¹And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

¹Jakob pa gre dalje svojim potem, in naproti mu pridejo angeli Božji.

²And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

²In Jakob reče, ko jih je videl: Tabor vojske Božje je to; zato je imenoval tisti kraj Mahanaim [T. j. dvojni tabor.].

³And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

³In Jakob pošlje poročnike pred seboj do Ezava, brata svojega, v pokrajino Seirsko, poljano Edomsko,

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

⁴in jim naroči, govoreč: Tako porečete gospodu mojemu Ezavu: Tako pravi hlapec tvoj Jakob: Pri Labanu sem živel kot tujec in bival do sedaj.

⁵And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

⁵Imam pa volov in oslov, čred, hlapcev in dekel, zato sem poslal poročat to gospodu svojemu, da najdem milost v tvojih očeh.

⁶And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

⁶In poročniki so se vrnili k Jakobu, govoreč: Prišli smo k bratu tvojemu, ki ti gre tudi naproti in štiristo mož ž njim.

⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

⁷In Jakob se silno zboji, in bil je zbegan; in razdeli ljudstvo, ki je bilo ž njim, in črede in goveda in velblode v dve krdeli.

⁸And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

⁸Dejal je namreč: Če napade Ezav eno krdelo ter je pobije, bo vsaj krdelo, ki ostane, moglo pobegniti.

⁹And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

⁹In reče Jakob: O Bog očeta mojega Abrahama in Bog očeta mojega Izaka, GOSPOD, ki si mi velel: Vrni se v deželo svojo in k sorodovini svoji, in obsujem te z dobrim.

¹⁰I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

¹⁰Nevreden sem vseh milosti in vse zvestobe, ki si jo izkazal hlapcu svojemu; kajti samo s palico svojo sem prekoračil ta Jordan, sedaj pa sem gospodar dveh krdel.

¹¹Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

¹¹Otmi me, prosim, iz brata mojega roke, iz Ezava roke, zakaj bojim se ga, da ne pride in me pobije, matere z otroki.

¹²And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

¹²Saj si rekel: Obsujem te z dobrotami in seme tvoje naredim kakor morski pesek, ki ga od množine ni mogoče sešteti.

¹³And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

¹³In prenoči ondi tisto noč; in vzame od imetka, ki mu je prišel v roko, da ponudi v dar Ezavu, bratu svojemu:

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

¹⁴dvesto koz z dvajsetimi kozliči, dvesto ovac z dvajsetimi jagnjeti,

¹⁵Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

¹⁵trideset molznih velblodov z njih mladiči, štirideset krav in deset juncev, oslic dvajset z desetimi osliči.

¹⁶And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

¹⁶In da jih v roko hlapcem svojim, vsako čredo posebe, in ukaže hlapcem svojim: Idite pred menoj in pustite presledek med eno čredo in drugo.

¹⁷And 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?

¹⁷In ukaže prvemu, rekoč: Ko te sreča Ezav, brat moj, in te vpraša, rekoč: Čigav si? in kam greš? in čigavo je tisto pred teboj?

¹⁸Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

¹⁸tedaj porečeš: Hlapca tvojega, Jakoba. To je darilo, poslano gospodu mojemu Ezavu; in glej, tudi on sam gre za nami.

¹⁹And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

¹⁹Isto ukaže tudi drugemu in tretjemu in vsem, ki so spremljali črede, govoreč: Tako ogovorite Ezava, ko ga srečate;

²⁰And say ye 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 of me.

²⁰a porečete tudi: Glej, Jakob, hlapec tvoj, gre za nami. Rekel je namreč: Potolažim obličje njegovo s tem darilom, ki gre pred menoj, in potem zagledam obličje njegovo, morda me prijazno sprejme.

²¹So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

²¹In šlo je tisto darilo pred njim; on pa je prenočil to noč v šatorišču.

²²And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

²²In vstane še to noč ter vzame dve ženi svoji z dvema deklama svojima in enajst otrok svojih, in prebrede brod Jabok.

²³And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

²³In ko jih je vzel in spravil čez reko, prevede tudi vse, kar je imel.

²⁴And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁴In Jakob je ostal sam; in mož se je boril ž njim, dokler je vstala zarja.

²⁵And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

²⁵In ko je videl, da ga ne zmore, ga udari v kolkov sklep; in Jakobu se je izmaknil kolkov sklep, ko se je boril ž njim.

²⁶And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

²⁶In veli: Pusti me, kajti zarja že vzhaja! Jakob pa reče: Ne pustim te, razen če me blagosloviš.

²⁷And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁷In mu reče: Katero je ime tvoje? On pa reče: Jakob.

²⁸And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

²⁸Nato veli: Ne Jakob se bo imenovalo ime tvoje, ampak Izrael [T. j. borilec z Bogom.]: zakaj boril si se z Bogom in z ljudmi in si zmagal.

²⁹And 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.

²⁹Jakob pa vpraša in reče: Povej, prosim, ime svoje. On pa veli: Čemu pa poprašuješ po mojem imenu? In ondi ga je blagoslovil.

³⁰And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

³⁰Zato je Jakob imenoval ime tistega kraja Penuel [T. j. obličje Božje.]: zakaj Boga sem videl z obličjem v obličje, in oteta je bila duša moja.

³¹And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

³¹Izšlo pa mu je solnce, ko je prešel Penuel, in hramal je od kolka svojega.Zato sinovi Izraelovi ne jedo do tega dne živčne kite, ki je na kolkovem sklepu, ker je udaril Jakobov kolkov sklep, živčno kito na kolku.

³²Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

³²Zato sinovi Izraelovi ne jedo do tega dne živčne kite, ki je na kolkovem sklepu, ker je udaril Jakobov kolkov sklep, živčno kito na kolku.