Genesis 32
Magandang Balita Biblia
Humanda si Jacob na Salubungin si Esau
32 Nagpatuloy si Jacob sa paglalakbay at sinalubong siya ng mga anghel ng Diyos. 2 Kaya't sinabi niya, “Ito ang hukbo ng Diyos,” kaya tinawag niyang Mahanaim[a] ang lugar na iyon.
3 Nagpadala siya ng mga sugo sa kapatid niyang si Esau sa lupain ng Seir, sa lupain ng Edom. 4 Ganito ang kanyang ipinasabi: “Ako si Jacob na abang lingkod mo. Matagal akong nanirahan sa Tiyo Laban at ngayon lamang ako uuwi. 5 Marami akong mga baka, asno, tupa, kambing at mga alipin. Pinauna ko ang mga sugong ito upang ipakiusap sa iyo na magkasundo na tayo.”
6 Pagbalik ng mga sugo, sinabi nila, “Nakausap po namin si Esau at ngayon po'y nasa daan na siya at may kasamang apatnaraang lalaki upang salubungin kayo.” 7 Natakot si Jacob at lubhang nabahala. Kaya't pinagdalawa niyang pangkat ang kanyang mga tauhan pati mga hayop 8 upang, kung salakayin sila ni Esau, ang isang pangkat ay makakatakas.
9 At nanalangin si Jacob, “Diyos ni Abraham at ni Isaac, tulungan po ninyo ako! Sinabi po ninyong ako'y bumalik sa aming lupain at mga kamag-anak, at hindi ninyo ako pababayaan. 10 Hindi po ako karapat-dapat sa lahat ng kagandahang-loob ninyo sa akin. Nang tumawid po ako sa Jordan, wala akong dala kundi tungkod, ngunit ngayon sa aking pagbabalik, dalawang pangkat na ang aking kasama. 11 Iligtas ninyo ako sa kamay ng aking kapatid na si Esau. Nangangamba po akong sa pagkikita nami'y patayin niya kami pati mga babae at mga bata. 12 Nangako(A) po kayong hindi ninyo ako pababayaan. Sinabi ninyong pararamihin ninyo ang aking lahi, sindami ng mga buhangin sa dagat.”
13 Kinabukasan, si Jacob ay naghanda ng regalo para kay Esau. Pumili siya ng 14 dalawampung barako at dalawandaang inahing kambing, dalawandaang inahing tupa at dalawampung barako, 15 tatlumpung gatasang kamelyo na may mga anak, apatnapung inahing baka at sampung toro, at dalawampung inahing asno at sampung lalaking asno. 16 Bawat kawan ay ipinagkatiwala niya sa isang alipin. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Mauna kayo sa akin, ngunit huwag kayong magsasabay-sabay; lagyan ninyo ng pagitan ang bawat kawan.” 17 Sinabi niya sa naunang alipin, “Kung masalubong mo ang aking kapatid at tanungin ka, ‘Sino ang iyong panginoon? Saan ka pupunta? Kaninong mga hayop ito?’ 18 Sabihin mong, ‘Ito po'y galing sa inyong lingkod na si Jacob. Regalo po niya ito sa panginoon niyang si Esau.’ Sabihin mo ring kasunod na ninyo ako.” 19 Ganito rin ang iniutos niya sa pangalawa, pangatlo at sa lahat ng aliping kasama ng kawan. 20 Ipinasabi rin niya sa mga ito na siya'y kasunod nila. Inisip ni Jacob na sa ganitong paraa'y patatawarin siya ni Esau, kung sila'y magtagpo, dahil sa mga regalong padala niya. 21 Ang mga regalong ito'y nauna sa kanya; nagpahinga muna siya sa kanyang kampo nang gabing iyon.
Nakipagbuno si Jacob sa Peniel
22 Nang gabi ring iyon, gumising si Jacob at itinawid sa Ilog Jabok ang dalawa niyang asawa, labing-isang anak at dalawang asawang-lingkod. 23 Pagkatapos(B) maitawid ang lahat niyang ari-arian, 24 naiwang(C) mag-isa si Jacob.
Doon, nakipagbuno sa kanya ang isang lalaki hanggang sa pagbubukang-liwayway. 25 Nang maramdaman ng lalaki na hindi niya madadaig si Jacob, hinampas niya ito sa balakang at ang buto nito'y nalinsad. 26 Sinabi ng lalaki, “Bitiwan mo na ako at magbubukang-liwayway na!”
“Hindi kita bibitiwan hangga't hindi mo ako binabasbasan,” wika ni Jacob. 27 Tinanong ng lalaki kung sino siya, at sinabi niyang siya'y si Jacob.
28 Sinabi(D) sa kanya ng lalaki, “Mula ngayo'y Israel[b] na ang itatawag sa iyo, at hindi na Jacob, sapagkat nakipagbuno ka sa Diyos at sa mga tao, at ikaw ay nagtagumpay.”
29 “Ano(E) namang pangalan ninyo?” tanong ni Jacob.
“Bakit gusto mo pang malaman?” sagot naman ng lalaki. At binasbasan niya si Jacob.
30 Sinabi ni Jacob, “Nakita ko ang mukha ng Diyos, gayunma'y buháy pa rin ako.” At tinawag niyang Peniel[c] ang lugar na iyon. 31 Sumisikat na ang araw nang umalis siya roon at papilay-pilay na lumakad. 32 Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit hanggang ngayo'y hindi kinakain ng mga Israelita ang litid ng pigi ng hayop, sapagkat iyon ang bahaging napilay kay Jacob.
Footnotes
- Genesis 32:2 MAHANAIM: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “dalawang kampo”.
- Genesis 32:28 ISRAEL: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Israel” at “nakipagbuno sa Diyos” ay magkasintunog.
- Genesis 32:30 PENIEL: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Peniel” at “ang mukha ng Diyos” ay magkasintunog.
Genesis 32
King James Version
32 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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