1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
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.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Akawaweka hao vijakazi na wana wao mbele, na Lea na wanawe nyuma yao, na Raheli na Yusufu mwisho.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Akapita mwenyewe mbele yao, akainama mpaka nchi mara saba, hata alipomkaribia ndugu yake.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Esau akaja mbio kumlaki, akamkumbatia, na kumwangukia shingoni, akambusu; nao wakalia.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
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.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
Ndipo wale vijakazi, na wana wao, wakakaribia wakainama.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Lea naye, na wanawe, wakakaribia wakainama. Baadaye Yusufu na Raheli wakakaribia, wakainama.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
Akasema, Kundi hili lote nililolikuta, maana yake ni nini? Akasema, Kunipatia kibali machoni pa bwana wangu.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Esau akasema, Ninayo tele, ndugu yangu, uliyo nayo na yawe yako.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Yakobo akasema, Sivyo; kama nimekubalika machoni pako tafadhali upokee zawadi yangu mkononi mwangu, iwapo nimeona uso wako kama kuona uso wa Mungu, ukapendezwa nami.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it .
Pokea, tafadhali, mbaraka wangu, ulioletewa, kwa sababu Mungu amenineemesha, na kwa sababu ninavyo hivi vyote Akamshurutisha, naye akapokea.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Kisha Esau akamwambia, Twende zetu, tusafiri, nami nitakutangulia.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Akamjibu, Bwana wangu anajua ya kuwa watoto ni wachanga, tena kondoo na ng'ombe nilio nao wanyonyesha. Hao wanyama wakiharakishwa siku moja, watakufa wote.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
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.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Esau akasema, Nikuachie, basi, baadhi ya watu walio pamoja nami. Akasema, Pana haja gani? Na nione kibali tu machoni pa bwana wangu.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Basi Esau akarudi siku ile ile akishika njia yake mpaka Seiri.
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Yakobo akaendelea mpaka Sukothi. Akajijengea nyumba, akawafanyia makundi yake vibanda. Kwa hiyo jina la mahali pale pakaitwa Sukothi.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Yakobo akaja kwa amani mpaka mji wa Shekemu, ulio katika nchi ya Kanaani, alipokuja kutoka Padan-aramu; akapiga kambi mbele ya huo mji.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
Akainunua sehemu ya nchi, alipopiga hema yake, kwa mkono wa wana wa Hamori, baba wa Shekemu, kwa vipande mia vya fedha.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
Akajenga huko madhabahu, akaiita, El-elohe-Israeli.
