Genesis 32

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1 Early the next morning, Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye; then he set out on his journey back home,	1 Jacó prossegui o seu caminho e encontrou uns anjos de Deus.
2 while Jacob continued on his own way. Then God's messengers encountered Jacob.	2 Ao vê-los, exclamou: "É aqui o acampamento de Deus!" Por isso deu àquele lugar o nome de Maanaim.
3 When he saw them he said, "This is God's encampment." So he named that place Mahanaim.	3 Despachou diante de si mensageiros a seu irmão Esaú, na terra de Seir, nos campos de Edom.
4 Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,	4 E deu-lhes esta ordem: "Eis o que direis ao meu senhor Esaú: Assim fala o teu servo Jacó: Habitei em casa de Labão onde estive até o 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 Possuo bois, jumentos, ovelhas, servos e servas, e mando agora anunciá-lo ao meu senhor para encontrar 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 Jacó, dizendo: "Fomos ter com Esaú: ele vem ao teu encontro 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 Jacó foi tomado de pavor e de angústia. Dividiu em dois grupos a gente que estava com ele, assim como as ovelhas, os bois e os camelos.
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 "Se Esaú, disse ele consigo, atacar um dos grupos e o destruir, ao menos o outro se salvará."
9 "If Esau should attack and overwhelm one camp," he reasoned, "the remaining camp may still survive."	9 Depois Jacó disse: "Deus de meu pai Abraão, Deus de meu pai Isaac, Senhor que me dissesses: Volta para a tua terra, para o meio de tua parentela, 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 todos os favores e de toda a fidelidade que tendes testemunhado ao vosso servo. Só tinha o meu bastão quando atravessei este Jordão, e eis que possuo agora dois acampamentos.
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 Salvai-me, eu vos peço, das mãos de meu irmão Esaú, pois temo que ele me venha atacar, sem poupar nem mãe nem 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 Entretanto, vós me dissestes: Eu te beneficiarei e tornarei tua posteridade inumerável como os grãos de areia do mar."
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 Jacó passou a noite naquele lugar. Escolheu entre os bens que possuía um presente para o 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, dez touros, vinte jumentas e dez jumentos.
16 thirty milch camels and their young; forty cows and ten bulls; twenty she-asses and ten he-asses.	16 Entregou-os aos servos, cada rebanho à parte, e disse-lhes: "Ide adiante de mim, e haja uma distância entre cada 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 E deu esta ordem ao primeiro: "Quando meu irmão Esaú te encontrar e te perguntar quem és, aonde vais, e a quem pertence o rebanho 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: Pertence ao teu servo Jacó; é um presente que ele manda ao 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 Deu a mesma ordem ao segundo, ao terceiro e a todos os que conduziam os rebanhos: "Quando encontrardes Esaú, disse ele, vós lhe direis a mesma coisa.
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 E direis que seu servo Jacó vos segue." "Eu o aplacarei, pensou ele, com este presente que me precede; e depois o verei pessoalmente; talvez me fará ele bom acolhimento."
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 Foi, pois, o presente adiante dele, e ele ficou aquela noite no acampamento.
22 So the gifts went on ahead of him, while he stayed that night in the camp.	22 Naquela mesma noite ele se levantou com suas duas mulheres, suas duas servas e seus onze filhos e passou o vau do Jaboc.
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 Tomou-os, e os fez passar a torrente com tudo o que lhe pertencia.
24 After he had taken them across the stream and had brought over all his possessions,	24 Jacó ficou só; e alguém lutava com ele até o romper da aurora.
25 Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.	25 Vendo que não podia vencê-lo, tocou-lhe aquele homem na articulação da coxa e esta deslocou-se, enquanto Jacó lutava com ele.
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-lhe: "Deixa-me partir, porque a aurora se levanta." "Não te deixarei partir respondeu Jacó, antes que me tenhas abençoado."
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 Ele perguntou-lhe: "Qual é o teu nome?" "Jacó."
28 "What is your name?" the man asked. He answered, "Jacob."	28 "Teu nome não será mais Jacó, tornou ele, mas Israel, porque lutaste com Deus e com os homens, e venceste." Jacó perguntou-lhe:
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 "Peço-te que me digas qual é o teu nome." "Por que me perguntas o meu nome?", respondeu ele. 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 Jacó chamou àquele lugar Fanuel: "porque, disse ele, eu vi a Deus face a face, e conservei a vida".
31 Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared."	31 O sol levantava-se no horizonte, quando ele passou Fanuel. E coxeava de uma perna.
32 At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip.	32 É por isso que os israelitas, ainda hoje, não comem o nervo da articulação da coxa, porque aquele homem tinha tocado nesse nervo da articulação da coxa de Jacó.
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.