Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Jacob aussi s’en alla par le chemin qu’il avait pris: et les anges du Seigneur furent à sa rencontre.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
Quand il les eut vus, il dit: C’est le camp de Dieu; et il appela ce lieu du nom de Mahanaïm, c’est-à-dire camp.
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.
Mais il envoya aussi des messagers devant lui à Esaü son frère dans la terre de Séir, dans la contrée 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.
Et leur commanda, disant: Parlez ainsi à mon seigneur Esaü: Voici ce que dit votre frère Jacob: J’ai demeuré comme étranger chez Laban, et j’y ai été jusqu’au présent jour.
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, des ânes, des brebis, des serviteurs et des servantes; et j’envoie maintenant un message à mon seigneur, afin de trouver grâce en votre présence.
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.”
Et les messagers retournèrent vers Jacob, disant: Nous sommes venus auprès d’Esaü, votre frère, et voici qu’il vient en grande hâte au-devant de vous 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 tout épouvanté, il divisa les gens qui étaient avec lui, de même que les troupeaux, les brebis, les bœufs et les chameaux, en deux troupes,
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.”
Disant: Si Esaü vient à une troupe et qu’il la batte, l’autre qui restera, sera sauvée.
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 ensuite: Dieu de mon père Abraham, Dieu de mon père Isaac, Seigneur 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 au-dessous de vos miséricordes et de la fidélité que vous avez gardée envers votre serviteur. J’ai passé ce Jourdain n’ayant qu’un bâton; et maintenant je reviens avec deux troupes.
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 de la main de mon frère Esaü, car je le crains extrêmement; de peur que, venant, il ne frappe 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.’”
Vous avez dit que vous me feriez du bien, et que vous étendriez ma postérité comme le sable de la mer, lequel par sa multitude ne peut se compter.
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Et, quand il eut dormi là cette nuit, il sépara de ce qu’il avait, des présents pour Esaü son frère:
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
Deux cents chèvres, 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 femelles de chameaux pleines avec leurs petits, quarante vaches, vingt taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix de leurs petits.
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.”
Et il envoya par ses serviteurs chacun des troupeaux séparément, et il dit à ses serviteurs: Précédez-moi, et qu’il y ait un intervalle entre un troupeau et un 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 commanda au premier, disant: Si tu rencontres mon frère Esaü, et qu’il te demande: À qui es-tu? ou bien: Où vas-tu? ou: À qui sont ces bêtes que tu suis?
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 votre serviteur Jacob, qui les envoie en présent à mon seigneur Esaü: lui-même aussi vient après 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 pareillement des ordres au second, au troisième, et à tous ceux qui suivaient les troupeaux, disant: C’est en ces mêmes termes que vous parlerez à Esaü, quand vous l’aurez trouvé.
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.”
Et vous ajouterez: Lui-même aussi votre serviteur Jacob suit notre chemin; car il a dit: Je l’apaiserai par les présents qui me précèdent, et après cela je le verrai, peut-être qu’il me deviendra propice.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
C’est pourquoi les présents le précédèrent, mais lui-même demeura 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.
Et lorsqu’il se fut levé de bonne heure, il prit ses deux femmes et autant de servantes avec ses onze fils, et passa le gué de Jaboc.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
Et ayant fait passer tout ce qui lui appartenait,
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Il demeura seul: et voilà qu’un homme lutta avec lui jusqu’au matin.
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.
Or comme cet homme vit qu’il ne pouvait le vaincre, il toucha le nerf de sa cuisse, lequel aussitôt se dessécha.
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 lui dit: Laisse-moi; car déjà se lève l’aurore. Jacob répondit: Je ne vous laisserai point, si vous ne me bénissez.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
Il lui demanda donc: 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.”
Mais l’homme: On ne t’appellera plus, dit-il, du nom de Jacob, mais du nom d’Israël; parce que si tu as été fort contre Dieu, combien plus prévaudras-tu contre les hommes?
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 lui demanda: Dites-moi, de quel nom vous appelez-vous? Il répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Et il le bénit en ce même lieu.
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 appela ce lieu du nom Phanuel, disant: J’ai vu Dieu face à face, et mon âme a été sauvée.
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 aussitôt après qu’il eut passé Phanuel; mais il boitait d’un pied.
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 pour ce motif que les enfants d’Israël ne mangent point jusqu’au présent jour, le nerf qui se dessécha dans la cuisse de Jacob, parce que l’ ange toucha le nerf de sa cuisse, qui fut paralysé.
