Gênesis 29

1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. 2 He looked, and saw a well in the field, and saw three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well’s mouth was large. 3 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone back on the well’s mouth in its place. 4 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?"

They said, "We are from Haran."

5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?"

They said, "We know him."

6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?"

They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."

7 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."

8 They said, "We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep."

9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them. 10 When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. 11 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s relative, and that he was Rebekah’s son. She ran and told her father.

13 When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things. 14 Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." Jacob stayed with him for a month. 15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive. 18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."

20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."

22 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 In the evening, he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to Jacob. He went in to her. 24 Laban gave Zilpah his servant to his daughter Leah for a servant. 25 In the morning, behold, it was Leah! He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn’t I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"

26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. 27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years."

28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife. 29 Laban gave Bilhah, his servant, to his daughter Rachel to be her servant. 30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.

31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction; for now my husband will love me." 33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon. 34 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi. 35 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time I will praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.

Ka Tae mai a Hākopa ki te Kāinga o Rāpana

1 Nā, ka tūria atu e Hākopa, ka haere ki te whenua o ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti. 2 Nā, ka titiro atu ia, ā, ka kite i tētahi poka i te pārae; nā, ko ētahi kāhui hipi e toru e takoto ana i te taha; i whakainumia hoki e rātou ngā kāhui ki te wai o taua poka. He nui hoki te kōhatu i te waha o te poka. 3 I huihuia hoki ki reira ngā kāhui katoa; ā, whakatakā atu ana e rātou te kōhatu i te waha o te poka, kia whakainumia ai ngā hipi, nā, ka whakahokia anō e rātou te kōhatu ki te waha o te poka, ki tōna wāhi.

4 Nā, ka mea a Hākopa ki a rātou, "E ōku tuākana, nō hea koutou?"

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Nō Harana mātou."

5 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "E mōhio ana ianei koutou ki a Rāpana, tama a Nahora?"

Ka mea rātou, "E mōhio ana anō mātou."

6 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "E ora ana rānei ia?"

Ka mea rātou, "E ora ana anō. Ko Rahera anō tēnei, ko tāna tamāhine, te haere mai nei me ngā hipi."

7 Nā, ka mea ia, "Nanā, he nui anō te rā, ehara tēnei i te wā hei huihuinga mai mō ngā kararehe. Whakainumia ngā hipi, haere hoki ki te whāngai."

8 Nā, ka mea rātou, "E kore e taea e mātou, kia huihuia mai rā anō ngā kāhui katoa, kia whakatakā hoki e rātou te kōhatu i te waha o te poka; kātahi ka whakainu mātou i ngā hipi."

9 I a ia anō e kōrero ana ki a rātou, ka puta mai a Rahera me ngā hipi a tōna pāpā; ko ia hoki te kaiwhāngai. 10 Ā, nō te kitenga o Hākopa i a Rahera tamāhine a Rāpana, tungāne o tōna whaea, me ngā hipi hoki a Rāpana, tungāne o tōna whaea, nā, ka haere a Hākopa, ā, whakatakā atu ana e ia te kōhatu i te waha o te poka, whakainumia ana e ia ngā hipi a Rāpana, tungāne o tōna whaea. 11 Nā, ka kihi a Hākopa i a Rahera, ā, nui atu tōna reo ki te tangi. 12 Nā, ka whakaaturia e Hākopa ki a Rahera ko ia te irāmutu o tōna pāpā, he tama hoki nā Ripeka, ā, ka rere ia ki te kōrero ki tōna pāpā.

13 Nā, i te taenga atu ki a Rāpana o te rongo o Hākopa, tama a tōna tuahine, ka rere ia ki te whakatau i a ia, ka awhi i a ia, ka kihi hoki i a ia, ā, kawea ana ki tōna whare. Ā, ka kōrerotia e ia ēnei mea katoa ki a Rāpana. 14 Nā, ka mea a Rāpana ki a ia, "He pono ko tōku wheua, ko tōku kikokiko koe." Ā, kotahi te marama i noho ai ia ki a ia.

Ka Mārena a Hākopa ngā Tamāhine ā Rāpana

15 Nā, ka mea a Rāpana ki a Hākopa, "Nō te mea ko tāku irāmutu koe, me mahi noa anō koe ki ahau? Kōrero mai ki ahau, me aha he utu mōu?"

