UGENESISI 25 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

Iinzukulwana ezinye zaka-Abrahamu

1U-Abrahamu wathatha omunye umfazi, egade kuthiwa nguKhethura.

2Yena wambelethela uZimrani, uJokhitjhani, uMedani, uMidiyani, uYitjhibakhi noTjhuwarhi.

3UJokhitjhani wabeletha uTjheba noDedani. Iinzukulwana zakaDedani bekuma-Atjhuri, amaLethutjhi namaLewumi.

4Amadodana kaMidiyani bekungu-Efa, u-Eferi, uRhanoki, u-Abida no-Elida. Boke labo bekuziinzukulwana zakaKhethura.

Ukuhlongakala nokubulungwa kwaka-Abrahamu

5U-Abrahamu wanikela u-Isaka loke ilifa lakhe.

6Kodwana kwathi asaphila, wapha amadodana wamakhohlwakhe izipho wathi abaye ngenarheni engepumalanga yeKanana ukuze babe kude nendodanakhe u-Isaka.

7U-Abrahamu waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi alikhomba namihlanu.

8-9Gade sele aluphele khulu lokha nakakhohlela kokugcina, wahlongakala anelisekile ngepilo, aliqhegu elithukgheleko. Amadodanakhe u-Isaka no-Itjhimayeli bambulunga kebekhabo erholweni leMakaphela. Ithunelo belingepumalanga yeMamre, esimini ka-Efroni umsa kaTsorhari umRhithi,

10ekuyisimu u-Abrahamu ayithenga kumaRhithi. U-Abrahamu wabulungwa lapho-ke yena nomkakhe uSara.

11Ngemva kokuhlongakala kwaka-Abrahamu, uZimu wabusisa indodanakhe u-Isaka ogade ahlala emthonjeni we-Larhayi-Royi.

Iinzukulwana zaka-Itjhimayeli

12Naku umlando ka-Itjhimayeli indodana ka-Abrahamu ambelethelwa nguHagari umGibhide, ikhobokakazi lakaSara.

13Naka-ke amabizo wamadodana ka-Itjhimayeli ngokulamana kwawo: Izibulo nguNebayothi, alanywe nguKedari, u-Adibiyeli, uMibisami,

14uMitjhima, uDuma, uMasa,

15uRhadadi, uTema, uJethuri, uNafitjhi kanye noKhedema.

16Lawo-ke mabizo wamadodana ka-Itjhimayeli. Abarholi abalitjhumi nambili beenkorwaba gade banemizi eyakhiweko neenkampa zamatende.

17U-Itjhimayeli waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi amathathu namikhomba. Wakhohlela kokugcina, wahlongakala bewabulungwa.

18Iinzukulwana zakhe zahlala endaweni ukusuka eRhavila ukuya eTjhuri, ngepumalanga yeGibhide ncange-Asiriya. Zahlala ziphehla inturhu kibo boke abafowazo.

Ukubelethwa kwaka-Esewu noJakopo

19Naku umlando ka-Isaka indodana ka-Abrahamu: U-Abrahamu wabeletha u-Isaka.

20U-Isaka gade aneminyaka ematjhumi amane lokha nakathatha uRabega indodakazi kaBhetuweli umAramu ovela ePadana-Aramu nongudadwabo kaLabani umAramu.

21U-Isaka wathandaza kuSomnini ngomkakhe ogade ayinyumba. USomnini waphendula umthandazwakhe, yeke umkakhe uRabega waba sidisi.

22Amasana gade anande akghudlhana ngesiswini sakhe wabe wazibuza wathi: “Kanti kwenzakalani kimapha?” Wakanye wayokubuza kuSomnini.

23USomnini wathi kuye:

“Kunezizwe ezimbili esibelethweni sakho,

abantu ababili ngesiswini sakho bazakuhlukaniswa;

omunye uzakuba namandla ukudlula omunye,

omkhulu alotjhe omncani.”

24Kwathi nakufika isikhathi sakhe sokubeletha, kwavela amawele wabesanyana.

25Wokuthoma wavela abomvana, umzimbakhe woke inga wembeswe ngenaka loboya, yeke bamthiya bona ngu-Esewu.

26Ngemva kwakhe kwavela umfowabo akakarele isithende saka-Esewu ngesandlana sakhe; yeke bamthiya bona nguJakopo. U-Isaka gade aneminyaka ematjhumi asithandathu lokha uRabega nakababelethako.

U-Esewu uthengisa amalungelwakhe wobuzibulo

27Abesanabo bakhula, u-Esewu waba mzumi onobukghoni, indoda ezwana nommango, kodwana uJakopo yena bekumumuntu ozothileko ohlala ematendeni.

28U-Isaka wathanda u-Esewu ngombana gade athanda inyama yeenyamazana, kodwana uRabega yena wazithandela uJakopo.

29Kwathi ngelinye ilanga uJakopo asapheke isitjhebo, kwafika u-Esewu avela emmangweni, adinwe afile.

30Wathi kuJakopo: “Akhe ungiphe isitjhebo sakho esinzothweso ngombana ngifile ngokudinwa!” Ngikho-nje godu kwathiwa ngu-Edomu.

31UJakopo waphendula wathi: “Uzwile! Ngithengisela ubuzibulo bakho ntange.”

32U-Esewu wathi: “Qala, ngiyafa ngendlala, buzangisiza ngani nje ubuzibulwanyana bakhonobo?”

33UJakopo wathi: “Zibophe ngesifungo khonanje.” Wazibopha ngesifungo-ke, wathengisela uJakopo ubuzibulo bakhe njalo.

34Yeke uJakopo waphakela u-Esewu isikwa nesitjhebo seenhlumaya. Wagoma, wasela, wasikima, wakhamba. Ngalokho u-Esewu wanyaza ubuzibulo bakhe.