Genesis 31

1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

Pea fanongo ia ki he lea ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Lepani, ʻo pehē, “Kuo toʻo ʻe Sēkope ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻa ʻetau tamai; pea kuo ne maʻu ʻae nāunau ni kotoa pē ʻi he meʻa ʻa ʻetau tamai.”

2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

Pea naʻe mamata ʻa Sēkope ki he mata ʻo Lepani, pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai lelei ia kiate ia ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi muʻa.

3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

Pea pehē ʻe Sihova kia Sēkope, “Foki atu ki he fonua ʻo hoʻo ngaahi tamai mo ho ngaahi kāinga; pea te u ʻiate koe.”

4 And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

Pea ʻalu ʻa Sēkope ʻo ne ui mai ʻa Lesieli mo Lia kiate ia ki he ngoue, ki he fanga manu.

5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinaua, “ʻOku ou sio ki he mata ʻo hoʻomo tamai ʻoku ʻikai kei ʻiate au, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi muʻa; ka kuo ʻiate au ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku tamai.

6 And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

Pea ʻoku mo ʻilo naʻaku ngāue ki hoʻomo tamai, ʻaki ʻa ʻeku mālohi kotoa.

7 But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

Pea kuo kākaaʻi au ʻe hoʻomo tamai, mo ne fakakehe ʻeku totongi ʻo liunga hongofulu; ka naʻe ʻikai tuku ia ʻe he ʻOtua ke u kovi ai.

8 If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

Kapau naʻa ne pehē ʻe ia, ‘Ke ʻoʻou ʻae pulepule ko hoʻo totongi,’ pea fānau leva ʻae fanga manu kotoa pē ko e pulepule: pea kapau naʻa ne pehē, ‘Ko hoʻo totongi ʻae ilaila;’ pea fānau leva ʻae fanga manu kotoa pē ko e ilaila.

9 So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

Ko ia kuo toʻo ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae fanga manu ʻa hoʻomo tamai ʻo foaki ia kiate au.

10 And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

“Pea ʻi he tuituʻia ʻae fanga manu, naʻaku hanga hake hoku mata, ʻo mamata ʻi he misi, pea vakai, ko e fanga sipitangata, naʻe hopo ki he fanga manu naʻe ilaila mo e pulepule mo e kelo.

11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

Pea lea ʻae ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua kiate au ʻi he misi, ʻo pehē, ‘Sēkope:’ pea naʻaku pehē, ‘Ko au eni.’

12 And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Hanga hake eni ho mata”, ʻo vakai, ‘Ko e fanga sipitangata ʻoku hopo ki he fanga manu, ko e ilaila mo e pulepule, mo e kelo; he kuo u mamata ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fai ʻe Lepani kiate koe.

13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

Ko au ko e ʻOtua ʻo Peteli, ʻaia naʻa ke fakatapui ai ʻae pou, mo ke fai ʻae fuakava kiate au; pea ko eni, ke ke tuʻu, pea ke ʻalu ʻi he fonua ni, ʻo toe ʻalu ki he fonua ʻo ho ngaahi kāinga.’”

14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

Pea pehēange ʻe Lesieli mo Lia kiate ia, “He ʻoku kei ai ha ʻinasi pe tufakanga kiate kimaua ʻi he fale ʻoe ma tamai?

15 Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

‌ʻIkai kuo ne lau ʻakimaua ko e ongo muli? He kuo ne fakatau ʻakimaua, pea kuo ne fakaʻosiʻosi foki ʻe ma paʻanga.

16 For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

He ko e koloa kotoa pē kuo toʻo ʻe he ʻOtua mei heʻetau tamai ʻoku ʻatautolu ia, pea mo e tau fānau: pea ko eni, ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuo lea ʻaki ʻe he ʻOtua kiate koe, ke ke fai.”

17 Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

Pea tuʻu hake ʻa Sēkope, ʻo ne fakaheka ʻa ʻene fānau, mo hono ngaahi uaifi ki he fanga kāmeli;

18 And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Pea naʻa ne ʻave ʻene fanga manu kotoa pē, mo ʻene meʻa kotoa pē ʻaia naʻa ne maʻu, ʻae fanga manu naʻe tupu kiate ia, ʻaia naʻa ne maʻu ʻi Petanalami, ke ʻalu ia ki heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake ki he fonua ko Kēnani.

19 Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lepani ke kosi ʻene fanga sipi: pea naʻe kaihaʻasi ʻe Lesieli ʻae ngaahi tamapua ʻa ʻene tamai.

20 And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

Pea ʻalu fakafufū pe ʻa Sēkope meia Lepani, ko e [tangata ]Silia, he naʻe ʻikai te ne tala kiate ia ʻene hola.

