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

وَسَمِعَ يَعقُوبُ ما قالَهُ أبْناءُ لابانَ: «لَقَدِ اسْتَولَى يَعقُوبُ عَلَى كُلِّ ما كانَ لِأبِينا. وَجَمَعَ كُلَّ ثَرْوَتِهِ مِمّا كانَ لِأبِينا.»

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

وَلاحَظَ يَعقُوبُ أنَّ نَظْرَةَ لابانَ إلَيهِ لَمْ تَعُدْ كَما كانَتْ فِي السّابِقِ.

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

فَقالَ اللهُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «عُدْ إلَى أرْضِ آبائِكَ وَأهلِكَ. وَسَأكُونُ مَعَكَ.»

4 A nd Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his sheep

فَأرْسَلَ يَعقُوبُ فِي طَلَبِ راحِيلَ وَلَيئَةَ وَدَعاهُما إلَى الحَقلِ حَيثُ قُطْعانُهُ.

5 a nd said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

وَقالَ لَهُما: «لاحَظْتُ أنَّ نَظْرَةَ أبِيكُما إلَيَّ لَمْ تَعُدْ كَما فِي السّابِقِ. وَلَكِنَّ إلَهَ أبِي كانَ وَما يَزالُ مَعِي.

6 A nd ye know that with all my strength I have served your father.

أنتُما تَعْرِفانِ أنِّي خَدَمْتُ أباكُما بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِي،

7 A nd your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

وَهُوَ غَشَّنِي وَغَيَّرَ أجرِيَ عَشَرَ مَرّاتٍ. لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَسمَحْ لَهُ بِأنْ يُؤْذِيَنِي.

8 I f he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the sheep bore speckled; and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then all the sheep bore ringstraked.

«فَإنْ قالَ لابانُ: ‹المَواشِي المُرَقَّطَةُ سَتَكُونُ أجرَكَ،› حِينَئِذٍ، كانَتْ كُلُّ القُطْعانِ تَلِدُ صِغاراً مُرَقَّطَةً. وَإنْ قالَ: ‹المَواشِي المُخَطَّطَةُ سَتَكُونُ أجرَكَ.› حِينَئِذٍ، كانَتْ كُلُّ القُطْعانِ تَلِدُ صِغاراً مُخَطَّطَةً.

9 T hus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

فَنَزَعَ اللهُ مَواشِيَ أبِيكُما وَأعطاها لِي.

10 A nd it came to pass at the time that the sheep conceived, that I lifted up my eyes and saw in dreams, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the females were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

«وَفِي وَقْتِ تَزاوُجِ القَطِيعِ، رَفَعْتُ نَظَرِي وَرَأيتُ حُلْماً. رَأيتُ أنَّ التُّيُوسَ الَّتِي كانَتْ تَتَزاوَجُ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَمُنَقَّطَةٌ وَمُرَقَّطَةٌ.

11 A nd the angel of God spoke unto me in dreams, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

ثُمَّ جاءَ إلَيَّ مَلاكُ اللهِ فِي حُلْمٍ وَقالَ: ‹يا يَعْقُوبُ!› «فَقُلْتُ: ‹سَمْعاً وَطاعَةً.›

12 A nd he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the sheep are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled; for I have seen all that Laban has done unto thee.

«فَقالَ المَلاكُ: ‹ارْفَعْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ كَيفَ أنَّ كُلَّ التُّيُوسِ المُتَزاوِجَةِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَمُنَقَّطَةٌ وَمُرَقَّطَةٌ. فَقَدْ رَأيتُ كُلَّ ما فَعَلَهُ لابانُ بِكَ،

13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the pillar and where thou didst vow a vow unto me. Now arise, go out from this land and return unto the land of thy nature.

أنا إلَهُ بَيتِ إيلَ حَيثُ كَرَّسْتَ عَمُوداً وَنَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْراً. فَالآنَ قُمْ وَاتْرُكْ هَذا المَكانَ وَعُدْ إلَى أرْضِ أهلِكَ.›»

14 A nd Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?

فَأجابَتْهُ راحِيلُ وَلَيئَةُ: «ألَعَلَّ لَنا نَصِيباً أوْ مِيراثاً فِي بَيتِ أبِينا؟

15 A re we not counted of him strangers? For he has sold us and has even devoured all our price.

ألا يَعتَبِرُنا غَرِيبَتَينِ؟ فقَدْ باعَنا وَاسْتَولَى عَلَى المَهْرِ الَّذِي دُفِعَ فِينا.

