa­bo uA­be­la2. UA­be­la wa­se­si­ba ngu­me­lu­si we­zi­mvu, lo­Kha­yi­ni wa­ba ngu­mli­mi wo­mhla­ba­thi.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­zi­nsu­ku uKha­yi­ni wa­le­tha eNko­si­ni umni­ke­lo owe­si­the­lo so­mhla­ba­thi.

4 La­ye uA­be­la wa­se­le­tha okwa­ma­zi­bu­lo ezi­mvu za­khe lo­kwa­ma­hwa­hwa azoa; iNko­si ya­si­na­ka uA­be­la lo­mni­ke­lo wa­kheb.

5 Ko­dwa uKha­yi­ni lo­mni­ke­lo wa­khe ka­yi­wu­na­ka­nga. UKha­yi­ni wa­se­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu, lo­bu­so ba­khe ba­nyu­ku­ba­lac.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Kha­yi­ni: Uthu­ku­the­le­le­ni, nja­lo ku­nga­ni ubu­so ba­kho bu­nyu­ku­be­le?

7 Angi­thi uba use­nza ku­hle, ku­ye­mu­ke­le­ka3 yi­ni? Ko­dwa uba unge­nzi ku­hle, iso­no si­ya­ku­ca­tha­me­la emnya­ngo, lo­ku­nxwa­ne­la kwa­khe ku­ku­we, ko­dwa we­na uza­mbu­sa.

8 UKha­yi­ni wa­se­khu­lu­ma loA­be­la umfo­wa­bo; kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­se­ga­nge­ni, uKha­yi­ni wa­su­ke­la umfo­wa­bo uA­be­la wa­mbu­la­lad.

9 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Kha­yi­ni: Unga­phi uA­be­la umfo­we­nu? Wa­se­si­thi: Anga­zie; ngi­ngu­mlo­ndo­lo­zi wo­mfo­we­thu yi­ni?

10 Ya­si­si­thi: We­nze­ni? Ili­zwi le­ga­zi lo­mfo­we­nu li­ya­kha­la ki­mi li­ve­la emhla­ba­thi­ni.

11 Kha­the­si-ke uqa­le­ki­si­we emhla­be­ni okha­mi­se umlo­mo wa­wo ukwe­mu­ke­la iga­zi lo­mfo­we­nu esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

12 Nxa uli­ma umhla­ba­thi, ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­ku­ni­ka ama­ndla awo; uza­ku­ba lu­zu­la­ne lo­mha­mbu­ma emhla­be­ni.

13 UKha­yi­ni wa­se­si­thi eNko­si­ni: Isi­je­zi­so sa­mi si­khu­lu ku­lengi­nga­ku­thwa­la4.

14 Kha­nge­la, ungi­xo­tshi­le la­mu­hla ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­baf, nja­lo ngi­za­ca­tshi­swa ebu­swe­ni ba­kho; se­ngi­za­ku­ba lu­zu­la­ne lo­mha­mbu­ma emhla­be­ni; nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi wo­nke ongi­fi­ca­yo uza­ngi­bu­la­lag.

15 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Nga­kho, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni obu­la­la uKha­yi­ni uza­phi­ndi­se­lwa ka­si­kho­mbi­sah. INko­si ya­si­be­ka upha­wu ku­Kha­yi­ni, hle­zi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni omfi­ca­yo ambu­la­le.

Inza­lo ka­Kha­yi­ni

16 UKha­yi­ni wa­se­su­ka ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­si, wa­se­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­No­di, empu­ma­la­nga kweE­de­ni.

17 UKha­yi­ni wa­se­ma­zi umka­khe; wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­be­le­tha uE­no­ki5; nja­lo wa­ye­sa­kha umu­zi, wa­bi­za ibi­zo lo­mu­zi nge­bi­zo le­ndo­da­na ya­khe uE­no­ki.

18 Kwa­se­ku­za­le­lwa uE­no­ki uI­ra­di; uI­ra­di wa­se­za­la uMe­hu­ja­ye­li; uMe­hu­ja­ye­li wa­se­za­la uMe­thu­sha­ye­li; uMe­thu­sha­ye­li wa­se­za­la uLa­me­ki6.

19 ULa­me­ki wa­se­zi­tha­the­la aba­fa­zi aba­bi­li, ibi­zo lo­wo­ku­qa­la la­li­nguA­da, le­bi­zo lo­we­si­bi­li la­li­ngu­Zi­la.

20 UA­da wa­se­za­la uJa­ba­li; ye­na wa­ye­ngu­yi­se wa­la­bo aba­hla­la ema­the­nte­ni, be­le­zi­fu­yo.

21 Le­bi­zo lo­mfo­wa­bo la­li­ngu­Ju­ba­li, ye­na wa­ye­ngu­yi­se wa­khe wo­nke olo­kwe­nza le­cha­cho lo­mhla­nga.

22 UZi­la la­ye wa­se­za­la uThu­bha­li-Kha­yi­ni, umkha­ndi wa­kho ko­nke oku­si­ka­yo kwe­thu­si le­nsi­mbi. Lo­da­de­wa­bo ka­Thu­bha­li-Kha­yi­ni wa­ye­ngu­Na­ha­ma.

23 ULa­me­ki wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fa­zi ba­khe: Ada lo­Zi­la, zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi la­mi, ba­fa­zi ba­ka­La­me­ki, be­ka­ni indle­be eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­mi; ngo­ba nga­bu­la­la indo­da nge­nxa yo­ku­ngi­li­ma­za, lo­mfa­na nge­nxa yo­ku­ngi­hlu­zu­lai.

24 Nxa uKha­yi­ni ephi­ndi­se­lwa ka­si­kho­mbi­saj, isi­bi­li uLa­me­ki ka­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa ephi­ndwe ka­si­kho­mbi­sa.

Inza­lo ka­Se­ti

25 UA­da­mu wa­se­phi­nda wa­ma­zi umka­khe; wa­se­za­la indo­da­na, wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi ngu­Se­ti7; ngo­ba wa­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­be­ke­le enye inza­lo esi­khu­ndle­ni si­kaA­be­lak, ngo­ba uKha­yi­ni wa­mbu­la­la.

26 La­ye uSe­ti wa­se­za­le­lwa indo­da­na, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi nguE­no­si8. Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ba­qa­la uku­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si.

Inza­lo kaA­da­mu

5Lo­lu lu­gwa­lo lwe­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaA­da­mu. Mhla uNku­lu­nku­lu eda­la umu­ntu, wa­me­nza ngo­ko­mfa­ne­ki­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua.

2 Wa­ba­da­la owe­si­li­sa lo­we­si­fa­za­na, wa­se­ba­bu­si­sa, wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo la­bo wa­thi nga­ba­ntu, mhla be­da­lwa.

3 UA­da­mu wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; wa­se­za­la indo­da­na efu­zwe­ni lwa­khe nje­ngo­ko­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­khe, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi ngu­Se­tib.

4 Le­nsu­ku zi­kaA­da­mu ese­ze­le uSe­ti za­ba yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lic; wa­se­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

5 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­kaA­da­mu, azi­phi­la­yo, za­ba yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, wa­se­si­fad.

6 USe­ti wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­nhla­nu; wa­za­la uE­no­sie.

7 USe­ti wa­se­phi­la ese­ze­le uE­no­si imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

8 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­Se­ti za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; wa­se­si­fa.

9 UE­no­si wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, wa­za­la uKe­na­ni.

10 UE­no­si wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uKe­na­ni, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

11 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­kaE­no­si za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­nhla­nu; wa­se­si­fa.

12 UKe­na­ni wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­za­la uMa­ha­la­le­li.

13 UKe­na­ni wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uMa­ha­la­le­li, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

14 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­Ke­na­ni za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­tshu­mi, wa­se­si­fa.

15 UMa­ha­la­le­li wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nhla­nu, wa­za­la uJa­re­di1.

16 UMa­ha­la­le­li wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uJa­re­di, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

17 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­Ma­ha­la­le­li za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­nhla­nu; wa­se­si­fa.

18 UJa­re­di wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li, wa­za­la uE­no­kif.

19 UJa­re­di wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uE­no­ki, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

20 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­Ja­re­di za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li; wa­se­si­fa.

21 UE­no­ki wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nhla­nu, wa­za­la uMe­thu­se­la.

22 UE­no­ki wa­se­ha­mba lo­Nku­lu­nku­lug, ese­ze­le uMe­thu­se­la, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

23 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­kaE­no­ki za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­nhla­nu.

24 UE­no­ki wa­se­ha­mba lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu; ka­se­kho, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mtha­thah.

25 UMe­thu­se­la wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­za­la uLa­me­ki.

26 UMe­thu­se­la wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uLa­me­ki, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­mbi­li; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

27 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­Me­thu­se­la za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye; wa­se­si­fa.

28 ULa­me­ki wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­mbi­li, wa­za­la indo­da­na.

29 Wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi ngu­No­wa esi­thi: Lo uza­si­du­du­za eku­se­be­nze­ni kwe­thu le­ku­tshi­ka­tshi­ke­ni kwe­za­ndla ze­thui, nge­nxa yo­mhla­ba­thi, ewu­qa­le­ki­si­le­yo iNko­sij.

30 ULa­me­ki wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uNo­wa, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­nhla­nu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

31 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­La­me­ki za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­se­si­fa.

32 UNo­wa wa­ba le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, uNo­wa wa­se­za­la uShe­mu lo­Ha­mu lo­Ja­fe­thik.

Ukwa­nda ko­bu­bi ba­ba­ntu

6Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­ntu se­be­qa­la ukwa­nda ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba, ba­se­be­za­le­lwa ama­do­da­ka­zi,

2 ama­do­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ebo­na ama­do­da­ka­zi aba­ntu uku­thi wo­na aye­ma­hle; ase­zi­tha­the­la aba­fa­zi ku­wo wo­nke awa­khe­tha­yoa.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: UMo­ya wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­lwi­sa­na lo­mu­ntu nja­lo­nja­lob, ngo­ba la­ye eyi­nya­mac; ko­dwa insu­ku za­khe zi­za­ku­ba yi­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

4 Izi­qhwa­ga za­zi­se­mhla­be­ni nga­le­zo­nsu­ku; le­mva kwa­lo­kho-ke, la­pho ama­do­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ese­nge­ni­le ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni aba­ntu, ase­wa­za­le­la aba­ntwa­na. Wo­na aye­nga­ma­qha­we ase­ndu­lo, enga­ma­do­da ale­bi­zo.

5 INko­si ya­si­bo­na uku­thi ubu­bi bo­mu­ntu bu­khu­lu emhla­be­ni, lo­ku­thi ko­nke uku­ce­ba kwe­mi­ca­ba­ngo1 ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe kwa­ku­ku­bi ku­phe­la usu­ku lo­nked.

6 INko­si ya­si­zi­so­lae ngo­ku­thi ya­yi­me­nzi­le umu­ntu emhla­be­ni, ya­si­da­bu­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yof.

7 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­za­mchi­tha umu­ntu enga­mda­la­yo ngi­msu­se ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba, ku­su­ke­la emu­ntwi­ni ku­si­ya enya­ma­za­ne­ni, ku­ze ku­be ko­ku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo, le­nyo­ni­ni za­ma­zu­lu; ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi­so­la uku­thi ngi­kwe­nzi­le.

8 Ko­dwa uNo­wa wa­zu­za umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sig.

UNo­wa we­nza umkhu­mbi

9 Le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­No­wa. UNo­wa wa­ye­yi­ndo­da elu­ngi­le­yoh ephe­le­le­yo2 esi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni sa­khe; uNo­wa wa­ha­mba lo­Nku­lu­nku­lui.

10 UNo­wa wa­se­za­la ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu, uShe­mu, uHa­mu lo­Ja­fe­thi.

11 Umhla­ba wo­na­ka­li­swa-ke pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, lo­mhla­ba wa­gcwa­li­swa ngo­bu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­nguk.

12 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bo­na umhla­bal, kha­nge­la-ke wo­na­ka­li­si­we, ngo­ba yo­nke inya­ma yo­na­ka­li­se indle­la ya­yo emhla­be­ni.

13 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­No­wa: Uku­phe­la kwa­yo yo­nke inya­ma se­ku­ze pha­mbi kwa­mim, ngo­ba umhla­ba ugcwe­le ubu­dlwa­ngu­dlwa­ngu nge­nxa ya­bo; kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­za­ba­chi­tha ka­nye lo­mhla­ba.

14 Za­khe­le umkhu­mbi nge­zi­go­do ze­go­fe­re*, we­nze izi­ga­ba3 pha­ka­thi ko­mkhu­mbi, uwu­hu­qe nge­ngci­no nga­pha­ka­thi la­nga­pha­ndle.

15 Na­nsi indle­la oza­we­nza nga­yo; inga­lo ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu yi­bu­de bo­mkhu­mbi, inga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu yi­bu­ba­nzi ba­wo, inga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu yi­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­wo.

16 Iwi­ndi uza­le­nza emkhu­nji­ni, uli­qe­de li­be yi­nga­lo ku­su­ke­la phe­zu­lu, ufa­ke umnya­ngo wo­mkhu­mbi ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwa­wo, uwe­nze ube le­si­te­zi esa­pha­nsi, ese­si­bi­li, le­se­si­tha­thu.

17 Mi­na-ke, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la uza­mco­lo wa­ma­nzi phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, uku­chi­tha yo­nke inya­ma, oku­ku­yo umo­ya we­mpi­lo, isu­ke nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu. Ko­nke oku­se­mhla­be­ni ku­za­phe­la.

18 Ko­dwa ngi­za­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­we; nja­lo uza­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni, we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho lo­mka­kho la­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na akho ka­nye la­we.

19 La­ku­kho ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo, ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma, oku­bi­li kwa­kho ko­nke, uza­ku­le­tha emkhu­nji­ni, uku­lo­ndo­lo­ze ku­phi­la la­we, ku­za­ku­ba ngo­ku­du­na lo­ku­si­ka­zi;

20 enyo­ni­ni ngo­hlo­bo lwa­yo, le­si­fu­ywe­ni ngo­hlo­bo lwa­so, la­ku­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo ko­mhla­ba ngo­hlo­bo lwa­kho, oku­bi­li kwa­kho ku­za­ku­za ku­wen, uku­lo­ndo­lo­ze ku­phi­la.

21 La­we-ke, zi­tha­the­le ku­kho ko­nke uku­dla oku­dli­wa­yo, nja­lo uku­bu­the­le­le ku­we, fu­thi ku­za­ku­ba ngo­kwa­kho lo­kwa­zo oko­ku­dla.

22 Wa­se­kwe­nza uNo­wao; nje­nga­kho ko­nke uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­mla­ye kho­na we­nza nja­lo.

Uku­fi­ka ku­ka­za­mco­lo

7INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­No­wa: Nge­na we­na le­ndlu ya­kho yo­nke emkhu­nji­nia, ngo­ba we­na ngi­ku­bo­ne ulu­ngi­le pha­mbi kwa­mi ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­nab.

2 Ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yoc uza­zi­tha­the­la nga­si­kho­mbi­sa nga­si­kho­mbi­sa, endu­na le­nsi­ka­zi ya­yo; nja­lo ku­yo inya­ma­za­na enga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga ezi­mbi­li, endu­na le­nsi­ka­zi ya­yo.

3 La­ku­zo inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu nga­si­kho­mbi­sa nga­si­kho­mbi­sa, endu­na le­nsi­ka­zi, uku­lo­ndo­lo­za inhla­nye­lo iphi­la ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nke.

4 Ngo­ba ku­se­le insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, be­se­ngi­ni­sa izu­lu emhla­be­ni, insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, ngi­bhu­bhi­se1 ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo, enga­kwe­nza­yo, ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba.

5 UNo­wa wa­se­se­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke iNko­si eya­mla­ya kho­nad.

6 UNo­wa wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, la­pho uza­mco­lo wa­ma­nzi ephe­zu ko­mhla­ba.

7 UNo­wa wa­se­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe lo­mka­khe la­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na akhe ka­nye la­ye, nge­nxa ya­ma­nzi ka­za­mco­lo.

8 Ku­zo inya­ma­za­na ezi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo, la­ku­zo inya­ma­za­na ezi­nga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga, la­ku­zo inyo­ni, la­ku­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo phe­zu ko­mhla­ba,

9 nga­mbi­li nga­mbi­li kwe­za ku­No­wa emkhu­nji­ni, oku­du­na lo­ku­si­ka­zi, nje­ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu emla­yi­le uNo­wa.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku2 ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ama­nzi ka­za­mco­lo aye­phe­zu ko­mhla­ba.

11 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha we­mpi­lo ka­No­wa, nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­nga, nga­lo­lo­su­ku yo­nke imi­tho­mbo yo­ku­ju­la oku­khu­lu ya­qhe­ke­zwae, la­ma­sa­ngo empo­pho­ma za­ma­zu­lu avu­lwaf.

12 Izu­lu la­li­phe­zu ko­mhla­ba insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne lo­bu­su­ku obu­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

13 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku olu­fa­na­na­yo uNo­wa wa­nge­na lo­She­mu lo­Ha­mu lo­Ja­fe­thi, ama­do­da­na ka­No­wa, lo­mka­No­wa, la­ba­fa­zi aba­tha­thu ba­ma­do­da­na akhe ka­nye la­bo, emkhu­nji­ni,

14 bo­na, la­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na ngo­hlo­bo lwa­yo, la­so so­nke isi­fu­yo ngo­hlo­bo lwa­so, la­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo ku­hu­qu­ze­la phe­zu ko­mhla­ba ngo­hlo­bo lwa­kho, la­kho ko­nke oku­pha­pha­yo ngo­hlo­bo lwa­kho, yo­nke inyo­ni ya­lo lo­nke uphi­ko.

15 Za­se­zi­nge­na ku­No­wa emkhu­nji­nig, nga­mbi­li nga­mbi­li, ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma, oku­ku­yo umo­ya we­mpi­lo.

16 Le­za­nge­na­yo, kwa­nge­na endu­na le­nsi­ka­zi ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma, nje­nga­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­mla­ye kho­na; iNko­si ya­si­mva­le­la pha­ka­thih.

17 Uza­mco­lo wa­se­si­ba se­mhla­be­ni insu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne; ama­nzi ase­sa­nda ase­pha­ka­mi­sa umkhu­mbi, wa­ze wa­pha­ka­ma phe­zu ko­mhla­ba.

18 Ama­nzi ase­pha­ka­ma nga­ma­ndla, anda ka­khu­lu phe­zu ko­mhla­ba; lo­mkhu­mbi wa­ha­mba phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­ma­nzi.

19 Ama­nzi ase­pha­ka­ma nga­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu­ka­zi emhla­be­ni, za­ze za­si­tshe­ke­lwa zo­nke inta­ba ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ezi­nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu wo­nke.

20 Izi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu ama­nzi aqo­nga apha­ka­ma nga­ma­ndla, le­zi­nta­ba za­si­tshe­ke­lwa.

21 Yo­nke-ke inya­ma ya­phe­la, eya­yi­ha­mba phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, eye­nyo­ni, le­ye­si­fu­yo, le­ye­nya­ma­za­na, le­ya­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo ku­hu­qu­ze­la phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, la­ye wo­nke umu­ntu;

22 ko­nke oku­lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la ko­mo­ya we­mpi­lo ema­kha­le­ni akhoi, kwa­kho ko­nke oku­se­mhla­be­ni owo­mi­le­yo, kwa­fa.

23 Kwa­chi­thwa ko­nke okwa­ku­kho­na, okwa­ku­se­bu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba, ku­su­ke­la emu­ntwi­ni ku­si­ya esi­fu­ywe­ni ku­si­ya ko­ku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo nja­lo ku­si­ya enyo­ni­ni ya­ma­zu­lu; kwa­se­ku­chi­thwa emhla­be­ni; kwa­se­ku­tshi­ywa uNo­wa ku­phe­la, la­lo­kho aye­la­kho emkhu­nji­nij.

24 La­ma­nzi aye­pha­ka­ma nga­ma­ndla phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, okwe­nsu­ku ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

Uku­phe­la ku­ka­za­mco­lo

8UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mkhu­mbu­la uNo­waa, la­kho ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo, la­so so­nke isi­fu­yo, esa­si­la­ye emkhu­nji­ni. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­vu­ngu­zi­sa umo­yab phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, la­ma­nzi etsha.

2 Kwa­se­ku­mi­swa imi­tho­mbo yo­ku­ju­la la­ma­sa­ngo empo­pho­ma za­ma­zu­luc, le­zu­lu eli­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni la­nqa­ndwa.

3 La­ma­nzi etsha esu­ka emhla­be­ni, eha­mba ebu­ye­la; ama­nzi ase­nci­pha eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nud.

4 Umkhu­mbi wa­su­hla­la nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa, ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­nga, phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba zeA­ra­ra­thi.

5 La­ma­nzi aya ese­tsha kwa­ze kwa­ba se­nya­nge­ni ye­tshu­mi; nge­ye­tshu­mi ngo­su­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga kwa­bo­na­ka­la ingqo­nga ze­zi­nta­ba.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, uNo­wa wa­se­vu­la iwi­ndi lo­mkhu­mbie aye­le­nzi­le,

7 wa­se­thu­ma iwa­ba­yi, la­zu­la­zu­la nja­lo1, aze atsha ama­nzi emhla­be­ni.

8 Wa­se­thu­ma iju­ba li­su­ka ku­ye, uku­bo­na uku­thi ama­nzi ase­ma­lu­tshwa­na yi­ni ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba;

9 ko­dwa iju­ba ka­li­tho­la­nga inda­wo yo­ku­phu­mu­la kwe­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwa­lo, nga­kho la­bu­ye­la ku­ye emkhu­nji­ni, ngo­ba ama­nzi aye­kho­na ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nke. Wa­se­se­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe, wa­li­tha­tha, wa­li­nge­ni­sa ku­ye emkhu­nji­ni.

10 Wa­se­li­nda fu­thi ezi­nye insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­se­phi­nda eli­thu­ma iju­ba li­su­ka emkhu­nji­ni.

11 Iju­ba la­se­li­bu­ya ku­ye nge­si­kha­thi sa­nta­mba­ma, kha­nge­la-ke, ihla­mvu lo­mhlwa­thi eli­sa­nda uku­qu­ntwa la­li­se­mlo­nye­ni wa­lo; nga­kho uNo­wa wa­se­sa­zi uku­thi ama­nzi ase­ma­lu­tshwa­na phe­zu ko­mhla­ba.

12 Wa­se­li­nda fu­thi ezi­nye insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­se­li­thu­ma iju­ba; ka­la­be li­sa­bu­ye­la ku­ye fu­thi.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­nye, nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga, ama­nzi atsha emhla­be­ni. UNo­wa wa­se­su­sa isi­fu­le­lo so­mkhu­mbi, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ubu­so bo­mhla­ba ba­bo­mi­le.

14 Nja­lo nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­nga, umhla­ba wa­wu­su­wo­mi­le.

15 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­No­wa, esi­thi:

16 Phu­ma emkhu­nji­ni, we­na lo­mka­kho la­ma­do­da­na akho la­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na akho ka­nye la­we.

17 Ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo oku­la­we, ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma, eye­nyo­ni le­ye­si­fu­yo le­ya­kho ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo ku­hu­qu­ze­la emhla­be­ni, phu­ma la­kho; uku­ze ku­za­le kwa­nde emhla­be­ni, ku­za­le, kwa­nde phe­zu ko­mhla­baf.

18 UNo­wa wa­se­phu­ma, la­ma­do­da­na akhe, lo­mka­khe, la­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na akhe ka­nye la­ye.

19 Yo­nke inya­ma­za­na, ko­nke oku­hu­qu­ze­la­yo, la­yo yo­nke inyo­ni, ko­nke oku­ha­mba emhla­be­ni, nge­nhlo­bo2 za­kho, kwa­phu­ma emkhu­nji­ni.

20 UNo­wa wa­se­ya­khe­la iNko­si ila­thi; wa­tha­tha ku­so so­nke isi­fu­yo esi­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo, la­ku­yo yo­nke inyo­ni ehla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yo, wa­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwe­la­thi.

21 INko­si ya­si­si­zwa uqha­tshi olu­mna­ndig3; iNko­si ya­si­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo: Ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­phi­nda ngi­qa­le­ki­se umhla­bah nge­nxa yo­mu­ntu, ngo­ba uku­ce­ba kwe­nhli­zi­yo yo­mu­ntu ku­bi ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­khei; fu­thi ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­phi­nda ngi­tsha­ye ko­nke oku­phi­la­yo nje­nga­lo­khu nge­nzi­lej.

22 Nga­zo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zo­mhla­ba, uku­hla­nye­la lo­ku­vu­na, la­ma­kha­za lo­ku­khu­du­ma­la, le­hlo­bo lo­bu­si­kak, le­mi­ni lo­bu­su­kul, ka­ku­yi­ku­phe­la.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­No­wa

9UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bu­si­sa uNo­wa la­ma­do­da­na akhe, wa­thi ki­bo: Za­la­ni la­nde li­gcwa­li­se umhla­baa.

2 Lo­kwe­sa­tshwa kwe­nu lo­ku­qhu­qhwa kwe­nu ku­za­ku­ba phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na yo­mhla­ba la­phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inyo­ni ya­ma­zu­lu; ku­kho ko­nke oku­ha­mba emhla­be­ni la­ku­zo zo­nke inhla­nzi zo­lwa­ndle; zi­ni­ke­lwe eza­ndle­ni ze­nu.

3 Ko­nke oku­ha­mba­yo oku­phi­la­yo ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­dla ki­nib; nje­ngo­mbhi­da olu­hla­zac ngi­li­ni­ki­le ko­nke.

4 Ko­dwa inya­ma le­mpi­lo ya­yo, iga­zi la­yo, ka­li­so­ze li­ku­dled.

5 Nja­lo si­bi­li, iga­zi le­nu, ele­mpi­lo ye­nu, ngi­za­li­bi­za; esa­ndle­ni sa­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­nae ngi­za­li­bi­za; le­sa­ndle­ni so­mu­ntu, le­sa­ndle­ni so­mfo­wa­bo wo­mu­nye lo­mu­nyef ngi­za­bi­za umphe­fu­mu­lo wo­mu­ntu.

6 Ochi­tha iga­zi lo­mu­ntu, ngo­mu­ntu li­za­chi­thwa iga­zi la­kheg; ngo­ba ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­me­nza umu­ntuh.

7 Nga­kho li­na, za­la­ni, la­nde, li­za­le ngo­kwe­nge­ze­le­lwe­yo emhla­be­ni, la­nde ku­wo.

8 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­No­wa la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe ka­nye la­ye, esi­thi:

9 Mi­na-ke, kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­ya­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­ni le­nza­lo ye­nui emva kwe­nu,

10 la­so so­nke isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo esi­la­ni, ese­nyo­ni le­se­si­fu­yo, le­sa­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na yo­mhla­ba la­ni; ku­su­ke­la ku­bo bo­nke aba­phu­me emkhu­nji­ni, ku­si­ya ku­yo yo­nke inya­ma­za­na yo­mhla­ba.

11 Nja­lo ngi­za­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­nij; nja­lo ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­bhu­ji­swa yo­nke inya­ma nga­ma­nzi ka­za­mco­lo; uku­ze ku­nga­sa­bi kho­na uza­mco­lo uku­bhu­bhi­sa umhla­ba.

12 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Lo­khu ku­yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­si­vu­me­lwa­nok engi­si­ni­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­ni la­so so­nke isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo esi­la­ni, ku­ze ku­be yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na la­pha­ka­de.

13 Ngi­za­mi­sa umchi­lo­wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zi1 wa­mi ema­ye­zi­nil; uza­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­si­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi kwa­mi lo­mhla­ba.

14 Ku­za­ku­thi nxa ngi­bu­yi­sa ama­ye­zi phe­zu ko­mhla­ba, umchi­lo­wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zi uza­bo­nwa eye­zi­ni;

15 kho­na ngi­za­khu­mbu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mim, esi­pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­ni la­so so­nke isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo sa­yo yo­nke inya­ma; la­ma­nzi ka­wa­sa­yi­ku­ba ngu­za­mco­lo uku­bhu­bhi­sa yo­nke inya­ma.

16 Lo­mchi­lo­wa­ma­kho­si­ka­zi uza­ku­ba se­ma­ye­zi­ni, nja­lo ngi­za­wu­bo­na uku­khu­mbu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­den pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­so so­nke isi­da­lwa esi­phi­la­yo, sa­yo yo­nke inya­ma ese­mhla­be­ni.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­No­wa: Lo­khu ku­yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­si­vu­me­lwa­no engi­si­mi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­yo yo­nke inya­ma ese­mhla­be­ni.

Ama­zwi ka­No­wa ku­ma­do­da­na akhe

18 Ama­do­da­na ka­No­wa aphu­ma­yo-ke emkhu­nji­ni aye­ngo­She­mu lo­Ha­mu lo­Ja­fe­thi; nja­lo uHa­mu ngu­yi­se ka­Kha­na­nio2.

19 La­ba bo­ba­tha­thu nga­ma­do­da­na ka­No­wa; lo­mhla­ba wo­nke wa­sa­tsha­la­li­swa ngo­ku­ve­la ku­bo.

20 UNo­wa wa­se­qa­la uku­ba ngu­mli­mi, wa­hla­nye­la isi­vi­ni.

21 Wa­se­na­tha okwe­wa­yi­ni, wa­da­kwa; nja­lo wa­ba nqu­nu pha­ka­thi kwe­the­nte la­khe.

22 UHa­mu, uyi­se ka­Kha­na­ni, wa­se­bo­na ubu­nqu­nu bu­ka­yi­se, wa­se­tshe­la aba­fo­wa­bo aba­bi­li pha­ndle.

23 OShe­mu lo­Ja­fe­thi ba­se­be­tha­tha ise­mba­tho, ba­si­be­ka ema­hlo­mbe abo bo­ba­bi­li, ba­ha­mba nyo­va­ne, ba­gu­bu­ze­la ubu­nqu­nu bu­ka­yi­se; lo­bu­so ba­bo ba­bu­se­mu­va uku­ze ba­nga­bo­ni ubu­nqu­nu bu­ka­yi­se.

24 UNo­wa wa­se­vu­ka ewa­yi­ni­ni la­khe, wa­kwa­zi lo­kho indo­da­na ya­khe enci­nya­ne ekwe­nze ku­ye.

25 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­qa­le­ki­swe uKha­na­nip, uza­ku­ba yi­si­gqi­li se­zi­gqi­li ku­ba­fo­wa­boq.

26 Wa­se­si­thi: Ibu­si­si­we iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­She­mur, lo­Kha­na­ni abe yi­si­gqi­li sa­khe3.

27 UNku­lu­nku­lu amqhe­li­se uJa­fe­thi, nja­lo ahla­le ema­the­nte­ni ka­She­mu, lo­Kha­na­ni abe yi­si­gqi­li sa­khe.

28 Emva ku­ka­za­mco­lo uNo­wa wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu.

29 Zo­nke-ke insu­ku zi­ka­No­wa za­ba yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu; wa­se­si­fa.

Inza­lo ya­ma­do­da­na ka­No­wa

10Nja­lo le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­ma­do­da­na ka­No­wa: UShe­mu, uHa­mu lo­Ja­fe­thi. Kwa­se­ku­za­lwa ama­do­da­na ku­bo emva ku­ka­za­mco­lo.

2 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­fe­thia: UGo­me­rib lo­Ma­go­gic lo­Ma­da­yi lo­Ja­va­nid lo­Thu­bha­li lo­Me­she­kie lo­Ti­ra­si.

3 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Go­me­ri: UA­shi­ke­na­zif lo­Ri­fa­thi lo­To­ga­rmag.

4 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­va­ni: UE­li­sha lo­Ta­rshi­shih, ama­Ki­tii la­ma­Do­da­ni.

5 Kwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa ku­su­ke­la ku­bo izi­hle­ngej ze­zi­zwe ema­zwe­ni abo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­ko­li­mi lwa­khe, la­ngo­ko­se­ndo lwa­bo, ezi­zwe­ni za­bo.

6 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­muk: UKu­shil lo­Mi­zi­ra­yi­mi lo­Pu­tim lo­Kha­na­ni.

7 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ku­shi: USe­ba lo­Ha­vi­la lo­Sa­bi­tha lo­Ra­ma lo­Sa­bi­the­ka. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ra­ha­ma: UShe­bhan lo­De­da­nio.

8 UKu­shi wa­se­za­la uNi­mro­di; ye­na wa­qa­la uku­ba li­qha­we emhla­be­ni.

9 Ye­na wa­ba ngu­mzi­nge­li ola­ma­ndla pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; nga­kho ku­thi­wa: Nje­ngo­Ni­mro­di, umzi­nge­li ola­ma­ndla pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

10 Lo­ku­qa­la ko­mbu­so wa­khe yi­Ba­be­li leE­re­ki leA­ka­di le­Ka­li­ne eli­zwe­ni le­Shi­na­rip.

11 Kwa­phu­ma1 ku­le­lo­li­zwe uA­shu­ri, wa­se­sa­kha iNi­ne­ve le­Re­ho­bo­thi-I­re le­Ka­la,

12 le­Re­se­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­Ni­ne­ve le­Ka­la; lo ngu­mu­zi omkhu­lu.

13 UMi­zi­ra­yi­mi wa­se­za­laq ama­Lu­di la­maA­na­mi la­ma­Le­ha­bi la­ma­Na­fe­thu­hi

14 la­ma­Pa­tru­si la­ma­Ka­se­lu­hi - la­pho okwa­ve­la kho­na ama­Fi­li­stir - la­ma­Ka­fi­to­ris.

15 UKha­na­ni wa­se­za­la uSi­do­ni2 izi­bu­lo la­khe, lo­He­thi,

16 lo­mJe­bu­si lo­mA­mo­ri lo­mGi­ri­ga­shi

17 lo­mHi­vi lo­mA­rki lo­mSi­ni

18 lo­mA­rva­di lo­mZe­ma­ri lo­mHa­ma­thi; le­mva kwa­lo­kho use­ndo lwa­ma­Kha­na­ni lwa­hla­ka­ze­ka.

19 Umngce­le wa­ma­Kha­na­ni wa­su­su­ke­la eSi­do­ni usi­ya eGe­ra­ri uze ufi­ke eGa­za3, usi­ya eSo­do­ma le­Go­mo­ra leA­di­ma le­Ze­bo­yi­mi ku­ze ku­fi­ke eLa­sha.

20 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­mu, ngo­ko­se­ndo lwa­wo, la­nge­ndi­mi za­wo, ema­zwe­ni awo, ezi­zwe­ni za­wo.

21 UShe­mu la­ye wa­se­za­le­lwa ama­do­da­na; ungu­yi­se wa­ma­do­da­na wo­nke akaE­be­ri, umfo­wa­bo ka­Ja­fe­thi, omkhu­lu.

22 Ama­do­da­na ka­She­mut: UE­la­mu loA­shu­ri loA­rpa­ki­sha­di lo­Lu­di loA­ra­mu.

23 La­ma­do­da­na kaA­ra­muu: U-U­zi lo­Hu­li lo­Ge­the­ri lo­Ma­shi.

24 UA­rpa­ki­sha­di wa­se­za­la uShe­lav; uShe­la wa­se­za­la uE­be­ri.

25 Kwa­se­ku­za­le­lwa uE­be­ri ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li, ibi­zo lo­mu­nye ngu­Pe­le­gi4, ngo­ba ensu­kwi­ni za­yo umhla­ba we­hlu­ka­ni­swa; le­bi­zo lo­mfo­wa­bo ngu­Jo­ki­tha­ni.

26 UJo­ki­tha­ni wa­se­za­la uA­li­mo­da­di lo­She­le­fi lo­Ha­za­ma­ve­thi lo­Je­ra

27 lo­Ha­do­ra­mu loU­za­li lo­Di­ki­la

28 loO­ba­li loA­bhi­ma­ye­li lo­She­bha

29 loO­fi­riw lo­Ha­vi­la lo­Jo­ba­bi; bo­nke la­bo nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­ki­tha­ni.

30 Inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la kwa­bo isu­ke­la eMe­sha la­pho usi­ya eSe­fa­ri, inta­ba ye­mpu­ma­la­nga.

31 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­She­mu, ngo­ko­se­ndo lwa­bo la­nge­ndi­mi za­bo, ema­zwe­ni abo ngo­kwe­zi­zwe za­bo.

32 Lo­lu lu­se­ndo lwa­ma­do­da­na ka­No­wa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­wo ezi­zwe­ni za­wo; kwa­se­ku­se­hlu­ka­ni­swa ku­la­ba izi­zwe emhla­be­ni emva ku­ka­za­mco­lo.

Umpho­tsho­ngo we­Ba­be­li

11Umhla­ba wo­nke-ke wa­wu­lo­li­mi lu­nye, la­ma­zwi ma­nye.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­bo be­ve­la empu­ma­la­nga1 ba­fi­ca igce­ke eli­zwe­ni le­Shi­na­ria, ba­se­be­hla­la kho­na.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe: Wo­za­ni, ase­nze­ni izi­ti­na si­zi­tshi­se lo­ku­zi­tshi­sa; le­si­ti­na sa­ba li­li­tshe ku­bo, le­ngci­nob ya­ba lu­da­ka ku­bo.

4 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Wo­za­ni, asi­za­khe­le­ni umu­zi lo­mpho­tsho­ngo osi­hlo­ko sa­wo si­se­ma­zu­lwi­nic, be­se­si­ze­nze­la ibi­zo, hle­zi si­hla­ka­ze­ke ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nke.

5 INko­si ya­si­se­hlad uku­bo­na umu­zi lo­mpho­tsho­ngo aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu aba­wa­kha­yo.

6 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, yi­si­zwe si­nye, nja­lo ba­lo­li­mi lu­nye bo­nke, nja­lo yi­kho aba­qa­la uku­kwe­nza; kha­the­si-ke aku­la­lu­tho olu­nga­be­hlu­la aba­mi­sa uku­lwe­nza.

7 Wo­za­ni, ase­hlee, si­pha­mba­ni­se la­pho uli­mi lwa­bo, uku­ze ba­nge­zwa, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo uli­mi lo­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe.

8 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­ba­hla­ka­ze­la ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba wo­nkef be­su­ka la­pho; ba­se­be­si­ma ukwa­kha umu­zi.

9 Nga­lo­kho kwa­bi­zwa ibi­zo la­wo ngo­ku­thi iBa­be­li2, ngo­ba la­pho iNko­si ya­pha­mba­ni­sa uli­mi lo­mhla­ba wo­nke; ku­su­ke­la la­pho iNko­si ya­ba­hla­ka­za ku­bo bo­nke ubu­so bo­mhla­ba.

Inza­lo ka­She­mu

10 Le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­She­mug. UShe­mu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu, wa­se­za­la uA­rpa­ki­sha­di, imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li emva ku­ka­za­mco­lo.

11 UShe­mu wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uA­rpa­ki­sha­di, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

12 UA­rpa­ki­sha­di wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu, wa­za­la uShe­lah.

13 UA­rpa­ki­sha­di wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uShe­la, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­nta­thu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

14 UShe­la wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, wa­za­la uE­be­ri.

15 UShe­la wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uE­be­ri, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­nta­thu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

16 UE­be­ri wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­ne, wa­za­la uPe­le­gi.

17 UE­be­ri wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uPe­le­gi, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

18 UPe­le­gi wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, wa­za­la uRe­wu.

19 UPe­le­gi wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uRe­wu, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

20 URe­wu wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li, wa­za­la uSe­ru­gi.

21 URe­wu wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uSe­ru­gi, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

22 USe­ru­gi wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, wa­za­la uNa­ho­ri.

23 USe­ru­gi wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uNa­ho­ri, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

24 UNa­ho­ri wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, wa­za­la uTe­ra.

25 UNa­ho­ri wa­se­phi­la, ese­ze­le uTe­ra, imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye; wa­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

26 UTe­ra wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­za­la uA­bra­ma, uNa­ho­ri lo­Ha­ra­ni.

Inza­lo ka­Te­ra

27 La­le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­Te­ra. UTe­ra wa­za­la uA­bra­ma, uNa­ho­ri lo­Ha­ra­ni; uHa­ra­ni wa­se­za­la uLo­thi.

28 UHa­ra­ni wa­se­si­fa pha­mbi ku­ka­yi­se uTe­ra, eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khe, eU­ri ya­ma­Kha­la­di­ya.

