Genesis 29
1 Jacob continued on the road [MTY], and he arrived at the land that was east of Canaan.
Ya: igobe da asili, eso maba la: idi soge amoga asi.
2 There he [was surprised to] see a well in a field, and three flocks of sheep were lying near the well. It was the well from which shepherds habitually got water for their sheep. There was a large stone covering the top of the well.
E da hano nasu uli dou gisi soge ganodini diala, amoga doaga: i. Amo uli dogoi gadenene, sibi gilisisu udiana dialebe ba: i. Sibi gilisisu da amo uli dogoiga hano nasu. Uli dogoi da gele bagadega ga: i dagoi.
3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would work together to roll the stone away from the top of the well and get water for the sheep. When they finished doing that, they would put the stone back in its place over the top of the well.
Hou da agoane galu. Sibi gilisisu da uli dogoiga doaga: laloba, sibi ouligisu dunu da gele bagade amo bebesole, hano nasu amo sibima olelesu. Hano nanu, sibi ouligisu da uli dogoi gele bagadega bu ga: su.
4 [On that day], Jacob asked the shepherds who were sitting there, “Where are you from?” They replied, “We are from Haran.”
Ya: igobe da sibi ouligisu dunuma amane adole ba: i, “Dilia da habidili misibila: ?” Ilia da bu adole i, “Ninia da Halane soge dunu.”
5 He asked them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” They replied, “Yes, we know him.”
E da bu adole ba: i, “Dilia da La: iba: ne, Na: iho ea aowa amo dawa: bela: ?” “Ma! Ninia dawa: !” ilia amane sia: i.
6 Jacob asked them, “Is Laban well?” They replied, “Yes, he is well. Look! Here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep!”
Ya: igobe amane adole ba: i, “E da hahawane esalabala?” Ilia bu adole i, “E da hahawane esala! Ba: ma! Idiwi La: isele, La: iba: ne ea uda mano a: fini da ea sibi gilisisu oule manebe goea!”
7 Jacob said, “Hey! The sun is still high in the sky. It is not time for the flocks to be gathered for nighttime. Give the sheep some water and then take them back to (graze/eat grass) in the pastures!”
Ya: igobe da amane sia: i, “Wali da esomogoa fawane. Amaiba: le, sibi amo diasuga gilisimu da hamedei. Dilia sibi ilima hano dili ianu, bu gisi sogega oule masunu da defea.”
8 They replied, “No, we cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered here and the stone is removed from the top of the well. After that, we will give water to the sheep.”
Ilia da bu adole i, “Amai da hame hamomu! Sibi gilisisu huluane da doaga: sea fawane, ninia da gele bagade bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili imunu.”
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep. She was the one who took care of her father’s sheep.
Ya: igobe da ilima sia: daloba, La: isele da ea sibi gilisisu oule misini, doaga: i dagoi.
10 When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, who was his mother’s brother, [Jacob was so excited that] he went over and [by himself] rolled away the stone that covered the top of the well, and he got water for his uncle’s sheep.
Ya: igobe da La: isele amo ea daiya La: iba: ne ea sibi oule manebe ba: loba, e da hano nasu uli dogoi amoga asili, gele bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili i.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel [on the cheek], and he cried loudly [because he was so happy].
Amalalu, e da La: isele amo nonogoi, amola hahawane bagadeba: le, dinanu.
12 Jacob told Rachel that he was one of her father’s relatives, the son of her aunt Rebekah. So she ran and told that to her father.
E da La: iselema amane adole i, “Na da dia ada esoa: bi, Lebega ea mano.” La: isele da ea ada amo adomusa: hehenane asi.
13 As soon as Laban heard that Jacob, his sister’s son, was there, he ran to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek]. Then he brought him to his home, and Jacob told him all that had happened to him.
La: iba: ne da esoa: bi Ya: igobe misi dagoi amo nababeba: le, hehenane, ema doaga: le, nonogone, hi diasuga oule asi. Ya: igobe da ea hou huluane ema olelei.