21 So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

Ko ia naʻe hola ia mo ʻene meʻa kotoa pē: pea tuʻu hake ia ʻo ne laka ʻi he vaitafe, pea hanga hono mata ki he moʻunga ko Kiliate.

22 And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

Pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, naʻe fakahā kia Lepani, ʻae hola ʻa Sēkope.

23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

Pea naʻa ne ʻalu mo hono kāinga tangata, pea nau tuli ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu; pea naʻa nau maʻu ia ʻi he moʻunga ko Kiliate.

24 Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Pea naʻe hāʻele mai ʻae ʻOtua kia Lepani ko e [tangata ]Silia, ʻi he misi ʻi he pō, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Vakai, ʻoua naʻa ke lea kia Sēkope ʻi he lelei pe ʻi he kovi.”

25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

Pea maʻu ʻe Lepani ʻa Sēkope. He naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sēkope hono fale fehikitaki ʻi he moʻunga; pea pehē foki ʻa Lepani mo hono kāinga, naʻa nau fokotuʻu fale fehikitaki ʻi he moʻunga ko Kiliate.

26 And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

Pea pehē ʻe Lepani kia Sēkope, “Ko e hā eni kuo ke fai, koeʻuhi kuo ke ʻalu fakafokifā pe, mo ke ʻave hoku ngaahi ʻofefine, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi pōpula kuo maʻu ʻaki ʻae heletā?

27 Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

Ko e hā kuo ke hola fakafufū ai, hangē ha kaihaʻa meiate au: pea naʻe ʻikai te ke tala kiate au, koeʻuhi ke u tuku ko e ke ʻalu ʻi he fiefia, mo e fai hiva, mo e tā ʻae lali mo e haʻape?

28 You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

Pea naʻe ʻikai te ke tuku ke u uma ki ho ngaahi foha, mo hoku ngaahi ʻofefine? Kuo ke fai vale ʻi hoʻo fai pehē.

29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

‌ʻOku ai ʻae mālohi ʻi hoku nima ke fai kovi kiate koe: ka ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻo tamai naʻa ne folofola mai kiate au ʻanepō, ʻo pehē, ‘Vakai, ʻoua naʻa ke lea kia Sēkope, ʻi he lelei, pe ʻi he kovi.’

30 And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

Pea ko eni, naʻe totonu hoʻo holi ke ʻalu, he ʻoku ke holi ki he fale ʻo hoʻo tamai, ka ko e hā kuo ke kaihaʻa ai hoku ngaahi ʻotua?”

31 And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

Pea lea ʻa Sēkope, ʻo ne pehē kia Lepani, “Koeʻuhi naʻaku manavahē, he naʻaku pehē, telia naʻa ke toʻo fakamālohi pe, ʻa ho ngaahi ʻofefine ʻiate au.

32 As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

Pea ko ia te ke ʻilo ki ai ʻa ho ngaahi ʻotua ke ʻoua naʻa moʻui ia; ʻi he ʻao ʻo ho ta kāinga, ke ke vakai ʻae meʻa ʻaʻau, pea ke toʻo ia kiate koe.” He naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe Sēkope kuo kaihaʻasi ia ʻe Lesieli.

33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

Pea hū atu ʻa Lepani ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sēkope, mo e fale fehikitaki ʻo Lia, pea mo e fale fehikitaki ʻe ua ʻoe ongo kaunanga; ka naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia. Pea ʻalu ia mei he fale fehikitaki ʻo Lia, mo ne hū ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Lesieli.

34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

Ka kuo toʻo ʻe Lesieli ʻae ngaahi tamapua, ʻo ne ʻai ia ki he nāunau ʻoe fanga kāmeli, pea heka ai ia. Pea kumi ʻe Lepani ʻi he potu kotoa pē ʻoe fale fehikitaki, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia.

35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

Pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene tamai. “Ke ʻoua naʻa tuputāmaki ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki, koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai te u faʻa tuʻu; he ʻoku ʻiate au ʻae anga fakafefine.” Pea naʻe kumi ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻae ngaahi tamapua.

36 Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

Pea naʻe ʻita ʻa Sēkope ʻo lea lahi kia Lepani: pea lea ʻa Sēkope ʻo pehē, kia Lepani, “Ko e hā ʻeku fai kovi? Pea ko e hā ʻeku angahala koeʻuhi ke ke tuli ai au ʻi he lili ni?

37 Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

He kuo ke kumi ʻi heʻeku meʻa kotoa pē, pea ko e hā hao meʻa kuo ke ʻiloʻi? Fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoku kāinga, mo ho kāinga, koeʻuhi ke nau fakamaau kiate kitaua.

