Genesis 32
1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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。
3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，
4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
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。
5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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。』」
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
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。」
7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
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，
8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
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。』
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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。
11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
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。
12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
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。』」
13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
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：
14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
母山羊二百隻，公山羊二十隻，母綿羊二百隻，公綿羊二十隻，
15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
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；
16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
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」；
17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
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？』
18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
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。』」
19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
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；
20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
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。」
21 So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
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，
23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.
先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
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。
26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
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。」
27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
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。」
29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
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。
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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。」
31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
日頭剛出來的時候，雅各經過毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
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。
