創世記 31
1 雅各聽見拉班的兒子們有話說：「雅各把我們父親所有的都奪了去，並藉着我們父親的，得了這一切的榮耀。」
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 雅各見拉班的氣色向他不如從前了。
Jacob also noticed that Laban was treating him differently to the way he had before.
3 耶和華對雅各說：「你要回你祖、你父之地，到你親族那裏去，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 雅各就打發人，叫拉結和利亞到田野羊群那裏來，
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：「我看你們父親的氣色向我不如從前了；但我父親的上帝向來與我同在。
“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 你們也知道，我盡了我的力量服事你們的父親。
You both know very well how hard I worked for your father.
7 你們的父親欺哄我，十次改了我的工價；然而上帝不容他害我。
But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.
8 他若說：『有點的歸你作工價』，羊群所生的都有點；他若說：『有紋的歸你作工價』，羊群所生的都有紋。
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 這樣，上帝把你們父親的牲畜奪來賜給我了。
This is how God took your father's livestock and gave them to me.
10 羊配合的時候，我夢中舉目一看，見跳母羊的公羊都是有紋的、有點的、有花斑的。
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 上帝的使者在那夢中呼叫我說：『雅各。』我說：『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：『你舉目觀看，跳母羊的公羊都是有紋的、有點的、有花斑的；凡拉班向你所做的，我都看見了。
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 我是伯特利的上帝；你在那裏用油澆過柱子，向我許過願。現今你起來，離開這地，回你本地去吧！』」
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 拉結和利亞回答雅各說：「在我們父親的家裏還有我們可得的分嗎？還有我們的產業嗎？
“There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.
15 我們不是被他當作外人嗎？因為他賣了我們，吞了我們的價值。
“He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.
16 上帝從我們父親所奪出來的一切財物，那就是我們和我們孩子們的。現今凡上帝所吩咐你的，你只管去行吧！」
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 雅各起來，使他的兒子和妻子都騎上駱駝，
So Jacob got ready. He helped his children and his wives onto the camels,
18 又帶着他在巴旦‧亞蘭所得的一切牲畜和財物，往迦南地、他父親以撒那裏去了。
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 當時拉班剪羊毛去了，拉結偷了他父親家中的神像。
While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
20 雅各背着亞蘭人拉班偷走了，並不告訴他，
Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not informing him that he was going to run away.
21 就帶着所有的逃跑。他起身過大河，面向基列山行去。
So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.
22 到第三日，有人告訴拉班，雅各逃跑了。
Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.
23 拉班帶領他的眾弟兄去追趕，追了七日，在基列山就追上了。
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 夜間，上帝到亞蘭人拉班那裏，在夢中對他說：「你要小心，不可與雅各說好說歹。」
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。雅各在山上支搭帳棚；拉班和他的眾弟兄也在基列山上支搭帳棚。
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 拉班對雅各說：「你做的是甚麼事呢？你背着我偷走了，又把我的女兒們帶了去，如同用刀劍擄去的一般。
“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 你為甚麼暗暗地逃跑，偷着走，並不告訴我，叫我可以歡樂、唱歌、擊鼓、彈琴地送你回去？
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 又不容我與外孫和女兒親嘴？你所行的真是愚昧！
You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've really acted stupidly!
29 我手中原有能力害你，只是你父親的上帝昨夜對我說：『你要小心，不可與雅各說好說歹。』
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 現在你雖然想你父家，不得不去，為甚麼又偷了我的神像呢？」
Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”
31 雅各回答拉班說：「恐怕你把你的女兒從我奪去，所以我逃跑。
“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，就不容誰存活。當着我們的眾弟兄，你認一認，在我這裏有甚麼東西是你的，就拿去。」原來雅各不知道拉結偷了那些神像。
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 拉班進了雅各、利亞，並兩個使女的帳棚，都沒有搜出來，就從利亞的帳棚出來，進了拉結的帳棚。
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 拉結已經把神像藏在駱駝的馱簍裏，便坐在上頭。拉班摸遍了那帳棚，並沒有摸着。
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 拉結對她父親說：「現在我身上不便，不能在你面前起來，求我主不要生氣。」這樣，拉班搜尋神像，竟沒有搜出來。
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 雅各就發怒斥責拉班說：「我有甚麼過犯，有甚麼罪惡，你竟這樣火速地追我？
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 你摸遍了我一切的家具，你搜出甚麼來呢？可以放在你我弟兄面前，叫他們在你我中間辨別辨別。
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 我在你家這二十年，你的母綿羊、母山羊沒有掉過胎。你群中的公羊，我沒有吃過；
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，我沒有帶來給你，是我自己賠上。無論是白日，是黑夜，被偷去的，你都向我索要。
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 我白日受盡乾熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不得合眼睡着，我常是這樣。
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 我這二十年在你家裏，為你的兩個女兒服事你十四年，為你的羊群服事你六年，你又十次改了我的工價。
I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!
42 若不是我父親以撒所敬畏的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝與我同在，你如今必定打發我空手而去。上帝看見我的苦情和我的勞碌，就在昨夜責備你。」
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 拉班回答雅各說：「這女兒是我的女兒，這些孩子是我的孩子，這些羊群也是我的羊群；凡在你眼前的都是我的。我的女兒並她們所生的孩子，我今日能向他們做甚麼呢？
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 來吧！你我二人可以立約，作你我中間的證據。」
So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
45 雅各就拿一塊石頭立作柱子，
Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.
46 又對眾弟兄說：「你們堆聚石頭。」他們就拿石頭來堆成一堆，大家便在旁邊吃喝。
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 拉班稱那石堆為伊迦爾‧撒哈杜他，雅各卻稱那石堆為迦累得。
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.
48 拉班說：「今日這石堆作你我中間的證據。」因此這地方名叫迦累得，
Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.
49 又叫米斯巴，意思說：「我們彼此離別以後，願耶和華在你我中間鑒察。
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 你若苦待我的女兒，又在我的女兒以外另娶妻，雖沒有人知道，卻有上帝在你我中間作見證。」
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 拉班又說：「你看我在你我中間所立的這石堆和柱子。
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 這石堆作證據，這柱子也作證據。我必不過這石堆去害你；你也不可過這石堆和柱子來害我。
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 但願亞伯拉罕的上帝和拿鶴的上帝，就是他們父親的上帝，在你我中間判斷。」雅各就指着他父親以撒所敬畏的上帝起誓，
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 又在山上獻祭，請眾弟兄來吃飯。他們吃了飯，便在山上住宿。
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，與他外孫和女兒親嘴，給他們祝福，回往自己的地方去了。
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.