16 F or all the riches which God has taken from our father, is ours and our son’s; now then, whatever God has said unto thee, do.

فَكُلُّ الثَّرْوَةِ الَّتِي اسْتَعادَها اللهُ مِنْ أبِينا هِيَ لَنا وَلِأبْنائِنا. فَالآنَ اعْمَلْ كَما قالَ لَكَ اللهُ!»

17 ¶ Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

فَاسْتَعَدَّ يَعقُوبُ وَأركَبَ أبْناءَهُ وَزَوْجاتِهِ الجِمالَ.

18 a nd he carried away all his livestock and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, to return unto Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

وَساقَ كُلَّ مَواشِيهِ وَكُلَّ مُقتَنَياتِهِ. ساقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ اقْتَناهُ، وَالماشِيَةَ الَّتِي حَصَلَ عَلَيها فِي فَدَّانَ أرامَ، لِيَذْهَبَ إلَى أبِيهِ إسْحاقَ فِي أرْضِ كَنْعانَ.

19 A nd Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the idols of her father.

وَكانَ لابانُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ لِيَجِزَّ الصُّوفَ عَنْ غَنَمِهِ. فَسَرَقَتْ راحِيلُ تَماثِيلَ أبِيها.

20 A nd Jacob stole away the heart of Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

وَخَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ لابانَ الأرامِيَّ إذْ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِرَحيلِهِ،

21 S o he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed the river and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

بَلْ هَرَبَ بِكُلِّ ما كانَ لَهُ. وَانطَلَقَ يَعْقُوبُ وَعَبَرَ نَهْرَ الفُراتِ، قاصِداً أرْضَ جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

22 A nd it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ الثّالِثِ أُخْبِرَ لابانُ بِأنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.

23 T hen he took his brethren with him and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in Mount Gilead.

فَأخَذَ لابانُ أقْرِباءَهُ مَعَهُ وَلاحَقَهُ مُدَّةَ سَبْعَةِ أيّامٍ، إلَى أنْ أدرَكَهُ فِي جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

24 A nd God came to Laban the Aramean in dreams by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

وَجاءَ اللهُ إلَى لابانَ الأرامِيَّ فِي حُلْمٍ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ. وَقالَ اللهُ لِلابانَ: «احتَرِسْ مِنْ أنْ تُهَدِّدَ يَعْقُوبَ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ!» البحثُ عنِ التّماثيلِ المسروقة

25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

فَأدرَكَ لابانُ يَعقُوبَ. وَنَصَبَ يَعقُوبُ خَيمَتَهُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ. وَنَصَبَ لابانُ خَيمَتَهُ فِي جِلْعادَ الجَبَلِيَّةِ.

26 A nd Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away my heart and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

فَقالَ لابانُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ؟ خَدَعْتَنِي وَأخَذْتَ ابْنَتَيَّ كَما لَوْ أنَّهُما أسِيرَتا حَربٍ.

27 W hy 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 tambourine and with harp?

فَلِماذا هَرَبْتَ سِرّاً وَخَدَعْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخبِرْنِي؟ لَوْ أخبَرْتَنِي لَوَدَّعْتُكَ بِفَرَحٍ وَأغانٍ وَدُفُوفٍ وَقَياثيرَ.

28 A nd hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

لَمْ تَسْمَحْ لِي حَتَّى بِتَقْبِيلِ أحفادِيَ وَبِنْتَيَّ قُبلَةَ الوَداعِ، وَكانَ هَذا حُمْقاً مِنْكَ.

29 I t is in the power of my hand to do you hurt, but the God of your father spoke unto me last night, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

أُقْسِمُ أنِّي كُنْتُ أنوِي إيذاءَكَ. لَكِنْ ظَهَرَ لِي لَيلَةَ أمْسٍ إلَهُ أبِيكَ، وَقالَ لِي: ‹احتَرِسْ مِنْ أنْ تُهَدِّدَ يَعْقُوبَ بِأيَّةِ كَلِمَةٍ!›

30 A nd now, that thou art leaving, because thy desire is after thy father’s house, yet why hast thou stolen my gods?

وَالآنَ أنتَ غادَرْتَ لِأنَّكَ اشْتَقْتَ إلَى بَيتِ أبِيكَ، لَكِنْ لِماذا سَرَقْتَ أوْثانَ بَيتِي؟»

31 A nd Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Peradventure thou would take by force thy daughters from me.

فَرَدَّ يَعقُوبُ عَلَى لابانَ وَقالَ: «غادَرْتُ دُونَ أنْ أُخْبِرَكَ لِأنِّي خِفْتُ أنْ تَأْخُذَ ابْنَتَيكَ مِنِّي.

