Genesis 31
1 Jacob found out that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. All the wealth he has actually came from our father.”
Jacob el lohngak lah wen natul Laban elos fahk mu, “Jacob el eisla ma nukewa lun papa tumasr uh. Kasrup lal uh ma na ke ma lun papa tumasr uh.”
2 Jacob also noticed that Laban was treating him differently to the way he had before.
Jacob el akilenak pac lah Laban el tia sifilpa kulang oana meet ah.
3 The Lord told Jacob, “Go back to the country of your forefathers, to your family home. I will be with you.”
Na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel, “Folokla nu yen sin papa tomom ac nu yurin sou lom. Nga ac fah wi kom.”
4 Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah, telling them to come and meet him out in the fields where he was with his flock.
Ke ma inge Jacob el sapla nu sel Rachel ac Leah, eltal in tuku osun nu sel yen ma un kosro natul uh muta we.
5 “I've noticed that your father is treating me differently to the way he did before,” he told them. “But the God of my father will be with me.
El fahk nu seltal, “Nga liye tuh papa tomomtal ah tiana sifil kulang nu sik oana meet ah. Tusruktu, God lun papa tumuk El nuna wiyu na.
6 You both know very well how hard I worked for your father.
Komtal kewa etu na lah nga orekma nu sin papa tomomtal ah ke kuiyuk nufon.
7 But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.
Nwe ouinge, a el kutasrik na nu sik ac ekulla molin orekma luk uh pacl singoul. Tusruktu God El tiana lela elan oru kutena mwe ongoiya nu sik.
8 If he said, ‘You can have the speckled ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had speckled young. If he said, ‘You can have the streaked ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had streaked young.
Pacl nukewa Laban el fin fahk, ‘Nani tuhntun ingan pa ac moli orekma lom,’ na kosro nukewa ac oswe natu tuhntun. Ac el fin fahk, ‘Nani kwarmok uh pa ac moli orekma lom,’ na u in kosro nukewa ac oswe natu kwarmok.
9 This is how God took your father's livestock and gave them to me.
God El eisla u in kosro liki papa tomomtal ac use nutik.”
10 During the time the flock was breeding I had a dream where I saw that the male goats mating with the flock were all streaked, speckled, or spotted.
“Ke pacl in orek fahko lun un kosro uh nga tuh mwemei ac liye lah nani mukul ma orek fahko uh ma na kwarmok ac tuhntun.
11 Then in the dream the angel of the Lord spoke to me and said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I'm here.’
Na lipufan lun God el kaskas nu sik in mweme sac ac fahk, ‘Jacob!’ Ac nga fahk, ‘Nga.’
12 He told me, ‘Take a look and you'll see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I've been watching everything that Laban has been doing to you.
Ac el fahk, ‘Liye, nani mukul nukewa ma orek fahko inge ma kwarmok ac tuhntun. Nga oru in ouinge mweyen nga liye ma nukewa ma Laban el oru nu sum.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone pillar and made a solemn promise to me. Now get ready to leave this land and go back to your homeland.’”
Nga pa God se su tuh sikwot nu sum in acn Bethel, yen se ma kom tuh ukuiya oil in olive nu fin eot se ac kisakin tuh in sie mwe esmakin, ac kom tuh orala sie wuleang nu sik we. Akola kom in folokla nu in facl se ma kom isusla we.’”
14 “There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.
Rachel ac Leah topkol Jacob ac fahk, “Wangin ma lula kut ac usrui sin papa tumasr.
15 “He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.
El orekut oana mwetsac uh. El kukakinkutla, ac inge el sisla nufon mani ma moulyang nu sel kacsr ah.
16 All the wealth that God has taken from him belongs to us and our children, so do whatever God has told you to do!”
Mwe kasrup nukewa ma God El eisla liki papa tumasr ah inge, ma lasr ac tulik natusr. Oru na ma God El fahk kom in oru an.”
17 So Jacob got ready. He helped his children and his wives onto the camels,
Ouinge Jacob el tuyak, ac srakang tulik natul ac mutan kial nu fin camel uh,
18 and drove all his livestock in front of him. He took with him all his possessions and livestock he'd gained during his time in Paddan-aram, and left to go back to his father in the country of Canaan.
ac pwanla kosro natul nukewa, ac ma lal nukewa ma el eis ke orekma lal, ac kosro natul ma el eis in acn Mesopotamia, na el mukuiyak in som nu yorol Isaac, papa tumal, in facl Canaan.
19 While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
Laban el som in kalla sheep natul, ac ke pacl se el wangin inge, Rachel el usla ma sruloala srisrik ma oan in lohm sin papa tumal ah.
20 Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not informing him that he was going to run away.
Jacob el sulallal nu sel Laban ac tia akkalemye nu sel lah el ac som lukel.
