¹And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

¹Ary nifoha maraina koa Labana, dia nanoroka ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy ka nitso-drano azy; dia lasa nandeha Labana nody any amin'ny fonenany.

²And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

²Ary Jakoba nizotra tamin'ny lalan-kalehany, dia nisy anjelin'Andriamanitra nitsena azy.

³And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

³Ary hoy Jakoba, raha nahita ireo: Tobin'Andriamanitra ity; ary ny anaran'izany tany izany nataony hoe Mahanaima.

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

⁴[Ny nihaonan'i Jakoba sy Esao] Ary nandefa iraka Jakoba hialoha azy ho any amin'i Esao rahalahiny, ho any Seira, tanin'i Edoma.

⁵And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

⁵Ary nanome teny azy izy ka nanao hoe: Izao no holazainareo amin'i Esao tompoko: Izao no tenin'i Jakoba mpanomponao: Efa nivahiny tany amin'i Labana aho ka nitoetra tany mandraka ankehitriny;

⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

⁶ary manana omby sy boriky sy ondry aman'osy ary andevolahy aho; dia efa mba naniraka hanambara aminao tompokolahy ihany aho mba hahitako fitia eo imasonao.

⁷Then 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;

⁷Dia niverina tany am.in'i Jakoba ny iraka ka nanao hoe: Tafahaona tamin'i Esao rahalahinao izahay, ary izy koa dia avy hitsena anao mitondra olona efa-jato lahy.

⁸And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

⁸Dia natahotra indrindra Jakoba ka poritra dia poritra; dia nozarainy roa toko ny olona izay nomba azy mbamin'ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby ary ny rameva;

⁹And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

⁹fa hoy izy: Raha tafahaona amin'ny antokony anankiray Esao ka mamely azy, dia handositra kosa ny antokony anankiray.

¹⁰I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

¹⁰Ary hoy Jakoba: E Andriamanitr'i Abrahama raiko, sady Andriamanitr'Isaka raiko, dia Jehovah Izay efa nanao tamiko hoe: Modia any amin'ny taninao sy any amin'ny havanao dia hanao soa aminao Aho;

¹¹Deliver me, I pray thee, 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.

¹¹tsy mendrika ho nahazo na kely akory aza aho tamin'ny famindram-po rehetra sy ny fahamarinana rehetra, izay nataonao tamiko mpanomponao; fa tsy nitondra na inona na inona afa-tsy ny tehiko ihany aho fony nita ity Jordana ity; nefa ankehitriny efa tonga toby roa aho.

¹²And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

¹²O vonjeo aho amin'ny tanan'ny rahalahiko, dia amin'ny tànan'i Esao; fa matahotra azy aho, fandrao avy mamely ahy mbamin'ny vadiko aman-janako izy.

¹³And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

¹³Fa Hianao efa nanao hoe: Hanisy soa anao tokoa Aho, ka hataoko maro ny taranakao ho tahaka ny fasika any an-dranomasina, izay tsy azo isaina noho ny hamaroany.

¹⁴Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

¹⁴Dia nitoetra teo izy tamin'iny alina iny; ary naka tamin'izay teo an-tànany izy mba hampanaterina ho an'i Esao rahalahiny,

¹⁵Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

¹⁵dia osivavy roan-jato sy osilahy roa-polo, ondrivavy roan-jato sy ondrilahy roa-polo

¹⁶And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

¹⁶ary rameva telo-polo ampianahany, vantotr'ombivavy efa-polo sy vantotr'ombilahy folo, borikivavy roa-polo ary zana-boriky folo.

¹⁷And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

¹⁷Dia natolony teo an-tànan'ny mpanompony ireny, mitokantokana isan-toko; ary hoy izy tamin'ny mpanompony: Mandehana eo alohako, ary asio elanelany eo amin'ny isan-toko.

¹⁸Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

¹⁸Dia nanome teny ny voalohany izy ka nanao hoe: Raha mifanena aminao Esao rahalahiko ka manontany anao hoe: An'iza ianao? ary hankaiza moa? ary an'iza ireo alohanao?

¹⁹And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

¹⁹dia lazaonao hoe: An'i Jakoba mpanomponao ireo, dia zavatra nampanaterina ho an'itompokolahy Esao; ary indro koa izy ao aorianay ao.

²⁰And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

²⁰Ary nanome teny ny faharoa sy ny fahatelo koa izy, ary izay rehetra nandeha nanaraka ny isan-toko, ka nanao hoe: Araka izany teny izany no lazaonareo amin'i Esao, raha hitanareo izy.

²¹So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

²¹Ary lazao hoe koa: Indro, Jakoba mpanomponao ao aorianay ao. Fa hoy izy: Hampionona ny hatezerany aho amin'ireo zavatra nampialohaviko ireo, ary rehefa afaka izany, dia vao hahita ny tavany aho; angamba hahazo fitia aminy aho.

²²And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

²²Ary dia lasa nialoha azy ireny zavatra nampanateriny ireny; fa izy mbola nitoetra teo amin'ny toby ihany tamin'iny alina iny.

²³And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

²³Dia nitsangana tamin 'iny alina iny ihany izy ka nitondra ny vadiny roa vavy sy ny ankizivaviny roa ary ny zananilahy iraika ambin'ny folo, dia nita tamin'ny fitàna tao Jaboka izy.

²⁴And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁴Ary naka azy ireo izy, dia nampita azy tamin'ny renirano, ary nampita ny fananany koa izy.

²⁵And 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.

²⁵Dia Jakoba irery no sisa nitoetra teo; ary nisy lehilahy anankiray nitolona taminy ambara-pahazavaratsin'ny andro.

²⁶And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

²⁶Ary rehefa hitany fa tsy naharesy azy izy, dia notendreny ny foto-peny; ka dia nivika ny foto-pen'i Jakoba, raha mbola nitolona taminy Izy.

²⁷And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁷Ary hoy Izy: Avelao Aho handeha, fa efa mazavaratsy ny andro. Fa hoy kosa Jakoba: Tsy havelako handeha Hianao, raha tsy tahinao aho.

²⁸And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

²⁸Ary hoy Izy taminy: Iza moa no anaranao? dia hoy izy: Jakoba.

²⁹And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

²⁹Ary hoy indray Izy: Tsy hatao hoe Jakoba intsony ny anaranao, fa Isiraely; satria efa nitolona tamin'Andriamanitra sy tamin'ny olona ianao ka nahery.

³⁰And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

³⁰Dia nanontany Jakoba ka nanao hoe: Masìna Hianao, lazao kely izay anaranao. Ary hoy Izy: Ahoana no anontanianao ny anarako? Dia nitahy azy teo Izy.

³¹And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

³¹Ary ny anaran'izany tany izany dia nataon'i Jakoba hoe Peniela; fa, hoy izy, efa nahita an'Andriamanitra nifanatrika tamiko aho, nefa voavonjy ny aiko.

³²Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

³²Dia niposaka taminy ny masoandro, raha niala teo Peniela izy, ary nitolitsika izy noho ny feny.Izany no tsy ihinanan'ny Zanak'Isiraely ny ozatry ny atodiakanga mandraka androany; satria nanendry ny foto-pen'i Jakoba teo amin'ny ozatry ny atodiakanga Izy.

³³Izany no tsy ihinanan'ny Zanak'Isiraely ny ozatry ny atodiakanga mandraka androany; satria nanendry ny foto-pen'i Jakoba teo amin'ny ozatry ny atodiakanga Izy.