創世記 32
1 さて、ヤコブが旅路に進んだとき、神の使たちが彼に会った。
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 ヤコブは彼らを見て、「これは神の陣営です」と言って、その所の名をマハナイムと名づけた。
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 ヤコブはセイルの地、エドムの野に住む兄エサウのもとに、さきだって使者をつかわした。
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 すなわちそれに命じて言った、「あなたがたはわたしの主人エサウにこう言いなさい、『あなたのしもべヤコブはこう言いました。わたしはラバンのもとに寄留して今までとどまりました。
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 わたしは牛、ろば、羊、男女の奴隷を持っています。それでわが主に申し上げて、あなたの前に恵みを得ようと人をつかわしたのです』」。
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 使者はヤコブのもとに帰って言った、「わたしたちはあなたの兄エサウのもとへ行きました。彼もまたあなたを迎えようと四百人を率いてきます」。
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 そこでヤコブは大いに恐れ、苦しみ、共にいる民および羊、牛、らくだを二つの組に分けて、
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 言った、「たとい、エサウがきて、一つの組を撃っても、残りの組はのがれるであろう」。
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 ヤコブはまた言った、「父アブラハムの神、父イサクの神よ、かつてわたしに『おまえの国へ帰り、おまえの親族に行け。わたしはおまえを恵もう』と言われた主よ、
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 あなたがしもべに施されたすべての恵みとまことをわたしは受けるに足りない者です。わたしは、つえのほか何も持たないでこのヨルダンを渡りましたが、今は二つの組にもなりました。
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 どうぞ、兄エサウの手からわたしをお救いください。わたしは彼がきて、わたしを撃ち、母や子供たちにまで及ぶのを恐れます。
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 あなたは、かつて、『わたしは必ずおまえを恵み、おまえの子孫を海の砂の数えがたいほど多くしよう』と言われました」。
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 彼はその夜そこに宿り、持ち物のうちから兄エサウへの贈り物を選んだ。
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 すなわち雌やぎ二百、雄やぎ二十、雌羊二百、雄羊二十、
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 乳らくだ三十とその子、雌牛四十、雄牛十、雌ろば二十、雄ろば十。
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 彼はこれらをそれぞれの群れに分けて、しもべたちの手にわたし、しもべたちに言った、「あなたがたはわたしの先に進みなさい、そして群れと群れとの間には隔たりをおきなさい」。
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 また先頭の者に命じて言った、「もし、兄エサウがあなたに会って『だれのしもべで、どこへ行くのか。あなたの前にあるこれらのものはだれの物か』と尋ねたら、
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 『あなたのしもべヤコブの物で、わが主エサウにおくる贈り物です。彼もわたしたちのうしろにおります』と言いなさい」。
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 彼は第二の者にも、第三の者にも、また群れ群れについて行くすべての者にも命じて言った、「あなたがたがエサウに会うときは、同じように彼に告げて、
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 『あなたのしもべヤコブもわれわれのうしろにおります』と言いなさい」。ヤコブは、「わたしがさきに送る贈り物をもってまず彼をなだめ、それから、彼の顔を見よう。そうすれば、彼はわたしを迎えてくれるであろう」と思ったからである。
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 こうして贈り物は彼に先立って渡り、彼はその夜、宿営にやどった。
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 彼はその夜起きて、ふたりの妻とふたりのつかえめと十一人の子どもとを連れてヤボクの渡しをわたった。
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 すなわち彼らを導いて川を渡らせ、また彼の持ち物を渡らせた。
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 ヤコブはひとりあとに残ったが、ひとりの人が、夜明けまで彼と組打ちした。
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 ところでその人はヤコブに勝てないのを見て、ヤコブのもものつがいにさわったので、ヤコブのもものつがいが、その人と組打ちするあいだにはずれた。
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 その人は言った、「夜が明けるからわたしを去らせてください」。ヤコブは答えた、「わたしを祝福してくださらないなら、あなたを去らせません」。
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 その人は彼に言った、「あなたの名はなんと言いますか」。彼は答えた、「ヤコブです」。
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 その人は言った、「あなたはもはや名をヤコブと言わず、イスラエルと言いなさい。あなたが神と人とに、力を争って勝ったからです」。
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 ヤコブは尋ねて言った、「どうかわたしにあなたの名を知らせてください」。するとその人は、「なぜあなたはわたしの名をきくのですか」と言ったが、その所で彼を祝福した。
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 そこでヤコブはその所の名をペニエルと名づけて言った、「わたしは顔と顔をあわせて神を見たが、なお生きている」。
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 こうして彼がペニエルを過ぎる時、日は彼の上にのぼったが、彼はそのもものゆえにびっこを引いていた。
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 そのため、イスラエルの子らは今日まで、もものつがいの上にある腰の筋を食べない。かの人がヤコブのもものつがい、すなわち腰の筋にさわったからである。
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.
