Suencuek 28
1 Te dongah Isaak loh Jakob te a khue phoeiah yoethen a paek tiha uen vaengah, “Kanaan nu tena yuu la lo boeh.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Thoo, Padanaram kah na nu kah a napa Bethuel im la cet lamtah na nupu Laban canute na yuu la lo.
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 Pathen Tlungthang loh nang te yoethen m'paek vetih na pungtai uh phoeiah na ping uh vaengah pilnam hlangping lana om bitni.
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 Tedae Pathen loh Abraham taengaha paek tangtae Abraham kah yoethennah, na lampahnah kho he nang neh na tiingan loh na pang ham m'pae saeh” a ti nah.
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 Te phoeiah Isaak loh Jakob tea tueih tih Jakob neh Esau kah a manu Rebekah kah nganpa Laban, Paddanaram Arammi Bethuel capa taengla cet.
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 Tedae Isaak loh Jakob yoethen a paek tih a yuu aka lo ham Paddanaram laa tueih te khaw, Jakob te yoethen a paek vaengah Kanaan nu tena yuu la lo boeha tinah tiha uen te khaw Esauloh a hmuh.
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 Jakob long khaw a napa neh a manu ol a ngai tih Paddanaram la cet.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Esau long khaw a napa Isaak kah mik ah Kanaan nute thae tilaa hmuh.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Te dongah Esau loh Ishmael taengla cet tih a yuurhoek hmanah Abraham capa Ishmael canu Mahalath, Nebaioth ngannu te a yuu laa loh.
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 Te vaengah Jakob loh Beersheba lamloh cet tih Haran la pawk.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Tedae hmuen pakhat tea pha vaengah khomik vik tla tih pahoi rhaeh. Te vaengahte hmuen kah lungtoa loh tih a lua tloeng. Te phoeiah tekah hmuen ah yalh.
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 Te vaengah mang a man hatah diklai ah kuihlak tarha doh uh tih a soi loh vaan duelaa pha. A soah Pathen kah puencawn rhoek te tarha luei uh tih suntla uh.
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 Te vaengah anih taengah BOEIPAte lawt pai tih, “Kai na pa Abraham kah BOEIPA Pathen neh Isaak kah Pathen loh na yalh nah diklai he nang neh nang kah tiingan taengah kan paek ni.
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 Nang kah tiingan tah diklai laipi bangla om vetih khothoeng tuitunli neh tuithim tlangpuei lana pungtai uh phoeiah nang neh nang tiingan rhang neh diklai huiko boeihloh a yoethen uh ni.
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 Kai he nang taengah ka om tihna caeh nah boeih ah nang kan ngaithuen. Te dongah nangte he khohmuen la kam mael puei bitni. Nang taengah ka thui te ka saii hlan vaengah nang kan hnoo mahpawh,” a ti nah.
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 Te dongah Jakob loh a ih lamkaha haenghang vaengah, “Hekah hmuen ah BOEIPA loh rhep om dae kai loh ka ming pawh “a ti.
[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 Tedaea rhih tih, “Hekah hmuen he rhih ham om tih Pathen kah im neh vaan vongka pawt ataha tloe moenih he “a ti.
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 Jakob loh mincanga thoh vaengah a lu kah a khueh lungto tea loh tih kaama ling phoeiah a so ah situia bueih.
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 Te dongah tekah khopuei mingte lamhma ah Luz la om dae hatah tekah hmuen ming te Bethellaa khue.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Te phoeiah Jakob loh olcaeng neh a caeng tih, “Pathen loh kai taengah om tih he longpuei ah ka caeh vanbangla, kai n'dawndah phoeiah caak ham buh neh bai ham himbaite kai m'paek bal tih,
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 a pa im ah sading la ka bal atah BOEIPAte kai kah Pathen la om ni.
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 Te phoeiah hekah lungto kaam la ka ling he Pathen kah im la poeh vetih kai nan paek boeih te namah ham parha pakhat la kan paek ni,” a ti.
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.”
