Genesis 32
1 When, Jacob, had gone on his way, there met him, messengers of God.
雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, the camp of God, is this! So he called the name of that place, Mahanaim.
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 Then did Jacob send messengers before him unto Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the field 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 say to my lord to Esau, Thus, saith thy servant Jacob, With Laban, have I sojourned, and tarried until now:
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 And I have oxen and asses, flocks and men-servants, and maid-servants, So I must needs send to tell my lord, that I might find favour in thine eyes.
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 unto Jacob, saying, —We came in unto thy brother unto Esau, moreover also he is on his way to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
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 was Jacob greatly afraid, and in distress. So he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two camps,
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 And he said. Should Esau come upon the one camp, and smite it, yet shall the camp that is left 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, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, —Yahweh, who wast saying unto me, —Return to thy land and to thy kindred that I may deal well with 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 too small for all the lovingkindnesses and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant, —For with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps.
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 I pray thee out of the hand of my brother out of the hand of Esau, for I, am afraid of him, lest he come in and smite mother as well as sons
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 But, thou thyself, saidst, —I will deal well with thee. So will I make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not to be counted, 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 he tarried there that night, and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother:
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 She-goats, two hundred; And he-goats, twenty; Ewes, two hundred; And rams, twenty;
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 Milch camels, with their colts, thirty; Cows, forty; And bulls, ten; She-asses, twenty; And young he asses ten.
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 gave them into the hand of his Servants, each drove by itself, and said unto his servants—Pass over before me, and, a breathing-space, shall ye put betwixt 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 one saying: When Esau my brother shall fall in with thee, and shall ask thee, saying Whose art thou? and whither wouldst thou go? and to whom belong 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 then shalt thou say, To thy servant Jacob: It is, a present, sent to my lord, to Esau; And behold he himself also is behind 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 And he commanded the second also, and the third yea all that were going on behind the droves, saying, —According to this word, shall ye speak unto 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 Then shall ye say, Also, lo! thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said: I must pacify him with the present that goeth on before me. And, after that, will I see his face: Peradventure he will accept 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 present passed over before him, —whereas he himself tarried that night in the camp.
於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
22 And he arose in that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, —and passed over the ford of Jabbok.
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 So he took them, and sent them over the brook, —and sent over that which he had.
先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
24 And Jacob was left alone, —and there wrestled a man with him, until the uprisings of the dawn.
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 prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, —and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
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 Then said he—Let me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go, except thou have blessed 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 Then he said unto him—What is thy name? And he said—Jacob.
那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
28 Then he said—Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel, —For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.
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 Then asked Jacob and said, Do, I pray thee, tell me thy name! And he said—Wherefore now, shouldest thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there,
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 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,
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 the sun rose on him as soon as he had passed over Penuel, —he, moreover was halting upon his thigh,
日頭剛出來的時候，雅各經過毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
32 For this cause, the sons of Israel eat not of the nerve of the large hip-sinew, which is by the hollow of the thigh, until this day, —because he touched the hollow of the thigh of Jacob, in the nerve of the hip-sinew.
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。
