Yakɔɔb nɛ Ezaawuu palabɩ laŋhɛzɩyɛ

Yehowa heyi Yakɔɔb se ɛkaɣ ɛ-yɔɔ kandɩyʋʋ, ɛzɩ ɛɛkandɩyʋʋ Abraham nɛ Izaakɩ pɔ-yɔɔ yɔ. Yakɔɔb wobi tɛtʋ ndʋ payaɣ se Haraanɩ yɔ tɩ-taa, ɛkpaɣ halʋ peeɖe nɛ ɛwɛɛnɩ hɔʋ sɔsɔʋ nɛ ñɩm sakɩyɛ.

Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yehowa heyi Yakɔɔb se: «Pɩsɩ ñɛ-ɛjaɖɛ taa.» Nɛ Yakɔɔb nɛ ɛ-hɔʋ papaɣzɩ ɖɔm nʋmɔʋ kɩɖaɣlʋʋ nakʋyʋ nɛ papɩsɩɣ pɛ-tɛ. Pɛwɛ nʋmɔʋ taa lɛ, Yakɔɔb lɩmɖʋyaa nabɛyɛ kɔɔ nɛ peheyi-i se: “Ña-ɖalʋ Ezaawuu ɖiɣni kɔm, ɛ nɛ abalaa 400.” Sɔɔndʋ kpa Yakɔɔb se Ezaawuu ɛtaakɔɔ nɛ ɛla kɩdɛkɛdɩm ɛ nɛ ɛ-hɔʋ.” Pʋyɔɔ ɛtɩmnɩ Yehowa se: “Mentendi-ŋ, ya ma-ñʋʋ nɛ ŋlɩzɩ-m man-ɖalʋ nesi tɛɛ.” Tɛʋ fema lɛ, Yakɔɔb tiyini Ezaawuu kʋjɔŋ ndɩ ndɩ: Heŋ, pʋŋ, naŋ, aɖaaɖaanaa nɛ kpaŋasɩ.

Ðoo yuwa nɛ Yakɔɔb wɛɛ e-ɖeke lɛ, ɛna Ɛsɔ tiyiyu nɔɔyʋ. Ɛ nɛ Ɛsɔ tiyiyu ɛnʋ papaɣzɩ lʋbʋ. Pɛwɛɛ lʋbʋ yɔɔ nɛ tɛʋ kɔɔ nɛ kife. Paa pɩɩkʋ Yakɔɔb yɔ, etiyele ɛ-tɩ se tiyiyu ɛwabɩ-ɩ. Tiyiyu heyi-i se: «Yebi-m nɛ mɛnɖɛɛ.» Ɛlɛ Yakɔɔb cosi-i se: “Aayɩ, wazɩ-m pʋcɔ nɛ meyebi-ŋ.”

Pɩtɛmnaa se tiyiyu wazɩ Yakɔɔb. Peeɖe Yakɔɔb nawa se Yehowa ɛɛkaɣ yebu nɛ Ezaawuu labɩ-ɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩm.

Tanaŋ ŋgʋ kɩ-tɛɛ, Yakɔɔb kʋsɩ ɛ-ɛsa nɛ ɛcɔnɩ ɖooo poliŋ taa lɛ, ɛna Ezaawuu nɛ ɛyaa 400. Nɛ Yakɔɔb ɖɛɛ ɛ-hɔʋ nɔɔ nɛ ewolo eluŋ Ezaawuu tɛɛ tam 7. Ezaawuu se nɛ ɛkatɩ Yakɔɔb nɛ ɛmʋ-ɩ atuu. Pa-naalɛ petisi ɛsɩtɛɣlɩm nɛ pala laŋhɛzɩyɛ. Ña-naʋ taa yɔ, Yehowa maɣzɩɣ suwe mbʋ Yakɔɔb laba se ɛñɔɔzɩ tɔm ndʋ yɔ pɩ-yɔɔ?

Pʋwayɩ lɛ Ezaawuu pɩsɩ ɛ-tɛ, nɛ Yakɔɔb ñowolo ɛ-nʋmɔʋ ɖɔm yɔɔ. Yakɔɔb kaawɛnɩ abalɩbiya 12. Sɩ-hɩla yɔ: Rubɛɛnɩ, Siimeyɔɔ, Leevi, Yuuda, Daanɩ, Naftalii, Gaadɩ, Asɛɛrɩ, Isakaarɩ, Zabulɔɔ, Yosɛɛfʋ nɛ Bɛnjamɛɛ. Yehowa kaɣ tɩŋnʋʋ piya nzɩ sɩ-taa nakɛyɛ yɔɔ nɛ ɛya ɛ-samaɣ ñʋʋ; ŋga lɛ Yosɛɛfʋ. Ŋsɩm ɛzɩma ɛkɔŋ labʋ yɔ? Ðɩkaɣ pɩ-tɔm yɔɔdʋʋ.