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

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

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

²And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

³And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

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

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

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

⁵and I have oxen, and asses, [and] flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

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

⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

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

⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

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

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

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

⁹And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

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

¹⁰I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.

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

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, the mother with the children.

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

¹²And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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

¹³And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

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

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

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

¹⁵thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

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

¹⁶And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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

¹⁷And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

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

¹⁸then thou shalt say [They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

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

¹⁹And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

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

²⁰and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

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

²¹So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

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

²²And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

²³Akavatora, akavayambutsa parukova, akayambutsawo zvaakanga anazvo.

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

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

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

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

²⁵And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

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

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

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

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

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

²⁸And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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

²⁹And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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

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

³¹Zvino zuva raka­mubudira opfuura paPenieri; akaka­mhina pahudyu yake.

³¹And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

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

³²Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.