32 W ith whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let them not live; before our brethren discern what is thine with me and take it to thee. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

لَكِنْ إنْ وَجَدْتَ أوْثانَكَ مَعَ أحَدٍ، فَسَيُقْتَلُ، أيّاً كانَ. وَأنا أقُولُ لَكَ عَلَى مَسْمَعٍ مِنْ أقْرِبائِنا: أشِرْ إلَى أيِّ شَيءٍ مَعِي وَقُلْ إنَّهُ لَكَ، حِينَئِذٍ، يَرْجِعُ إلَيكَ.» لَكِنَّ يَعقُوبَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعلَمُ أنَّ راحِيلَ هِيَ الَّتِي سَرَقَتِ الأوثانَ.

33 A nd Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and came to Rachel’s tent.

فَدَخَلَ لابانُ إلَى خَيمَةِ يَعقُوبَ وَخَيمَةِ لَيئَةَ وَخَيمَةِ الخادِمَتَينِ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدِ الأوْثانَ. ثُمَّ دَخَلَ إلَى خَيمَةِ راحِيلَ.

34 N ow Rachel took the images and put them in a camel’s saddle and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent but did not find them.

وَكانَتْ راحِيلُ قَدْ أخَذَتْ أوْثانَ البَيتِ وَوَضَعَتْها فِي سَرْجِ الجَمَلِ الَّذِي كانَتْ تَجلِسُ عَلَيهِ. وَفَتَّشَ لابانُ الخَيمَةَ كُلَّها فَلَمْ يَجِدِ الأوْثانَ.

35 A nd 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 did not find the images.

فَقالَتْ راحِيلُ لِأبِيها: «لا تَغضَبْ مِنِّي يا سَيِّدِي، فَأنا لا أسْتَطِيعُ الوُقُوفَ أمامَكَ. إذْ عَلَيَّ العادَةُ الشَّهْرِيَّةُ.» فَفَتَّشَ لابانُ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَجِدْ أوْثانَ بَيتِهِ.

36 ¶ Then Jacob was wroth and contended 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?

فَغَضِبَ يَعقُوبُ وَوَبَّخَ لابانَ. وَقالَ لِلابانَ: «أيَّةَ جَرِيمَةٍ ارتَكَبْتُ؟ وَما هِيَ الإساءَةُ الَّتِي أسَأْتُ بِها إلَيكَ، حَتَّى جِئْتَ تُطارِدُنِي؟

37 W hereas 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 between us both.

لَقَدْ فَتَّشْتَ كُلَّ أغراضِي. فَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ بَينَها شَيئاً مِنْ مُقتَنَياتِ بَيتِكَ؟ إنْ وَجَدْتَهُ، فَضَعْهُ هُنا أمامَ أقْرِبائِي وَأقْرِبائِكَ. وَلْيَحكُمُوا بَينَنا.

38 T hese twenty years I have been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not aborted their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flock.

كُنْتُ مَعَكَ عِشْرِينَ عاماً وَلَمْ تُجهِضْ فِيها نِعاجُكَ وَمِعازُكَ. وَلَمْ آكُلْ يَوْماً مِنْ كِباشِ قُطْعانِكَ.

39 T hat which was torn of beasts I did not bring unto thee; I bore the sin; thou didst require of my hand that which was stolen, whether by day or by night.

وَلَمْ أُحضِرْ لَكَ يَوْماً رَأْساً مِنْ ماشِيَتِكَ افتَرَسَتْهُ الوُحُوشُ، بَلْ كُنْتُ أُعَوِّضُ لَكَ الخَسارَةَ مِنِّي عِندَما كُنْتَ تَطلُبُها. وَقَدْ تَعَرَّضْتُ لِلسَّلْبِ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً.

40 B y day the drought consumed me, and by night, the frost; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

عِشْتُ هَكَذا: كانَتْ قُوَّتِي تُمْتَصُّ مِنَ الحَرِّ نَهاراً، وَمِنَ البَرْدِ لَيلاً. وَلَمْ أذُقْ طَعْمَ النَّوْمِ حِرْصاً عَلَى مَواشِيكَ.

41 T hus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

كُنْتُ فِي بَيتِكَ طَوالَ هَذِهِ السَّنَواتِ العِشْرِينَ أعمَلُ كَعَبْدٍ، أرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً مُقابِلَ ابْنَتَيكَ وَسِتَّ سَنَواتٍ مُقابِلَ غَنَمِكَ. وَغَيَّرْتَ أجرِيَ عَشَرَ مَرّاتٍ.