29 OA­bra­ma lo­Na­ho­ri ba­se­be­zi­tha­the­la aba­fa­zi; ibi­zo lo­mkaA­bra­ma ngu­Sa­ra­yii, le­bi­zo lo­mka­Na­ho­ri ngu­Mi­lkaj, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ha­ra­ni, uyi­se ka­Mi­lka lo­yi­se kaI­ska.

30 Ko­dwa uSa­ra­yi wa­ye­yi­nyu­mba; wa­ye­nge­la­mntwa­na.

31 UTe­ra wa­se­tha­thak uA­bra­ma indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Lo­thi indo­da­na ka­Ha­ra­ni, indo­da­na ye­ndo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Sa­ra­yi uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe, umkaA­bra­ma indo­da­na ya­khe; ba­se­be­su­ka la­bo eU­ril ya­ma­Kha­la­di­ya, uku­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nim; ba­se­be­fi­ka eHa­ra­ni, ba­hla­la kho­na.

32 Le­nsu­ku zi­ka­Te­ra za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu; uTe­ra wa­se­fe­la eHa­ra­ni.

Uku­bi­zwa ku­kaA­bra­ma

12INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­bra­ma: Su­ka we­na eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­kho le­mzi­ni ka­yi­hlo, uye eli­zwe­ni engi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa lo­naa.

2 Ngi­za­kwe­nza-ke ube yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu, ngi­ku­bu­si­se, nge­nze ibi­zo la­kho li­be li­khu­lu, nja­lo ube yi­si­bu­si­so.

3 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­bu­si­sa aba­ku­bu­si­sa­yo, la­ba­ku­qa­le­ki­sa­yo ngi­ba­qa­le­ki­seb; la­ku­we ku­za­bu­si­swa zo­nke insa­pho zo­mhla­bac.

4 UA­bra­ma wa­se­ha­mba nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le ku­ye, lo­Lo­thi wa­ha­mba la­ye. Nja­lo uA­bra­ma wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nu eku­su­ke­ni kwa­khe eHa­ra­ni.

5 UA­bra­ma wa­se­tha­tha uSa­ra­yi umka­khe, lo­Lo­thi indo­da­na yo­mfo­wa­bo, le­mpa­hla ya­bo yo­nke aba­be­yi­qo­qi­le, le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo aba­be­yi­zu­zi­led eHa­ra­nie; ba­se­be­su­ka uku­ya eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni; ba­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

6 UA­bra­ma wa­se­da­bu­la ili­zwef wa­ze wa­fi­ka enda­we­ni ye­She­ke­ma, esi­hla­hle­ni se-o­khi*g se­Mo­reh. La­ma­Kha­na­ni aye­kho­na eli­zwe­nii nga­le­so­si­kha­thi.

7 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la kuA­bra­ma, ya­thi: Ku­nza­lo ya­kho ngi­za­ni­ka le­li­li­zwej. Wa­se­ya­khe­la la­pho iNko­si ila­thi eya­yi­bo­na­ka­le ku­ye.

8 Wa­se­qhu­be­ka esu­ka la­pho wa­ya enta­be­ni empu­ma­la­nga ye­Bhe­the­li, wa­mi­sa ithe­nte la­khe, iBhe­the­li ise­ntsho­na­la­nga leA­yi empu­ma­la­nga. Wa­se­ya­khe­la la­pho iNko­si ila­thi, wa­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­sik.

9 UA­bra­ma wa­se­su­ka wa­ha­mba eqhu­be­ka esi­ya eni­ngi­zi­mu.

UA­bra­ma use­Gi­bhi­the

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na indla­la eli­zwe­nil. UA­bra­ma wa­se­se­hle­la nga­se­Gi­bhi­the uku­thi ahla­le kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe, ngo­ba indla­la ya­yi­nzi­ma eli­zwe­nim.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­so­nde­la uku­nge­na eGi­bhi­the wa­thi ku­Sa­ra­yi umka­khe: Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ungo­we­si­fa­za­na omu­hle obu­ke­ka­yo.

12 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi la­pho ama­Gi­bhi­the eku­bo­na, aza­ku­thi: Lo ngu­mka­khe; abe­se­ngi­bu­la­lan, ko­dwa we­na aku­gci­ne uphi­la.

13 Ake uthi ungu­da­de­we­thu, uku­ze ku­be ku­hle ki­mi nge­nxa ya­kho, lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uphi­le nge­nxa ya­kho.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uA­bra­ma ese­fi­ki­le eGi­bhi­the, ama­Gi­bhi­the ambo­na owe­si­fa­za­na, uku­thi mu­hle ka­khu­lu.

15 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zi­ka­Fa­ro la­zo za­mbo­na, za­mba­ba­za pha­mbi ku­ka­Fa­ro. Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­le­thwa endli­ni ka­Fa­ro.

16 Wa­se­mpha­tha ku­hle uA­bra­ma nge­nxa ya­khe; nja­lo wa­ba le­zi­mvu le­zi­nka­bi la­bo­ba­bhe­mi le­zi­nce­ku le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi la­bo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi la­ma­ka­me­la.

17 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­mhlu­pha uFa­ro nge­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­nku­luo, le­ndlu ya­khe, nge­nda­ba ka­Sa­ra­yi umkaA­bra­ma.

18 UFa­ro wa­se­mbi­za uA­bra­ma, wa­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu okwe­nze ki­mi? Ku­nga­ni unga­ngi­tshe­la­nga uku­thi ungu­mka­kho?

19 Utsho­lo­ni uku­thi ungu­da­de­we­nu, ngi­ze ngi­mtha­the uku­ba ngu­mka­mi? Nga­kho kha­nge­la-ke umka­kho; mtha­the uha­mbe.

20 UFa­ro wa­se­la­ya ama­do­da nga­ye; ase­mxo­tsha lo­mka­khe la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­na ku­kaA­bra­ma lo­Lo­thi

13UA­bra­ma wa­se­se­nyu­ka eGi­bhi­the, ye­na lo­mka­khe la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho lo­Lo­thi ka­nye la­ye, wa­ya eni­ngi­zi­mu.

2 Nja­lo uA­bra­ma wa­ye­no­thi­le ka­khu­lua, nge­zi­fu­yo, nge­si­li­va, la­nge­go­li­de.

3 Wa­se­ha­mba ku­zi­nha­mbo za­khe esu­ka eni­ngi­zi­mu, wa­ze wa­fi­ka eBhe­the­li, enda­we­ni la­pho ithe­nte la­khe ela­li­kho­na ku­qa­la, pha­ka­thi kwe­Bhe­the­li leA­yi;

4 enda­we­ni ye­la­thi aye­le­nzi­le kho­na ku­qa­lab; uA­bra­ma wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si la­pho.

5 Lo­Lo­thi la­ye, owa­ye­ha­mba loA­bra­ma, wa­ye­le­zi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo la­ma­the­nte.

6 Nja­lo ili­zwe la­li­nge­ba­thwa­le uku­thi ba­hla­le nda­wo­nyec, ngo­ba impa­hla ya­bo ya­yi­ne­ngi, uku­thi ba­be­nge­ke ba­hla­la nda­wo­nye.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­xa­ba­na pha­ka­thi kwa­be­lu­si be­zi­fu­yo zi­kaA­bra­ma la­be­lu­si be­zi­fu­yo zi­ka­Lo­thid. Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ama­Kha­na­nie la­ma­Pe­ri­zi aye­hla­la eli­zwe­ni.

8 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­thi ku­Lo­thi: Ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na-ke uku­xa­ba­na pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­be­lu­si ba­mi la­be­lu­si ba­kho, ngo­ba si­nga­ma­do­da ose­ndof.

9 Ili­zwe lo­nke ka­li­pha­mbi kwa­kho yi­nig? Ye­hlu­ka­na-ke la­mi; uba usi­ya kwe­so­kho­hlo, ngi­za­ku­ya kwe­so­ku­ne­neh; ko­dwa uba kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, ngi­za­ku­ya kwe­so­kho­hlo.

10 ULo­thi wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na lo­nke igce­ke le­Jo­da­nii uku­thi la­li­the­le­lwe ku­hle lo­nke. INko­si inga­ka­chi­thi iSo­do­ma le­Go­mo­raj, la­li­nje­nge­nsi­mu ye­Nko­sik, nje­nge­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the, nxa usi­ya eZo­wa­ril.

11 ULo­thi wa­se­zi­khe­the­la lo­nke igce­ke le­Jo­da­ni; uLo­thi wa­se­si­ya empu­ma­la­nga; ba­se­be­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa omu­nye ko­mu­nye.

12 UA­bra­ma wa­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, uLo­thi wa­se­hla­la emi­zi­ni ye­ma­gce­ke­ni, wa­mi­sa ithe­nte la­khe edu­ze le­So­do­ma.

13 Ko­dwa aba­ntu be­So­do­ma ba­be­ba­bim ba­be­yi­zo­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sin ka­khu­lu.

14 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­bra­ma emva ko­ku­thi uLo­thi ese­hlu­ka­ni­swe la­ye: Pha­ka­mi­sa-ke ame­hlo akho, ukha­nge­le enda­we­ni la­pho okho­na, nga­se­nya­ka­tho la­nga­se­ni­ngi­zi­mu la­nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga la­nga­se­ntsho­na­la­ngao,

15 ngo­ba ili­zwe lo­nke oli­bo­na­yo ngi­za­li­ni­ka we­nap, la­ku­nza­lo ya­khoq ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

16 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza inza­lo ya­kho ibe nje­ngo­thu­li lo­mhla­bar, ku­ze ku­thi uba umu­ntu enga­ba­la uthu­li lo­mhla­ba, iza­ba­lwa le­nza­lo ya­kho.

17 Su­ku­ma uha­mbe uda­bu­le ili­zwe, ebu­de­ni ba­lo le­bu­ba­nzi­ni ba­lo, ngo­ba ngi­za­li­ni­ka we­na.

18 UA­bra­ma wa­se­su­sa ama­the­nte wa­fi­ka wa­hla­la ezi­hla­hle­ni za­ma-o­khi* ze­Ma­mre, ezi­se­He­bro­nis, wa­khe­la la­pho iNko­si ila­thi.

UA­bra­ma ukhu­lu­la uLo­thi

14Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­mra­fe­li inko­si ye­Shi­na­ria, uA­ri­yo­ki inko­si yeE­la­sa­ri, uKe­do­la­wo­ma inko­si yeE­la­mub, lo­Ti­da­li inko­si ye­zi­zwe,

2 ba­lwa impi lo­Be­ra inko­si ye­So­do­mac, lo­Bi­ri­sha inko­si ye­Go­mo­rad, uShi­na­bi inko­si yeA­di­mae, lo­She­me­be­re inko­si ye­Ze­bo­yi­mif, le­nko­si ye­Bhe­la, eli­yi­Zo­wa­rig.

3 Bo­nke la­bo ba­hla­nga­na esi­go­di­ni iSi­di­ma esi­lu­Lwa­ndle lwe­Tshwa­yih.

4 Ba­be­mkho­nzi­le uKe­do­la­wo­ma okwe­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ko­dwa ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nta­thu ba­vu­ke­la.

5 La­ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­ne kwe­za uKe­do­la­wo­ma, la­ma­kho­si aye­la­ye, ba­tsha­ya ama­Re­fai eA­shi­te­ro­thi-Ka­rna­yi­mij, la­ma­Zu­zik eHa­mu, la­maE­mil egce­ke­ni le­Ki­ri­ya­tha­yi­mi,

6 la­ma­Ho­ri enta­be­ni ye­Se­yi­rim, ku­ze ku­be eE­li­pa­ra­ni1 eli­se­du­ze le­nka­nga­lan.

7 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la ba­fi­ka eE­ni­mi­shi­pa­ti eli­yi­Ka­de­shi, ba­tsha­ya ili­zwe lo­nke la­maA­ma­le­ki, nja­lo la­maA­mo­ri aye­hla­la eHa­za­zo­ni-Ta­ma­rio.

8 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma inko­si ye­So­do­ma le­nko­si ye­Go­mo­ra, le­nko­si yeA­di­ma le­nko­si ye­Ze­bo­yi­mi, le­nko­si ye­Bhe­la eli­yi­Zo­wa­ri, ba­hlo­mi­sa impi be­me­le­ne la­bo esi­go­di­ni iSi­di­ma,

9 eme­la­ne lo­Ke­do­la­wo­ma inko­si yeE­la­mu, lo­Ti­da­li inko­si ye­zi­zwe, loA­mra­fe­li inko­si ye­Shi­na­ri, loA­ri­yo­ki inko­si yeE­la­sa­ri; ama­kho­si ama­ne eme­la­ne la­ma­kho­si ama­hla­nu.

10 Le­si­go­di se­Si­di­ma sa­si­le­mi­go­di­go­di ye­ngci­nop, le­nko­si ye­So­do­ma le­ye­Go­mo­ra aba­le­ka, awe­la kho­na; la­sa­la­yo aba­le­ke­la enta­be­niq,

11 ase­tha­tha yo­nke impa­hla ye­So­do­ma le­ye­Go­mo­rar, lo­ku­dla kwa­bo bo­nke, aha­mba.

12 Amtha­tha lo­Lo­thi le­mpa­hla ya­khe, indo­da­na yo­mfo­wa­bo kaA­bra­mas, ase­ha­mba, ngo­ba wa­ye­hla­la eSo­do­mat.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­za owa­ye­phu­nyu­ki­le, wa­mla­ndi­se­la uA­bra­ma umHe­bhe­ru, owa­ye­hla­la ezi­hla­hle­ni za­ma-o­khi* ze­Ma­mreu umA­mo­ri, umfo­wa­bo kaE­shi­ko­li lo­mfo­wa­bo kaA­ne­ri aba­be­le­si­vu­me­lwa­no loA­bra­mav.

14 Kwa­thi uA­bra­ma ese­zwi­le uku­thi umfo­wa­bo uthu­nji­wew, wa­hlo­mi­sa2 aye­ba­fu­ndi­si­le, be­ze­lwe endli­ni ya­khex, aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu le­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, wa­xo­tsha­na la­wo wa­ze wa­fi­ka ko­Da­niy.

15 Wa­se­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa eme­la­ne la­wo ebu­su­ku, ye­na le­nce­ku za­khe, wa­wa­tsha­ya, wa­xo­tsha­na la­wo wa­ze wa­fi­ka eHo­ba, ekwe­so­kho­hlo se­Da­ma­se­koz.

16 Wa­se­bu­yi­sa yo­nke impa­hla, nja­lo lo­Lo­thi umfo­wa­bo le­mpa­hla ya­khe, la­be­si­fa­za­na la­bo la­ba­ntu.

UMe­lki­ze­de­ki ubu­si­sa uA­bra­ma

17 Inko­si ye­So­do­ma ya­si­phu­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za, ese­bu­yi­le eku­tsha­ye­ni uKe­do­la­wo­ma la­ma­kho­si aye­la­ye, esi­go­di­ni iSha­ve, esi­yi­si­go­di se­nko­sia.

18 UMe­lki­ze­de­ki inko­si ye­Sa­le­mab wa­se­le­tha isi­nkwa le­wa­yi­ni; nja­lo ye­na ngu­mpri­stic ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nked.

19 Wa­se­mbu­si­sa wa­thi: Ka­bu­si­swe uA­bra­ma ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lue oPhe­zu­ko­nke, uMni­ni wa­ma­zu­lu lo­mhla­baf.

20 Ka­bu­si­swe-ke uNku­lu­nku­lug oPhe­zu­ko­nke oni­ke­le izi­tha za­kho esa­ndle­ni sa­kho. Wa­se­mni­ka okwe­tshu­mi kwa­kho ko­nkeh.

21 Inko­si ye­So­do­ma ya­si­si­thi kuA­bra­ma: Ngi­ni­ka aba­ntu3, ko­dwa uzi­tha­the­le impa­hla.

22 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­thi eNko­si­ni ye­So­do­ma: Ngi­pha­ka­mi­se isa­ndla sa­mii eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke, uMni­ni wa­ma­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba,

23 ngi­thi ka­ngi­yi­ku­tha­tha ku­su­ke­la ku­mu­cu ku­si­ya emchi­lwe­ni we­nya­the­laj, ku­kho ko­nke ola­kho! Hle­zi uthi: Mi­na ngi­mno­thi­si­le uA­bra­ma.

24 Nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho ku­phe­la aku­dli­le­yo ama­ja­ha, le­sa­be­lo sa­ma­do­da aha­mbe la­mik, uA­ne­ri, uE­shi­ko­li lo­Ma­mre, bo­na ka­ba­tha­the isa­be­lo sa­bo.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu loA­bra­ma

15Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ili­zwi le­Nko­si le­za kuA­bra­ma ngo­mbo­no, li­si­thi: Unge­sa­bi Abra­maa, ngi­yi­si­hla­ngu sa­khob, umvu­zo wa­kho omkhu­lu ka­khu­luc.

2 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si Je­ho­va, uza­ngi­pha­ni? Nje­ngo­ba lo­khe ngi­nge­la­mntwa­na; lo­mpha­thi we­ndlu ya­mi ungo­we­Da­ma­se­kod uE­li­ye­ze­ri.

3 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ki­mi ka­wu­pha­nga nza­lo; nja­lo kha­nge­la, oze­lwe endli­nie ya­mi uza­ku­ba yi­ndla­li­fa ya­mi.

4 Kha­nge­la-ke ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­ba ku­ye li­si­thi: Lo ka­yi­ku­dla ili­fa la­kho, ko­dwa oza­phu­ma emi­bi­li­ni ya­khof, ye­na uza­ku­dla ili­fa la­kho.

5 Wa­se­mkhu­phe­la pha­ndle wa­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke ema­zu­lwi­ni, uba­leg izi­nka­nye­zih uba unga­zi­ba­la. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Iza­ku­ba nja­lo inza­lo ya­khoi.

6 Wa­se­kho­lwa eNko­si­nij. Ya­si­mba­le­la lo­khu ku­be yi­ku­lu­ngak.

7 Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­yi­Nko­si, eya­ku­khu­pha eU­ri ya­ma­Kha­la­di­yal uku­ku­ni­ka ili­zwe le­li li­be yi­li­fa la­khom.

8 Wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si Je­ho­va, ngi­za­kwa­zi nga­nin uku­thi li­za­ku­ba yi­li­fa la­mi?

9 Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­tha­the­la itho­ka­zi eli­le­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu, le­si­bhu­zi­ka­zi esi­le­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu, le­nqa­ma ele­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu, le­ju­ba, le­phu­phu le­nkwi­li­mba.

10 Wa­se­si­sa ku­yo zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto, wa­zi­da­bu­la pha­ka­thio, wa­be­ka le­yo la­le­yo­ngxe­nye ya­zo ikha­nge­le­ne le­nye; ko­dwa inyo­ni ka­zi­da­bu­la­ngap.

11 Inyo­ni ezi­dla inya­ma za­se­zi­se­hle­la phe­zu kwe­zi­du­mbu, uA­bra­ma wa­se­zi­xo­tshe­la kha­tsha­na.

12 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ila­nga se­li­tsho­na, ubu­tho­ngo obu­khu­luq ba­ju­ma uA­bra­ma; kha­nge­la-ke, uva­lo lo­mnya­ma omkhu­lu lwe­hle­la phe­zu kwa­khe.

13 Ya­si­si­thi kuA­bra­ma: Ya­zi lo­kwa­zi uku­thi inza­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba yi­si­ha­mbi eli­zwe­ni eli­nge­yi­si­lo la­yor, nja­lo ba­za­ba­se­be­nze­la, be­se­be­ba­hlu­phas imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­net.

14 Ko­dwa le­si­zwe aba­za­si­se­be­nze­la ngi­za­si­gwe­bau; le­mva kwa­lo­kho ba­za­phu­ma le­mpa­hla ene­ngiv.

15 Ko­dwa we­na uza­ku­yaw ku­bo­yi­hlox ngo­ku­thu­lay, uza­ngcwa­tshwa eku­lu­pha­le­ni oku­hlez.

16 Isi­zu­ku­lwa­na se­si­nea si­za­bu­ya-ke la­pha; ngo­ba iso­no sa­maA­mo­rib ka­si­ka­phe­le­lic.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ila­nga se­li­tsho­ni­le se­ku­mnya­mad, kha­nge­la-ke, imba­wu­la ethu­nqa­yo le­si­hla­nti so­mli­lo esa­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwa­le­zo­zi­ngxe­nye.

18 Nga­lo­lo­su­ku iNko­si ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no loA­bra­ma isi­thi: Enza­lwe­ni ya­kho ngi­ni­ke­le le­li­li­zwee, ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­ni we­Gi­bhi­thef ku­ze ku­be se­mfu­le­ni omkhu­lu, umfu­la iYu­fra­thi,

19 ama­Ke­nig la­ma­Ke­ni­zi la­ma­Ka­di­mo­ni

20 la­ma­He­thih la­ma­Pe­ri­zii la­ma­Re­faj

21 la­maA­mo­ri la­ma­Kha­na­nik la­ma­Gi­ri­ga­shil la­ma­Je­bu­si.

UHa­ga­ri loI­shma­ye­li

16USa­ra­yi umkaA­bra­ma wa­ye­nga­mza­le­li-ke aba­ntwa­naa; wa­ye­le­nce­ku­ka­zi umGi­bhi­the­ka­zib, le­bi­zo la­yo li­ngu­Ha­ga­ric.

2 USa­ra­yid wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ma: Kha­nge­la-ke, iNko­si ingi­va­li­le uku­ze ngi­nga­za­lie; ake unge­ne ence­kwi­ni ya­mi, mhla­wu­mbe ngi­nga­khi­wa nga­yo. UA­bra­ma wa­se­la­le­la ili­zwi li­ka­Sa­ra­yi.

3 Nga­kho uSa­ra­yi umkaA­bra­ma wa­mtha­tha uHa­ga­ri umGi­bhi­the­ka­zi ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khe, eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi uA­bra­ma ese­hla­le eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nif, wa­se­mni­ka uA­bra­ma indo­da ya­khe uku­thi abe ngu­mka­khe.

4 Wa­se­nge­na ku­Ha­ga­ri, wa­se­tha­tha isi­su. Ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uzi­thwe­le, inko­si­ka­zi ya­khe ya­si­de­le­le­ka eme­hlwe­ni akheg.

5 USa­ra­yi wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ma: Ubu­bi ba­mi bu­phe­zu kwa­kho. Mi­na ngi­ni­ke ince­ku­ka­zi ya­mi esi­fu­be­ni sa­kho, ithe isi­bo­ni­le uku­thi izi­thwe­le, ngi­ya­de­le­le­ka eme­hlwe­ni ayo. INko­si ka­ya­hlu­le­le pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­weh.

6 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­thi ku­Sa­ra­yi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ise­sa­ndle­ni sa­khoi. Ye­nza ku­yo lo­kho oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akho. USa­ra­yi wa­se­yi­pha­tha ku­bi, ya­si­ba­le­ka ebu­swe­ni ba­khej.

7 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­yi­fi­ca emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi enka­nga­lak, emtho­nje­ni endle­le­ni eya eShu­ril.

8 Ya­si­si­thi: Ha­ga­ri, nce­ku­ka­zi ka­Sa­ra­yi, uve­la nga­phi, uya nga­phi? Ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­ba­le­ke­la ubu­so bu­ka­Sa­ra­yi inko­si­ka­zi ya­mi.

9 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­yo: Bu­ye­la enko­si­ka­zi­ni ya­kho, ubu­su­ze­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­za­ndla za­yo.

10 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­thi ku­yo fu­thi: Ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa ka­khu­lu inza­lo ya­khom uku­ze inga­ba­lwa nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngi.

11 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­yo: Kha­nge­la, uzi­thwe­le, fu­thi uza­za­la indo­da­na, nja­lo uza­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yon uthi nguI­shma­ye­li1, ngo­ba iNko­si izwi­le uku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­kho.

12 Yo­na-ke iza­ku­ba ngu­mu­ntu ongu­ba­bhe­mi onga­tha­mba­ngao, isa­ndla sa­yo si­me­la­ne la­bo bo­nke, le­sa­ndla sa­bo bo­nke si­me­la­ne la­yo; iza­hla­la pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­ba­fo­wa­bo bo­nkep.

13 Wa­se­yi­tha iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma la­ye ibi­zo lo­ku­thi: We­na Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­ku­bo­na. Ngo­ba wa­thi: La­pha la­mi ngi­mkha­nge­le yi­ni ongi­bo­na­yo?

14 Nga­kho umtho­mbo wa­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi iBe­ri-La­ha­yi-Ro­yiq2; kha­nge­la, upha­ka­thi kwe­Ka­de­shir le­Be­re­di.

15 UHa­ga­ri wa­se­mza­le­la uA­bra­ma indo­da­na; uA­bra­ma wa­se­si­tha ibi­zo le­ndo­da­na ya­khe, uHa­ga­ri ayi­za­la­yo, wa­thi nguI­shma­ye­lis.

16 Nja­lo uA­bra­ma wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­thu­pha mhla uHa­ga­ri emza­le­la uA­bra­ma uI­shma­ye­li.

Uku­so­ka ku­yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­si­vu­me­lwa­no

17Kwa­thi uA­bra­ma ese­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye iNko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la kuA­bra­ma, ya­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlaa; ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mib, uphe­le­lec1.

2 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa ka­khu­lu­ka­zid.

3 UA­bra­ma wa­se­si­wa ngo­bu­so ba­khee, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­khu­lu­ma la­ye, esi­thi:

4 Mi­na ngo­kwa­mi, kha­nge­la, isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi si­la­we; fu­thi uza­ku­ba ngu­yi­se we­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngif.

5 Le­bi­zo la­kho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi Abra­ma, ko­dwa ibi­zo la­kho li­za­ku­ba nguA­bra­ha­mag2, ngo­ba ngi­kwe­nze uyi­se we­xu­ku le­zi­zweh.

6 Ngi­za­kwe­nza uza­le ka­khu­lu­ka­zii, ngi­za­kwe­nza izi­zwej, la­ma­kho­si aza­phu­ma ku­wek.

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­nol sa­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we le­nza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni za­yo, ku­be yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de, so­ku­thi ngi­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­wem la­ku­yo inza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho.

8 Ngi­za­ni­ka-ke we­na le­nza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho ili­zwen ohla­la ki­lo nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe3, ili­zwe lo­nke le­Kha­na­ni, li­be yi­mfu­yo ela­pha­ka­de; nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ki­boo.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: We­na-ke uza­gci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi, we­na le­nza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni za­yo.

10 Le­si yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi eli­za­si­gci­na pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­ni le­nza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho; so­nke isi­li­sa si­so­kwe ki­ni.

11 Li­za­so­ka inya­ma ye­jwa­bu le­nu; ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­sop se­si­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­ni.

12 Le­ndo­da­na ye­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li iza­so­kwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nuq, so­nke isi­li­sa ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­nu, oze­lwe endli­ni, lo­the­ngwe nge­ma­li la­ku­ye wo­nke oyi­si­zwe, onga­yi­su­ye we­nza­lo ya­kho.

13 Oze­lwe endli­ni ya­kho lo­the­ngwe nge­ma­li ya­kho ku­me­le aso­kwe. Le­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi si­za­ku­ba se­nya­me­ni ye­nu, si­be yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de.

14 Le­si­li­sa esi­nga­so­kwa­nga, esi­nya­ma ye­jwa­bu li­nga­so­kwa­nga, lo­wo­mphe­fu­mu­lo uza­qu­nywa usu­ke esi­zwe­ni sa­wo, we­qi­le isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi.

15 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Ngo­Sa­ra­yi umka­kho, unga­bi­zi ibi­zo la­khe uthi ngu­Sa­ra­yi, ngo­ba uSa­ra4 li­bi­zo la­khe.

16 Nja­lo ngi­za­mbu­si­sa, ngi­ku­ni­ke indo­da­na eve­la la­ku­yer; ye­bo ngi­za­mbu­si­sa abe­se­si­ba yi­zi­zwes, ama­kho­si ezi­zwe aza­ve­la ku­ye.

17 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­wa ngo­bu­so ba­khe, wa­hle­kat, wa­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: Ole­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu uza­za­le­lwa yi­ni? Ka­mbe lo­Sa­ra ole­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uza­za­la?

18 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Ku­nga­thi uI­shma­ye­li anga­phi­la pha­mbi kwa­khou!

19 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ha­tshi, uSa­ra umka­kho uza­ku­za­le­la indo­da­nav; uza­yi­tha ibi­zo uthi nguI­sa­ka; nja­lo ngi­za­mi­sa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi la­ye, si­be yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de ku­nza­lo ya­khe emva kwa­khe.

20 Ma­ye­la­na loI­shma­ye­li ngi­ku­zwi­le-ke; kha­nge­la, ngi­mbu­si­si­le, nja­lo ngi­za­me­nza abe le­nza­low, ngi­ma­ndi­se ka­khu­lu­ka­zi; uza­za­la izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lix, nja­lo ngi­za­me­nza isi­zwe esi­khu­luy.

21 Ko­dwa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­mi ngi­za­si­mi­sa loI­sa­ka, uSa­ra aza­ku­za­le­la ye­na nga­le­si­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo ngo­mnya­ka oza­yo.

22 Wa­se­ci­na uku­khu­lu­ma la­ye, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nyu­kaz esu­ka kuA­bra­ha­ma.

23 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­tha­tha uI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na ya­khe la­bo bo­nke aba­be­ze­lwe endli­ni ya­khe la­bo bo­nke aba­be­the­ngwe nge­ma­li ya­khe, so­nke isi­li­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­be­ndlu kaA­bra­ha­ma, wa­so­ka inya­ma ye­jwa­bu la­bo, nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku, nje­nga­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­tsho­yo ku­ye.

24 LoA­bra­ha­ma wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye eku­so­kwe­ni kwa­khe inya­ma ye­jwa­bu la­khe.

25 UI­shma­ye­li-ke indo­da­na ya­khe wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thu eku­so­kwe­ni kwa­khe inya­ma ye­jwa­bu la­khe.

26 Nga­lo­na lo­lo­su­ku uA­bra­ha­ma wa­so­kwa loI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na ya­khe.

27 La­ma­do­da wo­nke omu­zi wa­khe, aye­ze­lwe endli­ni la­ye­the­ngwe nge­ma­li ko­we­zi­zwe, aso­kwa ka­nye la­ye.

Uku­za­lwa ku­kaI­sa­ka ku­ya­the­nji­swa

18INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye ema-o­khi­ni*a eMa­mre, wa­thi ehle­zi emnya­ngo we­the­nte eku­tshi­se­ni ko­su­ku,

2 wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke ama­do­da ama­tha­thub emi pha­mbi kwa­khe; ese­wa­bo­ni­le wa­gi­ji­ma uku­wa­hla­nga­be­zac esu­ka emnya­ngo we­the­nte, wa­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­ni,

3 wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, uba-ke ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ngi­ce­la unga­dlu­li usu­ke ence­kwi­ni ya­kho.

4 Ake ku­le­thwe ama­nzi ama­lu­tshwa­nad, be­se­li­ge­za inya­wo ze­nu, li­phu­mu­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla.

5 Ngi­za­le­tha-ke uce­zu lwe­si­nkwae, be­se­li­qi­ni­sa inhli­zi­yo ye­nu, be­se­li­se­dlu­la, ngo­ba yi­kho le­dlu­le ence­kwi­ni ye­nuf. Ase­si­thi: Ngo­ku­nja­lo ye­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­kho.

6 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­pha­ngi­sa esi­ya ethe­nte­ni ku­Sa­ra, wa­se­si­thi: Pha­ngi­sa! Ama­se­ya* ama­tha­thu empu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo! Xo­va, we­nze ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na.

7 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­gi­ji­me­la enko­me­ni, wa­tha­tha itho­le eli­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka nja­lo eli­hle, wali­ni­ka ija­ha; la­pha­ngi­sa uku­li­lu­ngi­sa.

8 Wa­se­tha­tha ama­si lo­cha­go, le­tho­le abe­li­lu­ngi­si­le, wa­ku­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­wo; we­ma edu­ze la­wo nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla, ase­si­dla.

9 Ase­si­thi ku­ye: Unga­phi uSa­ra umka­kho? Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ethe­nte­nig.

10 Ya­si­si­thi: Isi­bi­li ngi­za­bu­ya ku­we ngale­si­si­kha­thi se­mpi­loh; kha­nge­la, uSa­ra umka­kho uza­ku­ba le­ndo­da­nai. USa­ra waku­zwa ese­mnya­ngo we­the­nte ela­li­nge­mva kwa­yo.

11 UA­bra­ha­ma lo­Sa­ra ba­se­be­ba­da­la se­be­le­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngij; kwa­se­ku­phe­li­le ku­Sa­ra okwe­ndle­la ya­ba­fa­zik.

12 USa­ra wa­se­hle­ke­la nga­pha­ka­thil, esi­thi: Se­ngi­gu­gi­le, ngi­nga­ba le­nja­bu­lo, le­nko­si ya­mim isi­nda­la yi­ni?

13 INko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Ku­nga­ni uSa­ra ehle­ka, esi­thi: Isi­bi­li la­mi ngi­za­za­la mi­na se­ngi­mda­la yi­ni?

14 Ku­kho­na into enzi­ma ka­khu­lu eNko­si­nin yi­ni? Nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo ngi­za­bu­ya ku­weo, ngale­si­si­kha­thi se­mpi­lo, nja­lo uSa­ra uza­ku­ba le­ndo­da­na.

15 USa­ra wa­se­phi­kap esi­thi: Ka­ngi­hle­ka­nga, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­sa­ba. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ha­tshi, ngo­ba uhle­ki­le.

UA­bra­ha­ma ukhu­le­ke­la iSo­do­ma

16 Ama­do­da ase­su­ku­ma esu­ka la­pho akha­nge­la pha­nsi eSo­do­ma; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­ha­mba la­wo ewa­phe­le­ke­ze­laq.

17 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­nga­mfi­hle­la uA­bra­ha­ma yi­ni engi­kwe­nza­yor?

18 Ngo­ba isi­bi­li uA­bra­ha­ma uza­ku­ba yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu esi­la­ma­ndla; la­zo zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba zi­za­bu­si­swa ku­yes.

19 Ngo­ba ngi­ma­zi­le, uku­ze ala­ye aba­ntwa­na ba­khet le­ndlu ya­kheu emva kwa­khe, be­se­be­gci­na indle­la ye­Nko­si uku­ze be­nze uku­lu­nga lo­kwa­hlu­le­la, uku­ze iNko­si ime­hli­se­le uA­bra­ha­ma lo­kho eku­tsho­yo nga­ye.

20 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngo­ba isi­kha­lo se­So­do­ma le­Go­mo­ra si­khu­luv, la­ngo­ba iso­no sa­bo si­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu,

21 ngi­za­kwe­hla-kew be­se­ngi­bo­na uku­thi nje­ngo­kwe­si­kha­lo sa­yo ese­si­fi­ke ki­mi, be­nzi­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo; ko­dwa uba ku­ngenja­lo ngi­za­kwa­zix.

22 Ama­do­da ese­fu­la­the­le la­pho, ase­si­ya eSo­do­may; ko­dwa uA­bra­ha­ma wa­ye­lo­khu emi­le pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siz.

23 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­so­nde­laa, wa­thi: Ka­mbe uza­mbhu­bhi­sa lo­lu­ngi­le­yo ka­nye lo­mu­bib?

24 Mhla­wu­mbe ku­kho­na aba­lu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi; ka­mbe uza­bhu­bhi­sa unga­xo­le­li inda­wo nge­nxa ya­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu aba­ku­wo?

25 Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­we ukwe­nza into enja­lo, uku­bu­la­la olu­ngi­le­yo ka­nye lo­mu­bi lo­ku­thi olu­ngi­le­yo abe nje­ngo­mu­bic; ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­we; uma­hlu­le­li wo­mhla­ba wo­nke ka­yi­kwe­nza uku­lu­nga yi­nid?

26 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Uba ngi­tho­la eSo­do­ma aba­lu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zie, ngi­za­xo­le­la yo­nke inda­wo nge­nxa ya­bo.

27 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­phe­ndu­laf wa­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­zi­mi­se­le uku­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni, la­nxa ngi­lu­thu­li lo­mlo­thag.

28 Mhla­wu­mbe ku­za­swe­le­ka aba­hla­nu ku­bo aba­lu­ngi­le­yo aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu; uza­bhu­bhi­sa umu­zi wo­nke nge­nxa ya­ba­hla­nu yi­ni? Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kuwu­bhu­bhi­sa uba ngi­tho­la kho­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nhla­nu.

29 Wa­se­qhu­be­ka elo­khu ekhu­lu­ma ku­yo wa­thi: Mhla­wu­mbe ku­za­tho­lwa kho­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne. Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kukwe­nza nge­nxa ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

30 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ce­la iNko­si inga­thu­ku­the­li la­pho ngi­khu­lu­ma. Mhla­wu­mbe ku­za­tho­lwa kho­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu. Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kukwe­nza uba ngi­tho­la kho­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

31 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­zi­mi­se­le uku­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni; mhla­wu­mbe ku­za­tho­lwa kho­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li. Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kuwu­bhu­bhi­sa nge­nxa ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

32 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ce­la iNko­si inga­thu­ku­the­lih, ngi­za­khu­lu­ma kha­the­si ku­phe­la; mhla­wu­mbe ku­za­tho­lwa kho­na aba­li­tshu­mi. Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­kuwu­bhu­bhi­sa nge­nxa ya­ba­li­tshu­mi.

33 INko­si ya­si­ha­mba isi­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma kuA­bra­ha­ma; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­khe.

Uku­bhu­ji­swa kwe­So­do­ma le­Go­mo­ra

19Ingi­lo­si ezi­mbi­li za­se­zi­fi­ka eSo­do­maa se­ku­hlwi­le. Lo­Lo­thi wa­ye­hle­zi esa­ngwe­ni le­So­do­ma. Kwa­thi uLo­thi ezi­bo­na, wa­su­ku­ma uku­zi­hla­nga­be­zab, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni;

2 wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni-ke ma­kho­si ami, ngi­ce­la li­phe­ndu­ke­le endli­ni ye­nce­ku ye­nuc, li­la­le ubu­su­ku, li­ge­ze inya­wo ze­nud, be­se­li­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi, li­ha­mbe indle­la ye­nu. Za­thi-ke: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa si­za­la­la endle­le­nie.

3 Wa­se­zi­nce­nga ka­khu­lu za­ze za­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­ye za­nge­na endli­ni ya­khe; wa­ze­nze­la uku­dla, wa­phe­ka isi­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, za­se­zi­si­dla.

4 Zi­nga­ka­la­li, ama­do­da omu­zi, ama­do­da eSo­do­ma, azi­nge­le­ze­la indlu, ku­su­ke­la ko­mu­tsha ku­si­ya ko­mda­la, bo­nke aba­ntu be­ve­la ephe­the­lwe­ni lo­mu­zi.

5 Ase­mbi­zaf uLo­thi athi ku­ye: Anga­phi ama­do­da afi­ke ku­we ebu­su­ku? Akhu­phe­le pha­ndle ki­thig uku­ze si­wa­zih.

6 ULo­thi wa­se­phu­me­la ku­wo emnya­ngoi, wa­va­la umnya­ngo nge­mva kwa­khe.

7 Wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ce­la ba­za­lwa­ne, li­nge­nzi oku­bi.

8 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ngi­la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­bi­li, anga­ka­zi indo­daj; ake ngi­li­khu­phe­le wo­na, be­se­li­se­nza ku­wo nje­ngo­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni enu; ko­dwa ku­la­ma­do­da li­nge­nzi lu­tho, ngo­ba yi­kho enge­ne emthu­nzi­ni wo­pha­hla lwa­mik.

9 Ko­dwa athi: Xe­ke­la le. Athi nja­lo: Ye­na lo ye­dwa wa­fi­ka engo­we­zi­zwel, ka­mbe nge­qi­ni­so anga­ba ngu­ma­hlu­le­lim? Kha­the­si si­za­kwe­nza oku­bi ku­we okwe­dlu­la wo­na. Aci­nde­ze­la ka­khu­lu indo­da uLo­thi, aso­nde­la uku­ze afo­hlo­ze isi­va­lo.

10 Ko­dwa la­wo­ma­do­da elu­la isa­ndla sa­wo, amnge­ni­sa uLo­thi ku­wo endli­ni, ava­la umnya­ngo.

11 Ase­tsha­ya ama­do­da aye­se­mnya­ngo we­ndlu ngo­bu­pho­fun, ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­si­ya ko­mkhu­lu, aze adi­nwa yi­ku­di­nga umnya­ngo.

