Nafatali gives a farewell speech to his sons, summarizing his life and teachings. He warns them to follow God's laws and avoid sin, as God will judge unrighteous nations. Nafatali recounts visions he had of the future destiny of the Israelites and their divisions into tribes. He encourages his sons to unite with the tribes of Judah and Levi for Israel's salvation.

2. ISAHLUKO 1
uNafetali, indodana yesishiyagalombili
kaJakobe noBiliha. Umgijimi. Isifundo ku-
physiology.
1 Ikhophi yesivumelwano sikaNafetali
asimisa ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe
ngomnyaka wekhulu namashumi amathathu
wokuphila kwakhe.
2 Lapho amadodana akhe esebuthelwe
ndawonye ngenyanga yesikhombisa,
ngolokuqala lwenyanga, esenempilo enhle,
wawenzela idili lokudla newayini.
3 Kwathi esevukile ekuseni, wathi kubo:
Sengiyafa; abakholwa nguye.
4 Kwathi lapho eyidumisa iNkosi, yaqina,
yathi emva komkhosi wayizolo kufanele afe.
5 Khona-ke waqala ukuthi: “Yizwani,
bantwana bami, nina madodana kaNafetali,
yizwani amazwi kayihlo.
6 Mina ngazalwa nguBiliha, langoba uRaheli
wayenza ngobuqili, wanika uJakobe uBiliha
esikhundleni sakhe; wakhulelwa, wangizalela
emadolweni kaRaheli, ngalokho waqamba
igama lami ngokuthi uNafetali.
7 Ngokuba uRaheli wangithanda kakhulu,
ngokuba ngazalelwa esifubeni sakhe; futhi
lapho ngisemusha wayejwayele ukungiqabula
ethi: 'Mangibe nomfowenu onjengawe
kwasesiswini sami.'
8 Lapho futhi uJosefa wayenjengami kukho
konke, ngokomkhuleko kaRaheli.
9 Manje umama kwakunguBiliha, indodakazi
kaRothewu umfowabo kaDebora, umzanyana
kaRebheka, owazalwa ngalusuku lunye
noRaheli.
10 URothewu wayengowosendo luka-
Abrahama, umKaledi, emesaba uNkulunkulu,
engokhululekileyo, nesikhulu.
11 Futhi wathunjwa futhi wathengwa
nguLabani; wamnika u-Euna incekukazi
yakhe ukuba abe ngumkakhe; wazala
indodakazi, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi
uZilipa ngegama lomuzi ayethunjwe kuwo.
12 Wazala uBiliha, ethi: "Indodakazi yami
iyashesha ukuzwa okusha, ngokuba isizelwe
yabamba ibele, yashesha ukulincela."
13 Nganginejubane ezinyaweni zami
njengendluzele; ubaba uJakobe wangibeka
phezu kwazo zonke izindaba, wangibusisa
njengendluzele.
14 Ngokuba njengalokhu umbumbi esazi
isitsha ukuthi singaqukatha kangakanani,
abuye alethe ubumba ngokunjalo, kanjalo
neNkosi iyawenza umzimba ngomfanekiso
womoya, iwugxilise ngokwamandla omzimba
umoya.
15 Futhi enye ayifinyeleli kwenye
ngengxenye yesithathu yonwele; ngokuba
ngesisindo, nangesilinganiso, nangomthetho
konke okudaliweyo kwenziwa.
16 Njengombana umbumbi ekwazi
ukusebenza kwesitsha ngasinye ukuthi
sifanelekelani, ngokunjalo leNkosi iyawazi
umzimba ukuthi uzaphikelela kuze kube nini
ebuhleni, lalapho uqala ebubini.
17 Ngokuba akukho ukuthambekela
namcabango uJehova angawaziyo, ngokuba
wadala wonke umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe.
18 Ngokuba njengamandla omuntu, kunjalo
nasemsebenzini wakhe; njengeso lakhe,
kunjalo nasebuthongweni bakhe;
njengomphefumulo wakhe, kanjalo nasezwini
lakhe noma emthethweni weNkosi noma
emthethweni kaBeliyali.
19 Futhi njengoba kukhona umehluko
phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama, phakathi
kokubona nokuzwa, kunjalo futhi kukhona
ukwehlukana phakathi kwendoda nendoda,
naphakathi kowesifazane nowesifazane; futhi
akumelwe kushiwo ukuthi omunye ufana
nomunye ebusweni noma engqondweni.
20 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu wenza konke
kwaba kuhle ngohlelo lwazo, imizwa
eyisihlanu ekhanda, wahlanganisa entanyeni
nekhanda, enezela kulo nezinwele zibe ubuhle
nodumo, bese kuba nenhliziyo ngokuqonda,
nesisu sibe indle, nesisu sokugaya,
uqhoqhoqho ngokudonsa umoya, isibindi
ngokufutheka, inyongo ngokubaba, ubende
ngokuhleka, izintambo zokuhlakanipha,
imisipha yezinqe ukuze amandla, amaphaphu
ngokudonsa, izinkalo. lamandla, njalonjalo.
