創世記 31
1 雅各伯聽見拉班的兒子們談論說：「雅各伯奪去了我們父親所有的一切，利用我們父親的財物，才獲得了這一切的財富。」
Jacob found out that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. All the wealth he has actually came from our father.”
2 雅各伯也注意了拉班對自己的臉色不如先前。
Jacob also noticed that Laban was treating him differently to the way he had before.
3 那時，上主對雅各伯說：「你回到你的家鄉和你的出生地，我必與你同在。」
The Lord told Jacob, “Go back to the country of your forefathers, to your family home. I will be with you.”
4 雅各伯就派人叫辣黑耳和肋阿來到放羊的田間，
Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah, telling them to come and meet him out in the fields where he was with his flock.
5 對她們說：「我看你們父親的臉色，對我已不如先前；但是我父親的天主卻與我同在。
“I've noticed that your father is treating me differently to the way he did before,” he told them. “But the God of my father will be with me.
6 你們清楚知道，我是全力服事了你們的父親；
You both know very well how hard I worked for your father.
7 你們的父親卻欺騙了我，十次變換了我的工價，但天住卻沒有容許他害我。
But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.
8 當他說：有斑點的算是你的工價；全羊群就都生下有斑點的；當他說：有條紋的算是你的工價，全羊群就都生下有條紋的。
If he said, ‘You can have the speckled ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had speckled young. If he said, ‘You can have the streaked ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had streaked young.
9 天主這樣將你們父親的牲畜奪來了給我。
This is how God took your father's livestock and gave them to me.
10 有一次當羊群配合時，我於夢中舉目觀望：看見跳在母羊身上的公山羊，都是有條紋，有斑點和雜色的。
During the time the flock was breeding I had a dream where I saw that the male goats mating with the flock were all streaked, speckled, or spotted.
11 天主的使者在夢中對我說：雅各伯! 我答說：我在這裏。
Then in the dream the angel of the Lord spoke to me and said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I'm here.’
12 他說：你舉目觀望：跳在母羊身上的公山羊，都是有條紋，有斑點和雜色的，因為我看到了拉班對你所作的一切。
He told me, ‘Take a look and you'll see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I've been watching everything that Laban has been doing to you.
13 我是貝特耳的天主，你曾在那裏用油敷了一座石柱，並對我許了願。現在你起身，離開這地方，回到你生身之地去。」
I am the God of Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone pillar and made a solemn promise to me. Now get ready to leave this land and go back to your homeland.’”
14 辣黑耳和肋阿回答他說：「我們在父親家裏還有產業可分嗎﹖
“There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.
15 他豈不是把我們視作外人，把我們出賣了，吞併了我們的身價﹖
“He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.
16 所以天主由我們父親奪來的那一切財物，都應屬於我們和我們子女。現今凡天主吩咐你的，你都該照辦。
All the wealth that God has taken from him belongs to us and our children, so do whatever God has told you to do!”
17 雅各伯遂立即叫自己的兒女和妻子騎上駱駝，
So Jacob got ready. He helped his children and his wives onto the camels,
18 帶了自己一切牲畜和積聚的一切財物，即他在帕丹阿蘭所得的一切牲畜，起程往客納罕地，他父親依撒格那裏去了。
and drove all his livestock in front of him. He took with him all his possessions and livestock he'd gained during his time in Paddan-aram, and left to go back to his father in the country of Canaan.
19 其時拉班正剪羊毛去了，辣黑耳就偷走了她父親的神像。
While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
20 雅各伯隱瞞了阿蘭人拉班，沒有告訴拉班他將逃走，
Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not informing him that he was going to run away.
21 遂帶了自己所有的一切逃走了，起身過了幼發拉的河，直向基肋阿得山地進發。
So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.
22 第三天拉班得報雅各伯偷跑了，
Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.
23 遂帶了自己的弟兄，在他後面一連追趕了七天的路程，在基肋阿得山地追上了他。
Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
24 天主在夜間夢中顯現給阿蘭人拉班，對他說：「你小心，不要對雅各伯說好說壞。」
But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”
25 拉班追上雅各伯時，雅各伯已在山上搭了帳幕；拉班和他的弟兄也在基肋阿得山地搭了帳幕。
Jacob had set up his tents in the hill country of Gilead when Laban caught up with him, so Laban and his relatives did the same.
26 拉班對雅各伯說：「你作的是什麼事﹖竟瞞著我，將我的女兒們帶走，有如戰俘一樣!
“Why did you deceive me like this?” Laban asked Jacob. “You carried off my daughters as if they were some prisoners captured by the sword!
27 你為什麼暗中偷跑，瞞著我而不通知我，叫我好能快樂的唱著歌，打著鼓，彈著琴歡送你回去﹖
Why did you run away in secret, trying to trick me? Why didn't you come and tell me? I would have given you a good send-off, a celebration with singing and the music of tambourines and lyres.
28 連我的兒女你都不讓我與他們吻別，你作的實在糊塗!
You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've really acted stupidly!
29 我本可伸手加害你們，但是你們父親的天主昨夜對我說：小心，不要對雅各伯說好說壞。
I could really punish you badly, but the God of your father spoke to me last night and told me, ‘Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.’
30 你現在切望回到父家，定要回去，但是你為什麼偷走了我的神像! 」
Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”
31 雅各伯回答拉班說：「我害怕，我還以為你要由我手中奪去你的女兒。
“I ran away because I was afraid,” Jacob explained to Laban. “I was worried that you would take your daughters from me by force.
