Genesis 32
1 And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
雅各看見他們就說：「這是上帝的軍兵」，於是給那地方起名叫瑪哈念。
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，
4 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
吩咐他們說：「你們對我主以掃說：『你的僕人雅各這樣說：我在拉班那裏寄居，直到如今。
5 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight.
我有牛、驢、羊群、僕婢，現在打發人來報告我主，為要在你眼前蒙恩。』」
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
所打發的人回到雅各那裏，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裏，他帶着四百人，正迎着你來。」
7 And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
雅各就甚懼怕，而且愁煩，便把那與他同在的人口和羊群、牛群、駱駝分做兩隊，
8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
9 And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you [are] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good.
雅各說：「耶和華－我祖亞伯拉罕的上帝，我父親以撒的上帝啊，你曾對我說：『回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。』
10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which you have wrought with your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
你向僕人所施的一切慈愛和誠實，我一點也不配得；我先前只拿着我的杖過這約旦河，如今我卻成了兩隊了。
11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and strike me, and the mother upon the children.
求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手；因為我怕他來殺我，連妻子帶兒女一同殺了。
12 But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」
13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
當夜，雅各在那裏住宿，就從他所有的物中拿禮物要送給他哥哥以掃：
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
母山羊二百隻，公山羊二十隻，母綿羊二百隻，公綿羊二十隻，
15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
奶崽子的駱駝三十隻－各帶着崽子，母牛四十隻，公牛十隻，母驢二十匹，驢駒十匹；
16 And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
每樣各分一群，交在僕人手下，就對僕人說：「你們要在我前頭過去，使群群相離，有空閒的地方」；
17 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet you, and he ask you, saying, Whose are you? and whither would you go, and whose are these possessions advancing before you?
又吩咐儘先走的說：「我哥哥以掃遇見你的時候，問你說：『你是哪家的人？要往哪裏去？你前頭這些是誰的？』
18 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
你就說：『是你僕人雅各的，是送給我主以掃的禮物；他自己也在我們後邊。』」
19 And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;
又吩咐第二、第三，和一切趕群畜的人說：「你們遇見以掃的時候也要這樣對他說；
20 and you shall say, Behold your servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for perhaps he will accept me.
並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
22 And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.
他夜間起來，帶着兩個妻子，兩個使女，並十一個兒子，都過了雅博渡口，
23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
25 And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
那人見自己勝不過他，就將他的大腿窩摸了一把，雅各的大腿窩正在摔跤的時候就扭了。
26 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me.
那人說：「天黎明了，容我去吧！」雅各說：「你不給我祝福，我就不容你去。」
27 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
28 And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
那人說：「你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列；因為你與上帝與人較力，都得了勝。」
29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
雅各問他說：「請將你的名告訴我。」那人說：「何必問我的名？」於是在那裏給雅各祝福。
30 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he, ]I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.
雅各便給那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思說：「我面對面見了上帝，我的性命仍得保全。」
31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
日頭剛出來的時候，雅各經過毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
32 Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed.
故此，以色列人不吃大腿窩的筋，直到今日，因為那人摸了雅各大腿窩的筋。
