1 A nd Jacob went on his way; and the angels of God met him.

أمّا يَعقُوبُ فَواصَلَ طَرِيقَهُ وَلاقَتْهُ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ.

2 A nd when Jacob saw them he said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

فَلَمّا رَآهُمْ يَعقُوبُ قالَ: «هَذا مُعَسْكَرُ اللهِ!» فَسَمَّى ذَلِكَ المَكانَ مَحَنايِمَ.

3 A nd Jacob sent messengers before his face to Esau his brother, into the land of Seir, the fields of Edom.

ثُمَّ أرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ أمامَهُ رُسُلاً إلَى أخِيهِ عِيسُو فِي أرْضِ سَعِيرَ، فِي حُقُولِ أدُومَ.

4 A nd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus—With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;

وَأوْصاهُمْ: «قُولُوا لِسَيِّدِي عِيسُو: ‹هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ يَعْقُوبُ، خادِمُكَ: تَغَرَّبْتُ عِنْدَ لابانَ، وَبَقِيتُ هُناكَ إلَى الآنِ.

5 a nd I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

وَعِنْدِي بَقَرٌ وَحَمِيرٌ وَغَنَمٌ، وَخُدّامٌ وَخادِماتٌ. وَقَدْ أرْسَلْتُ لِأُخْبِرَكَ هَذا، لَعَلِّي أحظَى بِرِضاكَ.›»

6 A nd the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

وَعادَ الرُّسُلُ إلَى يَعقُوبَ وَقالُوا: «لَقَدْ ذَهَبْنا إلَى أخِيكَ عِيسُو. وَهُوَ أيضاً قادِمٌ لِلِقائِكَ، وَمَعَهُ أرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ.»

7 T hen Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

فَخافَ يَعقُوبُ وَتَضايَقَ جِدّاً. وَقَسَّمَ جَماعَتَهُ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ وَالغَنَمَ وَالبَقَرَ وَالجِمالَ إلَى مَجمُوعَتَينِ.

8 A nd he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.

إذْ قالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «إذا هَجَمَ عِيسُو عَلَى المَجمُوعَةِ الأُولَى وَأهلَكَها، سَتَنجُو الثّانِيَةُ.»

9 A nd Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who saidst unto me: Return into thy country and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good,

ثُمَّ صَلَّى يَعقُوبُ: «يا إلَهَ أبِي إبْراهِيمَ! وَيا إلَهَ إسْحاقَ أبِي! أنتَ قُلْتَ لِي، يا اللهُ: ‹عُدْ إلَى أهلِكَ وَإلَى عائِلَتِكَ، وَأنا سَأصْنَعُ مَعَكَ خَيراً.›

10 — I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.

أنا لَسْتُ جَدِيراً بِكُلِّ أعمالِ لُطفِكَ وَوَفائِكَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَها مَعِي أنا، عَبْدَكَ. عِندَما عَبَرْتُ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ لِأوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، لَمْ تَكُنْ لَدَيَّ إلّا عَصايَ، وَها أنا أعُودُ بِمُعَسْكَرَينِ.

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

فَخَلِّصْنِي مِنْ يَدِ أخِي عِيسُو. فَأنا أخشَى أنْ يَأْتِيَ وَيَقْتُلَنِي، وَأنْ يَقْتُلَ حَتَّى الأُمَّهاتِ مَعَ الأبْناءِ.

12 A nd thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

أنْتَ قُلْتَ: ‹سَأصْنَعُ مَعَكَ خَيراً، وَسَأجعَلُ نَسلَكَ بِعَدَدِ رَملِ البَحْرِ، الَّذِي لا يُحصَى لِكَثْرَتِهِ.›»

13 A nd he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother—

وَباتَ يَعقُوبُ تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ هُناكَ. ثُمَّ انتَقَى مِمّا حَصَلَ عَلَيهِ هَدِيَّةً لِأخِيهِ عِيسُو:

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

مِئَتَي عَنْزَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ تَيساً، وَمِئَتَي نَعجَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ كَبْشاً.

15 t hirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.

ثَلاثِينَ ناقَةً مَعَ أولادِها، وَأرْبَعِينَ بَقَرَةً وَأرْبَعِينَ ثَوْراً، وَعِشْرِينَ أتاناً وَعَشْرَةَ حَمِيرٍ.

16 A nd he delivered into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

وَوَضَعَ كُلَّ قَطِيعٍ وَحْدَهُ فِي عُهْدَةِ أحَدِ خُدّامِهِ. ثُمَّ قالَ لِخُدّامِهِ: «اسْبِقُونِي، وَاتْرُكُوا مَسافَةً بَينَ قَطِيعٍ وَقَطِيعٍ.»

