Genèse 32
1 Et Jacob continua son chemin, et les Anges de Dieu vinrent au-devant de lui;
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Et quand Jacob les eut vus, il dit: [C'est] ici le camp de Dieu; et il nomma ce lieu-là Mahanajim.
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 des messagers devant soi vers Esaü son frère, au pays de Séhir, dans le territoire d'Edom.
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 leur commanda, en disant: Vous parlerez en cette manière à mon Seigneur Esaü: Ainsi a dit ton serviteur Jacob; j'ai demeuré comme étranger 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, des ânes, des brebis, des serviteurs, et des servantes; ce que j'envoie annoncer à mon Seigneur, afin de trouver grâce devant lui.
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 retournèrent à Jacob, et lui dirent: Nous sommes venus vers ton frère Esaü, et même il vient au-devant de toi, ayant quatre cents 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 Alors Jacob craignit beaucoup, et fut dans une grande angoisse; et ayant partagé le peuple qui était avec lui, et les brebis, et les bœufs, et les chameaux en deux bandes, il dit:
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 Si Esaü vient à l'une de ces bandes, et qu'il la frappe, la bande qui demeurera de reste échappera.
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 Jacob dit aussi: Ô Dieu de mon père Abraham, Dieu de mon père Isaac, ô Eternel 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 au prix de toutes tes gratuités, et de toute la vérité dont tu as usé envers ton serviteur; car j'ai passé ce Jourdain avec mon bâton, mais maintenant je m'en [retourne] avec ces 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 Je te prie, délivre-moi de la main de mon frère Esaü; car je crains qu'il ne vienne, et qu'il ne me frappe, et [qu'il ne tue] la mère avec les 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 Or tu as dit: Certes, je te ferai du bien, et je ferai devenir ta postérité comme le sable de la mer, lequel on ne saurait compter à cause de son grand nombre.
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 la nuit en ce lieu-là, et prit de ce qui lui vint en main pour en faire un présent à Esaü son frère.
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 [Savoir] deux cents chèvres, vingt boucs, deux cents brebis, vingt moutons.
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 Trente femelles de chameaux qui allaitaient, et leurs petits; quarante jeunes vaches, dix jeunes taureaux, vingt 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 leur dit: Passez devant moi, et faites qu'il y ait de la distance 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 Et il commanda au premier, disant: Quand Esaü mon frère te rencontrera, et te demandera, disant: A qui es-tu? et où vas-tu? et à qui sont ces choses qui sont 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 Alors tu diras: Je suis à ton serviteur Jacob: c'est un présent qu'il envoie à mon Seigneur Esaü; et le voilà lui-même 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 Il fit aussi le même commandement au second, et au troisième, et à tous ceux qui allaient après les troupeaux, disant: Vous parlerez en ces termes-ci à Esaü, quand vous l'aurez trouvé;
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 lui direz: Voici même ton serviteur Jacob est derrière nous. Car il disait: J'apaiserai sa colère par ce présent qui ira devant moi, et après cela, je verrai sa face; peut-être qu'il me regardera 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 Le présent donc alla devant lui; mais pour lui il demeura cette nuit-là avec sa troupe.
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, 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 donc, et leur fit passer le torrent; il fit aussi passer tout ce qu'il avait.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Or Jacob étant resté seul, un homme lutta avec lui, jusqu'à ce que l'aube du jour fût levée.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Et quand [cet homme] vit qu'il ne le pouvait pas vaincre, il toucha l'endroit de l'emboîture de sa hanche; ainsi l'emboîture de l'os de la hanche de Jacob fut démise quand l'homme 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 [cet homme] lui dit: Laisse-moi, car l'aube du jour est levée. Mais il dit: 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 Et [cet homme] lui dit: Quel est ton nom? Il répondit: Jacob.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Alors il dit: Ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais Israël; car tu as été le maître [en luttant] avec Dieu et avec les hommes, et tu as été le plus 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 Et Jacob demanda, disant: Je te prie, déclare-moi ton nom. Et il répondit: 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 nomma le lieu, Péniel; car j'ai, [dit-il], 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 leva aussitôt qu'il eut passé Péniel, et il boitait d'une hanche.
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 enfants d'Israël ne mangent point du muscle se retirant, qui est à l'endroit de l'emboîture de la hanche; parce que [cet homme-là] toucha l'endroit de l'emboîture de la hanche de Jacob, à l'endroit du muscle se retirant.
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.
