40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 28

₂₄Wasala yedwa uJakobe; kwabambana naye umuntu, kwaze kwasa. ₂₅Esebona ukuthi akamahluli, wathinta esikhoxeni senyonga yakhe, waphinyazeka uJakobe esikhoxeni senyonga esebambene naye. ₂₆Wayesethi: “Angihambe, ngokuba sekuyasa.”

Kepha wathi: “Anginakukuyeka ukuba uhambe ungangibusisanga.”

₂₇Wathi kuye: “Ungubani igama lakho na?”

Wathi: “NginguJakobe.”

₂₈Wathi: “Igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe, kepha u-Israyeli,* ngokuba ulwile noNkulunkulu nabantu, wanqoba.”

₂₉UJakobe wayesembuza ethi: “Ake ungitshele igama lakho.”

Wathi: “Ubuzelani igama lami na?” Wayesembusisa khona.

₃₀UJakobe waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheniyeli,* ngokuba wathi: “Sibonene noNkulunkulu ubuso nobuso, nokho umphefumulo wami wophulwa.”