32 — Genesi

1Jacob also went on the journey he had begun: and the angels of God met him.Giacobbe ancora proseguì l'intrapreso viaggio: e furono incontro a lui gli Angeli di Dio.IACON also went on his iourney that he had begunne: and the Angels of God met him.Jacob quoque abiit itinere quo cœperat: fueruntque ei obviam angeli Dei. 2And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.E vedutili disse: Questi sono gli accampamenti di Dio: e diede a quel luogo il nome di Mahanaim, vale a dire Accampamenti.Whom when he had seene, he said: These are the Campes of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Campes.Quos cum vidisset, ait: Castra Dei sunt hæc: et appellavit nomen loci illius Mahanaim, id est, Castra. 3And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:E spedì messi ancora innanzi a sé al fratello Esaù nella terra di Seir, nella regione di Edom.And he sent also messengers before him to Esau his brother into the land of Seir, into the countrie of Edom:Misit autem et nuntios ante se ad Esau fratrem suum in terram Seir, in regionem Edom: 4And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall ye speak to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy brother Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and have been with him until this day:E fece loro questo comandamento, dicendo: Voi direte così al signor mio Esaù: Giacobbe tuo fratello dice: io andai pellegrino nella casa di Laban, e vi sono stato sino a questo dì.and he commanded them, saying: Thus speake ye vnto my lord Esau: This saith thy brother Iacob: I haue soiourned, and haue bene with Laban vntil this present day.præcepitque eis, dicens: Sic loquimini domino meo Esau: Hæc dicit frater tuus Jacob: Apud Laban peregrinatus sum, et fui usque in præsentem diem. 5I have oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants, and womenservants: and now I send a message to my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.Ho de' bovi, e degli asini, e delle pecore, e de' servi, e delle schiave: e adesso invio messi al signor mio per trovar grazia dinanzi a lui.I haue oxen, and asses, and sheepe, and men seruants, and wemen seruants: and now I send a l•agacie to my lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.Habeo boves, et asinos, et oves, et servos, et ancillas: mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo. 6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.E tornarono i messi a Giacobbe, e riferirono: Abbiam trovato il tuo fratello Esaù, e questi ecco che viene in fretta ad incontrarti con quattrocento uomini.And the messengers returned to Iacob, saying: We came to Esau thy brother, and behold he cometh with spede to mete thee with foure hundred men.Reversique sunt nuntii ad Jacob, dicentes: Venimus ad Esau fratrem tuum, et ecce properat tibi in occursum cum quadringentis viris.

7Then Jacob was greatly afraid; and in his fear divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,S'intimorì Giacobbe grandemente; e pieno di ansietà divise la gente, ch'era seco, e i greggi ancora, e le pecore, e i bovi, e i cammelli in due squadre,Iacob feared exceedingly: & being sore affraid diuided the people that was with him, the flockes also and the shepe and the oxen, and the camels, into two troupes,Timuit Jacob valde: et perterritus divisit populum qui secum erat, greges quoque et oves, et boves, et camelos, in duas turmas, 8Saying: If Esau come to one company, and destroy it, the other company that is left, shall escape.Dicendo: Se Esaù arriverà, e darà addosso ad una squadra, l'altra squadra, che resta, si salverà.saying: If Esau come to one troupe, and strike it, the other troupe that remaineth, shal be saued.dicens: Si venerit Esau ad unam turmam, et percusserit eam, alia turma, quæ relicta est, salvabitur. 9And Jacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord who saidst to me, Return to thy land, and to the place of thy birth, and I will do well for thee.E disse Giacobbe: Dio del padre mio Abraham, e Dio del padre mio Isaac: Signore, che dicesti a me: Torna alla tua terra, e al luogo dove sei nato, e io ti farò del bene.And Iacob said: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac: O Lord that didest say to me: Returne into thy land, and into the place of thy natiuitie, and I wil doe thee good.Dixitque Jacob: Deus patris mei Abraham, et Deus patris mei Isaac: Domine qui dixisti mihi: Revertere in terram tuam, et in locum nativitatis tuæ, et benefaciam tibi: 10I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.Io sono indegno di tutte le tue misericordie, e della fedeltà, colla quale tu hai mantenute le promesse fatte al tuo servo. Solo col mio bastone io passai questo (fiume) Giordano: e ora ritorno con due squadre.I am inferiour to al thy mercies, and thy truth that thou hast fulfilled to thy seruant. With my staffe I passed ouer this Iordain: and now with two troupes I doe returne.minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Jordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior. 11Deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am greatly afraid of him; lest perhaps he come, and kill the mother with the children.Liberami dalle mani di mio fratello Esaù, perocché io lo temo forte, che in arrivando non uccida madre, e figliuoli.Deliuer me from the hand of my brother Esau, because I am sore affraid of him: lest perhaps he come, and strike the mother with the children.Erue me de manu fratris mei Esau, quia valde eum timeo: ne forte veniens percutiat matrem cum filiis.

12Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.Tu hai detto di farmi del bene, e di dilatar la mia stirpe come l'arena del mare, la quale per la moltitudine non può contarsi.Thou didest say that thou wouldest do good to me, and dilate my seed as the sand of the sea, which for multitude can not be numbred.Tu locutus es quod benefaceres mihi, et dilatares semen meum sicut arenam maris, quæ præ multitudine numerari non potest. 13And when he had slept there that night, he set apart, of the things which he had, presents for his brother Esau,E avendo dormito in quel luogo per quella notte, mise a parte di quello che avea, doni pel suo fratello Esaù,And when he had slept there that night, he separated of those things which he had, giftes to his brother Esau,Cumque dormisset ibi nocte illa, separavit de his quæ habebat, munera Esau fratri suo, 14Two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,Dugento capre, venti capri, dugento pecore e venti montoni,she goates two hundred, he goates twentie, ewes two hundred, and rammes twentie,capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti, 15Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and twenty bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten of their foals.Trenta cammelli femmine, che avean figliato, co' loro parti, quaranta vacche, e venti tori, venti asine con dieci loro rede.thirtie milch camels with their coltes, sourtie kine, and twentie bulles, twentie she asses, and their foles ten.camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti et pullos earum decem. 16And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.E inviò per mezzo dei suoi servi ognuno di questi greggi separato dall'altro, e disse a' suoi servi: Andate innanzi a me: e siavi un intervallo tra gregge e gregge.And he sent by the handes of his seruants, euerie flocke by it selfe, and he said to his seruants: Goe before me, and let there be a space betwen flocke and flocke.Et misit per manus servorum suorum singulos seorsum greges, dixitque pueris suis: Antecedite me, et sit spatium inter gregem et gregem. 17And he commanded the first, saying: If thou meet my brother Esau, and he ask thee: Whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these before thee?E al primo comandò, e disse: Se incontri il mio fratello Esaù, e ch'ei ti domandi: Di chi sei tu? ovvero: Dove vai tu? o di chi son queste cose, alle quali vai appresso?And he commanded the former, saying: If thou mete my brother Esau, and he aske thee, whose art thou? or whither goest thou? or whose are these that thou doest folowe?Et præcepit priori, dicens: Si obvium habueris fratrem meum Esau, et interrogaverit te: Cujus es ? aut, Quo vadis ? aut, Cujus sunt ista quæ sequeris ?

18Thou shalt answer: Thy servant Jacob’s: he hath sent them as a present to my lord Esau; and he cometh after us.Risponderai: Sono di Giacobbe tuo servo; egli manda questi doni al mio signore Esaù: ed egli stesso vien dietro a noi.thou shalt answere: Iacobes thy seruant, he hath sent them for gifts to my lord Esau: himselfe also cometh after vs.respondebis: Servi tui Jacob, munera misit domino meo Esau, ipse quoque post nos venit. 19In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him.Simili ordini diede al secondo, e al terzo, e a tutti quelli che andavano dietro ai greggi, dicendo: Nella stessa guisa parlate ad Esaù, quando lo troverete.In like maner he gaue commandements to the second, and the third, and to al that folowed the flocks, saying: With the selfe same words speake ye to Esau, when you shal finde him.Similiter dedit mandata secundo, et tertio, et cunctis qui sequebantur greges, dicens: Iisdem verbis loquimini ad Esau cum inveneritis eum. 20And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.E soggiungerete: Lo stesso servo tuo Giacobbe seguita le nostre pedate; imperocché egli ha detto: Lo placherò co' doni, che vanno innanzi, e poscia vedrò lui: forse si renderà a me propizio.And ye shal adde: Iacob also thy seruant himselfe foloweth on after vs; for he said: I wil pacifie him with the gifts that goe before, and afterward I wil see him, perhaps he wil be gracious vnto me.Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Jacob iter nostrum insequitur. Dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt, et postea videbo illum: forsitan propitiabitur mihi. 21So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.Andarono adunque innanzi a lui i doni; ed egli quella notte si stette nello alloggiamento.The giftes therfore went before him, but himselfe lodged that night in the campe.Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris. 22And rising early, he took his two wives and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc.E alzatosi molto per tempo, prese le sue due mogli, e le due schiave con gli undici figliuoli, e passò il guado di Jaboc.And when he was risen early he tooke his two wiues, and his handmaides as manie, with his eleuen sonnes, and passed ouer the ford Iaboc.Cumque mature surrexisset, tulit duas uxores suas, et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis, et transivit vadum Jaboc.

