創世記 32
1 雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
And Jacob went on his way; and the angels of God met him.
2 雅各看見他們就說：「這是上帝的軍兵」，於是給那地方起名叫瑪哈念。
And when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，
And Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.
4 吩咐他們說：「你們對我主以掃說：『你的僕人雅各這樣說：我在拉班那裏寄居，直到如今。
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus — With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;
5 我有牛、驢、羊群、僕婢，現在打發人來報告我主，為要在你眼前蒙恩。』」
and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.
6 所打發的人回到雅各那裏，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裏，他帶着四百人，正迎着你來。」
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 雅各就甚懼怕，而且愁煩，便把那與他同在的人口和羊群、牛群、駱駝分做兩隊，
Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.
8 說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
9 雅各說：「耶和華－我祖亞伯拉罕的上帝，我父親以撒的上帝啊，你曾對我說：『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, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,
10 你向僕人所施的一切慈愛和誠實，我一點也不配得；我先前只拿着我的杖過這約旦河，如今我卻成了兩隊了。
— I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.
11 求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手；因為我怕他來殺我，連妻子帶兒女一同殺了。
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, [and] the mother with the children.
12 你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」
And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 當夜，雅各在那裏住宿，就從他所有的物中拿禮物要送給他哥哥以掃：
And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother —
14 母山羊二百隻，公山羊二十隻，母綿羊二百隻，公綿羊二十隻，
two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
15 奶崽子的駱駝三十隻－各帶着崽子，母牛四十隻，公牛十隻，母驢二十匹，驢駒十匹；
thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.
16 每樣各分一群，交在僕人手下，就對僕人說：「你們要在我前頭過去，使群群相離，有空閒的地方」；
And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
17 又吩咐儘先走的說：「我哥哥以掃遇見你的時候，問你說：『你是哪家的人？要往哪裏去？你前頭這些是誰的？』
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?
18 你就說：『是你僕人雅各的，是送給我主以掃的禮物；他自己也在我們後邊。』」
— then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.
19 又吩咐第二、第三，和一切趕群畜的人說：「你們遇見以掃的時候也要這樣對他說；
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
20 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.
21 於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 他夜間起來，帶着兩個妻子，兩個使女，並十一個兒子，都過了雅博渡口，
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;
23 先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
24 只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
25 那人見自己勝不過他，就將他的大腿窩摸了一把，雅各的大腿窩正在摔跤的時候就扭了。
And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.
26 那人說：「天黎明了，容我去吧！」雅各說：「你不給我祝福，我就不容你去。」
And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
27 那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 那人說：「你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列；因為你與上帝與人較力，都得了勝。」
And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 雅各問他說：「請將你的名告訴我。」那人說：「何必問我的名？」於是在那裏給雅各祝福。
And Jacob asked and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 雅各便給那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思說：「我面對面見了上帝，我的性命仍得保全。」
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel — For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
31 日頭剛出來的時候，雅各經過毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.
32 故此，以色列人不吃大腿窩的筋，直到今日，因為那人摸了雅各大腿窩的筋。
Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh — the sinew.
