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Yakobo akainua macho yake, akaona, na tazama, Esau anakuja na watu mia nne pamoja naye. Akawagawanyia Lea, na Raheli, na wale vijakazi wawili, wana wao.
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
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Akawaweka hao vijakazi na wana wao mbele, na Lea na wanawe nyuma yao, na Raheli na Yusufu mwisho.
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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Akapita mwenyewe mbele yao, akainama mpaka nchi mara saba, hata alipomkaribia ndugu yake.
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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Esau akaja mbio kumlaki, akamkumbatia, na kumwangukia shingoni, akambusu; nao wakalia.
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
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Akainua macho yake, akawaona wale wanawake na watoto, akauliza, Ni nani hawa walio pamoja nawe? Akasema, Ni watoto Mungu aliompa mtumwa wako kwa neema yake.
When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
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Ndipo wale vijakazi, na wana wao, wakakaribia wakainama.
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
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Lea naye, na wanawe, wakakaribia wakainama. Baadaye Yusufu na Raheli wakakaribia, wakainama.
Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
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Akasema, Kundi hili lote nililolikuta, maana yake ni nini? Akasema, Kunipatia kibali machoni pa bwana wangu.
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
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Esau akasema, Ninayo tele, ndugu yangu, uliyo nayo na yawe yako.
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
10
Yakobo akasema, Sivyo; kama nimekubalika machoni pako tafadhali upokee zawadi yangu mkononi mwangu, iwapo nimeona uso wako kama kuona uso wa Mungu, ukapendezwa nami.
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
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Pokea, tafadhali, mbaraka wangu, ulioletewa, kwa sababu Mungu amenineemesha, na kwa sababu ninavyo hivi vyote Akamshurutisha, naye akapokea.
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
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Kisha Esau akamwambia, Twende zetu, tusafiri, nami nitakutangulia.
Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
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Akamjibu, Bwana wangu anajua ya kuwa watoto ni wachanga, tena kondoo na ng'ombe nilio nao wanyonyesha. Hao wanyama wakiharakishwa siku moja, watakufa wote.
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
14
Tafadhali bwana wangu na apite mbele ya mtumwa wake; nami nitawaongoza polepole kwa kadiri ya mwendo wa wanyama walio mbele yangu, na kwa kadiri ya mwendo wa watoto, hata nitakapofika kwa bwana wangu huko Seiri.
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
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Esau akasema, Nikuachie, basi, baadhi ya watu walio pamoja nami. Akasema, Pana haja gani? Na nione kibali tu machoni pa bwana wangu.
“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
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Basi Esau akarudi siku ile ile akishika njia yake mpaka Seiri.
So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
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Yakobo akaendelea mpaka Sukothi. Akajijengea nyumba, akawafanyia makundi yake vibanda. Kwa hiyo jina la mahali pale pakaitwa Sukothi.
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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Yakobo akaja kwa amani mpaka mji wa Shekemu, ulio katika nchi ya Kanaani, alipokuja kutoka Padan-aramu; akapiga kambi mbele ya huo mji.
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
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Akainunua sehemu ya nchi, alipopiga hema yake, kwa mkono wa wana wa Hamori, baba wa Shekemu, kwa vipande mia vya fedha.
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
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Akajenga huko madhabahu, akaiita, El-elohe-Israeli. </p>
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.