21 So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.
El us ma nukewa lal ac sulaklak na mukuiyak som. El tupalla Infacl Euphrates ac tulanya infulan eol in acn Gilead.
22 Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.
Len tolu toko, fwackyang nu sel Laban lah Jacob el kaingla.
23 Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.
Laban el us mwet lal welul ac ukwal Jacob ke len itkosr, nwe ke el sonol infulan eol in Gilead.
24 But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”
God El sikyang nu sel Laban in sie mweme ke fong sac ac fahk nu sel, “Taran na kom in tia fahk kutena kas in aksangeng nu sel Jacob.”
25 Jacob had set up his tents in the hill country of Gilead when Laban caught up with him, so Laban and his relatives did the same.
Laban el ukwal Jacob nwe sonol infulan eol in Gilead, yen Jacob el aktuktuk we. Laban ac mwet lal elos oayapa aktuktuk we.
26 “Why did you deceive me like this?” Laban asked Jacob. “You carried off my daughters as if they were some prisoners captured by the sword!
Laban el fahk nu sel Jacob, “Efu ku kom sulallal nu sik ac usla acn nutik ingan in oana luman mutan ma sruhu ke mweun?
27 Why did you run away in secret, trying to trick me? Why didn't you come and tell me? I would have given you a good send-off, a celebration with singing and the music of tambourines and lyres.
Efu kom ku kutasrik nu sik ac mahsrikme na tia fahk? Kom funu fahk, nga lukun filikomla ke engan lulap, ac on alullul wi pusren mwe srital ac harp.
28 You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've really acted stupidly!
Kom tia pacna lela nga in wilkas nu sin acn nutik, ku ngokya mutun tulik natultal inge. Ouiya na koluk se pa kom oru ingan!
29 I could really punish you badly, but the God of your father spoke to me last night and told me, ‘Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.’
Oasr ku luk in kai kom, tusruktu God lun papa tomom El kaskas nu sik fong, ac fahk mu ngan taran na nga in tia fahk kutena kas in aksangeng nu sum.
30 Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”
Nga etu lah kom tuyak tuku mweyen kom kena tari folok nu yen sum, a efu kom ku usla ma sruloala srisrik ma oan in lohm sik ah?”
31 “I ran away because I was afraid,” Jacob explained to Laban. “I was worried that you would take your daughters from me by force.
Jacob el topuk, “Nga tuh sangeng, mweyen nga nunku mu kom ac eisla acn nutum inge likiyu.
32 As for your idols, anyone you find who has them will die. You can search everything in the presence of our relatives, and if you find I have anything that belongs to you, you can take it.” (Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.)
Tusruktu kom fin konauk lah god lom an oasr sin siena sin mwet inge, mwet sacn ac fah anwuki. Inge, ye mutun mwet lasr kewa, fahsru suk. Fin oasr kutena ma lom kom konauk yorosr, kom us.” Jacob el tiana etu lah Rachel el pisrala god lal Laban.
33 Laban searched the tents of Jacob, Leah, and the two personal maids, but didn't find anything. He left Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.
Laban el som ac iluhs lohm nuknuk sel Jacob. Toko el som nu in lohm nuknuk sel Leah, ac lohm nuknuk sin mutan kulansap luo, tusruktu el tiana konauk god lal ah. Na el som nu in lohm nuknuk sel Rachel.
34 Rachel had put the household idols in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on it. Laban carefully searched the whole tent but couldn't find them.
Rachel pa srukak ma sruloala ma oan in lohm nuknuk sel Laban, ac sang nu luin pak se ma ac oan fin camel uh, ac muta fac. Laban el iluhs lohm nuknuk sac nufon, tusruk el tiana konauk ma sruloala uh.
35 She said to her father, “Sir, please don't get upset with me for not standing up in your presence, but I have my period.” He looked everywhere but didn't find the idols.
Rachel el fahk nu sin papa tumal, “Nimet kom kasrkusrak sik, papa. Nga tia ku in tuyak, mweyen ingena nga mas mutan.” Laban el sukna ma sruloala lal ah tuh el tiana konauk.
36 Jacob got angry with Laban and confronted him, saying, “What crime am I guilty of? What wrong have I done to you that you've come hunting me down?
Na Jacob el kasrkusrakak ac siyuk sel Laban, “Mea nga oru koluk? Ma sap su nga kunausla ku kom ukweyume nwe inse?
37 You've searched through all my possessions. Did you find anything belonging to you? If you did, bring it out here before my relatives and yours so they can decide who's right!
Inge ke kom iluhsya ma luk nukewa uh, mea kom konauk mu ma lom oasr yorosr? Srakma filiya inse inge, mwet lasr uh kewa in tukeni ngetani liye, ac fahk lah su pwaye se.
