Genesis 32
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1(32-2) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
1雅各 仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
2(32-3) And Jacob said when he saw them: 'This is God's camp.' And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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 。
3(32-4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
3雅各 打發人先往 西珥 地去，就是 以東 地，見他哥哥 以掃 ，
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.
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。
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.'
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。』」
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.'
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。」
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.
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，
8(32-9) And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.'
8說：「 以掃 若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
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;
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。』
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.'
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。』」
13(32-14) And he lodged there that night; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:
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 ：
14(32-15) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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，
15(32-16) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
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；
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.'
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」；
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?
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？』
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.'
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。』」
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;
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；
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.'
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。」
21(32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
21於是禮物先過去了；那夜， 雅各 在隊中住宿。
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.
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，
23(32-24) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
23先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
24(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
24只剩下 雅各 一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
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.
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。
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.'
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。」
27(32-28) And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'
27那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫 雅各 。」
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.'
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。」
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.
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。
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.'
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。」
31(32-32) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
31日頭剛出來的時候， 雅各 經過 毗努伊勒 ，他的大腿就瘸了。
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.
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。
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