Genesi 32
1 Giacobbe continuò il suo cammino, e gli si fecero incontro degli angeli di Dio.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 E come Giacobbe li vide, disse: “Questo è il campo di Dio”; e pose nome a quel luogo Mahanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Giacobbe mandò davanti a sé dei messi a Esaù suo fratello, nel paese di Seir, nella campagna di 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 E dette loro quest’ordine: “Direte così ad Esaù, mio signore: Così dice il tuo servo Giacobbe: Io ho soggiornato presso Labano, e vi sono rimasto fino ad ora;
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 ho buoi, asini, pecore, servi e serve; e lo mando a dire al mio signore, per trovar grazia agli occhi tuoi”.
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 E i messi tornarono a Giacobbe, dicendo: “Siamo andati dal tuo fratello Esaù, ed eccolo che ti viene incontro con quattrocento uomini”.
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 Allora Giacobbe fu preso da gran paura ed angosciato; divise in due schiere la gente ch’era con lui, i greggi, gli armenti, i cammelli, e disse:
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 Esaù viene contro una delle schiere e la batte, la schiera che rimane potrà salvarsi”.
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 Poi Giacobbe disse: “O Dio d’Abrahamo mio padre, Dio di mio padre Isacco! O Eterno, che mi dicesti: Torna al tuo paese e al tuo parentado e ti farò del bene,
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 io son troppo piccolo per esser degno di tutte le benignità che hai usate e di tutta la fedeltà che hai dimostrata al tuo servo; poiché io passai questo Giordano col mio bastone, e ora son divenuto due schiere.
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 Liberami, ti prego, dalle mani di mio fratello, dalle mani di Esaù; perché io ho paura di lui e temo che venga e mi dia addosso, non risparmiando né madre né bambini.
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 E tu dicesti: Certo, io ti farò del bene, e farò diventare la tua progenie come la rena del mare, la quale non si può contare da tanta che ce n’è”.
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 Ed egli passò quivi quella notte; e di quello che avea sotto mano prese di che fare un dono al suo fratello Esaù:
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 duecento capre e venti capri, duecento pecore e venti montoni,
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 trenta cammelle allattanti coi loro parti, quaranta vacche e dieci tori, venti asine e dieci puledri.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 E li consegnò ai suoi servi, gregge per gregge separatamente, e disse ai suoi servi: “Passate dinanzi a me, e fate che vi sia qualche intervallo fra gregge e gregge”.
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 E dette quest’ordine al primo: “Quando il mio fratello Esaù t’incontrerà e ti chiederà: Di chi sei? dove vai? a chi appartiene questo gregge che va dinanzi a te?
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 risponderai: Al tuo servo Giacobbe, è un dono inviato al mio signore Esaù; ed ecco, egli stesso vien dietro a noi”.
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 E dette lo stesso ordine al secondo, al terzo, e a tutti quelli che seguivano i greggi, dicendo: “In questo modo parlerete a Esaù, quando lo troverete,
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 e direte: “Ecco il tuo servo Giacobbe, che viene egli stesso dietro a noi”. Perché diceva: “Io lo placherò col dono che mi precede, e, dopo, vedrò la sua faccia; forse, mi farà buona accoglienza”.
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 Così il dono andò innanzi a lui, ed egli passò la notte nell’accampamento.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 E si levò, quella notte, prese le sue due mogli, le sue due serve, i suoi undici figliuoli, e passò il guado di Iabbok.
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 Li prese, fece loro passare il torrente, e lo fece passare a tutto quello che possedeva.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Giacobbe rimase solo, e un uomo lottò con lui fino all’apparir dell’alba.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 E quando quest’uomo vide che non lo poteva vincere, gli toccò la commessura dell’anca; e la commessura dell’anca di Giacobbe fu slogata, mentre quello lottava con 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 E l’uomo disse: “Lasciami andare, ché spunta l’alba”. E Giacobbe: “Non ti lascerò andare prima che tu m’abbia benedetto!”
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 E l’altro gli disse: Qual è il tuo nome?” Ed egli rispose: “Giacobbe”.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 E quello disse: “Il tuo nome non sarà più Giacobbe, ma Israele, poiché tu hai lottato con Dio e con gli uomini, ed hai vinto”.
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 E Giacobbe gli chiese: “Deh, palesami il tuo nome”. E quello rispose: “Perché mi chiedi il mio nome?”
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 E lo benedisse quivi. E Giacobbe chiamò quel luogo Peniel, “perché”, disse, “ho veduto Iddio a faccia a faccia, e la mia vita è stata risparmiata”.
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 Il sole si levava com’egli ebbe passato Peniel; e Giacobbe zoppicava dell’anca.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 Per questo, fino al dì d’oggi, gl’Israeliti non mangiano il nervo della coscia che passa per la commessura dell’anca, perché quell’uomo avea toccato la commessura dell’anca di Giacobbe, al punto del nervo della coscia.
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.
