Genesis 32

1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

1 雅各继续前行，上帝的天使遇见了他。

2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

2 雅各看见他们，就说：“这是上帝的军队！”于是称那地方为玛哈念 。

3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

3 雅各先派使者到西珥，就是以东地区，去见他哥哥以扫，

4 He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

4 并吩咐他们：“你们要这样对我主以扫说，‘你仆人雅各说他一直寄居在拉班家里，

5 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

5 现在他带了牛羊、驴和仆婢回来见我主，派我们来报信，希望在你面前蒙恩。’”

6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

6 报信的人回到雅各那里，说：“我们到了你哥哥以扫那里，他正带着四百人前来见你。”

7 In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

7 雅各听了非常害怕，忧心忡忡，便把随从、牛群、羊群和骆驼分成两队，

8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

8 心想：“如果以扫来攻击一队，另一队还可以逃生。”

9 Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

9 他祷告说：“耶和华，我祖父亚伯拉罕和我父亲以撒的上帝啊！你吩咐我回到家乡和亲族那里，答应厚待我。

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

10 我不配蒙你以慈爱和信实相待，我先前过约旦河的时候，手上只有一根杖，现在却有两队人畜。

11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

11 求你救我脱离我哥哥以扫的手，我怕他会来杀我和我的妻儿。

12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

12 然而，你曾说，‘我必厚待你，使你的后代多如海沙，不可胜数。’”

13 Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

13 那天晚上，雅各就在那里过夜，又从产业中挑选牲畜送给哥哥以扫作礼物：

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

14 母山羊二百只、公山羊二十只、母绵羊二百只、公绵羊二十只、

15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

15 哺乳的骆驼三十头及其小骆驼、母牛四十头、公牛十头、母驴二十头、公驴十头。

16 He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

16 雅各把牲畜每类分成一群，交给仆人看管，对他们说：“你们走在前头，每群牲畜之间要保持一段距离！”

17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

17 又吩咐走在最前面的仆人说：“我哥哥以扫遇到你的时候，如果问你是谁家的人？要到哪里去？你前头这些牲畜是谁的？

18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

18 你就说，‘是你仆人雅各的，是送给他主人以扫的礼物，他自己就在后面。’”

19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

19 雅各又吩咐赶第二群、第三群及其余牲畜的仆人遇见以扫时也要这样回答，

20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

20 并且一定要说：“你仆人雅各就在后面。”雅各想先用礼物去化解以扫的怨恨，也许见面时以扫会善待他。

21 So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

21 于是，他派人先把礼物送过去，自己则留在营里过夜。

22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

22 当夜，雅各起来带着两个妻子、两个婢女和十一个儿子渡过雅博渡口。

23 He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

23 雅各把他们连同一切所有都送过河以后，

24 So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

24 自己独自留下。有一个人来和他摔跤，直到黎明。

25 When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

25 那人见胜不过雅各，就在他的大腿窝摸了一下，他大腿的关节就脱臼了。

26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

26 那人说：“天亮了，让我走吧！”但雅各说：“你不祝福我，我就不让你走。”

27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

27 那人问道：“你叫什么名字？”他说：“我叫雅各。”

28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

28 那人说：“你以后不要再叫雅各了，你要叫以色列，因为你跟上帝和人角力都得胜了。”

29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

29 雅各说：“请你告诉我你的名字。”那人说：“你为什么问我的名字？”他就在那里给雅各祝福。

30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

30 雅各称那地方为毗努伊勒，因为他说：“我面对面见过上帝，竟能活命。”

31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

31 雅各经过毗努伊勒的时候，太阳出来了，那时他的大腿瘸了。

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

32 以色列人至今都不吃大腿窝的筋，因为那人摸过雅各大腿窝的筋。