12 Ama­do­da ase­si­thi ku­Lo­thi: Use­se­lo­ba­ni la­pha? Umkhwe­nya­na la­ma­do­da­na akho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho, la­ye wo­nke ola­ye emzi­ni, mkhu­phe ku­li­nda­woo,

13 ngo­ba si­za­bhu­bhi­sa li­nda­wo, ngo­ba isi­kha­lo sa­bo si­khu­lu pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; nja­lo iNko­si isi­thu­mi­le uku­thi si­yi­bhu­bhi­se.

14 ULo­thi wa­se­phu­ma, wa­khu­lu­ma la­ba­khwe­nya­na ba­khep aba­be­za­tha­tha ama­do­da­ka­zi akhe, wa­thi: Su­ku­ma­ni li­phu­me ku­li­nda­woq; ngo­ba iNko­si iza­bhu­bhi­sa umu­zi. Ko­dwa wa­ba nje­ngo­so­ma­yo eme­hlwe­ni aba­khwe­nya­na ba­khe.

15 Kwa­thi ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, ingi­lo­si za­mci­nde­ze­la uLo­thi, zi­si­thi: Su­ka, utha­the umka­kho la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho wo­ma­bi­li atho­la­ka­la­yo, hle­zi ubhu­ji­swe ebu­bi­ni1 bo­mu­zi.

16 Ko­dwa esa­zi­la­zi­la, ama­do­da aba­mba isa­ndla sa­khe, le­sa­ndla so­mka­khe, le­sa­ndla sa­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe wo­ma­bi­li, ngo­ba iNko­si ilo­mu­sa ku­ye, ase­mkhu­pha, ambe­ka nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­ba­khu­phe­le nga­pha­ndle, ya­thi: Ba­le­ka nge­nxa ye­mpi­lo ya­kho, unga­kha­nge­li nge­mva kwa­khor, unge­mi egce­ke­ni lo­nke; ba­le­ke­la enta­be­ni hle­zi ubhu­ji­swe.

18 ULo­thi wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Ka­ku­nga­bi nja­lo, Nko­sis ya­mi.

19 Kha­nge­la-ke, ince­ku ya­kho itho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ukhu­li­si­le isi­ha­wu sa­kho, ose­nze ki­mi, uku­gci­na uphi­la umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi; ko­dwa mi­na ngi­nge­ke ngi­phe­phe­le enta­be­ni, hle­zi ubu­bi bu­na­ma­the­le ki­mi, be­se­ngi­si­fa.

20 Kha­nge­la-ke, lu­mu­zi use­du­ze uku­ba­le­ke­la ku­wo; fu­thi umnci­nya­ne. Ngi­ce­la ngi­ba­le­ke­le ku­wo (ka­mbe ka­wu­mnci­nya­ne?) lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uphi­le.

21 Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ngi­be­mu­ke­le ubu­so ba­kho2 la­ku­lo­lu uda­bat, uku­ze ngi­nga­wu­chi­thi umu­zi okhu­lu­me nga­wo.

22 Pha­ngi­sa, ba­le­ke­la ku­wo; ngo­ba ngi­nge­ze nge­nza ulu­tho uze ufi­ke ku­wou. Nga­kho ba­bi­za ibi­zo lo­mu­zi ngo­ku­thi yi­Zo­wa­riv3.

23 Ila­nga la­se­li­phu­mi­le phe­zu ko­mhla­ba la­pho uLo­thi enge­na eZo­wa­ri.

24 INko­si ya­si­ni­sa phe­zu kwe­So­do­ma la­phe­zu kwe­Go­mo­ra isi­ba­bu­le lo­mli­low, ku­ve­la eNko­si­ni ku­ve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni.

25 Ya­si­bhu­bhi­sa le­yo­mi­zi le­gce­ke lo­nke, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni, lo­ku­hlu­ma­yo ko­mhla­ba.

26 Ko­dwa umka­khe wa­kha­nge­la emu­va enge­mu­va kwa­khe, wa­se­si­ba yi­nsi­ka ye­tshwa­yix.

27 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­ya enda­we­ni la­pho aye­mi kho­na pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siy.

28 Wa­se­kha­nge­la pha­nsi nga­se­So­do­ma le­Go­mo­ra la­nga­se­mhla­ba­thi­ni wo­nke we­gce­ke, wa­bo­na, nja­lo kha­nge­la, intu­thu ya­thu­nqa emhla­be­ni nje­nge­ntu­thu ye­si­tha­ndoz.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ese­bhu­bhi­si­le imi­zi ye­gce­ke uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mkhu­mbu­la uA­bra­ha­maa, wa­mkho­khe­la uLo­thi emkhu­pha pha­ka­thi kwe­nci­tha­ka­lo, mhla ebhu­bhi­sa imi­zi aye­hla­la ku­yo uLo­thi.

UMo­wa­bi loA­mo­ni

30 ULo­thi wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka eZo­wa­ri, wa­hla­la enta­be­nib, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe wo­ma­bi­li la­ye, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­sa­ba uku­hla­la eZo­wa­ri; wa­hla­la obha­lwi­ni, ye­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe wo­ma­bi­li.

31 Enda­la ya­si­si­thi kwe­nci­nya­ne: Uba­ba use­mda­la, nja­lo ka­ku­la­ndo­da emhla­be­ni uku­nge­na ki­thi, ngo­kwe­ndle­la yo­mhla­ba wo­nke.

32 Wo­za si­mna­thi­se uba­ba iwa­yi­ni, si­la­le la­ye si­gci­ne iphi­la inza­lo eve­la ku­ba­ba.

33 Ase­mna­thi­sa uyi­se iwa­yi­ni nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku; enda­la ya­si­nge­na ya­la­la lo­yi­se, fu­thi ka­kwa­za­nga eku­la­le­ni kwa­yo le­ku­su­ke­ni kwa­yo.

34 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo enda­la ya­thi kwe­nci­nya­ne: Kha­nge­la, be­ngi­le­le lo­ba­ba ngo­bu­su­ku obe­dlu­li­le­yo; asi­mna­thi­se iwa­yi­ni la­nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku, ubu­su­nge­na ula­le la­ye, uku­ze si­gci­ne iphi­la inza­lo eve­la ku­ba­ba.

35 Ase­mna­thi­sa uyi­se iwa­yi­ni la­nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku; le­nci­nya­ne ya­su­ku­ma ya­la­la la­ye, fu­thi ka­kwa­za­nga eku­la­le­ni kwa­yo le­ku­su­ke­ni kwa­yo.

36 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ama­do­da­ka­zi wo­ma­bi­li ka­Lo­thi atha­tha izi­su ku­yi­se.

37 Enda­la ya­si­za­la indo­da­na, ya­yi­tha ibi­zo ya­thi ngu­Mo­wa­bi; lo­wo ngu­yi­se wa­ma­Mo­wa­bic ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

38 Le­nci­nya­ne la­yo ya­za­la indo­da­na, ya­yi­tha ibi­zo ya­thi ngu­Be­na­mi; lo­wo ngu­yi­se wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nid ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

UA­bra­ha­ma loA­bhi­me­le­ki

20UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­su­ka la­pho wa­ya eli­zwe­ni le­ni­ngi­zi­mua, wa­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwe­Ka­de­shi le­Shu­rib wa­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwec eGe­ra­rid.

2 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi ngo­Sa­ra umka­khe: Ungu­da­de­we­thue. UA­bhi­me­le­ki inko­si ye­Ge­ra­ri wa­thu­ma-ke, wa­tha­tha uSa­ra.

3 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu we­zaf kuA­bhi­me­le­ki ephu­tshe­nig ebu­su­ku, wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ufi­leh nge­nxa yo­we­si­fa­za­na omthe­the­yo, ngo­ba uga­ni­le endo­de­ni.

4 Ko­dwa uA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­ye­nga­so­nde­la­nga ku­ye. Nga­kho wa­thi: Nko­si, uza­bhu­bhi­sa le­si­zwe esi­lu­ngi­le­yoi yi­ni?

5 Ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni othe ki­mi: Ungu­da­de­we­thu? La­ye uqo­bo wa­se­si­thi: Ungu­mne­we­thu. Ngo­bu­qo­tho be­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi la­ngo­bu­hlo­phe be­za­ndla za­mi ngi­kwe­nzi­le lo­khu.

6 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­ye ephu­tshe­ni: La­mi se­nga­zi­le uku­thi ngo­bu­qo­tho be­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho ukwe­nzi­le lo­khu; la­mi fu­thi ngi­ku­vi­mbe­le uku­ze ungo­ni ki­mij; nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ka­ngi­ku­vu­me­la­nga uku­thi umthi­nte.

7 Nga­kho-ke bu­yi­se­la umfa­zi we­ndo­da, ngo­ba ingu­mpro­fe­thi; nja­lo iza­ku­khu­le­ke­lak uku­ze uphi­le; ko­dwa uba unga­mbu­yi­se­li, ya­zi uku­thi isi­bi­li uza­ku­fa we­na la­bo bo­nke aba­nga­ba­khol.

8 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­bi­za zo­nke ince­ku za­khe, wa­khu­lu­ma wo­nke la ama­zwi endle­be­ni za­zo; nja­lo ama­do­da esa­ba ka­khu­lu.

9 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­mbi­za uA­bra­ha­ma, wa­thi ku­ye: We­nze­ni ki­thi? Ngo­ne­ni ku­we uku­thi ungi­le­the­le mi­na lo­mbu­so wa­mi iso­no esi­khu­lu? We­nze ki­mi ize­nzo ezi­nga­fa­ne­la­nga ukwe­nzi­wam.

10 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Ubo­ne­ni, uze we­nze into le?

11 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba nga­ca­ba­nga uku­thi: Isi­bi­li ukwe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ku­kho ku­li­nda­won; nja­lo ba­za­ngi­bu­la­la nge­nxa yo­mka­mi.

12 Ka­nti-ke isi­bi­li ungu­da­de­we­thuo, uyi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­ba­ba, ko­dwa ka­si­yo indo­da­ka­zi ka­ma­ma; wa­se­si­ba ngu­mka­mi.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi mhla uNku­lu­nku­lu engi­zu­li­sa ngi­su­ka endli­ni ka­ba­bap nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye: Lo ngu­mu­sa oza­we­nza ki­mi, ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo esi­za­fi­ka ku­zo, uthi nga­mi: Ungu­mne­we­thuq.

14 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­tha­tha izi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo le­zi­nce­ku le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zir, wa­pha uA­bra­ha­ma, wa­mbu­yi­se­la uSa­ra umka­khe.

15 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ili­zwe la­mi li­pha­mbi kwa­khos; hla­la la­pho oku­hle kho­na eme­hlwe­ni akho.

16 La­ku­Sa­ra wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­mni­ki­le umne­we­nut inhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne; kha­nge­la, uyi­si­si­be­ke­lo sa­me­hlou ku­we, ku­ye wo­nke ola­we, la­bo bo­nke, nja­lo ukhu­zi­wev.

17 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­khu­le­ka ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­msi­li­sa uA­bhi­me­le­ki lo­mka­khe le­nce­ku­ka­zi za­khe, uku­ze ba­za­le.

18 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­zi­va­li­le ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo izi­za­low zo­nke za­be­ndlu kaA­bhi­me­le­ki nge­nxa ka­Sa­ra umkaA­bra­ha­ma.

Uku­za­lwa ku­kaI­sa­ka

21INko­si ya­si­mha­mbe­laa uSa­ra nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­yo, nja­lo iNko­si ye­nza ku­Sa­ra nje­ngo­ba ya­yi­tshi­lob.

2 USa­ra wa­se­tha­tha isi­suc, wa­mza­le­la indo­da­na uA­bra­ha­ma ebu­da­le­ni ba­khe, nge­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yod uNku­lu­nku­lu abe­si­tshi­lo ku­ye.

3 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­tha ibi­zo le­ndo­da­na ya­khe, eya­za­le­lwa ye­na, uSa­ra amza­le­la yo­na, wa­thi nguI­sa­kae.

4 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­so­kaf uI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khe isi­le­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, nje­ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mla­yag.

5 Nja­lo uA­bra­ha­ma wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­luh la­pho eza­le­lwa uI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khe.

6 USa­ra wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu unge­nze­le uhle­koi, wo­nke ozwa­yo uza­hle­ka la­mi.

7 Wa­thi fu­thi: Ngu­ba­ni obe­nga­tsho kuA­bra­ha­ma uku­thi: USa­ra uza­mu­nyi­sa aba­ntwa­na? Ngo­ba ngimza­le­le indo­da­na ebu­da­le­ni ba­khej.

UHa­ga­ri loI­shma­ye­li ba­se­nka­nga­la

8 Umntwa­na wa­khu­la, wa­lu­nyu­lwa. UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­se­nza idi­li eli­khu­lu mhla uI­sa­ka elu­nyu­lwa.

9 USa­ra wa­se­bo­na indo­da­na ka­Ha­ga­ri umGi­bhi­the­ka­zik aye­yi­za­le­le uA­bra­ha­mal iklo­lo­dam.

10 Nga­kho wa­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Xo­tsha le­si­si­gqi­li­ka­zi le­ndo­da­na ya­son; ngo­ba indo­da­na ya­le­si­si­gqi­li­ka­zi ka­yi­yi­ku­dla ili­fa ka­nye le­ndo­da­na ya­mi, ka­nye loI­sa­ka.

11 La­le­li­li­zwi la­ba li­bi ka­khu­lu eme­hlwe­ni kaA­bra­ha­ma, nge­nxa ye­ndo­da­na ya­kheo.

12 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Ka­ku­nga­bi ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni akho, nge­nxa yo­mfa­na la­nge­nxa ye­si­gqi­li­ka­zi sa­kho; ko­nke uSa­ra aza­ku­tsho ku­we, la­le­la ili­zwi la­khe, ngo­ba kuI­sa­ka inza­lo ya­kho iza­bi­zwap.

13 Ko­dwa le­ndo­da­na ye­si­gqi­li­ka­zi ngi­za­ye­nza ibe yi­si­zweq, ngo­ba iyi­nza­lo ya­kho.

14 Nga­kho uA­bra­ha­ma wa­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­tha­tha isi­nkwa le­si­gxi­ngi sa­ma­nzi, waku­ni­ka uHa­ga­ri, eku­be­ka ema­hlo­mbe akhe, lo­mntwa­na, wa­mye­ke­la wa­ha­mba. Wa­se­ha­mba wa­zu­la enka­nga­la iBhe­ri­she­bhar.

15 Ama­nzi ese­phe­li­le esi­gxi­ngi­ni wa­pho­se­la umntwa­na pha­nsi kwe­si­nye se­zi­hla­hla­ka­za­na.

16 Wa­se­ha­mba wa­hla­la pha­nsi ma­qo­nda­na la­ye, esu­ka ku­ye kha­tsha­nya­na, oku­nga­ba yi­ku­tsho­ka nge­da­ndi­li; ngo­ba wa­thi: Ka­ngi­nga­bo­ni uku­fa ko­mntwa­na. Wa­hla­la ma­qo­nda­na la­ye, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­zwa ili­zwi lo­mfa­na. Ya­si­me­me­za ingi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­Ha­ga­ri ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ya­thi ku­ye: Ula­ni, Ha­ga­ri? Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uli­zwi­le ili­zwi lo­mfa­na la­pho akho­na.

18 Su­ku­ma, upha­ka­mi­se umfa­na, umba­mbe nge­sa­ndla sa­kho; ngo­ba ngi­za­me­nza abe yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu.

19 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­vu­la ame­hlo akhe, nja­lo wa­bo­na umtho­mbo wa­ma­nzi; wa­ha­mba, wa­gcwa­li­sa isi­gxi­ngi nga­ma­nzi, wa­mna­thi­sa umfa­na.

20 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba lo­mfa­nas, wa­khu­la, wa­hla­la enka­nga­la, wa­ba ngu­mtsho­kit.

21 Wa­hla­la enka­nga­la iPa­ra­ni; uni­na wa­se­mtha­the­la umfa­zi eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theu.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­kaA­bra­ha­ma loA­bhi­me­le­ki

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uA­bhi­me­le­ki lo­Fi­ko­liv, indu­na ye­bu­tho ya­khe, wa­khu­lu­ma kuA­bra­ha­ma wa­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ula­we ku­kho ko­nke okwe­nza­yow.

23 Nga­kho-ke fu­nga ki­mi la­pha ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lux uku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­kho­hli­sa mi­na ku­mbe indo­da­na ya­mi ku­mbe izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­miy; nje­ngo­mu­sa engi­kwe­nze­le wo­na, ye­nza ki­mi, le­li­zwe­ni ohla­la ki­lo nje­ngo­we­mzi­ni.

24 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­fu­nga.

25 Ko­dwa uA­bra­ha­ma wa­mso­la uA­bhi­me­le­ki nge­nxa yo­mtho­mbo wa­ma­nzi ebe­zi­wu­pha­ngi­le izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­bhi­me­le­kiz.

26 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi: Anga­zi owe­nze le into; nja­lo la­we ka­wu­ngi­tshe­la­nga, fu­thi la­mi ka­ngi­zwa­nga nga­kho, nga­pha­ndle kwa­la­mu­hla.

27 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­tha­tha izi­mvu le­nko­mo, wazi­ni­ka uA­bhi­me­le­ki; nja­lo bo­ba­bi­li be­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­noa.

28 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­be­ka ama­wu­ndlu­ka­zi omhla­mbi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa wo­dwa.

29 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: Ayi­ni la­pha la­ma­wu­ndlu­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa owa­be­ke wo­dwab?

30 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba uza­kwe­mu­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi ama­wu­ndlu­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, uku­ze abe yi­bu­fa­ka­zi ki­mi bo­ku­thi lu­mtho­mbo ngi­wu­ge­bhi­le.

31 Nga­kho wa­bi­za le­yo­nda­woc ngo­ku­thi yi­Bhe­ri­she­bha1, ngo­ba la­pho ba­fu­nga bo­ba­bi­li.

32 Nga­kho be­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no eBhe­ri­she­bha. UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­su­ku­ma, lo­Fi­ko­li indu­na ya­khe ye­bu­tho, ba­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti.

33 Wa­se­hla­nye­la isi­hla­hla se­ta­ma­ri­si­ki* eBhe­ri­she­bha wa­bi­za kho­na ibi­zo le­Nko­sid, uNku­lu­nku­lu ola­pha­ka­dee.

34 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­stif insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi.

UA­bra­ha­ma ula­ywa ukwe­nza umhla­tshe­lo ngoI­sa­ka

22Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mli­ngaa uA­bra­ha­ma, wa­thi ku­ye: Abra­ha­ma! Wa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

2 Wa­se­si­thi: Tha­tha-ke indo­da­na ya­kho, eyo­dwa eya­kho, oyi­tha­nda­yo, uI­sa­ka, uye eli­zwe­ni le­Mo­ri­yab; uyi­ni­ke­le kho­na ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwe­nye ye­zi­nta­ba engi­za­ku­tshe­la yo­na.

3 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­bo­phe­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi wa­khe, wa­tha­tha ka­nye la­ye aba­bi­li ku­ma­ja­ha akhe, loI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khe. Wa­ba­nda inku­ni zo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, wa­su­ku­ma wa­ya enda­we­ni aye­mtshe­le yo­na uNku­lu­nku­lu.

4 Kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu uA­bra­ha­ma wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe wa­yi­bo­na inda­wo ise­kha­tsha­na.

5 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi ema­ja­he­ni akhe: Sa­la­ni li­na la­pha lo­ba­bhe­mi, mi­na lo­mfa­na si­sa­ya la­pha­ya­na nja­lo si­za­kho­nza, si­bu­ye ki­ni fu­thi.

6 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­tha­tha inku­ni zo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, wa­ze­the­sa uI­sa­kac indo­da­na ya­khe; wa­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­khe umli­lo le­ngqa­mu; ba­se­be­ha­mba bo­ba­bi­li nda­wo­nye.

7 UI­sa­ka wa­se­khu­lu­ma kuA­bra­ha­ma uyi­se wa­thi: Ba­ba! Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, mnta­na­mi. Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, umli­lo le­nku­ni; ko­dwa li­nga­phi iwu­ndlu lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa?

8 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­zi­bo­ne­la ye­na iwu­ndlu lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, mnta­na­mi. Ba­ha­mba-ke bo­ba­bi­li nda­wo­nye.

9 Ba­se­be­fi­ka enda­we­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­mtshe­le yo­na; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­sa­kha kho­na ila­thi; wa­be­ka ku­hle inku­ni; ese­mbo­phi­le uI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khe, wa­mbe­ka ela­thi­ni phe­zu kwe­nku­nid.

10 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­se­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe, wa­tha­tha ingqa­mu uku­ze ayi­hla­be indo­da­na ya­khe.

11 Kwa­se­ku­me­me­za ku­ye ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni ya­thi: Abra­ha­ma, Abra­ha­ma! Wa­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

12 Ya­si­si­thi: Unge­lu­le­li isa­ndla sa­kho emfa­ne­nie, unge­nzi lu­tho ku­ye, ngo­ba kha­the­si ngi­ya­zi uku­thi we­na uya­me­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luf, lo­khu unga­yi­go­dla­nga indo­da­na ya­kho eyo­dwa ki­mi.

13 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, inqa­ma emu­va iba­nji­we esi­xu­kwi­ni nge­zi­mpo­ndo za­yo. UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­ha­mba wa­yi­tha­tha inqa­ma, wa­yi­ni­ke­la ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa esi­khu­ndle­ni se­ndo­da­na ya­khe.

14 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­tha ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo wa­thi uJe­ho­va-ji­re1, nje­ngo­ba ku­tshi­wo la­la­mu­hla uku­thi: Enta­be­ni ye­Nko­si ku­za­na­ke­ke­lwa.

15 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­me­me­za uA­bra­ha­ma ngo­kwe­si­bi­li ise­ma­zu­lwi­ni,

16 ya­thi: Ngi­zi­fu­ngi­leg, itsho iNko­si, uku­thi nje­ngo­ba we­nzi­le le into unga­yi­go­dla­nga indo­da­na ya­kho, eya­kho eyo­dwa,

17 qo­tho ngi­za­ku­bu­si­sa lo­ku­ku­bu­si­sa, ngi­ya­ndi­se lo­ku­ya­ndi­sa inza­lo ya­kho nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­luh, la­nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­bei eli­se­khu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle; le­nza­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba ngu­mni­ka­zi we­sa­ngo le­zi­tha za­yoj,

18 le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho zo­nke izi­zwe zo­mhla­ba zi­za­bu­si­swak, ngo­ba ula­le­le ili­zwi la­mil.

19 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­bu­ye­la ema­ja­he­ni akhe; ba­se­be­su­ku­ma, ba­ha­mba nda­wo­nye eBhe­ri­she­bham; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­hla­la eBhe­ri­she­bha.

Inza­lo ka­Na­ho­ri

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto kwa­bi­kwa kuA­bra­ha­ma uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, uMi­lkan la­ye umza­le­le uNa­ho­ri umfo­we­nu aba­ntwa­na,

21 uU­zio izi­bu­lo la­khe, lo­Bu­zip umfo­wa­bo, lo­Ke­mu­we­li uyi­se kaA­ra­mu,

22 lo­Ke­se­di, lo­Ha­zo, lo­Pi­li­da­shi, lo­Ji­di­la­fi, lo­Be­thu­we­li,

23 uBe­thu­we­liq wa­se­za­la uRe­be­kar; la­ba aba­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uMi­lka wa­ba­za­le­la uNa­ho­ri, umfo­wa­bo kaA­bra­ha­ma.

24 Lo­mfa­zi wa­khe omnca­ne obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Re­wu­ma, la­ye wa­za­la uTe­ba lo­Ga­ha­ma lo­Ta­ha­shi lo­Ma­ha­ka.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Sa­ra; uA­bra­ha­ma uthe­nga ingcwa­ba

23Nja­lo impi­lo ka­Sa­ra ya­yi­yi­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa; yi­yo imi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ka­Sa­ra.

2 USa­ra wa­se­fe­la eKi­ri­ya­thi-A­rbaa oku­yi­He­bro­nib eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni. UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­za uku­mkha­le­la uSa­ra lo­ku­mli­le­la.

3 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­su­ku­ma ebu­swe­ni bo­fi­le­yo wa­khe, wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi, esi­thi:

4 Ngi­ngo­we­zi­zwe lo­we­mzi­nic ngi­la­ni; ngi­ni­ka­ni inda­wo ya­mi yo­ku­ngcwa­be­lad pha­ka­thi kwe­nu uku­ze ngi­mngcwa­be ofi­le­yo wa­mi ngi­msu­se pha­mbi kwa­mi.

5 Ama­do­da­na ka­He­thi ase­mphe­ndu­la uA­bra­ha­ma, athi ku­ye:

6 Si­zwe, nko­si ya­mi! Uyi­si­khu­lu esi­la­ma­ndla1 pha­ka­thi kwe­thu; ngcwa­ba ofi­le­yo wa­kho kwe­li­hle la­ma­ngcwa­ba ethu; ka­kho pha­ka­thi kwe­thu oza­ku­go­dle­la ingcwa­ba la­khe uku­thi unga­mngcwa­bi ofi­le­yo wa­kho.

7 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­kho­tha­me­la aba­ntu ba­le­lo­li­zwe, pha­mbi kwa­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi.

8 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma la­bo esi­thi: Uba ku­nge­nta­ndo ye­nu uku­thi ngi­mngcwa­be ofi­le­yo wa­mi ngi­msu­se pha­mbi kwa­mi, ngi­zwe­ni, li­ngi­nce­nge­le kuE­fro­ni indo­da­na ka­Zo­ha­ri

9 uku­ze angi­ni­ke ubha­lu lwe­Ma­ka­phe­la ala­lo, olu­se­mngce­le­ni we­si­qi­nti sa­khe, angi­phe lo­na nge­ma­li egcwe­le­yo, lu­be yi­nda­wo ya­mi yo­ku­ngcwa­be­la pha­ka­thi kwe­nu.

10 UE­fro­ni wa­ye­hle­zi-ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi, nja­lo uE­fro­ni umHe­thi wa­mphe­ndu­la uA­bra­ha­ma endle­be­ni za­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi, le­za­bo bo­nke aba­nge­na esa­ngwe­nie lo­mu­zi wa­khe, esi­thi:

11 Ha­tshif, nko­si ya­mi, ngi­zwe; isi­qi­nti ngi­ya­ku­ni­ka, lo­bha­lu olu­ku­so ngi­ya­ku­ni­ka; pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ama­do­da­na aba­ntu ba­mi ngi­ya­ku­ni­ka lo­na; ngcwa­ba ofi­le­yo wa­kho.

12 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­kho­tha­me­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­le­lo­li­zwe.

13 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma kuE­fro­ni endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu be­li­zwe esi­thi: Ko­dwa nxa ku­ngu­we, ake ungi­la­le­le; ngi­za­ni­ka ima­li ye­si­qi­nti; ye­mu­ke­le ki­mi, be­se­ngi­ngcwa­ba ofi­le­yo wa­mi kho­na.

14 UE­fro­ni wa­se­mphe­ndu­la uA­bra­ha­ma esi­thi ku­ye:

15 Nko­si ya­mi, ngi­zwe; isi­qi­nti sa­ma­she­ke­lig esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, si­yi­ni pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we? Nga­kho ngcwa­ba ofi­le­yo wa­kho.

16 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­mla­le­la uE­fro­ni; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­mli­nga­ni­se­lah uE­fro­ni isi­li­va aye­khu­lu­me nga­so endle­be­ni za­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi, ama­she­ke­li esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne avu­nywa ku­mthe­ngi­si.

17 Nga­kho isi­qi­nti si­kaE­fro­nii esi­se­Ma­ka­phe­la esa­si­qo­nda­ne le­Ma­mre, isi­qi­nti lo­bha­lu olu­ku­so, la­zo zo­nke izi­hla­hla ezi­se­si­qi­nti­ni le­zi­zi­nge­le­ze­le umngce­le wa­so, kwa­qi­ni­se­kaj

18 kuA­bra­ha­ma ku­be yi­mpa­hla pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ama­do­da­na ka­He­thi pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke aba­nge­na esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi wa­khe.

19 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho uA­bra­ha­ma wa­mngcwa­ba uSa­ra umka­khe obha­lwi­ni lwe­si­qi­nti se­Ma­ka­phe­la ma­qo­nda­na le­Ma­mre, oku­yi­He­bro­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

20 Isi­qi­nti lo­bha­lu olu­ku­so kwa­qi­ni­se­ka kuA­bra­ha­ma ku­be yi­nda­wo ya­khe yo­ku­ngcwa­be­la ku­ve­la ku­ma­do­da­na ka­He­thi.

UI­sa­ka uga­nwa ngu­Re­be­ka

24UA­bra­ha­ma wa­ye­se­mda­la ese­le­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi1; le­Nko­si ya­yi­mbu­si­si­le ku­kho ko­nkea.

2 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe, enda­la ye­ndlu ya­kheb, ebu­sa phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke ala­khoc: Ake ube­ke isa­ndla sa­kho nga­pha­nsi kwe­tha­nga­zi la­mid,

3 uku­ze ngi­ku­fu­ngi­see nge­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­mhla­ba, uku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­yi­tha­the­la indo­da­na ya­mi umfa­zi ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ama­Kha­na­nif, engi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­wo;

4 ko­dwa uza­ku­yag eli­zwe­ni la­ki­thi le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­mih, uyi­tha­the­le umfa­zi indo­da­na ya­mi uI­sa­ka.

5 Ince­ku ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Mhla­wu­mbe owe­si­fa­za­na anga­fu­ni uku­ngi­la­nde­la ku­le­li­li­zwe, ngi­nga­yi­bu­yi­se­la lo­ku­yi­bu­yi­se­la yi­ni indo­da­na ya­kho eli­zwe­ni owa­phu­ma ku­lo?

6 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Qa­phe­la uku­thi unga­yi­bu­yi­se­li kho­na indo­da­na ya­mi.

7 INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, eya­ngi­tha­tha endli­ni ka­ba­bai le­li­zwe­ni lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­mi, eya­khu­lu­ma ki­mi, eya­fu­nga ki­mi isi­thi: Ngi­za­li­ni­ka inza­lo ya­kho le­li­li­zwej; yo­na iza­thu­ma ingi­lo­si ya­yo pha­mbi kwa­khok, uku­ze uyi­tha­the­le kho­na umfa­zi indo­da­na ya­mi.

8 Ko­dwa uba owe­si­fa­za­na enga­fu­ni uku­ku­la­nde­la, uza­ku­ba ukhu­lu­le­ki­le ku­le­si­si­fu­ngo sa­mil; ku­phe­la unga­yi­bu­yi­se­li indo­da­na ya­mi kho­na.

9 Ince­ku ya­si­be­ka isa­ndla sa­yo nga­pha­nsi kwe­tha­nga­zi li­kaA­bra­ha­mam inko­si ya­yo, ya­fu­nga ku­ye nga­lo­lu­da­ba.

10 Nja­lo ince­ku ya­si­tha­tha ama­ka­me­lan ali­tshu­mi ku­wo ama­ka­me­la enko­si ya­yo, ya­ha­mba, la­kho ko­nke oku­hle kwe­nko­si ya­yo kwa­ku­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­yo, ya­si­su­ku­ma ya­ya eMe­so­po­ta­mi­ya emzi­ni ka­Na­ho­rio.

11 Ya­si­gu­qi­sa ama­ka­me­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi nge­si­kha­thi sa­nta­mba­ma, nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­phu­ma kwa­ba­khip ba­ma­nzi be­si­fa­za­na.

12 Ya­si­si­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nko­si ya­mi uA­bra­ha­maq, ake ungi­phu­me­le­li­se la­mu­hla, uye­nze­le umu­sa inko­si ya­mi uA­bra­ha­mar.

13 Kha­nge­la, ngi­mi emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzis, ku­phu­ma ama­do­da­ka­zi ama­do­da omu­zi uku­kha ama­nzit.

14 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi into­mba­za­na engi­za­ku­thi ku­yo: Ake ukho­tha­mi­se imbi­za ya­kho uku­ze ngi­na­the, ibi­si­si­thi: Na­tha, la­ma­ka­me­la akho ngi­za­wa­na­thi­sa; yi­yo oyi­mi­se­le ince­ku ya­kho uI­sa­ka; nga­lo­kho-ke ngi­za­kwa­ziu uku­thi uye­nze­le umu­sa inko­si ya­mi.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inga­ka­qe­di uku­khu­lu­ma, kha­nge­la-ke, uRe­be­ka wa­phu­ma, owa­za­le­lwa uBe­thu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Mi­lkav, umka­Na­ho­ri umfo­wa­bo kaA­bra­ha­ma, nja­lo ele­mbi­za ehlo­mbe la­khe.

16 Nja­lo inka­za­na ya­yi­kha­nge­le­ka ku­hle ka­khu­luw, into­mbi emsu­lwa, oku­nge­la­ndo­da eya­zi­yo; ya­si­se­hle­la emtho­nje­ni, ya­gcwa­li­sa imbi­za ya­yo, ye­nyu­ka.

17 Ince­ku ya­si­gi­ji­ma uku­yi­hla­nga­be­za ya­thi: Ake ungi­na­thi­se ama­nzi ama­lu­tshwa­na embi­ze­ni ya­kho.

18 Ya­si­si­thi: Na­tha, nko­si ya­mi. Ya­pha­ngi­sa ye­hli­se­la imbi­za ya­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yo, ya­yi­na­thi­sa.

19 Isi­qe­di­le uku­yi­na­thi­sa ya­thi: Ngi­za­khe­le­la la­ma­ka­me­la akho aze aqe­de uku­na­tha.

20 Ya­si­pha­ngi­sa ya­thu­lu­le­la isi­gxi­ngi sa­yo emko­lwe­ni wo­ku­na­the­la, ya­bu­ya ya­gi­ji­me­la emtho­nje­ni uku­ya­ku­kha, ya­khe­le­le­la ama­ka­me­la ayo wo­nke.

21 Indo­da ya­si­yi­kha­nge­li­si­sa ithu­le uku­ze ya­zi uku­thi iNko­si iyi­phu­me­le­li­si­le indle­la ya­yo ku­mbe ha­tshix.

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ama­ka­me­la ese­qe­di­le uku­na­tha, indo­da ya­si­tha­tha ici­ci le­go­li­de, osi­si­ndo sa­lo sa­si­yi­ngxe­nye ye­she­ke­li*, la­ma­so­ngo ama­bi­li eza­ndle­ni za­yo, isi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­ba nga­mashe­ke­li ali­tshu­mi ego­li­de.

23 Ya­si­si­thi: Uyi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­ba­ni? Ake utsho. Ku­kho­na inda­wo ye­thu yi­ni endli­ni ka­yi­hlo uku­thi si­la­le?

24 Ya­si­si­thi ku­yo: Ngi­yi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Be­thu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Mi­lka owa­yi­za­le­la uNa­ho­riy.

25 Ya­thi ku­yo fu­thi: Si­la­kho ko­nke ama­hla­nga lo­ku­dla kwe­zi­nya­ma­za­na oku­ne­ngi, le­nda­wo yo­ku­la­la.

26 Indo­da ya­si­kho­tha­maz, ya­kho­nza iNko­si,

27 ya­si­si­thi: Ibu­si­si­we iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nko­si ya­mi uA­bra­ha­ma, enga­ye­ke­la­nga umu­sa wa­yo lo­bu­qo­tho ba­yoa enko­si­ni ya­mi; mi­na-ke, ngi­se­ndle­le­ni, iNko­si ingi­kho­khe­le­le endli­ni ya­ba­fo­wa­bo be­nko­si ya­mib.

28 Into­mbi ya­si­gi­ji­ma, ya­zi­sa indlu ka­ni­na inda­ba ezi­nje.

29 Nja­lo uRe­be­ka wa­ye­lo­mne­wa­bo obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­La­ba­nic; uLa­ba­ni wa­se­gi­ji­me­la pha­ndle endo­de­ni emtho­nje­ni.

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­bo­ni­le ici­ci la­ma­so­ngo eza­ndle­ni zi­ka­da­de­wa­bo, ese­zwi­le ama­zwi ka­Re­be­ka uda­de­wa­bo oku­thi: Itsho nja­lo indo­da ki­mi; wa­se­si­ya endo­de­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, ya­yi­mi nga­se­ma­ka­me­le­ni emtho­nje­ni.

31 Wa­se­si­thi: Nge­na we­na obu­si­si­we­yo we­Nko­sid; ume­le­ni nga­pha­ndle? Ngo­ba mi­na se­ngi­lu­ngi­si­le indlu le­nda­wo ya­ma­ka­me­la.

32 Indo­da ya­si­si­za endli­ni, ya­khu­lu­la ama­ka­me­la, wa­se­ni­ka ama­ka­me­la ama­hla­nga lo­ku­dla kwe­nya­ma­za­nae, la­ma­nzi oku­ge­za inya­wo za­yo le­nya­wo za­ma­do­da aye­la­yof.

33 Kwa­se­ku­be­kwa uku­dla pha­mbi kwa­yo; ko­dwa ya­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­dla ngi­ze ngi­khu­lu­me inda­ba za­mi. Wa­se­si­thi: Khu­lu­ma.

34 Ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­yi­nce­ku kaA­bra­ha­ma.

35 Fu­thi iNko­si iyi­bu­si­si­le ka­khu­lu inko­si ya­mig, ya­ze ya­ba nku­lu. Ya­yi­ni­ka izi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo, le­si­li­va le­go­li­de, le­zi­nce­ku le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi, la­ma­ka­me­la la­bo­ba­bhe­mi.

36 Nja­lo uSa­ra inko­si­ka­zi ye­nko­si ya­mi uyi­za­le­le inko­si ya­mi indo­da­na emva ko­ku­ba ese­mda­lah; ya­si­yi­ni­ka ko­nke ela­khoi.

37 Inko­si ya­mi ya­si­ngi­fu­ngi­saj isi­thi: Unga­yi­tha­the­li indo­da­na ya­mi umfa­zi ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­Kha­na­ni, engi­hla­la eli­zwe­ni la­wo;

38 ko­dwa uza­ku­ya endli­ni ka­ba­ba le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­mik, ubu­su­yi­tha­the­la indo­da­na ya­mi umfa­zi.

39 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­mi: Mhla­wu­mbe owe­si­fa­za­na ka­yi­ku­ngi­la­nde­lal.

40 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: INko­sim, engi­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­yon, iza­thu­ma ingi­lo­si ya­yo la­we, iza­phu­me­le­li­sa indle­la ya­khoo, nja­lo uza­yi­tha­the­la indo­da­na ya­mi umfa­zi ezi­hlo­tshe­ni za­mi le­ndli­ni ka­ba­ba.

41 Emva kwa­lo­kho uza­khu­lu­le­ka esi­fu­ngwe­ni sa­mip uba uye ezi­hlo­tshe­ni za­mi nja­lo uba be­nga­ku­ni­ki ye­na, uza­khu­lu­le­ka-ke esi­fu­ngwe­ni sa­mi.

42 Ku­the ngi­fi­ka emtho­nje­ni la­mu­hla, nga­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nko­si ya­mi uA­bra­ha­maq, uba-ke uphu­me­le­li­sa indle­la ya­mi, engi­ha­mba nga­yor;

43 kha­nge­la, ngi­mi emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzis; nja­lo ka­ku­thi into­mbi eza­phu­ma uku­kha le­ngi­za­ku­thi ku­yo: Ake ungi­na­thi­se ama­nzi ama­lu­tshwa­na esi­gxi­ngi­ni sa­kho;

44 ibi­si­si­thi ki­mi: Na­tha la­we, fu­thi ngi­za­khe­le­le­la la­ma­ka­me­la akhot; ka­yi­be ngu­ye owe­si­fa­za­na iNko­si emmi­se­le indo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­miu.

45 Ngi­nga­ka­qe­di uku­khu­lu­ma enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­miv, kha­nge­la-ke, uRe­be­ka wa­phu­ma le­si­gxi­ngi si­se­hlo­mbe la­khe; we­hle­la emtho­nje­ni, wa­kha. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye: Aku­ngi­na­thi­se.

46 Wa­se­pha­ngi­sa, we­thu­la isi­gxi­ngi ku­yew wa­thi: Na­tha, fu­thi ngi­za­na­thi­sa la­ma­ka­me­la akho. Nga­se­ngi­na­tha, wa­se­na­thi­sa la­ma­ka­me­la.

