創世記 30
1 辣黑耳見自己沒有給雅各伯生子，就嫉妒姐姐，對雅各伯說：「你要給我孩子；不然，我就死啦! 」
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
2 雅各伯對辣黑耳生氣說：「不肯使你懷孕的是天主，難道我能替他作主﹖」
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
3 辣黑耳回答說：「這裏有我的婢女彼耳哈，你親近她，叫她在我膝下生子，使我能由她得子。」
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
4 辣黑耳就將自己的婢女彼耳哈給了雅各伯作妾；雅各伯親近了她，
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
5 她遂懷孕，給雅各伯生了一子。
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
6 辣黑耳就說：「天主對我公道，俯聽了我的哀聲，給了我一子。」為此給他起名叫丹。
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
7 辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第二個兒子。
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 辣黑耳就說：「我以天大的力量與我姐姐相爭，得到勝利了。」便給他起名叫納斐塔里。
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9 肋阿見自己停止生育，也將自己的婢女齊耳帕給了雅各伯作妾。
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10 肋阿的婢女齊耳帕給雅各伯生了一子。
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 肋阿遂說：「好幸運! 」就給他起名叫加得。
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12 肋阿的婢女齊耳帕給雅各伯又生了第二個兒子。
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
13 肋阿遂說：「我真有福! 女人都要以為我有福。」就給他起名叫阿協爾。
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14 到了割麥的時節，勒烏本出去，在田間尋得了一些曼陀羅，帶回來給了他母親肋阿。辣黑耳對肋阿說：「請你將你兒子得的曼陀羅給我一些。」
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 肋阿回答說：「你奪去了我的丈夫還不夠；你還想奪去我兒的曼陀羅麼﹖」辣黑耳說：「好罷! 今夜就讓他與你同睡，為交換你兒子的曼陀羅。」
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 到了晚上雅各伯由田間回來，肋阿就跑出去迎接他說：「你該來我這裏，因為我用我兒子的曼陀羅雇了你。」那夜雅各伯便與她同睡。
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17 天主俯允了肋阿，她又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第五個兒子。
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 肋阿說：「天主給了我報酬，因為我將我的婢女給了我的丈夫。」便給他起名叫依撒加爾。
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19 肋阿又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第六個兒子。
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 肋阿說：「天主給了我一個很好的禮物；這一回我的丈夫要與我同居了，因為我給他生了六個兒子。」便給他起名叫則步隆。
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
21 後來她生了一個女兒，給她起名叫狄納。
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 天主想起了辣黑耳，垂允了她，開了她的子宮，
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
23 她遂懷孕，生了一個兒子，說：「天主拭去了我的恥辱。」
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
24 她給他起名叫若瑟說：「願上主再給我添子。」
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
25 辣黑耳生了若瑟以後，雅各伯對拉班說：「請讓我回到我的本鄉故土!
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
26 請你將我服事你所得的妻子兒女交給我，讓我回去；你知道我怎樣服事了你。」
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
27 拉班對他說：「如果我在你眼中得寵，請你住下；我覺察出，上主祝福我，是為了你的原故。」
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
28 繼而說：「請規定你的工價，我必付給你。」
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 雅各伯對他說：「你知道，我是怎樣服事了你；你的牲畜跟著我是怎樣的情形。
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
30 我未來之前，你所有的是那麼少，現在增加了那麼多；我一來，上主就祝福了你。但是，我幾時也能為我興家立業呢﹖」
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
31 拉班問說：「我該給你什麼﹖」雅各伯答說：「你什麼也不必給我，只要你應承我這件事，我就仍牧放照顧你的羊群：
“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
32 你今天走遍你的羊群，將其中凡有斑點或黑點的，即綿羊群中有黑色的，山羊群中有黑點或斑點的，都挑出來，當作我的工價。
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
33 後來任何一天，你來察看我的工價時，我好對你證明我的公正。山羊中凡是沒有斑點或黑點的，綿羊中凡是不黑的，都算是偷來的。」
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
34 拉班回答說：「好，就照你的話辦罷!」
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
35 當天拉班就將有條紋有斑點的公山羊，凡有白紋，或斑點和黑點的母山羊，並黑色的綿羊都挑出來，交在自己兒子們手中；
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
36 又使雅各伯與自己相距三日的路程。雅各伯便牧放拉班其餘的羊群。
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 雅各伯拿了楊樹、杏樹和楓樹的嫩枝，將皮剝成一條一條的白紋，使樹枝的光白露出；
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38 然後將剝去皮的枝條，插在水溝和水漕裏，羊群前來喝水時，正與羊群相對。羊群前來喝水時，就彼此相配。
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
39 羊群對著枝條相配，就生出了有條紋，有斑點和黑點的小羊。
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
40 雅各伯將這些羔羊分開，將這些羊放在拉班羊群中有條紋和有黑點的羊前；這樣他為自己另組羊群，不將牠們放在拉班的羊群中。
Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
41 到了肥壯的羊要配合時，雅各伯就將枝條插在水溝裏，對著羊群的眼，使羊對著枝條彼此相配。
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
42 當羊群瘦弱時，他就不插枝條：這樣，瘦弱的都歸拉班，肥壯的都歸雅各伯。
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
43 為此這人越來越富，擁有許多羊群，婢女和奴僕，駱駝和驢子。
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
