Jakob ti ilongekidhile okutsakanena naEsau
1 Jakob sho a tsikile ondjila ye, okwa tsakanekwa kaayengeli. 2 Sho e ya mono, okwa ti: “Ndika etangakwiita lyaKalunga,” onkee ehala ndyoka e li luku Mahanaim.
3 Jakob okwa tumu aatumwa, ye mu tetekele, ya ye komumwayina Esau moshilongo shaEdom. 4 Okwe ya kumagidha ya tye: “Ongame Jakob, omupiya gwoye, tandi ihokolola kumwene gwandje Esau kutya onda li nda kala puLaban sigo ongashingeyi. 5 Onda likola oongombe, uusino, oonzi, iikombo naapika. Mwene gwandje, otandi ku tumine elaka, u sile ndje ohenda.”
6 Aatumwa sho ya galukile kuJakob, oya ti: “Otwa yile komumwanyoko Esau, nokuli oku li mondjila te ya e ku tsakaneke, oku na aalumentu omathele gane.” 7 Jakob okwa haluka e ta kunkwa. Okwa topola aantu ye moongundu mbali, osho wo oonzi, iikombo, oongombe noongamelo dhe. 8 Okwa dhiladhila: “Esau nge ta dhenge ongundu yotango, onkwawo otayi vulu okuya ontuku.”
9 Jakob okwa galikana a ti: “Kalunga katatekulu Abraham, Kalunga katate Isak, uva ndje! Omuwa, ongoye wa lombwele ndje wa ti: ‘Shuna kevi lyaandjeni nokezimo lyeni, ongame notandi ku ningi nawa.’ 10 Inandi opalela esilohenda lyoye nuudhiginini woye we u ulukile ndje, ngame omuntu gwoye. Onda tokolele Jordan ndi li iikaha yowala, eeno, ondhimbo ayike nda li ndi yi na, ihe nena onda galuka ndi na oongundu mbali. 11 Hupitha ndje miikaha yomumwameme Esau, oshoka ongame nda tila kutya ote ke tu homona e te tu hanagula po atuhe, nokuli aakulukadhi naanona. 12 Dhimbulukwa, nkene u uvaneke, u ninge ndje nawa e to pe ndje oluvalo olwindji talu nyenge okuyalulwa, lu thike pehekevi lyomooha dhefuta.”
13 Sho ya tokelwa hoka uusiku, Jakob okwa yoolola miimuna ye omagano ga ye komumwayina Esau: 14 iikombo iinzinzi omathele gaali niilumentu omilongo mbali, oonzi oonzinzi omathele gaali noondumentu omilongo mbali, 15 oongamelo oonyali omilongo ndatu nuunimona wadho, oongombe oonzinzi omilongo ne noontsezi omulongo, uusino uukiintu omilongo mbali nuulumentu omulongo. 16 Okwe yi topola miigunda niigunda e ta tula moshigunda kehe omuwiliki gwasho. Okwe ya lombwele a ti: “Tetekelelii ndje, nopokati koshigunda noshigunda napa kale oshinano melandulathano.” 17 Okwa lombwele omupiya gwotango a ti: “Omumwamene Esau nge te ku tsakaneke nota pula ta ti: ‘Mwene gwoye olye? Oto yi peni? Iimuna mbika oyalye to hingi?’ 18 Yamukula u tye: ‘Oyomupiya gwoye Jakob e yi tumine mwene gwe Esau omagano. Jakob ye mwene oku li konima e tu landula.’ ” 19 Osho wo a lombwele omutiyali, omutitatu nokaawiliki ayehe yiigunda a ti: “Osho naanaa shoka mu na okulombwela Esau, nge tamu mu tsakaneke. 20 Omu na okutya: ‘Eeno, omupiya gwoye Jakob oku li komina e tu landula.’ ” Jakob okwi ipopile ta ti: “Otandi mu geulukitha nomulongelo, nonge tatu tsakanene, ngiika ota ka taamba ndje nombili.” 21 Okwa tumu omagano ge mu tetekelele ye e ta lala montanda.
Jakob ta kondjo puPenuel
22 Uusiku tuu mboka Jakob okwa penduka e ta kutha aakadhi yaali, aadhikekadhi ye yaali noyana aamati omulongo nagumwe e taa taaguluka omulonga Jabbok. 23 Sho e ya laleke, ya ka taaguluke, okwa taagulukitha wo omaliko ge agehe. 24 Jakob okwa kala konima oye awike.
Nena omulumentu okwe ya e ta kondjo naye, sigo eluwa lya tende. 25 Omulumentu sho a dhimbulula kutya nani ite mu sindi molugodhi, okwa ngwamuna Jakob monto, oyo noya dhamuka. 26 Omulumentu okwa ti: “Etha ndje, ndi ye, eluwa otali tende.”
Jakob okwa yamukula a ti: “Itandi ku etha, manga inoo yambeka ndje.”
27 Omulumentu okwe mu pula a ti: “Ongoye lye ano?”
Oye okwa ti: “Ongame Jakob.”
28 Omulumentu okwa ti: “Edhina lyoye itali kala we Jakob. Sho wa kondjo naKalunga nonaantu nowa sindana, onkee edhina lyoye oIsrael.”
29 Jakob okwa ti: “Lombwela ndje edhina lyoye.” Ihe ye okwa yamukula a ti: “Omolwashike wa hala okutseya edhina lyandje?” Nena okwa yambeke Jakob.
30 Jakob okwa ti: “Onda tala Kalunga koshipala noshipala, ihe nando ongaaka, omwenyo gwandje ogwa hupithwa.” Ehala ndyoka okwe li luku Penuel. 31 Etango olya li tali piti, sho Jakob ta zi puPenuel, nokwa li ta tina omolwonto ye. 32 Sigo onena Aaisraeli ihaa li oothipa dhomonto, oshoka opo pehala mpoka omulumentu a dhengele Jakob.
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