¹Ary Jakoba dia nanopy ny masony ka nahatazana fa indro tamy Esao, mitondra efa-jato lahy. Dia nozarazarainy ny zaza ho amin'i Lea sy Rahely ary ho amin'ny ankizivavy roa.

¹And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

²Ary nataony loha-lalana ny ankizivavy roa sy ny zanany, ary Lea sy ny zanany nanarakaraka, ary Rahely sy Josefa no vodi-lalana.

²and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

³Ary Jakoba nandeha teo alohan'izy rehetra ka niankohoka impito tamin'ny tany mandra-pahatongany teo akaikin'ny rahalahiny.

³And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,

⁴Dia nihazakazaka hitsena azy Esao, ary nisakambina ny tendany, dia namihina sy nanoroka azy; ary samy nitomany izy mirahalahy.

⁴and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

⁵Ary Esao nanopy ny masony ka nahita ny zaza amim-behivavy; dia hoy izy: Iza moa ireto miaraka aminao ireto? Ary hoy kosa Jakoba: Ny zaza izay nomen'Andriamanitra ny mpanomponao noho ny fahasoavany.

⁵and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What [are] these to thee?` And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.`

⁶Dia nanatona ny ankizivavy sy ny zanany ka niankohoka.

⁶And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;

⁷Dia nanatona koa Lea sy ny zanany ka niankohoka; ary farany, dia nanatona koa Josefa sy Rahely ka niankohoka.

⁷and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.

⁸Ary hoy Esao: Inona moa no hevitr'ireny antokony rehetra nifanena tamiko ireny? Ary hoy izy: Mba hahitako fitia eto imason'itompokolahy.

⁸And he saith, `What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?` and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.`

⁹Ary dia hoy Esao: Manam-be ihany aho, ry rahalahiko; aoka ihany ho anao ny anao.

⁹And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.`

¹⁰Ary hoy Jakoba: Trarantitra ianao, aza an'izany; raha mba mahita fitia eto imasonao aho, dia raiso amin'ny tanako ny zavatra nampanateriko; fa efa nahita ny tavanao aho tahaka ny mahita ny tavan'Andriamanitra, ary efa sitrakao aho.

¹⁰And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

¹¹Trarantitra ianao, raiso re ny saotro izay nampanaterina ho anao; fa efa nanisy soa ahy Andriamanitra, ka manam-be aho. Dia nanery azy izy, ka dia noraisiny ihany ny zavatra.

¹¹receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all [things];` and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

¹²Ary hoy Esao: Aoka hiainga isika, ka handeha hialoha anao aho.

¹²and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.`

¹³Fa hoy Jakoba taminy: Fantatr'itompokolahy fa mbola osa ny zaza, sady ampianahany ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby ato amiko; koa raha hokorodonina indray andro aza ireo, dia ho faty avokoa ny ondry aman'osy rehetra.

¹³And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.

¹⁴Trarantitra ianao, aoka itompokolahy hialoha ny mpanompony; ary izaho handeha miadana araka izay dian'ny omby aman'ondry, izay ho eo alohako, sy ny dian'ny zaza, mandra-pahatongako any amin'itompokolahy any Seira.

¹⁴Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I — I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.`

¹⁵Ary hoy Esao: Masìna ianao, aoka ary mba hamelako hiaraka aminao ny olona izay momba ahy. Fa hoy Jakoba: Ahoana no anaovanao izany? Aoka hahita fitia eto imason'itompokolahy aho.

¹⁵And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who [are] with me;` and he said, `Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.`

¹⁶Dia niverina androtrizay Esao tamin'ny lalany ho any Seira.

¹⁶And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

¹⁷Ary Jakoba nifindra nankany Sokota ka nanao trano ho azy ary nanao trano rantsan-kazo maromaro ho an'ny omby aman'ondriny; izany no nanaovana ny anaran'io tany io hoe Sokota.

¹⁷and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.

¹⁸Ary Jakoba tonga soa aman-tsara tao an-tanàna Sekema, izay eo amin'ny tany Kanana, rehefa avy tany Mesopotamia izy; dia nitoby tandrifin'ny tanàna.

¹⁸And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,

¹⁹Dia novidiny vola zato tamin'ny zanak'i Hamora, rain'i Sekema, ny tany izay nanorenany ny lainy.Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, ka nataony hoe El-elohe-Isiraely ny anarany.

¹⁹and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

²⁰Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, ka nataony hoe El-elohe-Isiraely ny anarany.

²⁰and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God — the God of Israel.