Genesis 32

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Biblia Matos Soares
1 Early the next morning, Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye; then he set out on his journey back home,	1 Jacob prosseguiu o caminho que levava, e saíram-lhe ao encontro uns anjos de Deus.
2 while Jacob continued on his own way. Then God's messengers encountered Jacob.	2 Tendo-os visto disse: Estes são os acampamentos de Deus; por isso, deu àquele lugar o nome de Maanaim, isto é, acampamentos.
3 When he saw them he said, "This is God's encampment." So he named that place Mahanaim.	3 Jacob mandou mensageiros adiante de si a Esaú, seu irmão, à terra de Seir, na região de Edom.
4 Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,	4 e ordenou-lhes: Falai assim a Esaú, meu Senhor; Jacob, teu irmão, disse isto: Morei com Labão como estrangeiro, e (com ele) estive até ao dia de hoje.
5 with this message: "Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: 'Your servant Jacob speaks as follows: I have been staying with Laban and have been detained there until now.	5 Tenho bois, jumentos, ovelhas, servos e servas, e mando agora uma embaixada ao meu senhor, para achar graça diante dele.
6 I own cattle, asses and sheep, as well as male and female servants. I am sending my lord this information in the hope of gaining your favor.'"	6 Os mensageiros voltaram a Jacob e disseram: Fomos ter com teu irmão Esaú, e eis que vem a toda a pressa encontrar-se contigo com quatrocentos homens.
7 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We reached your brother Esau. He is now coming to meet you, accompanied by four hundred men."	7 Teve Jacob muito medo, e, assustado, dividiu o povo que estava com ele, assim como os rebanhos e as ovelhas, os bodes e os camelos em duas partidas,
8 Jacob was very much frightened. In his anxiety, he divided the people who were with him, as well as his flocks, herds and camels, into two camps.	8 dizendo: Se vier Esaú a uma partida, e a desbaratar, a outra partida, que resta, se salvará.
9 "If Esau should attack and overwhelm one camp," he reasoned, "the remaining camp may still survive."	9 Disse Jacob: Ó Deus de meu pai Abraão, Deus de meu pai Isaac! Ó Senhor, que me disseste: Volta para a tua terra, para o lugar do teu nascimento e eu te beneficiarei -
10 Then he prayed: "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac! You told me, O LORD, 'Go back to the land of your birth, and I will be good to you.'	10 eu sou indigno de todas as tuas misericórdias e da fidelidade que tiveste com o teu servo. Passei este (rio) Jordão só com o meu cajado e agora volto com duas partidas.
11 I am unworthy of all the acts of kindness that you have loyally performed for your servant: although I crossed the Jordan here with nothing but my staff, I have now grown into two companies.	11 Livra-me das mãos de meu irmão Esaú, porque o temo muito, não suceda que chegando ele, mate a mãe com os filhos.
12 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau! Otherwise I fear that when he comes he will strike me down and slay the mothers and children.	12 Tu disseste que me beneficiarias e dilatarias a minha descendência como a areia do mar, a qual, pela sua multidão, não se pode contar.
13 You yourself said, 'I will be very good to you, and I will make your descendants like the sands of the sea, which are too numerous to count.'"	13 Tendo passado, pois, aquela noite naquele lugar, separou das coisas que tinha, presentes para seu irmão Esaú:
14 After passing the night there, Jacob selected from what he had with him the following presents for his brother Esau:	14 duzentas cabras, vinte bodes, duzentas ovelhas, vinte carneiros,
15 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes and twenty rams;	15 trinta camelas com suas crias, quarenta vacas, vinte touros, vinte jumentas e dez das suas crias.
16 thirty milch camels and their young; forty cows and ten bulls; twenty she-asses and ten he-asses.	16 E mandou pelas mãos dos seus servos cada um destes rebanhos separadamente, dizendo aos seus servos: Ide adiante de mim, e haja um intervalo entre rebanho e rebanho.
17 He put these animals in charge of his servants, in separate droves, and he told the servants, "Go on ahead of me, but keep a space between one drove and the next."	17 Ordenou ao primeiro, dizendo: Se te encontrares com meu irmão Esaú, e ele te perguntar: De quem és? ou, para onde vais? ou, de quem são estes animais que conduzes?
18 To the servant in the lead he gave this instruction: "When my brother Esau meets you, he may ask you, 'Whose man are you? Where are you going? To whom do these animals ahead of you belong?'	18 Responderás: São do teu servo Jacob, que os mandou de presente a meu senhor Esaú; ele mesmo vem atrás de nós.
19 Then you shall answer, 'They belong to your brother Jacob, but they have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau; and Jacob himself is right behind us.'"	19 As mesmas ordens deu ao segundo, ao terceiro e a todos os que conduziam os rebanhos, dizendo: Por estas mesmas palavras falai a Esaú, quando o encontrardes.
20 He gave similar instructions to the second servant and the third and to all the others who followed behind the droves, namely: "Thus and thus shall you say to Esau, when you reach him;	20 Acrescentareis: O mesmo teu servo Jacob vem também atrás de nós. Com efeito (Jacob) disse (consigo): eu o aplacarei com os presentes que vão diante, e depois o verei; talvez me será propicio.
21 and be sure to add, 'Your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For Jacob reasoned, "If I first appease him with gifts that precede me, then later, when I face him, perhaps he will forgive me."	21 Foram, portanto, os presentes adiante dele, e ele ficou naquela noite no acampamento.
22 So the gifts went on ahead of him, while he stayed that night in the camp.	22 Tendo-se levantado muito cedo, tomou as suas duas mulheres, e as duas escravas com os onze filhos, e passou o vau de Jacob.
23 In the course of that night, however, Jacob arose, took his two wives, with the two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.	23 Depois de passar tudo o que lhe pertencia,
24 After he had taken them across the stream and had brought over all his possessions,	24 ficou ele só, te um homem lutou com ele até pela manhã.
25 Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.	25 Esse (homem) vendo que o não podia vencer, tocou a articulação da sua coxa, e logo esta se deslocou.
26 When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob's hip at its socket, so that the hip socket was wrenched as they wrestled.	26 E disse (a Jacob): Largá-me, porque já vem vindo a aurora. (Jacob) respondeu: Não te largarei, se me não abençoares.
27 The man then said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go until you bless me."	27 Disse-lhe pois (aquele homem): Qual é o teu nome? Respondeu: Jacob.
28 "What is your name?" the man asked. He answered, "Jacob."	28 Porém ele disse: De nenhuma sorte te chamarás Jacob, mas Israel, porque lutaste contra Deus e com os homens e ficaste vitorioso.
29 Then the man said, "You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed."	29 Perguntou-lhe Jacob: Dize-me, como te chamas? Respondeu: Por que me perguntas o meu nome? E abençoou-o no mesmo lugar.
30 Jacob then asked him, "Do tell me your name, please." He answered, "Why should you want to know my name?" With that, he bade him farewell.	30 Jacob pôs àquele lugar o nome de Fanuel, dizendo: Via Deus face a face, e a minha alma foi salva.
31 Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared."	31 E logo o sol lhe nasceu, depois que ultrapassou Fanuel: ele, porém, coxeava dum pé.
32 At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip.	32 Por esta razão os filhos de Israel até ao dia de hoje não comem o nervo da articulação da coxa, porque o anjo tinha tocado Jacob nesse nervo.
33 That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, inasmuch as Jacob's hip socket was struck at the sciatic muscle.