Genesis 30
1 And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die.
辣黑耳見自己沒有給雅各伯生子，就嫉妒姐姐，對雅各伯說：「你要給我孩子；不然，我就死啦! 」
2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?
雅各伯對辣黑耳生氣說：「不肯使你懷孕的是天主，難道我能替他作主﹖」
3 And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her.
辣黑耳回答說：「這裏有我的婢女彼耳哈，你親近她，叫她在我膝下生子，使我能由她得子。」
4 And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
辣黑耳就將自己的婢女彼耳哈給了雅各伯作妾；雅各伯親近了她，
5 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
她遂懷孕，給雅各伯生了一子。
6 And Rachel said, God has given judgement for me, and listened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.
辣黑耳就說：「天主對我公道，俯聽了我的哀聲，給了我一子。」為此給他起名叫丹。
7 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
辣黑耳的婢女彼耳哈又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第二個兒子。
8 And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.
辣黑耳就說：「我以天大的力量與我姐姐相爭，得到勝利了。」便給他起名叫納斐塔里。
9 And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her.
肋阿見自己停止生育，也將自己的婢女齊耳帕給了雅各伯作妾。
10 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
肋阿的婢女齊耳帕給雅各伯生了一子。
11 And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
肋阿遂說：「好幸運! 」就給他起名叫加得。
12 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
肋阿的婢女齊耳帕給雅各伯又生了第二個兒子。
13 And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
肋阿遂說：「我真有福! 女人都要以為我有福。」就給他起名叫阿協爾。
14 And Ruben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of your son's mandrakes.
到了割麥的時節，勒烏本出去，在田間尋得了一些曼陀羅，帶回來給了他母親肋阿。辣黑耳對肋阿說：「請你將你兒子得的曼陀羅給我一些。」
15 And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
肋阿回答說：「你奪去了我的丈夫還不夠；你還想奪去我兒的曼陀羅麼﹖」辣黑耳說：「好罷! 今夜就讓他與你同睡，為交換你兒子的曼陀羅。」
16 And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
到了晚上雅各伯由田間回來，肋阿就跑出去迎接他說：「你該來我這裏，因為我用我兒子的曼陀羅雇了你。」那夜雅各伯便與她同睡。
17 And God listened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
天主俯允了肋阿，她又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第五個兒子。
18 And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
肋阿說：「天主給了我報酬，因為我將我的婢女給了我的丈夫。」便給他起名叫依撒加爾。
19 And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
肋阿又懷孕，給雅各伯生了第六個兒子。
20 And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon.
肋阿說：「天主給了我一個很好的禮物；這一回我的丈夫要與我同居了，因為我給他生了六個兒子。」便給他起名叫則步隆。
21 And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
後來她生了一個女兒，給她起名叫狄納。
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and he opened her womb.
天主想起了辣黑耳，垂允了她，開了她的子宮，
23 And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
她遂懷孕，生了一個兒子，說：「天主拭去了我的恥辱。」
24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
她給他起名叫若瑟說：「願上主再給我添子。」
25 And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.
辣黑耳生了若瑟以後，雅各伯對拉班說：「請讓我回到我的本鄉故土!
26 Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart, for you know the service wherewith I have served you.
請你將我服事你所得的妻子兒女交給我，讓我回去；你知道我怎樣服事了你。」
27 And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in your sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at your coming in.
拉班對他說：「如果我在你眼中得寵，請你住下；我覺察出，上主祝福我，是為了你的原故。」
28 Appoint me your wages, and I will give [them].
繼而說：「請規定你的工價，我必付給你。」
29 And Jacob said, You know in what things I have served you, and how many cattle of your are with me.
雅各伯對他說：「你知道，我是怎樣服事了你；你的牲畜跟著我是怎樣的情形。
30 For it was little you had before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed you since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
我未來之前，你所有的是那麼少，現在增加了那麼多；我一來，上主就祝福了你。但是，我幾時也能為我興家立業呢﹖」
31 And Laban said to him, What shall I give you? and Jacob said to him, You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again tend your flocks and keep them.
拉班問說：「我該給你什麼﹖」雅各伯答說：「你什麼也不必給我，只要你應承我這件事，我就仍牧放照顧你的羊群：
32 Let all your sheep pass by today, and separate thence every grey sheep amongst the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted amongst the goats—[this] shall be my reward.
你今天走遍你的羊群，將其中凡有斑點或黑點的，即綿羊群中有黑色的，山羊群中有黑點或斑點的，都挑出來，當作我的工價。
33 And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before you: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled amongst the goats, and grey amongst the rams, shall be stolen with me.
後來任何一天，你來察看我的工價時，我好對你證明我的公正。山羊中凡是沒有斑點或黑點的，綿羊中凡是不黑的，都算是偷來的。」
34 And Laban said to him, Let it be according to your word.
拉班回答說：「好，就照你的話辦罷!」
35 And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey amongst the rams, and every one that was white amongst them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
當天拉班就將有條紋有斑點的公山羊，凡有白紋，或斑點和黑點的母山羊，並黑色的綿羊都挑出來，交在自己兒子們手中；
36 And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.
又使雅各伯與自己相距三日的路程。雅各伯便牧放拉班其餘的羊群。
37 And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.
雅各伯拿了楊樹、杏樹和楓樹的嫩枝，將皮剝成一條一條的白紋，使樹枝的光白露出；
38 And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whenever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods.
然後將剝去皮的枝條，插在水溝和水漕裏，羊群前來喝水時，正與羊群相對。羊群前來喝水時，就彼此相配。
39 So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-coloured [spots].
羊群對著枝條相配，就生出了有條紋，有斑點和黑點的小羊。
40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one amongst the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.
雅各伯將這些羔羊分開，將這些羊放在拉班羊群中有條紋和有黑點的羊前；這樣他為自己另組羊群，不將牠們放在拉班的羊群中。
41 And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
到了肥壯的羊要配合時，雅各伯就將枝條插在水溝裏，對著羊群的眼，使羊對著枝條彼此相配。
42 But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked ones were Jacob's.
當羊群瘦弱時，他就不插枝條：這樣，瘦弱的都歸拉班，肥壯的都歸雅各伯。
43 And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
為此這人越來越富，擁有許多羊群，婢女和奴僕，駱駝和驢子。
