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Yakobo akashika njia yake na malaika wa Mungu wakakutana naye.
Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
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Naye Yakobo alipowaona, alisema, Hili ni jeshi la Mungu. Akapaita mahali pale, Mahanaimu.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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Basi, Yakobo akapeleka wajumbe mbele yake kwenda kwa Esau nduguye mpaka nchi ya Seiri katika nyika ya Edomu.
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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Akawaagiza akisema, Mwambieni hivi bwana wangu, Esau, Hivi ndivyo asemavyo mtumwa wako, Yakobo; Nimekaa ugenini kwa Labani, na kukawia huko hata sasa,
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
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nami nina ng'ombe, na punda, na kondoo, na watumwa, na vijakazi; nami nimepeleka watu nimpashe bwana wangu habari, nipate neema machoni pako.
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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Wale wajumbe wakarudi kwa Yakobo wakisema, Tulifika kwa ndugu yako, Esau, naye anakuja kukulaki, na watu mia nne pamoja naye.
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
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Ndipo Yakobo akaogopa sana, na kufadhaika sana, akawagawanya watu waliopo pamoja naye, na kondoo, na ng'ombe, na ngamia, wawe matuo mawili.
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
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Akasema, Akija Esau kwa kundi la kwanza, akalipiga, kundi litakalosalia litaokoka.
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
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Yakobo akasema, Ee Mungu wa baba yangu Ibrahimu, na Mungu wa baba yangu Isaka, Bwana, uliyeniambia, Rudi uende mpaka nchi yako, na kwa jamaa zako, nami nitakutendea mema;
Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
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mimi sistahili hata kidogo hizo rehema zote na kweli yote uliyomfanyia mtumwa wako; maana nalivuka mto huo wa Yordani na fimbo yangu tu, na sasa nimekuwa matuo mawili.
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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Uniokoe sasa na mkono wa ndugu yangu, mkono wa Esau, maana mimi namwogopa, asije akanipiga, na mama pamoja na wana.
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
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Nawe ulisema, Hakika nitakutendea mema, nami nitafanya uzao wako uwe kama mchanga wa bahari, usiohesabika kwa kuwa mwingi.
But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
13
Akakaa huko usiku ule. Kisha akatwaa baadhi ya vitu alivyokuwa navyo, kuwa zawadi kwa Esau, nduguye;
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
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mbuzi wake mia mbili, na mbuzi waume ishirini, kondoo wake mia mbili, na kondoo waume ishirini;
200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
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ngamia wanyonyeshao thelathini pamoja na wana wao, ng'ombe wake arobaini na mafahali kumi; punda wake ishirini na wana wao kumi.
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
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Akawatia mkononi mwa watumwa wake, kila kundi peke yake. Naye akawaambia watumwa wake, Vukeni mbele yangu, mkaache nafasi kati ya kundi na kundi.
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
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Akamwagiza yule wa kwanza akasema, Esau, ndugu yangu, akikukuta, na kukuuliza, akisema, Wewe u wa nani? Unakwenda wapi? Tena ni wa nani hawa walio mbele yako?
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
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Basi, useme, Ni wa mtumwa wako, Yakobo, ni zawadi, aliyompelekea bwana wangu, Esau. Na tazama, yeye mwenyewe yuko nyuma yetu.
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
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Akamwagiza tena wa pili, na wa tatu, wote waliofuata makundi, akisema, Hivi ndivyo mtakavyomwambia Esau, akiwakuta.
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
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Tena semeni, Tazama, mtumwa wako, Yakobo, yuko nyuma yetu. Maana alisema, Nitamsuluhisha kwa zawadi inayonitangulia, baadaye nitamwona uso wake; huenda atanikubali uso wangu.
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
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Basi ile zawadi ikavuka mbele yake, naye mwenyewe akakaa usiku ule kambini.
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
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Akaondoka usiku ule akawatwaa wakeze wawili, na vijakazi wake wawili, na wanawe kumi na mmoja, akavuka kivuko cha Yaboki.
During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
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Akawatwaa, akawavusha mto, akavusha na vyote alivyokuwa navyo.
He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
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Yakobo akakaa peke yake; na mtu mmoja akashindana naye mweleka hata alfajiri.
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
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Naye alipoona ya kuwa hamshindi, alimgusa panapo uvungu wa paja lake; ukateguka uvungu wa paja la Yakobo alipokuwa akishindana naye.
When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
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Akasema, Niache, niende, maana kunapambazuka. Akasema, Sikuachi, usiponibariki.
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
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Akamwuliza, Jina lako n'nani? Akasema, Yakobo.
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
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Akamwambia, Jina lako hutaitwa tena Yakobo, ila Israeli, maana umeshindana na Mungu, na watu, nawe umeshinda.
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
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Yakobo akamwuliza, akasema, Niambie, tafadhali, jina lako? Akasema, Kwa nini waniuliza jina langu? Akambariki huko.
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
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Yakobo akapaita mahali pale, Penueli, maana alisema, Nimeonana na Mungu uso kwa uso, na nafsi yangu imeokoka.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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Jua likamzukia akivuka Penueli, akachechemea kwa sababu ya paja la mguu wake.
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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Kwa hiyo wana wa Israeli hawali ule mshipa ulio katika uvungu wa paja hata leo; maana alimgusa Yakobo panapo uvungu wa paja katika mshipa wa kiuno. </p>
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.