17 A nd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou, and where goest thou, and whose are these before thee?

وَأوْصَى يَعقُوبُ خادِمَهُ الأوَّلَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «عِندَما يُلاقِيكَ أخِي عِيسُو، وَيَسْألُكَ: ‹مَنْ سَيِّدُكَ! وَإلَى أينَ أنتَ ذاهِبٌ؟ وَلِمَنْ هَذِهِ الحَيواناتُ الَّتِي أمامَكَ؟›

18 — then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.

فَقُلْ لَهُ: ‹إنَّها لِعَبْدِكَ يَعقُوبَ، وَهِيَ هَدِيَّةٌ مُرْسَلَةٌ إلَيكَ، يا سَيِّدِي عِيسُو. وَها هُوَ آتٍ خَلْفِي.›»

19 A nd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.

ثُمَّ أوْصَى يَعقُوبُ خادِمَهُ الثّانِي ثُمَّ الثّالِثَ وَجَمِيعَ الخُدّامِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَتبَعُونَ القُطعانَ وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «قُولُوا الكَلامَ نَفْسَهُ لِعِيسُو عِندَما تَجِدُونَهُ.

20 A nd, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

وَقُولُوا لَهُ: ‹ها هُوَ خادِمُكَ يَعقُوبُ آتٍ خَلْفَنا.›» فَقَدْ قالَ يَعقُوبُ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «سَأسْتَرْضِيهِ بِالهَدِيَّةِ الَّتِي تَسْبِقُنِي. وَسَأراهُ فِيما بَعْدُ وَجْهاً لِوَجهٍ. فَحِينَئِذٍ، رُبَّما أحظَى بِرِضاهُ.»

21 A nd the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

فَمَضَتِ الهَدِيَّةُ أمامَ يَعقُوبَ. أمّا يَعْقُوبُ فَأمضَى تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ فِي المُخَيَّمِ.

22 A nd he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

وَفِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ قامَ وَأخَذَ زَوْجَتَيهِ وَخُدّامَهُ وَخادِماتِهِ وَعَبَرَ نُهَيرَ يَبُّوقَ، عِنْدَ المَعبَرِ.

23 a nd he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.

أخَذَهُمْ وَأرْسَلَهُمْ عَبْرَ الوادِي، وَأرْسَلَ أيضاً كُلَّ ما كانَ لَهُ. يَعْقُوبُ يُجاهدُ معَ الله

24 A nd Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

أمّا يَعقُوبُ فَبَقِيَ وَحدَهُ. وَتَصارَعَ إنْسانٌ مَعَهُ هُناكَ حَتَّى طُلُوعِ الفَجْرِ.

25 A nd when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

فَلَمّا رَأى الإنْسانُ أنَّهُ لا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ، ضَرَبَ مِفْصَلَ فَخذِ يَعقُوبَ فانخَلَعَ وَهُوَ يُصارِعُهُ.

26 A nd he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

ثُمَّ قالَ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «أطلِقْنِي، فَها الفَجْرُ يَبْزُغُ.» فَقالَ يَعقُوبُ: «لَنْ أُطلِقَكَ حَتَّى تُبارِكَنِي!»

27 A nd he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

فَقالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ما اسْمُكَ؟» فَقالَ: «اسْمِي يَعقُوبُ.»

28 A nd he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.

فَقالَ لَهُ: «لَنْ تُدعَى يَعقُوبَ فِيما بَعْدُ، بَلْ إسْرائِيلَ. فَأنتَ جاهَدْتَ مَعَ اللهِ وَمَعَ النّاسِ، وَفُزْتَ.»

29 A nd Jacob asked and said, Tell, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

فَسَألَهُ يَعقُوبُ: «أخبِرْنِي بِاسْمِكَ.» فَقالَ: «لِماذا تَسألُ عَنِ اسْمِي؟» ثُمَّ بارَكَهُ هُناكَ.

30 A nd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel—For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.

وَسَمَّى يَعقُوبُ المَكانَ فَنِيئِيلَ. إذْ قالَ: «لَقَدْ رَأيتُ اللهَ وَجهاً لِوَجهٍ، لَكِنَّهُ أبقَى عَلَى حَياتِي.»

31 A nd as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him; and he limped upon his hip.

وَأشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَيهِ وَهُوَ مارٌّ بِفَنِيئِيلَ. وَكانَ يَعرُجُ بِسَبَبِ فَخذِهِ.

32 T herefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh—the sinew.

وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ لا يَأْكُلُونَ العَضَلَةَ الَّتي عَلَى مِفْصَلِ الفَخذِ إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ، لِأنَّ يَعقُوبَ ضُرِبَ عَلَى عَضَلَةِ مِفصَلِ فَخذِهِ.