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.

And God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make an altar there to 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.

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have among you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

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.

Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I went."

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 to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their possession, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.

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

Then they set out, and a terror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

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

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

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 anih ham Pathen a phoe pah dongah ni.

He built an altar there, and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing 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 she was buried under an oak outside Bethel. So he called its name Allon Bakuth.

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

And God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram, 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.

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel." So he called his name 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 rhoek thoeng uh ni.

And God said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your body.

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 which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will give the 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 him in the place where he spoke 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.

And Jacob set up a standing-stone in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke 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.

Then they set out from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel went into labor, and her labor was difficult.

17 Tedae a ca om 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.

When she was in the difficult labor, the midwife said to her, "Do not be afraid, for now you have 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.

It happened, as her life was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-Oni, but his father named 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 standing-stone on her grave. It is the standing-stone of Rachel's grave to this day.

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

And Israel traveled and pitched his tent beyond Migdal 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.

It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father's secondary wife, and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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

The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 Rakhel ca rhoi la Joseph neh Benjamin om.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

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

And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: 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 Zilpah, Leah's servant: 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.

So Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre in Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

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

Now the days of Isaac were one hundred eighty 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.

And Isaac took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.