21 Ngakho-ke, bantwana bami, yonke
imisebenzi yenu mayenzeke ngokuhlelekile

3. ngokumesaba uNkulunkulu, ningenzi lutho
ngokungafanele ngokudelela noma
ngesikhathi sakho esifanele.
22 Ngokuba uma uthi iso ukuba live, lingeze;
ngakho noma nisebumnyameni anikwazi
ukwenza imisebenzi yokukhanya.
23 Ngakho-ke, ningashisekeli ukonakalisa
izenzo zenu ngokuhaha noma ngamazwi ayize
ukuze nidukise imiphefumulo yenu; ngoba
uma nithula ngobumsulwa benhliziyo
niyoqonda ukuthi ningabambelela kanjani
entandweni kaNkulunkulu nokulahla intando
kaBeliar.
24 Ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi akuguquki
ukuhleleka kwazo; kanjalo nani aniwushintshi
umthetho kaNkulunkulu ngokungafanele
kwezenzo zenu.
25 Abezizwe baduka, bayishiya iNkosi,
yayala isimiso sabo, balalela izigodo
namatshe, imimoya yenkohliso.
26 Kodwa aniyikuba njalo, bantwana bami,
nazi emkhathini, nasemhlabeni, nasolwandle,
nakuzo zonke izinto ezidaliweyo, iNkosi
eyenza zonke izinto, ukuze ningabi
njengeSodoma, eyaguqula isimo sezwe.
imvelo.
27 Ngokunjalo labalindi baguqula ukuhleleka
kwemvelo yabo, iNkosi eyabaqalekisayo
ngozamcolo, owenza umhlaba ungabi
labahlali, ungabi nazithelo.
28 Lezi zinto ngizisho kini, bantwana bami,
ngokuba ngifundile embhalweni ka-Enoke
ukuthi nani ngokwenu niyomuka eNkosini,
nihamba ngokuvumelana nakho konke
ukungalungi kwabeZizwe, futhi niyokwenza
ngokuvumelana nabo bonke ububi eSodoma.
29 INkosi izaletha ukuthunjwa phezu kwenu,
njalo lizakhonza izitha zenu niyokhothama
kanye nakho konke ukuhlupheka nezinsizi,
ize iNKOSI isiniqede nonke.
30 Futhi emva kokuba seninciphile futhi
nenziwe abambalwa, niyabuya futhi niyivume
iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu; uyakukubuyisela
ezweni lakini ngokobubele bakhe obukhulu.
31 Futhi kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi emva
kwalokho sebefikile ezweni loyise,
bayophinde bayikhohlwe iNkosi futhi babe
abangamesabi uNkulunkulu.
32 INkosi iyobahlakaza ebusweni bomhlaba
wonke, kuze kufike ububele beNkosi, umuntu
owenza ukulunga nowenza umusa kubo
bonke abakude, nakubo abaseduze.
ISAHLUKO 2
Wenza isicelo sokuphila ngokuhlelekile.
Okuphawulekayo ngokuhlakanipha kwabo
okuphakade amavesi 27-30.
1 Ngokuba ngomnyaka wamashumi amane
wokuphila kwami ngabona umbono eNtabeni
Yeminqumo ngasempumalanga
kwaseJerusalema, kumile ilanga nenyanga.
2 Bheka, u-Isaka, uyise kababa, wathi kithi;
Gijimani, nizibambe, kube yilowo nalowo
ngokwamandla akhe; nowabambayo ilanga
nenyanga kuyakuba ngowakhe.
3 Sagijima sonke kanyekanye, uLevi
wabamba ilanga, uJuda wabahlula abanye,
wabamba inyanga, baphakama bobabili kanye
nabo.
4 Kwathi uLevi esenjengelanga, bheka,
insizwa ethile yamnika amahlamvu ayishumi
nambili esundu; uJuda wayekhazimula
njengenyanga, futhi ngaphansi kwezinyawo
zabo kukhona imisebe eyishumi nambili.
5 Bagijima bobabili, uLevi noJuda,
bababamba.
6 Bheka, inkunzi emhlabeni inezimpondo
ezimbili ezinkulu, namaphiko okhozi emhlane
wayo; sasesifisa ukumbamba, kodwa
sehluleka.
7 Kodwa uJosefa wafika, wambamba,
wenyukela naye phezulu.
8 Ngase ngibona, ngokuba ngangilapho,
bheka, kwabonakala kithi umbhalo ongcwele,
othi: Izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-
Israyeli, ama-Asiriya, namaMede,
namaPheresiya, namaKaledi, namaSiriya,
ziyakuthumba izizwe eziyishumi nambili
zakwa-Israyeli.
9 Futhi phezu kwalokho, emva kwezinsuku
eziyisikhombisa, ngabona ubaba uJakobe emi
eduze nolwandle lwaseJamniya, futhi
sasinaye.

