Semtilbu 32
1 Jacob chu akhol jinna amachal jing in, chule Pakai vantilten analam touvin ahi.
And Jacob went on his way, and there met him angels of God.
2 Jacob in amaho amu chun hitin aseyin, “Hilai mun hi Pathen ki choldo na mun ahi,” ati. hiche mun chu Mahanaim asah tai.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is a host of God; and he called the name of that place Machanayim.
3 Hichun Jacob in Seir gamsunga Edom gamkaiya a upa Esau henga ding in thupo ding in mi asol masan.
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 Aman hitin athumop in, “Kapu Esau kom ahi tia hi nasei ding ahi. Na sohpa Jacob in hitin aseiye, tuni gei hin Laban komma kaum jing nalaiye.
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord, to Esau, Thus hath said thy servant Jacob, With Laban have I sojourned, and stayed until now.
5 Keiman gancha bong hon ahin, sangan hon ahin, kelngoi hon ahin, kelcha hon ahin, sohle kol jong tamtah ka neitai. Tua ka Pakai pa masanga ka hung tao ahi hichu nangma mitmun ngailut kachan thei nading tia nangma seipeh dinga mi ka hinsol ahiye ati, tin ga seitauvin,” ati.
And I have acquired oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants; and I send now to tell my lord, to find grace in thy eyes.
6 Thu hettoh sah ho ahung ki nungle chun, Jacob komma hitin asei un, “Nasopi pa kaki muto piuvin, tua hi ama nangtoh kimuto ding in mi sang li toh ahung kon doh in ahi.”
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Ahin Jacob chu hiche thu ajah chun akicha lheh tan, hichun aman a insung mite ahin, gancha kelngoi ho jouse ahin, keltah ho se chule sangongsao hose ahin hop nin ahom khen in ahiye.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and he felt distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two bands.
8 Jacob in hitin agel lin, “Esau vin honkhat chu ahung bulu tah jongle honkhat pa beh asocha theiye,” ati.
And he said, If Esau should come to the one band and smite it, then the other band which is left may escape.
9 Hichun Jacob ataovin, “Vo kapu Abraham Pathen, kapa Isaac Pathen, O ka Pakai, “Nagam langa ki nungle kit tan, na sopite lah atin neina houlim pin, keiman nang ding in aphat phat nan bol peh nang'e, tia seiya chu nang ma nahi.
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy birthplace, and I will deal well with thee:
10 Nasohpa na mi ngailut na, long louva na kitah na ho chu keima chang thei ka hipoi. Ajeh chu ka tenggol keoseh puma hiche Jordan hi hung galkaiya kahin, tun mehem loini lhingset ka lamdoh tai.
I am not worthy of all the kindness, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 O ka Pakai lungset tah in ka sopipa Esau khut a kon in nei huhhing teiyin, keima kati aja lheh jeng'e; Ajeh chu aman kajite ho chule ka chate ho jong eihung no khum ding ahi tai.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, the mother with the children.
12 Hinlah nangman, nang ding in aphat phat nan bolpeh nange, na chilhah te jeng jong twikhanglen panga neldi jat hin phantin, tam behseh jeng a kisim jou lou ding ahi,’ tin nana kitep e,” ati.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 Jacob chu hiche muna chun ajan geh in athil poh ho lah achun alhengdoh in Esau asopipa peh ding in,
And he lodged there that same night; and he took of that which he carried with him a present for Esau his brother:
14 Kelpi jani, kelchal somni, kelngoipi jani chule kelngoi chal som ni toh,
Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams.
15 Sangongsao pi som thum toh, anoute se toh, bongpi somli toh, bongchal som toh, sanganpi somni toh, chule sangan chal som toh alheng doh e.
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten foals.
16 Hichun Jacob in hiche gancha ho chu hopni in ahom in amaho vekol ding chun soh khat cheh anganse in, hichun asoh ho jah a hitin aseiye, “Nanghon hiche gancha hotoh hin keima masanglam a che tauvin Hinlah gancha hon teni kikah a chun mun ong umsah un,” ati.
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said unto his servants, Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
17 Hichun ama hon lamkaipa jah achun hitin aseiye, “ka sopipa Esau to na kimuto lhon teng aman thu na hin doh teng, nangho hi hoilam jon ding na hiuvem? chule nangho koi gam mi na hiuham? tua gancha ho ahung masa ho chu koiya ham? ahin ti teng leh,
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother should meet thee, and ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither art thou going? and for whom are these before thee?
