Genesis 32 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

32 ¹Yakobo anapitiriza ulendo wake, ndipo angelo a Atate wathu anakumana naye. ²Yakobo anawaona, nati, “Uwu ndi msasa wa Atate wathu!” Napatsa dzina malo amenewo kuti Mahanaimu. ^a a v2 Mahanaimu kutanthauza kuti “misasa iwiri” — dzina limene Yakobo anapatsa malo amene anakumanako ndi gulu la angelo a Atate wathu.

³Yakobo anatumiza amithenga patsogolo pake kwa Esau mbale wake, m'dziko la Seiri, dera la Edomu.

⁴Anawalamula, nati, “Muuzeni mbuye wanga Esau kuti: Mtumiki wanu Yakobo akuti, Ndakhala ndi Labani, ndipo ndakhalabe mpaka tsopano. ⁵Ndili ndi ng'ombe, abulu, ziweto, ndi antchito—aamuna ndi aakazi. Ndatumiza kudza kudziwitsa mbuye wanga, kuti ndipeze chisomo pamaso panu.” ⁶Amithenga anabwerera kwa Yakobo, nati, “Tinapita kwa mbale wako Esau—akubwera kudzakumana nawe, pamodzi ndi anthu 400.” ⁷Yakobo anachita mantha kwambiri ndipo anavutika mu mtima. Anagawa anthu amene anali naye, ndi ziweto, ng'ombe, ndi ngamira, m'misasa iwiri, ⁸ndikuganiza kuti, “Ngati Esau afika pa msasa umodzi ndi kuuthira nkhondo, msasa wotsala udzapulumuka.” ⁹Ndipo Yakobo anati, “Mulungu wa atate wanga Abrahamu, ndi Mulungu wa atate wanga Isake, Atate wanga, Inu amene munandiwuza kuti, ‘Bwerera ku dziko lako ndi kwa abale ako, kuti ndikuchitire zabwino,’ ¹⁰Ine ndine wamng'ono kuposa chochepa chonse cha chikondi cha pangano ndi kukhulupirika kumene mwaonetsa mtumiki wanu, pakuti ndinawoloka Yorodani uwu ndi ndodo yanga yokha, koma tsopano ndasanduka misasa iwiri. ¹¹Chonde ndipulumutseni m'dzanja la mbale wanga, m'dzanja la Esau—popeza ndimamuopa: mwina adzadza ndi kundikantha, amayi pamodzi ndi ana. ¹²Koma Inu munati, ‘Ndithudi ndidzakuchitira zabwino, ndipo ndidzachulukitsa zidzukulu zako ngati mchenga wa m'nyanja, osatheka kuwerengeka.’”

¹³Anagona kumeneko usiku umenewo, kenako anatenga mphatso ya mbale wake Esau kuchokera pa zomwe anali nazo: ¹⁴mbuzi zazikazi 200 ndi mbuzi zazimuna makumi awiri, nkhosa zazikazi 200 ndi nkhosa zazimuna makumi awiri, ¹⁵ngamira makumi atatu zoyamwitsa pamodzi ndi ana ake, ng'ombe zazikazi makumi anayi, ng'ombe zazimuna khumi, abulu aakazi makumi awiri, abulu aamuna khumi. ¹⁶Anazipereka kwa antchito ake, gulu ndi gulu, pazokha, nati kwa antchito ake, “Tsogolani patsogolo panga, ndipo musiye mpata pakati pa gulu ndi gulu.” ¹⁷Analamula woyamba, nati, “Esau mbale wanga akakumana nawe ndi kukufunsa kuti, ‘Ndiwe wa yani? Ukupita kuti? Zimenezi za patsogolo pako ndi za yani?’ ¹⁸pamenepo unene kuti, ‘Ndi za mtumiki wanu Yakobo, mphatso yotumizidwa kwa mbuye wanga Esau. Taonani, iye mwini ali kumbuyo kwathu.’” ¹⁹Analamulanso wachiwiri, wachitatu, ndi onse amene anatsatira ziweto, nati, “Munene chimodzimodzi kwa Esau mukakumana naye, ²⁰ndipo munene kuti, ‘Komanso, mtumiki wanu Yakobo ali kumbuyo kwathu.’” Pakuti anaganiza kuti, “Ndidzamutonthoza ndi mphatso imene ikutsogola, kenako ndidzaona nkhope yake; mwina adzandilandira.”

²¹Choncho mphatso inatsogola patsogolo pake, koma iye mwini anagona usiku umenewo mu msasa.

Kuwoloka Yaboki

²²Usiku umenewo anadzuka, natenga akazi ake awiri, antchito aakazi awiri, ndi ana aamuna khumi ndi mmodzi, nawoloka pa dooko la Yaboki. ²³Anawatenga nawawolotsa mtsinje, ndipo chimodzimodzi anawolotsa zonse zimene anali nazo. ²⁴Ndipo Yakobo anatsala yekha. Ndipo munthu wina analimbana naye mpaka kucha. ²⁵Ataona kuti sangathe kumgonjetsa Yakobo, munthuyo anakhudza chiuno chake, ndipo chiuno cha Yakobo chinapotoka pamene ankalimbana.

²⁶Iye anati, “Ndilole ndipite, pakuti kukucha.” Koma Yakobo anati, “Sindikulolani kupita pokhapokha mutandidalitsa.”

²⁷Ndipo anati kwa iye, “Dzina lako ndani?” Ndipo iye anati, “Yakobo.”

²⁸Iye anati, “Dzina lako silidzakhalanso Yakobo, koma Isiraeli, pakuti walimbana ndi Atate wathu ndi anthu, ndipo wapambana.” ^b b v28 Isiraeli kutanthauza kuti “amalimbana ndi Mulungu” — dzina limene Atate wathu anapatsa Yakobo pambuyo pa usiku wolimbana.

²⁹Yakobo anamufunsa, nati, “Chonde ndiwuzeni dzina lanu.” Iye anati, “Ukufunsiranji dzina langa?” Ndipo anamdalitsa pomwepo.

³⁰Choncho Yakobo anapatsa malowo dzina kuti Penieli, nati, “Pakuti ndaona Atate wathu maso ndi maso, komabe moyo wanga wapulumuka.” ^c c v30 Kuvomereza kwa Yakobo pambuyo pa kulimbana usiku wonse: wakumana ndi Atate wathu maso ndi maso — Atate wachibale mu maonekedwe amene anatha kuwaona, kuwakhudza, ndi kulimbana nawo — ndipo moyo wake wapulumutsidwa. ³¹Dzuwa linamutulukira pamene ankadutsa Penueli, akutsimphina chifukwa cha chiuno chake. ³²Ichi ndi chifukwa chake, ngakhale lero, Aisiraeli sadya mnofu wa ntchafu umene uli pa chiuno—chifukwa anakhudza chiuno cha Yakobo pamenepo, pa mnofu wa ntchafu.