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31 Mukupita kwa ndzidzi, Yakobe abva pikhalonga ana a Labhau kuti: “Yakobe akwata pinthu pyonsene pya pai wathu, pontho iye akwanisa kukhala na mpfuma+ yonsene iri na iye thangwi ya pinthu pya pai wathu.” 2 Pontho, Yakobe akhaona kuti nkhope ya Labhau ikhadacinja, iye nee akhansekerabve ninga pikhacita iye kale.+ 3 Pakumalisa, Yahova apanga Yakobe: “Bwerera ku dziko ya ambuyako, kuna abale ako,+ ine ndinapitiriza kukhala na iwe.” 4 Penepo Yakobe acemeresa Rakeli na Leya, toera aende ku mbuto ikhadyesa iye mikumbi ya pifuyo, 5 iye aapanga:

“Ndisaona kuti pai wanu acinja+ manyerezero ace kuna ine, mbwenye Mulungu wa pai wanga asapitiriza kukhala na ine.+ 6 Imwe musadziwa mwadidi kuti ine ndatumikira pai wanu na mphambvu zanga zonsene.+ 7 Pontho pai wanu ayesera kundinyengeza, mbacinja kazinji kene* pinanditambirisa iye; mbwenye Mulungu nee antawirisa kuti iye andicitire pinthu pyakuipa. 8 Pikhalonga iye kuti: ‘Pinyama pya mithemba pinakhala pyako,’ penepo mikumbi yonsene ikhabala pinyama pya mithemba; mbwenye pikhalonga iye kuti: ‘Pinyama pya madamba pinakhala pyako,’ mikumbi yonsene ikhabala pinyama pya madamba.+ 9 Munjira ineyi, Mulungu akhabulusa pifuyo pya pai wanu mbapipereka kuna ine. 10 Mu ntsiku zingasi nduli, pidabindula pifuyo, ndaona mʼmasomphenya kuti mabokho akhabindulisa mikumbi ndi a mithemba, a madamba na a matobo-tobo.+ 11 Penepo anju wa Mulungu wandimomwene andicemera mʼmasomphenya kuti: ‘Yakobe!’ Ine ndantawira: ‘Ndiri pano.’ 12 Iye athimiza kulonga: ‘Ndaphata miyendo lamusa maso ako, ona kuti mabokho onsene anabindulisa mikumbi ndi a mithemba, a madamba na a matobo-tobo, thangwi ine ndisaona pyonsene pinakucitira+ Labhau. 13 Ine ndine Mulungu wandimomwene wa ku Bheteli,+ kule kudathirira iwe mafuta pamwala, kudadumbira iwe pamaso panga.+ Cincino lamuka, buluka mu dziko ino, mbubwerera ku dziko idabalwa iwe.’”+

14 Pidabva iwo pyenepi, Rakeli na Leya antawira: “Kodi pana cinthu cinafuna ife kutambira ninga unthaka panyumba ya pai wathu? 15 Kodi iye nee asationa ninga alendo? Thangwi iye atigulisa, pontho iye amala kubvunga kobiri yonsene idatisembesa na iye.+ 16 Mpfuma yonsene idabulusa Mulungu kuna pai wathu, ndi yathu na ya anathu.+ Natenepa, citani pyonsene pidakupangani Mulungu.”+

17 Penepo Yakobe alamuka, akwiza anace na akazace pa makamelo,+ 18 iye abuluka na mikumbi yace yonsene, pifuyo pyace pyonsene pikhali na iye+ ku Padhani-Aramu, akwata pinthu pyace pyonsene pikhali na iye, mbaenda kunyumba ya Izaki pai wace, ku dziko ya Kanani.+