18 Hiche teng chule hitia hi amaho na donbut dingu ahi, “Hiche gancha ho se hi na sohpa Jacob ma ahi, amaho hi kipa thilpeh adia kapu Esau a dinga kahin poh ahiye. Chule ama jong kanung lam uvah ahung e,” tiuvin ati.
Then shalt thou say, They belong to thy servant, to Jacob; it is a present sent unto my lord, to Esau; and, behold, also, he is himself behind us.
19 Hiti chun Jacob in soh masa pa athuhil bang chun anina pa ahin, athum napa geiyin gancha ho vetup lamkai jouse chu asei peh cheh tan, “Esau toh nakimu to tengu le na thusei hou chu ki bang cheh ding ahi.”
And so he commanded also the second, also the third, as also all that followed the droves, saying, After this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 Chujong le vetan na sohpa Jacob jong kei ho nunga ahung'e,’ tia na seipeh ding'u ahi,” atin ahi. Ijeh inem itile Jacob gel a chu, “Ka masanga kitol thilpeh chengse hin ama jol lung dam thei khat ingting, ajou teng amai kamu thei ding ahi; ijem atile bon eina sang jeng khat inte,” tia angaito ahi.
And say ye moreover, Behold, also thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will receive me kindly.
21 Jacob in ngailut thilpeh ho chu ache masang in asol tan ahi, amavang hiche mun achun ajan geh in akhovah den tai.
The present went thus on before him; and he lodged himself that night in the camp.
22 Hiche jan chun Jacob in ajite ni chule asoh teni chule achate pasal som le khat chu athoudoh tan Jabbok vadung chu agal kai pitan ahi.
And he rose up that night, and he took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Yabbok.
23 Hichun Jacob in amaho chutoh vadung agalkai phat chun anei agou jouse toh asol tan ahi.
And he took them, and sent them over the stream and sent over what he had.
24 Hichun Jacob chu achanga adalha tauvin, pasal khat in ama chu khovah geiyin akibot pin ahi.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 Pasal akibot pipa chun ajolou ding phat chun Jacob akonggu ahomlai tah chu asuhboh pehtan ahi.
And when he saw that he could net prevail against him, he struck against the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint, as he was wrestling with him.
26 Hichun pasal mihem pa chun aseiye, “Nei lhatan kho hungvah ding ahitai.” Amavang Jacob in adonbut in, “Phatthei neiboh toh kah a nangma kalha lou ding nahi,” ati.
And he said, Let me go, for the day hath dawned. And he said, I will not let thee go until thou hast blessed me.
27 Mihem pasal pa chun adong in, “na min ipi ham? ati, hichun aman adonbut in, “Jacob ahi,” ati.
And he said unto him, What is thy name? and he said, Jacob.
28 Mihem pa chun adonbut in, “Na min hi Jacob hitalou ding, tua patna Israel kiti ding nahitai. Ajeh chu nangma Pathen to na kibot in jong na hat in, mihemte jong na hinjo ding ahi,” atipeh e.
And he said, Not Jacob shall any more be called thy name, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 Jacob in adong in, “Lungset tah in na min neisei peh in,” ati, mipa chun adonbut in, “Ibola kamin chu nahet nom ham,” ati. Hichun aman Jacob chu hilai mun a chun phatthei abohtan ahi.
And Jacob asked him, and said, tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 Hichun Jacob in hiche mun chu Peniel asahtai. “Ajeh chu keiman Pathen kaki maito pitan chule kahin kho jong ei huhdoh peh in ahi.”
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen an angel of God face to face, and my life hath been preserved.
31 Jacob in Peniel adalhah chun nisa ahung soh dohtan ahi, ajeh chu akonggu anat jeh ahi.
And the sun rose unto him as he passed by Penuel, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Hiche jeh chun tuni geihin Israel chaten akonggu to kijop matna khelgu hon sunga thapigui hi anepouve; ipijeh inem itile aman Jacob konggu hom sunga thapigui ana hebal peh in ahi.
Therefore do the children of Israel not eat the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he struck against the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew that shrank.