42 I f the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, were not with me, surely thou would send me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the work of my hands and rebuked thee last night.

لَكِنَّ إلَهَ أبِي، إلَهَ إبْراهِيمَ، وَمَهابَةُ إسْحاقَ، كانَ مَعِي. وَلَولا ذَلِكَ لأرْسَلْتَنِي فارِغَ اليَدَينِ. رَأى اللهُ ضِيقِي وَتَعَبِي. وَلِهَذا وَبَّخَكَ اللهُ لَيلَةَ أمْسِ.» عهدُ يَعْقُوبَ وَلابان

43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these sons are my sons, and these sheep are my sheep, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their sons unto whom they have given birth?

فَأجابَ لابانُ: «هاتانِ ابْنَتايَ، وَهُؤلاءِ الغِلمانُ لِي، وَالغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ ما تَراهُ هُوَ لِي. لَكِنْ ماذا عَسانِي أفْعَلُ اليَوْمَ بِابْنَتَيَّ وَأولادِهِنَّ؟

44 N ow therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

فَتَعالَ وَلْنَقْطَعْ أنا وَأنْتَ عَهْداً. وَلْيَكُنْ هَذا العَهْدُ شاهِداً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ.»

45 T hen Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar.

فَأخَذَ يَعقُوبُ حَجَراً، وَنَصَبَهُ عَمُوداً.

46 A nd Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap; and they ate there upon the heap.

ثُمَّ قالَ يَعقُوبُ لِأقْرِبائِهِ: «اجْمَعُوا حِجارَةً!» فَأخَذُوا حِجارَةً وَجَعَلُوا مِنْها كَوْمَةً. ثُمَّ أكَلُوا مَعَاً بِجانِبِ كَوْمَةِ الحِجارَةِ.

47 A nd Laban called it Jegarsahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

وَسَمَّى لابانُ ذَلِكَ المَكانَ يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثا. وَسَمّاهُ يَعقُوبُ جَلْعِيدَ.

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

فَقَدْ قالَ لابانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «كَوْمَةُ الحِجارَةِ هَذِهِ تَشْهَدُ اليَوْمَ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ.» لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ المَوضِعُ جَلْعِيدُ.

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

وَدُعِيَ المَكانُ أيضاً مِصْفاةَ، لِأنَّ لابانَ قالَ: «لِيُراقِبِ اللهُ كِلَينا عِندَما يَفْتَرِقُ أحَدُنا عَنِ الآخَرِ، وَيَحكُمْ بَينَنا.

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

فَلا تُؤذِ بَناتِي، وَلا تَتَزَوَّجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ. فَاللهُ شاهِدٌ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ، حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَنا أحَدٌ.»

51 A nd Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have raised up between me and thee;

وَقالَ لابانُ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ها كَوْمَةُ الحِجارَةِ وَالعَمُودُ بَينَنا.

52 l et this heap be witness and this pillar be witness that I will not pass over this heap against thee and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar against me, for harm.

هَذِهِ الكَوْمَةُ شاهِدَةٌ وَهَذا العَمُودُ شاهِدٌ عَلَى أنِّي لَنْ أتَخَطَّى هَذِهِ الكَوْمَةَ إلَيكَ لإيذائِكَ، وَأنَّكَ لَنْ تَتَخَطَّى هَذِهِ الكَوْمَةَ وَهَذا العَمُودَ إلَيَّ لإيذائِي.

53 T he God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their fathers, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

وَلْيَحكُمْ بَينَنا إلَهُ إبْراهِيمَ وَإلَهُ ناحُورَ إلَهُ أبِيهِما.» ثُمَّ حَلَفَ يَعقُوبُ بِمَهابَةِ إسْحاقَ أبيهِ.

54 T hen Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount and called his brethren to eat bread; and they ate bread and slept in the mount.

وَقَدَّمَ ذَبِيحَةً عَلَى الجَبَلِ. وَدَعا أقْرِباءَهُ إلَى الطَّعامِ. فَأكَلُوا وَباتُوا لَيلَتَهُمْ عَلَى الجَبَلِ.

55 A nd 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.

وَفي الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ، اسْتَيقَظَ لابانُ وَقَبَّلَ أحْفادَهُ وَبَناتِهِ وَبارَكَهُمْ، ثُمَّ عَادَ إلَى بَيتِهِ.