Suencuek 32
1 Tedae Jakob loh amah longpuei aha caeh hatah anih te Pathen kah puencawn rhoek a doe uh.
And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
2 Tedae Jakob loh amih te a hmuh vaengah, “Hekah he Pathen kah rhaehhmuen ni,” a ti tih tekah hmuen ming te Mahanaima sui.
And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
3 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Edom kho, Seir khohmuen la a maya Esau taengah a hmai la puencawn rhoek te a tueih.
Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
4 Te vaengah amih tea uen tih, “Ka boei Esau taengah he he thui pah. Na sal Jakob tah Laban taengah ka bakuep tih tahae duela ka uelh.
And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
5 Te phoeiah kai taengah vaito neh laak boiva khaw, sal neh salnu khaw om. Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen dang hamla ka boeipa taengah aka puen la kai n'tueih,’ ti nah,” a ti nah.
And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
6 Tedae puencawnrhoek te Jakob taengla maeluh tih, “Na maya Esau taengla ka cet uh coeng, te nangte doe ham a taengkah hlang ya li neh halo coeng,” a ti na uh.
When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
7 Te vaengah Jakob loh bahoenga rhih tih amah te a te daengdaeh uh. Te dongah a taengkah pilnam te khaw, boiva khaw, saelhung khaw, kalaukrhoekkhaw rhoi nit laa tael.
Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
8 Te khaw Esau loh rhoi at tea paan tiha ngawn atah rhoi at aka om te khaw rhalyong la om saeh a ti dongah ni.
And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
9 Te phoeiah Jakob loh, “Kai taengah namah khohmuen neh na pacaboeina taengla bal lamtah nang te kan hoeikhang sak ni,” aka ti a pa Abraham kah Pathen neh a pa Isaak kah BOEIPA Pathen,
Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
10 Sitlohnah cungkuem neh uepomnah cungkuem te na salpa taengah nan saii ham tah rhaidaeng. Ka cunghol neh Jordan he ka kat ngawn dae rhoi nit la ka lo coeng.
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
11 Ka maya kut lamloh, Esau kut lamkah kai n'huul mai dae. Anih te ka rhih, halo vetih camoerhoek neha manu rhoek khaw, kamah khaw n'ngawn ve.
Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
12 Tedae namah loh, 'Hoeikhang ham khaw nang te kan hoeikhang sak vetih nang kah tiingan te tuitunli kah laivin bangla ka khueh vetih tae thai mahpawh,’ na ti,” tila thangthui.
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
13 Te dongah teahte khoyin puet rhaeh. A kut aha khuen te khaw a maya Esau ham khosaa la,
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
14 Maae a la yahnih neh maaetal pumkul, tumanu yahnih neh tutal pumkul.
Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
15 Kalauk cacunte a carhoek hmaihneh thumkip, vaito a la likip neh vaitotal pumrha, laak a la pumkul neh laaktal pumrha,” a paek.
Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
16 Te phoeiah tuping, tupingte amah loh a salrhoek kut aha tloeng tih a salrhoek te,” Kai hmai ah cet lamtah tuping laklo neh tuping laklote hnalak khueh uh,” a ti nah.
These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
17 Te phoeiah lamhma taengah, “Ka maya Esaute na hum uh tih, 'Nang ulae? Melamna caeh eh? Na hmaikahrhoek he u kah lae a ti tih n'dawt vaengah,
And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?
18 'Na sal Jakob kah ni. Hekah he ka boeipa Esau taengah khosaa la ham pat tih amah khaw kaimih hnukkah halo ke,’ ti nah,” a ti tih a uen.
Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.
19 Te phoeiaha pabae te khaw, a pathum te khaw, tuping hnukah aka cet boeih te khaw, “Nangmih khaw Esau neh na hum uh vaengah hekah olka he thikat la thui uh lamtah,
And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;
20 nang kah sal Jakob khaw kaimih hnukah om ke,’ na ti uh ni,” a ti tih a uen. Ba dongah tikoinih ka mikhmuh kah aka pongpa khosaa neh a hmai ka saak pah vetih, te phoeiah tah a maelhmai ka hmuh vaengah kai maelhmai khaw a hlam khaminga ti.
And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
21 Te dongah khosaate a hmai laa caeh sak. Tedae amah tah rhaehhmuen ah hlaem at rhaeh pueng.
So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
22 Tedae tekah khoyin ah thoo tih a yuu rhoi neh a salnu rhoi khaw, a carhoek hlai at te khaw a loh tih Jabbok lamkai ah a kat puei.
And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
23 Amihte khawa khuen tiha thak phoeiah amah taengah aka om rhoek te khaw soklonglaa tueih.
He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
24 Te vaengah Jakob te amah bueng la a cul coeng dongah anih te hlang pakhat loh khothaih tom duea hnueih.
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
25 Tedae anih te ka na pawh tilaa hmuh vaengah Jakob kah a hlit tea koi pah tih anih te a hnueih pangthuem Jakob kah a hlit te voeng nong.
But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
26 Te vaengah, “Khothaih loh n'kae coeng tih kai n'hlah laeh,” a tinah hatah Jakob loh, “Kai he yoethen nan paek hlan atah nang khaw kan hlah mahpawh,” a ti nah.
And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
27 Te dongah amah la, “Nang mingte balae,” a tinah hatah, “Jakob,” a tinah dae,
Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
28 “Na mingte Jakob ti voel boel lamtah Pathen neh hlangrhoek tena hnueih tihna na coeng dongah Israel ti laeh,” a ti nah.
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
29 Te phoeiah Jakobloh a dawt tih, “Na ming te thui lah,” a tinah hatah, “Ka ming he ba ham lae nan dawt,” a tinah tih anih te yoethen pahoi a paek.
Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
30 Te dongah Jakob loh, “Pathen maelhmai tea hmai lamloh hmuh coeng dae ka hinglu huul uh,” a ti dongah tekah hmuen mingte Peniela sui.
And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
31 Tedae Penuel tea poeng vanneh a soah khomik thoeng. Anih khaw a hlit dongah cungdo phai.
And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
32 Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh a hlit dongkah tharhui thanal te tihnin due ca uh pawh. Jakob kah tharhui thanal ah aka om a hlit tea koi pah coeng.
For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.
