1 Ndizo Isaki kadana Jakubo kankombolela kandwa kati, “Usitongolobola nkadzi we Nkanana. 2 Milika uyende ku Padani Aramu ku ludzi gwa batategulu babo tate ba mmeyabo Bhethuwele unolobola mmwe we bakololokadzi ba Labani basekulu babo. 3 Ndzimu Masimbawose ngaukukombolele ukupe bana banjinji bawande kudzina mube njudzi njinji. 4 Ngaukupe iwe ne bana babo kukombolegwa kwa Abhurahama kuti ndizo utole shango iyeyi yaugele muili ngwenu se nzhi, shango Ndzimu yawakapa Abhurahama.” 5 Ipapo Isaki kadwa Jakubo kuti ayende ku Padani Aramu kuna Labani basekulu babo nkololo wa Bhethuwele we N'aramu hazwadzi ya Ribeka mme ba Jakubo na Esau.
Esau unotola mmwe nkadzi
6 Ipapo Esau kahwa kuti Isaki wakombolela Jakubo ngono kan'yisa ku Padani Aramu kunoshaka nkadziko. Kahwa kuti wakati enkombolela kandwa kati asitongo lobola nkadzi we Nkanana, 7 ngono Jakubo kahwa tate babe na mmeyabe kayenda ku Padani Aramu. 8 Kukati Esau ebona kuti bakadzi be Tjikanana abatoshathisa Isaki tate babe 9 kayenda kuna Ishimaele nkololo wa Abhurahama kanolobola Mahalati nkololokadzi wa Ishimaele hazwadzi ya Nebayoti epaphidza bakadzi baakabe anabo kale.
Mawoloto a Jakubo ali ku Bhetele
10 Jakubo kamilika mu Bheerisheba kayenda ku Harani. 11 Zhuba likammilila pamwe pathu ngono katola bgwe limwe ipapo kalisazamila kayizela. 12 Kawolota ebona datho lakamisiwa pasi mu shango, theswi dzalo dziswika kudzimu, batumwa be Ndzimu bedeluka bakabuya bakatatha ndilo. 13 Yahwe bakabe bali mile pezhugwi kwalo ngono bakabe beti, “Ndimi Yahwe Ndzimu wa batategulu babo Abhurahama, Ndzimu wa Isaki. Shango yaulele muili ndowoipa iwe ne bana babo. 14 Ludzi gugo gowowanda se hwuluba ye shango, mowopashila ku golombedzo ne ku bhezhuba ne ku bunandzwa ne ku burwa. Njudzi dzose dze shango dzowokombolegwa nge kuko nenge kwe bana babo. 15 Bona, ndinawe, ndowokutjengeta kumwe ne kumwe kwaunoyenda akubuza mu shango iyeyi. Andingakusiye kuswikila ndishinga tjandakakugadza bgwe.”
16 Jakubo kamuka mu hwope ngono kati, “Nge malebeswa tjose Yahwe bayapo pathu ipapa, koga ndabe ndisingazibe.” 17 Kawigwa ngotja ngono kati, “Pathu ipapa panotjisa seni! Ipapa pathu i ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ipapa nkoba we kudzimu.”
18 Tjimuka mangwanana Jakubo katola bgwe laakabe akasazamila kalimisa kube ikumbuludzo ngono kalidila mafuta. 19 Katumila pathu ipapo kati Bhetele nenguba nzi iwoyu wakabe udang'wa Luzi. 20 Ipapo Jakubo katuna kabe eti, “Ha Ndzimu ungabe nami ukanditjengeta mu gwendo igogu gwandinoyenda ukandipa zojiwa ne zwiambalo 21 adzina abgwilila ku nzi wa tate kusina tjibiibi, Yahwe banowobe Ndzimu wangu. 22 Bgwe ileli landamisa ipapa se ikumbuludzo lowobe ng'umba ye Ndzimu ngono kose kwa munowondipa ndowodusa tje bugumi.”
Isaac's Instructions to Jacob
1 Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said:
Don't marry any of those Canaanite women. 2 Go at once to your mother's father Bethuel in northern Syria and choose a wife from one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3 I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation. 4 May he bless you with the land he promised Abraham, so that you will take over this land where we now live as foreigners.
5 Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Esau Marries the Daughter of Ishmael
6 Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learned that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria 7 and that he had obeyed his father and mother. 8 Esau already had several wives, but he now realized how much his father hated the Canaanite women. 9 So he married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
Jacob's Dream at Bethel
10 Jacob left the town of Beersheba and started out for Haran. 11 At sunset he stopped for the night and went to sleep, resting his head on a large rock. 12 In a dream he saw a ladder that reached from earth to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it.
13 The Lord was standing beside the ladder and said:
I am the Lord God who was worshiped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping. 14 Your descendants will spread over the earth in all directions and will become as numerous as the specks of dust. Your family will be a blessing to all people. 15 Wherever you go, I will watch over you, then later I will bring you back to this land. I won't leave you—I will do all I have promised.
16 Jacob woke up suddenly and thought, “The Lord is in this place, and I didn't even know it.” 17 Then Jacob became frightened and said, “What a frightening place! It must be the house of God and the gateway to heaven.”
18 When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up as a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God, 19 and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.
20 Jacob solemnly promised God, “If you go with me and watch over me as I travel, and if you give me food and clothes 21 and bring me safely home again, you will be my God. 22 This rock will be your house, and I will give back to you a tenth of everything you give me.”