Mwanzo 32
1 Yakobo pia akaendelea na safari yake, na malaika wa Mungu wakakutana naye.
Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 Yakobo alipowaona, akasema, “Hii ni kambi ya Mungu,” hivyo akapaita mahali pale Mahanaimu.
When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's camp." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 Yakobo akatuma wajumbe mbele yake waende kwa Esau ndugu yake katika nchi ya Seiri, katika eneo la Edomu.
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the region of Edom.
4 Aliwaagiza, kusema, “Hivi ndivyo mtakavyosema kwa bwana wangu Esau: Hivi ndivyo mtumishi wako Yakobo asemavyo: 'Nimekuwa nikikaa na Labani, naye amekawilisha kurudi kwangu hata sasa.
He commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: 'This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.
5 Nina ng'ombe, punda, na kondoo, wajori na wajakazi. Nimetuma ujumbe huu kwa bwana wangu, ili kwamba nipate kibali mbele zako.”
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.'"
6 Wajumbe wakarudi kwa Yakobo na kusema, “Tulikwenda kwa Esau ndugu yako. Anakuja kukulaki, na watu mia nne pamoja naye.”
The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
7 Ndipo Yakobo alipoogopa sana na kutaabika. Hivyo akagawanya watu aliokuwa nao katika kambi mbili, na kondoo pia, mbuzi na ngamia.
Then Jacob was very afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps;
8 Akasema, “Ikiwa Esau ataishambulia kambi moja, ndipo kambi nyingine itakaposalimika.”
and he said, "If Esau comes to the one camp, and strikes it, then the other camp will escape."
9 Yakobo akasema, “Mungu wa baba yangu Ibrahimu, na Mungu wa baba yangu Isaka, Yahwe, uliyeniambia, 'Rudi katika nchi yako na kwa jamaa yako, nami nitakustawisha,'
Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'
10 Mimi sistahili matendo yako yote ya agano la uaminifu na ustahilifu wote uliomfanyia mtumishi wako. Kwa maana nilikuwa na fimbo tu nilipovuka mto huu wa Yordani, na sasa nimekuwa matuo mawili.
I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses and of all the faithfulness which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
11 Tafadhari niokoe kutoka katika mikono ya ndugu yangu, mikono ya Esau, kwa maana namwogopa, kwamba atakuja na kunishambulia mimi na wamama na watoto.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.
12 Lakini ulisema, 'hakika nitakufanya ufanikiwe. Nitaufanya uzao wako kuwa kama mchanga wa bahari, ambao hauwezi kuhesabika kwa hesabu yake.”
You said, 'I will surely do you good and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which can't be counted because there are so many.'"
13 Yakobo akakaa pale usiku huo. Akachukua baadhi ya alivyokuwa navyo kama zawadi kwa Esau, ndugu yake:
So he spent the night there and selected from what he had acquired a present for his brother Esau:
14 mbuzi majike mia mbili na mabeberu ishirini, kondoo majike mia mbili na madume ya kondoo ishirini,
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15 ngamia wakamwao thelathini na wana wao, ng'ombe madume arobaini na madume kumi ya ng'ombe, punda wa kike ishirini na madume yake ishirini.
thirty milk camels with their young, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
16 Akawaweka katika mikono ya watumishi wake, kila kundi peke yake. Akawambia watumishi, “Tangulieni mbele yangu na mwache nafasi kati ya makundi ya wanyama.”
He entrusted them into the hands of his servants as separate herds, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and keep some distance between the herds."
17 Akamwagiza mtumishi wa kwanza, akisema, “Ndugu yangu Esau atakapokutana nawe na kukuuliza, akasema, 'Ninyi ni wa nani? Mnakwenda wapi? Na wanyama hawa mbele yenu ni wa nani?
He instructed the first, saying, "When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, 'Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these ahead of you?'
18 Ndipo umwambie, 'Ni wa mtumishi wako Yakobo. Ni zawadi wanaopelekwa kwa bwana wangu Esau. Na tazama, yeye pia anakuja nyuma yetu.”
Then you shall say, 'They are your servant, Jacob's. It is a present sent to my lord Esau. And look, he also is behind us.'"
19 Yakobo akatoa maelekezo kwa kundi la pili pia, la tatu, na watu wote walioyafuata makundi ya wanyama. Akasema, mseme vilevile kwa Esau mtakapokutana naye.
He instructed also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, "This is how you are to speak to Esau, when you find him.
20 Mnapaswa pia kusema, 'mtumwa wako Yakobo pia anakuja nyuma yetu.” Kwani alifikiri, “nitamtuliza Esau kwa zawadi nilizozituma mbele yangu. Kisha baadaye, nitakapomwona, bila shaka atanipokea.”
You shall say, 'Not only that, but look, your servant Jacob is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."
21 Hivyo zawadi zikatangulia mbele yake. Yeye mwenyewe akakaa kambini usiku huo
So the gift passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
22 Yakobo akaamka wakati wa usiku, na akawachukua wakeze, wajakazi wake na wanaye kumi na wawili. Akawawavusha kijito cha Yaboki.
He got up that night and took his two wives, and his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23 Kwa njia hii akawapeleka kupitia chemichemi pamoja na mali yake yote.
He took them and sent them across the stream, and sent over all his possessions.
24 Yakobo akaachwa peke yake, na mtu akashindana naya mpaka alfajiri.
Then Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
25 Mtu yule alipoona kwamba hawezi kumshinda, akalipiga paja lake. Paja la Yakobo likatenguka alipokuwa akishindana naye.
When he saw that he did not defeat him, he struck the socket of his hip, and Jacob's hip was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
26 Yule mtu akasema, “Niache niende, kwani kunakucha.” Yakobo akasema, sitakuacha uende mpaka uwe umenibariki.”
Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But Jacob said, "I won't let you go unless you bless me."
27 Yule mtu akamwuliza, “Jina lako ni nani?” Yakobo akasema, “Yakobo.” Yule mtu akasema,
And he said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."
28 “Jina lako halitakuwa Yakobo tena, ila Israeli. Kwa kuwa umeshindana na Mungu na wanadamu na umeshinda.”
Then he said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."
29 Yakobo akamwambia, “Tafadhari niambie jina lako.” Akasema, “Kwa nini kuniuliza jina langu?” Kisha akambariki pale.
Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" And he blessed him there.
30 Yakobo akapaita mahali pale Penieli kwani alisema, “Nimemwona Mungu uso kwa uso, na maisha yangu yamesalimika.”
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved."
31 Jua likatoka wakati Yakobo anaipita Penieli. Alikuwa akichechemea kwa sababu ya paja lake.
The sun rose on him as he passed by Peniel, and he limped because of his hip.
32 Ndiyo maana wana wa Israeli hawali kano ya paja iliyopo katika nyonga ya paja, kwa sababu yule mtu aliziumiza hizo kano alipotegua paja la Yakobo.
Therefore, to this day the children of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip socket, because he struck Jacob's hip socket near that tendon.
