Genesis 32
1 Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.
Yakob ne ne fiefoɔ toaa nʼakwantuo no so. Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ bɛhyiaa no.
2 And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.
Yakob hunuu wɔn no, ɔkaa sɛ, “Ɛha yɛ Onyankopɔn fie!” Enti ɔtoo saa beaeɛ hɔ edin “Mahanaim,” a asekyerɛ ne Onyankopɔn asase.
3 Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:
Yakob somaa abɔfoɔ dii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nua Esau nkyɛn wɔ Seir a ɛwɔ Edom asase so.
4 To whom he gaue commandement, saying, Thus shall ye speake to my lorde Esau: thy seruant Iaakob sayeth thus, I haue bene a stranger with Laban, and taried vnto this time.
Nkra a ɔde maa wɔn nie: “Monka nkyerɛ me wura Esau sɛ, ‘Wʼakoa Yakob se, yɛn wɔfa Laban nkyɛn na makɔtena sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ ara de bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi.
5 I haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, and men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Ɛnnɛ deɛ, mewɔ anantwie ne mfunumu, nnwan ne mmirekyie, nkoa ne mfenaa bebree. Masoma mʼabɔfoɔ yi aba wo, me wura nkyɛn, sɛ wɔmmɛka nkyerɛ wo sɛ, mereba. Mewɔ anidasoɔ nso sɛ, mɛnya wʼanim animuonyam ama woagye me fɛ so.’”
6 So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him.
Asomafoɔ no sane baa Yakob nkyɛn no, wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yɛkɔɔ wo nua Esau nkyɛn kɔkaa wo nkra no kyerɛɛ no, na ɔse ɔreba abɛhyia wo, na mmarima ahanan na wɔka ne ho reba.”
7 Then Iaakob was greatly afraid, and was sore troubled, and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and the beeues, and the camels into two companies.
Yakob de ehu ne awerɛhoɔ kyekyɛɛ nnipa a ɔne wɔn nam no ne mmoa no mu akuo mmienu.
8 For he said, If Esau come to ye one company and smite it, the other companie shall escape.
Ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim sɛ, “Sɛ ɛba sɛ, Esau ne ne dɔm no ba bɛto hyɛ ekuo baako so a, ekuo a ɛtɔ so mmienu no bɛdwane.”
9 Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,
Afei, Yakob bɔɔ Awurade mpaeɛ sɛ, “Ao, Awurade Onyankopɔn a mʼagya Abraham ne mʼagya Isak somm wo, Ao, Awurade a woka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Sane kɔ wʼasase so ne wʼabusua mu, na mɛma woayɛ ɔdefoɔ.’
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and al the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iorden, and now haue I gotte two bads.
Wʼadɔeɛ a wode ayɛ me ne nokorɛ a woadi wʼakoa no mu kakra bi mpo, mfata me. Ɛda a mefirii fie kɔtwaa Asubɔnten Yordan no, na me poma nko ara na ɛkura me, nanso ɛnnɛ, me na mekura ɛdɔm ahodoɔ mmienu yi.
11 I pray thee, Deliuer me from the hande of my brother, from the hande of Esau: for I feare him, least he will come and smite me, and the mother vpon the children.
Mesrɛ wo, gye me firi me nua Esau nsam. Mesuro sɛ ɔbɛto ahyɛ me ne me yerenom ne me mma so.
12 For thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred for multitude.
Nanso, wo na woahyɛ me bɔ sɛ, ‘Nokorɛ mu, mɛma woanya wo ho, na mama wʼase afɛe ayɛ sɛ mpoano anwea a wɔntumi nkan.’”
13 And he taryed there the same night, and tooke of that which came to had, a present for Esau his brother:
Saa ɛda no, ɔdaa hɔ. Na ɔyii nʼagyapadeɛ no bi sɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɔde bɛma ne nua Esau.
14 Two hundreth shee goates and twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes and twentie rammes:
Nneɛma no nie: Mmirekyibereɛ ahanu, mpapo aduonu, nnwammedeɛ ahanu, nnwennini aduonu.
15 Thirtie mylche camels with their coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles.
Nyoma bereɛ aduasa ne wɔn mma, anantwibereɛ aduanan, anantwinini edu, mfunumubereɛ aduonu, mfunumunini edu.
16 So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, and put a space betweene droue and droue.
Ɔkyekyɛɛ mmoa no mu akuakuo, de maa nʼasomfoɔ a ekuo baako biara hyɛ ɔsomfoɔ baako nsa. Ɔka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ no sɛ, “Monni mʼanim nkɔ, na mmom, momma akwan nneda mmoa akuakuo no ntam.”
