Genesis 31
1 But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous.”
E ouvia ele as palavras dos filhos de Labão que diziam: Jacó tomou tudo o que era de nosso pai; e do que era de nosso pai adquiriu toda esta grandeza.
2 Likewise, he observed that Laban’s face was not the same toward him as it was yesterday and the day before.
Olhava também Jacó o semblante de Labão, e via que não era para com ele como antes.
3 Most importantly, the Lord was saying to him, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your generation, and I will be with you.”
Também o SENHOR disse a Jacó: Volta-te à terra de teus pais, e à tua parentela; que eu serei contigo.
4 He sent and called for Rachel and Leah, in the field where he pastured the flocks,
E enviou Jacó, e chamou a Raquel e a Lia ao campo a suas ovelhas,
5 and he said to them: “I see that your father’s face is not the same toward me as it was yesterday and the day before. But the God of my father has been with me.
E disse-lhes: Vejo que o semblante de vosso pai não é para comigo como antes: mas o Deus de meu pai tem sido comigo.
6 And you know that I have served your father with all my strength.
E vós sabeis que com todas minhas forças servi a vosso pai:
7 Even so, your father has circumvented me, and he has changed my wages ten times. And yet God has not permitted him to harm me.
E vosso pai me enganou, e me mudou o salário dez vezes: mas Deus não lhe permitiu que me fizesse mal.
8 Whenever he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ all the sheep gave birth to speckled newborns. Yet truly, when he said the contrary, ‘You will take whatever is white for your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to white ones.
Se ele dizia assim: Os pintados serão teu salário; então todas as ovelhas geravam pintados: e se dizia assim: Os listrados serão teu salário; então todas as ovelhas geravam listrados.
9 And it is God who has taken your father’s substance and given it to me.
Assim tirou Deus o gado de vosso pai, e deu-o a mim.
10 For after the time had arrived for the ewes to conceive, I lifted up my eyes, and I saw in my sleep that the males climbing on the females were of variegated, and spotted, and diverse colors.
E sucedeu que ao tempo que as ovelhas se aqueciam, levantei eu meus olhos e vi em sonhos, e eis que os machos que cobriam às fêmeas eram listrados, pintados e malhados.
11 And the Angel of God said to me in my sleep, ‘Jacob.’ And I responded, ‘Here I am.’
E disse-me o anjo de Deus em sonhos: Jacó. E eu disse: Eis-me aqui.
12 And he said: ‘Lift up your eyes, and see that all the males climbing on the females are variegated, spotted, and also speckled. For I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
E ele disse: Levanta agora teus olhos, e verás todos os machos que cobrem às ovelhas são listrados, pintados e malhados; porque eu vi tudo o que Labão te fez.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the stone and made a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and depart from this land, returning to the land of your nativity.’”
Eu sou o Deus de Betel, onde tu ungiste a coluna, e onde me fizeste um voto. Levanta-te agora, e sai desta terra, e volta-te à terra de teu nascimento.
14 And Rachel and Leah responded: “Have we anything left behind among the resources and inheritance of our father’s house?
E respondeu Raquel e Lia, e disseram-lhe: Temos ainda parte ou herança na casa de nosso pai?
15 Has he not considered us as foreigners, and sold us, and consumed our price?
Não nos tem já como por estranhas, pois que nos vendeu, e ainda consumiu de todo nosso valor?
16 But God has taken our father’s riches and handed these to us and to our sons. Therefore, do all that God has instructed you.”
Porque toda a riqueza que Deus tirou a nosso pai, nossa é e de nossos filhos: agora, pois, faze tudo o que Deus te disse.
17 And so Jacob rose up, and having placed the children and his wives upon camels, he went forth.
Então se levantou Jacó, e subiu seus filhos e suas mulheres sobre os camelos.
18 And he took all his substance and flocks, and whatever he had acquired in Mesopotamia, and he journeyed to his father Isaac, in the land of Canaan.
E pôs em caminho todo seu gado, e todos os seus pertences que havia adquirido, o gado de seu ganho que havia obtido em Padã-Arã, para voltar-se a Isaque seu pai na terra de Canaã.
19 At that time, Laban had gone to shear the sheep, and so Rachel stole her father’s idols.
E Labão havia ido tosquiar suas ovelhas; e Raquel furtou os ídolos de seu pai.
20 And Jacob was not willing to confess to his father-in-law that he was fleeing.
E enganou Jacó o coração de Labão arameu, em não lhe fazer saber que se fugia.
