Genesis 33
1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.
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 And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.
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 advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.
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 And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.
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 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, 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 handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.
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 Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.
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 Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”
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 he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be 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: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to 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 and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,
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 he said, “Let us go on together, and I will accompany you on your journey.”
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 And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.
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 May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in 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 Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.”
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 And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.
その日エサウはセイルへの帰途についた。
17 And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’
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 And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived 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 he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred lambs.
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 erecting an altar there, he invoked upon it the most strong 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。
