Genesis 33

1 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

1 雅各舉目觀看，見以掃來了，後頭跟着四百人，他就把孩子們分開交給利亞、拉結，和兩個使女，

2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

2 並且叫兩個使女和她們的孩子在前頭，利亞和她的孩子在後頭，拉結和約瑟在儘後頭。

3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

3 他自己在他們前頭過去，一連七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥。

4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

4 以掃跑來迎接他，將他抱住，又摟着他的頸項，與他親嘴，兩個人就哭了。

5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

5 以掃舉目看見婦人孩子，就說：「這些和你同行的是誰呢？」雅各說：「這些孩子是上帝施恩給你的僕人的。」

6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

6 於是兩個使女和她們的孩子前來下拜；

7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

7 利亞和她的孩子也前來下拜；隨後約瑟和拉結也前來下拜。

8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

8 以掃說：「我所遇見的這些群畜是甚麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是要在我主面前蒙恩的。」

9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

9 以掃說：「兄弟啊，我的已經夠了，你的仍歸你吧！」

10 But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

10 雅各說：「不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你從我手裏收下這禮物；因為我見了你的面，如同見了上帝的面，並且你容納了我。

11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

11 求你收下我帶來給你的禮物；因為上帝恩待我，使我充足。」雅各再三地求他，他才收下了。

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

12 以掃說：「我們可以起身前往，我在你前頭走。」

13 But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

13 雅各對他說：「我主知道孩子們年幼嬌嫩，牛羊也正在乳養的時候，若是催趕一天，群畜都必死了。

14 Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

14 求我主在僕人前頭走，我要量着在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行，直走到西珥我主那裏。」

15 “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

15 以掃說：「容我把跟隨我的人留幾個在你這裏。」雅各說：「何必呢？只要在我主眼前蒙恩就是了。」

16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

16 於是，以掃當日起行，回往西珥去了。

17 but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

17 雅各就往疏割去，在那裏為自己蓋造房屋，又為牲畜搭棚；因此那地方名叫疏割 。

18 After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

18 雅各從巴旦‧亞蘭回來的時候，平平安安地到了迦南地的示劍城，在城東支搭帳棚，

19 And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

19 就用一百塊銀子向示劍的父親、哈抹的子孫買了支帳棚的那塊地，

20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

20 在那裏築了一座壇，起名叫伊利‧伊羅伊‧以色列 。