Genesis 27:1-46
27 Kwathi akuba mdala uIsake namehlo akhe engasaboni kakuhle, wabiza uEsawu+ unyana wakhe omkhulu wathi: “Nyana wam!” Yena waphendula wathi: “Tata!”
2 Waqhubeka wathi: “Ngoku ndimdala. Andiyazi imini endiza kufa ngayo.
3 Ngoku ke, ndicela uthathe izixhobo zakho, isingxobo sakho seentolo nesaphetha sakho, uze uphume uye endle, uyokundizingelela inyamakazi.+
4 Emva koko undiphekele okwa kutya kwam ndikuthandayo, ukuzise kum. Ndiza kukutya ndize ndikusikelele ngaphambi kokuba ndife.”
5 URebheka wayemamele xa uIsake wayethetha noEsawu unyana wakhe. Ngoko uEsawu waphuma waya kuzingela inyamakazi endle ukuze ayizise.+
6 URebheka wathi kuYakobi unyana wakhe:+ “Ndisandula ukuva utata wakho ethetha noEsawu umntakwenu, esithi,
7 ‘Ndizisele inyamakazi uze undenzele ukutya okumnandi. Emva koko undiphe nditye ukuze ndikusikelele phambi koYehova ndingekafi.’+
8 Ngoku ke nyana wam, ndimamele kakuhle uze wenze le nto ndiza kukuxelela yona.+
9 Ndicela uye emhlambini, undiphathele amatakane amabini eebhokhwe, awona mahle, ukuze ndiphekele utata wakho ukutya okunencasa, okuya akuthandayo.
10 Emva koko uze ukuthathe ukuse kuye, atye, ukuze akusikelele ngaphambi kokuba afe.”
11 UYakobi wathi kuRebheka umama wakhe: “Kodwa uEsawu umntakwethu yindoda exhonti;+ mna ndimpuluswa.
12 Ndiza kuthini ukuba utata uyandiphulula?+ Nakanjani uza kuthi ndiyamgezela, ndize ndizibizele ukuqalekiswa endaweni yokusikelelwa.”
13 Umama wakhe wathi: “Ukuqalekiswa kwakho makube phezu kwam nyana wam. Wena yenza nje le nto ndikuxelela yona, uyokundithathela la matakane.”+
14 Ngoko waya kuwathatha, wawazisa kumama wakhe, waza yena wapheka ukutya okunencasa, kanye ngendlela ethandwa ngutata kaYakobi.
15 Emva koko uRebheka wathatha ezona mpahla zintle zikaEsawu unyana wakhe omkhulu, ezazisendlini yakhe, wazinxibisa uYakobi unyana wakhe omncinci.+
16 Wogquma nezandla zakhe ngeemfele zamatakane eebhokhwe, wogquma nendawo engenaboya entanyeni yakhe.+
17 Emva koko wanika uYakobi unyana wakhe ukutya okunencasa kunye nesonka awayesenzile.+
18 UYakobi waya kutata wakhe, wathi: “Tata!” yena wathi: “Ndim lo! Ungubani mfo wam?”
19 UYakobi wathi kutata wakhe: “NdinguEsawu izibulo lakho.+ Ndenze kanye le nto ubundixelele yona. Ndicela uvuke uze utye inyamakazi yam ukuze undisikelele.”+
20 UIsake wathi kunyana wakhe: “Kutheni le nto mfo wam ukhawuleze kangaka ukuyifumana?” Yena wathi: “Kungenxa yokuba uYehova uThixo wakho uye wayizisa kum.”
21 Emva koko uIsake wathi kuYakobi: “Ndicela usondele mfo wam ndikuve, ukuze ndazi ukuba nyhani ungunyana wam uEsawu na.”+
22 Ngoko uYakobi wasondela kuIsake utata wakhe, waza wamva. Emva koko wathi: “Ilizwi lona lilizwi likaYakobi, kodwa izandla zizandla zikaEsawu.”+
23 Akazange amazi, kuba izandla zakhe zazixhonti njengezandla zikaEsawu umntakwabo. Ngoko wamsikelela.+
24 Emva koko wabuza: “Ngaba nyhani ungunyana wam uEsawu?” yena wathi: “Ndinguye.”
25 Ngoko wathi: “Sondeza ke mfo wam inyamakazi nditye, emva koko ndiza kukusikelela.” Wayisondeza kuye waza watya, wamzisela newayini, wasela.
26 UIsake utata wakhe wathi kuye: “Ndicela usondele uze undiphuze,* nyana wam.”+
27 Wasondela wamphuza,* waza uIsake wanukisa iimpahla zakhe.+ Emva koko wamsikelela wathi:
“Uyabona, ivumba lonyana wam linjengevumba lomhlaba osikelelweyo nguYehova.
