< 創世記 35 >
1 天主對雅各伯說:「起來,上貝特耳去,住在那裏,為你昔日逃避你哥哥厄撒烏在那裏顯現給你的天主,築一祭壇。」
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
2 雅各伯便對家人和跟隨他的人說:「你們應除去你們中間所有外邦的神像,並取潔,更換衣服,
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are amongst you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
3 因為我門要起身上貝特耳去;在那裏我要給在我困苦的時日俯聽了我,在我所走的路上伴隨了我的天主,築一祭壇。」
Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”
4 眾人便將自己手中所有外邦的神像,所有的耳環,都交給了雅各伯;雅各伯就都埋在那靠近舍根的橡樹底下。
They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 當他們起程出發時,天主叫周圍的城邑都非常恐怖,為此誰也不敢追趕雅各伯的兒子。
They travelled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 這樣,雅各伯和與他在一起的人,來到客納罕地的路次,即貝特耳;
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 他在那裏築了一座祭壇。稱呼那地方為貝特耳,因為他逃避他哥哥時,天主曾在那裏顯現給他。
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 其時黎貝加的乳母德波辣死了,就埋在貝加的下面的一株橡樹底下;為此給這橡樹起名叫「悲泣的橡樹。」
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
9 雅各伯由帕丹阿蘭回來後,天主又顯現給他,再祝福。
God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 他天主對他說:「你原叫雅各伯,但以後不再叫作雅各伯,卻要叫作以色列。」遂給他改名以色列。
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.
11 天主又對他說:「我是全能的天主,你要生育繁殖;不但一個民族,而是一些民族要由你而生,許多君王要由你而生。
God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
12 我將賜給了亞巴郎和依撒格的土地賜給你;我也將這土地賜給你未來的後裔。」
The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
13 然後天主就在與他談話的地方,離開他,上升去了。
God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 雅各伯在天主與他談話地方,豎立了一根柱子,一根石柱;在上面行了奠祭,倒上油。
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.
16 他們由貝特耳起程出發,離厄弗辣大還有一段路程時,辣黑耳要生產,感覺難產。
They travelled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labour.
17 正當難產之際,收生婆對她說:「不要怕,你這次還是生個男孩。」
When she was in hard labour, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
18 辣黑耳將要斷氣快死的時候,給他起名叫本敖尼;但他的父親卻叫他本雅明。
As her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
20 雅各伯在她墳上立了一塊碑;這塊辣黑耳墳上的碑,至今尚存。
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
21 以色列又起程前行,在米革達耳厄德爾的那一面支搭了帳幕。
Israel travelled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 以色列住在那地時,勒烏本竟去與他父親的妾彼耳哈同睡;以色列後來聞知了此事。雅各伯的兒子共計十二人。
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 肋阿的兒子:雅各伯的長子勒烏本、西默盎、肋未、猶大、依撒加爾和則步隆。
The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan and Naphtali.
26 肋阿的婢女齊耳帕的兒子:加得和阿協爾:這些都是雅各伯在帕丹阿蘭生的兒子。
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 雅各伯來到了克黎雅特阿爾巴,即赫貝龍的瑪默勒他父親依撒格那裏,即亞巴郎和依撒格曾寄居過的地方。
Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
The days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.
29 他年高老邁,已享天年,遂斷氣而死,歸到他親族那裏去了;他的兒子厄撒烏和雅各伯將他埋葬了。
Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.