14 Wafaka amaqembu amabutho akhe kulo lonke elako-Edomi njalo bonke abantu bako-Edomi baba zinceku zikaDavida.+ UJehova wayesenza uDavida anqobe loba ngaphi lapho ayesiya khona.+

2 “Ngiyalithanda,”+ kutsho uJehova.

Kodwa lina lithi: “Utshengise njani ukuthi uyasithanda?”

“U-Esawu wayengasimfowabo kaJakhobe yini?”+ kutsho uJehova. “Kodwa ngathanda uJakhobe, 3 ngazonda u-Esawu,+ ngenza intaba zakhe zaba ngamanxiwa,+ lelifa lakhe ngalinika amakhanka asenkangala.”+

10 Isithembiso lesi kwaphinda kwakhulunywa ngaso langesikhathi uRabheka ezithwala amaphahla, uyise wawo kungu-Isaka ukhokho wethu.+ 11 Ngakho ukuze injongo kaNkulunkulu yokukhetha iqhubeke ingathembelanga emisebenzini kodwa kulowo obizayo, amaphahla la athi engakazalwa futhi engakenzi okuhle loba okubi, 12 kwathiwa kuye: “Omdala uzakuba yisigqili somncane,”+ 13 njengoba nje kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Ngathanda uJakhobe, ngazonda u-Esawu.”+