23And when all things were brought over that belonged to him,E quando furon passate tutte le cose, che a lui appartenevano,And when he had set ouer al things that appertained to him,Traductisque omnibus quæ ad se pertinebant, 24He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.Ei si rimase solo: ed ecco un uomo fece con lui alla lotta fino alla mattina.he taried alone: and behold a man wrasteled with him til morning.mansit solus: et ecce vir luctabatur cum eo usque mane. 25And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.E questi veggendo, che nol potea superare, toccò a lui il nervo della coscia, il quale subitamente restò secco.Who when he saw that he could not ouercome him, he touched the sinowe of his thighe, and forthwith it shranke.Qui cum videret quod eum superare non posset, tetigit nervum femoris ejus, et statim emarcuit. 26And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.E disse a lui: Lasciami andare; che già viene l'aurora. Rispose (Giacobbe): Non ti lascerò andare, se tu non mi benedici.And he said to him: Let me goe for it is breake of day. He answered: I wil not let thee goe, vnlesse thou blesse me.Dixitque ad eum: Dimitte me: jam enim ascendit aurora. Respondit: Non dimittam te, nisi benedixeris mihi. 27And he said: What is thy name? He answered: Jacob.Disse adunque: Qual nome è il tuo? Rispose: Giacobbe.He therfore said: What is thy name? He answered: Iacob.Ait ergo: Quod nomen est tibi ? Respondit: Jacob. 28But he said: Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if thou hast been strong against God, how much more shalt thou prevail against men?E quegli (disse): Il tuo nome non sarà Giacobbe, ma Israele: perocché se a petto a Dio sei stato forte, quanto più vincerai tutti quanti gli uomini?But he, no, thy name, quoth he, shal not be called Iacob, but Israel: for if thou hast bene strong against God, how much more shalt thou preuaile against men?At ille: Nequaquam, inquit, Jacob appellabitur nomen tuum, sed Israël: quoniam si contra Deum fortis fuisti, quanto magis contra homines prævalebis ? 29Jacob asked him: Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.Giacobbe lo interrogò: Dimmi, con qual nome ti chiami? Rispose: Perché domandi del mio nome? E lo benedisse nello stesso luogo.Iacob asked him: Tel me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why doest thou aske my name? and blessed him in the same place.Interrogavit eum Jacob: Dic mihi, quo appellaris nomine ? Respondit: Cur quæris nomen meum ? Et benedixit ei in eodem loco.

30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.E Giacobbe pose a quel luogo il nome di Phanuel, dicendo: Ho veduto il Signore faccia a faccia, e l'anima mia ha avuto salute.And Iacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I haue sene God face to face, and my soule was made safe.Vocavitque Jacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Deum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea. 31And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.E il sole venne a nascer subito, dopo che egli si fu avanzato di là da Phanuel: ed egli zoppicava del piede.And immediatly the sunne rose to him, after that he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foote.Ortusque est ei statim sol, postquam transgressus est Phanuel: ipse vero claudicabat pede. 32Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob’s thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.Per questa ragione i figliuoli d'Israele fino a questo dì non mangiano il nervo, che si seccò nella coscia di Giacobbe: perché quegli toccò il nervo della coscia di lui, e (il nervo) restò senza moto.For which cause the children of Israel eate not the sinowe, that shrunke in Iacobes thighe, vnto his present day: because he touched the sinowe of his thighe, and it shrunke.Quam ob causam non comedunt nervum filii Israël, qui emarcuit in femore Jacob, usque in præsentem diem: eo quod tetigerit nervum femoris ejus, et obstupuerit.