創世記 32
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1雅各 仍舊行路,上帝的使者遇見他。
1(32-2) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2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 。
2(32-3) And Jacob said when he saw them: 'This is God's camp.' And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3雅各 打發人先往 西珥 地去,就是 以東 地,見他哥哥 以掃 ,
3(32-4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
4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。
4(32-5) And he commanded them, saying: 'Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
5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。』」
5(32-6) And I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.'
6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。」
6(32-7) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: 'We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.'
7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,
7(32-8) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
8說:「 以掃 若來擊殺這一隊,剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
8(32-9) And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.'
9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。』
9(32-10) And Jacob said: 'O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;
10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。
10(32-11) I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
11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。
11(32-12) Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.
12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。』」
12(32-13) And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
13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 :
13(32-14) And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:
14母山羊二百隻,公山羊二十隻,母綿羊二百隻,公綿羊二十隻,
14(32-15) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15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;
15(32-16) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
16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」;
16(32-17) And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: 'Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.'
17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?』
17(32-18) And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18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。』」
18(32-19) then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.'
19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;
19(32-20) And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: 'In this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;
20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。」
20(32-21) and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.'
21於是禮物先過去了;那夜, 雅各 在隊中住宿。
21(32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22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,
22(32-23) And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23先打發他們過河,又打發所有的都過去,
23(32-24) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
24只剩下 雅各 一人。有一個人來和他摔跤,直到黎明。
24(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25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。
25(32-26) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
26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。」
26(32-27) And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' And he said: 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.'
27那人說:「你名叫甚麼?」他說:「我名叫 雅各 。」
27(32-28) And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'
28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。」
28(32-29) And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'
29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。
29(32-30) And Jacob asked him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.' And he said: 'Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?' And he blessed him there.
30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。」
30(32-31) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.'
31日頭剛出來的時候, 雅各 經過 毗努伊勒 ,他的大腿就瘸了。
31(32-32) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
32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。
32(32-33) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.
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