Genèse 32
1 Pour Jacob, il poursuivit son voyage; des envoyés du Seigneur se trouvèrent sur ses pas.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Jacob dit en les voyant: "Ceci est la légion du Seigneur!" Et il appela cet endroit Mahanayim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Jacob envoya des messagers en avant, vers Ésaü son frère, au pays de Séir, 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 Il leur avait donné cet ordre: "Vous parlerez ainsi à mon seigneur, à Ésaü: ‘Ainsi parle ton serviteur Jacob:
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 J’Ai séjourné chez Laban et prolongé mon séjour jusqu’à présent. J’Ai acquis boeufs et ânes, menu bétail, esclaves mâles et femelles; je l’envoie annoncer à mon seigneur, pour obtenir faveur à ses 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 Les messagers revinrent près de Jacob, en disant: "Nous sommes allés trouver ton frère Ésaü; lui même vient à ta rencontre et quatre cents hommes l’accompagnent."
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 Jacob fut fort effrayé et plein d’anxiété. II distribua son monde, le menu, 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 se disant: "Si Ésaü attaque l’une des bandes et la met en pièces, la bande restante deviendra une ressource."
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 Puis Jacob dit "O Divinité de mon père Abraham, Divinité d’Isaac mon père! Éternel, toi qui m’as dit: ‘Retourne à ton pays et à ton lieu natal, je te comblerai;’
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 peu digne de toutes les faveurs et de toute la fidélité que tu as témoignées à ton serviteur, moi qui, avec mon bâton, avais passé ce Jourdain et qui à présent possède deux légions.
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 Sauve moi, de grâce, de la main de mon frère, de la main d’Ésaü; car je crains qu’il ne m’attaque et ne me frappe, joignant la mère aux enfants!
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 Pourtant, tu as dit: ‘Je te comblerai de faveurs et j’égalerai ta descendance au sable de la mer, dont la quantité est incalculable.’"
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 Il établit là son gîte pour cette nuit et il choisit, dans ce qui se trouvait en sa possession un hommage pour Ésaü son frère:
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 deux cents chèvres et vingt boucs, deux cents brebis et vingt béliers;
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 trente chamelles laitières avec leurs petits, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânes.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 Il remit aux mains de ses esclaves chaque troupeau à part et il leur dit: "Marchez en avant et laissez un intervalle entre un troupeau et l’autre."
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 Il donna au premier l’ordre suivant: "Lorsqu’Ésaü, mon frère, te rencontrera et te demandera: ‘A qui es-tu? où vas tu? et pour qui ce bétail qui te précède?’
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 répondras: ‘A ton serviteur Jacob; ceci est un hommage adressé à mon seigneur Ésaü; et Jacob lui même nous suit.’"
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 II ordonna de même au second, de même au troisième, de même à tous ceux qui conduisaient les troupeaux, en disant: "C’Est ainsi que vous parlerez à Ésaü quand vous le rencontrerez.
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: ‘Voici que lui même, ton serviteur Jacob nous suit" car il disait: "Je veux rasséréner son visage par le présent qui me devance et puis je regarderai son visage, peut être deviendra t il bienveillant pour moi."
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 Le présent défila devant lui et lui, demeura cette nuit dans le camp.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 Il se leva, quant à lui, pendant la nuit; il prit ses deux femmes, ses deux servantes et ses onze enfants et passa le gué de Jaboc.
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 Puis il les aida à traverser le torrent et fit passer ce qui lui appartenait.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Jacob étant resté seul, un homme lutta avec lui, jusqu’au lever de l’aube.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Voyant qu’il ne pouvait le vaincre, il lui pressa la cuisse; et la cuisse de Jacob se luxa tandis qu’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 Il dit: "Laisse moi partir, car l’aube est venue." II répondit: "Je ne te laisserai point, que tu ne 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 Il lui dit alors: "Quel est ton nom?" II répondit: "Jacob."
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Il reprit: "Jacob ne sera plus désormais ton nom, mais bien Israël; car tu as jouté contre des puissances célestes et humaines et tu es resté fort."
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 Jacob l’interrogea en disant: "Apprends-moi, je te prie, ton nom." II répondit: "Pourquoi t’enquérir de mon nom?" Et il le bénit alors.
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 Jacob appela ce lieu Penïel "parce que j’ai vu un être divin face à face et que ma vie est restée sauve."
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 Le soleil commençait à l’éclairer lorsqu’il eut quitté Penïél; il boitait alors à cause de 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 les enfants d’Israël ne mangent point aujourd’hui encore le nerf sciatique, qui tient à la cavité de la cuisse; parce que Jacob fut touché à la cavité de la cuisse, sur le nerf sciatique.
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.
