1 Mosebok 32
1 Og Jakob drog videre, og Guds engler møtte ham.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 Da Jakob så dem, sa han: Dette er Guds leir. Og han kalte stedet Mahana'im.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 Og Jakob sendte bud foran sig til sin bror Esau i landet Se'ir, på Edoms mark.
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 Og han bød dem og sa: Således skal I si til min herre Esau: Så sier din tjener Jakob: Jeg har opholdt mig hos Laban og vært der helt til nu,
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 og jeg har fått okser og asener, småfe og træler og trælkvinner; og nu vilde jeg sende bud til min herre om dette for å finne nåde for dine øine
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 Og budene kom tilbake til Jakob og sa: Vi kom til Esau, din bror, og han drar dig nu selv i møte, og fire hundre mann med ham.
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 Da blev Jakob overmåte forferdet; og han delte folket som var med ham, og småfeet og storfeet og kamelene i to leire.
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 For han tenkte: Om Esau kommer til den ene leir og slår den, da kan den leir som er igjen, få berge sig unda.
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 Og Jakob sa: Min far Abrahams Gud og min far Isaks Gud, Herre, du som sa til mig: Dra tilbake til ditt land og til ditt folk, og jeg vil gjøre vel imot dig!
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 Jeg er ringere enn all den miskunnhet og all den trofasthet som du har vist mot din tjener; for med min stav gikk jeg over Jordan her, og nu er jeg blitt til to leire.
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 Fri mig ut av Esaus, min brors hånd; for jeg er redd han skal komme og slå ihjel mig og mine, både mor og barn.
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 Du har jo selv sagt: Jeg vil alltid gjøre vel mot dig og la din ætt bli som havets sand, som ikke kan telles for mengde.
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 Så blev han der den natt, og av alt det han eide, tok han ut en gave til Esau, sin bror:
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 to hundre gjeter og tyve bukker, to hundre får og tyve værer,
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 tretti kameler som gav die, med sine føll, firti kjør og ti okser, tyve aseninner og ti asenfoler.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 Og han lot sine tjenere dra avsted med dem, hver hjord for sig, og han sa til sine tjenere: Far i forveien, og la det være et mellemrum mellem hver hjord!
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 Og han bød den første og sa: Når min bror Esau møter dig og han taler til dig og spør: Hvem hører du til, og hvor skal du hen, og hvem eier denne hjord som du driver foran dig?
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 da skal du si: Din tjener Jakob; det er en gave han sender til min herre Esau, og snart kommer han selv efter.
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 Og han bød likeledes den annen og den tredje og alle de andre som drev hjordene, og sa: Således skal I tale til Esau når I møter ham,
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 I skal si: Snart kommer din tjener Jakob selv efter. For han tenkte: Jeg vil forsone ham ved den gave som jeg sender foran mig, og siden vil jeg selv trede frem for ham; kanskje han vil ta nådig imot mig.
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 Så drog de i forveien med gaven; men selv blev han i leiren den natt.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 samme natt stod han op og tok sine hustruer og de to trælkvinner og sine elleve sønner og gikk over Jabboks vadested.
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 Han tok og satte dem over åen og førte over alt det han eide.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 Så var Jakob alene tilbake. Da kom det en mann og kjempet med ham inntil morgenen grydde.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 Og da mannen så at han ikke kunde rå med ham, rørte han ved hans hofteskål; og Jakobs hofteskål gikk av ledd, mens han kjempet med ham.
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 Og han sa: Slipp mig, for morgenen gryr! Men han sa: Jeg slipper dig ikke, uten du velsigner mig.
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 Da sa han til ham: Hvad er ditt navn? Han svarte: Jakob.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 Han sa: Du skal ikke lenger hete Jakob, men Israel; for du har kjempet med Gud og med mennesker og vunnet.
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 Da spurte Jakob: Si mig ditt navn! Han svarte: Hvorfor spør du om mitt navn? Og han velsignet ham der.
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 Og Jakob kalte stedet Pniel; for sa han jeg har sett Gud åsyn til åsyn og enda berget livet.
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 Og da han var kommet forbi Pnuel så han solen rinne; og han haltet på sin hofte.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 Derfor er det så den dag idag at Israels barn aldrig eter spennesenen som er på hofteskålen, fordi han rørte ved Jakobs hofteskål på spennesenen.
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.
