1Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
1Zvino Jakove wakasimudza meso ake, akaona, zvino tarira, Esau achiuya nevarume mazana mana vanaye. Akagovera vana kuna Reya nekuna Rakeri nekuvarandakadzi vaviri.
2He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
2Zvino wakaisa varandakadzi nevana vavo mberi, naRea nevana vake shure, naRakeri naJosefa pakupedzisira.
3He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
3Iye pachake akapfuura mberi kwavo, akakotamira pavhu kanomwe kusvikira asvika pedo nemukuru wake.
4Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
4Esau ndokumhanyira kunomuchingamidza, akamumbundikira, akawira pamutsipa wake, ndokumutsvoda; ndokuchema.
5He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
5Zvino wakasimudza meso ake akaona vakadzi nevana, akati: Ndivana ani ava vaunavo? Iye ndokuti: Vana Mwari vaakapa muranda wenyu nenyasha dzake.
6Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
6Varandakadzi ndokuswedera, ivo nevana vavo, vakakotama.
7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
7NaRea nevana vake vakaswedera, vakakotama; pashure Josefa naRakeri vakaswedera, vakakotama.
8Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
8Ndokuti: Wakanangei neboka iri rose randasangana naro? Iye ndokuti: Kuti ndiwane nyasha pameso paishe wangu.
9Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”
9Esau ndokuti: Ndine zvizhinji, munin'ina wangu, zvaunazvo ngazvive zvako.
10Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
10Jakove ndokuti: Kwete! Kana ikozvino ndawana hangu nyasha pameso enyu, gamuchirai chipo changu kubva paruoko rwangu; nekuti naizvozvo ndaona chiso chenyu sechiso chaMwari, mukafara neni.
11Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
11Gamuchirai henyu chipo changu chinouiswa kwamuri; nekuti Mwari wakandipa nenyasha, uye ndine zvose. Akamugwaririra, kusvikira agamuchira.
12Esau said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.”
12Ndokuti: Ngatisimuke tifambe, uye ndichakutungamirira.
13Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
13Asi wakati kwaari: Ishe wangu unoziva kuti vana vachiri vatete, uye kuti makwai nemombe zvandinazvo zvinoyamwisa; kana vakazvitinha nesimba zuva rimwe, boka rose richafa.
14Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
14Ishe wangu ngaapinde hake mberi kwemuranda wake; ini ndichanyatsosesedza sezvazvinogona kufamba basa riri pamberi pangu, nemafambiro evana, kudzimara ndasvika kuna ishe wangu paSeiri.
15Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
15Esau ndokuti: Zvino ngandisiye kwauri vamwe vanhu vaneni. Iye akati: Nekuda kwei izvi? Ngandiwane nyasha pameso aishe wangu.
16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
16Esau ndokudzoka zuva iroro, akaenda Seiri.
17Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. succoth means shelters or booths.
17Zvino Jakove wakapfuurira akaenda Sukoti, akazvivakira imba, akaitira zvipfuwo zvake matanga ane matenga; naizvozvo wakayumidza zita renzvimbo iyo kuti Sukoti.
18Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
18Jakove ndokusvika akachengetedzeka kuguta reShekemu, riri panyika yeKanani, pakubva kwake paPadhanaramu; akadzika matende ake pamberi peguta.
19He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
19Akatenga chikamu chenyika paakanga adzika tende rake kuvana vaHamori, baba vaShekemu, nemakobiri zana emari.
20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel. El Elohe Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty.”
20Ndokumisapo aritari, akaritumidza kuti Eri-Erohe-Isiraeri.