KULEA WATOTO BILA UPENDELEO.

KULEA WATOTO BILA UPENDELEO.

MHUBIRI: HAKIKA J BUCHA.

Mwanzo 27:1-40

[1]Ikawa Isaka alipokuwa mzee, na macho yake yamepofuka asione, akamwita Esau, mwanawe mkubwa, akamwambia, Mwanangu. Naye akamwitikia, Mimi hapa. 

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

[2]Akasema, Tazama, sasa mimi nimekuwa mzee, wala sijui siku ya kufa kwangu. 

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

[3]Basi, nakuomba, chukua mata yako, podo lako na upinde wako, ukaende nyikani uniwindie mawindo; 

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

[4]ukanifanyie chakula kitamu namna ile niipendayo, ukaniletee, ili nile; na roho yangu ikubariki, kabla sijafa. 

And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

[5]Na Rebeka akasikia, Isaka aliposema na Esau mwanawe. Basi Esau akaenda nyikani awinde mawindo, ayalete. 

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

[6]Rebeka akamwambia Yakobo mwanawe, akisema, Angalia, nimemsikia baba yako akisema na Esau, ndugu yako, akinena, 

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

[7]Niletee mawindo, ukanifanyie chakula kitamu ili nile, na kukubariki mbele za BWANA kabla ya kufa kwangu. 

Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

[8]Basi, mwanangu, sikiliza sauti yangu kama nitakavyokuagiza. 

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

[9]Enenda sasa kundini ukanitwalie wana-mbuzi wawili walio wema, nami nitawafanya chakula kitamu kwa baba yako, namna ile aipendayo. 

Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:

[10]Kisha utampelekea baba yako, apate kula, ili akubariki kabla ya kufa kwake. 

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

[11]Yakobo akamwambia Rebeka mamaye, Esau ndugu yangu ni mtu mwenye malaika, na mimi ni mtu laini. 

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

[12]Labda baba yangu atanipapasa, nami nitakuwa machoni pake kama mdanganyifu; nami nitaleta juu yangu laana wala si mbaraka. 

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

[13]Mamaye akamwambia, Laana yako na iwe juu yangu, mwanangu, usikie sauti yangu tu, enenda ukaniletee wana-mbuzi. 

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

[14]Akaenda, akawatwaa, akamletea mamaye. Mamaye akafanya chakula kitamu namna ile aliyopenda babaye. 

And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

[15]Kisha Rebeka akatwaa mavazi mazuri ya Esau mwanawe mkubwa, aliyokuwa nayo nyumbani, akamvika Yakobo mwanawe mdogo. 

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

[16]Na ngozi za wana-mbuzi akamvika mikononi, na katika ulaini wa shingo yake. 

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

[17]Naye akampa Yakobo mwanawe mikononi mwake hicho chakula kitamu, na mkate alioufanya. 

And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

[18]Akaja kwa baba yake, akasema, Babangu. Akasema, Mimi hapa, U nani wewe, mwanangu? 

And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

[19]Yakobo akamwambia babaye, Mimi ni Esau, mzaliwa wako wa kwanza, nimefanya kama ulivyoniambia. Ondoka, tafadhali, ukae kitako, ule mawindo yangu, ili roho yako inibariki. 

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

[20]Isaka akamwuliza mwanawe, Imekuwaje umepata upesi namna hii, mwanangu? Akasema, Kwa sababu BWANA, Mungu wako, amenifanikisha. 

And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.

[21]Isaka akamwambia Yakobo, Karibu, tafadhali, ili nikupapase, mwanangu, nione kwamba wewe ndiwe mwanangu Esau, ama siyo. 

And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

[22]Basi Yakobo akamkaribia Isaka, babaye, naye akampapasa, akasema, Sauti ni sauti ya Yakobo, lakini mikono ni mikono ya Esau. 

And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

[23]Wala hakumtambua, kwa maana mikono yake ilikuwa kama mikono ya Esau, ndugu yake, yenye malaika; basi akambariki. 

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

[24]Akamwuliza, Wewe ndiwe kweli mwanangu Esau? Akasema, Ndimi. 

And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

[25]Akasema, Niletee karibu nami nipate kula mawindo ya mwanangu, ili roho yangu ikubariki. Akamsogezea karibu, naye akala; kisha akamletea mvinyo, akanywa. 

And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

[26]Isaka, baba yake, akamwambia, Njoo karibu sasa, ukanibusu, mwanangu. 

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

[27]Akakaribia akambusu. Naye akasikia harufu ya mavazi yake, akambariki akasema, 

Tazama, harufu ya mwanangu 

Ni kama harufu ya shamba alilolibariki Bwana. 

And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

[28]Mungu na akupe ya umande wa mbingu, 

Na ya manono ya nchi, 

Na wingi wa nafaka na mvinyo. 

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

[29]Mataifa na wakutumikie 

Na makabila wakusujudie, 

Uwe bwana wa ndugu zako, 

Na wana wa mama yako na wakusujudie. 

Atakayekulaani alaaniwe, 

Na atakayekubariki abarikiwe. 

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

[30]Ikawa Isaka alipokwisha kumbariki Yakobo, na alipokuwa Yakobo ndiyo kwanza ametoka mbele ya Isaka, baba yake, mara Esau ndugu yake akaja kutoka katika kuwinda kwake. 

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

[31]Naye pia amefanya chakula kitamu akamletea babaye, akamwambia baba yake. Babangu na aondoke, ale mawindo ya mwanawe, ili roho yako inibariki. 

And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

[32]Isaka, baba yake, akamwuliza, U nani wewe? Akasema, Mimi ni mwanao, Esau, mzaliwa wako wa kwanza. 

And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

[33]Isaka akatetemeka tetemeko kuu sana, akasema, Ni nani basi yule aliyetwaa mawindo akaniletea? Nami nimekwisha kula kabla hujaja wewe, nikambariki; naam, naye atabarikiwa. 

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

[34]Esau aliposikia maneno ya babaye, akalia kilio kikubwa cha uchungu sana, akamwambia babaye, Nibariki na mimi, mimi nami, Ee babangu. 

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

[35]Akasema, Nduguyo amekuja kwa hila, akauchukua mbaraka wako. 

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

[36]Akasema, Je! Hakuitwa Yakobo kwa haki, maana amejitia mahali pangu mara mbili hizi? Alichukua haki yangu ya mzaliwa wa kwanza, na sasa amechukua mbaraka wangu. Akasema, Je! Hukuniwekea na mimi mbaraka? 

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

[37]Isaka akajibu, akamwambia Esau, Tazama, nimemfanya awe bwana wako, na ndugu zake wote nimempa kuwa watumishi wake; kwa nafaka na mvinyo nimemtegemeza, nami nikufanyie nini sasa, mwanangu? 

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

[38]Esau akamwambia babaye, Una mbaraka mmoja tu, babangu? Unibariki mimi, mimi nami, Ee babangu. Esau akapaza sauti yake, akalia. 

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

[39]

Isaka, baba yake, akajibu, akamwambia, 

Angalia, penye manono ya nchi patakuwa makao yako, 

Na penye umande wa mbingu unaotoka juu. 

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

[40]Kwa upanga wako wewe utaishi, nawe utamtumikia nduguyo; 

Na itakuwa utakapoponyoka, 

Utalivunja kongwa lake katika shingo yako. 

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.