Genesis 30

1 Then Rachel, discerning that she was infertile, envied her sister, and so she said to her husband, “Give me children, otherwise I will die.”

Tetapi Rahel belum juga mendapat anak. Sebab itu dia menjadi cemburu kepada kakaknya, lalu berkata kepada Yakub, "Berikanlah anak kepada saya, kalau tidak, saya akan mati."

2 Jacob, being angry, responded to her, “Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of your womb?”

Yakub marah kepada Rahel dan berkata, "Saya ini bukan Allah. Dialah yang membuat engkau tidak mendapat anak."

3 But she said: “I have a handmaid Bilhah. Go in to her, so that she may give birth upon my knees, and I may have sons by her.”

Lalu kata Rahel, "Ini hamba saya Bilha; tidurlah dengan dia supaya ia melahirkan. Dengan demikian saya bisa menjadi ibu melalui dia."

4 And she gave him Bilhah in marriage.

Lalu diberikannya Bilha kepada suaminya, dan Yakub bersetubuh dengan hamba itu.

5 And when her husband had gone in to her, she conceived and bore a son.

Bilha mengandung lalu melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.

6 And Rachel said, “The Lord has judged for me, and he has heeded my voice, giving me a son.” And because of this, she called his name Dan.

Rahel berkata, "Allah telah mengadili untuk kepentingan saya. Didengarnya doaku dan diberikannya seorang anak laki-laki kepada saya." Lalu dinamakannya anak itu Dan.

7 And conceiving again, Bilhah bore another,

Bilha mengandung lagi dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.

8 about whom Rachel said, “God has compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed.” And she called him Naphtali.

Kata Rahel, "Saya telah berjuang mati-matian melawan kakak saya, dan saya menang," karena itu dinamakannya anak itu Naftali.

9 Leah, perceiving that she had desisted from child-bearing, delivered Zilpah, her handmaid, to her husband.

Ketika Lea menyadari bahwa ia tidak bisa mendapat anak lagi, diberikannya hambanya, yaitu Zilpa, kepada Yakub untuk menjadi istri.

10 And she, after having borne a son with difficulty,

Zilpa melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki.

11 said: “Happiness!” And for this reason, she called his name Gad.

Lea berkata, "Saya beruntung," lalu dinamakannya anak itu Gad.

12 Likewise, Zilpah bore another.

Zilpa melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki lagi,

13 And Leah said, “This one is for my happiness. Indeed, women will call me blessed.” Because of this, she called him Asher.

dan Lea berkata, "Alangkah berbahagia saya! Sekarang semua wanita akan mengatakan saya berbahagia." Karena itu dinamakannya anak itu Asyer.

14 Then Reuben, going out into the field at the time of the wheat harvest, found mandrakes. These he brought to his mother Leah. And Rachel said, “Give me a portion of your son’s mandrakes.”

Pada musim panen gandum, Ruben pergi ke padang dan ditemukannya di sana sejenis tanaman obat, lalu dibawanya kepada Lea, ibunya. Rahel berkata kepada Lea, "Berikanlah kepada saya sedikit dari tanaman obat yang ditemukan anakmu itu."

15 She responded, “Does it seem like such a small matter to you, that you have usurped from me my husband, unless you will also take my son’s mandrakes?” Rachel said, “He will sleep with you this night because of your son’s mandrakes.”

Jawab Lea, "Belum cukupkah engkau mengambil suami saya? Sekarang engkau malahan mencoba pula mengambil tanaman obat yang ditemukan anak saya." Kata Rahel, "Jika engkau mau memberikan tanaman obat anakmu itu kepada saya, engkau boleh tidur dengan Yakub malam ini."

16 And when Jacob returned from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and she said, “You will enter to me, because I have hired you for the reward of my son’s mandrakes.” And he slept with her that night.

