Genesis 27
1 And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son and said unto him My son! And he said unto him, Behold me!
以撒年老，眼睛昏花，不能看見，就叫了他大兒子以掃來，說：「我兒。」以掃說：「我在這裏。」
2 And he said, Behold, I pray thee, I am old, —I know not the day of my death.
他說：「我如今老了，不知道哪一天死。
3 Now, therefore, take I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and catch for me game;
現在拿你的器械，就是箭囊和弓，往田野去為我打獵，
4 and make for me dainty meats, such as I love and bring in to me, that I may eat, —To the end my soul may bless thee, ere yet I die!
照我所愛的做成美味，拿來給我吃，使我在未死之先給你祝福。」
5 Now, Rebekah, was hearkening, when Isaac spake unto Esau his son, and Esau went his way to the field, to catch game, to bring in.
以撒對他兒子以掃說話，利百加也聽見了。以掃往田野去打獵，要得野味帶來。
6 Rebekah, therefore spake unto Jacob her son saying, —Lo! I heard thy father, speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying,
利百加就對她兒子雅各說：「我聽見你父親對你哥哥以掃說：
7 Bring in for me game and make for me dainty meats, that I may eat; and let me bless thee in the presence of Yahweh before my death.
『你去把野獸帶來，做成美味給我吃，我好在未死之先，在耶和華面前給你祝福。』
8 Now, therefore my son, hearken unto my voice, —in that which I am commanding thee:
現在，我兒，你要照着我所吩咐你的，聽從我的話。
9 Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and fetch me from thence two kids of the goats, fine ones, —that I may make of them dainty meats for thy father such as he loveth:
你到羊群裏去，給我拿兩隻肥山羊羔來，我便照你父親所愛的給他做成美味。
10 Then shalt thou take them in unto thy father and he shall eat, —To the end he may bless thee before his death.
你拿到你父親那裏給他吃，使他在未死之先給你祝福。」
11 And Jacob said unto Rebekah his mother, Lo! Esau my brother, is a hairy man, whereas, I, am a smooth man:
雅各對他母親利百加說：「我哥哥以掃渾身是有毛的，我身上是光滑的；
12 peradventure my father might feel me, then should I be in his eyes as one that mocketh, —and should bring upon myself a reproach, and not a blessing!
倘若我父親摸着我，必以我為欺哄人的，我就招咒詛，不得祝福。」
13 And his mother said to him, Upon me, be thy reproach my son, —only hearken unto my voice and go fetch [them] for me.
他母親對他說：「我兒，你招的咒詛歸到我身上；你只管聽我的話，去把羊羔給我拿來。」
14 So he went, and fetched [them], and brought them in to his mother, and his mother made dainty meats, such as his father loved.
他便去拿來，交給他母親；他母親就照他父親所愛的做成美味。
15 Then took Rebekah the garments of Esau her elder son, the costly ones, which were with her in the house, —and put them on Jacob her younger son:
利百加又把家裏所存大兒子以掃上好的衣服給她小兒子雅各穿上，
16 and the, skins of the kids of the goats, put she upon his hands, —and on the smooth part of his neck;
又用山羊羔皮包在雅各的手上和頸項的光滑處，
17 then placed she the dainty meats and the bread, which she had made ready, in the hand of Jacob her son.
就把所做的美味和餅交在她兒子雅各的手裏。
18 So he went in unto his father, and said My father! And he said Behold me! who art, thou, my son?
雅各到他父親那裏說：「我父親！」他說：「我在這裏。我兒，你是誰？」
19 And Jacob said unto his father I, am Esau thy firstborn, I have made ready, as thou didst bid me. Rise, I pray thee, sit up, and eat thou of my game, To the end thy soul may bless me.
雅各對他父親說：「我是你的長子以掃；我已照你所吩咐我的行了。請起來坐着，吃我的野味，好給我祝福。」
20 Then said Isaac unto his son. How is it thou hast been so quick in finding, my son? And he said, Because Yahweh thy God caused it so to fall out before me.
以撒對他兒子說：「我兒，你如何找得這麼快呢？」他說：「因為耶和華－你的上帝使我遇見好機會得着的。」
21 Then said Isaac unto Jacob. Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee my son—whether, thou thyself, art my son Esau, or not.
以撒對雅各說：「我兒，你近前來，我摸摸你，知道你真是我的兒子以掃不是。」
22 So Jacob came near unto Isaac his father, and he felt him; then said he the voice is the voice of Jacob; But, the hands, are the hands of Esau.
雅各就挨近他父親以撒。以撒摸着他，說：「聲音是雅各的聲音，手卻是以掃的手。」
23 So he did not find him out, because, his hands were like the hands of Esau his brother hairy, —so he blessed him.
以撒就辨不出他來；因為他手上有毛，像他哥哥以掃的手一樣，就給他祝福；
24 And he said, Thou thyself, art my son Esau? And he said, I am!
又說：「你真是我兒子以掃嗎？」他說：「我是。」
25 So he said, Bring it near to me., that I may eat of the game of my son, To the end my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat, and he brought in to him wine, and he drank.