4. 10 Bheka, kwafika umkhumbi,
ungenamatilosi namshayeli; kwakulotshiwe
emkhunjini ukuthi: Umkhumbi kaJakobe.
11 Ubaba wasesithi kithi: Wozani singene
emkhunjini wethu;
12 Esengenile emkhunjini, kwavuka
isiphepho esinamandla nesivunguvungu
somoya; nobaba ophethe isigqoko wasishiya.
13 Sasesipheshulwa yisiphepho, sasesiwa
phezu kolwandle; umkhumbi wagcwala
amanzi, washaywa ngamaza amakhulu, waze
waphuka.
14 Futhi uJosefa wabaleka ngomkhumbi
omncane, futhi sonke sahlukaniswa
ngamapulangwe ayisishiyagalolunye, futhi
uLevi noJuda babendawonye.
15 Futhi sonke sahlakazeka kwaze kwaba
semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
16 Khona-ke uLevi, ebhince indwangu
yamasaka, wasithandazela sonke kuJehova.
17 Kwathi isivunguvungu sinqamuka,
umkhumbi wafika ezweni ngokuthula;
18 Bheka, ubaba wafika, sajabula sonke
nganhliziyonye.
19 Lawa amaphupho amabili ngawalandisa
kubaba; futhi yathi kimi: Lezi zinto kufanele
zigcwaliseke ngesikhathi sazo, ngemva
kokuthi u-Israyeli esebekezelele izinto
eziningi.
20 Khona-ke ubaba wathi kimi: Ngiyakholwa
kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uJosefa uyaphila,
ngokuba ngiyabona njalo ukuthi iNkosi
imbalela kanye nani.
21 Wathi ekhala: "Awu, ndodana yami Josefa,
uyaphila, noma ngingakuboni, futhi
awumboni uJakobe owakuzalayo."
22 Ngakho-ke wangibangela ukuba ngikhale
ngalawa mazwi, futhi ngavutha enhliziyweni
yami ukuthi ngimemezele ukuthi uJosefa
usethengisiwe, kodwa ngesaba abafowethu.
23 Bheka! bantwana bami, nginibonisile
ngezikhathi zokugcina, ukuthi konke
kuzokwenzeka kanjani kwa-Israyeli.
24 Ngalokho nani yalani abantwana benu
ukuba bahlanganiswe noLevi noJuda;
ngokuba insindiso iya kuvela ku-Israyeli
ngazo, uJakobe abusiswe ngazo.
25 Ngokuba ngezizwe zabo uNkulunkulu
uyobonakala ehlala phakathi kwabantu
emhlabeni, ukuze asindise isizwe sika-Israyeli,
futhi abuthele ndawonye abalungileyo
kwabeZizwe.
26 Uma nenza okuhle, bantwana bami, abantu
kanye nezingelosi bayonibusisa; futhi
uNkulunkulu uyokhazinyuliswa ngawe
phakathi kwabezizwe, futhi uSathane
uyonibalekela, nezilo zasendle ziyokwesaba,
futhi uJehova uyokuthanda, nezingelosi
ziyonamathela kuwe.
27 Njengomuntu oqeqeshe umntwana kahle
ukhunjulwa ngomusa; ngokunjalo
nasemsebenzini omuhle kukhona
ukukhunjulwa okuhle phambi
kukaNkulunkulu.
28 Kodwa lowo ongenzi okuhle, izingelosi
kanye nabantu bayoqalekisa, futhi
uNkulunkulu uyohlaziswa phakathi
kwabeZizwe ngaye, futhi udeveli uyomenza
abe njengethuluzi lakhe eliyingqayizivele,
futhi zonke izilo zasendle ziyombusa, futhi
uJehova uyakumzonda.
29 Ngokuba imiyalo yomthetho ikabili, futhi
ngokuhlakanipha kufanele igcwaliseke.
30 Ngoba kukhona isikhathi sokuthi indoda
igone umkayo, kanye lesikhathi sokuziba
kuso ngomthandazo wayo.
31 Ngakho, kukhona imiyalo emibili; futhi,
ngaphandle kokuthi zenziwe ngendlela
efanele, ziletha isono esikhulu kakhulu phezu
kwabantu.
32 Kunjalo nakweminye imiyalo.
33 Ngakho hlakaniphani kuNkulunkulu,
bantwabami, futhi liqedisise, liqedisise
ukulandelana kwemilayo yakhe, imithetho
yawo wonke amazwi, ukuze iNkosi ikuthande,
34 Esebayalile amazwi amaningi anjalo,
wabayala ukuba basuse amathambo akhe
eHebroni, bamngcwabe koyise.
35 Kwasekusithi esedlile wanathe ngenhliziyo
ethokozayo, wazimboza ubuso, wafa.
36 Amadodana akhe enza njengakho konke
uNafetali uYise ayeyale ngakho.