Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
E GIACOBBE andò al suo cammino; ed egli scontrò degli Angeli di Dio.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
E come Giacobbe li vide, disse: Quest'[è] un campo di Dio: perciò pose nome a quel luogo Mahanaim.
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.
E Giacobbe mandò davanti a sè dei messi ad Esaù, suo fratello, nel paese di Seir, territorio di 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.
E diede loro quest'ordine: Dite così ad Esaù, mio signore: Così ha detto il tuo servitore Giacobbe: Io sono stato forestiere appo Labano, e [vi] son dimorato infino ad ora.
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.’ “
Ed ho buoi, ed asini, e pecore, e servi, e serve; e mando significando[lo] al mio signore, per ritrovar grazia appo te.
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.”
E i messi se ne ritornarono a Giacobbe, e gli dissero: Noi siamo andati ad Esaù, tuo fratello; ed egli altresì ti viene incontro, [menando] seco quattrocent'uomini.
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.
E Giacobbe temette grandemente, e fu angosciato; e spartì la gente ch'[era] seco, e le gregge, e gli armenti, e i cammelli in due schiere.
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.”
E disse: Se Esaù viene ad una delle schiere, e la percuote, l'altra scamperà.
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.’
Poi Giacobbe disse: O Dio di Abrahamo, mio padre, e Dio [parimente] d'Isacco, mio padre; o Signore, che mi dicesti: Ritorna al tuo paese, ed al tuo luogo natio, ed io ti farò del bene,
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.
io son piccolo appo tutte le benignità, e tutta la lealtà che tu hai usata inverso il tuo servitore; perciocchè io passai questo Giordano col mio bastone [solo], ed ora son divenuto due schiere.
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.
Liberami, ti prego, dalle mani del mio fratello, dalle mani di Esaù; perciocchè io temo di lui, che talora egli non venga, e mi percuota, madre e figliuoli insieme.
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.’”
E pur tu hai detto: Per certo io ti farò del bene, e farò che la tua progenie sarà come la rena del mare, la qual non si può annoverare per la [sua] moltitudine.
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Ed egli dimorò quivi quella notte; e prese di ciò che gli venne in mano [per farne] un presente ad Esaù, suo fratello;
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
[cioè] dugento capre, e venti becchi; dugento pecore, e venti montoni;
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
trenta cammelle allattanti, insieme co' lor figli; quaranta vacche, e dieci giovenchi; venti asine, e dieci puledri d'asini.
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.”
E diede ciascuna greggia da parte in mano ai suoi servitori; e disse loro: Passate davanti a me, e fate che vi sia alquanto spazio fra una greggia e l'altra.
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?’
E diede quest'ordine al primo: Quando Esaù, mio fratello, ti scontrerà, e ti domanderà: Di cui [sei] tu? e dove vai? e di cui [son] questi [animali che vanno] davanti a te?
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.’”
di': Io [son] del tuo servitore Giacobbe; quest'[è] un presente mandato al mio signore Esaù; ed ecco, egli stesso [viene] dietro a noi.
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.
E diede [lo stesso] ordine al secondo, ed al terzo, ed a tutti que' servitori che andavano dietro a quelle gregge; dicendo: Parlate ad Esaù in questa maniera, quando voi lo troverete.
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.”
E dite[gli] ancora: Ecco il tuo servitore Giacobbe dietro a noi. Perciocchè egli diceva: Io lo placherò col presente che va davanti a me; e poi potrò veder la sua faccia; forse mi farà egli buona accoglienza.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Quel presente adunque passò davanti a lui; ed egli dimorò quella notte nel campo.
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.
Ed egli si levò di notte, e prese le sue due mogli, e le sue due serve, e i suoi undici figliuoli; e passò il guado di Iabboc.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
E, dopo che li ebbe presi, ed ebbe loro fatto passare il torrente, fece passare tutto il [rimanente delle] cose sue.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
E Giacobbe restò solo; ed un uomo lottò con lui fino all'apparir dell'alba.
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.
Ed esso, veggendo che non lo potea vincere, gli toccò la giuntura della coscia; e la giuntura della coscia di Giacobbe fu smossa, mentre [quell'uomo] lottava con 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!”
E [quell'uomo] gli disse: Lasciami andare; perciocchè già spunta l'alba. E [Giacobbe gli] disse: Io non ti lascerò andare, che tu non mi abbi benedetto.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
E quell'uomo gli disse: Quale [è] il tuo nome?
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.”
Ed egli disse: Giacobbe. E [quell'uomo gli] disse: Tu non sarai più chiamato Giacobbe, anzi Israele; conciossiachè tu sii stato prode e valente con Dio e con gli uomini, ed abbi vinto.
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.
E Giacobbe [lo] domandò, e gli disse: Deh! dichiarami il tuo nome. Ed egli disse: Perchè domandi del mio nome?
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.”
E quivi lo benedisse. E Giacobbe pose nome a quel luogo Peniel; perciocchè [disse: ] Io ho veduto Iddio a faccia a faccia; e pur la vita mi è stata salvata.
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
E il sole gli si levò come fu passato Peniel; ed egli zoppicava della coscia.
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.
Perciò i figliuoli d'Israele non mangiano fino ad oggi del muscolo della commessura dell'anca ch'[è] sopra la giuntura della coscia; perciocchè [quell'uomo] toccò la giuntura della coscia di Giacobbe, al muscolo della commessura dell'anca.