Ketika Yakub pulang ke rumah dari padang sore itu, Lea menyambutnya sambil berkata, "Tidurlah bersama saya malam ini karena saya telah membayar untuk itu dengan tanaman obat dari anak saya." Lalu Yakub bersetubuh dengan dia pada malam itu.

17 And God heard her prayers. And she conceived and bore a fifth son.

Allah mengabulkan doa Lea, dan ia mengandung lalu melahirkan anak yang kelima.

18 And she said, “God has given a reward to me, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.

Kata Lea, "Allah telah memberi saya upah sebab saya telah menyerahkan Zilpa kepada suami saya," karena itu dinamakannya anaknya itu Isakhar.

19 Conceiving again, Leah bore a sixth son.

Lea mengandung lagi dan melahirkan anaknya yang keenam.

20 And she said: “God has endowed me with a good dowry. And now, at this turn, my husband will be with me, because I have conceived six sons for him.” And therefore she called his name Zebulun.

Katanya, "Allah telah memberikan kepada saya hadiah yang indah sekali. Sekarang suami saya akan menghargai saya, sebab saya telah melahirkan enam anak laki-laki," karena itu dinamakannya anaknya itu Zebulon.

21 After him, she bore a daughter, named Dinah.

Sesudah itu Lea melahirkan seorang anak perempuan yang dinamakannya Dina.

22 The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.

Lalu ingatlah Allah akan Rahel; Allah mengabulkan doanya dan memungkinkan dia melahirkan anak.

23 And she conceived and bore a son, saying, “God has taken away my reproach.”

Maka Rahel mengandung dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Kata Rahel, "Allah telah menghilangkan kehinaan saya.

24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, “The Lord has added to me another son.”

Semoga TUHAN memberikan kepada saya anak laki-laki seorang lagi." Karena itu dinamakannya anaknya itu Yusuf.

25 But when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father-in-law: “Release me, so that I may return to my native country and to my land.

Sesudah Rahel melahirkan Yusuf, Yakub berkata kepada Laban, "Izinkanlah saya pulang ke negeri saya.

26 Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served you, so that I may depart. You know the servitude with which I have served you.”

Biarkan saya pergi membawa kedua istri serta anak-anak saya. Mereka telah saya peroleh dengan bekerja pada Paman. Paman tahu, saya sudah bekerja keras sekali."

27 Laban said to him: “May I find grace in your sight. I have learned by experience that God has blessed me because of you.

Laban berkata kepadanya, "Dengar dulu: Saya mendapat ramalan bahwa TUHAN telah memberkati saya karena engkau.

28 Choose your wages, which I will give you.”

Katakan saja berapa yang kauminta."

29 But he responded: “You know how I have served you, and how great your possession became in my hands.

Jawab Yakub, "Paman sendiri tahu saya sudah bekerja keras sekali, dan ternak Paman bertambah banyak karena pemeliharaan saya.

30 You had little before I came to you, and now you have achieved riches. And the Lord has blessed you since my arrival. It is just, therefore, that at some time I also should provide for my own house.”

Sebelum saya datang, harta milik Paman tidak seberapa, tetapi sekarang Paman sudah kaya. TUHAN telah memberkati Paman karena saya. Sekarang sudah waktunya saya bekerja untuk keluarga saya sendiri."

31 And Laban said, “What shall I give to you?” But he said, “I want nothing. But if you will do what I ask, I will feed and guard your sheep again.

Kata Laban, "Jadi apa yang harus kuberikan kepadamu?" Yakub menjawab, "Tak usah Paman berikan apa-apa. Saya akan tetap memelihara ternak Paman, asal Paman setuju dengan usul saya ini:

32 Go around through all your flocks and separate all the sheep of variegated or spotted fleece; and whatever will be darkened or blemished or variegated, as much among the sheep as among the goats, will be my wages.

Izinkan saya pada hari ini berjalan di tengah-tengah segala kawanan kambing domba Paman, dan mengambil setiap anak domba yang hitam, dan juga setiap kambing muda yang belang atau berbintik-bintik. Itu saja upah yang saya inginkan.