47 Nga­se­ngi­mbu­za nga­thi: Uyi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­ba­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Indo­da­ka­zi ka­Be­thu­we­li, indo­da­na ka­Na­ho­ri uMi­lka amza­le­la yo­na; nga­se­ngi­fa­ka ici­ci ema­kha­le­ni akhe la­ma­so­ngo eza­ndle­ni za­khe.

48 Nga­se­ngi­kho­tha­max, nga­kho­nza iNko­si, nga­bu­si­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nko­si ya­mi uA­bra­ha­ma, engi­kho­khe­le endle­le­ni elu­ngi­le­yo uku­thi indo­da­ka­zi yo­mfo­wa­bo we­nko­si ya­mi ngi­yi­tha­the­le indo­da­na ya­yoy.

49 Kha­the­si-ke uba li­za­ye­nze­la inko­si ya­mi umu­sa lo­bu­qo­thoz, ngi­tshe­la­ni; uba-ke ku­nge­nja­lo, ngi­tshe­la­ni, uku­ze ngi­phe­ndu­ke­le nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo.

50 Kho­na oLa­ba­ni lo­Be­thu­we­li ba­phe­ndu­la, ba­thi: Le into ive­la eNko­si­ni; ka­si­la­ku­tsho lu­tho ku­we, olu­bi ku­mbe olu­hlea.

51 Kha­nge­la, uRe­be­ka upha­mbi kwa­kho; mtha­the uha­mbe, uku­ze abe ngu­mka­ndo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­kho, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­leb.

52 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ince­ku kaA­bra­ha­ma isi­zwi­le ama­zwi abo ya­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sic.

53 Ince­ku ya­si­khu­pha imi­ce­ci­so2 ye­si­li­va, le­mi­ce­ci­so ye­go­li­de, le­ze­mba­tho, ya­ku­ni­ka uRe­be­ka, ya­ba­ni­ka lo­mne­wa­bo lo­ni­na impa­hla ezi­li­gu­gud.

54 Ba­se­be­si­dla ba­na­tha, yo­na la­ma­do­da aye­la­yo, ba­la­la; ba­vu­ka eku­se­ni, ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­ye­ke­la­ni ngi­ye enko­si­ni ya­mie.

55 Ko­dwa umne­wa­bo lo­ni­na ba­thi: Ka­yi­hla­le la­thi into­mba­za­na izi­nsu­ku lo­ba ezi­li­tshu­mi, emva kwa­lo­kho uha­mbe.

56 Ya­si­si­thi ku­bo: Li­nga­ngi­ba­mbe­le­li, lo­khu iNko­si iphu­me­le­li­si­le indle­la ya­mi; ngi­ye­ke­la­ni ngi­ha­mbe uku­ze ngi­ye enko­si­ni ya­mi.

57 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Asi­yi­bi­ze into­mbi, si­zwe emlo­nye­ni wa­yo.

58 Ba­se­be­mbi­za uRe­be­ka, ba­thi ku­ye: Uza­ha­mba la­li­ndo­da yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­ha­mba.

59 Ba­se­be­mye­ke­la eha­mba uRe­be­ka uda­de­wa­bo lo­mli­za­ne wa­khef, le­nce­ku kaA­bra­ha­ma la­ma­do­da ayo.

60 Ba­se­be­mbu­si­sa uRe­be­ka, ba­thi ku­ye: We­na da­de­we­thu, wo­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­gi­dig, le­nza­lo ya­kho ibe ngu­mni­ka­zi we­sa­ngo la­ba­yi­zo­nda­yoh!

61 URe­be­ka wa­se­su­ku­ma la­ma­nto­mba­za­na akhe, ba­ga­da ama­ka­me­la, ba­la­nde­la indo­da; ince­ku ya­si­mtha­tha uRe­be­ka, ya­ha­mba.

62 UI­sa­ka wa­se­fi­ka la­pho aba­ve­le­la kho­na emtho­nje­ni iLa­ha­yi-Ro­yii, nja­lo wa­ye­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­ni­ngi­zi­mu.

63 UI­sa­ka wa­se­phu­ma uku­ya­zi­ndlaj3 ensi­mi­ni se­ku­nta­mba­ma; wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, ama­ka­me­la aye­si­za.

64 Lo­Re­be­ka wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe; ese­mbo­ni­le uI­sa­ka wa­zi­wi­sa eka­me­lwe­nik.

65 Wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni: Ngu­ba­ni li­ndo­da eha­mba ema­si­mi­ni uku­si­hla­nga­be­za? Ince­ku ya­si­si­thi: Yi­nko­si ya­mi. Wa­se­tha­tha isi­mbo­mbo­zo, wa­zi­gu­bu­ze­la.

66 Ince­ku ya­si­la­ndi­sa kuI­sa­ka zo­nke inda­ba eze­nzi­le­yo.

67 UI­sa­ka wa­se­mnge­ni­sa ethe­nte­ni li­ka­Sa­ra uni­na, wa­mtha­tha uRe­be­ka, wa­ba ngu­mka­khe, wa­mtha­nda. UI­sa­ka wa­se­du­du­zwal emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­ni­nam.

Ama­do­da­na kaA­bra­ha­ma ku­Ke­tu­ra; uku­fa ku­kaA­bra­ha­ma

25UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­bu­ya wa­tha­tha umfa­zi, le­bi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Ke­tu­ra.

2 Wa­se­mza­le­la uZi­mra­ni lo­Jo­ki­sha­ni lo­Me­da­ni lo­Mi­di­ya­ni loI­shi­ba­ki lo­Shu­waa.

3 UJo­ki­sha­ni wa­se­za­la uShe­bha lo­De­da­ni. La­ma­do­da­na ka­De­da­ni aye­nga­maA­shu­ri la­ma­Le­tu­shi la­ma­Le­wu­mi.

4 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Mi­di­ya­ni aye­ngoE­fa loE­fe­ri lo­Ha­no­ki loA­bi­da loE­li­da­ha. Wo­nke la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ke­tu­ra.

5 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­mu­pha uI­sa­ka ko­nke aye­la­khob.

6 Ko­dwa ku­ma­do­da­na aba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne uA­bra­ha­ma aye­la­bo uA­bra­ha­ma wa­wa­ni­ka izi­pho; wa­wa­su­sa kuI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khec, esa­phi­la, wa­wa­thu­ma empu­ma­la­nga eli­zwe­ni le­mpu­ma­la­ngad.

7 La­le­zi zi­nsu­ku ze­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma ayi­phi­la­yo, imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nu.

8 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­phe­la, wa­fa ese­lu­phe­le ku­hle emda­la ene­lee, wa­bu­the­lwa ezi­zwe­ni za­ki­bof.

9 UI­sa­ka loI­shma­ye­li ama­do­da­na akhe ba­se­be­mngcwa­bag obha­lwi­ni lwe­Ma­ka­phe­la, esi­qi­nti­ni si­kaE­fro­ni indo­da­na ka­Zo­ha­ri umHe­thi, esi­qo­nde­ne le­Ma­mre,

10 isi­qi­nti uA­bra­ha­ma asi­the­nga eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ka­He­thih; la­pho uA­bra­ha­ma wa­ngcwa­tshwa lo­Sa­ra umka­khei.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­fa ku­kaA­bra­ha­ma, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mbu­si­sa uI­sa­ka indo­da­na ya­khe; uI­sa­ka wa­se­hla­la emtho­nje­ni iLa­ha­yi-Ro­yij.

Inza­lo kaI­shma­ye­li

12 La­le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na kaA­bra­ha­ma, uHa­ga­ri umGi­bhi­the­ka­zi, ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Sa­ra, amza­le­la uA­bra­ha­mak.

13 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na kaI­shma­ye­lil nga­ma­bi­zo awo nje­ngo­ku­za­lwa kwa­wo; izi­bu­lo li­kaI­shma­ye­li ngu­Ne­ba­yo­thi, lo­Ke­da­ri loA­di­be­li lo­Mi­bi­sa­ma

14 lo­Mi­shi­ma lo­Du­ma lo­Ma­sa,

15 uHa­da­di lo­Te­ma, uJe­tu­ri, uNa­fi­shi lo­Ke­de­ma;

16 la nga­ma­do­da­na kaI­shma­ye­li, nja­lo la nga­ma­bi­zo awo nge­mi­za­na ya­wo la­nge­zi­nqa­ba za­wo, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lim nge­zi­zwe za­wo.

17 Nja­lo le yi­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo kaI­shma­ye­li, imi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa; wa­se­phe­la, wa­fa, wa­bu­the­lwa eba­ntwi­ni ba­ki­bon.

18 Ba­se­be­hla­la ku­su­ke­la eHa­vi­lao ku­si­ya eShu­rip epha­mbi kwe­Gi­bhi­the, eku­ha­mbe­ni usi­ya eA­si­ri­ya; wa­hla­la1 pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­ba­fo­wa­bo bo­nke.

Uku­za­lwa ku­kaE­sa­wu lo­Ja­ko­be

19 La­le­zi yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaI­sa­ka indo­da­na kaA­bra­ha­ma; uA­bra­ha­ma wa­za­la uI­sa­kaq.

20 UI­sa­ka wa­ye­se­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne mhla etha­tha uRe­be­ka, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Be­thu­we­lir umSi­ri­ya we­Pa­da­ni-A­ra­mas, uda­de­wa­bo ka­La­ba­nit umSi­ri­ya, uku­ba ngu­mka­khe.

21 UI­sa­ka wa­se­mnce­nge­la umka­khe eNko­si­ni, ngo­ba wa­ye­yi­nyu­mba; iNko­si ya­si­nce­nge­ka nga­yeu, kwa­ze kwa­thi uRe­be­ka umka­khe wa­tha­tha isi­su.

22 Aba­ntwa­na ba­be­du­ba­na-ke nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khe; wa­se­si­thi: Uba ku­nja­lo, ku­nga­ni ngi­nje? Wa­se­si­ya­bu­zav iNko­si.

23 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Izi­zwe ezi­mbi­li zi­se­si­za­lwe­ni sa­khow, izi­zwe ezi­mbi­li zi­za­kwe­hlu­ka­na emi­bi­li­ni ya­kho. Nja­lo esi­nye isi­zwe si­za­ku­ba la­ma­ndla ku­le­si­nye isi­zwe, fu­thi omkhu­lu uza­kho­nza omnci­nya­nex.

24 Kwa­thi se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le insu­ku za­khe zo­ku­be­le­tha, kha­nge­la-ke, ama­pha­hla esi­swi­ni sa­khe.

25 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma owo­ku­qa­la ebo­mva­na, ye­na wo­nke enje­nge­se­mba­tho so­bo­yay; nga­kho ba­mu­tha ibi­zo la­khe ba­thi nguE­sa­wu.

26 Nja­lo emva kwa­lo­kho kwa­phu­ma umfo­wa­bo, le­sa­ndla sa­khe si­ba­mbe­le­le esi­the­nde­ni si­kaE­sa­wuz; ba­se­be­bi­za ibi­zo la­khe uJa­ko­bea. LoI­sa­ka wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha eku­za­lwe­ni kwa­bo.

27 Aba­fa­na ba­se­be­khu­la; uE­sa­wu wa­se­si­ba ngu­mzi­nge­li ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yob, umu­ntu we­ga­nga; lo­Ja­ko­be umu­ntu obe­ke­ki­le­yoc ehla­la ema­the­nte­nid.

28 Nja­lo uI­sa­ka wa­ye­mtha­nda uE­sa­wu ngo­ba wa­dla2 inya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­nae ya­khe; ko­dwa uRe­be­ka wa­tha­nda uJa­ko­bef.

29 Kwa­thi uJa­ko­be ese­phe­ki­le uku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yo, kwa­se­ku­fi­ka uE­sa­wu eve­la ega­nge­ni, ekha­the­le.

30 UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Ake ungi­vu­me­le ngi­gi­nye ko­ku­bo­mvu lo­kho oku­bo­mvu, ngo­ba ngi­kha­the­le. Nga­lo­khu ba­bi­za ibi­zo la­khe ngo­ku­thi uE­do­ma3.

31 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­the­ngi­se­la la­mu­hla ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo ba­kho.

32 UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, se­ngi­za­ku­fa; nja­lo li­yi­ni ki­mi ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo?

33 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi: Fu­nga ki­mi la­mu­hla. Wa­se­fu­nga ku­ye, wa­the­ngi­sa ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo ba­khe ku­Ja­ko­beg.

34 UJa­ko­be wa­se­ni­ka uE­sa­wu isi­nkwa lo­ku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yo kwa­ma­le­nti­li; wa­se­si­dla wa­na­tha, wa­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba; nga­lo­kho uE­sa­wu wa­de­le­la ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo ba­kheh.

UI­sa­ka use­Ge­ra­ri le­Bhe­ri­she­bha

26Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na indla­la eli­zwe­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­ndla­la ya­ku­qa­la eya­yi­kho­na ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­bra­ha­maa. UI­sa­ka wa­se­si­ya kuA­bhi­me­le­kib inko­si ya­ma­Fi­li­stic, eGe­ra­ri.

2 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye, ya­thi: Unge­hle­li eGi­bhi­the, hla­la eli­zwe­ni engi­za­ku­tshe­la lo­nad;

3 hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe ku­le­li­li­zwee, fu­thi ngi­za­ku­ba la­wef ngi­ku­bu­si­seg; ngo­ba ngi­za­ni­ka we­na le­nza­lo ya­kho wo­nke la­ma­zweh, ngi­qi­ni­se isi­fu­ngo enga­si­fu­nga kuA­bra­ha­ma uyi­hloi.

4 Ngi­za­kwa­ndi­sa inza­lo ya­kho nje­nge­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­luj, ngi­za­ni­ka inza­lo ya­kho la­ma­zwe wo­nke; le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho zi­za­bu­si­swa izi­zwe zo­nke zo­mhla­bak;

5 nga­lo­khu uku­thi uA­bra­ha­ma wa­la­le­la ili­zwi la­mil, wa­gci­na uku­la­ya kwa­mi, imi­la­yo ya­mi, izi­mi­so za­mi le­mi­the­tho ya­mi.

6 UI­sa­ka wa­hla­la-ke eGe­ra­ri.

7 Ama­do­da ale­yo­nda­wo ase­bu­za ngo­mka­khe. Wa­se­si­thi: Ungu­da­de­we­thu; ngo­ba we­sa­ba uku­thi: Umka­mim. Hle­zi ama­do­da ale­yo­nda­wo angi­bu­la­le nge­nxa ka­Re­be­ka, ngo­ba wa­ye­kha­nge­le­ka ku­hlen.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­hla­le kho­na isi­kha­thi esi­de, uA­bhi­me­le­ki inko­si ya­ma­Fi­li­sti wa­lu­ngu­za pha­nsi nge­wi­ndi, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, uI­sa­ka wa­ye­dla­la lo­Re­be­ka umka­khe.

9 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­mbi­za uI­sa­ka, wa­thi: Isi­bi­li, kha­nge­la, ungu­mka­kho; utsho nga­ni uku­thi: Ungu­da­de­we­thu? UI­sa­ka wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngo­ba nga­thi, hle­zi ngi­fe nge­nxa ya­khe.

10 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu okwe­nze ki­thi? Be­ku­lu­la uku­thi omu­nye wa­ba­ntu ala­le lo­mka­kho; ubu­su­si­be­ka ica­lao.

11 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­la­ya wo­nke umu­ntu, esi­thi: Othi­nta li­ndo­da lo­mka­yo uza­bu­la­wa isi­bi­li.

12 UI­sa­ka wa­se­hla­nye­la ku­le­lo­li­zwe, wa­tho­la nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka oku­phi­ndwe ka­li­khu­lu; iNko­si ya­si­mbu­si­sap.

13 Lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­ba mkhu­lu, wa­qhu­be­qhu­be­ka wa­ba mkhu­lu wa­ze wa­ba mkhu­lu ka­khu­lu.

14 Nja­lo wa­ye­le­mfu­yo ye­zi­mvu le­mfu­yo ye­zi­nko­mo le­nce­ku ezi­ne­ngi; nga­kho ama­Fi­li­sti aba lo­mha­wu nga­yeq.

15 Le­mi­tho­mbo yo­nke izi­nce­ku zi­ka­yi­se eza­zi­yi­ge­bhi­ler ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­bra­ha­ma uyi­se, ama­Fi­li­sti aye­yi­va­li­le, ayi­gcwa­li­sa nge­nhla­ba­thi.

16 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­thi kuI­sa­ka: Su­ka ki­thi, ngo­ba ula­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu ku­la­this.

17 UI­sa­ka wa­se­su­ka la­pho, wa­mi­sa inka­mba esi­go­di­ni se­Ge­ra­ri, wa­hla­la kho­na.

18 UI­sa­ka wa­bu­ya wa­pha­nda imi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzi aba­be­yi­ge­bhi­le ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­bra­ha­ma uyi­se, ngo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti aye­yi­va­li­le emva ko­ku­fa ku­kaA­bra­ha­ma. Wa­yi­bi­za ama­bi­zo nga­ma­bi­zo uyi­se aye­wa­bi­zi­let.

19 Izi­nce­ku zi­kaI­sa­ka za­se­zi­ge­bha esi­ho­tshe­ni, za­tho­la kho­na umtho­mbo wa­ma­nzi ago­bho­za­yo1.

20 Nja­lo abe­lu­si be­Ge­ra­ri ba­ba­ngi­sa­na la­be­lu­si ba­kaI­sa­ka, be­si­thi: Ama­nzi nga­we­thuu. Nga­kho wa­bi­za ibi­zo lo­mtho­mbo iE­se­ki2, ngo­ba ba­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye.

21 Za­se­zi­ge­bha omu­nye umtho­mbo, la­lo­wo-ke ba­wu­ba­nga. Wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo la­wo iSi­ti­na3.

22 Wa­se­qhu­be­ka wa­su­ka la­pho, wa­ge­bha omu­nye umtho­mbo, ko­dwa lo­wo ka­ba­wu­ba­nga­nga. Wa­se­wu­bi­za ibi­zo la­wo iRe­ho­bo­thi4, wa­thi: Ngo­ba iNko­si isi­se­nze­le inda­wo, fu­thi si­za­ku­ba le­si­the­lo eli­zwe­niv.

23 Wa­se­se­nyu­ka la­pho wa­ya eBhe­ri­she­bha.

24 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku ya­thi: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma uyi­hlow. Unge­sa­bix ngo­ba ngi­la­wey, ngi­za­ku­bu­si­sa ngi­ya­ndi­se inza­lo ya­kho nge­nxa kaA­bra­ha­ma ince­ku ya­mi.

25 Wa­se­sa­kha kho­na ila­thiz, wa­bi­za ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si, wa­mi­sa kho­na ithe­nte la­khe, le­nce­ku zi­kaI­sa­ka za­ge­bha kho­na umtho­mbo.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­kaI­sa­ka loA­bhi­me­le­ki

26 UA­bhi­me­le­ki wa­se­si­ya ku­ye eve­la eGe­ra­ri loA­hu­za­thi umnga­ne wa­khe lo­Fi­ko­lia indu­na ye­bu­tho la­khe.

27 UI­sa­ka wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­ze­le­ni ki­mi, lo­khu li­ya­ngi­zo­nda, li­ngi­xo­tshi­le ki­nib?

28 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Se­si­bo­ni­le lo­ku­bo­na uku­thi iNko­si ila­we. Nga­kho sa­thi: Ake ku­be kho­na isi­fu­ngo pha­ka­thi kwe­thu, pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­we, ase­nze isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­wec,

29 so­ku­thi5 unga­se­nze­li oku­bi, nje­ngo­ba si­nga­ku­thi­nta­nga, nje­ngo­ba si­kwe­nze­le oku­hle ku­phe­la, sa­ku­ye­ke­la wa­ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la; we­na kha­the­si ungo­bu­si­si­we­yo we­Nko­sid.

30 Wa­se­be­nze­la idi­li, ba­se­be­si­dla ba­na­thae.

31 Ba­se­be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ba­fu­ngi­sa­na omu­nye ko­mu­nyef; uI­sa­ka wa­se­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba, ba­su­ka ku­ye ngo­ku­thu­la.

32 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku izi­nce­ku zi­kaI­sa­ka za­fi­ka, za­mbi­ke­la ma­ye­la­na lo­mtho­mbo eza­zi­wu­ge­bhi­le, za­thi ku­ye: Si­tho­le ama­nzi.

33 Wa­wu­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­She­bha6; nga­kho ibi­zo lo­mu­zi li­yi­Bhe­ri­she­bhag7 ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

34 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uE­sa­wu ese­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne wa­tha­tha umfa­zi uJu­di­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Be­ri umHe­thi, lo­Ba­se­ma­thi indo­da­ka­zi kaE­lo­ni umHe­thih.

35 La­la­ba ba­ba lu­si­zi8 lwa­wo umo­ya kuI­sa­ka lo­Re­be­kai.

UJa­ko­be uzi­zu­ze­la isi­bu­si­so kuI­sa­ka

27Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uI­sa­ka ese­mda­la la­me­hlo akhe ese­fi­phe­le engasa­bo­nia, wa­bi­za uE­sa­wu indo­da­na ya­khe enku­lu, wa­thi ku­ye: Ndo­da­na ya­mi! Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

2 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke, se­ngi­mda­la, angi­lwa­zi usu­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­mi.

3 Nga­kho kha­the­si, ake utha­the izi­kha­li za­kho, isi­khwa­ma sa­kho se­mi­tsho­ko le­da­ndi­li la­kho, uphu­me uye ega­nge­ni ungi­zi­nge­le­le inya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­nab,

4 ungi­lu­ngi­se­le uku­dla oku­mna­ndi nje­nge­ngi­ku­tha­nda­yo, uku­le­the ki­mi uku­thi ngi­dle, uku­ze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­bu­si­se ngi­nga­ka­fic.

5 URe­be­ka wa­se­si­zwa la­pho uI­sa­ka ekhu­lu­ma loE­sa­wu indo­da­na ya­khe. UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­ya ega­nge­ni uku­ya­zi­nge­la inya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na uku­ze ayi­le­the.

6 URe­be­ka wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Ja­ko­be indo­da­na ya­khe, esi­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­zwi­le uyi­hlo ekhu­lu­ma kuE­sa­wu umne­we­nu, esi­thi:

7 Ngi­le­the­la inya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na, ungi­lu­ngi­se­le uku­dla oku­mna­ndi uku­thi ngi­dle, ngi­ku­bu­si­se pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ngi­nga­ka­fi.

8 Nga­kho kha­the­si, ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­le­la ili­zwi la­mi ku­lo­khu engi­ku­la­ya kho­nad.

9 Ake uye emhla­nji­ni, ungi­tha­the­le la­pho ama­zi­nya­ne ama­bi­li ama­hle ezi­mbu­zi, ngi­za­we­nze­la uyi­hlo uku­dla oku­mna­ndi nje­nga­lo­kho aku­tha­nda­yoe;

10 uzaku­sa-ke ku­yi­hlo uku­thi adle, uku­ze aku­bu­si­se enga­ka­fif.

11 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­Re­be­ka uni­na: Kha­nge­la, uE­sa­wu umne­we­thu uyi­ndo­da eli­hwa­nqag, ko­dwa ngi­yi­ndo­da ebu­tshe­le­zi.

12 Mhla­wu­mbe uba­ba uza­ngi­phu­lu­lah, be­se­ngi­si­ba eme­hlwe­ni akhe nje­ngo­mhle­ka usu­lu, nja­lo ngi­zi­le­the­le isi­qa­le­ki­so ku­nga­bi-ke yi­si­bu­si­so.

13 Uni­na wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Isi­qa­le­ki­so sa­kho ka­si­be phe­zu kwa­mii, ndo­da­na ya­mi; ku­phe­la la­le­la ili­zwi la­mi, uha­mbe ungi­tha­the­le wo­na.

14 Wa­se­ha­mba, wawa­tha­tha, wawa­le­tha ku­ni­na; uni­na wa­se­lu­ngi­sa uku­dla oku­mna­ndi nje­nga­lo­kho uyi­se aku­tha­nda­yoj.

15 URe­be­ka wa­se­tha­tha izi­gqo­ko ezi­nhle1 zi­kaE­sa­wu indo­da­na ya­khe enku­lu, aye­la­zo endli­ni, wa­gqo­ki­sa uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ya­khe enci­nya­nek;

16 le­zi­khu­mba za­ma­zi­nya­ne ezi­mbu­zi wa­zi­fa­ka eza­ndle­ni za­khe le­bu­tshe­le­zi­ni be­nta­mo ya­khe.

17 Wa­se­ni­ka uku­dla oku­mna­ndi le­si­nkwa aye­ku­lu­ngi­si­le esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ja­ko­be indo­da­na ya­khe.

18 Wa­se­si­za ku­yi­se wa­thi: Ba­ba! Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha; ungu­ba­ni ndo­da­na ya­mi?

19 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ngi­nguE­sa­wu izi­bu­lo la­kho; nge­nze nje­ngo­ba ungi­tshe­li­le; ake uvu­ke uhla­le, udle okwe­nya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na ya­mi, uku­ze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho ungi­bu­si­sel.

20 UI­sa­ka wa­se­si­thi endo­da­ne­ni ya­khe: Ku­nga­ni uyi­tho­le ma­si­nya­ne ka­nga­ka, ndo­da­na ya­mi? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ye­nze uku­thi ize pha­mbi kwa­mim.

21 UI­sa­ka wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Ake uso­nde­le uku­ze ngi­ku­phu­lu­len, ndo­da­na ya­mi, uku­thi uyi­ndo­da­na ya­mi uE­sa­wu uqo­bo, ku­mbe ha­tshi.

22 UJa­ko­be wa­se­so­nde­la kuI­sa­ka uyi­se; wa­se­mphu­lu­la wa­thi: Ili­zwi li­yi­li­zwi li­ka­Ja­ko­be, ko­dwa iza­ndla zi­yi­za­ndla zi­kaE­sa­wu.

23 Ko­dwa ka­ma­za­nga ngo­ba iza­ndla za­khe za­zi­lo­bo­yao nje­nge­za­ndla zo­mne­wa­bo uE­sa­wu; nga­kho wa­mbu­si­sa.

24 Wa­se­si­thi: Uyi­ndo­da­na ya­mi uE­sa­wu uqo­bo? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngingu­ye.

25 Wa­se­si­thi: So­nde­za ki­mi uku­ze ngi­dle okwe­nya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na ye­ndo­da­na ya­mi, uku­ze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi uku­bu­si­sep. Wa­seyi­so­nde­za ku­ye, wa­se­si­dla; wa­se­le­tha ku­ye iwa­yi­ni, wa­se­na­tha.

26 Uyi­se uI­sa­ka wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ake uso­nde­le, unga­nge, ndo­da­na ya­mi.

27 Wa­se­so­nde­la, wa­ma­nga; wa­se­nu­ka iphu­nga le­ze­mba­tho za­khe, wa­mbu­si­saq wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, iphu­nga le­ndo­da­na ya­mi li­nje­nge­phu­nga le­nsi­mur iNko­si eyi­bu­si­si­le­yo.

28 Nga­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­ni­ke okwa­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lu lo­ko­ku­vu­nda ko­mhla­bas, le­na­la ya­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshat.

29 Aba­ntu ka­ba­ku­kho­nze, le­zi­zwe zi­ku­kho­tha­me­le. Ba­na yi­nko­si ya­ba­fo­we­nuu, la­ma­do­da­na ka­nyo­ko aku­kho­tha­me­lev. Oku­qa­le­ki­sa­yo ka­qa­le­ki­swe, lo­ku­bu­si­sa­yo ka­bu­si­swew!

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uI­sa­ka ese­qe­di­le uku­bu­si­sa uJa­ko­be, kwa­thi uJa­ko­be esa­nda uku­phu­ma pha­mbi ku­kaI­sa­ka uyi­se, uE­sa­wu umne­wa­bo wa­fi­ka eve­la eku­zi­nge­le­ni kwa­khe.

31 La­ye fu­thi wa­lu­ngi­sa uku­dla oku­mna­ndi, waku­sa ku­yi­se; wa­thi ku­yi­se: Uba­ba ka­vu­ke, adle okwe­nya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na ye­ndo­da­na ya­khe, uku­ze umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho ungi­bu­si­se.

32 UI­sa­ka uyi­se wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ungu­ba­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­yi­ndo­da­na ya­kho, izi­bu­lo la­kho uE­sa­wu.

33 UI­sa­ka wa­se­thu­thu­me­la ngo­ku­thu­thu­me­la oku­khu­lu­ka­zi, wa­thi: Pho, ngu­ba­nix ozi­nge­le inya­ma ye­nya­ma­za­na wayi­le­tha ki­mi, nga­se­ngi­si­dla okwa­yo yo­nke unga­ka­fi­ki? Ngi­mbu­si­si­le, ye­bo uza­bu­si­swa.

34 Kwa­thi uE­sa­wu ese­zwe ama­zwi ka­yi­se, wa­kha­la ngo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­lu lo­ku­ba­ba­yo isi­bi­liy, wa­thi ku­yi­se: Ngi­bu­si­sa la­mi nja­lo, ba­ba!

35 Wa­se­si­thi: Umfo­we­nu ufi­ke nge­nko­hli­so, wa­tha­tha isi­bu­si­so sa­kho.

36 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­si­ku­thi ba­bi­za ibi­zo la­khe ngo­ku­thi ngu­Ja­ko­bez2, uku­thi ungi­qi­le le­zi­zi­kha­thi ezi­mbi­li? Ilu­nge­lo lo­bu­zi­bu­lo ba­mi uli­the­thea, kha­nge­la-ke, kha­the­si uthe­the isi­bu­si­so sa­mi. Wa­thi fu­thi: Ka­wu­ngi­gci­ne­la­nga mi­na isi­bu­si­so?

37 UI­sa­ka wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi kuE­sa­wu: Kha­nge­la, ngi­mbe­ki­le abe yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­khob, la­bo bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo ngi­mni­ki­le ba­be zi­nce­ku; ngi­mse­ke­le nga­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tshac; pho, ngi­nga­be ngi­sa­kwe­nze­la­ni, ndo­da­na ya­mi?

38 UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ule­si­bu­si­so esi­so­dwa yi­ni, ba­ba? Ngi­bu­si­sa la­mi nja­lo, ba­ba. UE­sa­wu wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zid.

39 UI­sa­ka uyi­se wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, umu­zi wa­kho uza­ku­ba kha­tsha­na lo­ku­vu­nda ko­mhla­ba la­kha­tsha­na la­ma­zo­lo ama­zu­lu ave­la phe­zu­lu.

40 Nja­lo uza­phi­la nge­nke­mba ya­kho, uza­kho­nza umfo­we­nue. Ko­dwa ku­za­ku­thi la­pho usu­phu­nyu­ka, uza­kwe­phu­la ijo­gwe la­khe enta­nye­ni ya­khof.

41 UE­sa­wu wa­se­mzo­nda uJa­ko­be nge­nxa ye­si­bu­si­so uyi­se aye­mbu­si­se nga­sog. UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe: Insu­ku zo­ku­li­le­la uba­ba se­zi­so­nde­leh, kho­na ngi­za­mbu­la­la umna­wa­mi uJa­ko­bei.

42 Kwa­thi uRe­be­ka etshe­lwa ama­zwi kaE­sa­wu indo­da­na ya­khe enku­lu, wa­thu­ma wa­bi­za uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ya­khe enci­nya­ne, wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, uE­sa­wu umne­we­nu uya­zi­du­du­za nga­we uku­thi aku­bu­la­le.

43 Nga­kho kha­the­si, ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­le­la ili­zwi la­mi; su­ku­ma uzi­ba­le­ke­le uye ku­La­ba­ni umfo­we­thu eHa­ra­nij,

44 nja­lo uhla­le la­ye insu­ku ezi­nlu­tshwa­na, ize ide­de intu­ku­the­lo yo­mne­we­nu,

45 ku­ze ku­thi ula­ka lo­mne­we­nu lu­de­de ku­we, fu­thi akho­hlwe lo­kho okwe­nze ku­ye; be­se­ngi­thu­ma ngi­ku­la­nde kho­na; ku­nga­ni ngi­za­la­hle­ke­lwa la­yi­ni lo­ba­bi­li ngo­su­ku lu­nye?

46 URe­be­ka wa­se­si­thi kuI­sa­ka: Ngi­ne­nge­ki­le yi­mpi­lo nge­nxa ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­He­thik; uba uJa­ko­be etha­tha umfa­zi ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­He­thi anje­nga­la, ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ale­li­li­zwel, ngi­phi­le­la­ni?

UI­sa­ka uthu­ma uJa­ko­be eHa­ra­ni

28UI­sa­ka wa­se­bi­za uJa­ko­be, wa­mbu­si­sa, wa­mla­ya wa­thi ku­ye: Unga­tha­thi umfa­zi ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi eKha­na­nia.

2 Su­ku­mab uye ePa­da­ni-A­ra­mac, endli­ni ka­Be­thu­we­lid uyi­se ka­nyo­ko, uzi­tha­the­le kho­na umfa­zi ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi ka­La­ba­ni uma­lu­ma­khoe.

3 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndla aku­bu­si­se, akwe­nze ube le­nza­lo akwa­ndi­se, uku­ze ube ngu­mbu­tha­no we­zi­zwef;

4 abe­se­ku­pha isi­bu­si­so si­kaA­bra­ha­mag, ku­we le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho ka­nye la­weh, uku­ze udle ili­fa le­li­zwe la­pho ohla­la kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe1, uNku­lu­nku­lu ali­ni­ka uA­bra­ha­ma.

5 UI­sa­ka wa­se­thu­ma uJa­ko­be wa­ya ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma ku­La­ba­ni indo­da­na ka­Be­thu­we­li umSi­ri­ya, umfo­wa­bo ka­Re­be­ka uni­na ka­Ja­ko­be loE­sa­wu.

6 UE­sa­wu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi uI­sa­ka umbu­si­si­le uJa­ko­bei, wa­mthu­ma ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma uku­ze azi­tha­the­le kho­na umfa­zi, la­pho embu­si­sa wa­mla­ya esi­thi: Unga­tha­thi umfa­zi ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi eKha­na­ni;

7 lo­ku­thi uJa­ko­be wa­la­le­la oyi­se lo­ni­na, wa­ya ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma.

8 UE­sa­wu wa­se­bo­na uku­thi ama­do­da­ka­zi eKha­na­ni aye­ma­bi eme­hlwe­ni kaI­sa­ka uyi­sej.

9 Nga­kho uE­sa­wu wa­ya kuI­shma­ye­li, wa­zi­tha­the­la uMa­ha­la­thik indo­da­ka­zi kaI­shma­ye­li, indo­da­na kaA­bra­ha­ma, uda­de­wa­bo ka­Ne­ba­yo­thil, abe ngu­mkakhe phe­zu kwa­ba­fa­zi aye­la­bo.

Iphu­pho li­ka­Ja­ko­be ese­Bhe­the­li

10 UJa­ko­be wa­se­phu­ma eBhe­ri­she­bham wa­ya eHa­ra­nin.

11 Wa­fi­ka enda­we­ni, achi­tha kho­na ubu­su­ku ngo­ba ila­nga la­li­tsho­ni­le. Wa­se­tha­tha ili­tshe ema­tshe­ni ale­yo­nda­wo, we­nza umqa­me­lo wa­khe, wa­la­la ku­le­yo­nda­wo.

12 Wa­phu­phao, kha­nge­la-ke, ile­le li­mi­si­we emhla­be­ni, isi­hlo­ko sa­lo si­fi­nye­le­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, ingi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu zi­se­nyu­ka zi­se­hla ku­lop.

13 Kha­nge­la-ke, iNko­si ye­ma phe­zu kwa­loq, ya­thi: Ngi­yi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma uyi­hlo lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sa­kar; ili­zwe ole­le ku­lo, ngi­za­ku­ni­ka lo­na, le­nza­lo ya­khos;

14 nja­lo inza­lo ya­kho iza­ku­ba nga­ngo­thu­li lo­mhla­bat, uza­sa­ba­la­le­la entsho­na­la­nga le­mpu­ma­la­nga le­nya­ka­tho le­ni­ngi­zi­muu; nja­lo zi­za­bu­si­swa ku­we zo­nke inse­ndo zo­mhla­ba, la­se­nza­lwe­ni ya­khov.

15 Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­la­wew, ngi­za­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za zo­nke inda­wo la­pha oya kho­na, ngi­ku­bu­yi­se ku­le­li­li­zwex; ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­yay ngi­ze ngi­kwe­nze lo­kho engi­khu­lu­me nga­kho ku­we.

16 Kwa­thi uJa­ko­be epha­pha­ma ebu­tho­ngwe­ni ba­khe, wa­thi: Isi­bi­li iNko­si iku­li­nda­woz, mi­na-ke be­ngi­ngakwa­zi.

17 Wa­se­se­sa­ba wa­thi: Ye­sa­be­ka ka­nga­ka­na­ni li­nda­wo! Ka­yi­si­lu­tho nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi yi­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­le­li li­sa­ngo la­ma­zu­lu.

18 UJa­ko­be wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­tha­tha ili­tshe ale­nza la­ba ngu­mqa­me­lo wa­khe, wa­li­mi­sa la­ba yi­nsi­kaa, wa­the­la ama­gco­bo phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko sa­lob.

19 Wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo iBhe­the­lic2; ko­dwa-ke ku­qa­la ibi­zo lo­mu­zi la­li­yi­Lu­zi.

20 UJa­ko­be wa­se­the­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­sod esi­thi: Uba uNku­lu­nku­lu eza­ku­ba la­mi, angi­lo­ndo­lo­ze ku­li­ndle­la engi­yi­ha­mba­yo, angi­phe isi­nkwa so­ku­dla, le­se­mba­tho so­kwe­mba­thae,

21 nja­lo ngi­bu­ye­le ngo­ku­thu­la endli­ni ka­ba­baf, kho­na iNko­si iza­ku­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mig,

22 le­li­tshe le­li engi­li­mi­se uku­thi li­be yi­nsi­ka li­za­ku­ba yi­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh; ku­kho ko­nke oza­ngi­pha kho­na, isi­bi­li ngi­za­ku­ni­ka okwe­tshu­mii.

Uku­bo­na­na ku­ka­Ja­ko­be le­zi­hlo­bo za­khe

29UJa­ko­be wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa inya­wo za­khe, wa­ya eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na be­mpu­ma­la­ngaa.

2 Wa­se­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, umtho­mbo emma­ngwe­ni, kha­nge­la-ke la­pho, imi­hla­mbi emi­tha­thu ye­zi­mvu ya­yi­le­le ku­wo, ngo­ba ku­lo­wo­mtho­mbo ba­na­thi­sa imi­hla­mbi; kwa­ku­kho­na ili­tshe eli­khu­lu emlo­nye­ni wo­mtho­mbo.

3 Nja­lo yo­nke imi­hla­mbi ya­bu­the­lwa kho­na, se­be­li­gi­qi­le ili­tshe li­su­ka emlo­nye­ni wo­mtho­mbo ba­na­thi­sa izi­mvu, ba­se­be­bu­yi­se­la ili­tshe emlo­nye­ni wo­mtho­mbo enda­we­ni ya­lo.

4 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ba­za­lwa­ne ba­mi, li­ve­la nga­phi? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­ve­la eHa­ra­nib.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Li­ya­ma­zi yi­ni uLa­ba­ni indo­da­na ka­Na­ho­ri? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­yama­zi.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Uya­phi­la yi­ni? Ba­se­be­si­thi: U­phi­li­lec; kha­nge­la-ke, uRa­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe, uye­za le­zi­mvu.

7 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ku­se­se­mi­ni enku­lu, ka­yi­si­so isi­kha­thi so­ku­thi izi­fu­yo zi­bu­tha­ni­swe; na­thi­sa­ni izi­mvu, li­ha­mbe lizi­dli­se.

8 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­nge­ke, ku­ze ku­bu­tha­ni­swe imi­hla­mbi yo­nke, ba­gi­qe-ke ili­tshe li­su­ke emlo­nye­ni wo­mtho­mbo; kho­na si­za­na­thi­sa izi­mvu.

9 Esa­khu­lu­ma la­bo, uRa­she­li wa­fi­ka le­zi­mvu, ezi­nge­zi­ka­yi­sed, ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­me­lu­si­ka­zi.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJa­ko­be ebo­na uRa­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­La­ba­ni uma­lu­ma­khe le­zi­mvu zi­ka­La­ba­ni uma­lu­ma­khe, uJa­ko­be wa­so­nde­la, wa­li­gi­qa ili­tshe li­su­ke emlo­nye­ni wo­mtho­mbo, wa­zi­na­thi­sa izi­mvu zi­ka­La­ba­ni uma­lu­ma­khee.