21 And when he had gone away with all such things that were justly his, and, having crossed the river, was continuing on toward Mount Gilead,
Fugiu, pois, com tudo o que tinha; e levantou-se, e passou o rio, e pôs seu rosto ao monte de Gileade.
22 it was reported to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
E foi dito a Labão ao terceiro dia como Jacó havia fugido.
23 And taking his brothers with him, he pursued him for seven days. And he overtook him at Mount Gilead.
Então tomou a seus irmãos consigo, e foi atrás dele caminho de sete dias, e alcançou-lhe no monte de Gileade.
24 And he saw in a dream, God saying to him, “Beware that you not speak anything harsh against Jacob.”
E veio Deus a Labão arameu em sonhos aquela noite, e lhe disse: Guarda-te que não fales a Jacó descomedidamente.
25 And now Jacob had pitched his tent at the mountain. And when he, with his brothers, had overtaken him, he set his tent at the same place at Mount Gilead.
Alcançou, pois, Labão a Jacó, e este havia fixado sua tenda no monte: e Labão pôs a sua com seus irmãos no monte de Gileade.
26 And he said to Jacob: “Why have you acted this way, departing from me in secret, with my daughters like captives of the sword?
E disse Labão a Jacó: Que fizeste, que me furtaste o coração, e trouxeste a minhas filhas como prisioneiras de guerra?
27 Why would you want to flee without my knowledge and without telling me, though I might have led you forward with gladness, and songs, and timbrels, and lyres?
Por que te escondeste para fugir, e me furtaste, e não me deste notícia, para que eu te enviasse com alegria e com cantares, com tamborim e harpa?
28 You have not permitted me to kiss my sons and daughters. You have acted foolishly. And now, indeed,
Que ainda não me deixaste beijar meus filhos e minhas filhas. Agora loucamente fizeste.
29 my hand has power to repay you with harm. But the God of your father said to me yesterday, ‘Beware that you not speak anything stern against Jacob.’
Poder há em minha mão para fazer-vos mal; mas o Deus de vosso pai me falou de noite dizendo: Guarda-te que não fales a Jacó descomedidamente.
30 It may be that you desired to go to your own, and that you longed for the house of your father. But why have you stolen my gods?”
E já que te ias, porque tinhas saudade da casa de teu pai, por que me furtaste meus deuses?
31 Jacob answered: “I set out, unknown to you, because I feared that you might take away your daughters by violence.
E Jacó respondeu, e disse a Labão: Pois tive medo; porque disse, que talvez me tirasse à força tuas filhas.
32 But, since you accuse me of theft, with whomever you will find your gods, let him be slain in the sight of our brothers. Search; anything of yours that you will find with me, take it away.” Now when he said this, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Em quem achares teus deuses, não viva: diante de nossos irmãos reconhece o que eu tiver teu, e leva-o. Jacó não sabia que Raquel havia os furtado.
33 And so Laban, entering the tent of Jacob, and of Leah, and of both the handmaids, did not find them. And when he had entered the tent of Rachel,
E entrou Labão na tenda de Jacó, e na tenda de Lia, e na tenda das duas servas, e não os achou, e saiu da tenda de Lia, e veio à tenda de Raquel.
34 she quickly hid the idols under the camel’s bedding, and she sat upon them. And when he had searched the entire tent and found nothing,
E tomou Raquel os ídolos, e os pôs em uma albarda de um camelo, e sentou-se sobre eles: e provou Labão toda a tenda e não os achou.
35 she said: “Do not be angry, my lord, that I am unable to rise up in your sight, because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women.” So his careful search was thwarted.
E ela disse a seu pai: Não se ire meu senhor, porque não me posso levantar diante de ti; pois estou com o costume das mulheres. E ele buscou, mas não achou os ídolos.
36 And Jacob, being inflated, said with contention: “For which fault of mine, or for what sin of mine, have you become so enraged against me
Então Jacó se irou, e brigou com Labão; e respondeu Jacó e disse a Labão: Que transgressão é a minha? Qual é meu pecado, que com tanto ardor vieste a me perseguir?
37 and searched all the items of my house? What have you found from all the substance of your house? Place it here before my brothers, and your brothers, and let them judge between me and you.
Depois que apalpaste todos os meus móveis, acaso achaste algum dos objetos de tua casa? Põe-o aqui diante de meus irmãos e teus, e julguem entre nós ambos.
38 For what reason have I been with you for twenty years? Your ewes and she-goats were not barren; the rams of your flocks I did not consume.
