UJakobe ubusisa amadodana akhe

49UJakobe wasebiza amadodana akhe wathia: Buthanani ukuze ngilazise okuzalehlela ensukwini ezizayob.

2 Buthanani, lizwe madodana kaJakobe, limlalele uIsrayeli uyihlo.

3 Rubeni, ulizibulo lamic, amandla ami, lokuqala kokuqina kwamid, ukuphelela kwesithunzie, lokuphelela kwamandla. 4 Uphuphuma njengamanzi, kawuyikuba ngopheleleyo, ngoba ukhwele embhedeni kayihlof, wasuwona; wakhwela embhedeni wami.

5 USimeyoni loLevi bayizelamanig; inkemba zabo ziyizikhali zokuphanga. 6 Umphefumulo wami ungangeni emphakathini wabo wangaseseh, udumo lwami lungahlangani emhlanganweni waboi; ngoba ngolaka lwabo babulala umuntu, langokuzithokozisa baquma izinkabi umsipha. 7 Kaluqalekiswe ulaka lwabo ngoba lulamandla, lentukuthelo yabo ngoba ilesihluku. Ngizabehlukanisa koJakobej, ngibahlakaze koIsrayeli.

8 Juda, wena, abafowenu bazakudumisak; isandla sakho sizakuba sentanyeni yezitha zakhol; amadodana kayihlo azakukhothamelam. 9 UJuda ungumdlwane wesilwanen; wenyukile empangweni, ndodana yami, uguqile, ulele njengesilwane, lanjengesilwane esisikazi; ngubani ozamsukumisao? 10 Intonga yobukhosi kayiyikusuka kuJudap, lomnikumthetho phakathi kwenyawo zakheq, aze afike uShilo1, njalo izizwe zizamlalelar. 11 Ubophela ithole lakhe likababhemi evininis, lethole likababhemikazi wakhe evinini elihle. Uwatsha isigqoko sakhe ewayinini, lesembatho sakhe egazini lezithelo zevini. 12 Amehlo akhe azakuba nsundu ngewayinit, lamazinyo akhe mhlophe ngochago.

13 UZebuluni uzahlalau ethekwini lolwandlev, abe litheku lemikhumbi, lomngcele wakhe uzakuba ngaseSidoni.

14 UIsakari ungubabhemi olamathambo alamandla, oqutha phakathi kwemithwalo emibiliw. 15 Wathi ebona indawo yokuphumula ukuthi inhle, lelizwe ukuthi liyabukeka, wagobisa amahlombex akhe ukuze athwale, waba yinceku esibhalweniy.

16 UDani uzakwahlulela abantu bakhez, njengesinye sezizwe zakoIsrayeli. 17 UDani uzakuba yinyoka endleleni, inhlangwana emkhondweni, eluma izithende zebhiza, ukuze umgadi walo awe nyovane. 18 Ngilindele usindisoa lwakho, Nkosi.

19 UGadi, iviyo lizamhlaselab, kodwa yena uzahlasela ezithendeni.

20 Kuvela kuAsheri, ukudla kwakhe kuzanona, uzaveza izibiliboco zenkosi.

21 UNafithali uyimpala ethukululiweyo, eveza amazwi amahle.

22 UJosefa ulugatsha oluthelayo, ugatsha oluthelayo emthonjeni, ingatsha2 zikhwela phezu komduli. 23 Abatshokic basebemphatha kabuhlungud, bamtshokae, bamzondaf. 24 Kodwa idandili lakheg lahlala liqinile, lengalo zezandla zakhe zaqiniswa ngezandla zikaSomandla kaJakobeh, okuvela khona umelusi, ilitshe likaIsrayelii, 25 ngoNkulunkulu kayihloj ozakusiza, langoSomandla ozakubusisa ngezibusiso zamazulu ezivela phezulu, izibusiso zokujula okulele phansi, izibusiso zamabele lesizalo, 26 izibusiso zikayihlo ziyedlula izibusiso zabokhokho bami, kuze kube sengqongeni zamaqaqa aphakadek; zizakuba phezu kwekhanda likaJosefal, laphezu kwenkanda yalowo owehlukaniswe kubafowabo.

27 UBhenjamini uyimpisi edabulayom; ekuseni izakudla ekujimbileyo, lakusihlwa izakwehlukanisa impangon.

28 Bonke labo bayizizwe ezilitshumi lambili zakoIsrayeli; futhi lokho yikho uyise akukhuluma kubo ebabusisa; ngulowo lalowo ngesibusiso sakhe wababusisa. 29 Wasebalaya wathi kubo: Sengibuthelwa ebantwini bakithio; lingingcwabe labobabap obhalwini olusensimini kaEfroni umHethiq, 30 obhalwini olusensimini yeMakaphela eqondane leMamre, elizweni leKhanani, uAbrahama owaluthenga lensimu kuEfroni umHethir ibe yindawo yethu yokungcwabela. 31 Lapho bangcwaba oAbrahama loSara umkakhes; lapho bangcwaba oIsakat loRebeka umkakhe; lalapho ngangcwaba uLeya, 32 insimu, lobhalu olukiyo, kwathengwa emadodaneni kaHethi. 33 Kwathi uJakobe eseqedile ukulaya amadodana akhe, waqoqela inyawo zakhe embhedeni, waphela, wabuthelwa ebantwini bakibou.