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

¹Zvino Jakove akaenda nenzira yake, vatumwa vaMwari ndoku­sangana naye.

²And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

²Zvino Jakove paakavaona wakati: Iyi ihondo yaMwari. Ndokutumidza zita renzvimbo iyo kuti Mahanaimi.

³And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

³Zvino Jakove wakatuma nhume mberi kwake kuna Esau mukoma wake, kunyika yeSeiri, nyika yekwaEdhomu.

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;

⁴Ndokuvaraira achiti: Mutaure seizvi kuna ishe wangu Esau: Ndizvo zvinotaura muranda wenyu Jakove: NaRabhani ndanga ndichigara semutorwa, ndikarivara kusvikira ikozvino;

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.

⁵uye ndine mombe nemadhongi, makwai, nevaranda nevarandakadzi; ndatumira kuzokumikidza kuna ishe wangu izvozvi, kuti ndiwane nyasha pameso enyu.

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.

⁶Zvino nhume dzakadzoka kuna Jako­bho dzichiti: Takasvika kumukoma wenyu Esau; naiye unouya kuzokuchingamidzai nevarume mazana mana.

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.

⁷Jakove ndokutya zvikuru, akatambu­dzika. Zvino wakaparadzanisa vanhu vaiva naye nemakwai nemombe nemaka­mera, kuita mapoka maviri;

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

⁸nekuti wakati: Kana Esau akasvika kune rimwe boka akarirova, boka rakasara richapukunyuka.

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,

⁹Zvino Jakove wakati: Mwari wababa vangu Abhurahamu, naMwari wababa vangu Isaka, Jehovha makati kwandiri: Dzokera kunyika yekwako nekuhama dzako, ndigokuitira zvakanaka;

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.

¹⁰handina kufanira nyasha dzenyu dzose nekutendeka kwe­nyu kose kwamakaitira muranda we­nyu; nekuti ndakayambuka Joridhani urwu netsvimbo yangu; zvino ndava mapoka maviri.

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.

¹¹Dondinunurai paruoko rwemukoma wangu, paruoko rwaEsau; nekuti ndinomutya, zvimwe asvike andirove, amai pamwe nevana.

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.

¹²Uye imwi makati: Zvirokwazvo ndichakuitira zvakanaka, nekuita mbeu yako sejecha regungwa risingagoni kuverengwa nekuwa­nda.

¹³And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother --

¹³Zvino wakavatapo usiku ihwohwo; aka­tora pane zvakasvika muruoko rwake, chipo chaEsau mukoma wake,

¹⁴two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;

¹⁴Nhunzvi dzembudzi ma­zana maviri nenhongo makumi maviri, nenhunzvi dzemakwai mazana maviri nemakondohwe makumi ma­viri,

¹⁵thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.

¹⁵makamera anoyamwisa ma­kumi matatu nemhuru dzawo, mhou makumi mana, nehando gumi, makadzi embo­ngoro makumi maviri, nemadhongwana gumi.

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.

¹⁶Zvino wakazvipa mumaoko evara­nda vake boka rimwe nerimwe riri roga, ndokuti kuvaranda vake: Yambukai mberi kwangu, musiye chinhambwe pakati peboka neboka.

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?

¹⁷Zvino wakaraira we­kutanga achiti: Kana Esau mukoma wangu, akasangana newe, ndokukubvunza achiti: Uri waani? Uye unoende­pi? Uye ndezvani zviri pamberi pako?

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.

¹⁸Ugoti: Ndezvemuranda wenyu Jakove, chipo chakatumirwa ishe wa­ngu Esau; tarirai, naiyewo amene uri kumashure kwedu;

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.

¹⁹ndokuraira newechipiri ne­wechitatu nevose vaitevera mapoka achiti: Kana mukamuwana Esau, nenzira iyi mutaure kwaari;

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.

²⁰mutiwo: Tarirai, muranda wenyu Jakove uri mumashure medu. Nekuti akati: Ndichambomunyaradza nechipo chinofamba mberi kwangu, uye mumashure ndichaona chiso chake; zvimwe achagamuchira chiso changu.

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

²¹Naizvozvo chipo chakayambuka mberi kwake; asi iye wakarara usiku ihwohwo mumisasa.

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;

²²Zvino akamuka usiku ihwohwo, akatora vakadzi vake vaviri nevarandaka­dzi vake vaviri, navana vake vane gumi nomumwe, akayambuka zambuko reJakove.

²³and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.

²³Akavatora, akavayambutsa parukova, akayambutsawo zvaakanga anazvo.

²⁴And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

²⁴Jakove ndokusiiwa oga; zvino murume wakatsutsurudzana naye kusvikira utonga huchitsvuka.

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.

²⁵Asi aona kuti haagoni kumukunda, wakabata pamhango yehudyu, hudyu ikasvogodoka achitsutsurudzana naye.

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

²⁶Zvino akati: Ndirege ndiende nekuti utonga hwatsvuka. asi wakati: Handingakuregei muchienda musati mandiropafadza.

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

²⁷Zvino akati: Zita rako ndiani? Ndokuti: Jako­bho.

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.

²⁸Akati, Zita rako harichazonzi Jakove, asi Isiraeri, nekuti wakarwa naMwari nevanhu, ukakunda.

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.

²⁹Jako­bho ndokubvunza akati: Ndiudzeiwo zita renyu. Iye ndokuti: Sei uchibvunza zita rangu? Akamuropafadza ipapo.

³⁰And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel -- For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.

³⁰Zvino Jakove wakatumidza zita renzvi­mbo iyo kuti Penieri; nekuti wakati: Ndaona Mwari chiso nachiso, uye upenyu hwangu hwaponeswa.

³¹And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.

³¹Zvino zuva raka­mubudira opfuura paPenieri; akaka­mhina pahudyu yake.

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.

³²Naizvozvo vana vaIsiraeri havadyi runda rwehudyu riri pamhango yehudyu kusvikira zuva ranhasi; nekuti akabata mhango yehudyu yaJakove parunda rehudyu.