32 至於你的神像，你在誰那裏搜出來，決不容他活著；當著我們弟兄的面，你如認出我這裏有什麼是屬於你的，儘管拿去。」雅各伯原不知道是辣黑耳偷了神像。
As for your idols, anyone you find who has them will die. You can search everything in the presence of our relatives, and if you find I have anything that belongs to you, you can take it.” (Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.)
33 拉班便進入雅各伯的帳幕，肋阿的帳幕和兩個婢女的帳幕，沒有找著；遂由肋阿的帳幕出來，進入辣黑耳的帳幕，
Laban searched the tents of Jacob, Leah, and the two personal maids, but didn't find anything. He left Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.
34 辣黑耳卻拿了神像，放在駱駝的鞍下，自己坐在上面。拉班搜遍了整個帳幕，沒有找著。
Rachel had put the household idols in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on it. Laban carefully searched the whole tent but couldn't find them.
35 辣黑耳對她父親說：「望我主不要見怪，我不能在你面前起迎，因為我正在經期。」他搜索了，卻沒有找著神像。
She said to her father, “Sir, please don't get upset with me for not standing up in your presence, but I have my period.” He looked everywhere but didn't find the idols.
36 雅各伯於是動怒，與拉班爭論，質問他說：「我有什麼不對，有什麼罪過，致使你在我後面追趕﹖
Jacob got angry with Laban and confronted him, saying, “What crime am I guilty of? What wrong have I done to you that you've come hunting me down?
37 你搜遍了我的東西，如找出了什麼東西是屬於你家的，擺在我和你的兄弟面前，叫他們在我們兩人間行裁判。
You've searched through all my possessions. Did you find anything belonging to you? If you did, bring it out here before my relatives and yours so they can decide who's right!
38 這二十年來，我同你在一起，你的母綿羊和母山羊從未流產；你羊群中的公羊，我從未吃過；
I've worked for you for these past twenty years. During that time none of your sheep and goats miscarried, and I haven't eaten a single ram from your flock.
39 被野獸撕裂的我從未給你帶回，我自己賠償了損失；不論是白天偷去的，或是黑夜偷去的，你都向我索取。
If any of them were killed by wild animals, I never even brought you the carcass to prove the loss—I bore the loss myself. But you on the other hand always made me compensate you for any animals that were stolen, whether at night or in broad daylight.
40 日間我受盡炎熱，夜間受盡嚴寒，兩眼無法入睡。在你家內這二十年，為了你的兩個女兒，我服事了你十四年；
Whether it was sweating in the heat of the day, or freezing in the cold of the night when I couldn't sleep, I went on working for you for twenty years in your home.
41 另六年是為了你的羊群，這期間你竟十次變更了我的工價。
I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!
42 假若我父的天主，亞巴郎的天主，依撒格所敬畏的上主，不同我在一起，你現在定會打發我空手回去；但是天主見到了我的苦況和我的辛苦，在昨夜就下了判決。」
If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”
43 拉班回答雅各伯說：「女兒是我的女兒，孩子是我的孩子，羊群是我的羊群，你眼見的這一切都是我的。但是對我的女兒，對她們生的孩子，我今天能作什麼呢﹖
Laban replied, “These are my daughters and these are my children and these are my flocks! In fact, everything you see here is mine! However, what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
44 現在，來，讓我們在你我之間立約，作你我之間的證據。」
So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
45 雅各伯遂拿了一塊石頭，立作石柱，
Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.
46 然後對自己的親戚說：「你們堆集石頭。」他們便拿了石頭，堆成一堆，就在那堆石頭上吃了飯。
Then he told his relatives, “Go and collect some stones.” They all made a pile of stones and then sat beside it to eat a meal.
47 拉班稱那石堆為「耶加爾、撒哈杜達；」雅各伯稱為「基肋阿得」
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.
48 拉班說：「今天這堆石頭在你和我之間作見證。」為此給它起名叫「基肋阿得。」
Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.
49 又叫作「米茲帕，」因為他說：「我們彼此分離後，願上主監視我和你：
It was also called Mizpah, for as Laban said, “May the Lord keep a close eye on both of us when we're not together.
50 如果你虐待我的女兒，或在我的女兒外，另娶妻室，雖無人在我們中間，但有天主在你我之間作證。」
If you treat my daughters badly or marry more wives in addition to them, God will see what you do even if no one else finds out!”
51 拉班又對雅各伯說：「看這堆石頭，看我在你我之間所立的石柱：
Then Laban told Jacob, “Look at this pile of stones and this pillar that I have set up as a memorial of the agreement between you and me.
52 這堆石頭是見證，這石柱是見證，我決不越過這堆石頭去妨害你，你也不要越過這堆石頭和這石柱來妨害我。
They also act as a witness to our solemn promises to each other: I will not come past them to attack you; and you will not come past them to attack me.
53 但願亞巴郎的天主和納曷爾的天主，－－即他們父親的天主，－－在我們之間行裁判! 」雅各伯就指自己的父親依撒格所敬畏的上主起了誓。
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor—the God of our forefathers—be the one to judge between us in any dispute.” Jacob in turn made his solemn promise in the name of the awesome God of his father Isaac.
54 然後雅各伯在山上宰牲獻祭，叫了自己的親戚來吃飯；吃飯以後就在山上過了夜。
Then he offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited all his relatives to eat a meal there. They spent the night on the mountain.
55 拉班清早起來，與自己的外孫和女兒吻別，祝福了他們，便起身回本鄉去了。
Laban got up early in the morning and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them, and then left to go back home.