以撒說：「你遞給我，我好吃我兒子的野味，給你祝福。」雅各就遞給他，他便吃了，又拿酒給他，他也喝了。
26 Then Isaac his father said unto him, —Come thou near I pray thee and kiss me my son.
他父親以撒對他說：「我兒，你上前來與我親嘴。」
27 So he came near, and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him, —and said. See! the smell of my son, As the smell of a field, which Yahweh hath blessed;
他就上前與父親親嘴。他父親一聞他衣服上的香氣，就給他祝福，說： 我兒的香氣 如同耶和華賜福之田地的香氣一樣。
28 Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth, —And abundance of corn and new wine:
願上帝賜你天上的甘露， 地上的肥土， 並許多五穀新酒。
29 Let peoples serve thee And races bow down to thee, Become thou lord to thy brethren, And let the sons of thy mother bow down to thee, —He that curseth thee, be accursed! And he that blesseth thee, be blessed!
願多民事奉你， 多國跪拜你。 願你作你弟兄的主； 你母親的兒子向你跪拜。 凡咒詛你的，願他受咒詛； 為你祝福的，願他蒙福。
30 And it came to pass as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, —yea it came to pass when Jacob, had only just gone forth, from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother, came in from his hunting.
以撒為雅各祝福已畢，雅各從他父親那裏才出來，他哥哥以掃正打獵回來，
31 Then, he too, made dainty meats, and brought in to his father, —and said to his father, Let my father rise that he may eat of the game of his son, To the end thy soul may bless me!
也做了美味，拿來給他父親，說：「請父親起來，吃你兒子的野味，好給我祝福。」
32 And Isaac his father said to him Who art, thou? And he said, I, am thy son thy firstborn, Esau.
他父親以撒對他說：「你是誰？」他說：「我是你的長子以掃。」
33 Then did Isaac tremble with an exceeding great trembling, and said Who then was it that caught game and brought in to me and I did eat of all ere yet thou didst come in and I blessed him? Yea blessed, shall he remain!
以撒就大大地戰兢，說：「你未來之先，是誰得了野味拿來給我呢？我已經吃了，為他祝福；他將來也必蒙福。」
34 When Esau heard the words of his father, then cried he out with an outcry loud and bitter exceedingly, —and said to his father, Bless even me also, O my father!
以掃聽了他父親的話，就放聲痛哭，說：「我父啊，求你也為我祝福！」
35 Then he said, Thy brother came in with deceit, —and took away thy blessing.
以撒說：「你兄弟已經用詭計來將你的福分奪去了。」
36 And he said, Is it because his name, is called, Jacob, that he hath tricked me, now twice? My birthright, he took away, And lo! now, he hath taken away my blessing! And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
以掃說：「他名雅各，豈不是正對嗎？因為他欺騙了我兩次：他從前奪了我長子的名分，你看，他現在又奪了我的福分。」以掃又說：「你沒有留下為我可祝的福嗎？」
37 Then answered Isaac and said to Esau, —Lo a lord, have I appointed him unto thee, And, all his brethren, have I given to him as servants, And with corn and new wine, have I sustained him, —And for thee—now, what can I do, my son?
以撒回答以掃說：「我已立他為你的主，使他的弟兄都給他作僕人，並賜他五穀新酒可以養生。我兒，現在我還能為你做甚麼呢？」
38 And Esau said unto his father, But one blessing, hast thou, O my father? Bless, me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
以掃對他父親說：「父啊，你只有一樣可祝的福嗎？我父啊，求你也為我祝福！」以掃就放聲而哭。
39 Then answered Isaac his father and said unto him, —Lo! of the fat parts of the earth, shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of the heavens, above;
他父親以撒說： 地上的肥土必為你所住； 天上的甘露必為你所得。
40 And on thy sword, shalt thou live, And thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.
你必倚靠刀劍度日， 又必事奉你的兄弟； 到你強盛的時候， 必從你頸項上掙開他的軛。
41 And Esau lay in wait for Jacob, on account of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him, —and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father draw near, when I can slay Jacob my brother.
以掃因他父親給雅各祝的福，就怨恨雅各，心裏說：「為我父親居喪的日子近了，到那時候，我要殺我的兄弟雅各。」
42 Then were told to Rebekah, the words of Esau her elder son, so she sent and called for Jacob, her younger son, and said unto him—Lo! Esau, thy brother, is consoling himself as touching thee, to slay thee.
有人把利百加大兒子以掃的話告訴利百加，她就打發人去，叫了她小兒子雅各來，對他說：「你哥哥以掃想要殺你，報仇雪恨。
43 Now, therefore, my son, hearken to my voice, —and rise flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
現在，我兒，你要聽我的話：起來，逃往哈蘭、我哥哥拉班那裏去，
44 And thou shalt dwell with him a few days, —until that the wrath of thy brother turn away:
同他住些日子，直等你哥哥的怒氣消了。
45 until the turning away of the anger of thy brother from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him, and I send and fetch thee from thence. Wherefore should I lose, you both, in one day?
你哥哥向你消了怒氣，忘了你向他所做的事，我便打發人去把你從那裏帶回來。為甚麼一日喪你們二人呢？」
46 So then Rebekah said unto Isaac, I am disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Heth, —Should Jacob be taking a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these, of the daughters of the land, wherefore could I wish for life?
利百加對以撒說：「我因這赫人的女子連性命都厭煩了；倘若雅各也娶赫人的女子為妻，像這些一樣，我活着還有甚麼益處呢？」
