Genesis

32 Afei Yakob toaa n’akwantuo so, na Onyankopɔn abɔfoɔ bɛhyiaa no. 2 Yakob huu wɔn ara na ɔkaa sɛ: “Onyankopɔn asoɛeɛ nie!” Enti ɔtoo hɔ din Mahanaim.*

3 Ɛnna Yakob somaa nkurɔfoɔ dii n’anim kɔɔ ne nua Esau nkyɛn wɔ Seir+ asaase so wɔ Edom+ mpɔtamu,* 4 na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Sɛ mokɔ a, monka nkyerɛ me wura Esau sɛ, ‘W’akoa Yakob se: “Makɔtena* Laban nkyɛn berɛ tenten nie.+ 5 Na manya anantwie, mfunumu, ne nnwan, ne nkoa ne mfenaa,+ na mede nkra yi asoma sɛ wɔmmɛka nkyerɛ me wura na manya w’anim adom.”’”

6 Akyire yi, nnipa a Yakob somaa wɔn no san ba bɛkaa sɛ: “Yɛkɔtoo wo nua Esau, na ɔnam kwan so ne mmarima 400 rebɛhyia wo.”+ 7 Na Yakob bɔɔ hu paa, na ne ho yeraa no.+ Enti nnipa a wɔka ne ho no ne nnwan, anantwie, ne yoma no, ɔkyɛɛ wɔn mu yɛɛ wɔn akuo mmienu. 8 Asɛm a ɔkaeɛ ne sɛ: “Sɛ Esau bɛto hyɛ kuo baako so a, kuo a aka no bɛtumi adwane.”

9 Afei Yakob kaa sɛ: “O m’agya Abraham ne m’agya Isak Nyankopɔn, Yehowa, wo na woka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘San kɔ w’asaase so, w’abusuafoɔ nkyɛn, na mɛhwɛ wo so.’+ 10 Wo dɔ a ɛnni hwammɔ ne wo nokorɛdie a woada no adi akyerɛ me no+ nyinaa mfata me, ɛfiri sɛ berɛ a meretwa Yordan no, me poma pɛ na na ɛkura me, nanso seesei mabɛyɛ akuo mmienu.+ 11 Mesrɛ wo, gye me+ firi me nua Esau nsam, ɛfiri sɛ mesuro sɛ ɔbɛba abɛto ahyɛ me ne mmaa ne mmɔfra yi so.+ 12 Wo ara nso na wokaa sɛ, ‘Ɛkwan biara so mɛdi w’akyi, na mɛma w’asefoɔ* adɔɔso sɛ mpoano anwea a obiara ntumi nkan.’”+

13 Na ɔdaa hɔ anadwo no. Afei ɔyii n’agyapadeɛ no bi sɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɔde rekɔma ne nua Esau:+ 14 mpɔnkyebedeɛ 200, mpɔnkyenini 20, nnwammedeɛ 200, adwennini 20, 15 yoma 30 ne wɔn mma a wɔntwaa nufoɔ, anantwibedeɛ 40, anantwinini 10, mfunumu abedeɛ 20 ne mfunumu anini 10.+

16 Ɔkyekyɛɛ mmoa no mu akuakuo de hyɛɛ ne nkoa no nsa, na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Monni m’anim nkɔ, na monnya kwan nto kuo biara ne deɛ ɛdi hɔ ntam.” 17 Ɔka kyerɛɛ deɛ ɔdi kan no sɛ: “Ebia na me nua Esau ahyia wo abisa wo sɛ, ‘Hwan akoa ne wo, na ɛhe na worekɔ, na deɛ ɛdi w’anim yi nso, hwan dea?’ 18 Ɛba saa a, ka kyerɛ no sɛ, ‘Ɛyɛ w’akoa Yakob dea. Ɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɔde asoma sɛ yɛmfa mmrɛ me wura Esau,+ na ɔno ankasa di akyire reba.’” 19 Deɛ ɔtɔ so mmienu ne deɛ ɔtɔ so mmiɛnsa ne wɔn a wɔdi mmoa no akyi nyinaa nso, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: “Sɛ mohyia Esau a, asɛm yi ara na monka nkyerɛ no. 20 Na monsan nka nkyerɛ no sɛ, ‘W’akoa Yakob wɔ yɛn akyi.’” Asɛm a ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim ne sɛ: ‘Mede akyɛdeɛ yi di m’anim kɔ a,+ ansa na mɛduru n’anim no na ne bo adwo. Ebia ɔbɛte n’anim ama me.’ 21 Enti ɔmaa akyɛdeɛ no dii n’anim kɔeɛ, nanso ɔno deɛ, anadwo no ɔdaa baabi a wɔsoɛeɛ no.

22 Saa anadwo no ara, ɔfaa ne yerenom mmienu no+ ne ne mmaawa mmienu no+ ne ne mma 11 no kɔtwaa Yabok+ asuo no.* 23 Ɔde wɔn twaa asuo* no, na ɔde deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa nso twaeɛ.

24 Akyire yi ɛkaa Yakob nko ara, na ɔbarima bi ne no bɛtentameeɛ kɔsii ahomakye.+ 25 Berɛ a ɔbarima no ne Yakob tentamee a ɔhuu sɛ wantumi anni ne so no, ɔde ne nsa kaa Yakob dwonku maa no hwaneeɛ.+ 26 Afei ɔkaa sɛ: “Adeɛ rekye, ma menkɔ.” Ɛnna ɔkaa sɛ: “Woanhyira me a, meremma wonkɔ.”+ 27 Enti ɔbisaa no sɛ: “Wo din de sɛn?” na ɔkaa sɛ: “Yakob.” 28 Ɛnna ɔkaa sɛ: “Wɔremfrɛ wo Yakob bio; mmom wɔbɛfrɛ wo Israel,*+ ɛfiri sɛ wo ne Onyankopɔn ne nnipa apere so,+ na woatumi agyina.” 29 Yakob nso ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Mesrɛ wo bɔ wo din kyerɛ me.” Nanso ɔbisaa no sɛ: “Adɛn nti na worebisa me me din?”+ Ɛnna ɔhyiraa no wɔ hɔ. 30 Enti Yakob frɛɛ hɔ Peniel,*+ ɛfiri sɛ sɛdeɛ ɔkaeɛ no, “Mahu Onyankopɔn animu ne animu, nanso manya me tiri adidi mu.”*+

31 Ɔfirii Penuel* no, ankyɛ koraa na awia pueeɛ, na ne dwonku no nti, na ɔtɔ gu ne nan so.+ 32 Wei nti na bɛsi nnɛ nyinaa, Israelfoɔ nwe srɛ mu ntini a ɛsɔ dwonkuo mu no, ɛfiri sɛ ɔbarima no de ne nsa kaa Yakob srɛ mu ntini a ɛsɔ ne dwonku mu no.