雅各懼怕以掃
Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
第三十二章 Genesis 32
1.雅各仍舊行路， 神的使者遇見他。
[a]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Footnotes:
a. Genesis 32:1 In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.
2.雅各看見他們就說：「這是 神的軍兵」，於是給那個地方起名叫瑪哈念【就是二軍兵的意思】。
When Jacob saw them, he said, 「This is the camp of God!」 So he named that place Mahanaim.[b]
Footnotes:
b. Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.
3.雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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。
He instructed them: 「This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: 『Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.
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。』」
I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.』」
6.所打發的人回到雅各那裏，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裏，他帶著四百人，正迎著你來。」
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, 「We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.」
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，
In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who where with him into two groups,[c] and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
Footnotes:
c. Genesis 32:7 Or camps
8.說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
He thought, 「If Esau comes and attacks one group,[d] the group[e] that is left may escape.」
Footnotes:
d. Genesis 32:8 Or camp
e. Genesis 32:8 Or camp
9.雅各說：「耶和華我祖亞伯拉罕的 神，我父親以撒的 神啊，你曾對我說：『回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。』
Then Jacob prayed, 「O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, LORD, you who said to me, 『Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,』
10.你向僕人所施的一切慈愛和誠實，我一點也不配得；我先前只拿我的杖過這約旦河，如今我卻成了兩隊了。
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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。
Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
12.你曾說：『我必厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」
But you have said, 『I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.』」
雅各送禮物給以掃
13.當夜，雅各在那裏住宿，就從他所有的物品中拿禮物要送給他哥哥以掃：
He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
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，
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
15.奶崽子的駱駝三十隻，各帶著崽子，母牛四十隻，公牛四十隻，母驢二十匹，驢駒十匹；
Thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female camels donkeys and ten male donkeys.
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」；
He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, 「Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.」
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？
He instructed the one in the lead: 「When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 『Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?』
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。』」
then you are to say, 『They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.』」
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；
He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: 「You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20.並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉著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。」
And be sure to say, 『Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.』」 For he thought, 「I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.」
21.於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
雅各與天使摔跤而勝之
Jacob Wrestles With God
22.他夜間起來，帶著兩個妻子，兩個使女，並一個兒子，都過了雅博渡口，
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23.先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.
24.只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
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。
When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
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。」
Then the man said, 「Let me go, for it is daybreak.」 But Jacob replied, 「I will not let you go unless you bless me.」 |
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