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32 Jakobo a tsamaea ’me mangeloi a Molimo a kopana le eena. 2 Ha Jakobo a a bona a re: “Lena ke lebotho la Molimo!” A reha sebaka seo Mahanaime.*
3 Jakobo a romela baromuoa hore ba mo etelle pele ho ea ho Esau abuti oa hae naheng ea Seire,+ eo hape e bitsoang naha* ea Edomo+ 4 eaba o re ho bona: “Le fihle le re ho moren’a ka Esau, ‘Mohlanka oa hao Jakobo o re: “Ke lutse* le Labane nako e telele.+ 5 Ke na le lipoho, litonki, linku le basebeletsi ba banna le ba basali+ ’me ke romela molaetsa ona ho u tsebisa moren’a ka e le hore u ka nkamohela.”’”
6 Baromuoa ba khutlela ho Jakobo ba re: “Re kopane le abuti oa hao Esau ebile o tseleng le banna ba 400 ho tla kopana le uena.”+ 7 Jakobo a tšoha haholo ’me a tšoenyeha.+ A arola batho bao a neng a e-na le bona, linku, lipoli, likhomo le likamele ka lihlopha tse peli. 8 A re: “Haeba Esau a ka hlasela sehlopha se seng, se seng sona se tla pholoha.”
9 Jakobo a re: “Jehova Molimo oa ntate oa ka Abrahama le Molimo oa ntate oa ka Isaka, uena ea reng ho ’na, ‘Khutlela naheng ea heno le ho ba heno ’me ke tla u hlohonolofatsa,’+ 10 ha ke tšoaneloe ke lerato la hao* le hore ebe u ntšepahalletse+ hobane ke tšetse Jordane ena ke e-na le lere la ka feela ’me joale ke fetohile lihlopha tse peli.+ 11 Kea u rapela, mpholose+ ho abuti oa ka Esau hobane ke tšaba hore o tla tla ’me a ntlhasele+ le basali ba ka le bana. 12 U ile oa re: ‘Ke tla u hlohonolofatsa, ke etse hore bana* ba hao ba be joaloka lehlabathe la leoatle le lengata haholo hore le ka baloa.’”+
13 A robala moo eaba o isetsa abuti oa hae Esau karolo e ’ngoe ea maruo a hae e le mpho:+ 14 Lipoli tse tšehali tse 200, liphooko* tse 20, linku tse tšehali tse 200, liramo tse 20, 15 likamele tse 30 tse anyesang lipetsana tsa tsona, likhomo tse tšehali tse 40, lipoho tse leshome, litonki tse tšehali tse 20 le litonki tse tona tse leshome.+
16 A neha bahlanka ba hae liphoofolo ka ho latellana ’me a re ho bona: “Tšelang pele ho ’na ’me le siee sebaka pakeng tsa liphoofolo tsa lona.” 17 A re ho mohlanka oa pele: “Haeba abuti oa ka Esau a ka kopana le uena ’me a u botsa a re, ‘U ea hokae, mong’a hao ke mang, hona liphoofolo tsee ke tsa mang?’ 18 U tle u re, ‘Ke mohlanka oa Jakobo, mohlanka oa hao. Liphoofolo tsena ke mpho e rometsoeng ho uena moren’a ka Esau+ ’me le eena o ntse a tla ka mor’a rona.’” 19 A re ho mohlanka oa bobeli le oa boraro le ho bohle ba khannang liphoofolo: “Le bue mantsoe ana ho Esau ha le kopana le eena. 20 Hape le re, ‘Mohlanka oa hao Jakobo o ntse a tla ka mor’a rona.’” Hobane o ile a re: ‘Haeba nka bopa khotso le eena ka ho mo romella mpho pele ke fihla,+ mohlomong o tla nkamohela ka mosa ha re kopana.’ 21 Bahlanka ba hae ba tšela pele ho eena ’me ba isa mpho empa eena a robala litenteng.
22 Bosiung boo a tsamaea le basali ba hae ba babeli,+ basebeletsi ba hae ba babeli ba basali+ le bara ba hae ba banyenyane ba 11 ’me a tšela nokana ea Jaboke.+ 23 A ba tšelisa nokana* ’me a nka le lintho tsohle tseo a nang le tsona.
24 Qetellong Jakobo a sala a le mong. Monna e mong a loana le eena ho fihlela mesong.+ 25 Ha a bona hore ha a mo hlole, a tšoara komiki ea noka ea hae ’me komiki ea noka ea Jakobo ea tsoa malulong ha a ntse a loana le eena.+ 26 Ka mor’a moo a re: “Ntlohele ke tsamaee kaha e se e le hoseng.” Jakobo a re: “Nke ke ka u tlohela ho fihlela u ntlhohonolofatsa.”+ 27 Monna eo a re ho eena: “Lebitso la hao u mang?” A re: “Ke Jakobo.” 28 Monna eo a re: “Lebitso la hao ha e sa tla hlola e e-ba Jakobo empa e tla ba Iseraele*+ hobane u loanne le Molimo+ le batho ’me qetellong u hlotse.” 29 Jakobo a re: “Ke kopa u mpolelle lebitso la hao.” Empa monna eo a re: “Ke hobane’ng ha u batla ho tseba lebitso la ka?”+ Eaba oa mo hlohonolofatsa. 30 Jakobo a reha sebaka seo Peniele*+ hobane o ile a re, “Ke bone sefahleho sa Molimo* empa ke ntse ke phela.”+
31 Ha a feta Penuele,* letsatsi le ile la qala ho chaba empa o ne a hlotsa ka lebaka la noka ea hae.+ 32 Ke ka lebaka leo ho fihlela letsatsing lena Baiseraele* ba sa tloaelang ho ja mosifa oa serope, o komiking ea lenonyello la noka hobane o ile a tšoara komiki ea lenonyello la noka ea Jakobo mosifeng oa serope.