1 Mosebok 33
1 Jacob hof upp sin ögon, och såg sin broder Esau komma med fyrahundrade män. Och skifte sin barn till Lea, och till Rachel, och till båda tjensteqvinnorna.
[Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
2 Och skickade tjensteqvinnorna med deras barn främst; och Lea med hennes barn dernäst; och Rachel med Joseph efterst.
He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 Och han gick fram för dem, och bugade sig sju resor ned på jordena, till dess han kom fram till sin broder.
He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
4 Men Esau lopp emot honom, och tog honom i famn, och fick honom om halsen, och kysste honom; och de greto.
But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
5 Och hof upp sin ögon, och såg qvinnorna med barnen, och sade: Ho äro desse med dig? Han svarade: Det äro barnen, som Gud dinom tjenare beskärt hafver.
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
6 Och tjensteqvinnorna gingo fram med deras barn, och bugade sig för honom.
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 Lea gick ock fram med sin barn, och bugade sig för honom. Sedan gick Joseph och Rachel fram, och bugade sig ock för honom.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 Och han sade: Hvad vill du med allan den skaran, som jag hafver mött? Han svarade: Att jag måtte finna nåd för minom herra.
Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
9 Esau sade: Jag hafver nog, min broder; behåll det du hafver.
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 Jacob svarade: Ack nej! hafver jag funnit nåd för dig, så tag min skänk af mine hand; förty jag såg ditt ansigte, lika som jag hade sett Guds ansigte; och tag det täckeliga af mig.
But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
11 Tag den välsignelsen, som jag hafver fört till dig; ty Gud hafver mig det beskärt, och jag hafver all ting nog. Så nödgade han honom, till dess han anammade det.
Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
12 Och han sade: Låt oss fara framåt, och resa, jag vill fara med dig.
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 Men han sade till honom: Min herre, du vetst att jag hafver späd barn när mig, dertill får och fä, som än äro unge; när de en dag för hastigt drifne vordo, dödde mig hela hjorden.
Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
14 Min herre fare fram före åt för sin tjenare: Jag vill sakta följa, efter som boskapen och barnen gå kunna, till dess jag kommer till min herra i Seir.
You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
15 Esau sade: Så vill jag dock låta blifva när dig något af folket, som med mig är. Han svarade: Hvad görs det behof? Låt mig man finna nåd för minom herra.
Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
16 Så for Esau den dagen tillbaka sin väg åt Seir.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 Och Jacob for till Succoth, och byggde sig ett hus, och gjorde hyddor till sin boskap. Deraf heter det rummet Succoth.
But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
18 Derefter kom Jacob till Salem, till den staden Sichem, som ligger i Canaans lande, sedan han var kommen utaf Mesopotamien, och gjorde sitt lägre för stadenom.
[Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
19 Och köpte ett stycke åker af Hemors Sichems faders barnom, för hundrade penningar.
One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
20 Der slog han upp sin tjäll, och uppreste der ett altare, och åkallade dens starka Israels Guds namn.
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
