Genesi 32

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Laban vero de nocte consur gens osculatus est filios et fi lias suas et benedixit illis reversusque est in locum suum.	1 Likewise, Jacob continued on the journey that he had begun. And the Angels of God met him.
2 Iacob quoque abiit itinere, quo coeperat, fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei.	2 When he had seen them, he said, “These are the Encampments of God.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, ‘Encampments.’
3 Quos cum vidisset, ait: “ Castra Dei sunt haec ”; et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim (id est Castra).	3 Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
4 Misit autem nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom.	4 And he instructed them, saying: “You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: ‘Your brother Jacob says these things: “I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.
5 Praecepitque eis dicens: “ Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Haec dicit servus tuus Iacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum et fui usque in praesentem diem.	5 I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”
6 Habeo boves et asinos, oves et servos atque ancillas; mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo ”.	6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men.”
7 Reversique sunt nuntii ad Iacob dicentes: “ Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat in occursum tibi cum quadringentis viris ”.	7 Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
8 Timuit Iacob valde et perterritus divisit populum, qui secum erat, greges quoque et oves et boves et camelos in duas turmas	8 saying: “If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved.”
9 dicens: “ Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam et percusserit eam, alia turma, quae reliqua est, salvabitur ”.	9 And Jacob said: “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me: ‘Return to your land, and to the place of your nativity, and I will do well for you.’
10 Dixitque Iacob: “ Deus patris mei Abraham et Deus patris mei Isaac, Domine, qui dixisti mihi: "Revertere in terram tuam et in locum nativitatis tuae, et benefaciam tibi",	10 I am less than any of your compassions and your truth, which you have fulfilled to your servant. With my staff I crossed over this Jordan. And now I go back with two companies.
11 minor sum cunctis miserationibus et cuncta veritate, quam explesti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Iordanem istum et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.	11 Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.
12 Erue me de manu fratris mei, de manu Esau, quia valde eum timeo; ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.	12 You did say that you would do well by me, and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea, which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered.”
13 Tu locutus es quod bene mihi faceres et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quae prae multitudine numerari non potest ”.	13 And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau:
14 Mansit ibi nocte illa et sumpsit de his, quae habebat, munera Esau fratri suo:	14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas et arietes viginti,	15 thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and twenty bulls, twenty she-donkeys, and ten of their young.
16 camelos fetas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta et tauros decem, asinas viginti et pullos earum decem.	16 And he sent them by the hands of his servants, each flock separately, and he said to his servants: “Pass before me, and let there be a space between flock and flock.”
17 Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges dixitque pueris suis: “ Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem ”.	17 And he instructed the first, saying: “If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: “Whose are you?” or, “Where are you going?” or, “Whose are these which follow you?”
18 Et praecepit priori dicens: “ Si obvium habueris Esau fratrem meum, et interrogaverit te: "Cuius es?" et "Quo vadis?" et "Cuius sunt ista, quae sequeris?",	18 you shall respond: “Your servant Jacob’s. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us.”
19 respondebis: Servi tui Iacob; munera misit domino meo Esau. Ipse quoque post nos venit ”.	19 Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: “Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.
20 Similiter mandata dedit secundo ac tertio et cunctis, qui sequebantur greges, dicens: “ Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau, cum inveneritis eum,	20 And you will add: ‘Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: “I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me.” ’ ”
21 et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Iacob iter nostrum insequitur. Dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus, quae praecedunt, et postea videbo faciem eius: forsitan propitiabitur mihi ”.	21 And so the gifts went before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 Praecesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris.	22 And when he had arisen early, he took his two wives, and the same number of handmaids, with his eleven sons, and he crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
23 Cumque nocte surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis et transivit vadum Iaboc;	23 And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him,
24 sumptis ergo traductisque illis et omnibus, quae ad se pertinebant, per torrentem,	24 he remained alone. And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.
25 mansit solus. Et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane.	25 And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered.
26 Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit acetabulum femoris eius, et statim luxatum est acetabulum femoris Iacob, cum luctaretur cum illo.	26 And he said to him, “Release me, for now the dawn ascends.” He responded, “I will not release you, unless you bless me.”
27 Dixitque: “ Dimitte me, iam enim ascendit aurora ”. Respondit: “ Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi ”.	27 Therefore he said, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”
28 Ait ad eum: “ Quod nomen est tibi? ”. Respondit: “ Iacob ”.	28 But he said, “Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?”
29 At ille: “ Nequaquam, inquit, Iacob amplius appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israel: quoniam certasti cum Deo et cum hominibus et praevaluisti! ”.	29 Jacob questioned him, “Tell me, by what name are you called?” He responded, “Why do you ask my name?” And he blessed him in the same place.
30 Interrogavit eum Iacob: “ Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine? ”. Respondit: “ Cur quaeris nomen meum? ”. Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.	30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”
31 Vocavitque Iacob nomen loci illius Phanuel dicens: “ Vidi Deum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea ”.	31 And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.
32 Ortusque est ei sol, cum transgrederetur Phanuel; ipse vero claudicabat propter femur.	32 For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob’s thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.
33 Quam ob causam non comedunt filii Israel nervum, qui est in femore, usque in praesentem diem, eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris Iacob.