Genesis 32
1 Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met him.
雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
2 And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.
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 And he sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir to 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 And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day.
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, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy 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 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.
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 Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
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 Saying: If Esau come to one company and destroy it, the other company that is left shall escape.
說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
9 And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, who saidst to me: Return to thy land and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee,
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 not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.
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 Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him: lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.
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 Thou didst say that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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 And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents 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 Two hundred she goats, twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty 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 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she asses, and ten of their foals.
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 And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.
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 And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?
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 Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob’s: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau: and he cometh after 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 In like manner he commanded the second and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find 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 And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us: for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to 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 the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.
於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
22 And rising early he took his two wives, and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.
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 And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,
先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
24 He remained alone: and behold a man wrestled with him till morning.
只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
25 And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
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 And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou 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 And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.
那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
28 But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel: for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?
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 Jacob asked him, Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.
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 And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
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 And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.
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 the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob’s thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.
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。
