¹雅各作好准备与以扫相见

¹And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

²雅各看见他们，就说：“这是　神的军队。”于是给那地方起名叫玛哈念。

²and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This [is] the camp of God;` and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.`

³雅各先派使者到西珥地，就是以东的地区，他的哥哥以扫那里去，

³And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

⁴吩咐他们说：“你们要对我主以扫这样说：‘你的仆人雅各这样说：我在拉班那里寄居，一直到现在。

⁴and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

⁵我拥有牛、驴、羊群、仆婢，现在派人来报告我主，希望得到你的欢心。’”

⁵and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.`

⁶使者回到雅各那里说：“我们到了你哥哥以扫那里，他带着四百人，正迎着你来。”

⁶And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;`

⁷雅各感到非常惧怕和焦虑，就把随行的人、羊群、牛群和骆驼，分成两队，

⁷and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

⁸心里想：“即使以扫来击杀这一队，余下的一队还可以逃脱。”

⁸and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.`

⁹雅各说：“耶和华，我祖亚伯拉罕的　神，我父以撒的　神啊，你曾经对我说过：‘回到你自己的故乡，到你的亲族那里去，我必厚待你。’

⁹And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee:

¹⁰你向你仆人所施的一切慈爱和信实，我实在不配得。从前我只拿着我的手杖过这约旦河；现在我却拥有这两队人马了。

¹⁰I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant — for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.

¹¹求你救我脱离我哥哥以扫的手，因为我怕他来击杀我，连母亲和孩子也击杀了。

¹¹`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me — mother beside sons;

¹²你曾经说过：‘我必厚待你，使你的后裔好像海边的沙一样，多到不可胜数。’”

¹²and Thou — Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.`

¹³那天晚上，雅各在那里过夜。然后从他所拥有的牲畜中，取出一部分，作为给他哥哥以扫的礼物，

¹³And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

¹⁴就是母山羊二百只、公山羊二十只、母绵羊二百只、公绵羊二十只、

¹⁴she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

¹⁵哺乳的母骆驼三十匹，各带着驹子，母牛四十头、公牛十头、母驴二十头、公驴十头。

¹⁵suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

¹⁶雅各把这些分成一队一队，交在仆人的手里，又对仆人说：“你们先过去，每队之间要留一段距离。”

¹⁶and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.`

¹⁷他又吩咐走在最前的仆人说：“我哥哥以扫遇见你的时候，如果问你：‘你的主人是谁？你要到哪里去？在你前面的这些牲畜是谁的？’

¹⁷And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?

¹⁸你就要回答：‘是你仆人雅各的，是送给我主以扫的礼物，他自己也在我们后面。’”

¹⁸then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob`s: it [is] a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also [is] behind us.`

¹⁹他又吩咐第二个、第三个和所有跟在队伍后面的人说：“你们遇见以扫的时候，都要这样对他说。

¹⁹And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

²⁰你们还要说：‘你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为他心里想：“我先送礼物去，借此与他和解，然后再与他见面，或者他会原谅我。”

²⁰and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;` for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;`

²¹于是礼物先过去了；那天晚上雅各在营中过夜。

²¹and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

²²雅各那夜起来，带着他的两个妻子、两个婢女和十一个孩子，都过了雅博渡口。

²²And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

²³雅各与天使摔角他带着他们，先打发他们过河，然后又打发他所有的都过去。

²³and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

²⁴只留下雅各一人，有一个人来与他摔角，直到天快亮的时候。

²⁴And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

²⁵那人见自己不能胜过他，就在他的大腿窝上打了一下。于是，雅各与那人摔角的时候，大腿窝脱了节。

²⁵and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob`s thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him;

²⁶那人说：“天快亮了，让我走吧。”雅各说：“如果你不给我祝福，我就不让你走。”

²⁶and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:` and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.`

²⁷雅各获胜之后改名以色列那人问他：“你叫什么名字？”他回答：“雅各。”

²⁷And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?` and he saith, `Jacob.`

²⁸那人说：“你的名字不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列，因为你与　神与人较力，都得了胜。”

²⁸And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.`

²⁹雅各问他，说：“请把你的名告诉我。”那人回答：“为什么问我的名呢？”他就在那里给雅各祝福。

²⁹And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;` and he saith, `Why [is] this, thou askest for My name?` and He blesseth him there.

³⁰于是，雅各给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思说：“我面对面看见了　神，我的性命仍得保全。”

³⁰And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;`

³¹雅各经过毗努伊勒的时候，太阳刚刚出来，照在他身上。他因为大腿的伤，跛脚行走。

³¹and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh;

³²因此，以色列人直到现在都不吃大腿窝上的筋，因为那人在雅各的大腿窝上的筋打了一下。

³²therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob`s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.