Mose 1 32
1 Yakob kple eƒe amewo gadze mɔ, eye mawudɔlawo va do goe.
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Esi Yakob kpɔ wo la, edo ɣli be, “Mawu ƒe asaɖae nye esia!” Eya ta ena ŋkɔ teƒea be Mahanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God's camp,” so he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Yakob dɔ amewo ɖe foa Esau gbɔ le Edom le Seirnyigba dzi.
Jacob sent messengers on ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
4 Egblɔ na wo bena, “Ale miagblɔ na nye aƒetɔ Esau enye si: ‘Nye Wò dɔla Yakob, meyi ɖanɔ mía nyrui, Laban gbɔ va se ɖe egbe.
He commanded them, saying, “This is what you will say to my master Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says: 'I have been staying with Laban, and have delayed my return until now.
5 Fifia nyiwo, tedziwo, alẽwo kple subɔla geɖewo, ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo siaa le asinye. Mele ame siawo ɖom ɖa be woana nyanya wò nye aƒetɔ be megbɔna, eye mele mɔ kpɔm be àxɔ mí nɔvitɔe.’”
I have oxen, donkeys, and flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent this message to my master, so that I may find favor in your eyes.'”
6 Ame dɔdɔawo trɔ tso Esau gbɔ va gblɔ na Yakob be Esau gbɔna Yakob kpe ge kple ame alafa ene!
The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”
7 Vɔvɔ̃ ɖo Yakob. Ema eƒe amewo kple lãhawo kpakple kposɔwo ɖe akpa eve,
Then Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, and also the flocks, the herds, and the camels.
8 elabena egblɔ be, “Ne Esau adze hatsotso ɖeka dzi la, ɖewohĩ hatsotso evelia me tɔwo ate ŋu asi.”
He said, “If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, then the camp that is left will escape.”
9 Tete Yakob do gbe ɖa be “O, tɔgbuinye Abraham kple fofonye Isak ƒe Mawu, O, Yehowa, wò ame si gblɔ nam be matrɔ va nye ƒometɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi, eye nèdo ŋugbe be yeawɔ nyui nam la,
Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, and I will prosper you,'
10 nyemedze na wò amenuveve si nèɖena fiaam edziedzi abe ale si nèdo ŋugbe nam ene o, elabena esi metso Yɔdan la, naneke menɔ asinye wu atizɔti ɖeka o! Ke azɔ la, mezu aʋakɔ eve!
I am not worthy of all your acts of covenant faithfulness and of all the trustworthiness that you have done for your servant. For with only my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
11 O, Yehowa, meɖe kuku na wò, ɖem tso tsɔtsrɔ̃ me le fonye Esau ƒe asi me, elabena mele vɔvɔ̃m ŋutɔ be ava ho aʋa ɖe nye ŋutɔ, srɔ̃nyewo kple vinyewo ŋu.
Please rescue me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.
12 Ke èdo ŋugbe be yeawɔ nyui nam, eye yeana nye dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe ƒutake ene, eye womate ŋu axlẽ wo o.”
But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper. I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for their number.'”
13 Etsi afi ma dɔ, eye wòtia nu siwo nɔ esi la ƒe ɖe na foa Esau:
Jacob stayed there that night. He took some of what he had with him as a gift for Esau, his brother:
14 gbɔ̃nɔ alafa eve kple gbɔ̃tsu blaeve, alẽnɔ alafa eve kple agbo blaeve,
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 kposɔnɔ blaetɔ̃ kple wo viwo, nyinɔ blaene kple nyitsu ewo, tedzinɔ blaeve kple tedzitsu ewo.
thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
16 Egblɔ na eƒe subɔlawo be woadze ŋgɔ kple lãha siawo, lãha ɖe sia ɖe nanɔ eɖokui si, eye dometsotso nanɔ wo dome.
These he gave these into the hand of his servants, every herd by itself. He said to his servants, “Go on ahead of me and put a space between each of the herds.”