16 Nā, tokorua ngā tamāhine a Rāpana; ko te ingoa o te tuakana ko Rea, ko te ingoa hoki o te teina ko Rahera. 17 He papahewa ngā kanohi o Rea; he mea āhuareka ia a Rahera, he ātaahua hoki ki te titiro atu. 18 Nā, i aroha a Hākopa ki a Rahera; ā, ka mea ia, "Kia whitu ngā tau e mahi ai ahau ki a koe mō Rahera, mō tāu tamāhine ō muri."

19 Nā, ka mea a Rāpana, "Engari te hoatu e ahau ki a koe, kei hoatu ki te tangata kē; e noho ki ahau." 20 Nā, e whitu ngā tau i mahi ai a Hākopa mō Rahera; ā, he rangi torutoru noa ake te rite o aua tau ki tōna whakaaro, i tōna aroha ki a ia.

21 Nā, ka mea a Hākopa ki a Rāpana, "Hōmai tāku wahine, kua rite nei hoki ōku rā, kia haere ahau ki roto, ki a ia."

22 Nā, ka huihuia mai e Rāpana ngā tāngata katoa o taua wāhi, ā, tukua ana e ia he hākari. 23 Ā, i te ahiahi ka mau ia ki a Rea ki tāna tamāhine, ā, kawea ana ia ki a ia; ā, ka haere ia ki roto, ki a ia. 24 Ā, i hoatu e Rāpana a Tiripa, tāna pononga wahine, hei pononga mā Rea, mā tāna tamāhine.

25 Ā, i te ata, nā, ko Rea ia; ā, ka mea ia ki a Rāpana, "He aha tēnei mahi āu ki ahau? Ehara ianei a Rahera i tāku i mahi ai ahau ki a koe? He aha rā koe i tinihanga, ai ki ahau?"

26 Nā, ko te meatanga a Rāpana, "Ehara tēnei i te tikanga o tō mātou whenua, kia hoatu te teina ki mua o te tuakana. 27 Whakatutukitia te wiki mō tēnei, ā, ka hoatu anō hoki tērā e mātou ki a koe mō te mahi e mahi ai koe ki ahau i ētahi atu tau e whitu."

28 Ā, pērā ana a Hākopa, ā, whakatutukitia ana e ia te wiki mō tēnei; ā, ka hōmai e ia a Rahera, tāna tamāhine, ki a ia hei wahine māna. 29 I hōmai anō e Rāpana a Piriha, tāna pononga wahine, ki a Rahera, ki tāna tamāhine, hei pononga māna. 30 Nā, ka haere anō hoki ia ki roto, ki a Rahera, ā, nui atu tōna aroha ki a Rahera i tōna ki a Rea; e whitu atu anō ngā tau i mahi ai ia ki a ia.

Ngā Tamariki ō Hākopa

31 Ā, ka kite a Ihowā e kinongia ana a Rea, ka whakatuwheratia e ia tōna kōpū; he pākoko ia a Rahera. 32 Nā, ka hapū a Rea, ā, ka whānau he tama, ā, huaina ana e ia tōna ingoa ko Reupena; i mea hoki ia, "Mō Ihowā hoki i titiro mai ki tōku tangihanga; tā te mea hoki ākuanei tāku tahu aroha ai ki ahau."

33 Nā, ka hapū anō ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, ka mea ia, "I rongo hoki a Ihowā e kinongia ana ahau, koia i hōmai ai hoki e ia tēnei ki ahau." Ā, huaina ana e ia tōna ingoa ko Himiona.

34 Nā, ka hapū anō ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, ka mea ia, "Kātahi anō tāku tahu ka piri mai ki ahau, nō te mea hoki ka tokotoru ā māua tama ka whānau"; nā reira i huaina ai e ia tōna ingoa ko Rīwai.

35 Nā, ka hapū anō ia, ā, ka whānau he tama; ā, ka mea ia, "Kātahi ahau ka whakamoemiti ki a Ihowā"; koia i huaina ai e ia tōna ingoa ko Hūrā; ā, ka mutu tāna whānau.