Genesis 32
1 And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.
Pour Jacob, il poursuivit son voyage; des envoyés du Seigneur se trouvèrent sur ses pas.
2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.
Jacob dit en les voyant: "Ceci est la légion du Seigneur!" Et il appela cet endroit Mahanayim.
3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
Jacob envoya des messagers en avant, vers Ésaü son frère, au pays de Séir, dans la campagne d’Édom.
4 And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:
Il leur avait donné cet ordre: "Vous parlerez ainsi à mon seigneur, à Ésaü: ‘Ainsi parle ton serviteur Jacob:
5 And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
J’Ai séjourné chez Laban et prolongé mon séjour jusqu’à présent. J’Ai acquis boeufs et ânes, menu bétail, esclaves mâles et femelles; je l’envoie annoncer à mon seigneur, pour obtenir faveur à ses yeux.’"
6 When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
Les messagers revinrent près de Jacob, en disant: "Nous sommes allés trouver ton frère Ésaü; lui même vient à ta rencontre et quatre cents hommes l’accompagnent."
7 Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
Jacob fut fort effrayé et plein d’anxiété. II distribua son monde, le menu, le gros bétail et les chameaux en deux bandes,
8 And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
se disant: "Si Ésaü attaque l’une des bandes et la met en pièces, la bande restante deviendra une ressource."
9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
Puis Jacob dit "O Divinité de mon père Abraham, Divinité d’Isaac mon père! Éternel, toi qui m’as dit: ‘Retourne à ton pays et à ton lieu natal, je te comblerai;’
10 I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
je suis peu digne de toutes les faveurs et de toute la fidélité que tu as témoignées à ton serviteur, moi qui, avec mon bâton, avais passé ce Jourdain et qui à présent possède deux légions.
11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.
Sauve moi, de grâce, de la main de mon frère, de la main d’Ésaü; car je crains qu’il ne m’attaque et ne me frappe, joignant la mère aux enfants!
12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
Pourtant, tu as dit: ‘Je te comblerai de faveurs et j’égalerai ta descendance au sable de la mer, dont la quantité est incalculable.’"
13 Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,
Il établit là son gîte pour cette nuit et il choisit, dans ce qui se trouvait en sa possession un hommage pour Ésaü son frère:
14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
deux cents chèvres et vingt boucs, deux cents brebis et vingt béliers;
15 Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
trente chamelles laitières avec leurs petits, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânes.
16 These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
Il remit aux mains de ses esclaves chaque troupeau à part et il leur dit: "Marchez en avant et laissez un intervalle entre un troupeau et l’autre."
17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?
Il donna au premier l’ordre suivant: "Lorsqu’Ésaü, mon frère, te rencontrera et te demandera: ‘A qui es-tu? où vas tu? et pour qui ce bétail qui te précède?’
18 Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.
Tu répondras: ‘A ton serviteur Jacob; ceci est un hommage adressé à mon seigneur Ésaü; et Jacob lui même nous suit.’"
19 And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;
II ordonna de même au second, de même au troisième, de même à tous ceux qui conduisaient les troupeaux, en disant: "C’Est ainsi que vous parlerez à Ésaü quand vous le rencontrerez.
20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
Et vous direz: ‘Voici que lui même, ton serviteur Jacob nous suit" car il disait: "Je veux rasséréner son visage par le présent qui me devance et puis je regarderai son visage, peut être deviendra t il bienveillant pour moi."
21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
Le présent défila devant lui et lui, demeura cette nuit dans le camp.
22 And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.
Il se leva, quant à lui, pendant la nuit; il prit ses deux femmes, ses deux servantes et ses onze enfants et passa le gué de Jaboc.
23 He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
Puis il les aida à traverser le torrent et fit passer ce qui lui appartenait.
24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
Jacob étant resté seul, un homme lutta avec lui, jusqu’au lever de l’aube.
25 But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.
Voyant qu’il ne pouvait le vaincre, il lui pressa la cuisse; et la cuisse de Jacob se luxa tandis qu’il luttait avec lui.
26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
Il dit: "Laisse moi partir, car l’aube est venue." II répondit: "Je ne te laisserai point, que tu ne m’aies béni."
27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
Il lui dit alors: "Quel est ton nom?" II répondit: "Jacob."
28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
Il reprit: "Jacob ne sera plus désormais ton nom, mais bien Israël; car tu as jouté contre des puissances célestes et humaines et tu es resté fort."
29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.
Jacob l’interrogea en disant: "Apprends-moi, je te prie, ton nom." II répondit: "Pourquoi t’enquérir de mon nom?" Et il le bénit alors.
30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
Jacob appela ce lieu Penïel "parce que j’ai vu un être divin face à face et que ma vie est restée sauve."
31 And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
Le soleil commençait à l’éclairer lorsqu’il eut quitté Penïél; il boitait alors à cause de sa cuisse.
32 For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob's leg was touched.
C’Est pourquoi les enfants d’Israël ne mangent point aujourd’hui encore le nerf sciatique, qui tient à la cavité de la cuisse; parce que Jacob fut touché à la cavité de la cuisse, sur le nerf sciatique.
