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

¹A Jakob išiel svojou cestou, a stretli sa s ním anjeli Boží.

²When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

²A Jakob povedal, keď ich videl: Toto je tábor Boží. A preto nazval meno toho miesta: Machnajim.

³Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

³A Jakob poslal pred sebou poslov k Ezavovi, svojmu bratovi, do zeme Seira, do kraja Edomovho.

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.

⁴A prikázal im a riekol: Takto poviete môjmu pánovi Ezavovi: Takto hovorí tvoj služobník Jakob: Býval som ako pohostín u Lábana a bol som tam až doteraz.

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.’”

⁵A mám volov a oslov, drobné stádo a sluhov a dievky a poslal som popredku poslov oznámiť sa svojmu pánovi, aby som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach.

⁶The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.”

⁶Potom sa navrátili poslovia k Jakobovi a vraveli: Prišli sme k tvojmu bratovi, k Ezavovi, ktorý ti aj ide oproti a štyristo mužov s ním.

⁷Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

⁷A Jakob sa veľmi bál, a bolo mu úzko. A rozdelil ľud, ktorý bol s ním, i stádo i rožný statok i veľblúdov na dva tábory,

⁸and he said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”

⁸lebo povedal: Ak prijde Ezav k jednému táboru a zbije ho, tábor, ktorý pozostane, môže nejako uniknúť.

⁹Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

⁹A Jakob povedal: Bože môjho otca Abraháma a Bože môjho otca Izáka, Hospodine, ktorý si mi povedal: Navráť sa do svojej zeme a ku svojej rodine, a učiním ti dobre,

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 passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

¹⁰menší som od všetkých tých skutkov milosrdenstva a od všetkej pravdy a vernosti, ktoré si učinil so svojím služobníkom, lebo len so svojou palicou som prešiel tento Jordán pred rokami a teraz som vo dva tábory.

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.

¹¹Vytrhni ma, prosím, z ruky môjho brata, z ruky Ezava, lebo sa ho bojím, aby neprišiel a nezbil ma i matky s deťmi!

¹²You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can’t be numbered because there are so many.’”

¹²Avšak ty si povedal: Istotne ti dobre učiním a rozmnožím tvoje semeno, že ho bude jako piesku mora, ktorý nie je možné spočítať pre jeho množstvo.

¹³He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:

¹³A nocoval tam v tú noc. Potom vzal z toho, čo mu prišlo pod ruku, dar pre Ezava, svojho brata:

¹⁴two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

¹⁴dvesto kôz a kozlov dvadsať, dvesto oviec a baranov dvadsať,

¹⁵thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.

¹⁵nadájajúcich veľblúdov s ich žriebätami tridsať, štyridsať kráv a desať býkov, dvadsať oslíc a desať osliat.

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.”

¹⁶A oddal to do ruky svojich sluhov, každé stádo osobitne a povedal svojim sluhom: Iďte predo mnou a urobte tak, aby bol priestor medzi stádom a stádom.

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?’

¹⁷Prvému prikázal a povedal: Keď sa stretne s tebou Ezav, môj brat, a bude sa pýtať a povie: Čí si ty? A kam ideš? A čie je toto stádo tu pred tebou?

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.’”

¹⁸Vtedy povieš: Tvojho služobníkov, Jakobov. Je to dar, poslaný môjmu pánovi Ezavovi. A hľa, i sám ide za nami.

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.

¹⁹A prikázal i druhému i tretiemu, i všetkým, ktorí išli za stádami, a riekol: To isté hovorte aj vy Ezavovi, keď ho najdete.

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.”

²⁰A tiež poviete: Hľa, i tvoj služobník Jakob ide za nami.- Lebo povedal: Ukrotím jeho tvár darom, ktorý ide predo mnou, a len potom uvidím jeho tvár, snáď ma tak prijme láskavo.

²¹So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

²¹A tedy išiel dar pred ním, a on nocoval tej noci v tábore.

²²He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

²²A vstal tej noci a vzal obe svoje ženy aj obe svoje dievky aj svojich jedenásť detí a prešiel cez brod Jaboka.

²³He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

²³A vzal ich a prepravil ich cez ten potok a prepravil všetko, čo mal.

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

²⁴A Jakob zostal samotný. A zápasil tam s ním nejaký muž až do vtedy, keď vychádzala zora.

²⁵When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

²⁵A vidiac, že ho nepremôže, dotkol sa kĺbu jeho bedra, a tak sa vyšinul kĺb bedra Jakobovho, keď s ním zápasil.

²⁶The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”

²⁶A riekol: Pusti ma, lebo už vychádza ranná zora. Ale on povedal: Nepustím ťa, len ak ma požehnáš.

²⁷He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”

²⁷A riekol mu: Č je tvoje meno? A on povedal: Jakob.

²⁸He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

²⁸A riekol: Nebude sa viacej nazývať tvoje meno iba Jakob, ale aj Izrael; lebo si sa kniežatsky boril s Bohom i s ľuďmi a premohol si.

²⁹Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” He blessed him there.

²⁹A Jakob sa pýtal a povedal: Oznám mi, prosím, svoje meno! Ale on riekol: Prečo sa pýtaš na moje meno? A požehnal ho tam.

³⁰Jacob called the name of the place Peniel Peniel means “face of God.” : for, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

³⁰A Jakob nazval meno toho miesta Peniel; lebo vraj tu som videl Boha tvárou v tvár, a predsa je od záhuby vytrhnutá moja duša.

³¹The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

³¹A slnce mu vyšlo, ako prešiel Penuel, ale kulhal na svoje bedro.

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.

³²Preto nejedia synovia Izraelovi žily stehna, ktorá je na kĺbe bedra, až do tohoto dňa, pretože sa rušivo dotkol kĺba bedra Jakobovho, žily stehna.