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.

¹And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

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

²and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This [is] the camp of God;` and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.`

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

³And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

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.

⁴and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

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;

⁵and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.`

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.

⁶And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;`

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.

⁷and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

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;

⁸and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.`

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

⁹And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:

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;

¹⁰I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant — for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

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.

¹¹`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me — mother beside sons;

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.

¹²and Thou — Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.`

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.

¹³And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

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

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

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

¹⁵suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

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

¹⁶and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.`

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.

¹⁷And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?

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?

¹⁸then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob`s: it [is] a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also [is] behind us.`

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

¹⁹And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

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.

²⁰and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;` for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;`

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.

²¹and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

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

²²And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

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.

²³and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

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

²⁴And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

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

²⁵and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob`s thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

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.

²⁶and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:` and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.`

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

²⁷And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?` and he saith, `Jacob.`

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

²⁸And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.`

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.

²⁹And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;` and he saith, `Why [is] this, thou askest for My name?` and He blesseth him there.

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.

³⁰And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;`

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.

³¹and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;

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.

³²therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob`s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.

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.