11 UJa­ko­be wa­se­ma­nga uRa­she­lif, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe wa­kha­la izi­nye­mbe­zi.

12 UJa­ko­be wa­se­ma­zi­sa uRa­she­li uku­thi ungu­mfo­wa­bo ka­yi­se lo­ku­thi uyi­ndo­da­na ka­Re­be­kag. Wa­se­gi­ji­ma, wa­ma­zi­sa uyi­seh.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uLa­ba­ni ese­zwi­le umbi­ko ka­Ja­ko­be indo­da­na ka­da­de­wa­bo, wa­gi­ji­ma uku­ya­mhla­nga­be­zai, wa­mgo­na, wa­ma­nga, wa­mnge­ni­sa endli­ni ya­khe. UJa­ko­be wa­se­la­ndi­se­la uLa­ba­ni zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto.

14 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Isi­bi­li uli­tha­mbo la­mi le­nya­ma ya­mij. Wa­hla­la la­ye inya­nga yo­nke1.

UJa­ko­be utha­tha uLe­ya lo­Ra­she­li

15 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Nje­ngo­ba ungu­mfo­we­thu, usu­za­ngi­se­be­nze­la ma­ha­la yi­ni? Ngi­tshe­la uku­thi umho­lo wa­kho uza­ku­ba yi­ni?

16 Nja­lo uLa­ba­ni wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­bi­li, ibi­zo le­nku­lu li­ngu­Le­ya le­bi­zo le­nci­nya­ne li­ngu­Ra­she­li.

17 Ko­dwa uLe­ya wa­ye­la­me­hlo abu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ko­dwa uRa­she­li wa­ye­mu­hle nge­si­mo, nja­lo wa­ye­mu­hle ngo­ku­kha­nge­le­kak.

18 UJa­ko­be wa­se­mtha­nda uRa­she­li. Wa­thi: Ngi­za­ku­se­be­nze­la imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ngo­Ra­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho enca­nel.

19 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi: Ku­ngco­no uku­thi ngi­mni­ke we­na ku­lo­ku­thi ngi­mni­ke enye indo­da; hla­la la­mi.

20 UJa­ko­be wa­se­mse­be­nze­la uRa­she­li imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sam; ya­ba eme­hlwe­ni akhe nje­nge­nsu­ku ezi­nlu­tshwa­na, nge­nxa yo­ku­mtha­nda kwa­khe.

21 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­La­ba­ni: Ngi­pha umka­mi, ngo­ba insu­ku za­mi se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le, uku­thi ngi­nge­ne ku­ye.

22 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa wo­nke ama­do­da ale­yo­nda­wo, we­nza idi­lin.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­hlwa wa­tha­tha uLe­ya indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe wa­mu­sa ku­ye, wa­se­nge­na ku­ye.

24 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­mni­ka uZi­li­pa ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khe, ku­Le­ya indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe, abe yi­nce­ku­ka­zio.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, ngu­Le­ya; nga­kho wa­thi ku­La­ba­ni: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu okwe­nze ki­mi? Ka­ngi­mse­be­nze­la­nga uRa­she­li ku­we yi­ni? Pho, ungi­kho­hli­se­le­ni?

26 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi: Ka­kwe­nzi­wa nja­lo enda­we­ni ya­ki­thi uku­pha omnci­nya­ne nga­pha­mbi kwe­ngqa­bu­thop.

27 Gcwa­li­sa ivi­ki ya­loq, be­se­si­ku­ni­ka la­lo­wa­ya­na, ngo­mse­be­nzi oza­wu­se­be­nza la­mi fu­thi emi­nye imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

28 UJa­ko­be wa­se­se­nza nja­lo; wa­gcwa­li­sa ivi­ki ya­lo; wa­se­mni­ka uRa­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe uku­ba ngu­mka­khe.

29 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­ni­ka uRa­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe uBi­li­ha ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khe, abe yi­nce­ku­ka­zi ku­yer.

30 UJa­ko­be wa­se­nge­na la­ku­Ra­she­li; wa­mtha­nda nja­lo uRa­she­li ku­lo­Le­yas, wa­se­se­be­nza la­ye fu­thi emi­nye imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sat.

Aba­ntwa­na aba­za­le­lwa uJa­ko­be

31 La­pho iNko­si isi­bo­na uku­thi uLe­ya wa­ye­zo­ndwa, ya­vu­la isi­za­lo sa­khe, ko­dwa uRa­she­li wa­ye­yi­nyu­mbau.

32 ULe­ya wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na, wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uRu­be­ni2, ngo­ba wa­thi: Ngo­ba iNko­si ibo­ni­le inhlu­phe­ko ya­miv; nga­kho kha­the­si indo­da ya­mi iza­ngi­tha­nda.

33 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na, wa­thi: Nje­ngo­ba iNko­si izwi­le uku­thi ngi­ya­zo­ndwa, ingi­ni­ke la­le; wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uSi­me­yo­ni3.

34 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na; wa­thi: Kha­the­si nga­le­si­si­kha­thi indo­da ya­mi iza­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa la­miw, ngo­ba ngi­yi­za­le­le ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu; nga­lo­khu wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo uLe­vi4.

35 Wa­se­bu­ya wa­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na; wa­thi: Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ngi­za­du­mi­sa iNko­si; nga­kho wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uJu­dax5; wa­se­si­ma uku­za­la.

30Kwa­thi uRa­she­li ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi wa­ye­nga­mza­le­li uJa­ko­bea, uRa­she­li wa­ba lo­mo­nab ngo­da­de­wa­bo, wa­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Ngi­ni­ka aba­ntwa­na, ko­dwa nxa ku­ngenja­lo ngi­fe.

2 Nga­kho lwa­vu­tha ula­ka lu­ka­Ja­ko­be ku­Ra­she­li, wa­thi: Ngi­se­si­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu okwe­nqa­be­le isi­the­lo se­si­za­lo yi­nic?

3 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku­ka­zi ya­mi uBi­li­had, nge­na ku­yee, uku­ze aza­le­le ema­do­lwe­ni amif, uku­ze la­mi nga­khi­we ku­ye.

4 Wa­se­mni­ka uBi­li­ha ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khe abe ngu­mkakhe; uJa­ko­be wa­se­nge­na ku­yeg.

5 UBi­li­ha wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na.

6 URa­she­li wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu unga­hlu­le­le, nja­lo uzwi­le ili­zwi la­mi, wa­ngi­ni­ka indo­da­na. Nga­kho wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uDa­ni1.

7 UBi­li­ha ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Ra­she­li wa­se­bu­ya etha­tha isi­su, wa­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ye­si­bi­li.

8 URa­she­li wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­bi­nde­ne lo­ku­bi­nda­na oku­la­ma­ndla2 lo­da­de­we­thu, nja­lo nge­hlu­la; nga­kho wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uNa­fi­tha­li3.

9 Kwa­thi uLe­ya ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi use­mi uku­za­lah, wa­tha­tha uZi­li­pa ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khe, wa­mni­ka uJa­ko­be abe ngu­mkakhei.

10 UZi­li­pa ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Le­ya wa­se­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na.

11 ULe­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ku­ye­za ibu­tho. Wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uGa­di4.

12 UZi­li­pa ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Le­ya wa­se­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ye­si­bi­li.

13 ULe­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ku­ngo­kwe­nto­ko­zo ya­mi, ngo­ba ama­do­da­ka­zi aza­ku­thi ngi­le­nto­ko­zoj. Wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uA­she­ri5.

14 URu­be­ni wa­se­ha­mba nge­nsu­ku zo­ku­vu­na ingqo­lo­yi, wa­fi­ca ama­ma­ndra­ke* ensi­mi­nik, wa­wa­le­tha ku­Le­ya uni­na. URa­she­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Le­ya: Ake ungi­phe ema­ma­ndra­ke­ni endo­da­na ya­kho.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye. Ku­yi­nto enci­nya­ne yi­nil uku­thi uthe­the indo­da ya­mi? Usu­za­tha­tha la­ma­ma­ndra­ke endo­da­na ya­mi yi­ni? URa­she­li wa­se­si­thi: Nga­kho uza­la­la la­we nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku nge­nxa ya­ma­ma­ndra­ke* endo­da­na ya­kho.

16 Kwa­thi uJa­ko­be ese­bu­ya eve­la ema­si­mi­ni ku­si­hlwa, uLe­ya wa­phu­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za, wa­thi: Ki­mi uza­nge­na, ngo­ba uku­ku­qa­tsha ngi­ku­qa­tshi­le nga­ma­ma­ndra­ke* endo­da­na ya­mi. Wa­se­la­la la­ye nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mu­zwa uLe­ya; wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ye­si­hla­nu.

18 ULe­ya wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­ni­ki­le umvu­zo wa­mi, ngo­ba nga­yi­ni­ka indo­da ya­mi ince­ku­ka­zi ya­mi; wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uI­sa­ka­ri6.

19 ULe­ya wa­se­phi­nda etha­tha isi­su, wa­mza­le­la uJa­ko­be indo­da­na ye­si­thu­pha.

20 ULe­ya wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­ni­ki­le mi­na isi­pho esi­hle; kha­the­si indo­da ya­mi iza­hla­la la­mi, ngo­ba ngi­yi­za­le­le ama­do­da­na ayi­si­thu­pha, wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uZe­bu­lu­ni7.

21 Emva kwa­lo­khu wa­se­za­la indo­da­ka­zi, wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uDi­na8.

22 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mkhu­mbu­la uRa­she­lim, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­mu­zwa, wa­vu­la isi­za­lo sa­khen.

23 Wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na, wa­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu usu­si­le ihla­zo la­mio.

24 Wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uJo­se­fa9, esi­thi: INko­si ka­ye­nge­ze ki­mi enye indo­da­nap.

Ino­tho ka­Ja­ko­be

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uRa­she­li ese­mze­le uJo­se­fa, uJa­ko­be wa­thi ku­La­ba­ni: Ngi­ye­ke­la ngi­ha­mbe uku­ze ngi­ye enda­we­ni ya­ki­thi, le­li­zwe­ni la­ki­thi.

26 Ngi­pha omka­mi la­ba­ntwa­na ba­mi engi­ba­se­be­nze­le ku­weq uku­ze ngi­ha­mbe, ngo­ba we­na uya­zi umse­be­nzi wa­mi engi­ku­se­be­nze­le wo­na.

27 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uba-ke ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhor; se­ngi­bo­ni­le ngo­ku­kha­nge­la uku­thi iNko­si ingi­bu­si­si­le nge­nxa ya­khos.

28 Wa­thi fu­thi: Ngi­mi­se­la iho­lo la­kho, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­phat.

29 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: We­na ya­zi uku­thi ngi­ku­se­be­nze­le nja­ni lo­ku­thi izi­fu­yo za­kho be­zi­nja­ni la­miu.

30 Ngo­ba oku­lu­tshwa­na owa­wu­la­kho ma­ndu­lo kwa­mi, kwa­nda ka­khu­lu kwa­ba yi­nki­thi­nki­thi; iNko­si iku­bu­si­si­le eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­mi10; pho-ke, ngi­za­yi­se­be­nze­la ni­ni la­mi indlu ya­miv?

31 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­ku­pha­ni? UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­ngi­ni­ka lu­tho, uba uza­nge­nze­la le into; ngi­za­bu­ya nge­lu­se izi­mvu za­kho ngizi­li­nde.

32 Ngi­za­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­mbi wo­nke wa­kho la­mu­hla, nge­hlu­ka­ni­se la­pho yo­nke imvu ela­ma­ba­la le­la­ma­cha­tha, la­yo yo­nke imvu ensu­ndu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­mvu, le­zi­la­ma­ba­la le­zi­la­ma­cha­tha ezi­mbu­zi­ni, zi­be li­ho­lo la­miw.

33 Nja­lo uku­lu­nga kwa­mi ku­za­ngi­fa­ka­ze­la ngo­su­ku olu­za­yo, uba usi­za ma­ye­la­na le­ho­lo la­mi, pha­mbi kwa­kho; ko­nke oku­nge­la­ma­ba­la la­ma­cha­tha ezi­mbu­zi­ni, lo­ku­nsu­ndu ema­wu­ndlwi­ni, ku­ya­be ku­ntsho­ntshi­we uba ku­ki­mi.

34 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ye, ka­ku­be nje­nge­li­zwi la­kho.

35 Wa­se­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa mhla­lo­kho impo­ngo ezi­nga­ma­qa­mu­le le­zi­la­ma­ba­la la­zo zo­nke izi­bhu­zi­ka­zi ezi­la­ma­ba­la le­zi­la­ma­cha­tha, la­kho ko­nke oku­lo­ku­mhlo­phe, la­kho ko­nke oku­nsu­ndu ema­wu­ndlwi­ni, wa­ku­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­do­da­na akhe.

36 Wa­be­ka umma­ngo we­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu pha­ka­thi kwa­khe lo­Ja­ko­be. UJa­ko­be wa­se­se­lu­sa imi­hla­mbi ese­le­yo ka­La­ba­ni.

37 UJa­ko­be wa­se­zi­tha­the­la inga­tsha ezi­ma­nzi ze­pho­phu­la*x le­ze-a­li­mo­ndi* le­zi­nge­la­ma­xo­lo, we­bu­la ku­zo imi­zi­la emhlo­phe, we­mbu­la oku­mhlo­phe okwa­ku­se­zi­nga­tshe­ni.

38 Wa­se­fa­ka inga­tsha aye­ze­bu­li­le emi­ge­lwe­ni le­mi­ko­lwe­ni yo­ku­na­the­la ya­ma­nzi ma­qo­nda­na le­mi­hla­mbi, la­pho imi­hla­mbi efi­ka kho­na uku­na­tha; ya­mi­tha eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­yo uku­za­na­thay.

39 Kwa­thi imi­hla­mbi isi­mi­thi ezi­nga­tshe­ni, imi­hla­mbi ya­za­la ama­qa­mu­le, ala­ma­ba­la la­la­ma­cha­thaz.

40 UJa­ko­be wa­se­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa ama­wu­ndlu; wa­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so bo­mhla­mbi kwe­zi­nga­ma­qa­mu­le la­zo zo­nke ezi­nsu­ndu zo­mhla­mbi ka­La­ba­ni; wa­be­ka imi­hla­mbi ya­khe yo­dwa, enga­yi­be­ki emhla­nji­ni ka­La­ba­ni.

41 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi lo­ba ni­ni ezi­qi­ni­le­yo zo­mhla­mbi se­zi­mi­tha, uJa­ko­be wa­fa­ka izi­nga­tsha pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo omhla­mbi emi­ge­lwe­ni, uku­ze zi­da­bu­le pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­nga­tsha.

42 Ko­dwa nxa umhla­mbi ubu­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka kazi­fa­ka­nga; nga­lo­khu ebu­tha­ka­tha­ka ya­ba nge­ka­La­ba­ni, le­qi­ni­le­yo nge­ka­Ja­ko­be.

43 Le­ndo­da ya­qha­mu­ka ya­ba nku­lu ka­khu­lua, ya­ba le­mi­hla­mbi emi­ne­ngi le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi le­zi­nce­kub la­ma­ka­me­la la­bo­ba­bhe­mic.

UJa­ko­be uba­le­ke­la uLa­ba­ni

31Wa­se­si­zwa ama­zwi ama­do­da­na ka­La­ba­ni esi­thi: UJa­ko­be uthe­the ko­nke oku­ka­ba­ba; la­nga­lo­kho okwa­ku­ngo­ku­ka­ba­ba we­nza lo­nke lo­lu­du­moa.

2 UJa­ko­be wa­se­bo­na ubu­so bu­ka­La­ba­nib, fu­thi kha­nge­la, ba­bu­nga­nje­nga­ma­ndu­lo1 ku­ye.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­bo­yi­hlo le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­kho; nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ba la­wec.

4 UJa­ko­be wa­se­thu­ma wa­ba­bi­za oRa­she­li lo­Le­ya ema­dle­lwe­ni emhla­nji­ni wa­khe,

5 wa­thi ki­bo: Ngi­ya­bo­na ubu­so bu­ka­yi­hlod uku­thi ka­bu­nje­nga­ma­ndu­lo ki­mi; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ba­ba ube la­mie.

6 Fu­thi li­na li­ya­zi uku­thi nga­ma­ndla ami wo­nke ngi­mse­be­nze­le uyi­hlof.

7 Ko­dwa uyi­hlo ungi­kho­hli­si­le, wa­phe­ndu­la iho­lo la­mi okwe­zi­kha­thi ezi­li­tshu­mig, ka­nti uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­mvu­me­la­nga ukwe­nza oku­bi ki­mi.

8 Kwa­thi esi­tsho nja­lo: Ezi­la­ma­ba­la zi­za­ku­ba li­ho­lo la­kho, kho­na umhla­mbi wo­nke wa­za­la ezi­la­ma­ba­la. Kwa­thi esi­tsho nja­lo: Ezi­nga­ma­qa­mu­le zi­za­ku­ba li­ho­lo la­kho, kho­na umhla­mbi wo­nke wa­za­la ezi­nga­ma­qa­mu­leh.

9 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu uthe­the izi­fu­yo zi­ka­yi­hlo, wa­ngi­ni­kai.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, nge­si­kha­thi umhla­mbi umi­tha, nga­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo ami nga­bo­na ephu­tshe­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, izi­mpo­ngo ezi­khwe­la umhla­mbi za­zi­nga­ma­qa­mu­le, zi­la­ma­ba­la, le­zi­zi­na­la.

11 Ingi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­si­si­thi ki­mi ephu­tshe­ni: Ja­ko­be! Nga­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

12 Ya­si­si­thi: Ake upha­ka­mi­se ame­hlo akho ubo­ne, zo­nke impo­ngo ezi­khwe­la umhla­mbi zi­nga­ma­qa­mu­le, zi­la­ma­ba­la le­zi­zi­na­laj; ngo­ba ngi­bo­ni­le ko­nke uLa­ba­ni akwe­nze ku­wek.

13 Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­Bhe­the­li la­pho owa­gco­ba kho­na insi­ka, owa­the­mbi­sa kho­na isi­the­mbi­so ki­mil. Kha­the­si, vu­ka, uphu­me ku­le­li­li­zwe, ubu­ye­le eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­za­lwa kwa­khom.

14 ORa­she­li lo­Le­ya ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi ku­ye: Si­se­le­sa­be­lo le­li­fa endli­ni ka­ba­ba yi­ni?

15 Ka­si­ba­lwa nje­nga­be­zi­zwe ku­ye yi­ni? Ngo­ba wa­si­the­ngi­sa, fu­thi wa­dla lo­ku­dla ima­li ye­thun.

16 Ngo­ba ino­tho yo­nke uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­mu­ke uba­ba inge­ye­thu le­ya­ba­ntwa­na be­thu; kha­the­si-ke, ko­nke uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­tsho ku­we, kwe­nze.

17 UJa­ko­be wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­khwe­za ama­do­da­na akhe la­bo­mka­khe ema­ka­me­le­ni;

18 wa­qhu­ba izi­fu­yo za­khe zo­nke, la­yo impa­hla ya­khe yo­nke abe­yi­zu­zi­le, izi­fu­yo aye­la­zo, aye­zi­zu­ze ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma, uku­ze aye kuI­sa­ka uyi­se eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

19 Nja­lo uLa­ba­ni ese­ha­mbi­le uku­ya­gu­nda izi­mvu za­khe, uRa­she­li we­ba izi­tho­mbe2 uyi­se aye­la­zo.

20 UJa­ko­be wa­su­ka enye­nya enga­na­nze­le­lwe3 ku­La­ba­ni umSi­ri­ya, ngo­ba ka­ma­zi­sa­nga uku­thi uya­ba­le­ka.

21 Wa­se­ba­le­ka, ye­na la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho, wa­su­ku­ma, wa­cha­pha umfu­la, wa­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­kheo enta­be­ni ye­Gi­le­ya­di.

22 Kwa­se­ku­sa­zi­swa uLa­ba­ni ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu uku­thi uJa­ko­be uba­le­ki­le.

23 Wa­se­tha­tha aba­fo­wa­bo ka­nye la­ye, wa­xo­tsha­na la­ye iba­nga le­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­mfi­ca enta­be­ni ye­Gi­le­ya­di.

24 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­za ku­La­ba­ni umSi­ri­ya ephu­tshe­ni le­bu­su­kup, wa­thi ku­ye: Zi­qa­phe­le, hle­zi ukhu­lu­me lo­Ja­ko­be oku­hle ku­mbe oku­bi4.

25 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­mfi­ca uJa­ko­be. Nja­lo uJa­ko­be wa­ye­mi­se ithe­nte la­khe enta­be­ni; uLa­ba­ni la­ye ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­mi­sa enta­be­ni ye­Gi­le­ya­di.

26 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: We­nze­ni, uku­thi usu­ke unye­nye ngi­nga­na­nze­le­leq, utha­the ama­do­da­ka­zi ami nga­ma­ndla nje­nga­ba­thu­nji­we­yo nge­nke­mbar?

27 Uba­le­ke­le­ni nga­se­se, ungi­nye­nye­la5, unga­nga­zi­sa­nga, uku­thi nga­be ngi­ku­va­le­li­se ngo­ku­tho­ko­za la­nge­ngo­ma, nge­si­gu­bhu la­nge­cha­cho?

28 Nja­lo ka­wu­ngi­vu­me­la­nga uku­thi nga­nges ama­do­da­na ami la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ami. Kha­the­si we­nze ubu­thu­that ngo­kwe­nza lo­kho.

29 Ku­se­ma­ndle­ni esa­ndla sa­mi ukwe­nza oku­bi ki­ni; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­hlou ukhu­lu­mi­le ki­mi ebu­su­ku obu­dlu­li­le­yov wa­thi: Zi­qa­phe­le uku­thi unga­khu­lu­mi lo­Ja­ko­be oku­hle ku­mbe oku­bi.

30 Kha­the­si-ke, uku­ha­mba uha­mbi­le, ngo­ba ngo­ku­kha­nu­ka ukha­nu­ki­le indlu ka­yi­hlo; we­be­le­ni onku­lu­nku­lu ba­miw?

31 UJa­ko­be wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­La­ba­ni: Ngo­ba nge­sa­ba, ngo­ba wa­thi: Hle­zi ungi­hlu­thu­ne­le ama­do­da­ka­zi akho.

32 Lo­wo oza­tho­la ku­ye onku­lu­nku­lu ba­kho ka­nga­phi­li; pha­mbi kwa­ba­fo­we­thu zi­na­nze­le­le­le oku­ngo­kwa­kho oku­ki­mi, uzi­tha­the­le. Ngo­ba uJa­ko­be wa­ye­nga­zi uku­thi uRa­she­li wa­ye­be­bi­le.

33 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­nge­na ethe­nte­ni li­ka­Ja­ko­be le­the­nte­ni li­ka­Le­ya, le­the­nte­ni le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi ezi­mbi­li, ko­dwa ka­tho­la­nga. Wa­phu­ma ethe­nte­ni li­ka­Le­ya, wa­nge­na ethe­nte­ni li­ka­Ra­she­li.

34 Ko­dwa uRa­she­li wa­ye­the­the izi­tho­mbe, wa­zi­fa­ka esi­khwa­me­ni se­si­hla­lo se­ka­me­la, wa­hla­la phe­zu kwa­zo. ULa­ba­ni wa­phu­mpu­tha ithe­nte lo­nke ko­dwa ka­tho­la­nga.

35 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ka­lu­nga­vu­thi ula­ka eme­hlwe­ni enko­si ya­mi uku­thi ngi­nge­su­ku­me pha­mbi kwa­khox, ngo­ba indle­la ya­be­si­fa­za­na iki­mi. Wa­bhu­du­la, ko­dwa ka­zi­tho­la­nga izi­tho­mbe.

36 UJa­ko­be wa­se­thu­ku­the­la, wa­phi­ki­sa­na lo­La­ba­ni; uJa­ko­be wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­La­ba­ni: Isi­pha­mbe­ko sa­mi si­yi­ni, iso­no sa­mi si­yi­ni, uku­thi ungi­xo­tshe ngo­ku­tshi­se­kay?

37 Nje­ngo­ba usu­ba­mba­ba­mbe ku­yo impa­hla ya­mi yo­nke, utho­le­ni okwa­yo impa­hla yo­nke ye­ndlu ya­kho? Ibe­ke la­pha pha­mbi kwa­ba­fo­we­thuz la­ba­fo­we­nua uku­ze ba­qu­me pha­ka­thi kwe­thu so­ba­bi­li.

38 Imi­nya­ka le enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li nga­ngi­la­we; izi­mvu­ka­zi za­kho le­zi­bhu­zi­ka­zi za­kho ka­zi­phu­nza­nga, le­zi­nqa­ma ze­mi­hla­mbi ya­kho ka­ngi­zi­dla­nga.

39 Eza­da­tshu­lwa­yo ka­ngi­zi­le­tha­nga ku­we, mi­na nga­zi­hla­wu­la; esa­ndle­ni sa­mi wa­zi­bi­za, ze­bi­we emi­ni lo­ba ze­bi­we ebu­su­kub.

40 Nga­nginja­lo emi­ni imba­le­la ya­ngi­dla, la­ma­kha­za ebu­su­ku, ubu­tho­ngo ba­ba­le­ka eme­hlwe­ni ami.

41 Imi­nya­ka le enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li be­ngi­se­mzi­ni wa­kho, nga­ku­se­be­nze­la okwe­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­ne nge­nxa ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho ama­bi­lic, le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­pha nge­nxa yo­mhla­mbi wa­kho; nja­lo wa­phe­ndu­la iho­lo la­mi okwe­zi­kha­thi ezi­li­tshu­mid.

42 Nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lue ka­ba­ba, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­Kwe­sa­ba ku­kaI­sa­kaf ube­nge­la­mi, isi­bi­li kha­the­si ubu­za­ngi­xo­tsha ngi­ze. Inhlu­phe­ko za­mi lo­mtshi­ka­tshi­ka we­za­ndla za­mi uNku­lu­nku­lu ubo­ni­leg, waku­so­lah izo­lo ebu­su­kui.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Ja­ko­be lo­La­ba­ni

43 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Ama­do­da­ka­zi anga­ma­do­da­ka­zi ami, la­ma­do­da­na anga­ma­do­da­na ami, lo­mhla­mbi ngu­mhla­mbi wa­mi, la­kho ko­nke oku­bo­na­yo ku­ngo­kwa­mi; le­ma­do­da­ka­zi­ni ami ngi­za­kwe­nza­ni ku­wo la­mu­hla, lo­ba ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­wo aba­wa­ze­le­yo?

44 Kha­the­si-ke, wo­za, ase­nze isi­vu­me­lwa­noj, mi­na la­we, nja­lo si­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­wek.

45 UJa­ko­be wa­se­tha­tha ili­tshe, wa­li­mi­sa la­ba yi­nsi­kal.

46 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Bu­tha­ni ama­tshe. Ba­se­be­tha­tha ama­tshe, be­nza inqu­mbi; ba­dla kho­na phe­zu kwe­nqu­mbi.

47 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Je­ga­ri-Sa­ha­du­tha6, ko­dwa uJa­ko­be wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­Ga­le­di7.

48 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi: Li­nqwa­ba iyi­bu­fa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we la­mu­hlam. Nga­kho ba­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo iGa­le­di,

49 le­Mi­zi­pan8, ngo­ba wa­thi: INko­si ka­yi­li­nde pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we, la­pho si­nga­bo­na­ni omu­nye lo­mu­nye.

50 Uba uhlu­pha ama­do­da­ka­zi ami, nja­lo uba utha­tha aba­fa­zi phe­zu kwa­ma­do­da­ka­zi ami, ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ola­thi, bo­na, uNku­lu­nku­lu ungu­mfa­ka­zi pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we.

51 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Kha­nge­la li­nqwa­ba, kha­nge­la-ke le­nsi­ka engi­yi­pho­si­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we.

52 Li­nqwa­ba ka­yi­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zi, le­nsi­ka ka­yi­be yi­bu­fa­ka­zio, bo­ku­thi mi­na ka­ngi­yi­ku­yi­dlu­la li­nqwa­ba ngi­ye ku­we, la­we ka­wu­yi­ku­yi­dlu­la li­nqwa­ba la­li­nsi­ka uze ki­mi ngo­ku­bi.

53 UNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Na­ho­ri, ka­hlu­le­le pha­ka­thi kwe­thu, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­se wa­bo. UJa­ko­be wa­se­fu­nga ngo­Kwe­sa­ba ka­yi­se uI­sa­kap.

54 UJa­ko­be wa­se­hla­ba umhla­tshe­lo enta­be­ni, wa­bi­za aba­fo­wa­bo uku­thi ba­dle isi­nkwaq; ba­se­be­si­dla isi­nkwa, ba­la­la enta­be­ni.

55 ULa­ba­ni wa­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, wa­nga ama­do­da­na akhe la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akher, wa­wa­bu­si­sas; uLa­ba­ni wa­se­ha­mba wa­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­khe.

UJa­ko­be uzi­lu­ngi­se­le­la uku­hla­nga­na loE­sa­wu

32UJa­ko­be wa­se­ha­mba indle­la ya­khe, le­ngi­lo­si zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu za­mhla­nga­be­za.

2 UJa­ko­be ezi­bo­na wa­se­si­thi: Le­li li­bu­tho li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo iMa­ha­na­yi­mia1.

3 UJa­ko­be wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa pha­mbi kwa­khe kuE­sa­wu umne­wa­bo, eli­zwe­ni iSe­yi­ri, ili­zwe la­koE­do­mab.

4 Wa­se­zi­la­ya esi­thi: Li­khu­lu­me ka­nje enko­si­ni ya­mi uE­sa­wu li­thi: Itsho nja­lo ince­ku ya­kho uJa­ko­be ithi: Ko­La­ba­ni be­ngi­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe nga­li­ba­la ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si;

5 nja­lo ngi­le­zi­nka­bi la­bo­ba­bhe­mi, izi­mvu le­zi­nce­ku le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi; se­ngi­thu­me­le uku­bi­ka enko­si­ni ya­mi uku­thi ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akhoc.

6 Izi­thu­nywa za­se­zi­bu­ye­la ku­Ja­ko­be za­thi: Si­fi­ki­le ku­mne­we­nu, kuE­sa­wu, la­ye uye­za uku­ku­hla­nga­be­za la­ma­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­yed.

7 UJa­ko­be wa­se­se­sa­ba ka­khu­lu, wa­kha­tha­ze­ka. We­hlu­ka­ni­sa aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye le­zi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo la­ma­ka­me­la, kwa­ba nga­ma­qe­mbu ama­bi­li;

8 ngo­ba wa­thi: Uba uE­sa­wu efi­ka kwe­li­nye iqe­mbu ali­tsha­ye, iqe­mbu eli­se­le­yo li­za­phe­pha.

9 UJa­ko­be wa­thi fu­thi: Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­ba­ba uA­bra­ha­ma, lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­ba­ba uI­sa­kae, Nko­si owa­thi ki­mi: Bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­kho, nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nze­la oku­hlef;

10 ka­ngi­wu­fa­ne­le2 wo­nke umu­sa la­kho ko­nke uku­the­mbe­ka okwe­nze­le ince­ku ya­khog; ngo­ba ngi­lo­do­ndo­lo lwa­mi nga­cha­pha le iJo­da­ni, kha­the­si-ke se­ngi­nga­ma­qe­mbu ama­bi­li.

11 Ake ungo­phu­le esa­ndle­ni so­mne­we­thu, esa­ndle­ni si­kaE­sa­wu; ngo­ba ngi­ya­me­sa­ba, hle­zi afi­ke angi­tsha­ye, uni­na phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na.

12 We­na-ke wa­thi: Ukwe­nza oku­hle ngi­za­kwe­nze­la oku­hle, nja­lo ngi­za­ye­nza inza­lo ya­kho ibe nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndle eli­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa nge­nxa yo­bu­ne­ngih.

13 Wa­se­la­la la­pho nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku; wa­tha­tha ku­lo­kho okwa­fi­ka esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, isi­pho si­kaE­sa­wu umfo­wa­boi,

14 izi­bhu­zi­ka­zi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li le­mpo­ngo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, izi­mvu­ka­zi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li le­nqa­ma ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li,

15 ama­ka­me­la enyi­sa­yo anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­ma­tho­le awo, ama­nko­mo­ka­zi anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, la­ma­jo­ngo­si ali­tshu­mi, oba­bhe­mi­ka­zi aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ma­tho­le abo­ba­bhe­mi ali­tshu­mi.

16 Wa­se­zi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nce­ku za­khe umhla­mbi ngo­mhla­mbi wo­dwa, wa­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Dlu­la­ni pha­mbi kwa­mi, li­be­ke iba­nga pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­mbi lo­mhla­mbi.

17 Wa­se­la­ya eyo­ku­qa­la esi­thi: Nxa uE­sa­wu umne­we­thu ehla­nga­na la­we, eku­bu­za esi­thi: Ungo­ka­ba­ni? Nja­lo uya nga­phi? Nge­zi­ka­ba­ni-ke le­zi ezi­pha­mbi kwa­kho?

18 Ubu­su­si­thi: Nge­ze­nce­ku ya­kho nge­zi­ka­Ja­ko­be, yi­si­pho esi­thu­nye­lwa enko­si­ni ya­mi uE­sa­wu; kha­nge­la-ke, la­ye uqo­bo unge­mva kwe­thu.

19 Wa­se­la­ya le­ye­si­bi­li le­ye­si­tha­thu la­bo bo­nke aba­be­la­nde­la imi­hla­mbi esi­thi: Nje­nga­le­li­li­zwi li­za­khu­lu­ma kuE­sa­wu, la­pho li­mtho­la;

20 li­thi fu­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku ya­kho uJa­ko­be inge­mva kwe­thu. Ngo­ba uthe: Ngi­za­tho­ba ubu­so ba­khe nge­si­pho esi­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mi, la­nge­mva kwa­lo­kho ngi­za­bo­na ubu­so ba­khe; mhla­wu­mbe uza­kwe­mu­ke­la ubu­so ba­mi.

21 Le­si­pho sa­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­khe; ko­dwa ye­na wa­la­la lo­bo­bu­su­ku enka­mbe­ni.

UJa­ko­be ubi­nda­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu

22 Wa­se­su­ku­ma nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku, wa­tha­tha omka­khe bo­ba­bi­li le­nce­ku­ka­zi ezi­mbi­li la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe aba­li­tshu­mi la­nye, wa­cha­pha izi­bu­ko le­Ja­bo­kij.

23 Wa­ba­tha­tha, wa­ba­cha­phi­sa isi­fu­dla­na, wa­cha­phi­sa lo­kho aye­la­kho.

24 UJa­ko­be wa­tshi­ywa ye­dwa; nja­lo indo­da ya­bi­nda­na la­ye kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­sak3.

25 Ko­dwa isi­bo­ni­le uku­thi ka­yi­me­hlu­li, ya­thi­nta isi­kho­xo se­nyo­nga ya­khe, isi­kho­xo se­nyo­nga ka­Ja­ko­be sa­qhu­zu­ka ebi­nda­na la­yo.

26 Ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­ye­ke­la ngi­ha­mbel ngo­ba se­ku­se­ma­da­bu­ka­ku­sa. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­ye­ke­la uha­mbe nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ungi­bu­si­se.

27 Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ungu­ba­ni ibi­zo la­kho? Wa­se­si­thi: UJa­ko­be.

28 Ya­si­si­thi: Ibi­zo la­kho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­thi­wa ngu­Ja­ko­be, ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­lim4, ngo­ba ulwi­le lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ba­ntu, wa­nqo­ban.

29 UJa­ko­be wa­se­bu­za wa­thi: Ake utsho ibi­zo la­kho. Ya­si­si­thi: Ku­nga­ni ubu­za ibi­zo la­mio? Ya­mbu­si­sa la­pho.

30 UJa­ko­be wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo le­nda­wo iPe­ni­ye­li5, ngo­ba ngi­bo­ni­le uNku­lu­nku­lu ubu­so ngo­bu­so, nja­lo impi­lo ya­mi isi­ndi­si­wep.

31 Nja­lo ila­nga la­mphu­me­la ese­dlu­la iPe­nu­ye­liq; wa­ye­qhu­la enyo­nge­ni ya­kher.

32 Nga­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ba­wu­dli umsi­pha wo­mtha­mbo ose­si­kho­xwe­ni se­nyo­nga ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlas, ngo­ba wa­thi­nta isi­kho­xo se­nyo­nga ka­Ja­ko­be esi­se­msi­phe­ni wo­mtha­mbo we­nyo­nga.

Uku­bu­yi­sa­na ku­ka­Ja­ko­be loE­sa­wu

33UJa­ko­be wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, uE­sa­wu esi­za la­ma­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne ka­nye la­yea. Wa­se­se­hlu­ka­ni­sa aba­ntwa­na pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Le­ya lo­Ra­she­li le­nce­ku­ka­zi zo­mbi­li.

2 Wa­se­be­ka izi­nce­ku­ka­zi la­ba­ntwa­na ba­zo nga­pha­mbi­li, lo­Le­ya la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe nge­mu­va, lo­Ra­she­li lo­Jo­se­fa eku­ci­ne­ni.

3 Ye­na uqo­bo wa­se­se­dlu­la pha­mbi kwa­bo, wa­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­nib ka­si­kho­mbi­sa wa­ze wa­fi­ka edu­ze lo­mne­wa­bo.

4 UE­sa­wu wa­se­gi­ji­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­za, wa­mgo­nac, wa­we­la enta­nye­ni ya­khe, wa­ma­ngad; ba­se­be­kha­la inye­mbe­zi.

5 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe wa­bo­na abe­si­fa­za­na la­ba­ntwa­na, wa­thi: Ngo­ba­ni la­ba ola­bo? Wa­se­si­thi: Aba­ntwa­na uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­mu­sa ayi­ni­ke bo­na ince­ku ya­khoe.

6 Za­se­zi­so­nde­la ince­ku­ka­zi, zo­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­zo, ba­kho­tha­ma.

7 La­ye uLe­ya wa­se­so­nde­la la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe, ba­kho­tha­ma; emva kwa­lo­kho uJo­se­fa wa­so­nde­la lo­Ra­she­li, ba­kho­tha­ma.

8 Wa­se­si­thi: Uqo­nde­ni1 nga­le­li iqe­mbu lo­nkef engi­hla­nge­ne la­lo? Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­tho­la umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni enko­si ya­mig.

9 UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­lo­ku­ne­ngi, mfo­we­thu; okwa­kho ka­ku­be ngo­kwa­kho.

10 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi: Ha­yi bo! Uba kha­the­si ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ye­mu­ke­la isi­pho sa­mi esi­ve­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi; ngo­ba yi­khoh ngi­bo­ne ubu­so ba­kho ku­nje­ngo­ku­thi ngi­bo­ne ubu­so bu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lui, nja­lo wa­tho­ko­za nga­mi.

11 Ake we­mu­ke­le isi­pho2 sa­mi esi­le­thwa ku­wej; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­phi­le ngo­mu­sa, nja­lo ngo­ba ngi­la­kho ko­nke. Wa­se­mnce­nga, wa­ze wase­mu­ke­lak.

12 Wa­se­si­thi: Asi­su­ke si­ha­mbe, nja­lo ngi­za­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­kho.

13 Ko­dwa wa­thi ku­ye: Inko­si ya­mi iya­zi uku­thi aba­ntwa­na ba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, lo­ku­thi izi­mvu le­zi­nko­mo engi­la­zo zi­ye­nyi­sa; uba-ke be­zi­qhu­ba nga­ma­ndla usu­ku olu­lo­dwa, umhla­mbi wo­nke uza­ku­fa.

14 Inko­si ya­mi ake ye­dlu­le pha­mbi kwe­nce­ku ya­yo; mi­na-ke ngi­za­qhu­be­ka ku­hle ku­hlel, ngo­ku­ha­mba3 ko­mse­be­nzi opha­mbi kwa­mi, la­ngo­ku­ha­mba kwa­ba­ntwa­na, ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke enko­si­ni ya­mi eSe­yi­rim.

15 UE­sa­wu wa­se­si­thi: Ake ngi­be­ke ku­we aba­nye ba­ba­ntu aba­la­mi. Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­nga­ni lo­khu? Ka­ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni enko­si ya­min.

