1Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
1 Kala Yakuba dira. Irikoy malaykayaŋ mo kubay d'a.
2When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
2 Waato kaŋ Yakuba di ey, a ne: «Woone ya Irikoy kunda no.» Nga mo na nango maa daŋ Mahanayim.
3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
3 Yakuba na diyayaŋ donton nga jine, i ma koy nga beero Isuwa do Seyir laabo ra, Edom haray.
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.
4 A n'i no sanni ka ne: «Yaa no araŋ ga ci ay jine bora Isuwa se: ‹Ni bannya Yakuba ne: Ay na yawtaray te Laban do. Ay goro noodin kala sohõ.
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.’”
5 Ay gonda hawyaŋ da farkayyaŋ, da kuruyaŋ da tamyaŋ, alboro nda wayboro. Ay mo donton zama ay ma ci ay jine bora se, a ma naŋ ay ma du gaakuri nga do.› »
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.”
6 Kal i ye ka kaa Yakuba do ka ne: «Iri koy ni beero Isuwa do. A goono ga kaa ka ni kubay da boro zangu taaci nga banda.»
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;
7 Saaya din Yakuba humburu gumo, a kankam mo. A binde, borey kaŋ yaŋ go a banda, da feeji kurey da hawey da yoy, a n'i fay sata hinka.
8and he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
8 A go ga ne: «Da Isuwa kaa sata fo do k'a kar, saaya din sata fa kaŋ cindi ga yana.»
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,’
9 Yakuba ne: «Ya Irikoy, ay baaba Ibrahim wano; ya Irikoy, ay baaba Isaka wano, ya Rabbi kaŋ ne ay se: ‹Ma ye ni laabo da ni dumey do koyne, ay mo ga gomni te ni se›.
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.
10 Day ni gomni kulu ra, ay mana to baa ikayna fo, ay mana to mo cimi kulu kaŋ ni cabe ay, ni tamo se. Zama in d'ay goobo hinne no ka Urdun* wo daŋandi, sohõ mo ay ciya marga hinka.
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.
11 Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ni m'ay faaba ay beero kambe ra, kaŋ ga ti Isuwa, zama ay ga humbur'a, a ma si kaa k'ay kar, nya da ize.
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.’”
12 Nin no ka ne mo: ‹Daahir ay ga gomni te ni se. Ay ga ni banda ciya danga teeku taasi kaŋ si kabu baayaŋ se.› »
13He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
13 Kal a zumbu ka kani noodin. Haya kaŋ go a se noodin mo, a kaa a ra ka te fooyaŋ hari nga beero Isuwa se:
14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
14 Hincin nya zangu hinka da jindi waranka, da feeji nya zangu hinka da gaaru waranka,
15thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
15 da yo nya waranka kaŋ i ga waay da ngey izey, da haw nya waytaaci da yeeji way, da farka nya waranka da binji way.
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.”
16 A n'i daŋ nga goy-teerey kambey ra, kurey kulu waani-waani. A ne nga goy-teerey se: «Araŋ ma jin ka koy ay se. Araŋ ma daŋandi. Araŋ ma game naŋ kurey da care game ra.»
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?’
17 A ne ijine wano se: «Saaya kaŋ ay beero Isuwa kubay da nin, d'a na ni hã ka ne: ‹Ni ya may wane no, man no ni ga koy mo, woone yaŋ kaŋ ni ga boy mo, may wane yaŋ no?›
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.’”
18 Saaya din ni ma ne: ‹Ni bannya Yakuba wane yaŋ no kaŋ a samba ay koyo Isuwa se fooyaŋ hari. Nga bumbo mo go iri banda ga kaa.› »
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.
19 A ci yaadin ihinkanta mo se, da ihinzanta, da borey kulu kaŋ ga kurey gana. A ne: «Yaadin no araŋ ga ci Isuwa se, saaya kaŋ araŋ kubay d'a.
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.”
20 Araŋ ma ne mo: ‹Guna, ni bannya Yakuba go iri banda.› » Zama a ne: «Ay g'a bina yeenandi nda nooyaŋey kaŋ go ga koy ay jine. Kokor banda gaa ay ma di a moyduma koyne, hambara a ga yadda nd'ay.»
21So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
21 Fooyaŋ harey binde furo a se jina, amma nga bumbo wo, a kani kuro do cino din.
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.
22 Cino din bindo ra a tun. A na nga wande hinka sambu, da nga koŋŋa hinka, da nga ize way cindi fa. A furo Yabok gooro yawyaŋo do.
23He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
23 A n'i sambu mo ka daŋ i ma gooro daŋandi. A na haŋ kaŋ go nga do daŋ jina.
24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
24 Yakuba binde go noodin nga hinne. Kala boro fo gurjay d'a kala mo ga ba ka bo.
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.
25 Saaya kaŋ bora di nga mana hin a, kal a na Yakuba tanje biriyo ham, tanje biriyo mo goori gurja ra.
26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
26 A ne Yakuba se: «Ay taŋ, zama mo ga ba ka bo.» Amma Yakuba ne: «Ay si ni taŋ kala nda ni n'ay albarkandi jina.»
27He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”
27 Bora ne Yakuba se: «Mate ni maa?» Nga mo ne: «Ay maa Yakuba.»
28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
28 Bora ne: «I si ye ka ni maa ce Yakuba koyne, kala Israyla*. Zama danga koy no ni na gaabi cabe Irikoy se da borey mo se, hala mo ni te zaama.»
29Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.
29 Yakuba n'a hã ka ne: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma ni maa ci ay se.» A ne: «Ifo se no ni g'ay maa hã?» A na Yakuba albarkandi noodin.
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.”
30 Yakuba mo na nango maa daŋ Peniyel, zama a ne: «Ay di Irikoy mo-da-mo, ay fundo hallasi mo.»
31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
31 Wayna binde fun a gaa saaya kaŋ a go ga Peniyel daŋandi, a go ga simbar mo nga ce fa gaa.
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.
32 Woodin se no, hala ka kaa hunkuna Israyla izey si ankoru kaaji ŋwa, wo kaŋ ga tanje gooro gana, zama a na Yakuba tanje gooro ham ankoru kaajo ra.