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١ 1 فَسَمِعَ كَلَامَ بَنِي لَابَانَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ كُلَّ مَا كَانَ لِأَبِينَا، وَمِمَّا لِأَبِينَا صَنَعَ كُلَّ هَذَا ٱلْمَجْدِ».

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 wealth.'

٢ 2 وَنَظَرَ يَعْقُوبُ وَجْهَ لَابَانَ وَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ.

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

٣ 3 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «ٱرْجِعْ 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.'

٤ 4 فَأَرْسَلَ يَعْقُوبُ وَدَعَا رَاحِيلَ وَلَيْئَةَ إِلَى ٱلْحَقْلِ إِلَى غَنَمِهِ،

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

٥ 5 وَقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَنَا أَرَى وَجْهَ أَبِيكُمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ نَحْوِي كَأَمْسِ وَأَوَّلَ مِنْ أَمْسِ. وَلَكِنْ إِلَهُ أَبِي كَانَ مَعِي.

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

٦ 6 وَأَنْتُمَا تَعْلَمَانِ أَنِّي بِكُلِّ قُوَّتِي خَدَمْتُ أَبَاكُمَا،

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

٧ 7 وَأَمَّا أَبُوكُمَا فَغَدَرَ بِي وَغَيَّرَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ. لَكِنَّ ٱللهَ لَمْ يَسْمَحْ لَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ بِي شَرًّا.

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

٨ 8 إِنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا: ٱلرُّقْطُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ رُقْطًا. وَإِنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا: ٱلْمُخَطَّطَةُ تَكُونُ أُجْرَتَكَ، وَلَدَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةً.

If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked.

٩ 9 فَقَدْ سَلَبَ ٱللهُ مَوَاشِيَ أَبِيكُمَا وَأَعْطَانِي.

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

١٠ 10 وَحَدَثَ فِي وَقْتِ تَوَحُّمِ ٱلْغَنَمِ أَنِّي رَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَنَظَرْتُ فِي حُلْمٍ، وَإِذَا ٱلْفُحُولُ ٱلصَّاعِدَةُ عَلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ.

And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

١١ 11 وَقَالَ لِي مَلَاكُ ٱللهِ فِي ٱلْحُلْمِ: يَا يَعْقُوبُ. فَقُلْتُ: هَأَنَذَا.

And the angel of God said unto me in the dream: Jacob; and I said: Here am I.

١٢ 12 فَقَالَ: ٱرْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَٱنْظُرْ. جَمِيعُ ٱلْفُحُولِ ٱلصَّاعِدَةِ عَلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ مُخَطَّطَةٌ وَرَقْطَاءُ وَمُنَمَّرَةٌ، لِأَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ كُلَّ مَا يَصْنَعُ بِكَ لَابَانُ.

And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

١٣ 13 أَنَا إِلَهُ بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَيْثُ مَسَحْتَ عَمُودًا، حَيْثُ نَذَرْتَ لِي نَذْرًا. ٱلْآنَ قُمِ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱرْجِعْ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيلَادِكَ».

I am the God of Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a pillar, where thou didst vow a vow unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.'

١٤ 14 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?

١٥ 15 أَلَمْ نُحْسَبْ مِنْهُ أَجْنَبِيَّتَيْنِ، لِأَنَّهُ بَاعَنَا وَقَدْ أَكَلَ أَيْضًا ثَمَنَنَا؟

Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.

١٦ 16 إِنَّ كُلَّ ٱلْغِنَى ٱلَّذِي سَلَبَهُ ٱللهُ مِنْ أَبِينَا هُوَ لَنَا وَلِأَوْلَادِنَا، فَٱلْآنَ كُلَّ مَا قَالَ لَكَ ٱللهُ ٱفْعَلْ».

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

١٧ 17 فَقَامَ يَعْقُوبُ وَحَمَلَ أَوْلَادَهُ وَنِسَاءَهُ عَلَى ٱلْجِمَالِ،

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

١٨ 18 وَسَاقَ كُلَّ مَوَاشِيهِ وَجَمِيعَ مُقْتَنَاهُ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَدِ ٱقْتَنَى: مَوَاشِيَ ٱقْتِنَائِهِ ٱلَّتِي ٱقْتَنَى فِي فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ، لِيَجِيءَ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ.

and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

١٩ 19 وَأَمَّا لَابَانُ فَكَانَ قَدْ مَضَى لِيَجُزَّ غَنَمَهُ، فَسَرَقَتْ رَاحِيلُ أَصْنَامَ أَبِيهَا.

Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

٢٠ 20 وَخَدَعَ يَعْقُوبُ قَلْبَ لَابَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّ إِذْ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُ بِأَنَّهُ هَارِبٌ.

