Genesis 33 (TDX)

1Le nampiandrà’ Iakòbe o fihaino’eo naho niisa’e te nimb’ ama’e mb’eo t’i Esave reketse ty lahilahy efa-jato. Aa le zinara’e amy Leae naho amy Rahkele vaho amy mpitoro’e ampela roe rey o ajajao.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.

2Nanoe’e aolo’e ey o mpitoroñeo rekets’ o ana’eo, le nanonjohy iereo t’i Leae naho o ana’eo vaho amboly ao t’i Rahkele naho Iosefe.He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3Niary mb’aolo’ iereo mb’eo re nibokok’ an-tane im-pito am-pañarineañe i zoke’eyBut Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

4Aa le nilay mb’ama’e mb’eo t’i Esave niambotrak’ amy fititia’ey le norofa’e vaho sambe nangoihoy.Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

5Niandra t’i Esave nahaoniñe o rakemba reketse keleiañeo, le hoe re, Ia o mindre lia ama’oo? Hoe re: O anake natolon’Añahare am-patarihañe amo mpitoro’oo.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.”

6Nitotoke mb’eo amy zao o mpitoroñ’ ampela rekets’ anakeo, le nibokok’ ambane;Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7nimb’eo ka t’i Leae rekets’ anake naho nibokoke; nañarine amy zao t’Iosefe naho i Rahkele sindre niondreke.Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

8Hoe t’i Esave, Ino ty dika’ i lia’e maro nikovovoke nifanalaka amakoy? Tinoi’ Iakòbe ty hoe, Ty hahatendrehañe fañisohañe am-pivazohoa’ i talèkoy.“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

9Fa hoe t’i Esave, Mahàtsek’ ahy o ahikoo, ry rahalahiko, tano ho azo o azoo.“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

10Hoe t’Iakòbe, Aiy, ie nahatrea ìsok’ am-pahaisaha’o, le rambeso an-tañako o ravoravoo; amy te izaho mahaisake o lahara’oo, le hoe mahatrea ty laharan’ Añahare, vaho t’ie nino’o.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.

11Ehe rambeso i ravoravo binanabanako, fa niferenaiñan’ Añahare, naho maro o amakoo. Le nosihe’e vaho rinambe’e.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.

12Le hoe re, Antao hitrao-dia, le hiaolo anahareo iraho.Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

13Fe hoe ty natoi’e, Fohi’ ty talèko te kamba o ajajao, vaho amako o rene’e naho añombe-vave rohy, aa naho ilosoran-tehake ndra andro raike le fonga ho mate o hareo.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.

14Ehe te hañavelo aolo’ i mpitoro’ey mb’eo ty talèko, hisitsirako mora mb’eo ty amo hare mangovovok’ aolo ahio naho ty amy filesalesa’ o ajajao, ampara’ te pok’ amy talèko e Seire añe.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.”

15Aa le hoe t’i Esave, Angao handivako ama’o ondaty amakoo. Fa hoe re, Fa akore? Ee t’ie hahatrea fañisohañe am-pahaisaha’ i talèkoy.“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.”

16Aa le nimpoly mb’e Seire añe amy àndro zay t’i Esave.So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17Le nimb’e Sokote añe t’Iakòbe le nañoren-kivoho, naho namboara’e fialofañe o añombe’eo, vaho natao Sokote i toetsey.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.

18Niavy tsy añolañe an-drova’ i Sikeme an-tane Kanàne eo t’Iakòbe boake Padan’ arama añe, vaho nañoren-kivoho aolo’ i rovay ey.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.

19Le vinili’e bogady zato amo ana’ i Khamòre rae’ i Sikemeo ty ila’ i teteke nampipoha’e i kivoho’eiy.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.

20Le nañoren-kitrely eo ze natao’e El-Elohe-Israele.There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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