Genesis 31

فَسَمِعَ كَلاَمَ بَنِي لاَبَانَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ لأَبِينَا، وَمِمَّا لأَبِينَا صَنَعَ كُلَّ هذَا الْمَجْدِ».

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

وَنَظَرَ يَعْقُوبُ وَجْهَ لاَبَانَ وَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ.

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ارْجعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ آبَائِكَ وَإِلَى عَشِيرَتِكَ، فَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ».

And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

فَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَدَعَا رَاحِيلَ وَلَيْئَةَ إِلَى الْحَقْلِ إِلَى غَنَمِهِ،

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَنَا أَرَى وَجْهَ أَبِيكُمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ نَحْوِي كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ. وَلكِنْ إِلهُ أَبِي كَانَ مَعِي.

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

وَأَنْتُمَا تَعْلَمَانِ أَنِّي بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِي خَدَمْتُ أَبَاكُمَا،

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

وَأَمَّا أَبُوكُمَا فَغَدَرَ بِي وَغَيَّرَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ. لكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ بِي شَرًّا.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

إِنْ قَالَ هكَذَا: الرُّقْطُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ الْغَنَمِ رُقْطًا. وَإِنْ قَالَ هكَذَا: الْمُخَطَّطَةُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ الْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةً.

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

فَقَدْ سَلَبَ اللهُ مَوَاشِيَ أَبِيكُمَا وَأَعْطَانِي.

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

وَحَدَثَ فِي وَقْتِ تَوَحُّمِ الْغَنَمِ أَنِّي رَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي حُلْمٍ، وَإِذَا الْفُحُولُ الصَّاعِدَةُ عَلَى الْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ.

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

وَقَالَ لِي مَلاَكُ اللهِ فِي الْحُلْمِ: يَا يَعْقُوبُ. فَقُلْتُ: هأَنَذَا.

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

فَقَالَ: ارْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ. جَمِيعُ الْفُحُولِ الصَّاعِدَةِ عَلَى الْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ، لأَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِكَ لاَبَانُ.

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

أَنَا إِلهُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَيْثُ مَسَحْتَ عَمُودًا، حَيْثُ نَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْرًا. الآنَ قُمِ اخْرُجْ مِنْ هذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَارْجعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيلاَدِكَ».

I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

فَأَجَابَتْ رَاحِيلُ وَلَيْئَةُ وَقَاَلتَا لَهُ: «أَلَنَا أَيْضًا نَصِيبٌ وَمِيرَاثٌ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِينَا؟

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

أَلَمْ نُحْسَبْ مِنْهُ أَجْنَبِيَّتَيْنِ، لأَنَّهُ بَاعَنَا وَقَدْ أَكَلَ أَيْضًا ثَمَنَنَا؟

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

إِنَّ كُلَّ الْغِنَى الَّذِي سَلَبَهُ اللهُ مِنْ أَبِينَا هُوَ لَنَا وَلأَوْلاَدِنَا، فَالآنَ كُلَّ مَا قَالَ لَكَ اللهُ افْعَلْ».

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

فَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحَمَلَ أَوْلاَدَهُ وَنِسَاءَهُ عَلَى الْجِمَالِ،

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

وَسَاقَ كُلَّ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَمِيعَ مُقْتَنَاهُ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدِ اقْتَنَى: مَوَاشِيَ اقْتِنَائِهِ الَّتِي اقْتَنَى فِي فَدَّانَِ أَرَامَ، لِيَجِيءَ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan–aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

وَأَمَّا لاَبَانُ فَكَانَ قَدْ مَضَى لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ، فَسَرَقَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَصْنَامَ أَبِيهَا.

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

وَخَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ قَلْبَ لاَبَانَ الأَرَامِيِّ إِذْ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِأَنَّهُ هَارِبٌ.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

فَهَرَبَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، وَقَامَ وَعَبَرَ النَّهْرَ وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ نَحْوَ جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

فَأُخْبِرَ لاَبَانُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ بِأَنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

فَأَخَذَ إِخْوَتَهُ مَعَهُ وَسَعَى وَرَاءَهُ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فَأَدْرَكَهُ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

وَأَتَى اللهُ إِلَى لاَبَانَ الأَرَامِيِّ فِي حُلْمِ اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «احْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرّ».

