Genesis 33
1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.
さてヤコブは目をあげ、エサウが四百人を率いて来るのを見た。そこで彼は子供たちを分けてレアとラケルとふたりのつかえめとにわたし、
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
つかえめとその子供たちをまっ先に置き、レアとその子供たちを次に置き、ラケルとヨセフを最後に置いて、
3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
みずから彼らの前に進み、七たび身を地にかがめて、兄に近づいた。
4 Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
するとエサウは走ってきて迎え、彼を抱き、そのくびをかかえて口づけし、共に泣いた。
5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
エサウは目をあげて女と子供たちを見て言った、「あなたと一緒にいるこれらの者はだれですか」。ヤコブは言った、「神がしもべに授けられた子供たちです」。
6 Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.
そこでつかえめたちはその子供たちと共に近寄ってお辞儀した。
7 And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.
レアもまたその子供たちと共に近寄ってお辞儀し、それからヨセフとラケルが近寄ってお辞儀した。
8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
するとエサウは言った、「わたしが出会ったあのすべての群れはどうしたのですか」。ヤコブは言った、「わが主の前に恵みを得るためです」。
9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.
エサウは言った、「弟よ、わたしはじゅうぶんもっている。あなたの物はあなたのものにしなさい」。
10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.
ヤコブは言った、「いいえ、もしわたしがあなたの前に恵みを得るなら、どうか、わたしの手から贈り物を受けてください。あなたが喜んでわたしを迎えてくださるので、あなたの顔を見て、神の顔を見るように思います。
11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.
どうかわたしが持ってきた贈り物を受けてください。神がわたしを恵まれたので、わたしはじゅうぶんもっていますから」。こうして彼がしいたので、彼は受け取った。
12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.
そしてエサウは言った、「さあ、立って行こう。わたしが先に行く」。
13 But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.
ヤコブは彼に言った、「ごぞんじのように、子供たちは、かよわく、また乳を飲ませている羊や牛をわたしが世話をしています。もし一日でも歩かせ過ぎたら群れはみな死んでしまいます。
14 Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.
わが主よ、どうか、しもべの先においでください。わたしはわたしの前にいる家畜と子供たちの歩みに合わせて、ゆっくり歩いて行き、セイルでわが主と一緒になりましょう」。
15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?
エサウは言った、「それならわたしが連れている者どものうち幾人かをあなたのもとに残しましょう」。ヤコブは言った、「いいえ、それには及びません。わが主の前に恵みを得させてください」。
16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.
その日エサウはセイルへの帰途についた。
17 And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.
ヤコブは立ってスコテに行き、自分のために家を建て、また家畜のために小屋を造った。これによってその所の名はスコテと呼ばれている。
18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.
こうしてヤコブはパダンアラムからきて、無事カナンの地のシケムの町に着き、町の前に宿営した。
19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.
彼は天幕を張った野の一部をシケムの父ハモルの子らの手から百ケシタで買い取り、
20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
そこに祭壇を建てて、これをエル・エロヘ・イスラエルと名づけた。
