創世記 27
1 依撒格年紀已老，雙目失明，看不見了，遂叫了他的大兒厄撒烏來，對他說：「我兒! 」他回答說：「我在這裏。」
Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were cloudy, and so he was not able to see. And he called his elder son Esau, and he said to him, “My son?” And he responded, “Here I am.”
2 他說：「你看，我已年老，不知道那天就死。
His father said to him: “You see that I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.
3 現在你拿器械、箭囊和弓，往田間去打點獵物，
Take your weapons, the quiver and the bow, and go out. And when you have taken something by hunting,
4 照我的嗜好給我作成美味，拿來給我吃，好叫我在未死以前祝福你。」
make from it a small meal for me, just as you know I like, and bring it, so that I may eat and my soul may bless you before I die.”
5 依撒格對他的兒子厄撒烏說這話時，黎貝加聽見了。厄撒烏就到田間去給父親打獵，
And when Rebekah had heard this, and he had gone out into the field to fulfill his father’s order,
6 黎貝加對自己的兒子雅各伯說：「我聽見你父親對你哥哥厄撒烏說：
she said to her son Jacob: “I heard your father speaking with your brother Esau, and saying to him,
7 你去給我打點獵物來，作成美味，叫我吃了，好在死前當著上主的面祝福你。」
‘Bring to me from your hunting, and make me foods, so that I may eat and bless you in the sight of the Lord before I die.’
8 現在，我兒，要聽從我吩咐你的話。
Therefore, now my son, agree to my counsel,
9 到羊群裏去，給我拿兩隻肥美的小山羊來，我要照你父親的嗜好，給他作成美味，
and go straight to the flock, and bring me two of the best young goats, so that from them I may make meat for your father, such as he willingly eats.
10 你端給父親吃，好叫他死前祝福你。」
Then, when you have brought these in and he has eaten, he may bless you before he dies.”
11 雅各伯對母親黎貝加說：「但是我哥哥渾身是毛，我卻皮膚光滑，
He answered her: “You know that my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am smooth.
12 萬一我父親摸我，必以為我哄騙他，我必招來咒罵，而不是祝福。」
If my father should lay hands on me and perceive it, I am afraid lest he think me willing to mock him, and I will bring a curse upon myself, instead of a blessing.”
13 母親對他說：「我兒，咒罵歸於我，你只管聽我的話，去給我拿來。」
And his mother said to him: “Let this curse be upon me, my son. Yet listen to my voice, and go directly to bring what I said.”
14 他遂拿了來，交給了他的母親，他母親就照他父親的嗜好作成了美味。
He went out, and he brought, and he gave to his mother. She prepared the meats, just as she knew his father liked.
15 黎貝加又將家中所存的大兒厄撒烏最好的衣服，給她小兒雅各伯穿上；
And she clothed him with the very fine garments of Esau, which she had at home with her.
16 又用小山羊的皮，包在他的手上和他光滑的頸上，
And she encircled his hands with little pelts from the young goats, and she covered his bare neck.
17 然後將自己作好的美味和餅，放在他兒子雅各伯的手裏。
And she gave him the small meal, and she handed him the bread that she had baked.
18 雅各伯來到他父親前說：「我父! 」他答說：「我在這裏! 我兒，你是誰﹖」
When he had carried these in, he said, “My father?” And he answered, “I’m listening. Who are you, my son?”
19 雅各伯對父親說：「我是你長子厄撒烏。我已照你吩咐的作了。請坐起來，吃我作的野味，好祝福我。」
And Jacob said: “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you instructed me. Arise; sit and eat from my hunting, so that your soul may bless me.”
20 依撒格對他兒子說：「我兒! 你怎麼這樣快就找著了﹖」雅各伯答說：「因為上主你的天主使我碰得好。」
And again Isaac said to his son, “How were you able to find it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “It was the will of God, so that what I sought met with me quickly.”
21 依撒格對雅各伯說：「我兒! 你前來，讓我摸摸，看你是不是我兒厄撒烏﹖」
And Isaac said, “Come here, so that I may touch you, my son, and may prove whether you are my son Esau, or not.”
22 雅各伯就走近他父親依撒格前；依撒格摸著他說：「聲音是雅各伯的聲音，手卻是厄撒烏的手。」
He approached his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: “The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob. But the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 依撒格沒有分辨出來，因為他的手，像他哥哥厄撒烏的手一樣有毛，就祝福了他。
And he did not recognize him, because his hairy hands made him seem similar to the elder one. Therefore, blessing him,
24 隨後說：「你真是我兒厄撒烏嗎﹖」雅各伯答說：「我是。」
he said, “Are you my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”
25 依撒格說：「我兒! 遞給我，叫我吃了你作的野味，好祝福你。」雅各伯於是遞過去，他吃了；又給他拿了酒來，他也喝了。
Then he said, “Bring me the foods from your hunting, my son, so that my soul may bless you.” And when he had eaten what was offered, he also brought forth wine for him. And after he finished it,
26 他父親依撒烏就對他說：「我兒! 你前來吻我。」
he said to him, “Come to me and give me a kiss, my son.”
