1 Ha Jakobo a ntse a tswela pele leetong la hae, mangeloi a Modimo a kopana le yena,
2 mme yare ha Jakobo a a bona, a re: “Lena ke lebotho la Modimo!” Yaba o rea sebaka seo lebitso la Mahanaime.
3 Jakobo a eteletsa maqosa pele ho ya ho moholwane wa hae Esau, naheng ya Seire, lefatsheng la Edomo.
4 A laela maqosa ao, a re: “Le tle le bue tjena ho morena ka, Esau: <Mohlanka wa hao, Jakobo, o bua tjena: Ke ne ke jakile ha Labane, ka dula teng ho fihlela jwale.
5 Ke na le dikgomo, le ditonki, le mehlape ya dinku, le bahlanka, le makgabunyane, mme ke behela wena morena wa ka hore o tle o nkgauhele.> ”
6 Maqosa a kgutlela ho Jakobo, a re: “Re ile ra fihla ho moholwane wa hao Esau, mme le yena o ntse a etla ho tla o kgahlanyetsa, a ena le banna ba makgolo a mane.”
7 Jakobo a tshoha haholo, a tshwenyeha. A arola batho bao a neng a ena le bona, le mehlape ya dinku le ya dikgomo, le dikamele, a etsa dihlopha tse pedi.
8 Yaba o re: “Haeba Esau a ka fihla sehlopheng sa pele, a se ripitla, sehlopha se setseng se tla phonyoha.”
9 Jakobo a rapela, a re: “Modimo wa ntate Aborahama, le Modimo wa ntate Isaka, wena Morena ya itseng ho nna: <Kgutlela naheng ya heno le ho bang ka wena, mme ke tla o tswela molemo>,
10 ha ke tshwanelwe ke mohau wohle le botshepehi bohle, e leng tseo o sebeleditseng mohlanka wa hao ka tsona. Ke ne ke tshele Jorodane ke nkile molamu wa ka feela, empa jwale ke na le dihlopha tse pedi.
11 Ke a o rapela, ako nnamolele matsohong a moholwane wa ka, matsohong a Esau, hobane ke a mo tshaba, esere a tla, a mpolaya le basadi le bana.
12 Hape wa na wa re: <Ke tla o tswela molemo, ke atise ditloholo tsa hao, di be kaalo ka lehlabathe la lewatle, le ke keng la balwa ka baka la bongata.> ”
13 A robala moo bosiung boo, mme ho tseo a di ruileng a ntshetsa moholwane wa hae Esau mpho.
14 E ne e le dipodi tse makgolo a mabedi, le diphooko tse mashome a mabedi; dinku tse makgolo a mabedi, le dipheleu tse mashome a mabedi;
15 dikamele tse nyantshang tse mashome a mararo mmoho le dipetsana tsa tsona; dikgomo tse mashome a mane, le dipoho tse leshome; le ditonki tse mashome a mabedi tse tshehadi, le dipetsana tse leshome.
16 Tsena a di nea bahlanka ba hae, mohlape ka mong o tsamaya ka bowona, mme a re ho bahlanka ba hae: “Nketelleng pele, mehlape ya lona e sielane sebaka dipakeng.”
17 A laela ya kgannang mohlape wa pele, a re: “Ha o teana le Esau, moholwane wa ka, mme a o botsa, a re: <O mohlanka wa mang? O ya kae? Dintho tsee, tseo o di kgannang, ke tsa mang?>
18 Wena o tle o re: <Ke tsa mohlanka wa hao Jakobo; ke mpho eo a e romelang ho morena wa ka Esau. Le yena o ntse a etla kamorao ho rona.> ”
19 A laela le ya kgannang mohlape wa bobedi, le wa boraro, le bohle ba kgannang mehlape, a re: “Le lona le tle le bue jwalo ho Esau, ha le teana le yena,
20 mme le be le re: <Le yena mohlanka wa hao Jakobo o ntse a etla kamorao ho rona.> ” Jakobo o ne a re: “Ke tla mo thoba pelo ka dimpho tse nketeletseng pele, mme hamorao ha ke tadimana le yena, mohlomong a ka nkamohela.”
21 Dimpho tseo tsa mo etella pele, yena a robala moo a neng a hlomile teng.
22 Bosiung bona boo Jakobo a tsoha, a nka basadi ba hae ba babedi le makgabunyane a hae a mabedi, le bara ba hae ba leshome le motso o mong, a tshela ledibohong la Jaboko.
23 A ba nka, a ba tshedisa noka, a tshedisa le tseo a nang le tsona.
24 Yaba Jakobo o sala a inotshi mme a kolokotjhana le monna e mong ho fihlela mafube a hlaha.
25 Monna eo ha a bona hore a ke ke a hlola Jakobo, a mo nonyetsa nokeng, mme ka hona noka ya Jakobo ya nonyetseha ha ba ntse ba kolokotjhana.
26 Yaba monna eo o re: “Ntlohele ke tsamaye, hobane mafube a hlahile!”Empa Jakobo a re: “Ha nka ke ka o tlohela wa tsamaya, haese haeba o ka ntlhohonolofatsa!”
27 Eo a re ho Jakobo: “Lebitso la hao a mang?”Yena a re: “Ke Jakobo.”
28 Yaba monna eo o re: “Ha o sa tla hlola o bitswa Jakobo, empa o tla bitswa Iseraele, hobane o lwanne le Modimo le batho, mme o hlotse.”
29 Jakobo a mmotsa, a re: “Ako mpolelle lebitso la hao hle!”Empa eo a re: “O mpotsetsang lebitso la ka?” Yaba o mo hlohonolofaletsa hona moo.
30 Jakobo a rea sebaka seo lebitso la Peniele, hobane o ne a re: “Ke bone Modimo ka mahlo, empa ke ntse ke phela.”
31 Letsatsi la mo tjhabela ha a feta Peniele, a ntse a hlotsa, ka baka la noka ya hae.
32 Ka baka lena, le kajenoya-bokajeno Baiseraele ha ba je mosifa wa noka, o lenonyeletsong la noka, kaha Jakobo a ne a nonyetswe mosifeng oo wa noka.