17 And he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee?
Yakob sane ka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ a wɔdi ɛkan no sɛ, “Sɛ me nua Esau hyia mo, na ɔbisa mo sɛ, ‘Hwan asomfoɔ ne mo? Mofiri he na morekɔ he na hwan mmoa na mode wɔn nam yi a,’
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iaakobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and beholde, he him selfe also is behinde vs.
monka nkyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Mmoa no yɛ wʼakoa Yakob dea. Ne nyinaa yɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɔde rebrɛ ne wura Esau, na nʼankasa di akyire reba.’”
19 So likewise commanded he the seconde and the thirde, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esau, when ye finde him.
Saa ara nso na Yakob ka kyerɛɛ nʼasomfoɔ a wɔtɔ so mmienu, mmiɛnsa ne wɔn a wɔdidi so a wɔde mmoa no rekɔ no sɛ, “Sɛ mohyia Esau a, monka saa asɛm korɔ no ara nkyerɛ no. Monka nka ho sɛ,
20 And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)
‘Wʼakoa Yakob ankasa di yɛn akyiri reba.’” Ɛfiri sɛ, na Yakob ayɛ nʼadwene sɛ, “Mede akyɛdeɛ ahodoɔ a mede asoma adi ɛkan yi bɛpata no, na sɛ akyire no ɔhunu me a, wagye me ato mu.”
21 So went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie.
Enti, wɔde Yakob akyɛdeɛ ahodoɔ no dii ɛkan kɔeɛ. Na nʼankasa deɛ, ɔdaa nʼatenaeɛ hɔ anadwo no.
22 And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.
Anadwo no ara, Yakob sɔre faa ne yerenom baanu ne ne mfenaa baanu no ne ne mma dubaako no, de wɔn twaa Asubɔnten Yordan wɔ Yabok asutwareɛ hɔ.
23 And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had.
Ɔde wɔn twaa asubɔnten no wieeɛ no, ɔsane bɛfaa nʼagyapadeɛ a aka nyinaa de twaa asuo no.
24 Now when Iaakob was left him selfe alone, there wrestled a man with him vnto the breaking of the day.
Afei, ɛkaa Yakob nko ara wɔ nʼatenaeɛ hɔ. Anadwo no, obi ne no bɛtentameeɛ ara kɔsii adekyeɛ wɛɛ.
25 And he sawe that he could not preuaile against him: therefore he touched the holowe of his thigh, and the holowe of Iaakobs thigh was loosed, as he wrestled with him.
Ɛberɛ a ɔbarima a ɔne no tentameeɛ no hunuu sɛ ɔrentumi nni Yakob so no, ɔbɔɔ Yakob dwonku, ma ɛhwaneeɛ.
26 And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me.
Afei, ɔbarima no ka kyerɛɛ Yakob sɛ, “Adeɛ akye enti, gyaa me ma menkɔ.” Nanso, Yakob buaa no sɛ, “Sɛ woanhyira me a, meremma wonkɔ.”
27 Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.
Ɔbarima no bisaa Yakob sɛ, “Wo din de sɛn?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Me din de Yakob.”
28 Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
Ɔbarima no kaa sɛ, “Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ, wɔremfrɛ wo Yakob bio, na mmom, wɔbɛfrɛ wo Israel, ɛfiri sɛ, wo ne Onyankopɔn ne nnipa atentam, na woadi nkonim.”
29 Then Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? and he blessed him there
Yakob bisaa sɛ, “Mesrɛ wo, wɔfrɛ wo sɛn?” Ɔbarima no nso bisaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na worebisa me din?” Yei akyiri no, ɔhyiraa Yakob.
30 And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
Ɛmaa Yakob too beaeɛ hɔ edin Peniel, a asekyerɛ ne “Onyankopɔn Anim.” Na ɔkaa sɛ, “Mahunu Onyankopɔn animuanimu, nanso meda so te nkwa mu ara.”
31 And the sunne rose vp to him as he passed Peniel, and he halted vpon his thigh.
Yakob refiri Peniel no na owia agyina. Esiane ne dwonku a na ahwan no enti, na ɔtɔ gu ne nan no so.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh.
Ɛno enti na ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, Israelfoɔ nwe aboa dwonku koraa sɛ nkaedeɛ no. Saa ntini kɛseɛ a ɛwɔ Yakob dwonku no na ɔbarima a ɔne no tentameeɛ no bɔeɛ, maa Yakob dwonku hwaneeɛ no.
