uIsakare, unyana wesihlanu kaYakobi noLeya. Umntwana ongenasono womvuzowemithuma.Ubongozaukuba kubelula
1IkopiyamazwikaIsakare.
2 Wababiza oonyana bakhe, wathi kubo,Baphulaphuleni,bonyana,uyihlo uIsakare; wabekeleni indlebe amazwi alowoumthandayouYehova.
3 Mna ndizele nguYakobi, ndingowesihlanu, ndingumvuzo wemithuma.
4URubhenumninawawamwathabatha amathuma endle, uRakeli wamhlangabeza,wawathabatha.
5 Walila uRubhen, waphuma uLeya uma.
6 Ngoku la mathuma yayingama-apile anevumba elimnandi awayeveliswa ezweni lakwaHaran ngaphantsi komlanjanawamanzi.
7 Wathi uRakeli, Andiyi kukunika bona; baya kuba ngabam esikhundleni soonyana.
8KubauYehovaundidelile,andimzaleli mntwanauYakobi.
9 Ke kaloku bekukho ama-apile amabini; Wathi uLeya kuRakeli, Yanela, ukuba uthabathe indoda yam, wozithabathanabanazo?
10 Wathi uRakeli kuye, Wodliwa nguYakobi ngobu busuku, ngenxa yamathumaonyanawakho.
11 Wathi uLeya kuye, Ngowam uYakobi, ngokuba ndingumfazi wobutshabakhe.
12 Wathi uRakeli, Musa ukuqhayisa, ungaqhayisi; ngokuba wayendiganele phambikwakho,ngenxayamwakhonza ubawoiminyakaelishumielinamine.
13 Ukuba ubuqhetseba bebungabanga ehlabathini, ukuba bube namandla ubutshinga bomntu, anibubonanga ngokuubusobukaYakobi.
14Kubaakuyenaumfaziwakhe,kodwa ngenkohliso uthatyathwe kuye esikhundlenisam.
15 Wandilukuhla ubawo, wandisusa ngobo busuku, akamvumela uYakobi ukuba andibone. ngokuba bendikho, ibingayikumehlelalento.
16 Noko ke, ngenxa yamathuma ndikuqeshisa ngawo uYakobi ngobusukuobunye.
17 UYakobi wamazi uLeya; wakhawula,wandizala;
18 Kwabonakala isithunywa seNkosi kuYakobi, sisithi, URakeli uya kuzala abantwana ababini, ekubeni engavumi ukuzimanya nendoda yakhe, wanyula ilizwekazi.
19 Kwaye ukuba uLeya umama akazange awahlawule ama-apile amabini ngenxa yeqela lakhe, ngewayezele oonyana abasibhozo; Ngenxa yoko wazala abathandathu, uRakeli wabazala bobabini, ngokuba uYehovawamvelelaamathuma.
20 Kuba ebesazi ukuba unqwenela ukunxulumana noYakobi ngenxa yabantwana, kungabi ngenxa yolonwabo.
21 Kuba ngengomso wabuya wamnikelauYakobi.
22 Ngenxa yamathuma uYehova wamphulaphulauRakeli.
23 Kuba nakuba ebewanqwenele, akawudlanga; wasuka wawasondezela endlwini kaYehova, wazimisa kumbingeleli wOsenyangweni, obekho ngeloxesha.
24 Ngoko ke, bantwana bam, ndakukhula, ndahamba ngendlela ethe
tye yentliziyo, ndaza ndaba ngumlimi kabawo nabazalwana bam, ndivelisa iziqhamoentsiminingokwexeshalazo.
25 Kwaye ubawo wandisikelela, kuba wabona okokuba ndahamba ngokuthe tyephambikwakhe.
26 Kwaye andizange ndibe ngugqadambekweni ezenzweni zam, ndingenamona nalunya ngokuchasene nommelwanewam.
27 Andizange ndithethe kakubi mntwini, andikhange ndibugwebe ubomi bamntu, njengoko ndenzayo ndilisoelinye.
28 Ke ngoko, xa ndandiminyaka imashumimathathuanantlanuubudala, ndazithabathela umfazi, kuba ukubulalekakwamkwabhangaamandla am, yaye andizange ndiyicinge into yokuzonwabisa nabafazi; + kodwa ngenxa yokubulaleka kwam ndaphelelwabubuthongo.
29 Kwaye ubawo wayegcoba ngamaxesha onke ekunyanisekeni kwam, ngenxa yokuba mna ndandinikele ngombingeleli zonke iintlahlelakuYehova;kulandeleubawo.
30 UYehova wongezelele esandleni sam isandla sakhe amawaka alishumi; kananjalo uYakobi, ubawo, wayesazi ukubauThixowandincedaukungatshati kwam.
