Mui 29
1 Ya: igobe da asili, eso maba la: idi soge amoga asi.
Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
2 E da hano nasu uli dou gisi soge ganodini diala, amoga doaga: i. Amo uli dogoi gadenene, sibi gilisisu udiana dialebe ba: i. Sibi gilisisu da amo uli dogoiga hano nasu. Uli dogoi da gele bagadega ga: i dagoi.
As he looked around he saw a well in a field with three flocks of sheep lying down beside it, waiting to be given water. A large stone covered the top of the well.
3 Hou da agoane galu. Sibi gilisisu da uli dogoiga doaga: laloba, sibi ouligisu dunu da gele bagade amo bebesole, hano nasu amo sibima olelesu. Hano nanu, sibi ouligisu da uli dogoi gele bagadega bu ga: su.
The usual practice was that once all the flocks had arrived, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the well and give their sheep water. Then they would put the stone back again.
4 Ya: igobe da sibi ouligisu dunuma amane adole ba: i, “Dilia da habidili misibila: ?” Ilia da bu adole i, “Ninia da Halane soge dunu.”
Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.
5 E da bu adole ba: i, “Dilia da La: iba: ne, Na: iho ea aowa amo dawa: bela: ?” “Ma! Ninia dawa: !” ilia amane sia: i.
“Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” he asked. “Yes, we know him,” they replied.
6 Ya: igobe amane adole ba: i, “E da hahawane esalabala?” Ilia bu adole i, “E da hahawane esala! Ba: ma! Idiwi La: isele, La: iba: ne ea uda mano a: fini da ea sibi gilisisu oule manebe goea!”
“How is he?” he asked. “He's well,” they replied. “Look! In fact here's his daughter Rachel coming with the sheep right now.”
7 Ya: igobe da amane sia: i, “Wali da esomogoa fawane. Amaiba: le, sibi amo diasuga gilisimu da hamedei. Dilia sibi ilima hano dili ianu, bu gisi sogega oule masunu da defea.”
“Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet. Why not let them drink so they can go back to grazing?”
8 Ilia da bu adole i, “Amai da hame hamomu! Sibi gilisisu huluane da doaga: sea fawane, ninia da gele bagade bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili imunu.”
“We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone from the well and let the sheep drink.”
9 Ya: igobe da ilima sia: daloba, La: isele da ea sibi gilisisu oule misini, doaga: i dagoi.
While he was still talking with them Rachel arrived with the flock she was looking after for her father.
10 Ya: igobe da La: isele amo ea daiya La: iba: ne ea sibi oule manebe ba: loba, e da hano nasu uli dogoi amoga asili, gele bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili i.
When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the stone from the well so Laban's sheep could drink.
11 Amalalu, e da La: isele amo nonogoi, amola hahawane bagadeba: le, dinanu.
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept for joy.
12 E da La: iselema amane adole i, “Na da dia ada esoa: bi, Lebega ea mano.” La: isele da ea ada amo adomusa: hehenane asi.
(He had told her that he was the son of Laban's brother and Rebekah.) She ran and told her father what had happened.
13 La: iba: ne da esoa: bi Ya: igobe misi dagoi amo nababeba: le, hehenane, ema doaga: le, nonogone, hi diasuga oule asi. Ya: igobe da ea hou huluane ema olelei.
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob he ran out to meet him. He hugged him and kissed him, and took him home. After Jacob had explained everything to Laban,
14 Amalalu, La: iba: ne da amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Di da na fi dunu maga: me afae amoga hamoi.” Ya: igobe da oubi afae amoga ea diasuga esalu.
Laban told him, “No question about it—you're my own flesh and blood!” Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
15 La: iba: ne da Ya: igobema amane sia: i, “Di da na fi dunuba: le na hawa: hamosu udigili hamomu da defea hame galebe. Di da bidi habodayane lama: bela: ?”
One day Laban said to him, “You're my relative so you shouldn't be working for me for nothing! Tell me, what should I pay you?”
16 La: iba: ne da uda mano aduna esala. Magobo mano da Lia amola eno da La: isele.
Laban had two daughters. The older one was Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
17 Lia ea si da gasa hame galu. Be La: isele ea da: i hodo da noga: iwane ba: i.
Leah had kind eyes, but Rachel had a shapely figure and beautiful looks.
