Suencuek 32
1 Tedae Jakob loh amah longpuei aha caeh hatah anih te Pathen kah puencawn rhoek a doe uh.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Tedae Jakob loh amih te a hmuh vaengah, “Hekah he Pathen kah rhaehhmuen ni,” a ti tih tekah hmuen ming te Mahanaima sui.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Edom kho, Seir khohmuen la a maya Esau taengah a hmai la puencawn rhoek te a tueih.
Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
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.
He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
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.
I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
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.
The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming 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.
Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, 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.
He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
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 prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) 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 not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
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.
So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
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.
But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
13 Te dongah teahte khoyin puet rhaeh. A kut aha khuen te khaw a maya Esau ham khosaa la,
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 Maae a la yahnih neh maaetal pumkul, tumanu yahnih neh tutal pumkul.
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 Kalauk cacunte a carhoek hmaihneh thumkip, vaito a la likip neh vaitotal pumrha, laak a la pumkul neh laaktal pumrha,” a paek.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
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.
He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
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,
He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
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.
tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind 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,
He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
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 be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
21 Te dongah khosaate a hmai laa caeh sak. Tedae amah tah rhaehhmuen ah hlaem at rhaeh pueng.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
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.
Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
23 Amihte khawa khuen tiha thak phoeiah amah taengah aka om rhoek te khaw soklonglaa tueih.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Te vaengah Jakob te amah bueng la a cul coeng dongah anih te hlang pakhat loh khothaih tom duea hnueih.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until 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.
When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
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.
Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
27 Te dongah amah la, “Nang mingte balae,” a tinah hatah, “Jakob,” a tinah dae,
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 “Na mingte Jakob ti voel boel lamtah Pathen neh hlangrhoek tena hnueih tihna na coeng dongah Israel ti laeh,” a ti nah.
The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
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.
Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
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.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
31 Tedae Penuel tea poeng vanneh a soah khomik thoeng. Anih khaw a hlit dongah cungdo phai.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
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.
The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
