Suencuek 35

1 Tedae Pathen loh Jakob la, “Thoo, Bethel la cet lamtah pahoi khosa. Te phoeiah na maya Esau mikhmuh lamkah na yong vaengah nang taengah aka phoe Pathen ham hmueihtuk khaw pahoi saii,” a ti nah.

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2 Te dongah Jakob loh amah imkhuikho neh a taengkah aka om boeih taengah, “Nangmih lakli kah kholong pathen rhoek te voei uh. Te phoeiah caihcil uh lamtah na himbai te tho uh laeh.

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3 Thoo uh sih lamtah Bethel la cet uh sih. Ka citcai tue vaengah kai aka doo tih ka caeh long ah kai taengah aka om Pathen ham hmueihtuk pahoi ka saii ni,” a ti nah.

Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4 Te dongah amih kut kah kholong pathen rhoek boeih neh a hna dongkah hnaii te Jakob taengah a paek uh tih Jakob loh Shekhem taengkah rhokael hmuiah a up.

So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5 Tedae a caeh uh neh Pathen kah mueirhih loh khopuei kaepvai ah yaal tih Jakob ca te hloem uh pawh.

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6 Te phoeiah Jakob neh amah taengkah a pilnam boeih loh Kanaan kho kah Luz Bethel te a pha uh.

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7 Te vaengah hmueihtuk pahoi a suem tih a hmuen te El Bethel a sui. A maya mikhmuh lamloh a yong vaengah khaw te rhoek ah ni anih ham Pathen a phoe pah dongah ni.

There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8 Rebekah kah cakhoem Deborah a duek vaengah khaw Bethel kungdak kah thingnu hmuiah a up tih a ming te Allon Bakuth la a khue.

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

9 Paddanaram lamkah koep a mael vaengah khaw Jakob taengah Pathen a phoe pah tih yoethen a paek.

After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10 Te vaengah Pathen loh anih te, “Na ming he Jakob dae na ming te Jakob la n'khue voel pawt vetih Israel ni nang ming la aka om eh?,” a ti nah. Te dongah a ming te Israel la a khue bal.

And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11 Te phoeiah anih te Pathen loh, “Kai he Pathen Tlungthang ni. Pungtai lamtah namtom ah ping uh. Namtom hlangping khaw nang lamkah ha thoeng vetih na pumpu lamloh manghai thoeng uh ni.

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12 Abraham neh Isaak taengah ka paek hmuen te nang taengah kan paek vetih nang phoeikah na tiingan taengah khaw khohmuen te ka paek ni,” a ti nah.

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

13 Tekah hmuen ah Jakob neh a cal rhoi pangthuem Pathen te anih taeng lamloh vik cet.

Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14 Te dongah amah neh a voek nah hmuen ah Jakob loh kaam a ling tih kaam lung te tuisi a suep tih situi a bueih.

So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

15 Te phoeiah Pathen loh amah a voek nah hmuen ming te Jakob loh Bethel la pahoi a khue.

Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16 Te phoeiah Bethel lamkah puen uh tih Epharath la caeh ham kho te a lak om pueng dae Rakhel te camoe om tih a ca om bahoeng kuel.

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17 Tedae a ca om a a tloh vaengah anih te ca aka om sak loh, “Tahae kah khaw nang ham tongpa la koep a om dongah rhih boeh,” a ti nah.

During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18 A duek tom kah a hinglu a pat thuk vaengah camoe ming te Benoni la a khue. Tedae a napa long tah anih te Benjamin la a khue.

And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19 Te vaengah Rakhel duek tih Epharath Bethlehem long ah te a up.

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20 Rakhel kah hlan soah Jakob loh kaam a ling te tihnin due Rakhel phuel kah kaam la om.

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21 Te phoeiah Israel te cet tih Mikdaleder kah a voel ah dap a tuk.

Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22 Tedae tekah kho ah khosa la Israel a om vaengah Reuben te cet tih a napa kah yula Bilhah taengah a yalh te Israel loh a yaak. Te vaengah Jakob ca rhoek hlang hlai nit om uh.

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

23 Leah ca rhoek ah Reuben te Jakob caming la om tih Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issakhar neh Zebulun omuh.

The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 Rakhel ca rhoi la Joseph neh Benjamin om.

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25 Rakhel imom Bilhah ca rhoi la Dan neh Naphtali om.

The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26 Leah salnu Zilpah ca la Gad neh Asher he om tih Paddanaram ah Jakob ca tongpa la a cun pah.

And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Mamre Kiriatharba Hebron kah a napa Isaak taengla a pha. Teah te Abraham khaw Isaak khaw bakuep.

Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28 Te vaengah Isaak kah khohnin loh kum ya neh kum sawmrhet lo coeng.

And Isaac lived 180 years.

29 Isaak khaw pal tih a duek vaengah patong kum soep la a pilnam taengah khoem uh coeng. Anih te a ca rhoi Esau neh Jakob loh a up.

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.