創世記 32
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
World English Bible
1雅各 仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
1Jacob 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 。
2When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” 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 ，
3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to 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。
4He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner 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。』」
5I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your 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。」
6The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are 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，
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies.
8說：「 以掃 若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
8He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will 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。』
9Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you 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。
10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
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。
11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers 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。』」
12You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which can’t be counted because there are so many.’”
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 ：
13He stayed there that night, and took from 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，
14two hundred female goats and twenty male 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；
15thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys 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」；
16He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
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？』
17He commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’
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。』」
18Then you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. 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；
19He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you 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。」
20You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
21於是禮物先過去了；那夜， 雅各 在隊中住宿。
21So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed 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，
22He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
23先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
23He 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。
24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there 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。
25When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
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。」
26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
27那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫 雅各 。」
27He said to him, “What is your name?” He 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。」
28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have 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。
29Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So 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。」
30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “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。
31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of 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。
32Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
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