Genesis 32
1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Yakob ne ne fiefoɔ toaa nʼakwantuo no so. Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ bɛhyiaa no.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that 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 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Yakob somaa abɔfoɔ dii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nua Esau nkyɛn wɔ Seir a ɛwɔ Edom asase so.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
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 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your 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 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred 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 Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Yakob de ehu ne awerɛhoɔ kyekyɛɛ nnipa a ɔne wɔn nam no ne mmoa no mu akuo mmienu.
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left 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 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:
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 of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
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 Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
Mesrɛ wo, gye me firi me nua Esau nsam. Mesuro sɛ ɔbɛto ahyɛ me ne me yerenom ne me mma so.
12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered 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 lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand 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 hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Nneɛma no nie: Mmirekyibereɛ ahanu, mpapo aduonu, nnwammedeɛ ahanu, nnwennini aduonu.
15 Thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Nyoma bereɛ aduasa ne wɔn mma, anantwibereɛ aduanan, anantwinini edu, mfunumubereɛ aduonu, mfunumunini edu.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
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 foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where go you? and whose are these before you?
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 you shall say, They be your servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find 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 say you moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of 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 over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
Enti, wɔde Yakob akyɛdeɛ ahodoɔ no dii ɛkan kɔeɛ. Na nʼankasa deɛ, ɔdaa nʼatenaeɛ hɔ anadwo no.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
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 took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
Ɔde wɔn twaa asubɔnten no wieeɛ no, ɔsane bɛfaa nʼagyapadeɛ a aka nyinaa de twaa asuo no.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until 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 when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, 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 said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless 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 And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
Ɔbarima no bisaa Yakob sɛ, “Wo din de sɛn?” Ɔbuaa sɛ, “Me din de Yakob.”
28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
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 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after 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 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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 as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he halted on 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 eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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.
