< Genesis 32 >

1 And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
Jakubu nĩathiire na mbere na rũgendo rwake, na agĩtũngwo nĩ araika a Ngai.
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
Na rĩrĩa Jakubu aamoonire, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ĩno nĩ mbũtũ ya Ngai!” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩĩta handũ hau Mahanaimu.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Ningĩ Jakubu agĩtũma andũ mathiĩ mbere yake kũrĩ mũrũ wa nyina Esaũ kũu Seiru, bũrũri-inĩ wa Edomu.
4 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
Akĩmataara, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ũũ nĩguo mũgũthiĩ kwĩra mwathi wakwa Esaũ: ‘Ndungata yaku Jakubu ĩkuuga atĩrĩ, ndĩraikaraga na Labani, na ngoretwo kuo nginya rĩu.
5 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.
Ndĩ na ngʼombe na ndigiri, na ngʼondu na mbũri, ndungata cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja. Na rĩu ndagũtũmĩra ndũmĩrĩri, we mwathi wakwa, nĩgeetha njĩtĩkĩrĩke maitho-inĩ maku.’”
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
Rĩrĩa atũmwo maacookire kũrĩ Jakubu makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũrathiire kũrĩ mũrũ wa nyũkwa Esaũ, na rĩu nĩarooka gũgũtũnga, na arĩ na andũ magana mana.”
7 And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
Jakubu akĩmaka mũno na akĩnyamarĩka, akĩgayania andũ arĩa aarĩ nao ikundi igĩrĩ, o na ndũũru cia mbũri na ndũũru cia ngʼombe o na ngamĩĩra nacio.
8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
Agĩĩciiria atĩrĩ, “Esaũ angĩũka atharĩkĩre gĩkundi kĩmwe-rĩ, gĩkundi kĩu kĩngĩ no kĩũre.”
9 And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you [are] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.
Ningĩ Jakubu akĩhooya, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Wee Ngai wa baba Iburahĩmu, o Wee Ngai wa baba Isaaka, Wee Jehova ũrĩa wanjĩĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Cooka bũrũri waku na wa andũ anyu, na nĩngatũma ũgaacĩre,’
10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which you have wrought with your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
ndirĩ mwagĩrĩru wa kuonio ũtugi ũyũ wothe na wĩhokeku ũrĩa ũnyonetie niĩ ndungata yaku. Ngĩringa Jorodani-rĩ, ndaarĩ o na rũthanju rwakwa rwiki, no rĩu nduĩkĩte ikundi igĩrĩ.
11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and strike me, and the mother upon the children.
Ndagũthaitha honokia kuuma moko-inĩ ma mũrũ wa maitũ Esaũ, nĩgũkorwo nĩndĩretigĩra ndagoke gũũtharĩkĩra, niĩ hamwe na ciana ici, na manyina maacio.
12 But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
No nĩ uugĩte atĩrĩ, ‘Ti-itherũ nĩngatũma ũgaacĩre na ndũme njiaro ciaku cingĩhe ta mũthanga wa iria-inĩ, ũrĩa ũtangĩtarĩka.’”
13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
Akĩraara hau ũtukũ ũcio, na kuuma kũrĩ kĩrĩa aarĩ nakĩo, agĩthuurĩra mũrũ wa nyina Esaũ kĩheo gĩkĩ;
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
mbũri magana meerĩ cia mĩgoma na thenge mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ, ngʼondu magana meerĩ na ndũrũme mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ,
15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
ngamĩĩra mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia mĩgoma na njaũ ciacio, ngʼombe mĩrongo ĩna na ndegwa ikũmi, na ndigiri mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ cia mĩgoma na ikũmi cia njamba.
16 And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
Agĩcinengera ndungata ciake, o rũũru mwanya, na akĩĩra ndungata icio ciake atĩrĩ, “Thiiagai mbere yakwa, na mũtigithũkanie rũũru na rũũru rũrĩa rũngĩ.”
17 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet you, and he ask you, saying, Whose are you? and whither would you go, and whose are these possessions advancing before you?