And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.

٢١ 21 فَهَرَبَ هُوَ وَكُلُّ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، وَقَامَ وَعَبَرَ ٱلنَّهْرَ 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 mountain of Gilead.

٢٢ 22 فَأُخْبِرَ لَابَانُ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ بِأَنَّ يَعْقُوبَ قَدْ هَرَبَ.

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

٢٣ 23 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 he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

٢٤ 24 وَأَتَى ٱللهُ إِلَى لَابَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّ فِي حُلْمِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ».

And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night, and said unto him: 'Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.'

٢٥ 25 فَلَحِقَ لَابَانُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ قَدْ ضَرَبَ خَيْمَتَهُ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ. فَضَرَبَ لَابَانُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ فِي جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.

٢٦ 26 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ، وَقَدْ خَدَعْتَ قَلْبِي، وَسُقْتَ بَنَاتِي كَسَبَايَا ٱلسَّيْفِ؟

And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?

٢٧ 27 لِمَاذَا هَرَبْتَ خُفْيَةً وَخَدَعْتَنِي وَلَمْ تُخْبِرْنِي حَتَّى أُشَيِّعَكَ بِٱلْفَرَحِ وَٱلْأَغَانِيِّ، بِٱلدُّفِّ وَٱلْعُودِ،

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

٢٨ 28 وَلَمْ تَدَعْنِي أُقَبِّلُ بَنِيَّ وَبَنَاتِي؟ ٱلْآنَ بِغَبَاوَةٍ فَعَلْتَ!

and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

٢٩ 29 فِي قُدْرَةِ يَدِي أَنْ أَصْنَعَ بِكُمْ شَرًّا، وَلَكِنْ إِلَهُ أَبِيكُمْ كَلَّمَنِيَ ٱلْبَارِحَةَ قَائِلًا: ٱحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُكَلِّمَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ.

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

٣٠ 30 وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتَ ذَهَبْتَ لِأَنَّكَ قَدِ ٱشْتَقْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ، وَلَكِنْ لِمَاذَا سَرَقْتَ آلِهَتِي؟».

And now that thou art surely gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'

٣١ 31 فَأَجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلَابَانَ: «إِنِّي خِفْتُ لِأَنِّي قُلْتُ لَعَلَّكَ تَغْتَصِبُ ٱبْنَتَيْكَ مِنِّي.

And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

٣٢ 32 اَلَّذِي تَجِدُ آلِهَتَكَ مَعَهُ لَا يَعِيشُ. قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِنَا ٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا مَعِي وَخُذْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ». وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْقُوبُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ رَاحِيلَ سَرَقَتْهَا.

With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall 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. —

٣٣ 33 فَدَخَلَ لَابَانُ خِبَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ وَخِبَاءَ لَيْئَةَ وَخِبَاءَ ٱلْجَارِيَتَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ. وَخَرَجَ مِنْ خِبَاءِ لَيْئَةَ وَدَخَلَ خِبَاءَ رَاحِيلَ.

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

٣٤ 34 وَكَانَتْ رَاحِيلُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ وَوَضَعَتْهَا فِي حِدَاجَةِ ٱلْجَمَلِ وَجَلَسَتْ عَلَيْهَا. فَجَسَّ لَابَانُ كُلَّ ٱلْخِبَاءِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ.

Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

٣٥ 35 وَقَالَتْ لِأَبِيهَا: «لَا يَغْتَظْ سَيِّدِي أَنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقُومَ أَمَامَكَ لِأَنَّ عَلَيَّ عَادَةَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ». فَفَتَّشَ وَلَمْ يَجِدِ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ.

And she said to her father: 'Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me.' And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

٣٦ 36 فَٱغْتَاظَ يَعْقُوبُ وَخَاصَمَ لَابَانَ. وَأجَابَ يَعْقُوبُ وَقَالَ لِلَابَانَ: «مَا جُرْمِي؟ مَا خَطِيَّتِي حَتَّى حَمِيتَ وَرَائِي؟

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

٣٧ 37 إِنَّكَ جَسَسْتَ جَمِيعَ أَثَاثِي. مَاذَا وَجَدْتَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَثَاثِ بَيْتِكَ؟ ضَعْهُ هَهُنَا قُدَّامَ إِخْوَتِي وَإِخْوَتِكَ، فَلْيُنْصِفُوا بَيْنَنَا ٱلِٱثْنَيْنِ.

Whereas thou hast felt about 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 two.

٣٨ 38 اَلْآنَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَنَا مَعَكَ. نِعَاجُكَ وَعِنَازُكَ لَمْ تُسْقِطْ، وَكِبَاشَ غَنَمِكَ لَمْ آكُلْ.