31 Ngokuba zonke izinto ezilungileyo zelizwendiwanikebonkeabaziintsizana nabacudisiweyo,ngentliziyoyonke;
32 Ke ngoko, bonyana, ndiveni, nihambengengqibeleloyentliziyoyenu; ngokuba ndiyibonile yonke into ekholekileyokakuhlekuYehova.'
33Ontliziyoinyeayinqweneleligolide, akamcinezeli ummelwane wakhe; akanqwenelikukutyaokuninzi;
34 Akakunqweneli ukuphila ubomi obude;ulindeleukuthandakukaThixo.
35 Kwaye imimoya yenkohliso
ayinagunya ngokuchasene naye, kuba akajongi kubuhle babafazi, hleze angcoliseingqondoyakhengokonakala. 36Akukhomonaezicamangwenizakhe; Akukho lunya luwonakalisayo umphefumlowakhe;
37 Kuba uhamba ngomphefumlo omnye, kwaye ubona zonke izinto ngokuthe tye kwentliziyo, ewaphepha amehlo enziweububi ngokulahlekiswa kwehlabathi,hlezeaboneukugqwethwa kwawo nawuphina wemithetho yeNkosi.
38Kengoko,bantwanabam,wugcineni umthetho kaThixo, nize ningabi namaqabane omtshato, nize nihambe ngokungenabuqhinga, ningangeneleli ngoshishinolommelwanewenu,kodwa yithandeni iNkosi nommelwane wenu, yibani nemfesane kumahlwempu nababuthathaka.
39 Wuthobeleni umqolo wenu entsimini,nibulalekengemiguduyonke yokulima, ninikela izipho kuYehova, nibulela.
40NgokubauYehovauyakukusikelela ngentlahlela yomhlaba, njengoko wabasikelelayo bonke abangcwele, kususelakuAbhelikudekubengoku.
41 Ngokuba aninikwa sabelo sinye, ingekuko ukutyeba komhlaba, oziqhamozisebenzanzima;
42 Kuba ubawo wethu uYakobi wandisikelela, ngeentsikelelo zehlabathi,nentlahlela.
43 Bazukiswa ke uLevi noYuda phakathi koonyana bakaYakobi; ngokuba uYehova wabanika ilifa, wamnika uLevi ububingeleli, nobukumkanibakwaYuda.
44 bathobeleni ke ngoko, nihambe ngobunyulu boyihlo; ngokuba uGadi unikwe ukuba atshabalalise impi awawafikelaamaSirayeli.
11 Ukuba ubani uthe wabandezeleka, bendiyakuhlanganisaukuncwinakwam nokwakhe,
12 Kwaye ndabelana ngesonka sam namahlwempu.
ISAHLUKO 2
1Yaziningoko,bantwanabam,ukuba ngexesha lokugqibela oonyana benu bayakubulahlaubunyulu,banamathele enkanukweni.
2 beshiya ukuhanahanisa, basondele elunya; kwaye beyishiya imiyalelo yeNkosi, baya kunamathela kuBheliyare.
3 Kwaye baya kushiya umhlaba, balandele eyabo inkohlakalo, kwaye baya kuchithachithwa phakathi kweentlanga,bakhonzeiintshabazabo.
4Ngokonibawiselelomthethooonyana benu, ukuze, xa bathe bona, babuyele kamsinya kuYehova; Kuba yena unenceba, uya kubahlangula, ababuyiseleemhlabeniwabo.
5 Yabona, ke ngoko, njengokuba nindibona, ndiminyaka ilikhulu elinamanci mabini anesithandathu ubudala,andiqondiukubandonanasiphi na.
6 Ngaphandle komfazi wam andimazi omnye umfazi. Andizange ndihenyuze ngokuphakamisaamehloam.
7 Andiselanga wayini, ukuze ndilahlekisweyiyo;
8 Andinqwenelanga nanye into enqwenelekayoeyeyemmelwanewam.
9 Akubangakho nkohliso entliziyweni yam;
10 Akugqithanga buxoki emlonyeni wam;
13 Ndenza ubulungisa, yonke imihla yamndigcinainyaniso.
14 Ndiyayithanda iNkosi; ngokunjalo nabo bonke abantu ngentliziyo yam yonke.
15 Yenzani nani ezi zinto, bantwana bam, kwaye bonke oomoya abangamatshijolo baya kunibaleka, nesenzosongendawoasiyikunilawula;
16 Nowoyisa onke amarhamncwa, ngokuba unawe uThixo wezulu nomhlaba,uhambenabantungentliziyo epheleleyo.
17 Wathi akutsho, wabawisela umthetho oonyana bakhe, ukuba bamnyuse baye eHebron, bamngcwabele khona emqolombeni kooyise.
18 Wolula iinyawo zakhe, wafa, eyingwevuenkulu;ngayoyonkeisandi selungu, kwaye ngamandla engathintelwanga, walala ubuthongo obungunaphakade.