19 Pidaenda Labhau kakwedza maweya a mabira ace, Rakeli aba madzimunthu*+ a pai wace.+ 20 Mbwenye Yakobe acenjerera Labhau wa ku Sirya, thangwi nee ampangana kuti ali kuenda. 21 Iye athawa mbawambuka Nkulo wa Eufrate+ na pyonsene pikhali na iye. Buluka penepo iye aenda kucisa ca mapiri a Jiliyadhi.+ 22 Mudapita ntsiku zitatu, Labhau apangwa kuti Yakobe athawa. 23 Natenepa iye akwata mbumba yace,* mbatowerera Yakobe, pidafamba iwo ntsiku zinomwe, agumana Yakobe kucisa ca mapiri a Jiliyadhi. 24 Mbwenye Mulungu aonekera kuna Labhau wa ku Sirya+ mu ndoto namasiku,+ mbampanga: “Cita mphole-mphole na pinafuna kulonga iwe kuna Yakobe, mwakukhonda tsalakana khala ndi cinthu cadidi peno cakuipa.”+

25 Natenepa, Labhau aenda kuna Yakobe, thangwi Yakobe akhadamanga nsasa wace paphiri, mbwenye Labhau na abale ace akhadamanga nsasa wawo kucisa ca mapiri a Jiliyadhi. 26 Penepo Labhau apanga Yakobe: “Ninji pidacita iwe? Thangwi yanji wandicenjerera, mbukwata ananga ninga mabitcu adaphatwa kunkhondo? 27 Thangwi yanji wandicenjerera mbuthawa ncibisobiso, mbukhonda kundidziwisa? Mbudandidziwisa, ine mbidakupangana mwakutsandzaya na nyimbo, na citoliro na arpa. 28 Mbwenye iwe nee wandipasa ndzidzi toera ndimpswompswone adzukulu anga* na ananga. Pidacita iwe mphyaupswiru. 29 Ine ndiri na mphambvu toera kukucitira pinthu pyakuipa, mbwenye Mulungu wa ambuyako alonga na ine masiku, mbandipanga: ‘Cita mphole-mphole na pinafuna kulonga iwe kuna Yakobe, mwakukhonda tsalakana khala ndi cinthu cadidi peno cakuipa.’+ 30 Ine ndisadziwa kuti uli kuenda thangwi watsuwa kunyumba kwa pai wako, mbwenye thangwi yanji wandibera madzimunthu* anga?”+

31 Yakobe atawira Labhau: “Ine ndabuluka ncibisobiso thangwi ndikhagopa, ‘mbandinyerezera kuti panango munandipokosera ananu.’ 32 Ule anafuna imwe kugumana na madzimunthu anu, asafunika kuphiwa. Pamaso pa abale athu, sakani pinthu pyanu pakati pa pinthu piri na ine, toera mukwate pinthu pyanu.” Mbwenye Yakobe nee akhadziwa kuti adaba madzimunthu anewa ndi Rakeli. 33 Natenepa, Labhau apita mu nsasa wa Yakobe, mu nsasa wa Leya, na mʼmisasa ya atumiki awiri a akazi,+ mbwenye nee agumana madzimunthu ace. Pidamala iye abuluka mu nsasa wa Leya, mbaenda mu nsasa wa Rakeli. 34 Mbwenye Rakeli akhadakwata madzimunthu anewa mbaaikha mʼbudu ya akazi inamangirwa pa kamelo, mbakhala padzulu pa madzimunthu anewa. Natenepa, Labhau asaka mu nsasa onsene mbwenye nee aagumana. 35 Penepo Rakeli apanga pai wace: “Pai, lekani kuipirwa, ine nee ndinakwanisa kulamuka pamaso panu, thangwi ndiri kumwezi.”+ Natenepa, Labhau apitiriza kusaka mu mbuto zonsene, mbwenye nee agumana madzimunthu ace.+

