Mui 30
1 Be La: isele da Ya: igobe ea mano hame laiba: le ea dalusima mudasu ba: i. E da Ya: igobema amane sia: i, “Di da nama mano hame iasea na da bogomu.”
Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
2 La: isele ea sia: nababeba: le, Ya: igobe da ougi ba: i. E amane sia: i, “Na da Gode Ea sogebi lamu da hamedei galebe. Hi fawane da dia mano lamu logo ga: sisa.”
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
3 La: isele da amane sia: i, “Di da na udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini Biliha, amo lama. Di amola e gilisili golama. Amasea, e da mano lasea, na da amo mano ea ame esalumu.”
Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
4 E da Biliha amo egoama i. Amalalu, Ya: igobe da e amola gilisili golai.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Biliha da abula agui, dunu mano lalelegei.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 La: isele da amane sia: i, “Gode da na fidima: ne fofada: i dagoi. E da na sia: ne gadosu nabalu, dunu mano nama i dagoi.” Amaiba: le, e da ea manoma Da: ne (Fidima: ne fofada: su) dio asuli dagoi.
Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
7 Biliha da bu abula agui, Ya: igobe ea dunu mano eno amola lalelegei.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 La: isele da amane sia: i, “Na da na dalusima bagadewane gegei galu. Be na da osa: le heda: i dagoi. Amaiba: le e da amo manoma Na: badalai (Gegesu) dio asuli.
Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
9 Lia da ea mano lamu logo ga: i dagoi amo dawa: beba: le, e da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini Siliba amo Ya: igobema i.
When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
10 Amalalu, Siliba da Ya: igobe ea dunu mano lalelegei.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Lia da amane sia: i, “Na da hahawane udigili lai!” Amaiba: le e da Ga: de (Hahawane udigili Lai) dio ema asuli.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Siliba da Ya: igobe ea dunu mano eno lai.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Lia da amane sia: i, “Na da hahawane bagade! Eno uda da na da hahawane sia: mu. Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma A: sie (Hahawane) dio asuli.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Widi faisu eso amoga, Liubene da gisi sogega asili, sogea liligi amo mano lasu fidisu liligi ilia da dawa: i galu, (ma: nadala: igi) amo fili, ea: me Liama gaguli misi. La: isele da Lia ema amane sia: i, “Dia mano ea sogea lai liligi amo mogili nama ima.”
When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
15 Lia da bu adole i, “Di da nagoa wamolai dagoi. Amo da hamedei liligi di da dawa: bela: ? Be wali di da na mano ea sogea liligi amo amola lamusa: dawa: lala. La: isele da amane sia: i, “Di da dia mano ea sogea liligi amo nama iasea, di amola Ya: igobe da wali gasia gilisili golamu da defea.”
But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
16 Daeya, Ya: igobe da ifabi amoga misini, Lia da logoga e yosia: musa: asi. Lia da amane sia: i, “Ania da wali gasia gilisili golamu galebe. Na da na mano ea sogea amoga di bidi lai dagoi.” Amaiba: le, Ya: igobe da e amola gilisili golai.
When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
17 Gode da Lia ea sia: ne gadosu nabi dagoi. E da abula agui, Ya: igobe ea dunu mano eno - amo da mano bi gala lalelegei.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Lia da amane sia: i, “Na da na hawa: hamosu a: fini nagoama i dagoiba: le, Gode da nama hahawane bidi i dagoi. Amaiba: le, e da ea manoma Isiga (Dunu Bidiga Lai) amo dio asuli.
Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
19 Lia da bu abula agui ba: i. E da Ya: igobe ea dunu mano gafe lalelegei dagoi.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 E amane sia: i, “Gode da nama hahawane udigili iasu i dagoi. Wali, na da nagoama dunu mano gafeyale ia dagoiba: le, e da na hahawane lamu. Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Sebiulane (Hahawane Iasu Lai) dio asuli.
Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
21 Fa: no, Lia da uda mano lai dagoi. E da ema Daina dio asuli.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Amalalu, Gode da bu La: isele dawa: i. E da ea sia: ne gadosu nabi. E da ea mano lamu logo doasi dagoi.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 E da abula agui, dunu mano lalelegei. E amane sia: i, “Gode da nama dunu mano ia dagoiba: le, na gogosiasu fadegai dagoi.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
24 E da nama eno dunu mano imunu da defea. Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Yousefe (Eno imunu da defea) dio asuli.