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

فَلَحِقَ لاَبَانُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ قَدْ ضَرَبَ خَيْمَتَهُ فِي الْجَبَلِ. فَضَرَبَ لاَبَانُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

وَقَالَ لاَبَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ، وَقَدْ خَدَعْتَ قَلْبِي، وَسُقْتَ بَنَاتِي كَسَبَايَا السَّيْفِ؟

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

لِمَاذَا هَرَبْتَ خُفْيَةً وَخَدَعْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي حَتَّى أُشَيِّعَكَ بِالْفَرَحِ وَالأَغَانِيِّ، بِالدُّفِّ وَالْعُودِ،

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

وَلَمْ تَدَعْنِي أُقَبِّلُ بَنِيَّ وَبَنَاتِي؟ الآنَ بِغَبَاوَةٍ فَعَلْتَ!

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

فِي قُدْرَةِ يَدِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ شَرًّا، وَلكِنْ إِلهُ أَبِيكُمْ كَلَّمَنِيَ الْبَارِحَةَ قَائِلاً: احْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرّ.

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

وَالآنَ أَنْتَ ذَهَبْتَ لأَنَّكَ قَدِ اشْتَقْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، وَلكِنْ لِمَاذَا سَرَقْتَ آلِهَتِي؟».

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلاَبَانَ: «إِنِّي خِفْتُ لأَنِّي قُلْتُ لَعَلَّكَ تَغْتَصِبُ ابْنَتَيْكَ مِنِّي.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

اَلَّذِي تَجِدُ آلِهَتَكَ مَعَهُ لاَ يَعِيشُ. قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِنَا انْظُرْ مَاذَا مَعِي وَخُذْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقُوبُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَاحِيلَ سَرَقَتْهَا.

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

فَدَخَلَ لاَبَانُ خِبَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَخِبَاءَ لَيْئَةَ وَخِبَاءَ الْجَارِيَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ. وَخَرَجَ مِنْ خِبَاءِ لَيْئَةَ وَدَخَلَ خِبَاءَ رَاحِيلَ.

And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

وَكَانَتْ رَاحِيلُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ الأَصْنَامَ وَوَضَعَتْهَا فِي حِدَاجَةِ الْجَمَلِ وَجَلَسَتْ عَلَيْهَا. فَجَسَّ لاَبَانُ كُلَّ الْخِبَاءِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

وَقَالَتْ لأَبِيهَا: «لاَ يَغْتَظْ سَيِّدِي أَنِّي لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقُومَ أَمَامَكَ لأَنَّ عَلَيَّ عَادَةَ النِّسَاءِ». فَفَتَّشَ وَلَمْ يَجِدِ الأَصْنَامَ.

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

فَاغْتَاظَ يَعْقُوبُ وَخَاصَمَ لاَبَانَ. وَأجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلاَبَانَ: «مَا جُرْمِي؟ مَا خَطِيَّتِي حَتَّى حَمِيتَ وَرَائِي؟

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

إِنَّكَ جَسَسْتَ جَمِيعَ أَثَاثِي. مَاذَا وَجَدْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَثَاثِ بَيْتِكَ؟ ضَعْهُ ههُنَا قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِي وَإِخْوَتِكَ، فَلْيُنْصِفُوا بَيْنَنَا الاثْنَيْنِ.

Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

اَلآنَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَنَا مَعَكَ. نِعَاجُكَ وَعِنَازُكَ لَمْ تُسْقِطْ، وَكِبَاشَ غَنَمِكَ لَمْ آكُلْ.

