Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Og Jakob for sin veg framigjenom, og Guds englar møtte honom.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
Då Jakob såg deim, sagde han: «Dette er Guds herlæger, » og han kalla den staden Mahanajim.
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.
Og Jakob sende folk fyre seg til Se’irlandet, til Edomsmarki, med bod til Esau, bror sin.
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.
Og han sagde deim fyre: «So skal de segja med herren min, Esau: «So segjer Jakob, tenaren din: «Eg hev halde til hjå Laban, og trøytt der til no.
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.’ “
Og eg hev fenge meg uksar og asen og småfe og drengjer og gjentor, og no var eg huga til å senda deg bod um dette, herre bror, um eg kunde gjera deg blid på meg.»»»
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.”
Og dei kom attende til Jakob og sagde: «Me råka Esau, bror din, og rett no kjem han sjølv til møtes med deg, og fire hundrad mann med honom.»
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.
Då vart Jakob ovleg rædd, og det var so bringa hans vilde snøra seg i hop. Og han bytte folket som var med honom, og sauerne og nauti og kamelarne, i tvo hopar,
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.”
og sagde: «Um Esau kjem yver den eine hopen og slær honom ned, so kann den hopen som att er, få berga seg undan.»
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.’
Og Jakob sagde: «Du Gud åt Abraham, godfar min, du Gud åt Isak, far min, du Herre, som sagde til meg: «Far attende til landet ditt og fødesheimen din, og eg skal gjera vel imot deg» -
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.
eg er ikkje verd all den miskunn og all den truskap du hev vist imot tenaren din; for med stav i hand gjekk eg yver denne Jordanelvi, og no er eg vorten til tvo store hopar.
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.
Å, berga meg for Esau, bror min; for eg er so rædd honom; eg ottast han kann koma og slå i hel meg og mine, både mor og born.
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.’”
Du hev då sjølv sagt: «Eg skal allstødt gjera vel imot deg og lata ætti di verta som havsens sand, som det ikkje er tal på.»»
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
So var han der um natti, og av alt det han åtte, tok han ut ei gåva til Esau, bror sin:
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
tvo hundrad geiter og tjuge bukkar, tvo hundrad søyor og tjuge verar,
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
tretti mjølkekamelar med fyli deira, fyrti kvigor og ti vetrungsuksar, tjuge asenfyljur og ti asenfolar.
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.”
Og han let drengjerne sine fara i vegen med dette, kvar drift for seg, og sagde med deim: «Far de fyre meg, og lat det vera eit godt stykke millom kvar drift!»
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?’
So sagde han med den fyrste av deim: «Når Esau, bror min, møter deg, og han talar til deg og spør: «Kven høyrer du til, og kvar skal du av, og kven eig den bølingen, som du driv?»
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.’”
då skal du segja: «Jakob, tenaren din; det er ei gåva han sender Esau, herren min, og snart kjem han sjølv etter.»»
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.
Sameleis tala han til den andre og den tridje og til alle drivarane, og sagde: «De som eg no hev sagt, skal de segja med Esau, når de møter honom.
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.”
Og dette skal de og segja: «Snart kjem Jakob, tenaren din, etter.»» For han tenkte: «Eg vil blidka honom med denne gåva, som eg sender fyre meg, og sidan vil eg sjå honom i andlitet; kann henda han då tek vel imot meg.»
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
So for dei fyre med gåva, og sjølv var han i lægret den natti.
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.
Same natti reis han upp, og tok båe konorne og båe ternorne sine og alle dei elleve sønerne sine og gjekk yver Jabbokvadet.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
Han tok og flutte deim yver åi, og alt han åtte, førde han yver.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
So var Jakob att åleine. Då kom det ein mann og drogst med honom radt til i dagingi.
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.
Og då han såg at han ikkje kunde råda med honom, snart han mjødmeskåli hans, og mjødmi gjekk or led på Jakob, medan dei drogst.
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!”
Og han sagde: «Slepp meg, for no er det dagen.» Men Jakob sagde: «Eg slepper deg ikkje, utan du velsignar meg.»
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
«Kva heiter du?» spurde mannen. «Jakob, » svara han.
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.”
Då sagde mannen: «Du skal ikkje lenger heita Jakob, men Israel. For du hev stridt med Gud og med menner, og vunne.»
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.
Og Jakob spurde honom og sagde: «Kjære deg, seg meg namnet ditt!» Men han svara: «Kvi spør du etter namnet mitt?» Og han velsigna honom der.
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.”
Og Jakob kalla den staden Peniel; «for eg hev set Gud, andlit mot andlit, » sagde han, «og endå berga livet.»
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
Og med same han var komen framum Penuel, rann soli. Og han var halt i mjødmi.
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.
Difor er det so den dag i dag, at Israels-sønerne aldri et den store seni som er på mjødmeskåli, av di han snart mjødmeskåli hans Jakob på den store seni der er.
