创世记 32
1 雅各仍旧行路， 神的使者遇见他。
Likewise, Jacob continued on the journey that he had begun. And the Angels of God met him.
2 雅各看见他们就说：“这是 神的军兵”，于是给那地方起名叫玛哈念。
When he had seen them, he said, “These are the Encampments of God.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, ‘Encampments.’
3 雅各打发人先往西珥地去，就是以东地，见他哥哥以扫，
Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
4 吩咐他们说：“你们对我主以扫说：‘你的仆人雅各这样说：我在拉班那里寄居，直到如今。
And he instructed them, saying: “You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: ‘Your brother Jacob says these things: “I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.
5 我有牛、驴、羊群、仆婢，现在打发人来报告我主，为要在你眼前蒙恩。’”
I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.”’”
6 所打发的人回到雅各那里，说：“我们到了你哥哥以扫那里，他带着四百人，正迎着你来。”
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.”
7 雅各就甚惧怕，而且愁烦，便把那与他同在的人口和羊群、牛群、骆驼分做两队，
Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
8 说：“以扫若来击杀这一队，剩下的那一队还可以逃避。”
saying: “If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved.”
9 雅各说：“耶和华—我祖亚伯拉罕的 神，我父亲以撒的 神啊，你曾对我说：‘回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。’
And Jacob said: “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me: ‘Return to your land, and to the place of your nativity, and I will do well for you.’
10 你向仆人所施的一切慈爱和诚实，我一点也不配得；我先前只拿着我的杖过这约旦河，如今我却成了两队了。
I am less than any of your compassions and your truth, which you have fulfilled to your servant. With my staff I crossed over this Jordan. And now I go back with two companies.
11 求你救我脱离我哥哥以扫的手；因为我怕他来杀我，连妻子带儿女一同杀了。
Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.
12 你曾说：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙，多得不可胜数。’”
You did say that you would do well by me, and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea, which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered.”
13 当夜，雅各在那里住宿，就从他所有的物中拿礼物要送给他哥哥以扫：
And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau:
14 母山羊二百只，公山羊二十只，母绵羊二百只，公绵羊二十只，
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 奶崽子的骆驼三十只—各带着崽子，母牛四十只，公牛十只，母驴二十匹，驴驹十匹；
thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and twenty bulls, twenty she-donkeys, and ten of their young.
16 每样各分一群，交在仆人手下，就对仆人说：“你们要在我前头过去，使群群相离，有空闲的地方”；
And he sent them by the hands of his servants, each flock separately, and he said to his servants: “Pass before me, and let there be a space between flock and flock.”
17 又吩咐尽先走的说：“我哥哥以扫遇见你的时候，问你说：‘你是哪家的人？要往哪里去？你前头这些是谁的？’
And he instructed the first, saying: “If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: “Whose are you?” or, “Where are you going?” or, “Whose are these which follow you?”
18 你就说：‘是你仆人雅各的，是送给我主以扫的礼物；他自己也在我们后边。’”
you shall respond: “Your servant Jacob’s. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.”
19 又吩咐第二、第三，和一切赶群畜的人说：“你们遇见以扫的时候也要这样对他说；
Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: “Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.
20 并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我借着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”
And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: “I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me.”’”
21 于是礼物先过去了；那夜，雅各在队中住宿。
And so the gifts went before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 他夜间起来，带着两个妻子，两个使女，并十一个儿子，都过了雅博渡口，
And when he had arisen early, he took his two wives, and the same number of handmaids, with his eleven sons, and he crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
23 先打发他们过河，又打发所有的都过去，
And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him,
24 只剩下雅各一人。有一个人来和他摔跤，直到黎明。
he remained alone. And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.
25 那人见自己胜不过他，就将他的大腿窝摸了一把，雅各的大腿窝正在摔跤的时候就扭了。
And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered.
26 那人说：“天黎明了，容我去吧！”雅各说：“你不给我祝福，我就不容你去。”
And he said to him, “Release me, for now the dawn ascends.” He responded, “I will not release you, unless you bless me.”
27 那人说：“你名叫什么？”他说：“我名叫雅各。”
Therefore he said, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”
28 那人说：“你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列；因为你与 神与人较力，都得了胜。”
But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”
29 雅各问他说：“请将你的名告诉我。”那人说：“何必问我的名？”于是在那里给雅各祝福。
Jacob questioned him, “Tell me, by what name are you called?” He responded, “Why do you ask my name?” And he blessed him in the same place.
30 雅各便给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思说：“我面对面见了 神，我的性命仍得保全。”
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”
31 日头刚出来的时候，雅各经过毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.
32 故此，以色列人不吃大腿窝的筋，直到今日，因为那人摸了雅各大腿窝的筋。
For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.
