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 the camp of God. 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 his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields 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 to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus -- With Laban have I sojourned and tarried 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, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

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, to Esau; and he also is coming 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 was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

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 he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop 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, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

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

¹⁰-- I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

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 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 certainly deal well with thee, 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 night; and took of what came to his hand a gift 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 young asses.

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 itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between 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 meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where 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.

¹⁸-- then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also 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, According to this word shall ye speak to 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, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept 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.

²¹And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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 maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the 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 led them over the river, and led over what 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 remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

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

²⁵And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated 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 dawn ariseth. 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 to 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 not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.

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

²⁹And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest 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 has been 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 Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.

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 do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh -- the sinew.

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.