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

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

²When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s army.” 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.].

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

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

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.

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

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.’”

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

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.”

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

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

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

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,’

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.’”

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

¹³He lodged there that night, and took from that which he had with him, 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 female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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

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

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

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.”

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.

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?’

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 you shall say, ‘They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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.

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

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.