Genesis 31
1 Laban ih caanawk mah, Pa ih hmuennawk boih Jakob mah lak king pongah, vaihi anih loe hmuenmaenawk hoi angraeng boeh, tiah thuih ih lok to Jakob mah thaih.
Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
2 Jakob mah Laban to khet naah, canghni ih baktiah mikhmai pan ai boeh, tito panoek.
And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
3 Angraeng mah Jakob khaeah, Nam pa ohhaih prae hoi nangmah ih acaeng kaminawk khaeah amlaem ah; kai mah kang oh thuih han hmang, tiah a naa.
Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
4 To pongah Jakob mah tuutoephaih ahmuen ah a zu Rachel hoi Leah to hoih hanah kami to patoeh.
So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
5 Nihnik khaeah, Nam pa ih mikhmai ka khet naah, canghni ih baktiah om ai boeh, tiah ka panoek; toe kam pa ih Sithaw mah ang oh thuih poe.
When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
6 Ka thacakhaih boih hoiah nam pa ih tok ka sak, tito nang panoek hoi.
You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
7 Toe nam pa mah kai ang ling, ka toksakhaih atho doeh vai hato ang ling; toe kai pacaekthlaek hanah Sithaw mah pakaa pae.
but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 Anih mah, aem kaom tuunawk loe na toksakhaih atho ah om nasoe, tiah a thuih, to naah tuunawk loe aem oh o boih; rong kangdaek tuunawk loe ka toksakhaih atho ah om nasoe, tiah a thuih, to naah doeh tuunawk loe rong kangdaek ah tapen boih.
When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
9 To pongah Sithaw mah nam pa ih tuunawk to lak moe, kai han ang paek boeh.
In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
10 Tuunawk apa cuukhaih tue phak moe, ka khet naah, tuu taenawk loe aem kaom tuu amnonawk khaeah ni apa cuuk o, tiah amang ah ka hnuk.
“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
11 Sithaw ih van kami mah amang ah kai khaeah, Jakob, tiah ang kawk. Kai mah, Haeah ka oh, tiah ka naa.
An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
12 To naah anih mah, Danh tahang ah, Tuu taenawk loe aem kaom, rong kangdaek tuu amnonawk khae khue ah ni apa cuuk o; Laban mah na nuiah sak ih hmuennawk to ka hnuk boih.
He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13 Kai loe thlung na thling moe, situi na bawh pacoengah, kai khaeah lokkamhaih na sak ih, Bethel hmuen ih Sithaw ah ka oh; vaihi angthawk ah, hae prae hae caehtaak ah loe, na caeng kaminawk ohhaih prae ah amlaem ah, tiah ang thuih, tiah a naa.
I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
14 To naah Rachel hoi Leah mah anih khaeah, Kam pa im ah kaihnik mah toep han koi qawk hoi taham timaw ka tawn hoi?
Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
15 Kaihnik hae prae kalah kami ah a poek, kaihnik hae zawh khue ai ah, kaihnik han paek tangcae hmuen mataeng doeh ang patoh pae king na ai maw?
He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
16 Pa khae hoi Sithaw mah lak ih hmuennawk boih loe, aicae hoi aimacae caanawk ih hmuen ah ni oh boeh; to pongah vaihi Sithaw mah ang thuih ih baktih toengah sah ah, tiah a naa hoi.
Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
17 To pacoengah Jakob loe angthawk moe, a caanawk hoi a zu hnik to kaengkuu hrang nuiah angthuengsak.
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
18 Padan Aram ah oh naah, a hak ih hmuennawk boih, pacah ih moinawk to a hoih boih moe, ampa Issak ohhaih Kanaan prae ah caeh o.
He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
19 Laban loe angmah ih tuu amui aah hanah caeh, to naah Rachel mah sakcop ih ampa imthung ih sithaw krangnawk to paquk pae ving.
Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
20 Jakob mah ka cawnh ving han boeh, tiah thui pae ai, Syria kami Laban to tamquta hoiah a caehtaak.
Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
21 To pongah anih loe a tawnh ih hmuennawk boih hoiah a cawnh; angthawk moe, vapui angkat o pacoengah, Gilead mae bangah a caeh o.
