1 Isak okwi ithana Jakob e te mu laleke ta ti: “Ino hokana omukadhona Omukaanani. 2 Inda kuMesopotamia, kaandjahokulu Betuel, u hokane gumwe gwomaana yahokulu Laban. 3 Kalunga Omunankondoawike na yambeke ondjokana yoye, ye e ku pe aanona oyendji, opo u ka ninge he yiigwana oyindji! 4 Ne ku yambeke noluvalo lwoye, ngaashi a yambekele Abraham; ne ku pe evi ndika, moka wa kala mo ondjendi naandyoka Kalunga e li pe Abraham!” 5 Isak okwa laleke Jakob, a ye kuMesopotamia kaandjaLaban yaBetuel, Omuaramea, ngoka omumwayina gwaRebekka, yina yaJakob naEsau.
Esau ta hokana Mahalat
6 Esau okwa koneke kutya Isak okwa yambeke Jakob e te mu laleke, a ye kuMesopotamia, a ka konge omukiintu. Okwa koneke wo kutya Isak mokuyambeka Jakob okwe mu lombwele, kaa hokane aakiintu Aakaanana. 7 Okwe shi kutha mo wo kutya Jakob okwa vulika kuhe nayina e ta yi kuMesopotamia. 8 Nena Esau okwa li wo u uvite kutya he ina hokwa aakiintu Aakaanana. 9 Okwa yi kaandjaIsmael yaAbraham e ta hokana omwana Mahalat, omumwayina gwaNebaiot.
Ondjodhi yaJakob
10 Jakob okwa zi kuBeersheba u uka kuHaran. 11 Peningino lyetango okwe ya pehala eyapuki e ta yungu ontanda. Okwa lala a kothe, a gwila omutse gwe kemanya. 12 Okwa yaguma e wete oshilondelo sha za pevi sha tsa megulu, naayengeli taa londo notaa kuluka ye li kusho. 13 Omuwa mwene oku li kondungu yasho e ta ti kuye: “Ongame Omuwa, Kalunga kaAbraham naIsak. Evi ndika mpoka wa lala, otandi li ku pe noluvalo lwoye. 14 Oluvalo lwoye otalu ka kala lu thike pontsi yevi, lwaa shi kuyalulwa. Otalu ka taandela kuuninginino nokuuzilo, kuumbangalantu nokuumbugantu. Mungoye nomoluvalo lwoye otandi ka yambekela iigwana ayihe kombanda yevi. 15 Dhimbulukwa, otandi kala nangoye e tandi ku gamene shaa nkoka to yi, notandi ke ku galulila kevi ndika. Itandi ku etha, sigo nda gwanitha ayihe nde yi ku uvanekele.”
16 Jakob okwa papudhuka po nokwa ti: “Omuwa oku li mpaka! Oku li mehala ndika, ngame inandi shi tseya!” 17 Okwa li a tila e ta ti: “Ehala ndika etilithi ngiini! Mpaka ope na egumbo lyaKalunga, mpaka ope na osheelo shegulu.” 18 Jakob okwa meneka ongula onene, okwa kutha emanya ndyoka a li a gwila ko omutse gwe e te li dhike, li ninge endhindhiliko. Nena okwa tile ko omagadhi gooholivi, opo e li yapulile Kalunga. 19 Ehala ndika okwe li luku Betel, nando oshilando shoka nale okwa li hashi ithanwa Lus. 20 Nena Jakob okwa ganene Omuwa a ti: “Ngele oto kala pungame e to gamene ndje mondjenda ndjoka tandi ende e to pe ndje iikulya noonguwo, 21 nongele tandi galukile kaandjatate, nena oto ningi Kalunga kandje. 22 Emanya ndika lyendhindhiliko nde li dhike, otali ka ninga ehala mpoka to galikanenwa, ongame notandi ke ku pa oshitimulongo mwaashihe shoka to shi pe ndje.”
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