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Welcome to Swahili Bible site! Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of eastern and southeastern Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is estimated that around 15 Million users speak it. The New Testament was first translated into Swahili around 1850. United Bible Societies is working towards making this Bible available to all who need it.

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33

Yakobo ayagaanana ni Esau

1Agho Yakobo yaalengera Esau ng’ali kwidha n’abasaadha ebikumi bina. Yakobo yaagabaniamu abaana be mu bainhaibwe bano: Leeya, Rakeli, n’abakazi be bale ababiri ab’embali abaali abairu. 2Yaata abakazi abairu abo n’abaana baibwe emberi, okwo yaizaaku Leeya n’abaana be, memale yaasembyayo Rakeli ni Yosefu einhuma. 3Mwene yaabakulemberamu, yaaja ng’akuba amakiryaivu emikuzi musanvu okutuusa lwe yatuuka ku muganda we.

4Aye Esau yaalumuka okuja okumwagaana, yaamugwa mu kifuba era yaamwevumba, bombi baalira amaziga. 5Esau bweyalinga ati, yaabona abakazi n’abaana, yaabuuza ati: “Bano ni baani abali n’iwe?” Yakobo yairamu ati: “Abo n’abaana, Katonda olw’ekivunika kye, be yagha omugheereza wo.” 6Agho abairu abakazi baaseeta gh’ali, nga bali ghalala n’abaana baibwe, baakuba amakiryaivu. 7Okwo kwairaku Leeya n’abaana be, baaseeta gh’ali era baakuba amakiryaivu. Olwo Yosefu ni Rakeli baasembayo boona baaseeta gh’ali era baakuba amakiryaivu.

8Esau yaabuuza ati: “Ekikunsu ekyo kyonakyona kye ndhagaine, kitegeeza ki?” Yakobo yairamu ati: “Kyenda iwe musengwa wange ongemerwe ekivunika.” 9Aye Esau yaakoba ati: “Muganda wange, bye ndi nabyo biimmala. Ebyo by’oli nabyo, bikuume nga bibyo.” 10Yakobo yaakoba ati: “Busa, nkweghembye bw’oba ng’ongemeirwa ekivunika ganha otwale ekirabo ekiva mu ngalo dhange. Kuba okubona amaiso go, kuli ng’oti n’okubona amaiso ga Katonda, olw’ensambo y’onsangaaliiremu n’ekivunika ekyaga agho. 11Nkweghembye, ganha otwale ekirabo kino kye nkuleeteire, kuba Katonda yangemerwa ekivunika yampa byonabyona bye neetaaga.” Yakobo yaayongera okumweghemba okutuusa Esau lwe yaganha.

12Agho Esau yaakoba ati: “Kola tuje, nze ndidha kubakulemberamu.” 13Aye Yakobo yairamu ati: “Musengwa wange, oidhi ng’abaana bakaali bato, bakaali kufuna maani. Era n’entaama n’embuzi n’ente dhe ndi nadho, dhiyonsa. Bwenaadhitambuza einho, waire lunaku lulala lwonka, dhiidha kufa dhoonadhoona. 14Nkweghembye Musengwa wange iwe nkulemberaamu, nze ndidha kwidha mpolampola nga bwe nnaaghanga okutambula n’ensolo dhe nkulembeizaamu era n’abaana, okutuusa lwe nnaakutuukaku mu Seiri.”

15Kale Esau yaakoba ati: “Kale ni ka nkulekere ku bantu be ndi nabo.” Aye Yakobo yaakoba ati: “Musengwa wange ekyo tikyetaagisa, kasita oba ng’ongemeirwa ekivunika.” 16Kale, Esau yairayo ku lunaku olwo e Seiri. 17Aye Yakobo yaaja e Sukkothi, yeezimbira eyo endhu, era yaazimbira eyo n’ensolo dhe ebiyumba. Ekifo ekyo kyekyava kyetebwa eriina Sukkothi.

18Agho Yakobo yaava e Paddanarama, yaatuuka bukalamu mu kibuga eky’e Shekemu, ekiri mu nsi y’e Kanaani, yaasimba weema dhe kumpi n’ekibuga. 19Yaaghaayo ebitundu bya feeza kikumi, okugula eitaka kwe yali amaze okuzimba weema dhe, ng’aligula ku baidhukulu ba Hamori lata wa Shekemu. 20Yaazimbagho alutaari, yaagituuma eriina Eli Elohe Isiraeli.33:20 Eli Elohe Isiraeli: amakulu nti, Katonda, oyo Katonda owa Isiraeli.

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