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30 Pidaona Rakeli kuti nee akhabalira ana Yakobe, atoma kucitira ntcanje mʼbale wace, mbapanga Yakobe: “Ndipasembo ana, ungakhonda kucita pyenepi mphyadidi ndife pyanga.” 2 Penepo Yakobe aipirwa kakamwe na Rakeli mbalonga: “Kodi ine ndine Mulungu adakupingiza toera ukhonde kubala?” 3 Natenepa Rakeli alonga: “Ine ndiri na ntumiki wanga Bhila.+ Gona naye* toera iye andibalire ana, pontho toera kubulukira mwa iye ndikwanisembo kukhala na ana.” 4 Rakeli ampasa Bhila ntumiki wace toera akhale nkazace, natenepa Yakobe apita naye mʼmabonde.+ 5 Bhila akhala na mimba, mukupita kwa ndzidzi abalira Yakobe mwana wamamuna. 6 Penepo Rakeli alonga: “Mulungu adzakhala ntongi wanga mbabvesera fala yanga, natenepa iye andipasa mwana wamamuna.” Na thangwi ineyi iye ampasa dzina ya Dhani.*+ 7 Bhila ntumiki wa Rakeli akhala pontho na mimba, mukupita kwa ndzidzi abalira Yakobe mwana wamamuna waciwiri. 8 Penepo Rakeli alonga: “Ine ndathimbana mwakuwanga kakamwe na mʼbale wanga, buluka penepo ndawina!” Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Nafitali.*+

9 Pidaona Leya kuti nee akhabalabve, iye akwata ntumiki wace Zilpa mbampereka kuna Yakobe toera akhale nkazace.+ 10 Zilpa ntumiki wa Leya abalira Yakobe mwana wamamuna. 11 Penepo Leya alonga: “Ndi nkhombo ikulu kwa ine!” Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Gadhi.*+ 12 Buluka penepo, Zilpa ntumiki wa Leya abalira pontho Yakobe mwana wamamuna. 13 Penepo Leya alonga: “Ndiri wakutsandzaya kakamwe! Mwandimomwene akazi anadzalonga kuti ndine wakutsandzaya.”+ Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Azeri.*+

14 Mu ntsiku zikhabvuna anthu tirigu, Rubheni+ akhafamba mʼmunda mbagumana mandhragora.* Natenepa iye aakwata mbaenda kapasa Leya mai wace. Penepo Rakeli apanga Leya: “Ndaphata miyendo, ndipasembo pangʼono mandhragora a mwanako.” 15 Mbwenye Leya antawira: “Kodi nee pyakwana pidandikwatira iwe mamunanga?+ Cincino usafuna ukwate pontho mandhragora a mwananga?” Penepo Rakeli alonga: “Bvesera, iye anagona na iwe masiku ano toera kucinjana na mandhragora a mwanako.”

16 Pikhabwerera Yakobe buluka kumunda namaulo, Leya aenda kaonana naye, mbampanga: “Lero unagona na ine* thangwi ndakugula na mandhragora a mwananga.” Natenepa Yakobe agona na iye pa ntsiku ineyi namasiku. 17 Mulungu abva phembero ya Leya mbantawira, penepo iye akhala na mimba, mukupita kwa ndzidzi iye abalira Yakobe mwana wamamuna wacixanu. 18 Leya alonga: “Mulungu andipasa muoni wanga,* thangwi ndapereka ntumiki wanga kuna mamunanga.” Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Isakari.*+ 19 Leya akhala pontho na mimba mbabalira Yakobe+ mwana wamamuna wacitanthatu. 20 Leya alonga: “Mulungu andipasa muoni, inde, andipasa muoni wadidi. Cincino mamunanga anakomerwa* kakamwe na ine,+ thangwi ndamʼbalira ana atanthatu.”+ Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Zebhuloni.*+ 21 Mukupita kwa ndzidzi iye abala mwana wankazi mbampasa dzina ya Dhina.+

22 Pakumalisa, Mulungu akumbuka Rakeli, Mulungu abva phembero yace, antawira, mbamʼphedza toera akhale na mimba.+ 23 Rakeli akhala na mimba mbabala mwana wamamuna. Penepo iye alonga: “Mulungu abulusa manyadzo anga!”+ 24 Natenepa iye ampasa dzina ya Zuze,*+ mbalonga: “Yahova andithimizira mwana unango.”

