創世記 28
1 以撒叫了雅各來，給他祝福，並囑咐他說：「你不要娶迦南的女子為妻。
And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: “Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.
2 你起身往巴旦‧亞蘭去，到你外祖彼土利家裏，在你母舅拉班的女兒中娶一女為妻。
But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.
3 願全能的上帝賜福給你，使你生養眾多，成為多族，
And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people.
4 將應許亞伯拉罕的福賜給你和你的後裔，使你承受你所寄居的地為業，就是上帝賜給亞伯拉罕的地。」
And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather.”
5 以撒打發雅各走了，他就往巴旦‧亞蘭去，到亞蘭人彼土利的兒子拉班那裏。拉班是雅各、以掃的母舅。
And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.
6 以掃見以撒已經給雅各祝福，而且打發他往巴旦‧亞蘭去，在那裏娶妻，並見祝福的時候囑咐他說：「不要娶迦南的女子為妻」，
But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’
7 又見雅各聽從父母的話往巴旦‧亞蘭去了，
and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,
8 以掃就曉得他父親以撒看不中迦南的女子，
having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,
9 便往以實瑪利那裏去，在他二妻之外又娶了瑪哈拉為妻。她是亞伯拉罕兒子以實瑪利的女兒，尼拜約的妹子。
he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
10 雅各出了別是巴，向哈蘭走去；
Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba, continued on to Haran.
11 到了一個地方，因為太陽落了，就在那裏住宿，便拾起那地方的一塊石頭枕在頭下，在那裏躺臥睡了，
And when he had arrived at a certain place, where he would rest after the setting of the sun, he took some of the stones that lay there, and placing them under his head, he slept in the same place.
12 夢見一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頭頂着天，有上帝的使者在梯子上，上去下來。
And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,
13 耶和華站在梯子以上，說：「我是耶和華－你祖亞伯拉罕的上帝，也是以撒的上帝；我要將你現在所躺臥之地賜給你和你的後裔。
and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.
14 你的後裔必像地上的塵沙那樣多，必向東西南北開展；地上萬族必因你和你的後裔得福。
And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.
15 我也與你同在。你無論往哪裏去，我必保佑你，領你歸回這地，總不離棄你，直到我成全了向你所應許的。」
And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said.”
16 雅各睡醒了，說：「耶和華真在這裏，我竟不知道！」
And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”
17 就懼怕，說：「這地方何等可畏！這不是別的，乃是上帝的殿，也是天的門。」
And being terrified, he said: “How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”
18 雅各清早起來，把所枕的石頭立作柱子，澆油在上面。
Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it.
19 他就給那地方起名叫伯特利；但那地方起先名叫路斯。
And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’ which before was called Luz.
20 雅各許願說：「上帝若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃，衣服穿，
And then he made a vow, saying: “If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
21 使我平平安安地回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的上帝。
and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God,
22 我所立為柱子的石頭也必作上帝的殿；凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。」
and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called ‘the House of God.’ And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you.”