This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

فَرِيسَةً لَمْ أُحْضِرْ إِلَيْكَ. أَنَا كُنْتُ أَخْسَرُهَا. مِنْ يَدِي كُنْتَ تَطْلُبُهَا. مَسْرُوقَةَ النَّهَارِ أَوْ مَسْرُوقَةَ اللَّيْلِ.

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

كُنْتُ فِي النَّهَارِ يَأْكُلُنِي الْحَرُّ وَفِي اللَّيْلِ الْجَلِيدُ، وَطَارَ نَوْمِي مِنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

اَلآنَ لِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً فِي بَيْتِكَ. خَدَمْتُكَ أَرْبَعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً بَابْنَتَيْكَ، وَسِتَّ سِنِينٍ بِغَنَمِكَ. وَقَدْ غَيَّرْتَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

لَوْلاَ أَنَّ إِلهَ أَبِي إِلهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهَيْبَةَ إِسْحَاقَ كَانَ مَعِي، لَكُنْتَ الآنَ قَدْ صَرَفْتَنِي فَارِغًا. مَشَقَّتِي وَتَعَبَ يَدَيَّ قَدْ نَظَرَ اللهُ، فَوَبَّخَكَ الْبَارِحَةَ».

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

فَأَجَابَ لاَبَانُ وَقَالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «الْبَنَاتُ بَنَاتِي، وَالْبَنُونَ بَنِيَّ، وَالْغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ مَا أَنْتَ تَرَى فَهُوَ لِي. فَبَنَاتِي مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِنَّ الْيَوْمَ أَوْ بِأَوْلاَدِهِنَّ الَّذِينَ وَلَدْنَ؟

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

فَالآنَ هَلُمَّ نَقْطَعْ عَهْدًا أَنَا وَأَنْتَ، فَيَكُونُ شَاهِدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

فَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ حَجَرًا وَأَوْقَفَهُ عَمُودًا،

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لإِخْوَتِهِ: «الْتَقِطُوا حِجَارَةً». فَأَخَذُوا حِجَارَةً وَعَمِلُوا رُجْمَةً وَأَكَلُوا هُنَاكَ عَلَى الرُّجْمَةِ.

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

وَدَعَاهَا لاَبَانُ «يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثَا» وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَدَعَاهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».

And Laban called it Jegar–sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

وَقَالَ لاَبَانُ: «هذِهِ الرُّجْمَةُ هِيَ شَاهِدَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ الْيَوْمَ». لِذلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

وَ «الْمِصْفَاةَ»، لأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِيُرَاقِبِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ حِينَمَا نَتَوَارَى بَعْضُنَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ.

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

إِنَّكَ لاَ تُذِلُّ بَنَاتِي، وَلاَ تَأْخُذُ نِسَاءً عَلَى بَنَاتِي. لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ مَعَنَا. اُنْظُرْ، اَللهُ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

وَقَالَ لاَبَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هُوَذَا هذِهِ الرُّجْمَةُ، وَهُوَذَا الْعَمُودُ الَّذِي وَضَعْتُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

شَاهِدَةٌ هذِهِ الرُّجْمَةُ وَشَاهِدٌ الْعَمُودُ أَنِّي لاَ أَتَجَاوَزُ هذِهِ الرُّجْمَةَ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنَّكَ لاَ تَتَجَاوَزُ هذِهِ الرُّجْمَةَ وَهذَا الْعَمُودَ إِلَيَّ لِلشَّرِّ.

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِهَةُ نَاحُورَ، آلِهَةُ أَبِيهِمَا، يَقْضُونَ بَيْنَنَا». وَحَلَفَ يَعْقُوبُ بِهَيْبَةِ أَبِيهِ إِسْحَاقَ.

The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

وَذَبَحَ يَعْقُوبُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي الْجَبَلِ وَدَعَا إِخْوَتَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا طَعَامًا، فَأَكَلُوا طَعَامًا وَبَاتُوا فِي الْجَبَلِ.

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ لاَبَانُ صَبَاحًا وَقَبَّلَ بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَبَارَكَهُمْ وَمَضَى. وَرَجَعَ لاَبَانُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ.

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.