38 These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

Naʻaku ʻiate koe ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ni, naʻe ʻikai ʻuhimate ʻa hoʻo fanga sipi fefine, mo e fanga kosi fefine, pea ko e sipitangata ʻo hoʻo fanga manu, naʻe ʻikai te u kai.

39 Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

Ko ia naʻe kai ʻe he manu fekai naʻe ʻikai te u ʻomi kiate koe: naʻaku totongi ia; naʻa ke maʻu ʻae totongi ʻo ia ʻi hoku nima, kapau naʻe kaihaʻa ia ʻi he ʻaho, pe ʻi he pō.

40 This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

Naʻaku pehē au, pea naʻe fakavaivai au ʻe he pupuha ʻi he ʻaho, mo e momoko ʻi he pō; pea mahuʻi ʻae mohe mei hoku mata.

41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

Kuo u pehē ni ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ʻi ho fale; naʻaku tauhi koe ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma fā, koeʻuhi ko ho ongo ʻofefine, mo e taʻu ʻe ono ki hoʻo fanga manu; pea kuo ke fakakehe ʻeku totongi ʻo liunga hongofulu.

42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

Ka ne ʻikai ʻiate au ʻae ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku tamai, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, mo e manavahē kia ʻAisake, pehē kuo ke fekau au ke u ʻalu taʻehaʻakumeʻa.” Kuo ʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻOtua hoku tautea, mo e ngāue ʻa hoku nima, pea ne valoki ko e ʻanepō.

43 Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

Pea pehē mai ʻa Lepani kia Sēkope, “Ko e ngaahi ʻofefine ni, ko hoku ngaahi ʻofefine, pea ko e tamaiki ni, ko ʻeku fānau, pea ko e fanga manu ni, ko ʻeku fanga manu, pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ke mamata ki ai ʻoku ʻaʻaku ia: pea ko e hā nai te u fai he ʻaho ni, ki hoku ongo ʻofefine ni, mo e na fānau kuo na fanauʻi?

44 Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

Ko eni ke ke haʻu, ke ta fai ʻae fuakava, ʻa koe mo au; pea tuku ia ko e fakamoʻoni kiate kitaua.”

45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

Pea toʻo ʻe Sēkope ʻae maka, ʻo ne fokotuʻu ia ko e pou.

46 And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

Pea pehē ʻe Sēkope ki hono kāinga, “Tānaki ʻae ngaahi maka; pea naʻa nau toʻo ʻae ngaahi maka ʻo fokotuʻu; pea naʻa nau kai ʻi ai, ʻi he fanga maka.”

47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

Pea ui ia ʻe Lepani, ko Sekaa Satuta; ka naʻe ui ia ʻe Sēkope, ko Kaleti.

48 And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

Pea pehē ʻe Lepani, “Ko e fokotuʻunga maka ni, ko e fakamoʻoni kiate koe mo au he ʻaho ni. Ko ia naʻe ui ai hono hingoa ko Kaleti mo Misipa.”

49 And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

He naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ke leʻohi ʻe Sihova kiate au mo koe, ʻi he ʻe ta māvae.

50 If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

Kapau te ke fakamamahi hoku ongo ʻofefine, pea kapau te ke toʻo maʻau ha uaifi kehe, mo hoku ongo ʻofefine, ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata ʻi heni; kae vakai, ko e fakamoʻoni ʻae ʻOtua kiate kitaua:”

51 And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

Pea pehē ʻe Lepani kia Sēkope, “Vakai ki he ngaahi maka ni, mo e pou ʻaia kuo tuku ʻi ho ta vahaʻa;

52 They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

Ke fakamoʻoni ʻe he ʻesi ni, mo e pou ni, ʻe ʻikai te u laka ʻi he potu ʻoe ʻesi ni kiate koe, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke laka ʻi he ʻesi ni kiate au, ke fai ha kovi.

53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

Ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, mo e ʻOtua ʻo Nehoa, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻena tamai, fakamaau kiate kitaua.” Pea naʻe fuakava ʻa Sēkope, ʻi he manavahē ʻo ʻene tamai ko ʻAisake.

54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

Pea feilaulau ʻa Sēkope ʻi he moʻunga, pea naʻa ne ui hono kāinga ke nau kai: pea naʻa nau kai ʻae mā, pea nau mohe ʻi he moʻunga ʻi he pō ko ia.

55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

Pea tuʻu hengihengi hake pe ʻa Lepani, mo ne uma ki hono ngaahi foha, mo hono ongo ʻofefine, ʻo ne tāpuaki ʻakinautolu; pea ʻalu ʻa Lepani, ʻo toe foki ki hono potu.