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

٣٩ 39 فَرِيسَةً لَمْ أُحْضِرْ إِلَيْكَ. أَنَا كُنْتُ أَخْسَرُهَا. مِنْ يَدِي كُنْتَ تَطْلُبُهَا. مَسْرُوقَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ أَوْ مَسْرُوقَةَ ٱللَّيْلِ.

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

٤٠ 40 كُنْتُ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ يَأْكُلُنِي ٱلْحَرُّ وَفِي ٱللَّيْلِ ٱلْجَلِيدُ، وَطَارَ نَوْمِي مِنْ عَيْنَيَّ.

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

٤١ 41 اَلْآنَ لِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً فِي بَيْتِكَ. خَدَمْتُكَ أَرْبَعَ عَشَرَةَ سَنَةً بَٱبْنَتَيْكَ، وَسِتَّ سِنِينٍ بِغَنَمِكَ. وَقَدْ غَيَّرْتَ أُجْرَتِي عَشَرَ مَرَّاتٍ.

These twenty years have I been 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.

٤٢ 42 لَوْلَا أَنَّ إِلَهَ أَبِي إِلَهَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهَيْبَةَ إِسْحَاقَ كَانَ مَعِي، لَكُنْتَ ٱلْآنَ قَدْ صَرَفْتَنِي فَارِغًا. مَشَقَّتِي وَتَعَبَ يَدَيَّ قَدْ نَظَرَ ٱللهُ، فَوَبَّخَكَ ٱلْبَارِحَةَ».

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been on my side, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'

٤٣ 43 فَأَجَابَ لَابَانُ وَقَالَ لِيَعقُوبَ: «ٱلْبَنَاتُ بَنَاتِي، وَٱلْبَنُونَ بَنِيَّ، وَٱلْغَنَمُ غَنَمِي، وَكُلُّ مَا أَنْتَ تَرَى فَهُوَ لِي. فَبَنَاتِي مَاذَا أَصْنَعُ بِهِنَّ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَوْ بِأَوْلَادِهِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ وَلَدْنَ؟

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?

٤٤ 44 فَٱلْآنَ هَلُمَّ نَقْطَعْ عَهْدًا أَنَا وَأَنْتَ، فَيَكُونُ شَاهِدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.'

٤٥ 45 فَأَخَذَ يَعْقُوبُ حَجَرًا وَأَوْقَفَهُ عَمُودًا،

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

٤٦ 46 وَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِإِخْوَتِهِ: «ٱلْتَقِطُوا حِجَارَةً». فَأَخَذُوا حِجَارَةً وَعَمِلُوا رُجْمَةً وَأَكَلُوا هُنَاكَ عَلَى ٱلرُّجْمَةِ.

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

٤٧ 47 وَدَعَاهَا لَابَانُ «يَجَرْ سَهْدُوثَا» وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَدَعَاهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».

And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.

٤٨ 48 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ: «هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ هِيَ شَاهِدَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ ٱسْمُهَا «جَلْعِيدَ».

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

٤٩ 49 وَ«ٱلْمِصْفَاةَ»، لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: «لِيُرَاقِبِ ٱلرَّبُّ 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.

٥٠ 50 إِنَّكَ لَا تُذِلُّ بَنَاتِي، وَلَا تَأْخُذُ نِسَاءً عَلَى بَنَاتِي. لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ مَعَنَا. اُنْظُرْ، ٱللهُ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

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

٥١ 51 وَقَالَ لَابَانُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «هُوَذَا هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ، وَهُوَذَا ٱلْعَمُودُ ٱلَّذِي وَضَعْتُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ.

And Laban said to Jacob: 'Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set up betwixt me and thee.

٥٢ 52 شَاهِدَةٌ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةُ وَشَاهِدٌ ٱلْعَمُودُ أَنِّي لَا أَتَجَاوَزُ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةَ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَتَجَاوَزُ هَذِهِ ٱلرُّجْمَةَ وَهَذَا ٱلْعَمُودَ إِلَيَّ لِلشَّرِّ.

This heap be witness, and the 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.

٥٣ 53 إِلَهُ 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 swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

٥٤ 54 وَذَبَحَ يَعْقُوبُ ذَبِيحَةً فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ وَدَعَا إِخْوَتَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا طَعَامًا، فَأَكَلُوا طَعَامًا وَبَاتُوا فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ.

And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

٥٥ 55 ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ لَابَانُ صَبَاحًا وَقَبَّلَ بَنِيهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ وَبَارَكَهُمْ وَمَضَى. وَرَجَعَ لَابَانُ 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.