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

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

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

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

³Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

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

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.

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

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.’”

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

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.”

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

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;

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

⁸and he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

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

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,’

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.’”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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?’

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

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.’”

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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

²³Akavatora, akavayambutsa parukova, akayambutsawo zvaakanga anazvo.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

³¹The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

³¹Zvino zuva raka­mubudira opfuura paPenieri; akaka­mhina pahudyu yake.

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.

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