16 UE­sa­wu wa­se­bu­ye­la nge­ndle­la ya­khe nga­lo­lo­su­ku, wa­ya eSe­yi­ri.

17 Nja­lo uJa­ko­be wa­qhu­be­ka wa­ya eSu­ko­thio4, wa­za­khe­la indlu, we­nze­la izi­fu­yo za­khe izi­ba­ya ezi­lo­pha­hla; nga­kho wa­yi­tha ibi­zo le­nda­wo iSu­ko­thi.

18 UJa­ko­be wa­se­fi­ka evi­ke­le­ki­le emzi­ni we­She­ke­map, ose­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, eku­ve­le­ni kwa­khe ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma; wa­mi­sa inka­mba pha­mbi ko­mu­zi.

19 Nja­lo ingxe­nye ye­si­qi­nti ami­se­la ku­yo ama­the­nte akhe wa­yi­the­nga esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­mo­ri uyi­se ka­She­ke­maq, nge­zi­nhla­mvu ze­ma­li ezi­li­khu­lu.

20 Wa­se­mi­sa kho­na ila­thi, wa­li­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yiE­li-E­lo­he-I­sra­ye­lir5.

UDi­na wo­ni­wa ngu­She­ke­ma

34UDi­naa indo­da­ka­zi ka­Le­ya, ayi­za­le­la uJa­ko­be, wa­se­phu­ma uku­ya­bo­na ama­do­da­ka­zi eli­zwe.

2 Nja­lo uShe­ke­ma indo­da­na ka­Ha­mo­rib umHi­vi, isi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­li­zwe, sa­mbo­na, sa­mtha­tha, sa­la­la la­ye, sa­mo­na1.

3 Inhli­zi­yo ya­so ya­si­na­ma­the­la ku­Di­na indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ja­ko­be, sa­yi­tha­nda into­mbi, sa­khu­lu­ma ku­nhli­zi­yo ye­nto­mbi.

4 UShe­ke­ma wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Ha­mo­ri uyi­sec esi­thi: Ngi­tha­the­la li­nto­mbi ibe ngu­mkami.

5 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­zwa uku­thi use­mngco­li­si­le uDi­na indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe; la­ma­do­da­na akhe aye­se­zi­fu­ywe­ni ega­nge­ni; nja­lo uJa­ko­be wa­thu­lad aze afi­ka.

6 UHa­mo­ri uyi­se ka­She­ke­ma wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya ku­Ja­ko­be uku­ze akhu­lu­me la­ye.

7 Kwa­thi ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be efi­ka eve­la ega­nge­ni ese­zwi­le, ama­do­da ada­bu­ka, athu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lue ngo­ba wa­ye­nze ubu­phu­ku­phu­ku koI­sra­ye­li ngo­ku­la­la le­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Ja­ko­bef, oku­nga­fa­ne­le kwe­nzi­we ngo­ku­nja­log.

8 UHa­mo­ri wa­se­khu­lu­ma la­bo esi­thi: UShe­ke­ma indo­da­na ya­mi, inhli­zi­yo ya­khe iya­yi­la­nga­tha indo­da­ka­zi ye­nu; ake li­mni­ke yo­na ibe ngu­mkakhe.

9 Nja­lo ye­ndi­se­la­na­ni la­thi, li­si­phe ama­do­da­ka­zi enu, la­ni li­zi­tha­the­le ama­do­da­ka­zi ethu.

10 Hla­la­ni-ke la­thi, le­li­zwe li­za­ku­ba pha­mbi kwe­nuh; hla­la­ni li­the­ngi­se­la­ne ku­loi, li­fu­ye ku­loj.

11 UShe­ke­ma wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se wento­mbi la­ku­ba­ne­wa­bo: Angi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni enuk; la­lo­kho eli­za­ku­tsho ki­mi ngi­za­ni­ka.

12 Ya­ndi­sa­ni ka­khu­lu ki­mi ilo­bo­lo le­si­phol, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­pha nje­ngo­ba li­tshi­lo ki­mi; ko­dwa ngi­pha­ni into­mbi ibe ngu­mkami.

13 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be ase­phe­ndu­la uShe­ke­ma lo­Ha­mo­ri uyi­se ngo­bu­qi­lim, athi, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ube­se­mngco­li­si­le uDi­na uda­de­wa­bon,

14 athi ku­bo: Asi­la­ku­ye­nza li­nda­ba, uku­ni­ka uda­de­we­thu indo­da ele­jwa­bu, ngo­ba ku­li­hla­zo ki­thio.

15 Ko­dwa nga­lo­khu si­nga­li­vu­me­la, uba li­be nje­nga­thi, uku­thi wo­nke owe­si­li­sa wa­ki­ni aso­kwe,

16 si­za­li­ni­ka-ke ama­do­da­ka­zi ethu, la­thi ama­do­da­ka­zi enu si­zi­tha­the­le, nja­lo si­hla­le la­ni si­be yi­si­zwe si­nye.

17 Ko­dwa uba li­nga­si­la­le­li li­so­kwe, si­za­tha­tha indo­da­ka­zi ye­thu, si­ha­mbe.

18 La­ma­zwi abo aba ma­hle eme­hlwe­ni ka­Ha­mo­ri, le­me­hlwe­ni ka­She­ke­ma indo­da­na ka­Ha­mo­ri.

19 Nja­lo ija­ha ka­li­phu­za­nga ukwe­nza li­nda­ba, ngo­ba ya­yi­le­nto­ko­zo endo­da­ka­zi­ni ka­Ja­ko­be; ya­yi­lo­du­mo ku­le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­sep.

20 UHa­mo­ri wa­se­fi­ka, lo­She­ke­ma indo­da­na ya­khe, esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi wa­bo, ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­ma­do­da omu­zi wa­bo, be­si­thi:

21 La­ma­do­da alo­ku­thu­la la­thi; nga­kho ka­ba­hla­le eli­zwe­ni ba­the­ngi­se­la­ne ku­loq; ngo­ba ili­zwe, kha­nge­la­ni, li­ba­nzi inhla­ngo­thi zo­mbi­li pha­mbi kwa­wo; ama­do­da­ka­zi abo si­za­wa­tha­tha abe ngo­mkethu, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ethu si­za­wa­ni­ka wo­na.

22 Ku­lo­khu ku­phe­la ama­do­da aza­vu­me­la­na la­thi, uku­hla­la la­thi, uku­ba yi­si­zwe si­nye, nxa wo­nke owe­si­li­sa we­thu eso­ki­we, nje­nga­lo­khu eso­ki­we wo­na.

23 Inko­mo za­wo le­mpa­hla ya­wo la­zo zo­nke izi­fu­yo za­wo ka­zi­yi­ku­ba nge­ze­thu yi­ni? Ku­phe­la asi­wa­vu­me­le, ahla­le-ke la­thi.

24 Ba­se­be­la­le­la uHa­mo­ri lo­She­ke­ma indo­da­na ya­khe, bo­nke aba­phu­ma nge­sa­ngo lo­mu­zi wa­khe; ba­se­be­so­kwa, wo­nke owe­si­li­sa, bo­nke aba­phu­ma nge­sa­ngo lo­mu­zi wa­kher.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu be­se­lo­bu­hlu­ngu, ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li ka­Ja­ko­be, oSi­me­yo­ni lo­Le­vis, aba­ne­wa­bo ba­ka­Di­nat, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­tha­tha inke­mba ya­khe, awu­ju­ma umu­zi, abu­la­la wo­nke owe­si­li­sa.

26 Ase­ba­bu­la­la oHa­mo­ri lo­She­ke­ma indo­da­na ya­khe ngo­bu­kha­li2 be­nke­mba, amkhu­pha uDi­na endli­ni ka­She­ke­ma, aphu­ma.

27 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be ehle­la phe­zu kwa­se­be­bu­le­we, awu­pha­nga umu­zi, ngo­ba ba­be­mngco­li­si­le uda­de­wa­bou.

28 Atha­tha izi­mvu za­bo le­nko­mo za­bo la­bo­ba­bhe­mi ba­bo la­lo­kho okwa­ku­se­mzi­ni la­lo­kho okwa­ku­se­ga­nge­ni,

29 le­no­tho ya­bo yo­nke, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo bo­nke aba­nci­nya­ne, la­bo­mka­bov, athu­mba aba­pha­nga, la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­se­ndli­ni.

30 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­Si­me­yo­ni lo­Le­vi: Li­ngi­hlu­phi­lew, ngo­ku­nge­nza uku­thi ngi­be le­vu­mbax pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­khi­le­yo be­li­zwe, pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Kha­na­ni la­ma­Pe­ri­ziy; nja­lo ngi­mlu­tshwa­naz, fu­thi ba­za­ngi­hla­nga­nye­la ba­ngi­tsha­ye, ngi­be se­ngi­chi­the­ka mi­na le­ndlu ya­mi.

31 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ame­nze yi­ni uda­de­we­thu nje­nge­si­fe­be?

UNku­lu­nku­lu ubu­si­sa uJa­ko­be eBhe­the­li

35UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Su­ku­ma, ye­nyu­ke­la eBhe­the­lia, uhla­le kho­na; ume­nze­le la­pho ila­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­bo­na­ka­la ku­we mhla uba­le­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­kaE­sa­wu umne­we­nub.

2 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­ndlu ya­khec la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­be­la­ye: Su­sa­ni onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe aba­pha­ka­thi kwe­nud, li­zi­hla­mbu­lu­le, li­ntshi­ntshe ize­mba­tho ze­nue.

3 Asi­su­ku­me se­nyu­ke­le eBhe­the­li, ngi­me­nze­le kho­na uNku­lu­nku­lu ila­thi owa­ngi­phe­ndu­la ngo­su­ku lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­mif, nja­lo wa­ba la­mi endle­le­ni enga­ha­mba ku­yog.

4 Ba­se­be­ni­ka uJa­ko­be bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe aba­be­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­bo, la­ma­ci­cih aye­se­zi­ndle­be­ni za­bo; uJa­ko­be wa­se­ku­fi­hla nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khi*i eli­se­She­ke­ma.

5 Ba­se­be­ha­mba; lo­kwe­sa­be­ka ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj kwa­ku­phe­zu kwe­mi­zi eya­yi­ba­zi­nge­le­ze­le, nja­lo ka­ba­wa­xo­tsha­nga ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be.

6 UJa­ko­be wa­se­fi­ka eLu­zik, ese­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, eyi­Bhe­the­li, ye­na la­ba­ntu bo­nke aba­be­la­ye.

7 Wa­se­sa­kha kho­na ila­thi, wa­yi­bi­za inda­wo ngo­ku­thi iE­li-Bhe­the­li1, ngo­ba la­pho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye eku­ba­le­ke­le­ni ubu­so bo­mne­wa­bo.

8 Nja­lo uDe­bo­ra umli­za­ne ka­Re­be­ka wa­fal, wa­ngcwa­tshwa eza­nsi kwe­Bhe­the­li nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khim, nga­kho wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo iA­lo­ni-Ba­ku­thi2.

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­bu­ya wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­Ja­ko­be eve­la ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma, wa­mbu­si­sa.

10 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ibi­zo la­kho ngu­Ja­ko­be; ibi­zo la­kho ka­li­sa­yi­ku­thi­wa ngu­Ja­ko­ben, ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li ku­za­ku­ba li­bi­zo la­kho. Wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­khe ngo­ku­thi uI­sra­ye­lio.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlap; za­la wa­ndeq; isi­zwe, ye­bo iba­ndla le­zi­zwe ku­za­ve­la ku­wer; la­ma­kho­si aza­phu­ma ekha­lwe­ni lwa­kho.

12 Le­li­zwe enga­li­ni­ka uA­bra­ha­ma loI­sa­ka ngi­za­li­ni­ka we­na, le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho emva kwa­kho ngi­za­yi­ni­ka ili­zwes.

13 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka ku­ye enda­we­ni la­pho aye­khu­lu­ma la­ye kho­nat.

14 UJa­ko­be wa­se­mi­sa insi­ka enda­we­ni la­pho aye­khu­lu­ma la­ye kho­na, insi­ka ye­li­tsheu. Wa­thu­lu­le­la phe­zu kwa­yo umni­ke­lo wo­ku­na­thwa­yov, wa­the­la phe­zu kwa­yo ama­gco­bo.

15 UJa­ko­be wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo le­nda­wo, la­pho uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­khu­lu­me la­ye kho­na, iBhe­the­liw.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Ra­she­li

16 Ba­se­be­ha­mba be­su­ka eBhe­the­li; kwa­thi ku­se­se­ngu­mma­ngo3 uku­ya eE­fra­thi, uRa­she­li wa­be­le­tha, wa­ye­lo­bu­nzi­ma eku­be­le­the­ni.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­be­le­the­ni kwa­khe nzi­ma, umbe­le­thi­si wa­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba la­lo uza­ku­ba yi­ndo­da­na ya­khox.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe usu­phu­ma, ngo­ba ese­si­fa, wa­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uBe­no­ni4; ko­dwa uyi­se wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Bhe­nja­mi­ni5.

19 URa­she­li wa­se­si­fay, wa­ngcwa­tshwa endle­le­ni eya eE­fra­thi, eyi­Bhe­the­le­he­maz.

20 UJa­ko­be wa­se­mi­sa insi­ka phe­zu kwe­ngcwa­ba la­khe; le yi­nsi­ka ye­ngcwa­ba li­ka­Ra­she­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaa.

21 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­ha­mba, wa­mi­sa ithe­nte la­khe nga­pha­mbi­li ko­mpho­tsho­ngo weE­de­rib.

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uI­sra­ye­li ehla­la ku­le­lo­li­zwe, uRu­be­ni wa­ya wa­la­la lo­Bi­li­hac umfa­zi omnci­nya­ne ka­yi­se; uI­sra­ye­li wa­se­ku­zwa.

Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be lo­ku­fa ku­kaI­sa­ka

Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be-ke aye­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lid;

23 ama­do­da­na ka­Le­ya: Izi­bu­lo li­ka­Ja­ko­be, uRu­be­ni, lo­Si­me­yo­ni lo­Le­vi lo­Ju­da loI­sa­ka­ri lo­Ze­bu­lu­ni;

24 ama­do­da­na ka­Ra­she­li: OJo­se­fa lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni;

25 la­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­li­ha, ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Ra­she­li: ODa­ni lo­Na­fi­tha­li;

26 la­ma­do­da­na ka­Zi­li­pa, ince­ku­ka­zi ka­Le­ya: OGa­di loA­she­ri; la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be aza­le­lwa ye­na ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma.

27 UJa­ko­be wa­se­fi­ka kuI­sa­ka uyi­se eMa­mree, eKi­ri­ya­thi-A­rbaf, eyi­He­bro­ni, la­pho uA­bra­ha­ma ahla­la kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe, loI­sa­kag.

28 Le­nsu­ku zi­kaI­sa­ka za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

29 UI­sa­ka wa­se­ho­do­za, wa­fa, wa­bu­the­lwa ezi­zwe­ni za­ki­boh, emda­la, ene­le nge­nsu­ku. Ama­do­da­na akhe uE­sa­wu lo­Ja­ko­be ase­mngcwa­bai.

Inza­lo kaE­sa­wu

36Le­zi-ke yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaE­sa­wu, onguE­do­maa.

2 UE­sa­wu wa­tha­tha aba­fa­zi ba­khe ku­ma­do­da­ka­zi eKha­na­nib, uA­da indo­da­ka­zi kaE­lo­ni umHe­thi, loA­ho­li­ba­ma indo­da­ka­zi kaA­nac, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Zi­be­yo­ni umHi­vi,

3 lo­Ba­se­ma­thi indo­da­ka­zi kaI­shma­ye­lid uda­de­wa­bo ka­Ne­ba­yo­thi.

4 UA­da wa­se­mza­le­la uE­sa­wu uE­li­fa­zi; uBa­se­ma­thi wa­se­za­la uRe­hu­we­lie;

5 uA­ho­li­ba­ma wa­se­za­la uJe­wu­shi lo­Ja­la­ma lo­Ko­ra; la nga­ma­do­da­na kaE­sa­wu awa­za­le­lwa eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

6 UE­sa­wu wa­se­tha­tha omka­khe la­ma­do­da­na akhe la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe, la­yo yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­ndlu ya­khe, le­nko­mo za­khe le­zi­fu­yo za­khe zo­nke le­mpa­hla ya­khe yo­nke aye­yi­zu­zi­le eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, wa­se­si­ya kweli­nye ili­zwe esu­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Ja­ko­be umfo­wa­bo.

7 Ngo­ba imfu­yo ya­bo ya­yi­nku­lu oku­nga­ngo­ku­thi ba­nge­hla­le nda­wo­nyef, le­li­zwe abe­be­hla­la ku­lo nje­nga­be­mzi­ni, la­li­nge­ba­thwa­le nge­nxa ye­zi­fu­yo za­bog.

8 UE­sa­wu wa­se­hla­la enta­be­ni iSe­yi­rih; uE­sa­wu nguE­do­mai.

9 Le­zi-ke yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­kaE­sa­wu, uyi­se wa­ba­koE­do­ma, enta­be­ni iSe­yi­ri;

10 la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na kaE­sa­wu, uE­li­fa­zij indo­da­na kaA­dak umkaE­sa­wu, uRe­hu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Ba­se­ma­thi umkaE­sa­wu.

11 La­ma­do­da­na kaE­li­fa­zi aye­ngo­The­ma­ni, uO­ma­ri, uZe­fo, lo­Ga­ta­ma, lo­Ke­na­zi.

12 Nja­lo uTi­mi­na wa­ye­ngu­mfa­zi omnca­ne kaE­li­fa­zi indo­da­na kaE­sa­wu, wa­mza­le­la uE­li­fa­zi uA­ma­le­kil; la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­da umkaE­sa­wu.

13 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li, oNa­ha­thi lo­Ze­ra, uSha­ma lo­Mi­za; la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ba­se­ma­thi umkaE­sa­wu.

14 Nja­lo la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ho­li­ba­mam indo­da­ka­zi kaA­na, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Zi­be­yo­ni umkaE­sa­wu; wa­se­mza­le­la uE­sa­wu uJe­wu­shi lo­Ja­la­ma lo­Ko­ra.

15 Le­zi yi­zi­ndu­na za­ma­do­da­na kaE­sa­wu; ama­do­da­na kaE­li­fa­zi izi­bu­lo li­kaE­sa­wun: Indu­na uThe­ma­ni, indu­na uO­ma­ri, indu­na uZe­fo, indu­na uKe­na­zi,

16 indu­na uKo­ra, indu­na uGa­ta­ma, indu­na uA­ma­le­ki; le­zi zi­ndu­na zi­kaE­li­fa­zi eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma; la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­da.

17 Fu­thi la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li indo­da­na kaE­sa­wuo: Indu­na uNa­ha­thi, indu­na uZe­ra, indu­na uSha­ma, indu­na uMi­za; le­zi zi­ndu­na zi­ka­Re­hu­we­li eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma; la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ba­se­ma­thi umkaE­sa­wu.

18 Nja­lo la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ho­li­ba­ma, umkaE­sa­wup: Indu­na uJe­wu­shi, indu­na uJa­la­ma, indu­na uKo­ra; le­zi zi­ndu­na zi­kaA­ho­li­ba­ma, indo­da­ka­zi kaA­na, umkaE­sa­wu.

19 La nga­ma­do­da­na kaE­sa­wu, fu­thi le­zi zi­ndu­na za­wo; unguE­do­maq.

Inza­lo ka­Se­yi­ri

20 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Se­yi­rir umHo­ris, aba­hla­li be­li­zwe: ULo­ta­ni lo­Sho­bha­li lo­Zi­be­yo­ni loA­na

21 lo­Di­sho­ni loE­ze­ri lo­Di­sha­ni; la­ba ba­yi­zi­ndu­na za­ma­Ho­ri, ama­do­da­na ka­Se­yi­ri eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma.

22 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Lo­ta­ni aye­ngo­Ho­ri lo­He­ma­ma; lo­da­de­wa­bo ka­Lo­ta­ni wa­ye­ngu­Ti­mi­nat.

23 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Sho­bha­li: UA­li­va­ni lo­Ma­na­ha­thi loE­bha­li, uShe­fo loO­na­ma.

24 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Zi­be­yo­ni: Bo­ba­bi­li uA­ya loA­na; nguA­na owa­fi­ca imi­tho­mbo etshi­sa­yo enka­nga­la ese­lu­sa oba­bhe­mi ba­ka­Zi­be­yo­ni uyi­se.

25 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­na: UDi­sho­ni; loA­ho­li­ba­ma wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­ka­zi kaA­nau.

26 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Di­sho­ni: UHe­mi­da­ni loE­shi­bha­ni lo­Ji­ti­ra­ni lo­Ke­ra­ni.

27 La nga­ma­do­da­na kaE­ze­ri: UBi­li­ha­ni lo­Za­ha­va­na loA­ka­ni.

28 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Di­sha­ni: U-U­zi loA­ra­ni.

29 Le­zi zi­ndu­na za­ma­Ho­riv: Indu­na uLo­ta­ni, indu­na uSho­bha­li, indu­na uZi­be­yo­ni, indu­na uA­na,

30 indu­na uDi­sho­ni, indu­na uE­ze­ri, indu­na uDi­sha­ni; le­zi zi­ndu­na za­ma­Ho­ri, nge­zi­ndu­na za­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Se­yi­ri.

Ama­kho­si eli­zwe la­koE­do­ma

31 La­la nga­ma­kho­si abu­sa eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma, inko­si inga­ka­bu­si aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­liw.

32 UBhe­la indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri wa­se­bu­sa eE­do­ma, le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yi­Di­ni­ha­ba.

33 UBhe­la wa­se­si­fa, uJo­ba­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra we­Bho­zi­ra wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

34 UJo­ba­bi wa­se­si­fa, uHu­sha­ma owe­li­zwe­ni la­ma­The­ma­ni wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

35 UHu­sha­ma wa­se­si­fa; uHa­da­di indo­da­na ka­Be­da­di, owa­tsha­ya uMi­di­ya­ni egce­ke­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yiA­vi­thi.

36 UHa­da­di wa­se­si­fa; uSa­mi­la we­Ma­si­re­ka wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

37 USa­mi­la wa­se­si­fa; uSha­wu­li we­Re­ho­bo­thix emfu­le­ni wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

38 USha­wu­li wa­se­si­fa; uBha­li-Ha­na­niy indo­da­na kaA­khi­bho­ri wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

39 UBha­li-Ha­na­ni indo­da­na kaA­khi­bho­ri wa­se­si­fa; uHa­da­ri wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yi­Pa­wu; le­bi­zo lo­mka­khe la­li­ngu­Me­he­tha­bhe­li, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ma­ti­re­di, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Me­za­ha­bhi.

40 Nja­lo la nga­ma­bi­zo ezi­ndu­na za­koE­sa­wu nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­zo, nge­nda­wo za­zo, nga­ma­bi­zo azoz: Indu­na uTi­mi­na, indu­na uA­li­va, indu­na uJe­the­thi,

41 indu­na uA­ho­li­ba­ma, indu­na uE­la, indu­na uPi­no­ni,

42 indu­na uKe­na­zi, indu­na uThe­ma­ni, indu­na uMi­bhi­za­ri,

43 indu­na uMa­gi­di­ye­li, indu­na uI­ra­ma; le­zi zi­ndu­na zeE­do­ma, nje­ngo­kwe­zi­nda­wo za­zo zo­ku­hla­la, eli­zwe­ni le­li­fa la­zo; lo nguE­sa­wu, uyi­se kaE­do­ma.

Ama­phu­pho ka­Jo­se­fa

37UJa­ko­be wa­se­hla­la eli­zwe­ni uyi­se aye­hla­la ki­lo nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe1, ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni.

2 Le­zi zi­nda­ba ze­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­Ja­ko­bea. UJo­se­fab, ele­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa, wa­ye­se­lu­sa umhla­mbi la­ba­fo­wa­bo, wa­ye­ngu­mfa­na, ela­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­li­ha, la­ma­do­da­na ka­Zi­li­pa, omka­yi­se; uJo­se­fa wa­se­le­tha ku­yi­se imi­bi­ko emi­bi nga­boc.

3 Nja­lo uI­sra­ye­li wa­ye­mtha­nda uJo­se­fa ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na akhe, ngo­ba wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na yo­bu­da­la ba­khed; wa­me­nze­la isi­gqo­ko esi­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la2.

4 Kwa­thi aba­fo­wa­bo se­be­bo­ni­le uku­thi uyi­se uya­mtha­nda ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo, ba­mzo­nda, ba­be­nge­la­ku­khu­lu­ma ku­ye ngo­ku­thu­la.

5 UJo­se­fa wa­se­phu­pha iphu­pho, wala­zi­sa aba­fo­wa­bo; nga­kho ba­qhu­be­ka be­mzo­nda ka­khu­lu.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ake li­zwe le­li­phu­pho engi­li­phu­phi­le­yo.

7 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, be­si­bo­pha izi­thu­ngo pha­ka­thi kwe­nsi­mu, nja­lo kha­nge­la­ni, isi­thu­ngo sa­mi se­ma sa­qo­nda fu­thi, kha­nge­la­ni-ke, izi­thu­ngo ze­nu za­zi­nge­le­ze­la, za­si­kho­tha­me­la isi­thu­ngo sa­mie.

8 Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­nti uku­bu­sa uza­si­bu­sa, uku­la­wu­la uza­si­la­wu­la yi­ni? Nga­kho ba­qhu­be­ka be­mzo­nda ka­khu­lu, nge­nxa ya­ma­phu­pho akhe la­nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi akhe.

9 Wa­se­bu­ya fu­thi wa­phu­pha eli­nye iphu­pho, wa­li­la­ndi­se­la aba­fo­wa­bo, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­phu­phe fu­thi iphu­pho; kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ila­nga le­nya­nga le­nka­nye­zi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­nye zi­ngi­kho­tha­me­la.

10 Wa­se­la­ndi­se­la uyi­se la­ba­fo­wa­bo. Uyi­se wa­se­mso­la wa­thi ku­ye: Li­yi­ni le­li­phu­pho oli­phu­phi­le­yo? Uku­za si­za­ku­za, mi­na lo­nyo­kof la­ba­fo­we­nu, si­kho­tha­me­le emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi kwa­kho yi­ni?

11 Aba­fo­wa­bo-ke ba­ba lo­mo­na nga­yeg, ko­dwa uyi­se wa­li­gci­na le­li­li­zwih.

Uku­the­ngi­swa ku­ka­Jo­se­fa

12 Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­se­be­si­ya­la­gi­sa umhla­mbi ka­yi­se eShe­ke­mai.

13 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Aba­fo­we­nu ka­ba­la­gi­si eShe­ke­ma yi­ni? Wo­za, ngi­ku­thu­me ki­bo. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

14 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba-ke, ubo­ne uku­thi ba­phi­la ku­hle3 yi­ni aba­fo­we­nu, lo­ku­thi uya­phi­la umhla­mbi, ungi­bu­yi­se­le ili­zwi. Wa­se­mthu­ma esu­ka esi­go­di­ni iHe­bro­nij wa­se­fi­ka eShe­ke­ma.

15 Indo­da ya­mfi­ca, ngo­ba kha­nge­la wa­ye­zu­la ega­nge­ni; indo­da ya­si­mbu­za ya­thi: Udi­nga­ni?

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­di­nga aba­fo­we­thu; ake unga­zi­se uku­thi ba­la­gi­se nga­phi.

17 Indo­da ya­si­si­thi: Ba­su­ki­le la­pha, ngo­ba ngi­be­zwi­le be­si­thi: Asi­ye eDo­tha­ni. UJo­se­fa wa­se­ba­la­nde­la aba­fo­wa­bo, wa­ba­tho­la eDo­tha­nik.

18 Ba­se­be­mbo­na ese­kha­tsha­na. Nja­lo enga­ka­so­nde­li ku­bo, ba­me­nze­la ugo­be lo­ku­thi ba­mbu­la­le.

19 Ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, lo umphu­phi4 uye­za;

20 kha­the­si-ke, wo­za­ni si­mbu­la­le, si­mpho­se­le ko­mu­nye we­mi­go­di, be­se­si­si­thi: Isi­lo esi­bi si­mdli­le. Kho­na si­za­bo­na uku­thi ama­phu­pho akhe aza­ku­ba yi­ni.

21 URu­be­ni wa­se­ku­zwa, wa­mo­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, wa­thi: Asi­nga­tsha­yi impi­lol.

22 URu­be­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­nga­chi­thi iga­zi, mpho­se­le­ni ku­lu­mgo­di ose­nka­nga­la, li­nge­lu­le­li isa­ndla ku­ye; uku­ze amkhu­lu­le esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, uku­ze ambu­yi­se­le ku­yi­sem.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJo­se­fa ese­fi­ki­le ku­ba­fo­wa­bo, ba­mhlu­bu­la uJo­se­fa isi­gqo­ko sa­khe, isi­gqo­ko esi­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la5, aye­si­gqo­ki­le;

24 ba­se­be­mtha­tha, ba­mpho­se­la emgo­di­ni; ko­dwa umgo­di wa­wu­nge­la­lu­tho, ku­nge­la­ma­nzi ku­wo.

25 Ba­se­be­hla­la pha­nsi uku­dla isi­nkwa. Ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo abo ba­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, udwe­ndwe lwa­maI­shma­ye­li lu­ve­la eGi­le­ya­din, la­ma­ka­me­la awo ethwe­le isi­no­ngoo le­nhla­ka le­mu­re*p, eha­mba uku­kwe­hli­se­la eGi­bhi­the.

26 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Yi­nzu­zo ba­ni uba si­mbu­la­la umfo­we­thu, si­fi­hle iga­zi la­kheq?

27 Wo­za­ni, si­mthe­ngi­se ku­maI­shma­ye­lir, le­sa­ndla se­thu ka­si­nga­bi phe­zu kwa­khe, ngo­ba umgu­mfo­we­thu, inya­ma ye­thus. Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­se­be­la­le­la.

28 Kwa­se­ku­dlu­la ama­Mi­di­ya­ni anga­ba­the­ngi­se­la­nit; ba­se­be­mdo­nsa ba­mpha­ka­mi­sa uJo­se­fa emgo­di­ni, ba­the­ngi­sa uJo­se­fa ku­maI­shma­ye­liu nge­nhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­liv. Amu­sa-ke eGi­bhi­the.

29 Kwa­thi uRu­be­ni ebu­ye­la emgo­di­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, uJo­se­fa wa­ye­nge­kho emgo­di­ni, wa­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­khew.

30 Wa­se­bu­ye­la ku­ba­fo­wa­bo wa­thi: Umfa­na ka­kho; mi­na-ke, ngi­za­ku­ya nga­phix?

31 Ba­se­be­tha­tha isi­gqo­ko si­ka­Jo­se­fa, ba­hla­ba izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi, ba­gxa­mu­za isi­gqo­ko ega­zi­niy.

32 Ba­se­be­thu­me­la isi­gqo­ko esi­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la, ba­si­sa ku­yi­se, ba­thi: Lo­khu si­ku­fi­ci­le; aku­na­nze­le­le uku­thi le­si yi­si­gqo­ko se­ndo­da­na ya­kho yi­ni, lo­ba ha­tshiz.

33 Wa­si­na­nze­le­la wa­thi: Yi­si­gqo­ko se­ndo­da­na ya­mi! Isi­lo esi­bi si­mdli­le, isi­bi­li uda­tshu­lwe uJo­se­faa.

34 UJa­ko­be wa­se­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­khe, wa­fa­ka isa­ka ekha­lwe­ni lwa­khe, wa­yi­li­le­la indo­da­na ya­khe insu­ku ezi­ne­ngib.

35 Nja­lo wo­nke ama­do­da­na akhe la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe asu­ku­ma uku­mdu­du­zac, ko­dwa wa­la uku­du­du­zwa, wa­thi: Ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­hle­la engcwa­be­ni endo­da­ne­ni ya­mi ngi­li­lad. Uyi­se wa­mli­le­la nja­lo.

36 Ama­Mi­di­ya­nie ase­mthe­ngi­sa eGi­bhi­the ku­Po­ti­fa, umpha­thi ka­Fa­ro, indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi.

Ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­da

38Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uJu­da we­hla esu­ka ku­ba­fo­wa­bo, wa­pha­mbu­ke­laa endo­de­ni yeA­du­la­mub, obi­zo la­yo li­ngu­Hi­ra.

2 UJu­da wa­se­bo­na la­pho indo­da­ka­zi ye­ndo­da umKha­na­ni, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Shu­wac; wa­yi­tha­tha wa­nge­na ku­yo.

3 Ya­si­tha­tha isi­su, ya­za­la indo­da­na; wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uE­ri.

4 Ya­si­phi­nda itha­tha isi­su, ya­za­la indo­da­na; ya­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uO­na­nid.

5 Ya­si­se­nge­ze­le­la fu­thi ya­za­la indo­da­na, ya­yi­tha ibi­zo la­yo uShe­la; ko­dwa wa­ye­se­Ke­zi­bi eku­yi­za­le­ni kwa­yo.

6 UJu­da wa­se­mtha­the­la uE­ri izi­bu­lo la­khe umfa­zie, nja­lo ibi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Ta­ma­ri.

7 Ko­dwa uE­ri, izi­bu­lo li­ka­Ju­da, wa­ye­mu­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; iNko­si ya­si­mbu­la­laf.

8 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi kuO­na­ni: Nge­na ku­mka­mfo­we­nu, we­nze ku­ye imfa­ne­lo yo­mfo­wa­bo we­ndo­da, umvu­se­le umfo­we­nu inza­log.

9 UO­na­ni wa­ye­sa­zi-ke uku­thi inza­lo ka­yi­yi­ku­ba nge­ya­khe. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho enge­na ku­mka­mfo­wa­bo, wayi­chi­the­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, uku­ze anga­mni­ki umfo­wa­bo inza­lo.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si lo­kho akwe­nza­yo; nga­kho ya­mbu­la­la la­ye.

11 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Ta­ma­ri uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe: Hla­la ungu­mfe­lo­ka­zi endli­ni ka­yi­hloh, aze akhu­le uShe­la indo­da­na ya­mi; ngo­ba wa­thi: Hle­zi la­ye afe nje­nga­ba­fo­wa­bo. UTa­ma­ri wa­se­ha­mba wa­hla­la endli­ni ka­yi­sei.

UJu­da lo­Ta­ma­ri

12 Emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi ya­fa indo­da­ka­zi ka­Shu­wa, umka­Ju­da. UJu­da ese­zi­du­du­zi­lej, we­nyu­ke­la ku­ba­gu­ndi be­zi­mvu za­khe eThi­mi­na­thik, ye­na lo­mnga­ne wa­khe uHi­ra umA­du­la­mu.

13 Kwa­se­ku­sa­zi­swa ku­Ta­ma­ri uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, uyi­hlo­za­la we­nyu­ke­la eThi­mi­na­thi uku­gu­nda izi­mvu za­khe.

14 Wa­se­khu­lu­la ize­mba­tho zo­bu­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­khe, wa­zi­mbo­mbo­za nge­si­mbo­mbo­zo, wa­zi­go­qe­la, wa­hla­la esa­ngwe­ni iE­na­yi­ma, eli­se­ndle­le­ni eya eThi­mi­na­thi; ngo­ba wa­bo­na uku­thi uShe­la wa­ye­se­khu­li­le, nja­lo wa­ye­nga­mni­kwa­nga uku­ba ngu­mkakhe.

15 La­pho uJu­da ese­mbo­ni­le, wa­ca­ba­nga uku­thi uli­wu­le, ngo­ba embo­mbo­ze ubu­so ba­khe.

16 Wa­se­pha­mbu­ke­la ku­yel endle­le­ni wa­thi: Wo­za-ke, ngi­nge­ne ku­we; ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­zi uku­thi ngu­ma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe. Wa­se­si­thi: Uza­ngi­ni­ka­ni uku­ze unge­ne ki­mi?

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­thu­me­la izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi eli­ve­la emhla­nji­ni. Wa­se­si­thi: Uza­ngi­ni­ka isi­ba­mbi­so uze uli­thu­me­le yi­ni?

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Si­ba­mbi­so ba­ni engi­za­ku­ni­ka so­na? Wa­se­si­thi: Inda­nda­tho elo­pha­wu lwa­kho, le­nta­mbo ya­kho, lo­do­ndo­lo lwa­kho olu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khom. Wa­se­mu­pha, wa­nge­na ku­ye; wa­se­tha­tha isi­su sa­khe.

19 Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba, wa­khu­lu­la isi­mbo­mbo­zo sa­khe, wa­fa­ka ize­mba­tho zo­bu­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­khen.

20 UJu­da wa­se­thu­me­la izi­nya­ne le­mbu­zi nge­sa­ndla so­mnga­ne wa­khe umA­du­la­mu uku­ze atha­the isi­ba­mbi­so esa­ndle­ni so­we­si­fa­za­na; ko­dwa ka­mtho­la­nga.

21 Wa­se­bu­za ama­do­da enda­wo ya­ko­we­si­fa­za­na esi­thi: Li­nga­phi iwu­le ela­li­seE­na­yi­ma endle­le­ni? Ase­si­thi: Ka­ku­za­nga ku­be kho­na iwu­le la­pha.

22 Wa­se­bu­ye­la ku­Ju­da wa­thi: Ka­ngi­li­tho­la­nga, fu­thi la­ma­do­da enda­wo athi: Ka­ku­za­nga ku­be kho­na iwu­le la­pha.

23 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi: Ka­li­zi­tha­the­le, hle­zi si­de­le­le­ke1; kha­nge­la, ngi­thu­me­le le­li­zi­nya­ne, ko­dwa we­na ka­wu­mtho­la­nga.

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi pho­se emva kwe­nya­nga ezi­nta­thu kwa­zi­swa ku­Ju­da uku­thi: UTa­ma­ri uma­lo­ka­za­na wa­khe ufe­bi­le, fu­thi kha­nge­la-ke, ule­si­su so­ku­fe­tshwa. UJu­da wa­se­si­thi: Mkhu­phe­ni atshi­sweo.

25 Ese­khu­tshi­we, ye­na wa­thu­me­la ku­yi­se­za­la, esi­thi: Ngo­ni­we yi­ndo­da engu­mni­ni wa­le­zi­zi­nto. Wa­thi fu­thi: Ake uhlo­li­si­sep uku­thi nge­zi­ka­ba­ni le­zi­zi­nto, inda­nda­tho elo­pha­wu le­zi­nta­mbo lo­do­ndo­loq.

26 UJu­da wa­sezi­vu­mar wa­thi: Ulu­ngi­le ku­la­mis, nga­kho nje­ngo­ba ngi­nga­mni­ka­nga uShe­la indo­da­na ya­mi. Nja­lo ka­ba­nga esa­ma­zi fu­thi.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esi­kha­thi­ni so­ku­be­le­tha kwa­khe, kha­nge­la-ke, ama­pha­hla aye­se­si­swi­ni sa­khet.

28 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­be­le­the­ni kwa­khe, eli­nye la­khu­pha isa­ndla; umbe­le­thi­si wasi­tha­tha, wa­bo­pha inta­mbo ebo­mvuu esa­ndle­ni sa­lo, esi­thi: Lo uza­phu­ma ku­qa­la.

29 Ko­dwa kwa­thi li­fi­nye­za isa­ndla sa­lo, kha­nge­la-ke umfo­wa­bo wa­phu­ma; wa­se­si­thi: Ufo­hle nja­ni? Uku­fo­hla ka­ku­be phe­zu kwa­kho2. Wa­se­mu­tha ibi­zo la­khe uPe­re­zi3.

30 Emva kwa­lo­khu kwa­se­ku­phu­ma umfo­wa­bo owa­ye­le­nta­mbo ebo­mvu esa­ndle­ni sa­khe; wa­se­mu­tha ibi­zo la­khe uZe­rav.

UJo­se­fa lo­mka­Po­ti­fa

39UJo­se­fa wa­se­se­hli­se­lwa eGi­bhi­the; nja­lo uPo­ti­faa, umpha­thi ka­Fa­ro, indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi, indo­da engu­mGi­bhi­the, wa­mthe­nga esa­ndle­ni sa­maI­shma­ye­lib, aba­be­me­hli­se­le kho­na.

2 Nja­lo iNko­si ya­yi­lo­Jo­se­fac, wa­ze wa­ba ngu­mu­ntu ophu­me­le­la­yo; wa­ye­se­ndli­ni ye­nko­si ya­khe, umGi­bhi­the.

3 Inko­si ya­khe ya­si­bo­na uku­thi iNko­si ila­ye, lo­ku­thi ko­nke akwe­nza­yo iNko­si ya­ku­phu­me­le­li­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­khed.

