1 Jacob hele on. Had angel messenja guys God wen sen wen meet um ova dea. 2 Wen Jacob see dem, he tell, “Dis place, az God place, an dey God angel army guys fo shua.” Dass how come he give dat place da name Mahanaim, cuz soun kinda like “Two Camping Place,” dea language.

3 Den Jacob sen messenja guys fo go by his braddah Esau, Edom side, Seir land, befo Jacob get dea. 4 Jacob tell um dis: “I like you tell my boss Esau, ‘Aloha from Jacob yoa slave. Jacob like tell you dis: “I live Laban house till now. 5 An now, I get plenny cows, donkeys, sheeps, an goats, plus slave guys an wahines dat work fo me. I sen dese messenja guys to you cuz you my boss, fo tell you I stay come an fo you make us feel good.” ’ ”

6 Da messenja guys go by Esau. Den dey come back by Jacob. Dey tell um, “Us wen go by yoa braddah Esau. He stay come by you now, an he get four hundred odda guys stay come wit him.” 7 Jacob come plenny sked. Bodda him plenny. Az how come he tell half da peopo dat wit him fo camp out one side, an he tell da odda half fo camp out da odda side, an same ting wit da sheeps an goats, da cows an da camels. 8 He make lidat cuz he figga, “If Esau come one side an bus um up, maybe da guys dat stay da odda side can run away.”

9 An Jacob tell God, “Eh God! You da God fo my granfaddah Abraham, an fo my faddah Isaac. You Da One In Charge, an da One dat tell me: ‘Go back da land wea yoa ohana stay, an I goin make good tings happen to you.’ 10 Me, I not one importan guy. But you stay tight wit me cuz I yoa guy. I know I can trus you erytime fo hang in dea wit me, yoa slave guy, jalike you wen tell me befo time. Cuz wen I go da firs time an cross dis Jordan Riva, I no mo notting. Da ony ting I get was one stick fo walk. Now, I get choke plenny peopo fo fill up two camp.

11 “Now I stay aks fo yoa kokua fo get me outa trouble from my braddah Esau. Cuz I stay sked a him, you know. No good he come hea an bus me up, me an da wahines an dea kids, erybody. 12  ✡ 32:12: Start 22:17You wen make one promise to me awready, ‘Fo shua, I goin do plenny good kine stuff fo you. I goin make da peopo dat goin come from you come real plenny, dat no can count, jalike da sand on top da beach.’ ”

13 Jacob dem stay dea dat nite. Da nex day, Jacob pick stuff from wat he get wit him, fo make one present fo show respeck fo his braddah Esau. 14 He pick 200 girl kine goats, an 20 boy kine goats. Den he pick 200 girl kine sheeps, an 20 boy kine sheeps. 15 He pick 30 girl kine camels dat stay give milk to dea bebe camels, plus 40 cows an 10 young bulls, an 20 girl kine donkeys an 20 boy kine donkeys. 16 He tell his worka guys, “All you guys, take one bunch animals an go wit dem. But from one bunch animals to da nex bunch, wait short time fo go fo dem all no go same time. Bumbye I go too.”

17 He tell da worka guy dat go firs, how he gotta make. He tell um, “My braddah Esau goin see you, an he goin tell, ‘Eh! Who yoa boss guy? Wea you goin go? Dis animals you stay bring, who da owna?’ 18 Den you tell my braddah dis: ‘All dis animals, az from Jacob, yoa slave guy. He stay sen um az one present fo show respeck fo my boss Esau. Jacob, he goin come bumbye.’ ”

19 Jacob tell da numba two worka guy fo do da same ting, same ting fo da numba three guy an all da odda guys dat goin go wit da animals. He tell all dem fo tell Esau same same wen dey see um. 20 He tell um fo tell dis too: “Yoa slave guy Jacob, he goin come afta us guys.” Cuz Jacob figga, “I goin sen present befo I get dea. Den maybe dat make um no get plenny huhu wit me wen I see um. Maybe he let me go.” 21 So all da animals fo make present fo Esau wen go ahead, but Jacob dem, dey stay da place dey wen camp out dat nite.

22 Nite time, Jacob wake up, an take his two real wifes, an da two odda wifes, an his eleven kids. He tell um all fo go cross da Jabbok Stream togedda, one place you can go cross. 23 Afta all dem go da odda side a da stream, Jacob tell his worka guys fo take all his stuffs da odda side. 24  ✡ 32:24: Hos 12:3-4He da ony guy dat stay dea.

Had one guy dea dat come an wresso wit Jacob all nite till start fo come litto bit light. 25 Wen da guy see dat he no goin win, he wack Jacob, da place wea da leg go inside da hip bone, an he pull da leg bone outa da hip bone.

26 Da guy tell Jacob, “Let me go! Get litto bit light awready.”

Jacob tell da guy, “No way I goin let you go. You gotta make one ceremony fo me firs fo make good tings happen to me. Den I let you go.”

27 Da odda guy tell, “Wat yoa name?”

Jacob tell, “Jacob.”

28  ✡ 32:28: Start 35:10Da odda guy tell, “From now, yoa name no goin be Jacob. Yoa name Israel now, cuz you make fight wit God an wit peopo, an you win.” (“Israel,” dat mean “make fight wit God,” dea language.)

29  ✡ 32:29: Local 13:17-18But den Jacob tell, “Try tell me yoa name?”

But da guy tell, “How come you like know? No good you aks me dat!” Right den an dea, da guy tell Jacob da spesho tings God like do fo him.

30 Jacob give dat place da name Peniel, dat mean, “God face.” Cuz he tell, “I wen see God! I wen look his face, an I alive still yet!” 31 Jacob hele on, an wen he go by Peniel, da sun come up. But Jacob no can walk good cuz a da hip. 32 (Dass how come da Israel ohana peopo, nowdays, wen dey eat meat, dey no eat da part wea da leg bone go inside da hip bone, cuz dass da place wea da guy wen wack dea ancesta Jacob dat nite.)