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.

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

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

²When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

³Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to 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.

⁴He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed 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;

⁵I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”

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.

⁶The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, 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.

⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

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 he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

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

⁹Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

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 am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

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.

¹¹Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

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.

¹²You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can’t be numbered because there are so many.’”

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.

¹³He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, 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,

¹⁴two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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

¹⁵thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

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

¹⁶He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”

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.

¹⁷He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’

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 you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, 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.

¹⁹He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find 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.

²⁰You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

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.

²¹So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged 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.

²²He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the 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.

²³He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

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

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

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

²⁵When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

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.

²⁶The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”

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

²⁷He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

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

²⁸He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

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.

²⁹Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed 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.

³⁰Jacob called the name of the place Peniel Peniel means “face of God.” : for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

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.

³¹The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of 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 children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.

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.