38 I've worked for you for these past twenty years. During that time none of your sheep and goats miscarried, and I haven't eaten a single ram from your flock.
Nga muta yurum yac longoulla inge, ac sheep nutum ac nani nutum uh tia tui in isus fahko, ac nga tiana kangla sokofanna sheep mukul ke u in kosro nutum uh.
39 If any of them were killed by wild animals, I never even brought you the carcass to prove the loss—I bore the loss myself. But you on the other hand always made me compensate you for any animals that were stolen, whether at night or in broad daylight.
Pacl nukewa ma kosro lemnak uh uniya soko inmasrlon sheep nutum uh, nga tia us tuku nu ye motom kom in liye, a nga sifacna aolla ke sheep nutik. Kom sap ngan akfalye kutena ma su pusrla ke len ku ke fong.
40 Whether it was sweating in the heat of the day, or freezing in the cold of the night when I couldn't sleep, I went on working for you for twenty years in your home.
Pacl puspis nga keok ke fulen len ac ohu in fong. Nga tia ku in motul.
41 I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!
Pwana ingan ma nga pulakin ke lusen yac longoul nga muta yurum. Nga orekma yac singoul akosr in eis acn luo nutum, ac yac onkosr nu ke un kosro nutik inge. Ne ouinge, a kom ikil molin orekma luk pacl singoul.
42 If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”
God lal Abraham ac God lal Isaac, papa tumuk, funu tia wiyu, kom lukun supweyula pisinpo. Tusruktu God El liyena elya luk ac orekma ma nga orala, ac El kai kom kac fong.”
43 Laban replied, “These are my daughters and these are my children and these are my flocks! In fact, everything you see here is mine! However, what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
Laban el topkol Jacob ac fahk, “Mutan luo inge ma nutik. Ma pac nutik pa tulik natultal inge, ac un kosro inge ma pac nutik. Ma nukewa kom liye inge ma luk. Tusruktu ke wangin ma nga ku in oru in folokonma acn luo nutik ac tulik natultal inge,
44 So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”
nga akola in oru sie wuleang inmasrlok kom. Lela kut in orala sie ma in akesmakinye kut ke wuleang se inge.
45 Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.
Ouinge Jacob el eis eot lulap se ac tulokunak tuh in sie mwe esmakin.
46 Then he told his relatives, “Go and collect some stones.” They all made a pile of stones and then sat beside it to eat a meal.
El fahk nu sin mwet lal in orani kutu eot ac elosak. Na elos mongoi sisken yol in eot sac.
47 Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.
Laban el sang inen yol in eot se inge Jegar Sahadutha, a Jacob el pangon Galeed.
48 Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.
Laban el fahk nu sel Jacob, “Yol in eot se inge ac fah mwe akesmakinye kut kewa.” Pa pwanang inen acn sac pangpang Galeed.
49 It was also called Mizpah, for as Laban said, “May the Lord keep a close eye on both of us when we're not together.
Laban el oayapa fahk, “Lela LEUM GOD Elan tawikuti ke kut fahsrelik sie sin sie.” Ke ma inge itukyang pac inen acn sac Mizpah.
50 If you treat my daughters badly or marry more wives in addition to them, God will see what you do even if no one else finds out!”
Laban el sifilpa fahk, “Kom fin oru koluk acn nutik inge, ku payuk pac sin mutan saya, nga finne tia liye, kom esam lah God El tawikuti na.
51 Then Laban told Jacob, “Look at this pile of stones and this pillar that I have set up as a memorial of the agreement between you and me.
Pa inge eot ma nga elosak ac eot lulap se mwe esmakin inmasrlok kom.
52 They also act as a witness to our solemn promises to each other: I will not come past them to attack you; and you will not come past them to attack me.
Yol se inge ac eot in esmakin se inge kewa ma in akesmakinye kut. Nga fah tia aliki yol se inge in mweuni kom ac kom fah tia pac alukela ku aliki eot in esmakin se inge in mweuniyu.
53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor—the God of our forefathers—be the one to judge between us in any dispute.” Jacob in turn made his solemn promise in the name of the awesome God of his father Isaac.
God lal Abraham ac God lal Nahor fah aksuwosye inmasrlosr.” Na Jacob el wulela na ku Inen God su Isaac, papa tumal, el alu nu se, lah el fah liyaung na wuleang se inge.
54 Then he offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited all his relatives to eat a meal there. They spent the night on the mountain.
El uniya kosro soko, ac sang in mwe kisa fin eol uh, ac el pangoneni mwet lal elos in mongo. Tukun elos mongo tari, elos mongla fin eol uh ke fong sac.
55 Laban got up early in the morning and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them, and then left to go back home.
Toangna in lotu tok ah, Laban el wilkas nu sin acn luo natul ac ngok mutaltal ac tulik natulos, na folokla nu yen sel.
