Gênesis 31

1 Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s." 2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. 3 Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, 5 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength. 7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me. 8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked. 9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me. 10 During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’ 12 He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you. 13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’"

14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? 15 Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money. 16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."

17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels, 18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. 19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim*31:19 teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. that were her father’s.

20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away. 21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. 23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad."

25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead. 26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword? 27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp; 28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly. 29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’ 30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

31 Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’ 32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.

33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them. 35 She said to her father, "Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period." He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.

36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me? 37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

38 "These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks. 39 That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes. 41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. 42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

43 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne? 44 Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you."

45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,*31:47 "Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic. but Jacob called it Galeed.*31:47 "Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew. 48 Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you today." Therefore it was named Galeed 49 and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you." 51 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you. 52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac. 54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain. 55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

Ka Oma atu a Hākopa i a Rāpana

1 Ā, i rongo ia i ngā kupu a ngā tama a Rāpana, e kī ana, "Kua riro i a Hākopa ngā mea katoa a tō tātou pāpā; nā ngā mea hoki a tō tātou pāpā i whiwhi ai ia ki tēnei korōria katoa." 2 Ā, ka titiro a Hākopa ki te mata o Rāpana, nā, kīhai i pērā ki a ia me tō ērā rangi ake.

3 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Hākopa, "E hoki ki te whenua o ōu mātua, ki ōu whanaunga hoki; ā, ka tata ahau ki a koe."

4 Nā, ka tono tangata a Hākopa hei karanga i a Rahera rāua ko Rea ki tāna kāhui, ki te pārae, 5 ā, ka mea ia ki a rāua, "E kite ana ahau i te mata o tō kōrua pāpā, kāhore e pērā mai ki ahau me tō ērā rangi ake; otiia i tata mai ki ahau te Atua o tōku pāpā. 6 E mōhio ana anō kōrua, i poto katoa atu tōku kaha ki tāku mahi ki tō kōrua pāpā. 7 Ko tō kōrua pāpā ia i tinihanga ki ahau, ka tekau rawa āna whakaputanga kētanga i ōku utu; otiia kīhai ia i tukua e te Atua kia tūkino i ahau. 8 Mehemea i kōrero pēnei ia, ‘Hei ngā mea whai tongitongi te utu mōu,’ nā, he mea tongitongi katoa ngā whānau o ngā kāhui, ā, mehemea ia i kī pēnei, ‘Hei ngā mea whakahekeheke he utu mōu,’ nā, he whakahekeheke katoa ngā whānau o ngā kāhui. 9 Koia i tangohia ai e Ihowā ngā hipi a tō kōrua pāpā, ā, hōmai ana ki ahau.

10 "Nā, i te wā i whakahapūtia ai te kāhui, ka maranga ake ōku kanohi, ā, ka kite moemoeā ahau, ko ngā toa i ekengia ai ngā kāhui, he whakahekeheke, he mea whai tongitongi, he mea kōtingotingo. 11 I kōrero moemoeā mai anō te anahera a te Atua ki ahau, ‘E Hākopa,’ ā, ka mea atu ahau, ‘Tēnei ahau.’ 12 Nā, ka mea mai ia, ‘Tēnā, whakaarahia ake ōu kanohi, ka titiro ki ngā toa katoa e ekeeke ana i ngā kāhui, he whakahekeheke, he whai tongitongi, he kōtingotingo hoki; kua kite hoki ahau i ngā mea katoa i mea nei a Rāpana ki a koe. 13 Ko ahau te Atua o Pētēre, o te wāhi i whakawahi nā koe i te pou, i puaki ai hoki tāu kupu taurangi ki ahau. Kāti, whakatika, haere atu i tēnei whenua, hoki atu ki te whenua i whānau ai koe.’ "

14 Nā, ka whakahoki a Rahera rāua ko Rea, ka mea ki a ia, "Tērā atu anō ianei tētahi wāhi, tētahi taonga tupu rānei mō māua i roto i te whare o tō māua pāpā? 15 Kāhore ianei māua i te kīia e ia he wāhine kē noa atu? Kua hokona nei hoki māua e ia, kua pau rawa anō i a ia ā māua moni. 16 Mō tātou nei hoki, mō ā tātou tamariki ngā taonga katoa i tangohia nei e te Atua i tō māua pāpā. Nā, tēnā, meatia ngā mea katoa i kīia e te Atua ki a koe."