36 Penepo Yakobe aipirwa, mbatoma kusandika* Labhau. Yakobe apanga Labhau: “Ndi nseru upi uli na ine? Ndadawanji toera munditowerere mwakuipirwa? 37 Cincino mwamala kusaka pinthu pyanu pakati pa pinthu pyanga, kodi ciripo cidagumana imwe cakuti ndi canu? Ciikheni apa pamaso pa abale anu na pamaso pa abale anga, toera iwo atonge kuti mbani ali na mulando pakati pa imwe na ine. 38 Mu pyaka 20 pidakhala ine na imwe, mabira anu na mbuzi zanu cipo zagweda,*+ pontho cipo ndadya mwanabira wanu. 39 Ine nee ndakubwereserani cinyama cidaphiwa na pikala.+ Pyenepi pingacitika, akhaluza ndine. Cinyama cingabiwa namasikati peno cingabiwa namasiku, imwe mukhaphemba kuti ndikubwezereni. 40 Ine ndikhapya na dzuwa camasikati, mbandithabuka na mphepo namasiku; pontho kazinji kene nee ndikhagona.*+ 41 Ndakhala panyumba panu mu pyaka 20. Ndakuphatirani basa mu pyaka 14 thangwi ya ananu, mbandikumbiza mikumbi yanu mu pyaka pitanthatu, pontho mwacinja kazinji kene*+ pikhanditambirisa imwe. 42 Mulungu wa pai wanga,+ Mulungu wa Abhrahamu, Ule wakuti Izaki asamulemedza kakamwe,*+ mbadakhonda kukhala na ine, imwe mbamudandiendesa cimanja-manja.* Mbwenye Mulungu aona kuthabuka kwanga na basa yakuwanga ikhaphata ine na manja anga, na thangwi ineyi, iye akusandikani masiku.”+

43 Penepo Labhau apanga Yakobe: “Awa ndi ananga, awa ndi adzukulu anga, ipi ndi pifuyo pyanga, pontho pinthu pyonsene pinaona iwe ipi, ndi pyanga na pya ananga. Mphapo ndi cinthu cipi cakuipa cinafuna ine kucitira iwo na anawo adabala iwo? 44 Cincino tende ticite cibverano, iwe na ine; pontho cibverano ceneci cinadzakhala umboni pakati pathu.” 45 Natenepa Yakobe akwata mwala, mbaulimirisa toera ukhale cidzindikiro.+ 46 Penepo Yakobe apanga mbumba yace:* “Lokotani miyala!” Iwo ailokota mbacita nkuku* wa miyala. Buluka penepo iwo adya padzulu pa ntutu wa miyala ineyi. 47 Nkuku unoyu Labhau aupasa dzina ya Yegari-Sadhuta,* mbwenye Yakobe aupasa dzina ya Galedhi.*

48 Pidamala iwo, Labhau alonga: “Lero, nkuku wa miyala iyi ndi mboni pakati pa iwe na ine.” Ndi pyenepi pidancitisa kuupasa dzina ya Galedhi,+ 49 na Mbuto ya Nyakuonera, thangwi iye alonga: “Yahova mbapitirize kuonera pakati pa iwe na ine tingakhala kutali unango na ndzace. 50 Ungabvuya* ananga, mbutoma kusemba akazi anango kusiyapo ananga, maseze nkhabe munthu anafuna kupiona, kumbuka kuti Mulungu anadzakhala mboni pakati pa iwe na ine.” 51 Labhau apitiriza kupanga Yakobe: “Ona nkuku* wa miyala iyi, ona cidzindikiro cidalimirisa ine pakati pa iwe na ine ninga cibverano cathu. 52 Nkuku wa miyala iyi ndi umboni, pontho cidzindikiro ici cisapereka umboni+ wakuti ine nee ndinanumpha nkuku uyu toera kukucitira pinthu pyakuipa, pontho kuti iwe nee unanumpha nkuku uyu na cidzindikiro ici toera kundicitira pinthu pyakuipa. 53 Mulungu wa Abhrahamu,+ Mulungu wa Naori na Mulungu wa mbuyawo mbakhale ntongi pakati pathu.” Penepo Yakobe adumbira mu dzina ya Ule wakuti Izaki pai wace asamulemedza kakamwe.*+

54 Buluka penepo, Yakobe apereka ntsembe paphiri, acemera anthu ace toera adye penepo. Natenepa iwo adya mbagona paphiri ineyi. 55 Mbwenye mangwana mwace Labhau abesera, ampswompswona adzukulu ace*+ na anace, mbaapasa nkhombo.+ Pidamala iye, Labhau abwerera kunyumba kwace.+