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Jakobo anakutana na Esau
1 Jakobo watsupha matso achimuona Esau aredza na alume magana mane. Phahi, waganya achee na anae makundi mane, chila mchetu na anae. 2 Waaika hara atumishi a chichetu na ana aho mbere, halafu Lea na anae, mwisho achimuika Raheli na Yusufu. 3 Jakobo mwenye watanguliya mbere zao, achisujudu kano sabaa kuno anamsengerera nduguye. 4 Ela Esau achizola kpwedzamchinjira, achimtiya chifuwani na achimdonera; chisha osi achirira. 5 Esau ariphotsupha matso na kuona hara achetu na ana ao, waamba, “Hano urio nao ni ano ani?” Jakobo achiamba, “Hano ni ana ambao Mlungu wanipha mimi mtumishio kpwa mbazize.” 6 Ndipho hara anachetu na ana aho asengera na achimgbwerera maguluni. 7 Chisha Lea na anae, nao akpwedza achimgbwerera maguluni. Mwisho, Yusufu na nine Raheli, nao akpwedza piya achimgbwerera maguluni. 8 Ndipho Esau achiuza, “Hira mifugo nchiyoiona kura njirani ni yaani?” Jakobo achiamba, “Bwana, ni zawadizo ili ukubali kunikaribisha.” 9 Ela Esau achiamba, “Nina mali ya kutosha mwenehu, maliyo naikale yako.” 10 Jakobo achiamba, “Tafadhali bwana, nakuvoya! Ichikala kpweli ukanikubali, phahi phokera zawadi zangu nikuphazo. Kuona usoo ni kama kuona uso wa Mlungu, mana ukaniphokera vinono. 11 Nakuvoya uphokere zawadi chizokurehera, mana Mlungu wanionera mbazi na achinipha chila chitu nilondacho.” Jakobo waenderera kumshurutisha Esau hadi achikubali. 12 Esau achiamba, “Haya, nahuphiyeni; hundaphiyani phamwenga, mino nindakala mbere.” 13 Ela Jakobo achimuamba, “Bwana wangu, unamanya kukala anache taana nguvu, na ni lazima nimanyirire higa mangʼondzi na ngʼombe ambazo zinaamwisa. Ichikala hino mifugo indatsungbwa mairo kpwa mairo, hata kpwa siku mwenga tu, phahi, mifugo indafwa. 14 Kpwa hivyo, nakuvoya bwana wangu, utanguliye nami nredza pore-pore, mwendo wa hano anache na hino mifugo hadi hufike kpwako hiko Seiri.” 15 Esau achiamba, “Phahi nkurichire atu angu anjina akuterye.” Ela Jakobo achiamba, “Taina haja bwana wangu, vyo uchivyonionera mbazi, vinatosha.”
16 Phahi siku iyo-iyo Esau wagbwira njira achiuya Seiri. 17 Jakobo ariphofika Sukothi wadzidzengera nyumba na vibanda vya mifugoye. Ndiyo mana phatu hipho phaihwa Sukothi.*
18 Mwisho wa charoche, kula Padani-Aramu hadi tsi ya Kanani, Jakobo wafika salama mudzi wa Shekemu; achichita kambiye kondze chidide ya mudzi hinyo. 19 +Jakobo wagula hira seemu yokala akachita hemare kula kpwa ana a Hamori, ise wa Shekemu na vipande gana mwenga vya feza. 20 Wadzenga phatu pha kulavira sadaka pho hipho na achiphaiha Eli-Elohe-Iziraeli, manaye ni “Mlungu, Mlungu wa Iziraeli.”
* 33:17 Sukothi kpwa Chieburania manage ni vibanda. + 33:19 Joshuwa 24:32; Johana 4:5