Genesis 33 (SHR)

1Yakôbo mpu alîka amasù, abona Ezau ayishire n’omurhwe gwa bantu magana anni. Agaba abâna bâge; agabira Lea na Rasheli n’abajà-kazi bombi.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.

2Ashokoza abajàkazi n’abâna bâbo, akulikiza Lea n’abâna bâge, n’enyuma za boshi, Rasheli na Yozefu.He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3Yêhe ajà oku mbêre afukamiriza kali nda embere ahikeho mukulu wâge.But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

4Ezau naye amushâmambira, amugwârha omu maboko gâge, acîkweba omu igosi lyâge, amuhôbera anavugumula emirenge.Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

5Erhi alîka amasù n’erhi abona abakazi n’abâna, adôsa, erhi: «Bantu baci ogwêrhe hala?» Yakôbo ashuza, erhi: «Bo bâna Nyamuzinda àshobôzize mwambali wâwe abo».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.”

6Abajà-kazi nabo bayegêra n’abâna bâbo, nabo bafukamiriza.Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7Lea naye ayegêra n’abâna bâge bafukamiriza; cazînda Rasheli na Yozefu nabo bayegêra bafukamiriza.Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

8Ezau adôsa, erhi: «Bici wajira na cira cigabi coshi nshimanyire?» Naye, erhi: «Kwàli kuderha nti ntone omu masù ga nnawîrhu».“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

9Ezau anacishuza, erhi: «Nâni bindi mwandu ngwêrhe, mwene wîrhu, yôrhana ebyo byâwe».“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

10Ci Yakôbo ashuza, erhi: «Nanga. Akabà nantonyire emunda oli, oyankirire nâni kano kantu k’omu maboko gâni. Bulya kwo nyishire omu masù gâwe kulya omuntu anajà omu masù ga Nyamuzinda. Woyu wamananyankirira bwinjà.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.

11Onyankire mâshi eno ntûlo nkudwirhîre, bulya Nyamuzinda anshobôzize binji, ntabuziri cici». Okwo kuyingingwa kwarhuma Ezau ayêmêra.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.

12Ezau anaciderha, erhi: «Hiraga njira rhugende, nakushokolera».Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

13Yakôbo amushuza, erhi: «Nnawîrhu arhahabiri oku abâna barhahasha njira nandwîrhe ebibuzi n’enkafu zagoza, owabikanyîsa olu lusiku luguma, obusò boshi bwanahwa.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.

14Nnawîrhu ashokolerage mwambali wâge: nâni nayisha bunyibunyi nacîtunda omu kushimba olugendo lw’obusò bunshokolire n’olugendo lw’abâna kuhika mpike emwa nnawîrhu aha Seyiri».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.”

15Oku bundi Ezau ederha, erhi: «Ciru olekage nsige bambali bâni baguma muli abà bandusize muyishe mweshi». Ci Yakôbo ashuza, erhi: «Carhuma?» «Caziga waliha nyôrhe ndi murhonyi omu masù ga nnawîrhu!»“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.”

16Olwo lusiku Ezau arhôla enjira yâge ashubira e Seyiri.So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17Yakôbo yêhe arhôla enjira y’e Sukoti ayûbaka yo enyumpa yâge. Ayûbakira n’amasò gâge. Co cirhuma aho bantu haderhwa Sukoti.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.

18Yakôbo ahika mugumagumà aha lugo lwa Sikemi omu cihugo ca Kanâni, erhi arhenga e Padani-Aramu, anacihanda embere z’olwo lugo.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.

19Agula lirya ishwa ali agwisiremwo ecirâlo; aligulira abâna ba Hamori, îshe wa Sikemi, oku bihûmbi igana bya nsaranga.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.

20Agwikaho oluhêrero anahayîrika izîno lya «El ye Nyamuzinda w’Israheli».There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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