Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Jacob poursuivit son chemin, et des anges de Dieu le rencontrèrent.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
En les voyant, il dit: « C’est le camp de Dieu! » et il donna à ce lieu le nom de Mahanaïm.
3 Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
Jacob envoya devant lui des messagers vers Esaü, son frère, au pays de Seïr, dans la campagne d’Edom.
4 He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
Il leur donna cet ordre: « Voici ce que vous direz à mon seigneur, à Esaü: Ainsi parle ton serviteur Jacob: J’ai séjourné chez Laban et j’y suis resté jusqu’à présent,
5 I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
J’ai des bœufs et des ânes, des brebis, des serviteurs et des servantes, et j’en fais informer mon seigneur, pour trouver grâce à tes yeux. »
6 The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming with him.”
Les messagers revinrent auprès de Jacob en disant: « Nous sommes allés vers ton frère Esaü, et il marche à ta rencontre avec quatre cents hommes. »
7 Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups.
Jacob eut une grande frayeur et fut dans l’angoisse. Il partagea en deux camps les gens qui étaient avec lui, les brebis les bœufs et les chameaux,
8 He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
et il dit: « Si Esaü rencontre l’un des camps et le frappe, le camp qui restera pourra être sauvé. »
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) you.’
Jacob dit: « Dieu de mon père Abraham, Dieu de mon père Isaac, Yahweh, qui m’avez dit: Retourne en ton pays et au lieu de ta naissance, et je te ferai du bien:
10 I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
je suis trop petit pour toutes les grâces et pour toute la fidélité dont vous avez usé envers votre serviteur; car j’ai passé ce Jourdain avec mon bâton, et maintenant je suis devenu deux camps.
11 So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
Délivrez-moi, je vous prie, de la main de mon frère, de la main d’Esaü; car je crains qu’il ne vienne me frapper, la mère avec les enfants.
12 But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
Et vous, vous avez dit: Je te ferai du bien et je rendrai ta postérité pareille au sable de la mer, si nombreux qu’on ne peut le compter. »
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Jacob passa là cette nuit. Et il prit de ce qu’il avait sous la main, pour faire un présent à Esaü, son frère:
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
deux cents chèvres et vingt boucs, deux cents brebis et vingt béliers,
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
trente chamelles qui allaitaient, avec leurs petits, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânons.
16 He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
Il les remit à ses serviteurs, chaque troupeau à part, et il leur dit: « Passez devant moi, et laissez un intervalle entre chaque troupeau. »
17 He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
Et il donna ordre au premier: « Quand Esaü, mon frère, te rencontrera et te demandera: A qui es-tu, où vas-tu, à qui appartient ce troupeau qui va devant toi?
18 tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’”
tu répondras: A ton serviteur Jacob; c’est un présent qu’il envoie à mon seigneur, à Esaü; et voici que lui-même vient derrière nous. »
19 He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
Il donna le même ordre au second, au troisième et à tous ceux qui suivaient les troupeaux, en disant: « Vous parlerez ainsi à Esaü quand vous le rencontrerez;
20 And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
vous direz: Voici, ton serviteur Jacob vient aussi derrière nous. » Car il se disait: « Je l’apaiserai par ce présent qui va devant moi, et ensuite je verrai sa face; peut-être me fera-t-il bon accueil. »
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Le présent passa devant lui, et il resta cette nuit-là dans le camp.
22 Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
Il se leva dans la même nuit et, ayant pris ses deux femmes, ses deux servantes et ses onze enfants, il passa le gué du Jaboc.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
Il les prit et leur fit passer le torrent; il fit aussi passer ce qui lui appartenait.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Jacob resta seul; et un homme lutta avec lui jusqu’au lever de l’aurore.
25 When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
Voyant qu’il ne pouvait le vaincre, il le toucha à l’articulation de la hanche, et l’articulation de la hanche de Jacob se démit pendant qu’il luttait avec lui.
26 Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
Et il dit à Jacob: « Laisse-moi aller, car l’aurore se lève. » Jacob répondit: « Je ne te laisserai pas aller que tu ne m’aies béni. »
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
Il lui dit: « Quel est ton nom? » Il répondit: « Jacob. »
28 The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
Et il dit: « Ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais Israël, car tu as combattu avec Dieu et avec des hommes, et tu l’as emporté. »
29 Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
Jacob l’interrogea, en disant: « Fais-moi, je te prie, connaître ton nom. » Il dit: « Pourquoi demandes-tu quel est mon nom? » Et il le bénit là.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
Jacob nomma ce lieu Phanuel; « car, dit-il, j’ai vu Dieu face à face, et ma vie a été sauve. »
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
Et le soleil se leva quand il eut passé Phanuel, mais il boitait de la hanche.
32 The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
C’est pourquoi les enfants d’Israël ne mangent pas jusqu’à ce jour le grand nerf qui est à l’articulation de la hanche, parce que Dieu a touché l’articulation de la hanche de Jacob au grand nerf.