So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
22 Jakob cawnh ving boeh, tito Laban mah ni thumto naah thaih.
On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
23 Angmah ih nawkamyanawk to kawk moe, ni sarihto thung anih to patom o, anih to Gilead maeah kae o.
So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
24 Syria kami Laban ih amang ah Sithaw to amtueng pae; Jakob khaeah kasae doeh kahoih doeh, lokthuih han ai ah acoe ah, tiah a naa.
Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
25 Laban mah nihcae to kae naah, Jakob loe Gilead mae ah kahni im a sak boeh; Laban hoi angmah ih nawkamyanawk doeh Gilead mae ah im to sak o.
The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
26 Laban mah Jakob khaeah, Tipongah hae tiah na oh loe? Kai hae nang ling moe, ka canu hnik doeh misa mah sumsen hoi pahuem moe, naeh ih kami baktiah, na caeh haih ving loe?
Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
27 Tipongah kai nang ling moe, tamquta hoi na cawnh ving loe? Nang thuih soe nahaeloe, anghoehaih laa to sak moe, cingceng bohhaih, katoeng kruekhaih hoiah kang prawt han bae, tikhoe nang thui ai loe? tiah a naa.
Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
28 Tipongah ka caanawk hoi ka canunawk doeh nang moksak ai loe? Amthuhaih hoiah ni hae hmuen hae na sak.
(You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
29 Nang han nganbawh kana kang paek thaih; toe cangduem aqum ah nam pa ih Sithaw mah kai khaeah, Kahoih doeh kasae doeh, Jakob khae lokthuih han ai ah acoe ah, tiah ang thuih pongah ni.
My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
30 Vaihi loe nam pa im to na poek boeh pongah, na caeh han angaih boeh; tikhoe kai ih sithawnawk to na paquk loe? tiah a naa.
Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
31 Jakob mah Laban khaeah, Na canu hnik hae tha hoi nang lomh ving tih, tiah ka poek moe, ka zit pong ni, tiah a naa.
Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
32 Toe nang ih sithaw paqu kami na hnuk nahaeloe, anih to hing hmah nasoe; nang ih hmuen ka lak o moeng nahaeloe, aicae nawkamyanawk hmaa roe ah la ah, tiah a naa. Toe Rachel mah sakcop ih sithawnawk paquk pae ving, tito Jakob mah panoek ai.
But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
33 To pongah Laban loe Jakob ih kahni im, Leah ih kahni im hoi anih ih tamna nongpata hnik ih kahni imthung ah akunh, toe tidoeh hnu ai; Leah ih kahni imthung hoi tacawt pacoengah, Rachel ih kahni imthung ah akun let.
Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
34 Rachel mah ampa imthung ih sithawnawk to lak moe, kaengkuu khrang khukhaih kahni thungah pacaeng, to pacoengah a nuiah anghnut thuih khoep. Laban loe kahni imthung ih hmuennawk to pakrong boih, toe tidoeh hnu ai.
But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
35 Rachel mah ampa khaeah, Ka angraeng, na hmaa ah kangdoe thai ai pongah palungphuisak hmah; athii ka hnuk pongah ni, tiah a naa. Anih loe sakcop ih krangnawk to pakrong, toe hnu ai.
Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
36 To naah Jakob loe palungphui moe, Laban to zoeh; tih sakpazaehaih maw ka tawnh? Tih zaehaih maw ka sak moe, nang patom? tiah a naa.
Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
37 Kai ih hmuennawk to na pakrong boih boeh; na imthung ih hmuen timaw na hnuk? Nam nawk amyanawk hoi kai ih kaminawk hmaa ah suem ah, mi maw katoeng, tito nihcae mah aihnik salakah lokcaek nasoe.
Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
38 Nang khaeah saning pumphaeto ka oh; nang ih tuunawk hoi maehnawk a caa zun o vai ai; nang ih tuu tae maeto mataeng doeh ka caa vai ai.