Estes vinte anos estive contigo; tuas ovelhas e tuas cabras nunca abortaram, nem eu comi carneiro de tuas ovelhas.
39 Neither did I reveal to you what was seized by the wild beast. I replaced all that was damaged. Whatever was lost by theft, you collected it from me.
Nunca te trouxe o arrebatado pelas feras; eu pagava o dano; o furtado tanto de dia como de noite, de minha mão o exigias.
40 Day and night, I was burned by heat and by frost, and sleep fled from my eyes.
De dia me consumia o calor, e de noite a geada, e o sono se fugia de meus olhos.
41 And in this way, for twenty years, I have served you in your house: fourteen for your daughters, and six for your flocks. You have also changed my wages ten times.
Assim estive vinte anos em tua casa: catorze anos te servi por tuas duas filhas, e seis anos por teu gado; e mudaste meu salário dez vezes.
42 If the God of my father Abraham and the fear of Isaac had not been close to me, perhaps by now you would have sent me away naked. But God looked kindly on my affliction and the labor of my hands, and he rebuked you yesterday.”
Se o Deus de meu pai, o Deus de Abraão, e o temor de Isaque, não fossem comigo, certamente me enviarias agora vazio; Deus viu minha aflição e o trabalho de minhas mãos, e repreendeu-te de noite.
43 Laban answered him: “My daughters and sons, and your flocks, and all that you discern are mine. What can I do to my sons and grandchildren?
E respondeu Labão, e disse a Jacó: As filhas são filhas minhas, e os filhos, filhos meus são, e as ovelhas são minhas ovelhas, e tudo o que tu vês é meu; e que posso eu fazer hoje a estas minhas filhas, ou a seus filhos que elas geraram?
44 Come, therefore, let us enter into a pact, so that it may be a testimony between me and you.”
Vem, pois, agora, façamos aliança eu e tu; e seja em testemunho entre mim e ti.
45 And so Jacob took a stone, and he set it up as a memorial.
Então Jacó tomou uma pedra, e levantou-a por coluna.
46 And he said to his brothers, “Bring stones.” And they, gathering together stones, made a tomb, and they ate upon it.
E disse Jacó a seus irmãos: Recolhei pedras. E tomaram pedras e fizeram um amontoado; e comeram ali sobre aquele amontoado.
47 And Laban called it, ‘Tomb of Witness,’ and Jacob, ‘Pile of Testimony;’ each of them according to the fitness of his own language.
E Labão o chamou Jegar-Saaduta; e Jacó o chamou Galeede.
48 And Laban said: “This tomb will be a witness between me and you this day.” (And for this reason, its name has been called Gilead, that is, ‘Tomb of Witness.’)
Porque Labão disse: Este amontoado é testemunha hoje entre mim e entre ti; por isso foi chamado seu nome Galeede.
49 “May the Lord consider and judge between us, when we will have withdrawn from one another.
E Mispá, porquanto disse: Vigie o SENHOR entre mim e entre ti, quando nos separarmos um do outro.
50 If you afflict my daughters, and if you bring in other wives over them, no one is a witness of our words except God, who understands beforehand.”
Se afligires minhas filhas, ou se tomares outras mulheres além de minhas filhas, ninguém está conosco; olha, Deus é testemunha entre mim e ti.
51 And again he said to Jacob. “Lo, this tomb and the stone that I have set up between me and you,
Disse mais Labão a Jacó: Eis que este amontoado, e eis que esta coluna, que erigi entre mim e ti.
52 will be a witness. This tomb,” I say, “and the stone, they are for testimony, in case either I cross beyond it going toward you, or you cross beyond it thinking to harm me.
Testemunha seja este amontoado, e testemunha seja esta coluna, que nem eu passarei contra ti este amontoado, nem tu passarás contra mim este amontoado nem esta coluna, para o mal.
53 May the God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Therefore, Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
O Deus de Abraão, e o Deus de Naor julgue entre nós, o Deus de seus pais. E Jacó jurou pelo temor de Isaque seu pai.
54 And after he had immolated sacrifices on the mountain, he called his brothers to eat bread. And when they had eaten, they lodged there.
Então Jacó ofereceu sacrifícios no monte, e chamou seus parentes para comer pão; e comeram pão, e dormiram aquela noite no monte.
55 In truth, Laban rose up in the night, and he kissed his sons and daughters, and he blessed them. And he returned to his place.
E levantou-se Labão de manhã, beijou seus filhos e suas filhas, e os abençoou; e retrocedeu e voltou a seu lugar.
