Genesis 32 (EKA)

1Jekob kehm tob tahm eje, babenjel nya Esowo kehm-e kpiri go mbang.Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2Eji Jekob nyehne bo, á kehm bungu re, <<A wo li ebehre ji Esowo.>> Á kehm lungu edi jio re Mahanayim.When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

3Jekob tumu atiingi etib re bo gbo-e mbang tv Eso mmonannyehn, go ndi nyi Seir ji li ejahbe ji Edom.Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4Á tubu bo elle re, ana wo ḿ bahke tongo nsoo ewame Eso: <Jekob nlokeltum ewa re, me n jol a Leban, fere sa a ne tete rehng anv.He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

5Me n bel efong, ebvankang, ejoro, ebul, alokeltum ba nlum, a ba nkal. Anv n kpˈtumu etib tv wo ntubesi ewame, re me lub fil-a ndon go ega esamahr.I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

6Eji atiingi etib feere no ba kpiri Jekob, bo tong-e re, <<Wahr ebje goji Eso mmonanne, anv á kpˈbake ba kpir-a, a aneblum atahltahl ba kp-e toono.>>When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

7Jekob bele egburu elfahle gbalee,eko fere jo tane, owo á kehm yabe ane ba jolo a ne go nlong na ebal, á tob yabe ebul ebe, akamel, a ebvankang.In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

8Á tiri re, <<Eso lˈfere ba nok a ellong anehng, ellong ni lˈsa, bo lub be for.He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

9Owo Jekob kehm kake ero re, <<O Esowo bi nsoo Ebraham, Esowo bi nsoo Aisik, O Jehova, wo ji tong-m re, <Feere song go ega ejahbe, go ega ebangenahb, m bahke limi nob a na.>Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

10Me n tohkem fˈfuumu go nnoobo eljini, a ekakesehk ji a ma tib me nlokeltum ewa, m bele ebti efilebo bi bi, eji n siiri aya ma Jodan maa, wo anv me n jol nlong ebal.I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

11N kpˈkake ero re, wo tahr-m go abo nya mmonanee Eso, tibre n kpˈfahle re á bahke ba nok aname, tob nok a bab nnyehn, a abon abon.Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

12Wo wo ma bung re, <Etingitingi m bahke limi nob a na, m bahke fere lim etˈtohngo eja jol ana erikehndi aya bi nnene lˈkˈma fange.>>>But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

13Jekob kange o atv mao, nsol enye nyi á bele no, á yehke o re á song yare mmonannyehn Eso:Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

14ebul baange atahl awubu, efahmbul eltahl, ejoro atahlawubu, ekom eltahl,200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

15eltahl ekamel ebwubu bi jolo akal budu abon, edahmagbudu atahl abal, nfong ewubu, akal ebvankang jolo eltahl, alum jolo ewubu.30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

16Jekob yake bo kpee kak alokeltum ebe go ebo re bo jo kpur bo, nne awohng awohng no jo jen a bo, bele ellong nˈne, á kehm tongo alokeltum ebe re, <<Gbo-m wahn mbang, jo jenen wahn jo ka ane baa, a enyam eyake.>>He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

17Á tubu nne no gbo bo mbang elle re, <<Mmonanee Eso lˈkpir-a fere bahb re, <Wo li ka nne awoo, fvfo gan wo a kpˈtahme? Nne awoo kpi enyam bi li-a go mbuksong o?>He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

18Á bahk-e tongo re, <<Enyam bio bi Jekob nlokeltum ewa bi, ayare nya á ma tum tv ntubesi ewe Eso nya a. Yefono kpˈbake go njahm.then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

19Jekob tob tubu etoono ane abal, a etoono ane ara elle, a ane bako kpee ba kpˈtoono ane ba kpo jen a enyam re, <<Wahn ane kpee bungen nnyo nnyo amehng tong Eso ń lˈwan-e go mbang.He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

20Jo kunen ekpu wahn bung re, <Yefono Jekob nlokeltum ewa kpˈbake toon-r go njahm. Jekob jo tiri re, <<M bahk-e gono go ayare nya n kpˈtumu tv-e, n lˈnyehne, fundiki á bahk-m koko.>>You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

21Owo Jekob kehm tumu ayare nyao bo gbo mbang a nya, yefono sa kang o ebo ebehre.So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

22Atv mao Jekob kehm mehle rod akal ebe na abal, a alokeltum ba nkal abal, go abon ebe, ewubu a mmon awohng, kpee ba nlum bo song siiri ebgba bi bo jo lung re Jabok.During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

23Ngare nyi á ma tum bo siiri ebgba, á tob tumu nsol enye kpee.He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

24Jekob sa ntahngtahng, owo nnenlum kehm ba gong ebrahng a ne tete efungfu se.So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

25Eji nnenlum noo nyehne re á nehme mal a ne, á kehm kooro Jekob go ebrudu, ebrudu soro radde, eji á jo gong ebrahng a ne.When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

26Nnenlum noo tong-e re, <<Nong me n song tibre efungfu yahke se.>> Jekob kehm faange re, <<Me wa-a nehm yake á song tete á fuul-m.Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27Nnenlum noo kehm-e bahbe re, <<Mbing enya mee?>> Á kehm-e faange re, <<Me Jekob wo,>>“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

28Nnenlum noo kehm bungu re, <<Bo wa-a nehm kpe jo lung re Jekob, bo bahke fere jo lung-a re Isreel, tibre wob nok a Esowo, tob nok a ane fere ga bo.>>Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

29Jekob kehm bungu re, <<Titi tong-m mbing enya.>> Nnenlum noo kehm bungu re, <<Jenji wahnge a kehm bahbe mbing enyame? Nnenlum noo kehm-e fuulu o.And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

30Owo Jekob kehm lungu edi jio re Peniel. Á kehm bungu re, <<Tibre me n nyehn Esowo gbul gbul gbuul, tvtv o yebkpe kuuru elkpin aname.>>So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31Njul rehnge ero tv-e o ana á sehnge Peniel, á fere jo feebe na tibre ebrudu ebradde.The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

32Owo wahnge anebe Isreel kˈlˈli njahb nyi li kohlo ebrudu, tibre ebrudu bi Jekob rˈradde eji nnenlum noo koor-e kohlo o njahb ebrudu.Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

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