4 UJo­se­fa wa­se­tho­la umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni ayoe, wa­yi­se­be­nze­la; nja­lo ya­me­nza wa­ba ngu­mpha­thi we­ndlu ya­yo, la­kho ko­nke eya­yi­la­kho ya­ku­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­su­ke­la esi­kha­thi­ni eya­me­nza nga­so umpha­thi we­ndlu ya­yo, la­kho ko­nke eya­yi­la­kho, iNko­si ya­bu­si­sa indlu yo­mGi­bhi­the nge­nxa ka­Jo­se­faf; le­si­bu­si­so se­Nko­si sa­ba phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke eya­yi­la­kho, endli­ni le­nsi­mi­ni.

6 Ya­si­tshi­ya ko­nke eya­yi­la­kho esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­se­fa; ya­yi­nga­zi lu­tho lwa­yo, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­dla eya­yi­ku­dla. Fu­thi uJo­se­fa wa­ye­mu­hle nge­si­mo, ekha­nge­le­ka ku­hleg.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto, inko­si­ka­zi ye­nko­si ya­khe ya­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo ayo ku­Jo­se­fa; ya­thi: La­la la­mi.

8 Ko­dwa wa­la, wa­thi enko­si­ka­zi­ni ye­nko­si ya­khe: Kha­nge­la, inko­si ya­mi ka­yi­kwa­zi oku­la­mi endli­ni, nja­lo ko­nke ela­kho iku­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mih;

9 ka­kho omkhu­lu ku­la­mi endli­ni le; nja­lo ka­yi­ngi­go­dle­la­ngai lu­tho, nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho, nga­lo­khu uku­thi ungu­mka­yo; nja­lo ngi­nge­nza nja­ni lo­bu­bu­bi obu­khu­lu, ngo­ne ku­Nku­lu­nku­luj?

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­khu­lu­me­ni kwa­khe ku­Jo­se­fa insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, ka­za­nge amla­le­le, uku­la­la la­ye, lo­ku­ba la­ye.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku olu­thi­le wa­nge­na endli­ni uku­ya­kwe­nza umse­be­nzi wa­khe, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho owa­ma­do­da endlu la­pho endli­ni,

12 ya­si­mba­mba nge­se­mba­tho sa­khe isi­thi: La­la la­mi. Ko­dwa wa­tshi­ya ise­mba­tho sa­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­yo, wa­ba­le­ka, wa­phu­me­la pha­ndle.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi isi­bo­ni­le uku­thi utshi­yi­le ise­mba­tho sa­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­yo, wa­ba­le­ke­la pha­ndle,

14 ya­bi­za ama­do­da endlu ya­yo, ya­khu­lu­ma ku­wo isi­thi: Bo­na­ni, usi­le­the­le indo­da engu­mHe­bhe­ru uku­dla­la nga­thi; uze ki­mi uku­ze ala­le la­mi, nga­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu;

15 kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­zwi­le uku­thi ngi­pha­ka­mi­se ili­zwi la­mi nga­kha­la, wa­tshi­ya ise­mba­tho sa­khe ece­le­ni kwa­mi, wa­ba­le­ka, wa­phu­me­la pha­ndle.

16 Ya­si­si­be­ka ise­mba­tho sa­khe ece­le­ni kwa­yo, ya­ze ya­fi­ka inko­si ya­khe ekha­ya.

17 Nja­lo ya­khu­lu­ma ku­yo nje­nga­la­ma­zwi isi­thi: Ince­ku engu­mHe­bhe­ru, osi­le­the­le yo­na, izi­le ki­mi uku­ze idla­le nga­mi;

18 kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­ngi­pha­ka­mi­se ili­zwi la­mi nga­kha­la, ya­tshi­ya ise­mba­tho sa­yo ece­le­ni kwa­mi, ya­ba­le­ke­la pha­ndle.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si ya­khe isi­zwe ama­zwi omka­yo, ewa­khu­lu­me ku­yo, esi­thi: Nje­nga­la­ma­zwi ince­ku ya­kho ye­nze ki­mi, ula­ka lwa­yo lwa­vu­tha.

20 Inko­si ka­Jo­se­fa ya­si­mtha­tha ya­mfa­ka ento­lo­ngwe­nik, inda­wo la­pho izi­bo­tshwa ze­nko­si eza­zi­bo­tshe­lwa kho­na; wa­se­si­ba la­pho ento­lo­ngwe­nil.

21 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ba lo­Jo­se­fam, ye­lu­le­la umu­sa ku­ye, ya­si­mu­pha umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni endu­na ye­nto­lo­ngon.

22 Indu­na ye­nto­lo­ngo ya­ni­ke­la-ke esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­se­fa zo­nke izi­bo­tshwa eza­zi­se­nto­lo­ngwe­nio; la­kho ko­nke eza­zi­kwe­nza la­pho, wa­ye­ngu­me­nzi.

23 Indu­na ye­nto­lo­ngo ka­yi­sa­kha­nge­la­nga lu­tho olwa­lu­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­la­yep; la­lo­kho akwe­nza­yo iNko­si yaku­phu­me­le­li­sa.

UJo­se­fa ucha­si­sa ama­phu­pho

40Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto umpha­thi­nke­zoa we­nko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the lo­mphe­ki­zi­nkwa bo­na enko­si­ni ya­bo, enko­si­ni ye­Gi­bhi­the.

2 Nga­kho uFa­ro wa­ba­thu­ku­the­le­la aba­the­nwa ba­khe aba­bi­lib, indu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo le­ndu­na ya­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwa.

3 Wa­zi­ni­ke­la esi­to­ki­si­nic, endli­ni ye­ndu­na ya­ba­li­ndid, ento­lo­ngwe­ni, inda­wo la­pho uJo­se­fa aye­bo­tshe­lwe kho­na.

4 Indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi ya­si­mla­ya uJo­se­fa uku­ba la­zoe, wa­zi­se­be­nze­la; nja­lo za­ba le­nsu­ku esi­to­ki­si­ni.

5 Zo­mbi­li za­se­zi­phu­pha ama­phu­pho, nga­mu­nye iphu­pho la­khe, nga­bu­su­ku bu­nye, nga­mu­nye nje­nge­ngca­ze­lo ye­phu­pho la­khe, umpha­thi­nke­zo lo­mphe­ki­zi­nkwa aba­be­nga­be­nko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the aba­be­bo­tshi­we ento­lo­ngwe­ni.

6 UJo­se­fa wa­se­nge­na ki­bo eku­se­ni, wa­ba­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, be­nyu­ku­me­le.

7 Wa­se­ba­bu­za aba­the­nwa ba­ka­Fa­ro aba­be­la­ye esi­to­ki­si­ni endli­ni ye­nko­si ya­khe, esi­thi: Ku­nga­ni ubu­so be­nu bu­da­ni­le la­mu­hla?

8 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Si­phu­phi­le iphu­pho, nja­lo ka­kho umcha­si­si wa­lof. UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ingca­ze­lo ka­yi­si­zo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­nig? Ake li­ngi­la­ndi­se­le wo­na.

9 Indu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo ya­la­ndi­sa iphu­pho la­yo ku­Jo­se­fa, ya­thi ku­ye: Ephu­tshe­ni la­mi, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­kho­na ivi­ni pha­mbi kwa­mi;

10 evi­ni­ni-ke kwa­ku­kho­na inga­tsha ezi­nta­thu; nja­lo kwa­ku­nga­thi li­ya­hlu­ma, impo­ko za­lo za­phu­ma, ama­hlu­ku­zo alo athe­la izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezi­vu­thi­we­yo.

11 Nja­lo inke­zo ka­Fa­ro ya­yi­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­mi; nga­se­ngi­tha­tha izi­the­lo ze­vi­ni, nga­zi­kha­me­la enke­zwe­ni ka­Fa­ro, nga­ni­ka inke­zo esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Fa­ro.

12 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Le yi­ngca­ze­lo ya­loh. Inga­tsha ezi­nta­thu zi­yi­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thui;

13 ku­se­se­pha­ka­thi kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu uFa­ro uza­pha­ka­mi­sa ikha­nda la­kho, aku­bu­yi­se­le esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khoj; nja­lo uza­ni­ka inke­zo ka­Fa­ro esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, nje­nge­ndle­la ya­ku­qa­la la­pho wa­wu­ngu­mpha­thi­nke­zo wa­khe.

14 Ko­dwa ungi­khu­mbu­le la­we, la­pho uhle­zi ku­hle, ake unge­nze­le umu­sak, ungi­bi­ke ku­Fa­ro, ungi­khu­phe ku­li­ndlu.

15 Ngo­ba nge­bi­wa lo­kwe­bi­wa eli­zwe­ni la­ma­He­bhe­ru, la­la­pha fu­thi ka­nge­nza­nga lu­tho uku­ze ba­ngi­fa­ke emgo­di­nil.

16 La­pho indu­na ya­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwa ibo­na uku­thi ucha­si­se ku­hle, ya­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: La­mi be­ngi­se­phu­tshe­ni; kha­nge­la-ke, be­ku­kho­na izi­tsha ezi­nta­thu zi­le­zi­nkwa ezi­mhlo­phe1 ekha­nda la­mi;

17 nja­lo esi­tshe­ni esi­nga­phe­zu­lu kwa­ku­kho­na oko­ku­dla ko­nke ku­ka­Fa­ro, umse­be­nzi obha­ki­we­yo; nja­lo inyo­ni za­ku­dla lo­kho esi­tshe­ni esi­se­kha­nda la­mi.

18 UJo­se­fa wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Le yi­ngca­ze­lo ya­lom. Izi­tsha ezi­nta­thu zi­yi­zi­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu;

19 ku­se­se­pha­ka­thi kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu uFa­ro uza­pha­ka­mi­sa ikha­nda la­khon li­su­ke ku­we, aku­le­ngi­se esi­hla­hle­ni; inyo­ni zi­za­ku­dla inya­ma ya­kho zi­yi­su­se ku­we.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu, usu­ku lo­ku­za­lwa ku­ka­Fa­roo, we­nze­la ince­ku za­khe zo­nke idi­li; wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ikha­ndap le­ndu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo le­kha­nda le­ndu­na ya­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwa pha­ka­thi kwe­nce­ku za­khe.

21 Wa­yi­bu­yi­se­la indu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zoq eku­pha­the­ni kwa­yo inke­zo; ya­si­ni­ka inke­zo esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Fa­ror.

22 Ko­dwa wa­yi­le­ngi­sa indu­na ya­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwas, nje­ngo­ba uJo­se­fa ezi­cha­si­se­le.

23 Ko­dwa indu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo ka­yi­mkhu­mbu­la­nga uJo­se­fa, ko­dwa ya­mkho­hlwa.

UJo­se­fa ucha­si­sa ama­phu­pho ka­Fa­ro

41Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li egcwe­le­yoa uFa­ro wa­phu­pha; kha­nge­la-ke, emi emfu­le­ni.

2 Kha­nge­la-ke, emfu­le­ni kwa­khu­phu­ka ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ekha­nge­le­ka ema­hle, eno­ni­le enya­me­ni; adla emi­hla­nge­nib.

3 Kha­nge­la-ke, ama­nye ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa akhu­phu­ka emfu­le­ni emva kwa­wo, ekha­nge­le­ka ku­bi, eca­ki­le enya­me­ni; ema edu­ze la­ma­nko­mo­ka­zi ekhu­nji­ni lo­mfu­la.

4 Ama­nko­mo­ka­zi akha­nge­le­ka ku­bi aca­ki­le­yo enya­me­ni adla ama­nko­mo­ka­zi akha­nge­le­ka ku­hle ano­ni­le­yo. UFa­ro wa­se­pha­pha­ma.

5 Wa­la­la fu­thi, wa­phu­pha ngo­kwe­si­bi­li; kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­kha­hle­la izi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ehla­nge­ni li­nye, ezi­gcwe­le­yo zi­lu­ngi­le.

6 Kha­nge­la-ke, izi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­ca­ki­le­yo, zi­ha­ngu­lwe ngu­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga, za­kha­hle­la emva kwa­zo.

7 Izi­khwe­bu ezi­ca­ki­le­yo za­gi­nya izi­khwe­bu ezi­phe­le­le­yo ezi­gcwe­le­yo. UFa­ro wa­se­pha­pha­ma, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­li­phu­pho.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni umo­ya wa­khe wa­kha­tha­ze­kac; wa­thu­me­la wa­bi­za iza­ngo­ma zo­nke ze­Gi­bhi­the la­zo zo­nke iza­zi za­yod. UFa­ro wa­zi­la­ndi­se­la iphu­pho la­khe; ko­dwa kwa­ku­nge­kho onga­mcha­si­se­la wo­na uFa­ro.

9 Indu­na ya­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Fa­ro isi­thi: La­mu­hla ngi­ya­khu­mbu­la ama­ca­la ami.

10 UFa­ro wa­zi­thu­ku­the­le­la ince­ku za­khee, wa­ngi­ni­ke­la esi­to­ki­si­ni, endli­ni ye­ndu­na ya­ba­li­ndif, mi­na le­ndu­na ya­ba­phe­ki­zi­nkwa;

11 nja­lo sa­phu­pha iphu­pho nga­bu­su­ku bu­nyeg, mi­na la­yo. Sa­phu­pha, nga­mu­nye nje­nge­ngca­ze­lo ye­phu­pho la­khe.

12 Kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho ka­nye la­thi ija­ha umHe­bhe­ru, ince­ku ye­ndu­na ya­ba­li­ndi; sa­yi­la­ndi­se­la ya­si­cha­si­se­la ama­phu­pho ethu, ya­cha­si­sa nga­mu­nye nje­nge­phu­pho la­kheh.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nje­ngo­ku­si­cha­si­se­la kwa­yo kwa­ba nja­lo; mi­na wa­ngi­bu­yi­se­la esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­mi, ye­na wa­mle­ngi­sai.

14 UFa­ro wa­se­thu­me­la wa­bi­za uJo­se­faj; ba­mkhu­pha emgo­di­nik ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sal1; ese­phu­ci­le wa­fa­ka ezi­nye izi­gqo­ko, wa­nge­na ku­Fa­ro.

15 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Ngi­phu­phi­le iphu­phom, ko­dwa ka­kho oli­cha­si­sa­yo; nja­lo mi­na ngi­zwi­le nga­we uku­thi: Usi­zwa iphu­pho, uya­li­cha­si­san.

16 UJo­se­fa wa­se­mphe­ndu­la uFa­ro esi­thi: Ka­ku­kho ki­mio. UNku­lu­nku­lup uza­phe­ndu­la impi­la­ka­hle ka­Fa­ro.

17 UFa­ro wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­se­fa wa­thiq: Ephu­tshe­ni la­mi, kha­nge­la, nga­ngi­mi ekhu­nji­ni lo­mfu­la;

18 nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­khu­phu­ka emfu­le­ni ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ano­ni­le­yo enya­me­ni, akha­nge­le­ka ema­hle, adla emi­hla­nge­ni.

19 Kha­nge­la-ke, ama­nye ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa akhu­phu­ka emva kwa­wo, aya­nge­ki­le­yo, akha­nge­le­ka ema­bi ka­khu­lu, aca­ki­le­yo enya­me­ni; angi­za­nga ngi­wa­bo­ne anje­nga­wo ngo­bu­bi eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the.

20 Kwa­thi ama­nko­mo­ka­zi aca­ki­le­yo la­ma­bi adla ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa oku­qa­la ano­ni­le­yo.

21 La­pho ese­nge­ne esi­swi­ni sa­wo, ka­ku­bo­na­ka­la­nga uku­thi ange­ni­le esi­swi­ni sa­wo, ngo­ba ekha­nge­le­ka ku­bi nje­nga­ku­qa­la. Nga­se­ngi­pha­pha­ma.

22 Nga­se­ngi­bo­na ephu­tshe­ni la­mi, kha­nge­la-ke, izi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa zi­kha­hle­la ehla­nge­ni li­nye, zi­gcwe­le zi­lu­ngi­le;

23 nja­lo kha­nge­la, izi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­tshwa­bhe­ne­yo, ezi­ca­ki­le­yo, ezi­ha­ngu­lwe ngu­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga za­kha­hle­la emva kwa­zo.

24 Nja­lo izi­khwe­bu ezi­ca­ki­le­yo za­gi­nya izi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­lu­ngi­le­yo. Nja­lo nga­ku­la­ndi­se­la iza­ngo­ma; ko­dwa kwa­ku­nge­kho esa­ngi­cha­si­se­la­yor.

25 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­Fa­ro: Iphu­pho li­ka­Fa­ro li­nye. Lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nza­yo, uma­zi­si­le uFa­ros.

26 Ama­nko­mo­ka­zi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa alu­ngi­le­yo ayi­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa; le­zi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­lu­ngi­le­yo zi­yi­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa. Iphu­pho li­nye.

27 Nja­lo ama­nko­mo­ka­zi aca­ki­le­yo la­ma­bi akhu­phu­ka emva kwa­wo ayi­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa; le­zi­khwe­bu ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ezi­ca­ki­le­yo ezi­ha­ngu­lwe ngu­mo­ya we­mpu­ma­la­nga zi­za­ku­ba yi­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­ndla­lat.

28 Le yi­nto engi­yi­khu­lu­me ku­Fa­ro uku­thi: Lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nza­yo, uku­tshe­ngi­si­le ku­Fa­rou.

29 Kha­nge­la, ku­ye­za imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­na­la enku­lu eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­thev.

30 Ku­za­ve­la imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­ndla­la emva kwa­yow; iza­kho­hla­ka­la-ke ina­la yo­nke eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the; nja­lo indla­la iza­li­qe­da ili­zwex.

31 Nja­lo ina­la ka­yi­yi­kwa­zi­wa eli­zwe­ni nge­nxa ya­le­yo­ndla­la emva kwa­lo­kho, ngo­ba iza­ku­ba nzi­ma ka­khu­lu.

32 Nja­lo uku­thi iphu­pho li­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li ku­Fa­ro, ku­ngo­ba into le imi­si­we ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luy, fu­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uya­pha­ngi­sa uku­kwe­nza.

33 Kha­the­si-ke uFa­ro ka­kha­nge­le indo­da eqe­di­si­sa­yo le­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, ayi­be­ke phe­zu kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the.

34 UFa­ro ke­nze lo­khu, abe­ke aba­bo­ni­si phe­zu kwe­li­zwe, atha­the ingxe­nye ye­si­hla­nu ye­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the emi­nya­ke­ni eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­na­la.

35 Ka­ba­bu­the ko­nke uku­dla kwa­li­mi­nya­ka elu­ngi­le­yo eza­yo, nja­lo ka­ba­bu­the­le­le ama­be­le nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Fa­roz, ku­be yi­ku­dla emi­zi­ni, ba­wa­gci­ne.

36 Nja­lo uku­dla ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­pha­la se­li­zwe okwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­ndla­la eza­ku­ba kho­na eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, uku­ze ili­zwe li­nga­bhu­ji­swa2 yi­ndla­la.

Uku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ku­ka­Jo­se­fa

37 Nja­lo into le ya­ba­nhle eme­hlwe­ni ka­Fa­ro le­me­hlwe­ni ezi­nce­ku za­khe zo­nke.

38 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Si­nga­mtho­la yi­ni onje­nga­ye, indo­da oku­yo uMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua?

39 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Nje­nga­lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu ekwa­zi­si­le ko­nke lo­khu, ka­kho oqe­di­si­sa­yo lo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo nje­nga­we.

40 We­na uza­ku­ba phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­mib, nja­lo emlo­nye­ni wa­kho bo­nke aba­ntu ba­mi ba­za­bu­swa3; ku­phe­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si ngi­za­ku­ba mkhu­lu ku­la­we.

41 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ku­be­ki­le phe­zu kwe­li­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the.

42 UFa­ro wa­se­khu­pha inda­nda­tho ya­khe elo­pha­wu lwa­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­yi­fa­ka esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­se­fac, wa­mgqo­ki­sa izi­gqo­ko ze­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lud, wa­mga­xa ike­ta­ne le­go­li­de enta­nye­nie.

43 Wa­mha­mbi­sa enqo­le­ni ye­si­bi­li aye­la­yo; nja­lo ba­me­me­zaf pha­mbi kwa­khe be­si­thi: Gu­qa­ni! Ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­mbe­ka phe­zu kwe­li­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­theg.

44 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Ngi­ngu­Fa­ro; ko­dwa nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho ka­kho oza­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­khe lo­ba unya­wo lwa­khe eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the.

45 UFa­ro wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo li­ka­Jo­se­fa ngo­ku­thi uZa­fe­na­thi-Pa­ne­ya4. Wa­mni­ka uA­se­na­thi, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Po­ti­fe­ra umpri­sti weO­ni, uku­thi abe ngu­mkakhe. UJo­se­fa wa­se­phu­ma wa­da­bu­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

46 Nja­lo uJo­se­fa wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu mhla esi­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­theh. UJo­se­fa wa­se­phu­ma esu­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Fa­ro, wa­da­bu­la ili­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the.

47 Umhla­ba wa­the­la nge­za­ndla ezi­gcwe­le­yo emi­nya­ke­ni eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­na­la.

48 Wa­se­qo­qa ko­nke uku­dla kwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa eya­yi­se­li­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, wa­be­ka uku­dla emi­zi­ni; uku­dla kwe­nsi­mu ezi­nge­le­ze­le lo­wo la­lo­wo­mu­zi wa­ku­be­ka ku­wo.

49 UJo­se­fa wa­se­bu­the­le­la ama­be­le nje­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be lo­lwa­ndle, aba ma­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu, wa­ze wa­ye­ke­la uku­ba­la, ngo­ba aye­nge­la­na­nii.

50 Wa­se­za­le­lwa uJo­se­fa ama­do­da­na ama­bi­lij, unga­ka­fi­ki umnya­ka we­ndla­la, amza­le­la wo­na uA­se­na­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Po­ti­fe­ra umpri­sti5 weO­ni.

51 UJo­se­fa wa­se­bi­za ibi­zok le­zi­bu­lo wa­thi ngu­Ma­na­se6, wa­thi: Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu unge­nze uku­thi ngi­kho­hlwe ko­nke uku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­mi le­ndlu yo­nke ka­ba­ba.

52 Le­bi­zo le­ye­si­bi­li wa­li­bi­za wa­thi nguE­fra­yi­mi7, wa­thi: Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu unge­nze uku­thi ngi­be le­zi­the­lo eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­mi.

53 Kwa­se­ku­phe­la imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­na­la eya­yi­se­li­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

54 Kwa­se­ku­qa­la uku­fi­ka imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­ndla­lal, nje­ngo­ba uJo­se­fa wa­ye­tshi­lom. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na indla­la ema­zwe­ni wo­nke, ko­dwa eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the kwa­ku­kho­na isi­nkwa.

55 Kwa­thi ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the lo­nke se­li­la­mba, aba­ntu ba­kha­la nge­si­nkwa ku­Fa­ro. UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­wo wo­nke ama­Gi­bhi­the: Ya­ni­ni ku­Jo­se­fa, le­nze lo­kho ali­tshe­la kho­na.

56 Kwa­thi se­ku­le­ndla­la ebu­swe­ni be­li­zwe lo­nke, uJo­se­fa wa­vu­la zo­nke izi­pha­la8, wa­the­ngi­se­lan ama­Gi­bhi­the; indla­la-ke ya­ba la­ma­ndla eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the.

57 Lo­nke ili­zwe la­fi­ka eGi­bhi­the ku­Jo­se­fa uku­the­nga, ngo­ba indla­la ya­yi­la­ma­ndla emhla­be­ni wo­nkeo.

Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Jo­se­fa ba­ya eGi­bhi­the

42UJa­ko­be ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi ku­kho­na ama­be­le eGi­bhi­thea, uJa­ko­be wa­thi ema­do­da­ne­ni akhe: Ku­nga­ni li­kha­nge­la­na?

2 Wa­thi fu­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, se­ngi­zwi­le uku­thi ku­kho­na ama­be­le eGi­bhi­the; ye­hla­ni li­ye kho­na, li­si­the­nge­le kho­na, uku­ze si­phi­le, si­nga­fib.

3 Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Jo­se­fa aba­li­tshu­mi ba­se­be­se­hla uku­the­nga ama­be­le eGi­bhi­the.

4 Ko­dwa uBhe­nja­mi­nic, umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­se­fa, uJa­ko­be ka­mthu­ma­nga la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ngo­ba wa­thi: Hle­zi ehle­lwe yi­ngo­zid.

5 Ama­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li ase­fi­ka uku­the­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­be­si­za, ngo­ba indla­la ya­yi­kho­na eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

6 Nja­lo uJo­se­fa wa­ye­ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwe­li­zwee; wa­the­ngi­se­la aba­ntu bo­nke be­li­zwe; ba­fi­ka-ke aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Jo­se­fa, ba­mkho­tha­me­la ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­nif.

7 UJo­se­fa ese­ba­bo­ni­le aba­fo­wa­bo, wa­ba­zi, ko­dwa wa­zi­tsha­ya owe­mzi­ni ku­bo, wa­khu­lu­ma la­bo izi­nto ezi­lu­khu­ni wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ve­la nga­phi? Ba­thi: Eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, uku­the­nga uku­dla.

8 UJo­se­fa wa­se­ba­zi aba­fo­wa­bo, ko­dwa bo­na ka­ba­ma­za­nga.

9 UJo­se­fa wa­se­khu­mbu­la ama­phu­pho awa­phu­pha nga­bog, wa­thi ki­bo: Li­zi­nhlo­lih, uku­za­bo­na ubu­nqu­nu be­li­zwe li­zi­le.

10 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mi; ko­dwa ince­ku za­kho zi­ze uku­the­nga uku­dla.

11 Thi­na so­nke si­nga­ma­do­da­na ando­da­nye; si­nga­ba­qo­tho, ince­ku za­kho ka­zi­si­zo inhlo­li.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa uku­za­bo­na ubu­nqu­nu be­li­zwe li­zi­le.

13 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Thi­na, izi­nce­ku za­kho, si­yi­ze­la­ma­ni ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ama­do­da­na ando­da­nye eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni; kha­nge­la-ke, ici­na­thu­nja­na li­ku­ba­ba la­mu­hla, enye ka­yise­khoi.

14 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Yi­kho lo­kho engi­ku­tsho ki­ni, uku­thi: Li­zi­nhlo­li.

15 Ku­lo­khu li­za­hlo­lwa; nge­mpi­lo ka­Fa­roj! ka­li­so­ze li­phu­me la­pha, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ku­fi­ke umfo­we­nu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na la­pha.

16 Thu­ma­ni omu­nye we­nu, amla­nde umfo­we­nu; ko­dwa li­na li­za­bo­tshwa, uku­ze ku­hlo­lwe ama­zwi enu, uku­thi iqi­ni­so li­ki­ni yi­ni; ko­dwa uba ha­tshi, impi­lo ka­Fa­ro! li­zi­nhlo­li.

17 Wa­se­ba­fa­ka1 esi­to­ki­si­ni insu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

18 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu: Ye­nza­ni lo­khu uku­ze li­phi­le. Ngi­ya­me­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luk.

19 Uba li­nga­ba­qo­tho, ka­bo­tshwe omu­nye wa­ba­fo­we­nu endli­ni yo­ku­lo­ndo­lo­zwa kwe­nu, ko­dwa li­na ha­mba­ni, li­bu­ye­le la­ma­be­le endla­la ezi­ndlu ze­nu,

20 li­le­the umna­we­nu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na ki­mil; kho­na ama­zwi enu eza­qi­ni­swa, uku­ze li­nga­fi. Ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo.

21 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Isi­bi­li si­le­ca­la ngo­mfo­we­thu, ngo­ba sa­bo­na usi­zi lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe, nxa wa­si­nce­nga, ko­dwa ka­si­la­le­la­nga; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho se­hle­lwe yi­ku­hlu­phe­ka lo­khum.

22 URu­be­ni wa­se­ba­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ngi­tsho­ngo yi­ni uku­thi: Li­ngo­ni ku­mfa­nan? Ko­dwa ka­li­la­le­la­nga. Nga­kho le­ga­zi la­khe, kha­nge­la­ni, li­ya­bi­zwao.

23 Nja­lo bo­na ba­be­nga­zi uku­thi uJo­se­fa uye­zwa, ngo­ba kwa­ku­lo­mto­li­kip pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

24 Nja­lo wa­ba­fu­la­the­la, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; wa­se­tshi­bi­li­ke­la ku­bo, wa­khu­lu­ma ku­bo; wa­se­tha­tha uSi­me­yo­ni ku­bo, wa­mbo­pha pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo abo.

25 UJo­se­fa wa­se­la­ya uku­thi ba­gcwa­li­se ama­sa­ka abo nga­ma­be­le, lo­ku­thi ba­bu­yi­se­le ima­li ya­bo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esa­ke­ni la­khe, lo­ku­thi ba­ba­ni­ke umpha­ko we­ndle­la; ba­se­be­se­nza nja­lo ku­bo.

26 Ba­se­be­se­thwe­sa oba­bhe­mi ba­bo ama­be­le abo, ba­su­ka la­pho.

27 Kwa­thi omu­nye evu­la isa­ka la­kheq uku­ze ani­ke uba­bhe­mi wa­khe uku­dla endli­ni ye­zi­ha­mbir, wa­bo­na ima­li ya­khe, ngo­ba kha­nge­la, ya­yi­se­mlo­nye­ni we­sa­ka la­khe.

28 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Ima­li ya­mi ibu­yi­se­lwe; fu­thi kha­nge­la­ni, ise­sa­ke­ni la­mi. Inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ya­si­se­hlu­le­ka2, ba­thu­thu­me­la, omu­nye ko­mu­nye be­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni lo­khu uNku­lu­nku­lu akwe­nze ki­thi?

29 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la ku­Ja­ko­be uyi­se eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, ba­ma­zi­sa ko­nke aba­hla­nge­ne la­kho, be­si­thi:

30 Indo­da, umbu­si wa­le­lo­li­zwe, wa­si­ha­la­da, wa­si­tha­tha nje­nge­nhlo­li ze­li­zwe.

31 Ko­dwa sa­thi ku­ye: Si­nga­ba­qo­tho; ka­si­si­zo izi­nhlo­li;

32 sa­si­yi­ze­la­ma­ni ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ama­do­da­na ka­ba­ba; enye ka­yise­khos, le­ci­na­thu­nja­na la­mu­hla li­ku­ba­ba eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni.

33 Le­ndo­da, umbu­si we­li­zwe, wa­thi ki­thi: Nga­lo­khu ngi­za­kwa­zi uku­thi li­nga­ba­qo­tho; tshi­ya­ni omu­nye wa­ba­fo­we­nu ki­mit, li­tha­the­le indla­la ye­zi­ndlu ze­nuu, li­ha­mbe,

34 li­le­the umna­we­nu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na ki­mi; kho­na ngi­za­bo­na uku­thi ka­li­si­zo izi­nhlo­li ko­dwa li­nga­ba­qo­tho, ngi­li­ni­ke umfo­we­nu, li­the­ngi­se­la­ne eli­zwe­niv.

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­thu­lu­la ama­sa­ka abo, kha­nge­la-ke, isi­khwa­ma se­ma­li sa­lo­wo la­lo­wo si­se­sa­ke­ni la­khe. La­pho be­bo­na izi­khwa­ma ze­ma­li ya­bo, bo­na lo­yi­se, be­sa­ba.

36 UJa­ko­be uyi­se wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­nge­mu­ka aba­ntwa­naw; uJo­se­fa kase­kho lo­Si­me­yo­ni ka­kho, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni li­za­mtha­tha; zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto zi­me­la­ne la­mi.

37 URu­be­ni wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­yi­se esi­thi: Bu­la­la aba­bi­li ku­ma­do­da­na amix, uba ngi­nga­mbu­yi­si ku­we; mni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, fu­thi mi­na ngi­za­mbu­yi­se­la ku­we.

38 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Indo­da­na ya­mi ka­yi­yi­kwe­hla la­ni, ngo­ba umfo­wa­bo ufi­ley, fu­thi ye­na use­le ye­dwa; uba ese­hle­lwa yi­ngo­zi endle­le­ni eli­ha­mba ku­yoz, li­za­kwe­hli­se­la engcwa­be­ni izi­mvu za­mi ngo­si­zia.

Aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Jo­se­fa ba­bu­ye­la eGi­bhi­the lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni

43Indla­la ya­si­si­ba nzi­maa eli­zwe­ni.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­qe­di­le uku­dla aba­be­bu­ye la­kho eGi­bhi­the, uyi­se wa­thi ku­bo: Bu­ye­la­ni, li­si­the­nge­le uku­dla oku­lu­tshwa­na.

3 UJu­da wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­ye wa­thi: Le­yo­ndo­da ya­si­qo­nqo­se­la1 ya­thi: Ka­li­so­ze li­bu­bo­ne ubu­so ba­mi nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi umna­we­nu li­be la­yeb.

4 Uba uthu­ma umna­we­thu la­thi, si­za­kwe­hla si­ye­ku­the­nge­la uku­dla,

5 ko­dwa uba ungamthu­mi, ka­si­yi­kwe­hla, ngo­ba le­yo­ndo­da ya­thi ki­thi: Ka­li­so­ze li­bu­bo­ne ubu­so ba­mi nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi umna­we­nu li­la­ye.

6 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi: Le­nze­la­ni oku­bi ki­mi ngo­ku­ya­zi­sa le­yo­ndo­da uku­thi li­se­lo­mna­we­nu?

7 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Le­yo­ndo­da ya­bu­zi­si­sa2 ma­ye­la­na la­thi la­nge­zi­hlo­bo ze­thu, isi­thi: Uyi­hlo usa­phi­la yi­ni? Li­lo­mna­we­nu yi­ni? Sa­yi­la­ndi­se­la nga­la­wo­ma­zwi3; ukwa­zi sa­si­kwa­zi yi­ni uku­thi iza­ku­thi: Ye­hla­ni lo­mna­we­nu?

8 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi kuI­sra­ye­li uyi­se: Thu­ma umfa­na la­mi; be­se­si­su­ku­ma si­ha­mbe, uku­ze si­phi­le si­nga­fic, la­thi, la­we, la­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­thu.

9 Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ba yi­si­ba­mbi­so sa­khe; uza­mbi­za esa­ndle­ni sa­mi; uba ngi­nga­mbu­yi­si ku­we ngi­mbe­ke pha­mbi kwa­kho, ngi­za­ku­ba le­ca­la ku­we zo­nke izi­nsu­kud.

10 Isi­bi­li uba be­si­nga­li­ba­la­nga, qo­tho nga­be kha­the­si se­si­bu­yi­le ka­bi­li.

11 UI­sra­ye­li uyi­se wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Uba ku­nja­lo kha­the­si, ye­nza­ni lo­khu; tha­tha­ni okwe­zi­the­lo ezi­khe­thi­we­yo ze­li­zwe ezi­tshe­ni ze­nu, li­ye­hli­se­le le­yo­ndo­da isi­pho, inhla­ka eyi­ngco­sa­nae, lo­lu­ju olu­yi­ngco­sa­na, isi­no­ngo, le­mu­re*, imke­lu ye­pi­sta­ki­yo, la­ma-a­li­mo­ndi;

12 li­tha­the ima­li iphi­ndwe ka­bi­li esa­ndle­ni se­nu; fu­thi ima­li eya­bu­yi­se­lwa­yo emlo­nye­ni wa­ma­sa­ka enuf li­yi­bu­yi­se­le esa­ndle­ni se­nu, mhla­wu­mbe kwa­ba yi­si­pho­si­so.

13 Li­tha­the fu­thi umfo­we­nu, li­su­ku­me, li­bu­ye­le ku­le­yo­ndo­da.

14 UNku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlag ka­li­phe isi­ha­wu pha­mbi kwa­le­yo­ndo­da, uku­ze ali­khu­lu­le­le omu­nye umfo­we­nu lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni. Mi­na-ke, uba nge­mu­kwa aba­ntwa­na, ngi­ye­mu­kwa.

15 Ama­do­da ase­tha­tha le­so­si­pho, atha­tha ima­li ephi­ndwe ka­bi­li esa­ndle­ni sa­wo lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; asu­ku­ma ehle­la eGi­bhi­the, ema pha­mbi ku­ka­Jo­se­fa.

16 Kwa­thi uJo­se­fa embo­na uBhe­nja­mi­ni ela­bo, wa­thi ku­mpha­thi we­ndlu ya­kheh: Nge­ni­sa la­ma­do­da endli­ni, uhla­be isi­fu­yo, ulu­ngi­se, ngo­ba la­ma­do­da aza­ku­dla la­mi emi­ni.

17 Indo­da ye­nza nje­ngo­ba uJo­se­fa etshi­lo, le­ndo­da ya­wa­nge­ni­sa ama­do­da endli­ni ka­Jo­se­fa.

18 Ama­do­da ase­se­sa­ba, ngo­ba enge­ni­swe endli­ni ka­Jo­se­fa; athi: Si­nge­ni­si­we nge­nxa ye­ma­li eya­bu­yi­se­lwa ema­sa­ke­ni ethu ku­qa­la, uku­ze asi­ju­me4 ehle­le phe­zu kwe­thu, asi­tha­the si­be yi­zi­gqi­li, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­thu.

19 Ase­so­nde­la endo­de­ni eya­yi­ngu­mpha­thi we­ndlu ka­Jo­se­fa, akhu­lu­ma ku­yo emnya­ngo we­ndlu,

20 athi: Ma­yu­yu nko­si ya­mi! Se­hla lo­kwe­hla ku­qa­la uku­the­nga uku­dlai.

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­si­fi­ke endli­ni ye­zi­ha­mbi, sa­vu­la ama­sa­ka ethu, kha­nge­la-ke, ima­li ya­lo­wo la­lo­wo ya­yi­se­mlo­nye­ni we­sa­ka la­khej, ima­li ye­thu nge­si­si­ndo sa­yo; si­yi­bu­yi­si­le esa­ndle­ni se­thu.

22 Se­hle le­nye ima­li la­yo esa­ndle­ni se­thu, uku­the­nga uku­dla. Ka­sa­zi uku­thi ngu­ba­ni ofa­ke ima­li ye­thu ema­sa­ke­ni ethu.

23 Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­thu­la ka­ku­be ki­ni, li­nge­sa­bi. UNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­hlo uli­ni­ki­le ino­tho ema­sa­ke­ni enu. Ima­li ye­nu ye­za ki­mi. Wa­se­mkhu­phe­la ku­bo uSi­me­yo­ni.

24 Indo­da ya­si­wa­nge­ni­sa ama­do­da endli­ni ka­Jo­se­fa, yawa­ni­ka ama­nzi; ase­ge­za inya­wo za­wo; ya­si­ni­ka oba­bhe­mi ba­wo uku­dlak.

25 Ase­lu­ngi­sa isi­phol wa­ze wa­fi­ka uJo­se­fa emi­ni, ngo­ba aye­zwi­le uku­thi ba­za­ku­dla isi­nkwa la­pho.

26 Kwa­thi uJo­se­fa ese­fi­ki­le endli­ni, amle­the­la endli­ni isi­pho esa­si­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­wo, amkho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­nim.

27 Wa­se­wa­bu­za impi­lo wa­thi: Uya­phi­la uyi­hlo yi­ni, ixhe­gu ela­li­khu­lu­ma nga­lo? Li­sa­phi­la yi­nin?

28 Ase­si­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho uba­ba ise­kho­na, isa­phi­la. Ase­kho­tha­me­la pha­nsi amkho­nza.

29 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na uBhe­nja­mi­ni umfo­wa­bo, indo­da­na ka­ni­nao, wa­thi: Ngu­ye lo umna­we­nu omnci­nya­ne yi­ni ela­khu­lu­ma nga­ye ki­mip? Wa­thi fu­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­be lo­mu­sa ku­we, ndo­da­na ya­mi.

30 UJo­se­fa wa­se­pha­ngi­sa, ngo­ba imi­bi­li­ni ya­khe ya­tshi­se­ke­la umfo­wa­boq; wa­di­nga inda­wo yo­ku­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; wa­nge­na eka­me­lwe­ni eli­pha­ka­thi, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi kho­nar.

31 Ese­ge­zi­le ubu­so ba­khe, wa­phu­ma; ese­zi­ba­mbi­les wa­thi: Fa­ka­ni isi­nkwa.

32 Ba­mfa­ke­la ye­dwa, la­wo wo­dwa, la­ma­Gi­bhi­the, aye­si­dla la­ye, wo­dwa, ngo­ba ama­Gi­bhi­the aye­nge­dle isi­nkwa la­ma­He­bhe­ru, ngo­ba lo­kho kwa­ku­yi­si­ne­ngi­so ku­ma­Gi­bhi­thet.

