Mwanzo 33
1 Yakobo akainua macho yake na, tazama, Esau alikuwa anakuja, na alikuwa na watu mia nne pamoja naye. Yakobo akawagawanya watoto kati ya Lea, Raheli, na wale wajakazi wawili.
Now Jacob looked up and saw that Esau approaching, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
2 Kisha akawaweka wajakazi na wanao mbele, wakifuatiwa na Lea na watoto wake, Raheli na Yusufu wakafuata mwisho wa wote.
He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Yeye mwenyewe akatangulia mbele yao. Akasujudu mara saba kuelekea ardhi, hata alipomkaribia ndugu yake.
He himself went on ahead of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he approached his brother.
4 Esau akakimbia kumlaki, akamkumbatia, akakumbatia shingo yake na kumbusu. Kisha wakalia.
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. And they wept.
5 Esau alipoinua macho, aliona wanawake na watoto. Akauliza, “Hawa watu pamoja nawe ni kinanani?” Yakobo akasema, Ni watoto ambao Mungu amempa mtumishi wako kwa neema.”
And he looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
6 Kisha wajakazi wakakaribia pamoja na watoto wao, nao wakasujudia.
Then the female servants came forward with their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 Akafuata Lea pia na watoto wake wakaja na kusujudia. Mwisho Yusufu na Raheli wakaja na kusujudia.
Leah also and her children came forward, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came forward with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 Esau akasema, Unamaanisha nini kwa makundi haya yote niliyokutana nayo?” Yakobo akasema, “Kutafuta kibali mbele za bwana wangu.
Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
9 Esau akasema, “Ninayo ya kutosha, ndugu yangu. Tunza uliyonayo kwa ajili yako mwenyewe.”
Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself."
10 Yakobo akasema, “Hapana, tafadhari, ikiwa nimeona kibali mbele zako, basi upokee zawadi yangu kutoka mkononi mwangu, na ni kama kuona uso wa Mungu, na umenipokea.
Jacob said, "No, please, if I have now found favor in our sight, then accept my present from my hand, because I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, since you have accepted me.
11 Tafadhari pokea zawadi yangu uliyoletewa, kwa sababu Mungu amenitendea kwa neema, na kwa sababu ninavyo vya kutosha.” Hivyo Yakobo akamsihi, na Esau akamkubali.
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has been gracious to me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.
12 Kisha Esau akasema, “Haya na tuondoke. Nitakutangulia.”
Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go ahead of you."
13 Yakobo akamwambia, “Bwana wangu anajua kwamba watoto ni wadogo, na kwamba kondoo na ng'ombe wananyonyesha ndama wao. Ikiwa watapelekwa kwa haraka hata siku moja, wanyama wote watakufa.
Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the sheep and cattle with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, the whole herd will die.
14 Tafadhari bwana wangu na amtangulie mtumishi wake. Nitasafiri polopole, kwa kadili ya mifugo iliyo mbele yangu, na kadili ya watoto, hata nitakapofika kwa bwana wangu huko Seiri.”
Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will move along slowly, at the pace of the herds that are before me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir."
15 Esau akasema, haya nikuachie baadhi ya watu wangu waliopamoja nami.” Yakobo akasema, “Kwa nini kufanya hivyo? Bwana wangu amekuwa mkalimu kwangu kiasi cha kutosha.”
Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of my people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Please indulge me, my lord."
16 Hivyo Esau akaanza kurudi Seiri.
So Esau returned that day on the road to Seir.
17 Yakobo akasafiri kuelekea Sukothi, akajijengea nyumba, na akafanya mazizi kwa ajili ya mifugo wake. Hivyo jina la eneo linaitwa Sukothi.
But Jacob traveled to Succoth, and he built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 Yakobo alipokuja kutoka Padani Aramu, akafika salama katika mji wa Shekemu, uliyo katika nchi ya Kanaani. Akapiga kambi karibu na mji.
After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, and camped near the city.
19 Kisha akanunu sehemu ya ardhi alipokuwa ameweka hema yake kutoka kwa wana wa Hamori, baba wa Shekemu, kwa vipande mia vya fedha.
He purchased the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent, from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.
20 Akajenga madhabahu pale na kuiita El Elohe Israeli.
He erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