33 And my justice will answer on my behalf tomorrow, when the time of settlement arrives before you. And all that is not variegated or blemished or darkened, as much among the sheep as among the goats, these will prove me to be a thief.”

Di kemudian hari dengan mudah dapat Paman ketahui apakah saya telah berlaku jujur. Bilamana Paman datang untuk memeriksa upah saya, dan melihat ada kambing yang tidak berbintik-bintik atau belang, atau domba yang tidak hitam, Paman akan tahu bahwa binatang itu telah saya curi."

34 And Laban said, “I hold favor for this request.”

Laban menjawab, "Setuju! Kita akan melakukan apa yang kauusulkan itu!"

35 And on that day he separated the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams with variegations or with blemishes. But every one of the flock which was of one color, that is, of white or of black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.

Tetapi pada hari itu Laban memisahkan semua kambing jantan yang loreng atau belang dan semua kambing betina yang belang, berbintik-bintik, atau yang ada noda putihnya; ia juga memisahkan semua domba yang hitam. Kemudian disuruhnya anak-anaknya mengurus binatang-binatang itu,

36 And he established a distance of three days journey between himself and his son-in-law, who pastured the remainder of his flock.

lalu pergilah mereka dengan binatang-binatang itu menjauhi Yakub, jaraknya tiga hari perjalanan. Sisa dari kawanan kambing domba milik Laban dipelihara oleh Yakub.

37 Then Jacob, taking green branches of poplar, and almond, and sycamore trees, debarked them in part. And when the bark was pulled off, in the parts that were stripped, there appeared whiteness, yet the parts that were left whole, remained green. And so, in this way the color was made variegated.

Kemudian Yakub mengambil dahan-dahan hijau dari pohon hawar, pohon badam dan pohon berangan, dan mengupas sebagian dari kulitnya sehingga menjadi belang-belang.

38 And he placed them in the troughs, where the water was poured out, so that when the flocks had arrived to drink, they would have the branches before their eyes, and in their sight they might conceive.

Diletakkannya dahan-dahan itu di depan kawanan kambing itu, di dalam tempat minumnya, karena binatang-binatang itu suka kawin waktu hendak minum.

39 And it happened that, in the very heat of joining together, the sheep looked upon the branches, and they bore the blemished and the variegated, those speckled with diverse color.

Jadi jika kambing-kambing itu kawin di depan dahan-dahan itu, anaknya loreng atau belang atau berbintik-bintik.

40 And Jacob divided the flock, and he set the branches in the troughs before the eyes of the rams. Now whatever was white or black belonged to Laban, but, in truth, the others belonged to Jacob, for the flocks were dispersed among one another.

Kemudian Yakub mengambil domba-domba lalu menghadapkannya ke arah kambing-kambing yang loreng dan hitam. Dengan cara itu ia memperoleh kawanan binatangnya sendiri dan memisahkannya dari kawanan binatang Laban.

41 Therefore, when the first to arrive were climbing on the ewes, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams and the sheep, so that they might conceive while they were gazing upon them.

Apabila binatang-binatang yang kuat sedang kawin, Yakub meletakkan dahan-dahan yang dikupasnya itu di depan mereka, di dalam tempat minumnya.

42 Yet when the late arrivals and the last to conceive were let in, he did not place these. And so those that arrived late became Laban’s, and those that arrived first became Jacob’s.

Tetapi dahan-dahan itu tidak diletakkannya di depan binatang-binatang yang lemah. Jadi, semua binatang yang putih itu lemah, dan itulah milik Laban, sedangkan semua binatang yang hitam, belang dan berbintik-bintik itu kuat, dan itulah milik Yakub.

43 And the man was enriched beyond limit, and he had many flocks, women servants and men servants, camels and donkeys.

Dengan demikian Yakub menjadi kaya raya. Dia mempunyai banyak kawanan kambing domba, unta, keledai dan hamba-hamba.