SAMBIRU 13
Yakobe ndi Esawu Anguyanjana so
Yehova wangulayizga Yakobe kuti wamuvikiliyengi nge mo wanguchitiya ndi Abrahamu kweniso Isaki. Yakobe wajanga ku Harani, we kweniko wanguto. Iyu wenga ndi banja likulu ndipuso wangukhupuka.
Pavuli paki, Yehova wangukambiya Yakobe kuti: ‘Uwere kucharu chaku.’ Mwaviyo, Yakobe wanguto banja laki ndipu wangwamba ulendu utali wakuwere kwaki. Ŵe munthowa, ŵanthu anyaki angukambiya Yakobe kuti: ‘Esawu mku waku watuza, iyu we ndi anthulumi 400!’ Yakobe wanguchita mantha chifukwa waŵanaŵananga kuti Esawu wamubayengi pamoza ndi banja laki. Iyu wangupemphera kwaku Yehova kuti: ‘Chondi nditaskeni ku mku wangu.’ Mulenji waki Yakobe wangutumiza mphasu zinandi kwaku Esawu nge mbereri, mbuzi, ng’ombi, ngamila ndi abulu.
Usiku wa zuŵa lenili nyengu yinyaki Yakobe wenga yija ndipu wanguwona mungelu. Mungelu wangwamba kulimbana ndi Yakobe. Yiwu angulimbana mpaka mulenji. Chinanga kuti Yakobe wangupwetekeka, wanguthera cha. Mungelu yo wangukamba kuti: ‘Ndileki ndikengi.’ Yakobe wangumuka kuti: ‘Awa, ndikulekengi cha unditumbiki dankha.’
Pakumaliya, mungelu yo wangutumbika Yakobe. Sonu Yakobe wanguziŵa kuti Yehova wamuvikiliyengi kuti Esawu waleki kumupweteka.
Kwati kwacha ndi mulenji, Yakobe wati walereska patali wanguwona Esawu wachiza ndi anthulumi 400. Yakobe wanguluta panthazi pa banja laki ndipu wangugwada ndi kusindamiya mku waki Esawu maulendu 7. Esawu wangutchimbiriya kwaku Yakobe ndipu wangumuvumbatiya. Wosi ŵaŵi angwamba kuliya ndipu anguyanjana so. Uwona kuti Yehova wanguvwa wuli pa vo Yakobe wanguchita kuti wayanjani so ndi mku waki?
Pavuli paki, Esawu wanguwere ko wajanga ndipu Yakobe wangulutiriza ulendu waki. Yakobe wenga ndi ŵana anthulumi 12. Mazina ngawu ngenga yanga: Rubeni, Simiyoni, Levi, Yuda, Dani, Nafutali, Gadi, Ashere, Isakara, Zebuloni, Yosefi ndi Benjamini. Yehova wangugwiriskiya ntchitu Yosefi yo wenga yimoza mwa ŵana ŵenaŵa, kuti wataski ŵanthu Ŵaki. Kumbi uziŵa mo wangumugwiriskiya ntchitu? Tiyi tiwoni.
“Kweni ini nditikukambiyani kuti: Lutirizgani kwanja arwani ŵinu ndi kupemphere ŵanthu wo atikutombozgani, kuti mulongo kuti ndimwi ŵana ŵa Awusemwi wo ŵe kuchanya.”—Mateyu 5:44, 45