I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
39 Nang ih tuunawk to moisannawk mah kaek vai ai; kanghmaa tuu to kai mah ka rong; khoving ah maw, khodai ah maw, tuunawk anghmat naah kai khaeah atho nang suk.
When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
40 To tiah kho ka sak; khodai ah ni kabae mah ang dawk moe, khoving ah kangqai mah ang koep; iih boep ai ah to tiah kho ka sak.
I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
41 To tiah na im ah saning pumphaeto thung ka oh; na canu hnik hanah saning hatlai palito thung tok kang sak pae moe, saning tarukto thung na pacah ih moinawk to kang toep pae, ka toksakhaih atho vai hato nang ling.
I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
42 Kai khaeah kam pa ih Sithaw, Abraham ih Sithaw, Issak mah zit ih Sithaw om ai nahaeloe, bangkrai ah ni nang patoeh tangtang tih; toe Sithaw mah patangkhanghaih hoi ka ban mah sak ih tok to ang hnuk pae pongah ni, cangduem qum ah nang to ang thuitaek, tiah a naa.
If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
43 Laban mah Jakob khaeah, Hae nongpata hnik loe ka canu ni; hae nawktanawk doeh ka caa ni, hae ih moinawk doeh kai ih ni; na hnuk ih hmuennawk boih doeh kai ih ni; toe vaihniah ka canu hnik hoi nihnik mah sak hoi ih caanawk doeh kawbang maw ka naa thai tih boeh?
Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
44 To pongah vaihi angzo ah loe, nang hoi kai salakah lokmaihaih to sah si; to lokmaihaih loe nang hoi kai salakah hnukung ah om nasoe, tiah a naa.
I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
45 To pongah Jakob mah thlung to lak moe, tung ah a thling.
So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
46 Jakob mah angmah ih nawkamyanawk khaeah, Thlung to a laksak; nihcae mah thlung to sinh pae o moe, pakhueng o pacoengah, pakhueng ih thlung nuiah buh a caak o.
Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
47 To a hmuen to Laban mah Jegar Sahadutha, tiah ahmin paek; toe Jakob mah loe Galeed, tiah ahmin sak.
Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
48 Laban mah, Vaihniah haeah pakhueng ih thlung loe nang hoi kai hnukung ah oh boeh, tiah a naa. To pongah to ahmuen to Galeed, tiah kawk o.
Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
49 Aihnik loe maeto hoi maeto kangthla ah oh hoi naah doeh, Sithaw mah toep poe nasoe, tiah a thuih pongah, Mizpah, tiah doeh kawk o.
They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
50 Nang mah ka canu hnik hae pacaekthlaek maw, to ai boeh loe ka canu hnik nuiah zu kalah na lak tak ving cadoeh, mi mah doeh aicae hae hnu ai; toe Sithaw loe aihnik salakah hnukung ah oh, tito pahnet hmah, tiah a naa.
If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
51 To pacoengah Laban mah Jakob khaeah, Khenah, kai hoi nang salakah sak ih, haeah pakhueng ih thlung hoi tung ah thling ih thlung hae oh.
Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
52 Haeah tapop ih thlung loe hnukung ah oh moe, haeah thling ih thlung doeh hnukung ah oh; nang nganbawh kana paek hanah, haeah tapop ih thlung hae ka poeng mak ai; nangmah doeh kai nganbawh kana paek hanah, haeah tapop ih thlung hae poeng hmah.
Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
53 Abraham Sithaw, Nahor Sithaw, nihnik ampa ih Sithaw mah aihnik salakah lok takroek nasoe, tiah a naa. To pongah Jakob loe ampa Issak mah zit ih Sithaw ih ahmin hoiah lokmaihaih to a sak.
We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
54 Jakob loe to ih mae nuiah angbawnhaih to sak moe, buhcaak hanah angmah ih nawkamyanawk to kawk; nihcae loe buhcaak o moe, mae nuiah aqum puek oh o.
He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
55 Laban loe khawnbang khawnthaw ah angthawk moe, a caanawk hoi a canu hnik to mok pacoengah, nihcae to tahamhoihaih a paek. To pacoengah a ohhaih ahmuen ah amlaem.
The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