33 Ase­hla­la pha­mbi kwa­khe, izi­bu­lo nje­ngo­bu­zi­bu­lo ba­lo, le­ci­na­thu­nja­na nje­ngo­bu­ci­na­thu­nja­na ba­lo; ama­do­da ase­ma­nga­la enye kwe­nye.

34 Wa­se­wa­be­la ku­lo­khu okwa­ku­pha­mbi kwa­kheu; ko­dwa isa­be­lo si­ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni sa­phi­ndwa ka­hla­nuv okwe­dlu­la isa­be­lo sa­wo wo­nke. Ana­tha ase­na­tha ka­khu­lu la­ye.

UJo­se­fa uya­ba­li­nga aba­fo­wa­bo

44Wa­se­la­ya umpha­thi we­ndlu ya­khe esi­thi: Gcwa­li­sa ama­sa­ka ama­do­da ngo­ku­dla, oku­li­nge­ne aba­nga­ku­thwa­la, ufa­ke ima­li ya­lo­wo la­lo­wo emlo­nye­ni we­sa­ka la­khe.

2 Le­nke­zo ya­mi, inke­zo ye­si­li­va, ifa­ke emlo­nye­ni we­sa­ka le­ci­na­thu­nja­na ka­nye le­ma­li ya­ma­be­le alo. We­nza-ke nje­nge­li­zwi li­ka­Jo­se­fa, aye­li­khu­lu­mi­le.

3 Eku­se­ni se­ku­si­le, ama­do­da avu­nye­lwa uku­ha­mba, wo­na la­bo­ba­bhe­mi ba­wo.

4 Wo­na aphu­ma emzi­ni, aye­nga­kha­tsha­na, uJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­mpha­thi we­ndlu ya­khe: Su­ku­ma xo­tsha­na la­ma­do­da; la­pho usu­wa­fi­ci­le uza­ku­thi ku­wo: Li­phi­ndi­se­le­le­ni oku­hle ngo­ku­bi?

5 Le ka­yi­si­yo ena­tha ku­yo inko­si ya­mi, le­hla­hlu­la nga­yo si­bi­li yi­ni? Le­nze oku­bi nge­li­kwe­nzi­le­yo.

6 Wa­se­wa­fi­ca, wa­khu­lu­ma ku­wo la ama­zwi.

7 Ase­si­thi ku­ye: Inko­si ye­thu ikhu­lu­me­la­ni ama­zwi anje? Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na le­zi­nce­ku za­kho ukwe­nza into enje.

8 Kha­nge­la, ima­li esa­yi­fi­ca emlo­nye­ni wa­ma­sa­ka ethua sa­yi­bu­yi­se­la ku­we ive­la eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni. Pho, be­si­nge­ba nja­ni isi­li­va lo­ba igo­li­de endli­ni ye­nko­si ya­kho?

9 Lo­wo owe­zi­nce­ku za­kho etho­lwa ku­ye, ka­feb, la­thi fu­thi si­za­ku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li ze­nko­si ye­thu.

10 Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­the­si-ke, ka­ku­be nja­lo nje­nga­ma­zwi enu; lo­wo eza­tho­lwa ku­ye uza­ku­ba yi­si­gqi­li sa­mi, ko­dwa li­na li­be msu­lwa.

11 Ba­se­be­pha­ngi­sa, nja­lo ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­thu­le­la isa­ka la­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­se­vu­la isa­ka la­khe.

12 Wa­phe­nya eqa­la kwe­nku­lu wa­ci­na nge­ci­na­thu­nja­na; nja­lo inke­zo ya­tho­lwa esa­ke­ni li­ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni.

13 Ase­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­woc; ile­yo la­le­yo ye­thwe­sa uba­bhe­mi wa­yo, ase­bu­ye­la emzi­ni.

14 Nja­lo uJu­da wa­fi­ka la­ba­fo­wa­bo endli­ni ka­Jo­se­fa; ngo­ba wa­ye­se­se­kho­na, ba­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi kwa­khed.

15 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Yi­se­nzo ba­ni eli­se­nzi­le­yo? Be­li­nga­zi yi­ni uku­thi indo­da enje­nga­mi inga­hla­hlu­la si­bi­li?

16 UJu­da wa­se­si­thi: Si­za­ku­thi­ni enko­si­ni ye­thu? Si­za­khu­lu­ma­ni? Lo­ba si­za­zi­lu­ngi­si­sa nja­ni? UNku­lu­nku­lu utho­le ubu­bi be­nce­ku za­kho; kha­nge­la, si­yi­zi­gqi­li ze­nko­si ye­thu, thi­na so­nke ka­nye la­ye inke­zo etho­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­khee.

17 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi ukwe­nza lo­kho. Indo­da esa­ndle­ni sa­yo oku­tho­lwe inke­zo, ngu­ye oza­ku­ba yi­si­gqi­li sa­mi; ko­dwa li­na ye­nyu­ka­ni ngo­ku­thu­la li­ye ku­yi­hlo.

18 UJu­da wa­se­so­nde­la ku­ye wa­thi: Uxo­lo nko­si ya­mi! Ake uvu­me­le ince­ku ya­kho ikhu­lu­me ili­zwi endle­be­ni ze­nko­si ya­mif, lo­la­ka lwa­kho lu­nga­yi­vu­the­li ince­ku ya­khog, ngo­ba unje­ngo­Fa­ro ka­nye.

19 Inko­si ya­mi ya­bu­za ince­ku za­yo isi­thi: Li­lo­yi­hlo ku­mbe umfo­we­nu yi­ni?

20 Sa­se­si­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­mi: Si­lo­ba­ba oli­xhe­gu, lo­mfa­na wo­bu­xhe­gu, omnci­nya­neh, lo­mne­wa­bo ufi­le, nja­lo ye­na use­le ye­dwa ku­ni­na, lo­yi­se uya­mtha­nda.

21 Wa­su­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho: Me­hli­se­le­ni ki­mi uku­ze ngi­be­ke ili­hlo la­mi phe­zu kwa­khei.

22 Sa­se­si­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­mi: Umfa­na ange­tshi­ye uyi­se; uba emtshi­ya uyi­se, uza­ku­fa uyi­sej.

23 Wa­su­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho: Uba umna­we­nu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na enge­hli la­ni, ka­li­yi­ku­bo­na ubu­so ba­mi fu­thi.

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­se­nyu­ke­le ku­nce­ku ya­kho uba­ba, sa­ma­zi­sa ama­zwi enko­si ya­mi.

25 Uba­ba wa­se­si­thi: Bu­ye­la­ni, li­si­the­nge­le uku­dla oku­lu­tshwa­nak.

26 Sa­se­si­si­thi: Si­nge­ke se­hle; uba umna­we­thu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na ela­thi si­nge­hla, ngo­ba si­nge­bo­ne ubu­so ba­le­yo­ndo­da uba umna­we­thu oli­ci­na­thu­nja­na si­nge­la­ye.

27 Ince­ku ya­kho uba­ba ya­si­si­thi ki­thi: Li­na li­ya­zi uku­thi umka­mi wa­ngi­za­le­la ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li;

28 nja­lo omu­nye wa­phu­ma ki­mi, nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Isi­bi­li uda­tshu­li­we lo­ku­da­tshu­lwal; nja­lo ka­ngi­mbo­na­nga ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si.

29 Uba li­tha­tha la­lo li­msu­sa ebu­swe­ni ba­mi, ese­hle­lwe yi­ngo­zi, li­za­kwe­hli­se­la-ke izi­mvu za­mi engcwa­be­ni ngo­si­zim.

30 Kha­the­si-ke, la­pho ngi­bu­ye­la ku­nce­ku ya­kho uba­ba, lo­mfa­na si­nge­la­ye, nje­ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ubo­tshe­lwe emphe­fu­mu­lwe­ni wa­khen,

31 ku­za­ku­thi-ke, nxa ebo­na uku­thi umfa­na ka­khoo, uza­ku­fa; nja­lo ince­ku za­kho zi­za­kwe­hli­se­la izi­mvu ze­nce­ku ya­kho uba­ba engcwa­be­ni ngo­si­zi.

32 Ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho ya­ba yi­si­ba­mbi­so so­mfa­na ku­ba­ba esi­thi: Uba ngi­nga­mbu­yi­se­li ku­we, ngi­za­ku­ba le­ca­la ku­ba­ba zo­nke izi­nsu­kup.

33 Kha­the­si-ke, ake ince­ku ya­kho isa­le esi­khu­ndle­ni so­mfa­na, ibe yi­si­gqi­li se­nko­si ya­mi, lo­mfa­na enyu­ke ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo.

34 Ngo­ba ngi­nge­nyu­ke­la nja­ni ku­ba­ba, umfa­na ngi­nge­la­ye, hle­zi ngi­bo­ne oku­bi oku­za­fi­ca uba­ba?

UJo­se­fa uya­zi­ve­za ku­ba­fo­wa­bo

45UJo­se­fa-ke wa­ye­nge­la­ku­zi­ba­mbaa pha­mbi kwa­bo aba­be­mi la­ye, wa­me­me­za wa­thi: Khu­pha­ni wo­nke umu­ntu asu­ke ki­mi. Fu­thi kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu owa­ye­mi la­ye la­pho uJo­se­fa ezi­ve­za ku­ba­fo­wa­bo.

2 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe ngo­ku­kha­la, aze ezwa ama­Gi­bhi­the, ye­zwa le­ndlu ka­Fa­ro.

3 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Ngi­ngu­Jo­se­fab. Uba­ba usa­phi­la yi­ni? Ko­dwa aba­fo­wa­bo ka­ba­ze ba­mphe­ndu­la, ngo­ba be­sa­nga­ni­se­ki­le pha­mbi kwa­khe.

4 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Ake li­so­nde­le ki­mi. Ba­so­nde­la-ke. Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ngu­Jo­se­fa umfo­we­nu ela­mthe­ngi­sa wa­ya eGi­bhi­the.

5 Kha­the­si-ke, li­nga­da­bu­ki, li­nga­zi­thu­ku­the­le­li1, uku­thi la­ngi­the­ngi­sa la­pha, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ngi­thu­ma pha­mbi kwe­nu uku­lo­ndo­lo­za impi­loc.

6 Ngo­ba li­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li indla­la ipha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe; nja­lo ku­se­le­mi­nya­ka emi­hla­nu oku­nga­yi­ku­li­nywa ku­vu­nwe nga­yod.

7 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ngi­thu­ma pha­mbi kwe­nu uku­li­mi­se­la insa­li emhla­be­ni, lo­ku­li­gci­na li­phi­la ngo­ku­khu­lu­la oku­khu­lu.

8 Kha­the­si-ke, li­na ali­ngi­thu­me­la­nga la­pha, ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu; wa­se­ngi­mi­sa nga­ba ngu­yi­se ka­Fa­roe, le­nko­si ye­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke, lo­mbu­si eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the.

9 Pha­ngi­sa­ni le­nyu­ke­le ku­ba­ba, li­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo indo­da­na ya­kho uJo­se­fa: UNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­mi­se inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the lo­nke; ye­hle­la ki­mi, unga­phu­zi;

10 uza­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­nif, ube se­du­ze la­mi, we­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kho la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­ba­kho, le­zi­mvu za­kho le­nko­mo za­kho, la­kho ko­nke ola­kho.

11 Nja­lo ngi­za­ko­ndla la­pho, ngo­ba ise­kho­na imi­nya­ka emi­hla­nu ye­ndla­la, hle­zi ube ngu­mya­nga, we­na le­ndlu ya­kho la­kho ko­nke ola­khog.

12 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, ame­hlo enu aya­bo­na, la­me­hlo omfo­we­thu uBhe­nja­mi­ni, uku­thi umlo­mo wa­mi ukhu­lu­ma ki­ni.

13 Bi­ke­la­ni uba­ba lo­nke udu­mo lwa­mi eGi­bhi­the, la­kho ko­nke eli­ku­bo­ni­le­yo, li­pha­ngi­se le­hli­se­le uba­ba la­phah.

14 Wa­se­we­la enta­nye­ni ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni umfo­wa­bo, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi enta­nye­ni ya­khe.

15 Wa­se­ba­nga bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi phe­zu kwa­bo. Nja­lo emva kwa­lo­khu aba­fo­wa­bo ba­xo­xa la­ye.

16 Kwa­thi le­li­li­zwi li­zwa­ka­la endli­ni ka­Fa­ro li­si­thi, aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Jo­se­fa ba­fi­ki­le, kwa­ba ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ka­Fa­ro le­me­hlwe­ni ence­ku za­khe.

17 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Tshe­la aba­fo­we­nu uthi: Ye­nza­ni lo­khu, ye­thwe­sa­ni inya­ma­za­na ze­nu, li­ha­mbe li­ye eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni,

18 li­tha­the uyi­hlo le­mi­zi ye­nu, li­bu­ye ki­mi; be­se­ngi­li­ni­ka oku­hle kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the, be­se­li­si­dla ama­no­no eli­zwei.

19 We­na-ke usu­la­yi­we; ye­nza­ni lo­khu, zi­tha­the­le­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the izi­nqo­la za­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu la­bo­mke­nu, li­thwa­le uyi­hlo li­bu­ye.

20 Fu­thi ili­hlo le­nu li­nga­kha­tha­le­li impa­hla ze­nu, ngo­ba oku­hle kwe­li­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the ku­ngo­kwe­nu.

21 Ase­se­nza nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li; uJo­se­fa wa­se­wa­ni­ka izi­nqo­la nje­ngo­ku­la­ya2 ku­ka­Fa­ro, wa­ba­ni­ka umpha­ko we­ndle­la.

22 Wa­ba­ni­ka bo­nke, kwa­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ize­mba­tho zo­ku­ntshi­ntshaj; ko­dwa uBhe­nja­mi­ni wa­mni­ka inhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, le­ze­mba­tho zo­ku­ntshi­ntsha ezi­nhla­nuk.

23 Wa­se­thu­me­la ku­yi­se ka­nje, oba­bhe­mi aba­li­tshu­mi, be­thwe­le okwe­zi­nto ezi­nhle ze­Gi­bhi­the, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi aba­li­tshu­mi be­thwe­le ama­be­le le­zi­nkwa lo­ku­dla kwe­ndle­la ku­ka­yi­sel.

24 Wa­se­ba­thu­ma aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ha­mba. Wa­thi ki­bo: Li­nga­xa­ba­ni endle­le­nim.

25 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ka be­su­ka eGi­bhi­the, ba­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, ku­Ja­ko­be uyi­se.

26 Ba­mbi­ke­la be­si­thi: UJo­se­fa usa­phi­la, nja­lo ungu­mbu­si eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the lo­nke. Inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­si­phe­la ama­ndla, ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­ba­kho­lwa.

27 Ba­se­be­mtshe­la wo­nke ama­zwi ka­Jo­se­fa aye­wa­tshi­lo ki­bo. Kwa­thi ese­zi­bo­ni­le izi­nqo­la uJo­se­fa aye­zi­thu­me uku­mthwa­lan, umo­ya ka­Ja­ko­be uyi­se wa­vu­se­le­le­ka.

28 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi: Kwa­ne­le, uJo­se­fa indo­da­na ya­mi usa­phi­la; ngi­za­ha­mba ngi­mbo­ne ngi­nga­ka­fi.

UJa­ko­be uya eGi­bhi­the

46UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­su­ka la­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho, wa­fi­ka eBhe­ri­she­bhaa, wa­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­se uI­sa­kab.

2 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­khu­lu­ma kuI­sra­ye­li emi­bo­nwe­nic ye­bu­su­ku esi­thi: Ja­ko­be, Ja­ko­be! Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

3 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­hlod; unge­sa­bi ukwe­hle­la eGi­bhi­the, ngo­ba ngi­za­ku­mi­sa ube yi­si­zwe esi­khu­lu kho­nae;

4 mi­na ngi­za­kwe­hle­la eGi­bhi­the la­we, nja­lo la­mi isi­bi­li ngi­za­kwe­nyu­saf; fu­thi uJo­se­fa uza­be­ka isa­ndla sa­khe phe­zu kwa­me­hlo akhog.

5 UJa­ko­be wa­se­su­ku­ma eve­la eBhe­ri­she­bha. La­ma­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li amthwa­la uJa­ko­be uyi­se la­ba­ntwa­nya­na ba­wo la­bo­mka­wo ezi­nqo­le­ni uFa­ro aye­zi­thu­mi­le uku­mthwa­lah.

6 Ba­se­be­tha­tha izi­fu­yo za­bo le­mpa­hla za­bo aba­be­zi­zu­zi­le eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, ba­fi­ka eGi­bhi­the, uJa­ko­be le­nza­lo ya­khe yo­nke la­ye,

7 ama­do­da­na akhe, la­ma­do­da­na ama­do­da­na akhe ka­nye la­ye, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­do­da­na akhe; la­yo yo­nke inza­lo ya­khe wa­yi­le­tha la­ye eGi­bhi­thei.

Inza­lo ka­Ja­ko­be

8 Nja­lo la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­lij afi­ka eGi­bhi­the: UJa­ko­be la­ma­do­da­na akhe. Izi­bu­lo li­ka­Ja­ko­be: URu­be­nik.

9 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni: OHa­no­ki, lo­Pa­lu, lo­He­zi­ro­ni, lo­Ka­ri­mi.

10 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Si­me­yo­ni: OJe­mu­we­li lo­Ja­mi­ni loO­ha­di lo­Ja­ki­ni lo­Zo­ha­ri, lo­Sha­wu­li indo­da­na yo­mKha­na­ni­ka­zi.

11 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vil: OGe­ri­sho­ni, uKo­ha­thi lo­Me­ra­ri.

12 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ju­dam: OE­ri loO­na­ni lo­She­la lo­Pe­re­zi lo­Ze­ra; ko­dwa uE­ri wa­fa, loO­na­ni, eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nin. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Pe­re­zi aye­ngo­He­zi­ro­ni lo­Ha­mu­lio.

13 La­ma­do­da­na kaI­sa­ka­rip: OTho­la lo­Pu­va lo­Yo­bi lo­Shi­mro­ni.

14 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­bu­lu­ni: OSe­re­di loE­lo­ni lo­Ja­le­li.

15 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­ya awa­za­le­la uJa­ko­be ePa­da­ni-A­ra­ma lo­Di­na indo­da­ka­zi ya­kheq; yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ma­do­da­na akhe la­ma­do­da­ka­zi akhe ya­yi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nta­thu.

16 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ga­di: UZi­fi­yo­ni lo­Ha­gi, uShu­ni loE­zi­bo­ni, uE­ri loA­ro­di loA­re­lir.

17 La­ma­do­da­na kaA­she­ris: OJi­mna loI­shi­va loI­shi­vi lo­Be­ri­ya lo­Se­ra uda­de­wa­bo. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Be­ri­ya: OHe­be­ri lo­Ma­li­ki­ye­li.

18 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Zi­li­pat, uLa­ba­ni amni­ka ye­na uLe­ya indo­da­ka­zi ya­kheu, nja­lo la wa­wa­za­le­la uJa­ko­be, imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha.

19 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ra­she­li umka­Ja­ko­be: OJo­se­fa lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni.

20 Kwa­se­ku­za­le­lwa uJo­se­fa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the oMa­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi, amza­le­la bo­na uA­se­na­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Po­ti­fe­ra umpri­sti1 weO­niv.

21 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: OBhe­la lo­Be­ke­ri loA­shi­be­li, uGe­ra lo­Na­ma­ni, uE­hi lo­Ro­shi, uMu­pi­mi lo­Hu­pi­mi loA­ri­diw.

22 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ra­she­li aza­le­lwa uJa­ko­be; yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ili­tshu­mi la­ne.

23 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­ni: UHu­shi­mi.

24 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Na­fi­tha­lix: OJa­ze­li lo­Gu­ni lo­Je­ze­ri lo­Shi­le­ma.

25 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­li­hay, uLa­ba­ni amni­ka ye­na uRa­she­li indo­da­ka­zi ya­khez, wa­se­mza­le­la la uJa­ko­be; yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo iyi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

26 Yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo eya­fi­ka lo­Ja­ko­be eGi­bhi­the, eve­la ekha­lwe­ni lwa­khe, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be, yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo inga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­phaa.

27 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa awa­za­le­lwa eGi­bhi­the ayi­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo emi­bi­li. Yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­ndlu ka­Ja­ko­be eya­fi­ka eGi­bhi­the ya­yi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

UJa­ko­be la­ba­ntwa­na ba­khe eGi­bhi­the

28 Wa­se­thu­ma uJu­da pha­mbi kwa­khe ku­Jo­se­fa, uku­thi akho­khe­le pha­mbi kwa­khe esi­ya eGo­she­ni; ba­se­be­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­nib.

29 UJo­se­fa wa­se­bo­pha inqo­la ya­khe, we­nyu­ke­la eGo­she­ni uku­hla­nga­be­za uI­sra­ye­li uyi­se; wa­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­ye, wa­we­la enta­nye­ni ya­khe, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi isi­kha­thi esi­de enta­nye­ni ya­khec.

30 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Kha­the­si ka­ngi­fe, lo­khu se­ngi­bo­ni­le ubu­so ba­kho, ngo­ba usa­phi­la.

31 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo la­ku­ndlu ka­yi­se: Ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ka ngi­bi­ke ku­Fa­ro ngi­thi ku­ye: Aba­fo­we­thu le­ndlu ka­ba­ba aba­be­se­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni se­be­fi­ki­le ki­mid;

32 la­ma­do­da anga­be­lu­si be­zi­mvu, ngo­ba abe­nga­ma­do­da afu­yi­le­yo; nja­lo ale­the izi­mvu za­wo le­nko­mo za­wo la­kho ko­nke ala­kho.

33 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi la­pho uFa­ro eli­bi­za esi­thi: Iyi­ni imi­se­be­nzi ye­nue?

34 Li­za­ku­thi-ke: Izi­nce­ku za­kho zi­nga­ma­do­da oku­fu­yaf, ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni be­thu ku­ze ku­be kha­the­sig, thi­na so­nke la­bo­ba­ba; uku­ze li­hla­le eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­ni; ngo­ba wo­nke ume­lu­si we­zi­mvu uya­ne­nge­ka ku­ma­Gi­bhi­theh.

47UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­za wa­mbi­ke­la uFa­roa wa­thi: Uba­ba la­ba­fo­we­thu le­zi­mvu za­bo le­nko­mo za­bo la­kho ko­nke aba­la­kho ba­ve­le eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, ba­se­li­zwe­ni le­Go­she­nib.

2 Wa­se­tha­tha ingxe­nye ya­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da ama­hla­nu, wa­wa­mi­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Fa­roc.

3 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo: Iyi­ni imi­se­be­nzi ye­nud? Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Fa­ro: Izi­nce­ku za­kho zi­nga­be­lu­si be­zi­mvu, thi­na so­nke la­bo­ba­bae.

4 Ba­thi fu­thi ku­Fa­ro: Si­ze­hla­la nje­nga­be­zi­zwe eli­zwe­nif; ngo­ba ka­ku­la­dle­lo le­mi­hla­mbi ince­ku za­kho ezi­la­yo, ngo­ba indla­la inzi­ma eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni. Kha­the­si-ke, ince­ku za­kho ake zi­hla­le eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­nig.

5 UFa­ro wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­Jo­se­fa esi­thi: Uyi­hlo la­ba­fo­we­nu se­be­ze ku­we.

6 Ili­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the li­pha­mbi kwa­khoh; hla­li­sa uyi­hlo la­ba­fo­we­nu ebu­hle­ni be­li­zwei, ka­ba­hla­le eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­nij; fu­thi uba usa­zi uku­thi ku­kho­na pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ama­do­da azi­ngci­tshi, uwa­be­ke abe zi­ndu­na ze­zi­fu­yo phe­zu kwe­ngi­la­kho.

7 UJo­se­fa wa­se­le­tha uJa­ko­be uyi­se, wa­mmi­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Fa­ro; uJa­ko­be wa­se­mbu­si­sa uFa­ro.

8 UFa­ro wa­se­si­thi ku­Ja­ko­be: Ma­nga­ki ama­la­nga emi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ya­kho?

9 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­Fa­ro: Ama­la­nga emi­nya­ka yo­bu­ha­mbu­ma ba­mik ayi­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; abe­ma­lu­tshwa­na ema­bi ama­la­nga emi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ya­mi, fu­thi ka­wa­fi­nye­le­la­nga ema­la­nge­ni emi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ya­bo­ba­ba ensu­kwi­ni zo­bu­ha­mbu­ma ba­bol.

10 UJa­ko­be wa­se­bu­si­sa uFa­rom, wa­phu­ma esu­ka ebu­swe­ni bu­ka­Fa­ro.

11 UJo­se­fa wa­ba­hla­li­sa oyi­se la­ba­fo­wa­bo, wa­ba­pha isa­be­lo eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ebu­hle­ni be­li­zwe ku­la­lo lo­nke, emkho­nwe­ni iRa­me­se­sin nje­ngo­ba uFa­ro ela­yi­leo.

12 UJo­se­fa wa­se­bo­ndlap oyi­se la­ba­fo­wa­bo le­ndlu yo­nke ka­yi­se nge­si­nkwa, ngo­ko­mlo­mo wa­ba­ntwa­nya­na.

Indla­la eGi­bhi­the

13 Nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­ku­dla eli­zwe­ni lo­nke, ngo­ba indla­la ya­yi­nzi­ma ka­khu­lu; le­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the le­li­zwe le­Kha­na­ni aphe­la ama­ndla nge­ndla­la.

14 UJo­se­fa wa­se­bu­tha yo­nke ima­liq eya­tho­la­ka­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the le­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, ya­ma­be­le aba­be­wa­the­nga; uJo­se­fa wa­se­le­tha ima­li endli­ni ka­Fa­ro.

15 Kwa­thi ima­li isi­phe­li­le eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the le­li­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, wo­nke ama­Gi­bhi­the eza ku­Jo­se­fa esi­thi: Si­phe uku­dla; ngo­ba si­za­fe­la­ni pha­mbi kwa­khor? Ngo­ba isi­phe­li­le ima­li.

16 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi: Le­tha­ni izi­fu­yo ze­nu; nja­lo ngi­za­li­ni­ka nge­zi­fu­yo ze­nu, uba ima­li isi­phe­li­le.

17 Ba­se­be­le­tha izi­fu­yo za­bo ku­Jo­se­fa; uJo­se­fa wa­se­ba­ni­ka uku­dla nga­ma­bhi­za la­nge­mfu­yo ye­zi­mvu la­nge­mfu­yo ye­nko­mo la­nga­bo­ba­bhe­mi. Wa­se­bo­ndla ngo­ku­dla nge­zi­fu­yo za­bo zo­nke nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka.

18 Kwa­thi usu­phe­li­le lo­wo­mnya­ka, be­za ku­ye ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li, ba­thi ku­ye: Ka­si­yi­ku­yi­fi­hle­la inko­si ye­thu uku­thi, nje­ngo­ba ima­li isi­phe­li­le, le­mfu­yo ye­zi­fu­yo isi­nge­ye­nko­si ye­thu, ka­ku­kho oku­se­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ye­thu, nga­pha­ndle kwe­mi­zi­mba ye­thu la­ma­si­mu ethu.

19 Si­za­fe­la­ni pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akho, thi­na so­nke la­ma­si­mu ethu? Si­the­nge la­ma­si­mu ethu ngo­ku­dla, thi­na-ke la­ma­si­mu ethu si­be zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Fa­ro; nja­lo si­phe inhla­nye­lo uku­ze si­phi­le si­nga­fi, lo­ku­thi umhla­ba­thi unga­lo­bi.

20 UJo­se­fa wa­se­mthe­nge­la uFa­ro ili­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the, ngo­ba ama­Gi­bhi­the athe­ngi­sa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo insi­mu ya­khe, ngo­ba indla­la ya­yi­la­ma­ndla phe­zu kwa­bo; le­li­zwe la­ba nge­li­ka­Fa­ro.

21 Nja­lo ma­ye­la­na la­ba­ntu, wa­ba­su­sa ba­ya emi­zi­ni, ku­su­ke­la eku­phe­le­ni ko­mu­nye umngce­le we­Gi­bhi­the ku­si­ya eku­phe­le­ni ko­mu­nye wa­yo.

22 Ku­phe­la ili­zwe la­ba­pri­sti ka­li­the­nga­nga, ngo­ba aba­pri­sti ba­le­sa­be­lo ku­Fa­ro, ba­dla isa­be­lo sa­bo uFa­ro aye­ba­ni­ka so­nas; nga­kho ka­ba­the­ngi­sa­nga ili­zwe la­bo.

23 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: Kha­nge­la­ni, la­mu­hla ngi­li­the­nge­le uFa­ro le­li­zwe le­nu; kha­nge­la­ni ku­le­nhla­nye­lo ye­nu nja­lo li­za­hla­nye­la ensi­mi­ni.

24 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke esi­vu­nwe­ni li­mni­ke uFa­ro ingxe­nye ye­si­hla­nu, le­ngxe­nye ezi­ne zi­be nge­ze­nu, ku­be yi­nhla­nye­lo ye­nsi­mu lo­ku­dla kwe­nu lo­kwa­ba­se­mi­zi­ni ye­nu, lo­ku­dla kwa­ba­ntwa­nya­na be­nu.

25 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Usi­ndi­se impi­lo ye­thu; asi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni enko­si ya­mit, nja­lo si­za­ku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li zi­ka­Fa­ro.

26 UJo­se­fa wa­se­ku­mi­sa kwa­ba ngu­mthe­tho ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, phe­zu kwe­li­zwe le­Gi­bhi­the, uku­thi ingxe­nye ye­si­hla­nu iza­ku­ba nge­ka­Fa­ro; nga­pha­ndle kwe­li­zwe la­ba­pri­sti lo­dwa eli­nge­yi­si­lo li­ka­Fa­ro.

Isi­fi­so so­ku­ci­na si­ka­Ja­ko­be

27 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­hla­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, eli­zwe­ni le­Go­she­niu; ba­zi­zu­ze­la imfu­yo ku­lo, ba­za­la, ba­nda ka­khu­luv.

28 UJa­ko­be wa­se­phi­la eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa; nga­kho insu­ku zi­ka­Ja­ko­be, imi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ya­khe, ya­yi­yi­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne le­si­kho­mbi­sa.

29 Kwa­thi se­ku­so­nde­le insu­ku zi­kaI­sra­ye­li uku­thi afew, wa­bi­za indo­da­na ya­khe uJo­se­fa, wa­thi ku­ye: Uba-ke ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, ake ube­ke isa­ndla sa­kho nga­pha­nsi kwe­tha­nga­zi la­mix, unge­nze­le umu­sa le­qi­ni­soy; ngi­ce­la unga­ngi­ngcwa­bi eGi­bhi­thez;

30 ko­dwa aku­thi ngi­la­le la­bo­ba­baa, nga­kho uza­ngi­thwa­la ungi­su­se eGi­bhi­the, ungi­ngcwa­be engcwa­be­ni la­bob. Wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nza nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi la­kho.

31 Wa­se­si­thi: Fu­nga ki­mic. Wa­se­fu­nga ku­ye. UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­kho­tha­me­la phe­zu kwe­si­hlo­ko so­mbhe­dad.

UJa­ko­be ubu­si­sa uJo­se­fa la­ma­do­da­na akhe

48Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto kwa­thi­wa ku­Jo­se­fa: Kha­nge­la, uyi­hlo uya­gu­la. Wa­se­tha­tha ama­do­da­na akhe ama­bi­li la­ye, uMa­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi.

2 Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa ku­Ja­ko­be uku­thi: Kha­nge­la, indo­da­na ya­kho uJo­se­fa iye­za ku­we. UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­zi­qi­ni­sa wa­hla­la embhe­de­ni.

3 UJa­ko­be wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: UNku­lu­nku­lu uSo­ma­ndlaa wa­bo­na­ka­la ki­mi eLu­zib eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, wa­ngi­bu­si­sa,

4 wa­thi ki­mi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­nza uza­le ngi­kwa­ndi­se ngi­kwe­nze ube yi­zi­zwe ezi­ne­ngi, ngi­ni­ke inza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho le­li­li­zwe, li­be yi­mfu­yo ela­pha­ka­dec.

5 Kha­the­si-ke, ama­do­da­na akho ama­bi­lid, owa­wa­za­le­lwa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ngi­nga­ka­fi­ki ku­we eGi­bhi­the, anga­wa­mi; uE­fra­yi­mi lo­Ma­na­se nje­ngo­Ru­be­ni lo­Si­me­yo­ni ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­mie.

6 Ko­dwa izi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­kho oza­zi­za­la emva kwa­bo zi­za­ku­ba nge­za­kho; nge­bi­zo la­ba­fo­wa­bo zi­za­bi­zwa eli­fe­ni la­zo.

7 Mi­na-ke, eku­su­ke­ni kwa­mi ePa­da­ni, uRa­she­li wa­faf ela­mi eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­ni, endle­le­ni, ku­se­lo­ma­ngwa­na uku­ya eE­fra­thig, nga­se­ngi­mngcwa­ba kho­na endle­le­ni yeE­fra­thi, eyi­Bhe­the­le­he­ma.

8 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­bo­na ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa wa­thi: Ngo­ba­ni la­ba?

9 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ba­nga­ma­do­da­na ami, uNku­lu­nku­lu angi­ni­ka wo­nah la­pha. Wa­se­si­thi: Ake uwa­le­the ki­mi ngi­wa­bu­si­sei.

10 Nja­lo ame­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li aye­fi­phe­le1 nge­nxa yo­bu­da­la, enge­la­ku­bo­naj. Wa­se­wa­so­nde­za ku­ye, wa­wa­nga, wa­wa­go­nak.

11 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Nga­ngi­nga­ca­ba­nga­nga uku­thi ngi­nga­bo­na ubu­so ba­kho, ko­dwa kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­bo­ni­se le­nza­lo ya­kho.

12 UJo­se­fa wa­se­wa­khu­pha ema­do­lwe­ni akhel, wa­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni.

13 UJo­se­fa wa­se­ba­tha­tha bo­ba­bi­li, uE­fra­yi­mi nge­sa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo si­kaI­sra­ye­li, lo­Ma­na­se nge­sa­ndla sa­khe so­kho­hlo nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­kaI­sra­ye­li, wa­ba­so­nde­za ku­ye.

14 Ko­dwa uI­sra­ye­li we­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne, wasi­be­ka ekha­nda li­kaE­fra­yi­mi, la­nxa engo­mnci­nya­ne, le­sa­ndla sa­khe so­kho­hlo ekha­nda li­ka­Ma­na­se, eqo­ndi­sa iza­ndla za­khe esa­zim, ngo­ba uMa­na­se wa­ye­li­zi­bu­lo.

15 Wa­se­mbu­si­sa uJo­se­fa wa­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu aba­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­khe oba­ba oA­bra­ha­ma loI­sa­kan, uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­ngo­ndla ku­su­ke­la ebu­kho­ne­ni ba­mi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla,

16 ingi­lo­sio engi­hle­ngep ko­ku­bi ko­nke, ibu­si­se aba­fa­na; nja­lo ibi­zo la­mi li­bi­zwe ku­bo, le­bi­zo la­bo­ba­ba oA­bra­ha­ma loI­sa­kaq; ba­nde ba­be­ba­ne­ngi pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba.

17 Kwa­thi uJo­se­fa ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uyi­se ube­ke isa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­ne ekha­nda li­kaE­fra­yi­mi, kwa­ba ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni akhe; wa­si­ba­mba isa­ndla si­ka­yi­se uku­ze asi­su­se ekha­nda li­kaE­fra­yi­mi asi­se ekha­nda li­ka­Ma­na­se.

18 UJo­se­fa wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ha­yi nja­lo, ba­ba, ngo­ba lo uli­zi­bu­lo; be­ka isa­ndla sa­kho so­ku­ne­ne ekha­nda la­khe.

19 Ko­dwa uyi­se wa­la wa­thi: Ngi­ya­zi, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ngi­ya­zir; la­ye uza­ku­ba yi­si­zwe, la­ye uza­ku­ba mkhu­lu; ka­nti la­nxa ku­nja­lo umfo­wa­bo omnci­nya­ne uza­ku­ba mkhu­lu ku­la­yes, le­nza­lo ya­khe iza­ku­ba yi­ku­gcwa­la kwe­zi­zwe.

20 Wa­se­ba­bu­si­sa nga­lo­lo­su­ku esi­thi: Nga­wet uI­sra­ye­li uza­bu­si­sa, esi­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ka­ku­mi­se nje­ngoE­fra­yi­mi la­nje­ngo­Ma­na­se. Wa­se­be­ka uE­fra­yi­mi pha­mbi ku­ka­Ma­na­se.

21 UI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­se­fa: Kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­fa; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­ba la­we, nja­lo uza­li­bu­yi­se­la eli­zwe­ni la­bo­yi­hlou.

22 Fu­thi mi­na ngi­ku­ni­ki­le isa­be­lo esi­so­dwa okwe­dlu­la aba­fo­we­nuv, enga­si­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­maA­mo­ri nge­nke­mba ya­mi la­nge­da­ndi­li la­mi.

UJa­ko­be ubu­si­sa ama­do­da­na akhe

49UJa­ko­be wa­se­bi­za ama­do­da­na akhe wa­thia: Bu­tha­na­ni uku­ze ngi­la­zi­se oku­za­le­hle­la ensu­kwi­ni ezi­za­yob.

2 Bu­tha­na­ni, li­zwe ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­ko­be, li­mla­le­le uI­sra­ye­li uyi­hlo.

3 Ru­be­ni, uli­zi­bu­lo la­mic, ama­ndla ami, lo­ku­qa­la ko­ku­qi­na kwa­mid, uku­phe­le­la kwe­si­thu­nzie, lo­ku­phe­le­la kwa­ma­ndla.

4 Uphu­phu­ma nje­nga­ma­nzi, ka­wu­yi­ku­ba ngo­phe­le­le­yo, ngo­ba ukhwe­le embhe­de­ni ka­yi­hlof, wa­suwo­na; wa­khwe­la embhe­de­ni wa­mi.

5 USi­me­yo­ni lo­Le­vi ba­yi­ze­la­ma­nig; inke­mba za­bo zi­yi­zi­kha­li zo­ku­pha­nga.

6 Umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi unga­nge­ni empha­ka­thi­ni wa­bo wa­nga­se­seh, udu­mo lwa­mi lu­nga­hla­nga­ni emhla­nga­nwe­ni wa­boi; ngo­ba ngo­la­ka lwa­bo ba­bu­la­la umu­ntu, la­ngo­ku­zi­tho­ko­zi­sa ba­qu­ma izi­nka­bi umsi­pha.

7 Ka­lu­qa­le­ki­swe ula­ka lwa­bo ngo­ba lu­la­ma­ndla, le­ntu­ku­the­lo ya­bo ngo­ba ile­si­hlu­ku. Ngi­za­be­hlu­ka­ni­sa ko­Ja­ko­bej, ngi­ba­hla­ka­ze koI­sra­ye­li.

8 Ju­da, we­na, aba­fo­we­nu ba­za­ku­du­mi­sak; isa­ndla sa­kho si­za­ku­ba se­nta­nye­ni ye­zi­tha za­khol; ama­do­da­na ka­yi­hlo aza­ku­kho­tha­me­lam.

9 UJu­da ungu­mdlwa­ne we­si­lwa­nen; we­nyu­ki­le empa­ngwe­ni, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ugu­qi­le, ule­le nje­nge­si­lwa­ne, la­nje­nge­si­lwa­ne esi­si­ka­zi; ngu­ba­ni oza­msu­ku­mi­sao?

10 Into­nga yo­bu­kho­si ka­yi­yi­ku­su­ka ku­Ju­dap, lo­mni­ku­mthe­tho pha­ka­thi kwe­nya­wo za­kheq, aze afi­ke uShi­lo1, nja­lo izi­zwe zi­za­mla­le­lar.

11 Ubo­phe­la itho­le la­khe li­ka­ba­bhe­mi evi­ni­nis, le­tho­le li­ka­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi wa­khe evi­ni­ni eli­hle. Uwa­tsha isi­gqo­ko sa­khe ewa­yi­ni­ni, le­se­mba­tho sa­khe ega­zi­ni le­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni.

12 Ame­hlo akhe aza­ku­ba nsu­ndu nge­wa­yi­nit, la­ma­zi­nyo akhe mhlo­phe ngo­cha­go.