She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
25 Yousefe da lalelegei dagoloba, Ya: igobe da La: iba: nema amane sia: i, “Na da na diasuga masunu. Na masa: ne logo doasima.
After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
26 Na uda amola mano amo na da dia hawa: hamosu hamoiba: le bidi lai, amo huluane nama ianu na da masunu galebe. Di dawa: Na da dia hawa: hamosu noga: le hamoi.
You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
27 La: iba: ne da ema amane sia: i, “Na da ba: la: lusu dunu agoane. Na agoane ba: i. Dia hawa: hamobeba: le, Gode da nama hahawane dogolegele hamoi.
But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
28 Dima bidi imunu defei, amo di fawane sia: ma. Amasea, na da amo dima imunu”
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Ya: igobe da amane sia: i, “Di da na hawa: hamosu dawa: Na da dia sibi noga: le ouligisu. Amaiba: le, ilia idi da noga: le heda: i amola di da bagade gaguiwane ba: sa.
Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
30 Musa: na da mae misini, dia sibi da bagahame galu. Be wali bagohame ba: sa. Na da fidibiba: le, Gode da dima hahawane dogolegele fidisu. Wali na da ni liligi amo dawa: mu.”
You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
31 La: iba: ne da amane sia: i, “Na da dima adi ima: bela: ?” Ya: igobe da bu adole i, “Na da muni hame lamu. Di da na adole ba: su hahawane ba: sea, na da dia sibi bu ouligimu.
Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
32 Be wali eso na da dia sibi fi amoga bunumai sibi mano, amola goudi hoholei o daginisisi, amo huluane na da lamu. Amo bidi fawane na da lamu.
Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
33 Amola hobea di da na hou hedolo ba: mu. Di da na hou ba: la masea, hoholei o daginisisi hame hamoi goudi o bunumai hame sibi ba: sea, amo da wamolai dagoi di da dawa: mu.”
In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
34 La: iba: ne da bu adole i, “Defea! Dia sia: defele ninia da hamomu.”
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Be amo eso La: iba: ne da goudi gawali hoholei amola aseme fifi amola daginisisi huluane, amola bunumai sibi amo fadegale, egefelali ili ouligima: ne oule asi.
But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
36 Amalalu, e da Ya: igobe fisili, eso udiana asili, eno sogega doaga: i. Be Ya: igobe da La: iba: ne ea sibi eno ouligisu.
Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Ya: igobe da ifa amoda lale, ea gadofo mogili amo gobiheiga gagaselele, amoda da ahea: iai amola bunumai, amo fifi agoane ba: i.
Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
38 Amo ifa amoda e da sibi gilisisu ilia hano nasu ofodo gadenene ligisi. Bai fofoi ohe da hano na misini, mano lama: ne agusu.
Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
39 Amaiba: le, goudi da mano hamoma: ne ifa ba: le gaidiga hamosu, ilia mano da fa: no lalelegeloba hoholei amola fifi daginisisi ba: su.
The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
40 Ya: igobe da sibi amola goudi afafai. Sibi da mano lasu hou hamonoba, e da ea sibi amo La: iba: ne ea fifi amola bunumai lai gebo amo ba: la masa: ne olelei. Amalalu, ea lai gebo da bagade hamoi, amola e da ea lai gebo fi amo La: iba: ne ea lai gebo fi ilima afafai.
Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
41 Noga: i dagumui lai gebo da mano lama: ne hamonoba, e da ifa hamoi ilia ba: ma: ne hano ofodo gadenene ligisisu.
In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
42 Be gasa hame lai gebo da mano lama: ne hamonanoba, e da ifa hame ligisisu. Amalalu, La: iba: ne ea lai gebo da gasa hame ba: i. Be Ya: igobe ea lai gebo huluane da gasa bagade dagumui ba: i.
But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
43 Amalalu, Ya: igobe da bagade gagui dunu agoane ba: i. E da sibi gilisisu bagohame, udigili hawa: hamosu dunu, ga: mele, lai gebo, sibi, amola dougi bagohame gagui galu.
As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