18 Ya: igobe da La: iselema bagade magesa: i. Amaiba: le e da La: iba: nema amane sia: i, “Na da La: isele amo lamusa: , ode fesuale dima hawa: hamomu da defeala: ?”
Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
19 La: iba: ne da bu adole i, “Na da dunu enoma imunu higa: i. Dima fawane imunu. Nama ouesaloma!”
“Well it's better for me to give her to you than anyone else,” Laban replied. “So stay here and work for me.”
20 Ya: igobe da ode fesuale La: isele lama: ne hawa: hamosu. E da ema bagade asigiba: le, amo ode da eso bagahame defele ba: i.
Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
21 Amalalu, Ya: igobe da La: iba: nema amane sia: i, “Na ode da gidigi dagoi. Na da dia mano lamu galebe.”
Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
22 Amaiba: le, La: iba: ne da uda lasu lolo Nasu bagade hamoi. E da dunu huluane misa: ne sia: i.
So Laban organized a wedding banquet and invited everyone around to come.
23 Be gasia, e da La: isele fisili, Lia amo Ya: igobema oule misi. Amalalu, Ya: igobe da Lia amo gilisili golai.
But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 (La: iba: ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini Siliba amo Lia hi hawa: hamomusa: gini i dagoi.)
(Laban also arranged for his servant Zilpah to be Leah's personal maid.)
25 Golale hahabe, Ya: igobe da uda da ema gilisili golai da La: isele hame be Lia ba: i. E da La: iba: nema asili amane sia: i, “Di da abuli amo hou nama hamobela: ? Na da La: isele lamusa: hawa: hamoi dagoi. Di da abuliba: le nama ogogobela: ?”
When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
26 La: iba: ne da bu adole i, “Ninia hou guiguda: da ninia magobo uda mano bisili dunuga lama: ne iaha. Fa: no eno uda mano iaha.
“Here we don't give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn,” Laban replied.
27 Be uda lasu lolo nasu hi afae da dagosea, defea, na da La: isele amola dima imunu. Be amo lama: ne, di da na hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoma.”
“Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”
28 Ya: igobe da amo hamomu sia: i. Amalalu, hi afae aligili, La: iba: ne da ea mano La: isele amo ema i.
Jacob agreed. He finished the week of wedding celebrations for Leah, and then Laban gave Jacob his daughter Rachel as his wife as well.
29 (La: iba: ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini ea dio amo Biliha amo La: isele fidimusa: i.)
(Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
30 Ya: igobe da La: isele amo gilisili golai. Ea magesa: i hou ema da ea asigi hou Lia ema baligi dagoi. Amalalu, e da La: iba: ne ea hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoi.
So Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years for Rachel.
31 Hina Gode da Ya: igobe ea hou amo La: iselema bagade asigi amola Liama fonobahadi asigi amo ba: beba: le, Gode da Liama mano lama: ne logo fodoi. Be La: isele da aligime esalu.
The Lord saw that Leah wasn't loved he helped Leah to have children, but not Rachel.
32 Lia da abula agui, dunu mano lalelegei. E amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da na se nabasu ba: i dagoi. Wali nagoa da nama asigimu.” Amaiba: le, e da dio asuli amo Liubene (Se Nabasu Ba: i)
Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
33 Amalalu, e da bu eno abula agui ba: i. Dunu mano eno da lalelegele, Lia da amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da Ya: igobe da nama hame asigi amo nababeba: le, mano nama i.” Amaiba: le, amo manoma e da Simione (Nabasu dunu) dio asuli.
Then Leah became pregnant again, and had another son. She said, “The Lord has heard that I'm not loved so he gave me this son.” So she named him Simeon.
34 E da bu eno abula agui. Dunu mano eno lai. E amane sia: i, “Wali na da dunu mano udiana laiba: le, nagoa da nama la: gi dagoi ba: mu.” Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Lifai (La: gi) dio asuli.
Leah became pregnant for the third time, and had another son. She said, “Finally my husband will be attached to me because now I've given him three sons.” That's why he was named Levi.
35 Amalalu, e da abula agui, dunu mano eno lai. E da amane sia: i, “Wali na da Hina Godema nodomu.” Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Yuda (Nodosu) dio asuli. Amalalu, e da mano lasu yolesi.
Once again Leah became pregnant and had another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I can really praise the Lord!” After that she had no more children.
