Genesis 33 (EKA)

1Jekob kehm tabe amahr nyehn Eso kpˈbake a aneblum atahltahl ebe, Jekob kehm yabe abon ebe, bako jolo a Lia, bako jolo a Rasel, bako jolo a alokeltum ebe ba nkal na abal.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

2Á tongo alokeltum ba nkal bao bo gbo mbang a abon ebo, Lia a abon ebe bo toono, Rasel abola Josef bo ba kahle njahm.He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3Yefono antahng gbo mbang, ana á jo jen asongo goji mmonannyehn á gongo go ndi nkpel esehma.But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

4Eso bee song kpiri Jekob, fere bing-e, á kpehre abo go emel walle. Bo ane abal abal kehme ellingi.Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

5Owo Eso kehm seenge nyehn anebkal a abon, kehm bahbe Jekob re, <<Ane a ba a, ba li a na? Jekob kehm faange re, <<Abon ba Esowo ma lim nnoobo ka me nlokeltum ewa ba a.When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

6Owo alokeltum ba nkal a abon ebo kehm tob jeere ba kohl-e gong ndi.Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7Etoono, Lia a abon ba gong go ndi. Esˈkohro Josef a Rasel, bo fvfo tob ba gong ndi.Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

8Eso kehm bahbe re, <<Nlong atohkondi nyaa kpee nya m ma wane a lohngo renan?>> Jekob kehm faange re, <<Li tib eji ntubesi ewame lˈbel eyebatahng aname.“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

9Eso kehm bungu re, <<Me n kpˈkpi wuku wuku gbalee mmonannee, bum ji a kpi no jol ka wofono antahng.“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

10Jekob kehm faange re, <<Eˈee, titi joare a kpˈkpi eyebatahng aname, ko ayare nyaa go egame abo. Re me n nyehn esamahr eba, li ana m ma nyehn esamahr bi Esowo, Anv eji a ma-m ko eyebatahng.But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

11Titi ko ji bo ma ko ba bum-a go alata, tibre Esowo eblim nnoobo gbalee ka-m, me n bel nsol kpee nyi n kpˈsebe.>> Tib eji Jekob jo tiki ten, Eso kˈko nsol nyio.Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

12Owo Eso kehm bungu re, <<Nong wahr tahm, m bahke jene a na.Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

13Jekob kehm-e faange re, <<Ntubesi a kpˈkahne re abon kpˈseke, fvfo li re me n kpur ejoro, adahmagbudu nya kpˈyabe abon ebo, nne lˈga jen a bo elwaare jol efung kohro kohro enyam bia kpee bahke kpoko.But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

14Ntubesi ewame wo gbo nloketum ewa mbang, m bahke jo jen bembem a enyam, a abon baa, tete m ba rehng goji ntubesi ewame go Seir.>>Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

15Eso kehm bungu re, <<Nong me n tahm aneblum ebame bako sa-a a.>> Jekob kehm bungu re, <<Nsehng limm re wo kpe gbiingi elna>> N lub sebe na seb re ntubesi ewame bel eyebatahng a aname.“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

16Owo Eso kehm bomo eljen ene efung bio asongo go Seir.So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17Jekob tob tahme go Sokod, go wo á song lim edi jol fere tob lim edi ji enyam ebe bahke jo kang. Owo wahnge edi jio bo jo lung re Sokod.but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

18Bomo ana Jekob lohng go Padan Aram á rehnge o ejahbe Sekem nob nob go Kenan ba sa jol go nkpe ejahbe jio.After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

19Jekob gunu erohko ndi goji abone Hamor nde no Sekem ka akpohko asilva atahlalon. Owo á si ebehre ji á jolo no.And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

20Jekob kehm limi egudu njom, fere lung edi jio re, El Elohe Isreel (ji lohngo re Esowo bi Isreel kpˈgbale).There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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