Genesis 32 (LGA)

1Ego i Jekopi ba sa rerege riuona tugu, poni ira na mateana tai Tamasa sa qai gosoria.Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

2Totonai sa batiria i Jekopi poni, sa pira sau, <<Na ia susuverena tai Tamasa sa lani,>> sau. Ko sa vaisongonia Mahanaimi i Jekopi sa na ia isa.When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

3Ego i Jekopi sa garunu lao momoeniria tai Isoa na tugana pa ia pa Seia pa gugusu pa Edomu sira na tinoni pogoso nongoro.Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4Pira sauniria, <<Pira munagunia si Isoa na qua iviva lavata; Na mua nabulu i Jekopi sa pira sau, Qa kole suvere tai Labani kamua tu kopira sara.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.

5Qa isongo bulumakau beto na dongiki, na sipi, na qoti, na nabulu marene na nabulu rereko. Kopira qa korapa vanongorigo sao na qua tinoni lavata, ai vei ko ao mu qeranisiu qau,>> sau.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.’”

6Totonai qai mule kamu ti Jekopi sira na tinoni pogoso nongoro, sa pira qarigunia si Jekopi, <<Qe lao kamua si Isoa na tugamu, ko kopira sa korapa lame ko mi gosorigo ao sau, tavitiria ira ka made gogoto ona tinoni,>> qarigu.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.”

7Poni sa matagutu neneqere beto sa mamata si Jekopi ko sa pikataria sa nona tinoni pa karu pukuna beto vei tugu ira na gogodo sipi, na bulumakau beto na kameli.In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

8Sa rovea sa, <<Vei mina lame si Isoa ko mina rapatia kai pukuna poni sa kai pukuna sa kole sa mai boka ukudia,>> sau.He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

9Beto sa vavara si Jekopi, pira sau, <<Ao na Tamasa tana tamaqu i Ebarahami beto na Tamasa tana tamaqu i Aisake, Kei Iahova, Ao pira qugunisiu, Mu mule lao pa mua gusu beto tadira na tavitimu beto ara mana roiti veinigo kai tinoni puramu qugu.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,’

10Ara sa nake garoqu ko ba isongia sa na vairoqu jongadi beto na uana tarangena qu roitinia ao taqu na mua nabulu. Na qua opata gu sa qa isongia totonai qa karovia ara sa na ovuku pa Jodani api, ba kopira sa karu pukuna tu sa qa isongia ara.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.

11Ko mu alosiu, qa tepago, pa limana na tugaqu i Isoa ura qa matagutunia ara sisa kita mi lame rapatasiu sara beto ira na tamatina.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.

12Beto pira qugu tugu vei, Mana veinigo kai tinoni puramu ara sao beto na tutimu ao sa mana veinia na nagasa pa poanana qaike boka taanye na sokuna qugu,>> sau sisa.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.’”

13Ego ko sa vajola bongi ketakoi sa na bongina isa, beto sa vileria pa sakasava sa isongoria sa na vaivana tai Isoa na tugana:Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

14Karu gogoto qoti rereko beto ka rabeteputa qoti marene, karu gogoto tuni sipi beto ka rabeteputa sipi marene,200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

15ka uengavuluputa kameli rereko taviti tudia, ka made ngavuluputa bulumakau marene beto ka manogaputa bulumakau rereko, beto ka rabeteputa dongiki rereko beto ka manogaputa dongiki marene.30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

16Beto sa vakopuniria nona nabulu, pa dia okokoto papausu, beto pira sauniria sa nona nabulu, <<Mu lao momoe pa moequ, goto mu vaisouniria ko mi kole sa na lolomo pa vaikorapaidi na okokoto gogodo papausu,>> sau.He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

17Beto pira saunia sa na tinoni pa momoe, <<Totonai mina gosorogou si Isoa na tugaqu ko mina nanasa, <Na tinonimiu tai sei sao, pai qu korapa lao vei beto I sei sa isongoria sa doru papausu pa moemu inara?> minagu saHe 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?’

18pira munagunia, Koi! Na papausu tana mua nabulu i Jekopi sa aipira. Na vaivana sa garunu lamenia tana qua bangara i Isoa sau goto isa sa korapa lalameona pa ligumei munagu,>> sauniria.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.’”

19Na tinoni vinarua, na vinaue beto doruna tugu qai tutiria na papausu ba sa vavanau veiniria tugu inara, pira sau, <<Kai muqisi paranga tugu api sa muna pojania si Isoa sa totonai muna gosoria, sauniria.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.

20Beto pira tugu muna poja veinia vei, Na mua nabulu i Jekopi sa korapa tututiona pa ligumei,>> munagu. Ura sa rorovea sa pira sau, <<Mana vabulenia na roquna ara sira na vaivana qa korapa garunu lao momoeniria aipira ko pa liguna tonai mana batia ara sa na isumatana sa palu mina tavaragua batia na isumataqu ara,>> sau.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.”

21Ko ira na vaivana tai Jekopi sa qai tagarunu lao momoe, goto isa sa vajola bongi pa ia ketakoi qai suvere vaikamu sa na bongi isa.So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

22Ego na bongina isa si Jekopi sa sa qaqiri beto sa toniria sa karu maqotana, karu ona nabulu rereko, ka manogameka tuna marene beto ko sa karovia na nyonyola pa Jaboki.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.

23Pa liguna sa toniria ko sa vakarovoria pa kai kalena na nyonyla poni sa sa vakarovoria mule sa doru sakasava sa isongoria.He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

24Ego ko sa taloa vamekaina si Jekopi. Beto sa lame kai tinoni ko qai vaituaragadia sira karu tinganai ko sa sae tu na vovola rane.So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

25Totonai sa batia na tinoni isa sake boka vagorea si Jekopi sa, sa majai sa na vaijokele pa sisikirina isa ko sa vaisela tu sa na vaijokele pa sisikirina i Jekopi totonai qai kole vaituaragadia.When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

26Beto pira sau sa na tinoni, <<Mu loasiu ura sa tei sae tu sa na vovola rane,>> saunia. Poni pira sau si Jekopi, <<Maneke isongo loago tinganai ko muna mananisiu mai tu,>> saunia.Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27Poni sa nanasa sa na tinoni isa, <<I sei na isongomu sao?>> saunia. Poni pira sau sisa, <<I Jekopi,>> sau.“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

28Poni pira saunia na tinoni isa, <<Kopira nake i Jekopi na isongomu sao goto i Izireli tu, ura qu rajai na Tamasa beto qu rajaria ira na tinoni ba qu kilasa kare sao,>> saunia.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.”

29Sa pira saunia i Jekopi, <<Mu ule vanisiu na isongomu,>> saunia. Poni sa nanasia i Jekopi sisa, pira saunia, <<Ai sa vei ko qu nanasania tu na isongoqu?>> sau. Beto sa sa manania tugu ketakoi.And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

30Ego ko sa vakukunia Peniele i Jekopi sa na ia isa, <<ura qa batini isumataqu ara sa na isumatana i Tamasa ba sake apulia kai sa na qua toa,>> sau.So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31Ego sa sagere sae pa nulu sa na tapo totonai sa jola pa Peniele si Jekopi, ko sa rerege qiqiqe gu sisa ura sa vaisela na sisikirina.The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

32Ko sa vei sa, kamua pa rane pa ngeni alepi ira na tinoni Izireli sa qaike gania sa na masa sa vaijokelai lao pa pupuda pa kale sisikiri ura pa masa tugu pa kale sisikirina i Jekopi sa sa tamaja.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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