Genesis 33
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids:
1Pea hanga hake ʻa Sēkope ʻo sio, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻIsoa, mo e kau tangata ʻe toko fāngeau. Pea vaheʻi ʻe ia ʻae fānau, kia Lia, mo Lesieli, pea mo e ongo kaunanga.
2And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
2Pea ne fakamuʻomuʻa ʻae ongo kaunanga mo ʻena fānau, pea hoko ʻa Lia mo ʻene fānau, pea fakamuimui ʻa Lesieli mo Siosefa.
3And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.
3Pea ne muʻomuʻa ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea punou hifo ia ʻo tuʻo fitu ki he kelekele, ʻi heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ki hono taʻokete.
4Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.
4Ka naʻe lele ʻa ʻIsoa ke fakafetaulaki kiate ia, pea ne fāʻofua ia ki hono kia, pea uma kiate ia: pea naʻa na fetāngihi.
5And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.
5Pea hanga hake hono mata, ʻo ne sio ki he kau fefine mo e tamaiki: pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko hai ʻakinautolu ni ʻoku ʻiate koe?” Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “Ko e fānau, kuo foaki ʻe he ʻOtua ʻaloʻofa ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.”
6Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.
6Pea naʻe toki ʻunuʻunu mai ʻo ofi, ʻae ongo kaunanga, ʻakinaua mo ʻena fānau, pea naʻa nau punou.
7Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.
7Pea haʻu ʻo ofi ʻa Lia foki mo ʻene fānau, pea punou ʻakinautolu: pea haʻu fakamui ʻa Siosefa mo Lesieli ʻo ofi, pea punou ʻakinaua.
8And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.
8Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi fanga manu naʻa mau fehikitaki mo au?” Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e meʻa ke ʻofeina ai au ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoku ʻeiki.”
9But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.
9Pea pehē ʻe ʻIsoa, “Ko hoku tehina, kuo lahi ʻeku meʻa; ke ʻiate koe pe, ʻaia ʻoku ʻaʻau.”
10And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,
10Pea pehēange ʻe Sēkope, “ʻOua, ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, kapau ʻoku ou lelei ʻi ho ʻao, pea ke maʻu ʻeku meʻaʻofa mei hoku nima; he ko ia kuo u mamata ai ki ho mata, ʻo hangē ko e fofonga ʻoe ʻOtua, pea kuo ke lelei kiate au.
11And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother’s earnest pressing him,
11ʻOku ou kole ke ke maʻu ʻeku tāpuaki, ʻaia kuo ʻomi kiate koe; koeʻuhi kuo fai lelei ʻe he ʻOtua kiate au, pea kuo u maʻu ʻo lahi.” Pea naʻa ne fakalotoʻi ia, pea ne toʻo ia.
12And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.
12Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ke tau fononga pea tau ō, pea te u muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe.”
13And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.
13Pea pehēange ʻe ia kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻilo ʻe hoku ʻeiki ʻoku vaivai ʻae tamaiki, pea ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae fanga manu feitama: pea kapau ʻe fakateka mālohi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau tangata, ʻi he ʻaho pe taha, ʻe mate ai kotoa pē.
14May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.
14ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, ke muʻomuʻa ʻa hoku ʻeiki ʻi heʻene tamaioʻeiki; pea te u muimui atu ʻo fakatuotuai, ʻo fakatatau ki he faʻa fai ʻe he fanga manu, mo e tamaiki, ʻa ʻenau muʻomuʻa ʻiate au, ke ʻoua ke u hoko ki hoku ʻeiki ʻi Seia.”
15Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.
15Pea talaange ʻe ʻIsoa, “Tuku ke nofo kiate koe hā niʻihi ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻiate au:” pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā hono ʻaonga?” Tuku ke u lelei ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoku ʻeiki.
16So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir.
16¶ Pea tafoki ʻa ʻIsoa ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ke ʻalu ki Seia.
17And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.
17Pea fononga ʻa Sēkope ki Sukote, pea langa ai hono fale louʻakau ʻo ne ngaohi ai ʻae ngaahi fale louʻakau ki heʻene fanga manu: ko ia ʻoku ui ai ʻae potu ko ia ko Sukote.
18And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town:
18¶ Pea hoko lelei pe ʻa Sēkope ki he kolo ko Sikemi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻi heʻene haʻu mei Petanalami; pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu hono fale fehikitaki ʻo ofi ki he kolo.
19And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs.
19Pea ne fakatau ʻae potu ngoue, ʻaia ne ne folahi ai hono fale fehikitaki, mei he nima ʻoe fānau ʻa Hemoa ko e tamai ʻa Sikemi, ʻaki ʻae paʻanga ʻe teau.
20And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
20Pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ʻi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau, ʻo ne ui ia ko ʻEle-ilohe-ʻIsileli.
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