Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Jacob siguió su camino y unos ángeles de Dios vinieron a su encuentro.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
Cuando los vio dijo: “¡Este debe ser el campamento de Dios!” Y llamó al lugar “Dos campamentos”.
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.
Entonces envió mensajeros a su hermano Esaú, que vivía en la región de Seír, en el país de 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.
Y les dijo: “Esto es lo que deben decirle a mi señor Esaú: Tu siervo Jacob te envía este mensaje. He estado con Labán hasta ahora,
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.’ “
y tengo ganado, asnos, ovejas y cabras, así como esclavos y esclavas. He enviado a estos mensajeros para explicarte esto, mi señor, esperando que te alegresde verme”.
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.”
Los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob y le dijeron: “¡Su hermano Esaú viene a recibirle con 400 hombres armados!”
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.
Cuando Jacob escuchó esto, estaba absolutamente aterrorizado. Dividió a toda la gente con él, junto con las ovejas, las cabras, el ganado y los camellos, en dos grupos,
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.”
diciéndose a sí mismo: “Si Esaú viene y destruye un grupo, el otro puede escapar”.
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.’
Entonces Jacob oró: “¡Dios de mi abuelo Abraham, Dios de mi padre Isaac! Señor, tú fuiste quien me dijo: ‘Vuelve a tu país y a la casa de tu familia, y te trataré 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.
No merezco todo el amor y la fidelidad que has mostrado a tu siervo. Crucé el Jordán hace años con sólo mi bastón, y ahora tengo dos grandes campamentos.
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.
Por favor, sálvame de mi hermano; ¡defiéndeme de Esaú! Me aterra que venga a atacarme a mí, a mis mujeres y a mis hijos.
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.’”
Tú mismo me dijiste: ‘Sin duda alguna te trataré bien. Haré que tus descendientes sean tan numerosos como la arena de la playa, demasiados para contarlos’”.
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Jacob pasó la noche allí. Luego escogió animales como regalo para su hermano Esaú:
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
200 cabras hembras, 20 cabras machos; 200 ovejas, 20 carneros;
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
30 camellos hembras con sus crías, 40 vacas, 10 toros; 20 burros hembras, 10 burros machos.
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.”
Puso a sus sirvientes a cargo de cada uno de los rebaños y les dijo: “Adelántense y mantengan una buena distancia entre los rebaños”.
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?’
A los que tenían el primer rebaño les dio estas instrucciones: “Cuando mi hermano Esaú se encuentre con ustedes y les pregunte: ‘¿Quién es su amo, a dónde van, y de quién son estos animales que vienen con ustedes’
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.’”
deberán decirle: ‘Tu siervo Jacob envía estos como regalo a mi señor Esaú, y viene detrás de nosotros’”.
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.
A los que tenían el segundo, el tercero, y todos los rebaños subsiguientes lesdio las mismas instrucciones, diciéndoles: “Esto es lo que deben decirle a Esaú cuando se encuentre con ustedes.
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.”
Y también deben decirle: ‘Tu siervo Jacob viene justo detrás de nosotros’”.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Así que los regalos iban adelante mientras Jacob pasaba la noche en el campamento.
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.
Se levantó durante la noche y tomó a sus dos esposas y a las dos criadas personales y a sus once hijos, y cruzó el río Jaboc.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
Después de ayudarles a cruzar, también les envió todo lo que les pertenecía.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Pero Jacob se quedó allí solo. Un hombre vino y luchó con él hasta el amanecer.
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.
Cuando el hombre se dio cuenta de que no podía vencer a Jacob, golpeó la cavidad de la cadera de Jacob y la desarticuló mientras luchaba con él.
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!”
Entonces el hombre dijo: “Déjame ir porque ya casi ha amanecido”. “No te dejaré ir a menos que me bendigas”, respondió Jacob.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
“¿Cómo te llamas?” le preguntó el hombre. “Jacob”, respondió él.
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.”
“Tu nombre no será más Jacob”, dijo el hombre. “En su lugar te llamarás Israel, porque luchaste con Dios y con los hombres, y ganaste”.
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.
“Por favor, dime tu nombre”, preguntó Jacob. “¿Por qué me preguntas mi nombre?” respondió el hombre. Entonces bendijo a Jacob allí.
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 nombró el lugar Peniel, diciendo: “¡Vi a Dios cara a cara y todavía estoy vivo!”
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
Y cuando Jacob se fue de Peniel, ya salía el sol, e iba cojeando por su cadera fracturada.
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.
(Por eso, aún hoy, los israelitas no se comen el tendón del muslo que está unido a la cuenca de la cadera, porque ahí es donde el hombre golpeó la cuenca de la cadera de Jacob).