17 Nā, ka whakatika a Hākopa, ā, whakaekea ana e ia āna tamariki me āna wāhine ki runga ki ngā kāmera; 18 ā, kāwhakina atu ana e ia āna kararehe katoa, me ōna taonga katoa i whiwhi ai ia, ngā kararehe i whiwhi ai ia, i riro hoki i a ia i Paranārama, ā, haere ana ki a Īhaka, ki tōna pāpā, ki te whenua o Kanaana.

19 Nā, ko Rāpana kua riro ki te kutikuti i āna hipi; kātahi ka tāhaetia e Rahera ngā whakapakoko a tōna pāpā.

20 Nā, tahuti ana a Hākopa i a Rāpana Hīriani, kīhai hoki i whakaaturia tōna omanga ki a ia. 21 Nā, ka oma ia, me āna mea katoa; i whakatika ia, ka whiti i te awa, i ahu hoki tōna mata ki te maunga, ki Kireara.

I Whāia a Rāpana i a Hākopa

22 Ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka kōrerotia ki a Rāpana, kua oma a Hākopa. 23 Nā, ka tango ia i ōna tēina hei hoa mōna, ā, ka whai i a ia, e whitu ngā rā ki te ara; ā, mau atu ia i a ia ki Maunga Kireara. 24 Nā, ka puta moemoeā te Atua ki a Rāpana Hīriani i te pō, ka mea ki a ia, "Kia tūpato kei kōrero koe ki a Hākopa, ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino."

25 Nā, ka mau a Hākopa i a Rāpana. Nā tērā kua whakatūria e Hākopa tōna tēneti ki te maunga. Heoi, whakatūria ana hoki e Rāpana rātou ko ōna tēina ki Maunga Kireara. 26 Nā, ka mea a Rāpana ki a Hākopa, "He mahi aha tāu, i tahuti mai nei koe i ahau, i kāhaki mai nei hoki i āku tamāhine, ānō he pārau nā te hoari? 27 He aha i hunā ai e koe tōu omanga, i tahuti mai ai i ahau? Ā, kīhai i kōrero mai ki ahau, kia tukua ai koe e ahau i runga i te hari, i ngā waiata, i te timipera, i te hāpa. 28 Kīhai anō ahau i tukua e koe kia kihi i āku tama, i āku tamāhine? He mahi pōauau tēnei mahi āu. 29 He kaha kei tōku ringa hei whakatupu kino i a koutou; otiia kua kōrero mai te Atua o tō koutou pāpā ki ahau inapō, kua mea mai, ‘Kia tūpato kei kōrero atu koe, ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino, ki a Hākopa.’ 30 Nā, ahakoa i whakamatea e koe tōu haere, nō te mea i koroa e koe te whare o tōu pāpā, he aha rā koe i tāhae ai i ōku atua?"

31 Nā, ka whakahoki a Hākopa, ka mea ki a Rāpana, "Nō te mea hoki i wehi ahau; i mea hoki ahau, ‘Kei tangohia e koe āu tamāhine i ahau.’ 32 Ko te tangata e kitea e koe ōu atua i a ia, kaua ia e whakaorangia; tirohia iho e koe i te aroaro o ō tāua tēina ko ēhea mea āu kei ahau, ka tango atu ai māu." Kīhai hoki a Hākopa i mōhio, kua tāhaetia aua mea e Rahera.

33 Nā, ka haere a Rāpana ki te tēneti o Hākopa, ki te tēneti hoki o Rea, ki te tēneti anō hoki o ngā pononga wāhine tokorua; ā, kīhai i kitea. Ā, ka puta atu ia i te tēneti o Rea, ā, ka tomo atu ki te tēneti o Rahera. 34 Nā, tērā kua tīkina ngā whakapakoko e Rahera, kua whaongia ki roto ki te nohoanga kāmera, ā, nohoia iho e ia. Nā, poto katoa te tēneti te whāwhā e Rāpana, ā, kīhai i kitea.

35 Nā, ka mea ia ki tōna pāpā, "Kei riri mai tōku ariki mōku e kore e āhei te whakatika ake ki tōu aroaro; nō te mea ko tō te wāhine mate tēnei kei ahau." Nā, rapu noa ia, kīhai i kitea ngā whakapakoko.

36 Nā, ka riri a Hākopa, ka ngangare ki a Rāpana; ā, ka oho a Hākopa, ka mea ki a Rāpana, "He aha tōku hara? He aha tōku hē, i tākare ai koe ki te whai mai i ahau? 37 Kua whāwhākia nei e koe āku mea katoa, he aha te mea i kitea e koe o ngā mea katoa o tōu whare? Hōmai ki konei ki te aroaro o ōku tēina, o ōu tēina, mā rātou e whakariterite tā tāua whakawā.

