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.
Jacob siguió su camino y unos ángeles de Dios vinieron a su encuentro.
2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
Cuando los vio dijo: “¡Este debe ser el campamento de Dios!” Y llamó al lugar “Dos campamentos”.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
Entonces envió mensajeros a su hermano Esaú, que vivía en la región de Seír, en el país de Edom.
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.
Y les dijo: “Esto es lo que deben decirle a mi señor Esaú: Tu siervo Jacob te envía este mensaje. He estado con Labán hasta ahora,
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.
y tengo ganado, asnos, ovejas y cabras, así como esclavos y esclavas. He enviado a estos mensajeros para explicarte esto, mi señor, esperando que te alegresde verme”.
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.
Los mensajeros volvieron a Jacob y le dijeron: “¡Su hermano Esaú viene a recibirle con 400 hombres armados!”
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.
Cuando Jacob escuchó esto, estaba absolutamente aterrorizado. Dividió a toda la gente con él, junto con las ovejas, las cabras, el ganado y los camellos, en dos grupos,
8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety.
diciéndose a sí mismo: “Si Esaú viene y destruye un grupo, el otro puede escapar”.
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.
Entonces Jacob oró: “¡Dios de mi abuelo Abraham, Dios de mi padre Isaac! Señor, tú fuiste quien me dijo: ‘Vuelve a tu país y a la casa de tu familia, y te trataré bien’
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.
No merezco todo el amor y la fidelidad que has mostrado a tu siervo. Crucé el Jordán hace años con sólo mi bastón, y ahora tengo dos grandes campamentos.
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.
Por favor, sálvame de mi hermano; ¡defiéndeme de Esaú! Me aterra que venga a atacarme a mí, a mis mujeres y a mis hijos.
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.
Tú mismo me dijiste: ‘Sin duda alguna te trataré bien. Haré que tus descendientes sean tan numerosos como la arena de la playa, demasiados para contarlos’”.
13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
Jacob pasó la noche allí. Luego escogió animales como regalo para su hermano Esaú:
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
200 cabras hembras, 20 cabras machos; 200 ovejas, 20 carneros;
15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
30 camellos hembras con sus crías, 40 vacas, 10 toros; 20 burros hembras, 10 burros machos.
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.
Puso a sus sirvientes a cargo de cada uno de los rebaños y les dijo: “Adelántense y mantengan una buena distancia entre los rebaños”.
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?
A los que tenían el primer rebaño les dio estas instrucciones: “Cuando mi hermano Esaú se encuentre con ustedes y les pregunte: ‘¿Quién es su amo, a dónde van, y de quién son estos animales que vienen con ustedes’
18 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us.
deberán decirle: ‘Tu siervo Jacob envía estos como regalo a mi señor Esaú, y viene detrás de nosotros’”.
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;
A los que tenían el segundo, el tercero, y todos los rebaños subsiguientes lesdio las mismas instrucciones, diciéndoles: “Esto es lo que deben decirle a Esaú cuando se encuentre con ustedes.
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.
Y también deben decirle: ‘Tu siervo Jacob viene justo detrás de nosotros’”.
21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
Así que los regalos iban adelante mientras Jacob pasaba la noche en el campamento.
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.
Se levantó durante la noche y tomó a sus dos esposas y a las dos criadas personales y a sus once hijos, y cruzó el río Jaboc.
23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
Después de ayudarles a cruzar, también les envió todo lo que les pertenecía.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
Pero Jacob se quedó allí solo. Un hombre vino y luchó con él hasta el amanecer.
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.
Cuando el hombre se dio cuenta de que no podía vencer a Jacob, golpeó la cavidad de la cadera de Jacob y la desarticuló mientras luchaba con él.
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.
Entonces el hombre dijo: “Déjame ir porque ya casi ha amanecido”. “No te dejaré ir a menos que me bendigas”, respondió Jacob.
27 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob.
“¿Cómo te llamas?” le preguntó el hombre. “Jacob”, respondió él.
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.
“Tu nombre no será más Jacob”, dijo el hombre. “En su lugar te llamarás Israel, porque luchaste con Dios y con los hombres, y ganaste”.
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.
“Por favor, dime tu nombre”, preguntó Jacob. “¿Por qué me preguntas mi nombre?” respondió el hombre. Entonces bendijo a Jacob allí.
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.
Jacob nombró el lugar Peniel, diciendo: “¡Vi a Dios cara a cara y todavía estoy vivo!”
31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
Y cuando Jacob se fue de Peniel, ya salía el sol, e iba cojeando por su cadera fracturada.
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.
(Por eso, aún hoy, los israelitas no se comen el tendón del muslo que está unido a la cuenca de la cadera, porque ahí es donde el hombre golpeó la cuenca de la cadera de Jacob).
