Genesis 28
1 Gitawag ni Isaac si Jacob, gipanalanginan, ug gimandoan siya, “Ayaw pangasawa gikan sa mga babaye sa Canaan.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Tindog, ug pag-adto ngadto sa Paddan Aram, sa panimalay ni Betuel nga amahan sa imong inahan, ug pangasawa gikan didto, sa usa sa mga anak nga babaye ni Laban, nga igsoong lalaki sa imong inahan.
Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram [in northwest Mesopotamia], to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you.
3 Hinaot nga ang Dios Makakagahom magpanalangin kanimo, maghimo kanimong mabungahon ug magpadaghan kanimo, aron mamahimo kang panon sa katawhan.
I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to [get married and] have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
4 Hinaot nga ihatag niya kanimo ang panalangin ni Abraham, alang kanimo, ug ngadto sa mosunod nimong mga kaliwatan, nga mapanunod mo ang yuta nga imong gipuy-an, nga gihatag sa Dios kang Abraham.
I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to [my father] Abraham and his descendants.”
5 Busa gipalakaw ni Isaac si Jacob. Miadto si Jacob sa Paddan Aram, ngadto kang Laban nga anak nga lalaki ni Betuel nga Aramihanon, ang igsoong lalaki ni Rebeca, nga inahan ni Jacob ug Esau.
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
6 Karon nakita ni Esau nga gipanalanginan ni Isaac si Jacob ug gipaadto siya sa Paddan Aram, aron mangasawa didto. Nakita usab niya nga gipanalanginan siya ni Isaac ug gisugo, nga nag-ingon, “Ayaw pagpangasawa gikan sa mga babaye sa Canaan.”
Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,”
7 Nakita usab ni Esau nga gituman ni Jacob ang iyang amahan ug inahan, ug miadto sa Paddan Aram.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Nakita ni Esau nga ang mga babaye sa Canaan wala makapahimuot sa iyang amahan nga si Isaac.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Busa miadto siya kang Ismael, ug nangasawa gawas sa iyang mga asawa, kang Mahalat ang anak nga babaye ni Ismael, nga anak nga lalaki ni Abraham, ang igsoong babaye ni Nebaioth, aron mamahimo niyang asawa.
Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
10 Mibiya si Jacob sa Beersheba ug miadto padulong sa Haran.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Miabot siya sa usa ka dapit ug mipahulay didto sa tibuok gabii, tungod kay misalop na man ang adlaw. Mikuha siya ug usa sa mga bato niadtong dapita, ug giunlan kini sa iyang ulo, ug mihigda nianang dapita aron matulog.
When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.
12 Nagdamgo siya ug nakita ang usa ka hagdanan nga nagbarog sa kalibotan. Ang tumoy niini miabot hangtod sa langit ug ang mga anghel sa Dios nagsaka kanaog niini.
While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he [was surprised to] see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
13 Tan-awa, nagbarog si Yahweh sa ibabaw niini ug miingon, “Ako si Yahweh, ang Dios ni Abraham nga imong amahan, ug ang Dios ni Isaac. Ang yuta nga imong gihigdaan, ihatag ko kanimo ug sa imong mga kaliwatan.
And he [was surprised to] see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.
14 Ang imong kaliwatan mahisama sa abog sa kalibotan, ug mokaylap ka ngadto sa kasadpan, sa sidlakan, sa amihan ug sa habagatan. Diha kanimo ug sa imong kaliwatan mapanalanginan ang tanang panimalay sa kalibotan.
Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of [what happens to] you and to your descendants.
15 Tan-awa, magauban ako kanimo, ug bantayan ko ikaw bisan diin ka man moadto. Pagadad-on ko ikaw pagbalik niining yutaa; kay dili ko man ikaw biyaan. Pagabuhaton ko ang tanan nakong gisaad kanimo.”
I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
16 Nakamata si Jacob gikan sa iyang paghikatulog, ug miingon siya, “Sa pagkatinuod ania si Yahweh niining dapita, ug wala ako masayod niini.”
[During the night], when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!”
17 Nahadlok siya ug miingon, “Pagkamakalilisang niining dapita! Wala na kini lain kondili pinuy-anan sa Dios. Mao kini ang ganghaan sa langit.”
He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”
18 Mibangon si Jacob sayo sa kabuntagon ug gikuha niya ang bato nga iyang giunlan sa iyang ulo. Gipatindog niya kini ingon nga usa ka haligi ug gibuboan niya ug lana ang ibabaw niini.
In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone [to dedicate it to God].
19 Ginganlan niya kadtong dapita ug Bethel, apan sa sinugdanan ang ngalan niadtong siyudara Luz.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Nanumpa si Jacob nga nag-ingon, “Kung ang Dios mag-uban kanako ug magpanalipod kanako sa dalan nga akong pagalaktan, ug mohatag kanako ug tinapay aron makaon, ug mga bisti nga akong masul-ob,
Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 aron makabalik ako nga luwas sa balay sa akong amahan, unya si Yahweh mamahimo nakong Dios.
in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
22 Unya kining bato nga akong gipatindog ingon nga haligi handomanang bato. Ug sa tanang butang nga imong gihatag kanako, ihatag ko gayod pagbalik ang ikapulo kanimo.
This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