38 "Ka rua tekau ēnei tau ōku ki a koe; kīhai i whānau whakatahe āu hipi, āu koati, kīhai anō i kainga e ahau ngā hipi toa o tāu kāhui. 39 Ko te mea i haea e ngā kīrehe mohoao kīhai i kawea e ahau ki a koe; nāku anō tēnā i whakautu; i rapu utu anō koe mō tēnā i tōku ringa, ahakoa mō te mea i tāhaetia i te awatea, mō te mea rānei i tāhaetia i te pō. 40 Ko tāku hanga tēnā: i te awatea i pau ahau i te matewai, i te pō i te huka; ā, tūrere ana te moe i ōku kanohi.

41 "Ka rua tekau ēnei tau ōku ki tōu whare; kotahi tekau mā whā ngā tau i mahi ai ahau ki a koe mō āu tamāhine tokorua, e ono tau hoki mō āu hipi; ā, ka tekau āu whakaputanga kētanga i ngā utu mōku. 42 Me i kāhore i tata mai ki ahau te Atua o tōku pāpā, te Atua o Āperahama, te wehi hoki o Īhaka, ina kua tonoa kautia mai ahau e koe. I kite mai te Atua i tōku tūkinotanga, i te mahi hoki a ōku ringa, i rīria ai koe e ia inapō."

Te Kawenata i waenga i a Rāpana rāua ko Hākopa

43 Nā, ko te whakahokinga a Rāpana, ko te meatanga ki a Hākopa, "He tamāhine nāku ēnei tamāhine, he tamariki anō nāku ēnei tamariki, he kāhui anō hoki nāku ēnei kāhui, ā, ko ngā mea katoa e kite nei koe, nāku. Ā, he aha tāku e mea ai ākuanei ki ēnei tamāhine āku, ki a rāua tamariki rānei i whānau nei i a rāua? 44 Nā, tēnā, haere mai, kia whakarite kawenata tāua, a koe me ahau; ā, ka waiho hei kaiwhakaatu ki a tāua."

45 Nā, ka tīkina tētahi kōhatu e Hākopa, ā, whakaarahia ake e ia hei pou. 46 Ā, ka mea a Hākopa ki ōna tēina, "Kohia mai he kōhatu." Nā, ka tīkina atu e rātou ētahi kōhatu, ka hangā he pūranga. Ā, kai ana rātou ki reira ki runga ki te pūranga. 47 Ā, huaina iho taua mea e Rāpana ko Iekarahaharuta; nā Hākopa ia i hua ko Kareere.

48 Nā, ka mea a Rāpana, "Hei kaiwhakaatu tēnei pūranga i tēnei rā ki a tāua." Nā reira i huaina ai tōna ingoa ko Kareere; 49 ko Mihipa hoki; i mea hoki ia, "Mā Ihowā e titiro mai ki a tāua, ina matara atu tāua i a tāua. 50 Ki te tūkino koe i āku tamāhine, ki te tango rānei i ētahi wāhine kē atu i āku tamāhine, kāhore he tangata i a tāua; kia mahara, hei kaititiro te Atua ki ahau, ki a koe."

51 I mea anō a Rāpana ki a Hākopa, "Titiro ki tēnei pūranga, ā, titiro hoki ki tēnei pou i waiho iho nei e ahau i waenganui i a tāua. 52 Hei kaiwhakaatu tēnei pūranga, hei kaiwhakaatu anō hoki tēnei pou, mōku kei haere ki tua atu o tēnei pūranga ki a koe, mōu hoki kei haere ake ki ahau ki tua o tēnei pūranga, o tēnei pou hoki, mō te kino. 53 Mā te Atua o Āperahama, mā te Atua hoki o Nahora, mā te Atua o tō rāua pāpā, e whakarite tā tāua whakawā."

Nā, ka oatitia e Hākopa te wehi o tōna pāpā, o Īhaka. 54 Nā, patua ana e Hākopa he patunga tapu ki runga ki te maunga, ā, karangatia ana e ia ōna tēina ki te kai taro. Nā, ka kai taro rātou, ā, ka moe ki te maunga.

55 Ā, ka maranga wawe a Rāpana i te ata, ka kihi i āna tama, i āna tamāhine, ka manaaki hoki i a rātou; nā, haere ana a Rāpana, hoki ana ki tōna wāhi.