17 Egblɔ na ame siwo le lãha gbãtɔ kplɔm la be ne wodo go Esau, eye wòbia wo be, “Afi ka yim miele? Ame ka ƒe subɔlawo mienye? Ame ka ƒe lãwoe nye esiawo?” la,
He instructed the first servant, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose animals are these that are in front of you?'
18 woaɖo eŋu be, “Wò subɔla, Yakob ƒe lãwoe. Wonye nunana na eƒe aƒetɔ Esau! Ele mía yome gbɔna!”
Then you will say, 'They are your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my master Esau. See, he is also coming after us.'”
19 Yakob gblɔ nya mawo ke na lãkplɔla bubuawo hã be woagblɔ na Esau.
Jacob also gave instructions to the second group, the third, and all the men who followed the herds. He said, “You will say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20 Yakob ƒe tameɖoɖoe nye be yeakpata Esau kple nunanawo hafi yeado goe ŋkume kple ŋkume! Yakob kpɔ mɔ be, “Ɖewohĩ axɔ mí nyuie.”
You must also say, 'Your servant Jacob is coming after us.'” For he thought, “I will appease him with the gifts that I am sending ahead of me. Then later, when I will see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
21 Ale wòɖo nunanawo ɖa do ŋgɔ, eye Yakob gatsi asaɖa me dɔ.
So the gifts went on ahead of him. He himself stayed that night in the camp.
22 Le zã me la, Yakob fɔ, eye wòkplɔ srɔ̃a eveawo, eƒe kosi eveawo kple via wuiɖekɛawo, eye wotso Yɔdan tɔsisi la le tɔtsoƒe si ŋkɔe nye Yabok.
Jacob got up during the night, and he took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons. He sent them across the ford of the Jabbok.
23 Ale wòkplɔ wo tso tɔ lae kple eƒe nunɔamesiwo katã.
In this way he sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
24 Yakob trɔ va asaɖa la me, eye eya ɖeka nɔ afi ma. Ŋutsu aɖe te kame kplii va se ɖe fɔŋli.
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
25 Esi ŋutsu la kpɔ be yemate ŋu aɖu Yakob dzi o la, etɔ asi Yakob ƒe aligo, eye ƒuawo gli le enu.
When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob's hip. Jacob's hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
26 Tete ŋutsu la gblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖe asi le ŋunye mayi, elabena ŋu le kekem.” Ke Yakob ɖo eŋu be, “Nyemele asi ɖe ge le ŋuwò o, negbe ɖeko nàyram hafi.”
The man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 Ŋutsu la biae be, “Ŋkɔwò ɖe?” Eɖo eŋu be, “Yakob.”
The man said to him, “What is your name?” Jacob said, “Jacob.”
28 Ŋutsu la gblɔ nɛ be, “Womagayɔ wò azɔ nenema o! Woayɔ wò azɔ be Israel, ame si te kame kple Mawu. Esi nète kame kple Mawu ta la, àɖu amewo dzi.”
The man said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
29 Yakob biae be, “Wò hã ŋkɔwò ɖe?” Ŋutsu la ɖo eŋu be, “Nu ka ta nèbia ŋkɔnye ta ɖo.” Eye wòyrae le afi ma.
Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.
30 Yakob na ŋkɔ teƒea be “Peniel” si gɔmee nye “Mawu ƒe ŋkume,” elabena egblɔ be, “Mekpɔ Mawu ŋkume kple ŋkume, gake metsi agbe.”
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is delivered.”
31 Esi wògadze mɔ ko la, ɣe dze. Le eƒe aligoƒu si gli ta la, ede asi tɔtɔ me.
The sun rose on Jacob as he passed Peniel. He was limping because of his hip.
32 Esia ta Israelviwo meɖua ka titri si to lãwo ƒe aligo dzi o, elabena wotɔ asi ka si le Yakob ƒe aligokpeƒe la dzi.
That is why to this day the people of Israel do not eat the ligaments of the hip which are at the hip joint, because the man injured those ligaments while dislocating Jacob's hip.