25 Rakeli pidamala iye kubala Zuze, mwakucimbiza Yakobe apanga Labhau: “Ndisiyeni ndiende kunyumba kwathu, ku dziko yanga.+ 26 Ndipaseni akazanga na ananga, akuti ine ndakuphatirani basa, toera ndiende pyanga, thangwi imwe musadziwa mwadidi kuti ndakuphatirani basa+ mwakukhulupirika.” 27 Penepo Labhau ampanga: “Khala ndine wakutawirika kuna iwe pitiriza kukhala na ine, thangwi ndaona pidzindikiro pinapangiza kuti Yahova asandipasa nkhombo kubulukira mwa iwe.” 28 Iye athimiza: “Longa ntengo unafuna iwe kutambira, ine ndinakupasa.”+ 29 Penepo Yakobe ampanga: “Imwe musadziwa kuti ndakuphatirani tani basa, pontho kuti mikumbi yanu ikuthimizirika kakamwe thangwi ya ine.+ 30 Mbandidzati kubwera, imwe nee mukhali na pinthu pizinji, mbwenye cincino mikumbi yanu yathimizirika, mbiinjipa kakamwe; pontho Yahova asakupasani nkhombo kubulukira pa ntsiku idafika ine. Mphapo ndinacitambo lini pinthu pyanga toera kutsalakana banja yanga?”+

31 Penepo iye ambvundza: “Ndisafunika kukupasanji?” Yakobe antawira: “Nee cinthu cibodzi cisafunika imwe kundipasa! Ndinapitiriza kukumbiza mikumbi yanu na kuitsalakana+ mungandicitira ipi: 32 Lero ndinapita pa mikumbi yanu yonsene. Ikhani pakhundu mabira onsene akuti ali na mithemba peno madamba, anamabira akufuirira na mbuzi za mithemba peno madamba. Kutomera lero kuenda kutsogolo, pifuyo pyenepi ndipyo pinafuna kunditambirisa imwe.+ 33 Kulungama kwanga kunadzapangizika ntsogolo, pa ntsiku inafuna imwe kudzaona pifuyo pyenepi pinafuna kutambiriswa ine. Mungandigumana na mbuzi yakuti nkhabe mithemba peno madamba, peno bira yakukhonda kufuirira, dziwani kuti ndacita kuiba.”

34 Penepo Labhau alonga: “Mphyadidi! Mbapikhale tenepo ninga mudalongera iwe.”+ 35 Natenepa, pa ntsiku ineyi, Labhau apambula mabokho onsene akuti akhali na mithemba na madamba, mbuzi zikazi zakuti zikhali na mithemba na madamba, zonsene zakuti zikhali na mithemba yakucena pabodzi na anamabira akufuirira, mbaapereka kuna anace toera aatsalakane. 36 Buluka penepo Labhau acita ulendo wa ntsiku zitatu buluka kuna Yakobe mpaka ku mbuto idaenda iye, Yakobe akhakumbiza mabira a Labhau akhadasala na iye.

37 Penepo Yakobe akwata mapindi a miti miwisi inacemerwa estoraki, miti ya amendwa na platano, mbasuwa pangʼono makoko a miti ineyi, mbasiya pakweca khundu yakucena yankati mwa miti ineyi. 38 Buluka penepo, iye akwata mapindi a miti idasuwa iye mbaikha kutsogolo kwa mikumbi, mu mbuto zinawewa madzi na mu pyombo pinamwera pifuyo, toera pifuyo pibindule patsogolo pa mapindi a miti ineyi mu ndzidzi unabwera ipyo kudzamwa madzi.

39 Natenepa pifuyo pikhabindula patsogolo pa mapindi a miti ineyi, pontho ana akhabala iwo akhali na mithemba na madamba. 40 Natenepa Yakobe apambula anamabira anewa mbaaikha pakhundu. Penepo iye akwata mikumbi yonsene ya mithemba na yakufuirira mbaizungunusa toera ikhale kutsogolo kwa mikumbi ya pifuyo pya Labhau. Buluka penepo, iye abulusa mikumbi yace mbakhonda kuibvungaza na mikumbi ya Labhau. 41 Ndzidzi onsene wakuti pifuyo pyamphambvu pikhali cifupi na kubindula, Yakobe akaikha mapindi a miti mu pyombo pinamwera pifuyo kutsogolo kwa mikumbi toera pibindule cifupi na mapindi a miti ineyi. 42 Mbwenye khala ndi pinyama pyakusowa mphambvu iye nee akhaikha mapindi a miti ineyi. Natenepa pinyama pyonsene pyakusowa mphambvu pikakhala pya Labhau, mbwenye pyamphambvu pikhali pya Yakobe.+

43 Munjira ineyi, Yakobe adzakhala wakupfuma kakamwe, iye adzakhala na mikumbi mikulu, atumiki amuna na akazi, makamelo na maburu.+