27 他就前去吻了父親。他父親一聞到他衣服上的香氣，就祝福他說：「看! 我兒子的香氣，像上主祝福的肥田的香氣。
He approached and kissed him. And immediately he perceived the fragrance of his garments. And so, blessing him, he said: “Behold, the smell of my son is like the smell of a plentiful field, which the Lord has blessed.
28 惟願天主賜與你天上的甘露，土地的肥沃，五穀美酒的豐裕!
May God give to you, from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, an abundance of grain and wine.
29 願眾民福事你，萬國叩拜你! 願你作你兄弟的主人，你母親的兒子叩拜你! 凡詛咒你的，必受詛咒；凡祝福你的，必受祝福。」
And may the peoples serve you, and may the tribes reverence you. May you be the lord of your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down before you. Whoever curses you, may he be cursed, and whoever blesses you, may he be filled with blessings.”
30 依撒格一祝福了雅各伯，雅各伯剛由他父親依撒格面前出來，他哥哥厄撒烏打獵回來了。
Scarcely had Isaac completed his words, and Jacob departed, when Esau arrived.
31 他也作了美味，給他父親端來，對他父親說：「我父! 請起來吃，你兒預備的野味，好祝福我。」
And he brought his father foods cooked from his hunting, saying, “Arise, my father, and eat from your son’s hunting, so that your soul may bless me.”
32 他父親依撒格對他說：「你是誰﹖」他答說：「我是你兒，你長子厄撒烏。」
And Isaac said to him, “But who are you?” And he answered, “I am your firstborn son, Esau.”
33 依撒格不禁戰慄起來，驚問說：「那麼，是誰打了獵物給我送了來﹖並且在你未來以前，我已吃了，已祝福了他；他從此必蒙祝福。」
Isaac became frightened and very astonished. And wondering beyond what can be believed, he said: “Then who is he that a while ago brought me the prey from his hunting, from which I ate, before you arrived? And I blessed him, and he will be blessed.”
34 厄撒烏一聽見他父親說出這話，就放聲哀號，對他父親說：「我父，請你也祝福我! 」
Esau, having heard his father’s words, roared out with a great outcry. And, being confounded, he said, “But bless me also, my father.”
35 父親答說：「你弟弟用詭計來奪去了你的祝福。」
And he said, “Your twin came deceitfully, and he received your blessing.”
36 厄撒烏說：「他不是名叫雅各伯嗎﹖他已兩次欺騙了我：以前奪去了我長子的名分，現在又奪去了我的祝福。」繼而問說：「你沒有給我留下祝福嗎﹖」
But he responded: “Justly is his name called Jacob. For he has supplanted me yet another time. My birthright he took away before, and now, this second time, he has stolen my blessing.” And again, he said to his father, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me also?”
37 依撒格回答厄撒烏說：「看，我已立他作你的主人，將所有的兄弟都給他作僕人，將五穀美酒都供給他了。我兒，我還能為你作什麼﹖」
Isaac answered: “I have appointed him as your lord, and I have subjugated all his brothers as his servants. I have reinforced him with grain and wine, and after this, my son, what more shall I do for you?”
38 厄撒烏對父親說：「我父，你只有一個祝福嗎﹖我父，你也得祝福我。」厄撒烏就放聲大哭。
And Esau said to him: “Have you only one blessing, father? I beg you, bless me also.” And when he wept with a loud wail,
39 他父親依撒格回答他說：「看，你住的地方必缺乏肥沃的土地，天上的甘露。
Isaac was moved, and he said to him: “In the fatness of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
40 你要憑仗刀劍生活，要服事你的弟弟；但你一強盛起來，將由你的頸上擺脫他的束縛。」
will your blessing be. You will live by the sword, and you will serve your brother. But the time will arrive when you will shake off and release his yoke from your neck.”
41 厄撒烏因為他父親祝福了雅各伯，便懷恨雅各伯，心下思念說「為父親居喪的日期已近，到時我必要殺死我弟弟雅各伯。」
Therefore, Esau always hated Jacob, for the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And he said in his heart, “The days will arrive for the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 有人告訴了黎貝加他大兒子厄撒烏所說的話；她便派人叫了她小兒雅各伯來，對他說：「看，你哥哥厄撒烏想要殺你洩恨。
These things were reported to Rebekah. And sending and calling for her son Jacob, she said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is threatening to kill you.
43 現在，我兒! 你得聽我的話，起身逃往哈蘭我哥哥拉班那裏去，
Therefore, now my son, listen to my voice. Rise up and flee to my brother Laban, in Haran.
44 與他住些時日，直到你哥哥忿怒消失了。
And you will dwell with him for a few days, until the fury of your brother subsides,
45 幾時你哥哥對你息了怒，忘了你對他作的事，我就派人去，從那裏接你回來。為什麼我在一日內要喪失你們兩個人呢﹖」
and his indignation ceases, and he forgets the things that you have done to him. After this, I will send for you and bring you from there to here. Why should I be bereaved of both my sons in one day?”
46 黎貝加就對依撒格說：「為了這兩個赫特女人，我厭惡得要死；假使雅各伯也從這地的女人中娶一個像這樣的赫特女人為妻，我還活著做什麼﹖」
And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob accepts a wife from the stock of this land, I would not be willing to live.”
