Genesis 29
1 Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
斯てヤコブ其途にすすみて東の民の地にいたりて
2 As he looked around he saw a well in a field with three flocks of sheep lying down beside it, waiting to be given water. A large stone covered the top of the well.
見るに野に井ありて羊の群三其傍に臥ゐたり此井より群に飮へばなり大なる石井の口にあり
3 The usual practice was that once all the flocks had arrived, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the well and give their sheep water. Then they would put the stone back again.
羊の群皆其處に集る時に井の口より石をまろばして羊に水飼ひ復故のごとく井の口に石をのせおくなり
4 Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.
ヤコブ人々に言けるは兄弟よ奚よりきたれるや彼等いふ我等はハランより來る
5 “Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” he asked. “Yes, we know him,” they replied.
ヤコブ彼等にいひけるは汝等ナホルの子ラバンをしるや彼等識といふ
6 “How is he?” he asked. “He's well,” they replied. “Look! In fact here's his daughter Rachel coming with the sheep right now.”
ヤコブ又かれらにいひけるは彼は安きや彼等いふ安し視よ彼の女ラケル羊と偕に來ると
7 “Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet. Why not let them drink so they can go back to grazing?”
ヤコブ言ふ視よ日尚高し家畜を聚むべき時にあらず羊に飮ひて往て牧せよ
8 “We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone from the well and let the sheep drink.”
彼等いふ我等しかする能はず群の皆聚るに及て井の口より石をまろばして羊に飮ふべきなり
9 While he was still talking with them Rachel arrived with the flock she was looking after for her father.
ヤコブ尚彼等と語れる時にラケル父の羊とともに來る其は之を牧居たればなり
10 When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the stone from the well so Laban's sheep could drink.
ヤコブ其母の兄ラバンの女ラケルおよび其母の兄ラバンの羊を見しかばヤコブ進みよりて井の口より石をまろばし母の兄ラバンの羊に飮ひたり
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept for joy.
而してヤコブ、ラケルに接吻して聲をあげて啼哭ぬ
12 (He had told her that he was the son of Laban's brother and Rebekah.) She ran and told her father what had happened.
即ちヤコブ、ラケルに己はその父の兄弟にしてリベカの子なることを告ければ彼はしりゆきて父に告たり
13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob he ran out to meet him. He hugged him and kissed him, and took him home. After Jacob had explained everything to Laban,
ラバン其妹の子ヤコブの事を聞しかば趨ゆきて之を迎へ之を抱きて接吻し之を家に導きいたれりヤコブすなはち此等の事を悉くラバンに述たり
14 Laban told him, “No question about it—you're my own flesh and blood!” Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
ラバン彼にいひけるは汝は誠にわが骨肉なりとヤコブ一月の間彼とともに居る
15 One day Laban said to him, “You're my relative so you shouldn't be working for me for nothing! Tell me, what should I pay you?”
茲にラバン、ヤコブにいひけるは汝はわが兄弟なればとて空く我に役事べけんや何の報酬を望むや我に告よ
16 Laban had two daughters. The older one was Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
ラバン二人の女子を有り姉の名はレアといひ妹の名はラケルといふ
17 Leah had kind eyes, but Rachel had a shapely figure and beautiful looks.
レアは目弱かりしがラケルは美しくして姝し
18 Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
ヤコブ、ラケルを愛したれば言ふ我汝の季女ラケルのために七年汝に亊ん
19 “Well it's better for me to give her to you than anyone else,” Laban replied. “So stay here and work for me.”
ラバンいひけるは彼を他の人にあたふるよりも汝にあたふるは善し我と偕に居れ
20 Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
ヤコブ七年の間ラケルのために勤たりしが彼を愛するが爲に此を數日の如く見做り
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
茲にヤコブ、ラバンに言けるはわが期滿たればわが妻をあたへて我をしてかれの處にいることを得せしめよ
22 So Laban organized a wedding banquet and invited everyone around to come.
是に於てラバン處の人を盡く集めて酒宴を設けたりしが
23 But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
晩に及びて其女レアを携へて此をヤコブにつれ來れりヤコブ即ち彼の處にいりぬ
24 (Laban also arranged for his servant Zilpah to be Leah's personal maid.)
ラバンまた其侍婢ジルパを娘レアに與へて侍婢となさしめたり
25 When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
朝にいたりて見るにレアなりしかばヤコブ、ラバンに言けるは汝なんぞ此事を我になしたるや我ラケルのために汝に役事しにあらずや汝なんぞ我を欺くや
26 “Here we don't give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn,” Laban replied.
ラバンいひけるは姉より先に妹を嫁しむる事は我國にて爲ざるところなり
27 “Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”
其七日を過せ我等是をも汝に與へん然ば汝是がために尚七年我に事へて勤むべし
28 Jacob agreed. He finished the week of wedding celebrations for Leah, and then Laban gave Jacob his daughter Rachel as his wife as well.
ヤコブ即ち斯なして其七日をすごせしかばラバン其女ラケルをも之にあたへて妻となさしむ
29 (Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
またラバン其侍婢ビルハを女ラケルにあたへて侍婢となさしむ
30 So Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years for Rachel.
ヤコブまたラケルの所にいりぬ彼レアよりもラケルを愛し尚七年ラバンに事たり
31 The Lord saw that Leah wasn't loved he helped Leah to have children, but not Rachel.
ヱホバ、レアの嫌はるるを見て其胎をひらきたまへり然どラケルは姙なきものなりき
32 Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
レア孕みて子を生み其名をルベンと名けていひけるはヱホバ誠にわが艱苦を顧みたまへりされば今夫我を愛せんと
33 Then Leah became pregnant again, and had another son. She said, “The Lord has heard that I'm not loved so he gave me this son.” So she named him Simeon.
彼ふたたび孕みて子を産みヱホバわが嫌はるるを聞たまひしによりて我に是をもたまへりと言て其名をシメオンと名けたり
34 Leah became pregnant for the third time, and had another son. She said, “Finally my husband will be attached to me because now I've given him three sons.” That's why he was named Levi.
彼また孕みて子を生み我三人の子を生たれば夫今より我に膠漆んといへり是によりてレビと名けたり
35 Once again Leah became pregnant and had another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I can really praise the Lord!” After that she had no more children.
彼復姙みて子を生み我今ヱホバを讚美んといへり是によりて其名をユダと名けたり是にいたりて産ことやみぬ
