Genesis 32
1 As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
Jacob de son côté poursuivit sa route, et il eut la rencontre d'anges de Dieu.
2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
Et il dit en les voyant: C'est le camp de Dieu! Et il donna à ce lieu le nom de Mahanaïm (double camp).
3 Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
Et Jacob envoya devant lui des messagers à Esaü, son frère, dans le pays de Seïr, dans le pays d'Edom;
4 He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
et il leur donna ses instructions en ces termes: Ainsi vous parlerez à mon seigneur Esaü: Ainsi parle ton serviteur Jacob: J'ai séjourné chez Laban et y suis resté jusqu'à présent,
5 I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
et j'ai acquis des bœufs et des ânes, des brebis, et des serviteurs et des servantes, et j'en fais donner avis à mon seigneur, pour trouver grâce à tes yeux.
6 The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming with him.”
Et les messagers revinrent auprès de Jacob en disant: Nous nous sommes rendus chez ton frère, chez Esaü; et de plus il est en marche à ta rencontre et a quatre cents hommes avec lui.
7 Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups.
Alors Jacob craignit fort et fut dans la détresse, et il partagea le monde qui était avec lui, et le menu et le gros bétail et les chameaux, en deux camps.
8 He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
Et il dit: Si Esaü fond sur l'un des camps et le met en déroute, le camp qui restera pourra se sauver.
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) you.’
Et Jacob dit: Dieu de mon père Abraham, et Dieu de mon père Isaac, Éternel, qui m'as dit: Retourne dans ton pays et dans ta patrie, je veux être ton bienfaiteur!
10 I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
je Suis trop petit pour toutes les grâces et pour toute la fidélité que tu as montrée à ton serviteur; car avec mon bâton j'ai passé ce Jourdain, et maintenant je forme deux caravanes.
11 So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
Ah! sauve-moi de la main de mon frère, de la main d'Esaü, car je le redoute, je crains qu'il ne vienne et ne me fasse tomber sous ses coups, la mère sur les enfants.
12 But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
Aussi bien tu as dit: Je veux être ton bienfaiteur, et rendre ta postérité égale au sable de la mer, qu'on ne peut compter tant il est immense.
13 Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
Et il passa cette nuit en ce lieu, et il prit dans ce qu'il transportait avec lui un présent pour Esaü, son frère,
14 He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
deux cents chèvres, vingt boucs, deux cents brebis et vingt béliers,
15 30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
trente chamelles mères avec leurs petits, quarante vaches et dix taureaux, vingt ânesses et dix ânes.
16 He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
Et il les remit à ses serviteurs, chaque troupeau séparément, et il dit à ses serviteurs: Précédez-moi, et laissez une distance entre un troupeau et l'autre.
17 He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
Et il donna cet ordre au premier: Si Esaü, mon frère, te rencontre et te fait cette question: A qui es-tu? et où vas-tu? et à qui est ce troupeau qui est devant toi?
18 tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’”
tu répondras: A ton serviteur Jacob; c'est un présent envoyé à mon seigneur Esaü, et voici, il vient lui-même après nous.
19 He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
Et il donna aussi ses ordres et au second, et au troisième, et à tous ceux qui marchaient derrière les troupeaux, en ces termes: C'est en ces termes que vous parlerez à Esaü, quand vous le trouverez,
20 And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
et vous direz: Voici, ton serviteur Jacob vient aussi après nous. Car il se disait: Je veux l'apaiser au moyen du présent qui me précède, et ensuite je le verrai; peut-être me fera-t-il bon accueil.
21 So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
Et ainsi le présent prenait l'avance sur lui; et il passa cette nuit au camp.
22 Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
Et il se leva la même nuit et prit ses deux femmes et ses deux servantes et ses onze enfants, et passa le gué du Jabok,
23 After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
et les prit et leur fit passer la rivière, et il transporta tout ce qu'il avait.
24 So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
Et Jacob resta ainsi seul. Alors un homme lutta avec lui jusqu'au lever de l'aurore.
25 When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
Et voyant qu'il ne pouvait le vaincre, il le frappa à l'articulation de la hanche, et l'articulation de la hanche de Jacob fut luxée pendant qu'il luttait avec lui.
26 Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
Et il dit: Laisse-moi aller, car l'aurore se lève. Et il dit: Je ne te laisse point aller que tu ne m'aies béni.
27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
Et il lui dit: Quel est ton nom? Et il répondit: Jacob.
28 The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
Et il dit: Jacob ne sera plus le nom dont on t'appellera, mais Israël, car tu as lutté avec Dieu et avec des hommes et tu l'as emporté.
29 Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
Et Jacob l'interrogeant lui dit: Découvre-moi donc ton nom. Et il dit: Pourquoi me demandes-tu donc mon nom? Et Il le bénit là.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
Et Jacob appela ce lieu du nom de Pniel (face de Dieu); « car j'ai vu Dieu face à face et mon âme a été sauvée. »
31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
Et le soleil se levait comme il passait à Pniel; mais il boitait de sa hanche.
32 The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
C'est pourquoi les enfants d'Israël ne mangent point jusqu'aujourd'hui le tendon qui est à l'articulation de la hanche, parce qu'il avait frappé l'articulation de la hanche de Jacob, le tendon.