Ningĩ agĩtaara ũrĩa wamatongoretie, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Rĩrĩa mũrũ wa maitũ Esaũ arĩgũtũnga na akũũrie atĩrĩ, ‘Wee ũrĩ waũ? Na wathiĩ kũ? Na ũhiũ ũyũ wothe ũrĩ mbere yaku nĩ waũ?’
18 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
Nawe nĩũrĩmũcookeria ũmwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ cia ndungata yaku Jakubu. Nĩ kĩheo gĩa kũhe mwathi wakwa Esaũ, na Jakubu arĩ thuutha witũ agĩũka.’”
19 And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;
Agĩcooka agĩtaara wa keerĩ na wa gatatũ, na arĩa othe marũmagĩrĩra ndũũru icio, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ũguo nĩguo mũrĩĩraga Esaũ mwamũtũnga.
20 and you shall say, Behold your servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for perhaps he will accept me.
Na mũtikanaage kũmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Jakubu ndungata yaku arĩ thuutha witũ agĩũka.’” Tondũ eeciiririe atĩrĩ, “Ngũmũhooreria na iheo ici ngũtũma mbere yakwa; thuutha-inĩ ndamuona-rĩ, hihi ahota kũnyamũkĩra.”
21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio iheo icio Jakubu aaheanĩte igĩthiiaga mbere yake, nowe akĩraara kũu kambĩ ũtukũ ũcio.
22 And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
Na ũtukũ o ro ũcio, Jakubu agĩũkĩra, akĩoya atumia ake eerĩ, na ndungata iria igĩrĩ cia andũ-a-nja, na ariũ ake ikũmi na ũmwe, na akĩmaringĩria iringĩro rĩa Jaboku.
23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
Aarĩkia kũmaringia, akĩringia indo iria ciothe aarĩ nacio.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
Nake Jakubu agĩtigwo arĩ o wiki, na hagĩũka mũndũ maagianire nake o nginya gũgĩthererũka.
25 And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
Na rĩrĩa mũndũ ũcio onire atĩ ndangĩmũhoota-rĩ, akĩmũhutia ihĩndĩ rĩa gĩtina gĩa kũgũrũ, nakuo kũgũrũ kwa Jakubu gũgĩthenyũkĩra hau gĩtina-inĩ, o makĩgianaga na mũndũ ũcio.
26 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
Na mũndũ ũcio akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Reke ndĩthiĩre tondũ nĩ gwathererũka.” No Jakubu akĩmũcookeria, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndingĩreka ũthiĩ ũtandathimĩte.”
27 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
Nake mũndũ ũcio akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Wĩtagwo atĩa?” Jakubu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Njĩtagwo Jakubu.”
28 And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
Ningĩ mũndũ ũcio akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũgũcooka gwĩtwo Jakubu, no ũrĩĩtagwo Isiraeli, tondũ nĩũgianĩte na Ngai o na andũ, na ũkahootana.”
29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
Jakubu akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndagũthaitha, njĩĩra rĩĩtwa rĩaku.” Nowe akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ũranjũũria rĩĩtwa rĩakwa nĩkĩ?” Agĩcooka akĩmũrathima marĩ o hau.
30 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he, ]I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu agĩĩta handũ hau Penieli, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Tondũ nĩnyonete Ngai ũthiũ kwa ũthiũ, na akahonokia muoyo wakwa.”
31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
Narĩo riũa rĩkĩmũrathĩra akĩhĩtũka hau Penieli, na nĩathuaga nĩ ũndũ nĩathenyũkĩtwo nĩ ihĩndĩ rĩa gĩtina gĩa kũgũrũ.
32 Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed.
Nĩ tondũ ũcio, nginyagia ũmũthĩ ũyũ andũ a Isiraeli matirĩĩaga mũkiha ũrĩa ũnyiitanĩte na ihĩndĩ rĩa gĩtina gĩa kũgũrũ, tondũ ihĩndĩ rĩa gĩtina gĩa kũgũrũ kwa Jakubu rĩahutĩirio hakuhĩ na mũkiha ũcio.

< Genesis 32 >