Genèse 32
1 Et Jacob alla son chemin. Et les anges de Dieu le rencontrèrent;
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 et Jacob dit, quand il les vit: C’est l’armée de Dieu. Et il appela le nom de ce lieu-là Mahanaïm.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Et Jacob envoya devant lui des messagers à Ésaü, son frère, au pays de Séhir, dans la campagne d’Édom;
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.
4 et il leur commanda, disant: Vous parlerez ainsi à mon seigneur Ésaü: Ainsi a dit ton serviteur Jacob: J’ai séjourné chez Laban, et m’y suis arrêté jusqu’à présent;
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.
5 et j’ai des bœufs, et des ânes, du menu bétail, et des serviteurs et des servantes; et je l’ai envoyé annoncer à mon seigneur, afin de trouver grâce à tes yeux.
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.’ “
6 Et les messagers revinrent vers Jacob, disant: Nous sommes allés vers ton frère, vers Ésaü, et même il vient à ta rencontre, et 400 hommes avec lui.
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.”
7 Et Jacob craignit beaucoup, et fut dans l’angoisse; et il partagea le peuple qui était avec lui, et le menu bétail et le gros bétail, et les chameaux, en deux bandes;
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.
8 et il dit: Si Ésaü vient à l’une des bandes et la frappe, la bande qui restera pourra échapper.
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.”
9 Et Jacob dit: Dieu de mon père Abraham, et Dieu de mon père Isaac! Éternel, qui m’as dit: Retourne en ton pays et vers ta parenté, et je te ferai du bien!
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.’
10 Je suis trop petit pour toutes les grâces et pour toute la vérité dont tu as usé envers ton serviteur; car j’ai passé ce Jourdain avec mon bâton; et maintenant je suis devenu deux bandes.
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.
11 Délivre-moi, je te prie, de la main de mon frère, de la main d’Ésaü, car je le crains, de peur qu’il ne vienne et ne me frappe – la mère avec les fils.
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.
12 Et toi, tu as dit: Certes, je te ferai du bien, et je ferai devenir ta semence comme le sable de la mer, qui ne peut se nombrer à cause de son abondance.
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.’”
13 Et il passa là cette nuit; et il prit, de ce qui lui vint sous la main, un présent pour Ésaü, son frère:
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 200 chèvres, et 20 boucs; 200 brebis, et 20 béliers;
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 30 chamelles allaitantes, et leurs petits; 40 vaches, et dix taureaux; 20 ânesses, et dix ânons.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 Et il les mit entre les mains de ses serviteurs, chaque troupeau à part, et il dit à ses serviteurs: Passez devant moi, et mettez de l’espace entre troupeau et troupeau.
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.”
17 Et il commanda au premier, disant: Quand Ésaü, mon frère, te rencontrera, et t’interrogera, disant: À qui es-tu? et où vas-tu? et à qui sont ces [troupeaux] devant toi?
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?’
18 tu diras: À ton serviteur Jacob; c’est un présent envoyé à mon seigneur Ésaü; et voici, lui-même aussi [vient] après nous.
tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’”
19 Et il commanda de même au second, de même au troisième, de même à tous ceux qui suivaient les troupeaux, disant: Selon cette parole vous parlerez à Ésaü, quand vous le trouverez;
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.
20 et vous direz aussi: Voici, ton serviteur Jacob [vient] après nous. Car il disait: Je l’apaiserai par le présent qui va devant moi, et après cela je verrai sa face; peut-être qu’il m’accueillera favorablement.
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.”
21 Et le présent passa devant lui; mais, pour lui, il passa cette nuit-là dans le camp.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 Et il se leva cette nuit-là, et prit ses deux femmes, et ses deux servantes, et ses onze enfants, et passa le gué de Jabbok.
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.
23 Il les prit, et leur fit passer le torrent; et il fit passer ce qui était à lui.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Et Jacob resta seul; et un homme lutta avec lui jusqu’au lever de l’aurore.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Et lorsqu’il vit qu’il ne prévalait pas sur lui, il toucha l’emboîture de sa hanche; et l’emboîture de la hanche de Jacob fut luxée, comme il luttait avec lui.
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.
26 Et il dit: Laisse-moi aller, car l’aurore se lève. Et il dit: Je ne te laisserai point aller sans que tu m’aies béni.
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!”
27 Et il lui dit: Quel est ton nom? Et il dit: Jacob.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Et il dit: Ton nom ne sera plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël; car tu as lutté avec Dieu et avec les hommes, et tu as prévalu.
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.”
29 Et Jacob demanda, et dit: Je te prie, déclare-moi ton nom. Et il dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Et il le bénit là.
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.
30 Et Jacob appela le nom du lieu Peniel: Car j’ai vu Dieu face à face, et mon âme a été délivrée.
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.”
31 Et le soleil se levait sur lui comme il passait Peniel; et il boitait sur sa cuisse.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 C’est pourquoi, jusqu’à ce jour, les fils d’Israël ne mangent point du tendon qui est sur l’emboîture de la hanche; car il toucha l’emboîture de la hanche de Jacob sur le tendon.
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.