28 Kwanga uThixo wokwenene angakunika umbethe wamazulu,+ imihlaba etyebileyo,+ ukutya okuziinkozo okuninzi newayini entsha eninzi.+
29 Izizwana mazikukhonze yaye iintlanga maziqubude kuwe. Yiba yinkosi kubantakwenu, baqubude kuwe oonyana bakamama wakho.+ Uqalekisiwe nabani na okuqalekisayo, yaye usikelelwe nabani na okusikelelayo.”+
30 Wathi egqiba nje uIsake ukusikelela uYakobi wabe naye esandula ukuphuma kutata wakhe, wagaleleka uEsawu umntakwabo evela kuzingela.+
31 Naye wapheka ukutya okunencasa, waza wakuzisa kutata wakhe. Wathi kuye: “Makavuke kaloku utata, atye inyamakazi yonyana wakhe, aze amsikelele.”
32 Wathi uIsake kuye: “Ungubani ke wena?” yena wathi: “Ndingunyana wakho, izibulo lakho uEsawu.”+
33 UIsake wangcangcazela kakhulu, wathi: “Ibingubani ke lo uzingele inyamakazi waza wayizisa kum? Sendiyityile, ngaphambi kokuba wena ufike ibe ndimsikelele. Kunjalonje uza kusikelelwa nakanjani!”
34 Akuweva uEsawu amazwi katata wakhe, wasitsho isikhalo, esona sakhe sakrakra, wathi kutata wakhe: “Ndisikelele, ndisikelele nam tata!”+
35 UIsake wathi: “Umntakwenu uye weza ngamaqhinga ukuze ayifumane intsikelelo ebilungiselelwe wena.”
36 UEsawu wathi: “Ayiyo loo nto na kusithiwa igama lakhe nguYakobi,* ukuze andibhukuqe kwindawo yam kabini?+ Sewalithatha ilungelo lam lokuba lizibulo,+ ngoku uthathe nentsikelelo yam!”+ Emva koko wathi: “Awundibekelanga ntsikelelo tu mna?”
37 Kodwa uIsake wamphendula uEsawu wathi: “Uyabona, ndimkhethile ukuba abe yinkosi phezu kwakho,+ bonke abantakwabo ndibanike yena ukuba babe zizicaka zakhe, yaye ndimjizeke ngokutya okuziinkozo newayini entsha ukuze zibe sisixhaso sakhe.+ Ngaba ikho into endingaba sakwenzela yona na mfo wam?”
38 UEsawu wathi kutata wakhe: “Ngaba inye qha intsikelelo onayo tata? Ndisikelele, ndisikelele nam tata!” UEsawu wathetha loo mazwi, wabhomboloza iinyembezi zizehlela.+
39 Utata wakhe uIsake wathi:
“Uyabona, uza kuhlalela kude kwimihlaba etyebileyo, ube kude nombethe wamazulu ovela phezulu.+
40 Uza kuphila ngekrele lakho,+ futhi uza kumkhonza umntakwenu.+ Kodwa apho uthe wadinwa khona uza kuyaphula isuke idyokhwe yakhe entanyeni yakho.”+
41 Ngoko uEsawu wamzonda uYakobi ngenxa yentsikelelo awayinikwa ngutata wakhe,+ wahlala esithi entliziyweni yakhe: “Ziyasondela iintsuku zokuzilela utata.+ Emva koko ndiza kumbulala uYakobi umntakwethu.”
42 Xa loo mazwi kaEsawu unyana wakhe omkhulu axelwa kuRebheka, ngoko nangoko wathi makubizwe uYakobi unyana wakhe omncinci waza wathi kuye: “Jonga! UEsawu umntakwenu ucinga ukuziphindezela, ngokukubulala.*
43 Ngoko ke nyana wam, yenza into endikuxelela yona. Phakama ubalekele kuLabhan umntakwethu, kwaHaran.+
44 Hlala naye ithutyana, ude wehle umsindo womntakwenu,
45 ade ayeke ukukuqumbela, aze ayilibale into oyenze kuye. Emva koko ndiza kuthumela ukuba uyokubizwa. Kutheni ndimele ndiphulukane nani nobabini ngemini enye?”
46 Emva koko uRebheka wahlala esithi kuIsake: “Ndiyabucaphukela ubomi bam ngenxa yezi ntombi zamaHeti.+ Ukuba uYakobi angaze athathe umfazi kwiintombi zamaHeti, njengezi ntombi zeli lizwe, busalunge ngantoni ke ubomi bam?”+
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