Gênesis 32
1 E Jacó se foi seu caminho, e saíram-lhe ao encontro anjos de Deus.
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 E disse Jacó quando os viu: Este é o acampamento de Deus; e chamou o nome daquele lugar Maanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 E enviou Jacó mensageiros diante de si a Esaú seu irmão, à terra de Seir, campo de 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 mandou-lhes dizendo: Assim direis a mim senhor Esaú: Assim diz teu servo Jacó: Com Labão morei, e detive-me até agora;
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 E tenho vacas, e asnos, e ovelhas, e servos, e servas; e envio a dizê-lo a meu senhor, para achar favor em teus olhos.
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 os mensageiros voltaram a Jacó, dizendo: Viemos a teu irmão Esaú, e ele também veio a receber-te, e quatrocentos homens com ele.
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 Então Jacó teve grande temor, e angustiou-se; e partiu o povo que tinha consigo, e as ovelhas e as vacas e os camelos, em dois grupos;
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 E disse: Se vier Esaú a um grupo e o ferir, o outro grupo escapará.
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 E disse Jacó: Deus de meu pai Abraão, e Deus de meu pai Isaque, o SENHOR, que me disseste: Volta-te à tua terra e à tua parentela, e eu te farei bem.
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 Menor sou que todas as misericórdias, e que toda a verdade que usaste para com teu servo; que com meu bordão passei este Jordão, e agora estou sobre dois grupos.
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 Livra-me agora da mão de meu irmão, da mão de Esaú, porque o temo; não venha talvez, e me fira a mãe com os filhos.
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 disseste: Eu te farei bem, e tornarei tua descendência como a areia do mar, que não se pode contar de tão numerosa.
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 E dormiu ali aquela noite, e tomou do que lhe veio à mão um presente para seu irmão Esaú.
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 Duzentas cabras e vinte machos de bode, duzentas ovelhas e vinte carneiros,
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 Trinta camelas de cria, com seus filhotes, quarenta vacas e dez novilhos, vinte asnas e dez jumentos.
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 E entregou-o em mão de seus servos, cada manada à parte; e disse a seus servos: Passai diante de mim, e ponde espaço entre manada e manada.
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 mandou ao primeiro, dizendo: Se meu irmão Esaú te encontrar, e te perguntar, dizendo De quem és? E: Para onde vais? E: para quem é isto que levas diante de ti?
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 Então dirás: Presente é de teu servo Jacó, que envia a meu senhor Esaú; e eis que também ele vem atrás de nós.
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 mandou também ao segundo, e ao terceiro, e a todos os que iam atrás aquelas manadas, dizendo: Conforme isto falareis a Esaú, quando o achardes.
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 direis também: Eis que teu servo Jacó vem atrás de nós. Porque disse: Apaziguarei sua ira com o presente que vai adiante de mim, e depois verei seu rosto; talvez lhe serei aceito.
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 E passou o presente adiante dele; e ele dormiu aquela noite no acampamento.
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 E levantou-se aquela noite, e tomou suas duas mulheres, e suas duas servas, e seus onze filhos, e passou o vau de Jaboque.
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 Tomou-os, pois, e passou-os o ribeiro, e fez passar o que tinha.
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 E ficou Jacó sozinho, e lutou com ele um homem até que raiava a alva.
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 E quando viu que não podia com ele, tocou no lugar da juntura de sua coxa, e desconjuntou-se a coxa de Jacó enquanto com ele lutava.
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 disse: Deixa-me, que raia a alva. E ele disse: Não te deixarei, se não me abençoares.
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 ele lhe disse: Qual é teu nome? E ele respondeu: Jacó.
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 E ele disse: Não se dirá mais teu nome Jacó, mas sim Israel: porque lutaste com Deus e com os homens, e venceste.
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 Então Jacó lhe perguntou, e disse: Declara-me agora teu nome. E ele respondeu: Por que perguntas por meu nome? E abençoou-o ali.
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 chamou Jacó o nome daquele lugar Peniel: porque vi a Deus face a face, e foi livrada minha alma.
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 E saiu-lhe o sol quando passou a Peniel; e andava mancando de sua coxa.
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 Por isto até o dia de hoje os filhos de Israel não comem do tendão que se contrai, o qual está na juntura da coxa; porque o homem tocou a Jacó este lugar de sua coxa no tendão que se contrai.
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.
