Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Yakup yoluna devam ederken, Tanrı'nın melekleriyle karşılaştı.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
Onları görünce, “Tanrı'nın ordugahı bu” diyerek oraya Mahanayim adını verdi.
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.
Yakup Edom topraklarında, Seir ülkesinde yaşayan ağabeyi Esav'a önceden haberciler gönderdi.
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.
Onlara şu buyruğu verdi: “Efendim Esav'a şöyle deyin: Kulun Yakup diyor ki, ‘Şimdiye kadar Lavan'ın yanında konuk olarak kaldım.
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.’ “
Öküzlere, eşeklere, davarlara, erkek ve kadın kölelere sahip oldum. Efendimi hoşnut etmek için önceden haber gönderiyorum.’”
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.”
Haberciler geri dönüp Yakup'a, “Ağabeyin Esav'ın yanına gittik” dediler, “Dört yüz adamla seni karşılamaya geliyor.”
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.
Yakup çok korktu, sıkıldı. Yanındaki adamları, davarları, sığırları, develeri iki gruba ayırdı.
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.”
“Esav gelir, bir gruba saldırırsa, hiç değilse öteki grup kurtulur” diye düşündü.
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.’
Sonra şöyle dua etti: “Ey atam İbrahim'in, babam İshak'ın Tanrısı RAB! Bana, ‘Ülkene, akrabalarının yanına dön, seni başarılı kılacağım’ diye söz verdin.
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.
Bana gösterdiğin bunca iyiliğe, güvene layık değilim. Şeria Irmağı'nı geçtiğimde değneğimden başka bir şeyim yoktu. Şimdi iki orduyla döndüm.
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.
Yalvarırım, beni ağabeyim Esav'dan koru. Gelip bana, çocuklarla annelerine saldırmasından korkuyorum.
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.’”
‘Seni kesinlikle başarılı kılacağım, soyunu denizin kumu gibi sayılamayacak kadar çoğaltacağım’ diye söz vermiştin bana.”
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Yakup geceyi orada geçirdi. Birlikte getirdiği hayvanlardan ağabeyi Esav'a armağan olarak iki yüz keçi, yirmi teke, iki yüz koyun, yirmi koç, yavrularıyla birlikte otuz dişi deve, kırk inek, on boğa, yirmi dişi, on erkek eşek ayırdı.
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
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.”
Bunları ayrı sürüler halinde kölelerine teslim ederek, “Önümden gidin, sürüler arasında boşluk bırakın” dedi.
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?’
Birinci köleye buyruk verdi: “Ağabeyim Esav'la karşılaştığında, ‘Sahibin kim, nereye gidiyorsun? Önündeki bu hayvanlar kimin?’ diye sorarsa,
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.’”
‘Kulun Yakup'un’ diyeceksin, ‘Efendisi Esav'a armağan olarak gönderiyor. Kendisi de arkamızdan geliyor.’”
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.
İkinci ve üçüncü köleye, sürülerin peşinden giden herkese aynı buyruğu verdi: “Esav'la karşılaştığınızda aynı şeyleri söyleyeceksiniz.
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.”
‘Kulun Yakup arkamızdan geliyor’ diyeceksiniz.” “Önden göndereceğim armağanla onu yatıştırır, sonra kendisini görürüm. Belki beni bağışlar” diye düşünüyordu.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Böylece armağanı önden gönderip geceyi konakladığı yerde geçirdi.
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.
Yakup o gece kalktı; iki karısını, iki cariyesini, on bir oğlunu yanına alıp Yabbuk Irmağı'nın sığ yerinden karşıya geçti.
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
Onları geçirdikten sonra sahip olduğu her şeyi de karşıya geçirdi.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Böylece Yakup arkada yalnız kaldı. Bir adam gün ağarıncaya kadar onunla güreşti.
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.
Yakup'u yenemeyeceğini anlayınca, onun uyluk kemiğinin başına çarptı. Öyle ki, güreşirken Yakup'un uyluk kemiği çıktı.
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!”
Adam, “Bırak beni, gün ağarıyor” dedi. Yakup, “Beni kutsamadıkça seni bırakmam” diye yanıtladı.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
Adam, “Adın ne?” diye sordu. “Yakup.”
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.”
Adam, “Artık sana Yakup değil, İsrail denecek” dedi, “Çünkü Tanrı'yla, insanlarla güreşip yendin.”
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.
Yakup, “Lütfen adını söyler misin?” diye sordu. Ama adam, “Neden adımı soruyorsun?” dedi. Sonra Yakup'u kutsadı.
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.”
Yakup, “Tanrı'yla yüzyüze görüştüm, ama canım bağışlandı” diyerek oraya Peniel adını verdi.
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
Yakup Peniel'den ayrılırken güneş doğdu. Uyluğundan ötürü aksıyordu.
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.
Bu nedenle İsrailliler bugün bile uyluk kemiğinin üzerindeki siniri yemezler. Çünkü Yakup'un uyluk kemiğinin başındaki sinire çarpılmıştı.