14 Then Laban said to him, “Truly, you are part of my family!” After Jacob had stayed there and worked for Laban for a month,
Amalalu, La: iba: ne da amane sia: i, “Dafawane! Di da na fi dunu maga: me afae amoga hamoi.” Ya: igobe da oubi afae amoga ea diasuga esalu.
15 Laban said to him “(You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine!/Why should you work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine?) [RHQ] Tell me how much you want me to pay you.”
La: iba: ne da Ya: igobema amane sia: i, “Di da na fi dunuba: le na hawa: hamosu udigili hamomu da defea hame galebe. Di da bidi habodayane lama: bela: ?”
16 Well, Laban had two daughters. The older one was named Leah, and the younger one was named Rachel.
La: iba: ne da uda mano aduna esala. Magobo mano da Lia amola eno da La: isele.
17 Leah had pretty eyes, but Rachel had a very attractive figure and was beautiful.
Lia ea si da gasa hame galu. Be La: isele ea da: i hodo da noga: iwane ba: i.
18 Jacob (was in love with/wanted very much to be married to) Rachel, and he said, “I will work for you for seven years. That will be my payment for your letting me marry your younger daughter, Rachel.”
Ya: igobe da La: iselema bagade magesa: i. Amaiba: le e da La: iba: nema amane sia: i, “Na da La: isele amo lamusa: , ode fesuale dima hawa: hamomu da defeala: ?”
19 Laban replied, “It is better for me to let you marry her than for her to marry some other man!”
La: iba: ne da bu adole i, “Na da dunu enoma imunu higa: i. Dima fawane imunu. Nama ouesaloma!”
20 So Jacob worked for Laban for seven years to get Rachel, but to him it seemed like it was only a few days, because he loved her so much.
Ya: igobe da ode fesuale La: isele lama: ne hawa: hamosu. E da ema bagade asigiba: le, amo ode da eso bagahame defele ba: i.
21 After the seven years were ended, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me marry Rachel now, because the time we agreed upon for me to work for you is ended, and I want to marry her. [EUP]”
Amalalu, Ya: igobe da La: iba: nema amane sia: i, “Na ode da gidigi dagoi. Na da dia mano lamu galebe.”
22 So Laban gathered together all the people who lived in that area and made a feast.
Amaiba: le, La: iba: ne da uda lasu lolo Nasu bagade hamoi. E da dunu huluane misa: ne sia: i.
23 But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter, Leah, to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he had sex [EUP] with her.
Be gasia, e da La: isele fisili, Lia amo Ya: igobema oule misi. Amalalu, Ya: igobe da Lia amo gilisili golai.
24 (Laban had already given his slave girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid/servant.)
(La: iba: ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini Siliba amo Lia hi hawa: hamomusa: gini i dagoi.)
25 The next morning, Jacob was shocked to see that it was Leah who was with him! So he went to Laban [and told him] very angrily, “(What you have done to me is disgusting!/What is this that you have done to me?) [RHQ] I worked for you to get Rachel, did I not? So why did you deceive me?”
Golale hahabe, Ya: igobe da uda da ema gilisili golai da La: isele hame be Lia ba: i. E da La: iba: nema asili amane sia: i, “Di da abuli amo hou nama hamobela: ? Na da La: isele lamusa: hawa: hamoi dagoi. Di da abuliba: le nama ogogobela: ?”
26 Laban replied, “In this land, it is not our custom to give a younger daughter to be married before we let someone marry our firstborn daughter.
La: iba: ne da bu adole i, “Ninia hou guiguda: da ninia magobo uda mano bisili dunuga lama: ne iaha. Fa: no eno uda mano iaha.
27 After we finish this week of celebration, we will let you marry the younger one also. But in return, you must pay for Rachel by working for me for another seven years.”
Be uda lasu lolo nasu hi afae da dagosea, defea, na da La: isele amola dima imunu. Be amo lama: ne, di da na hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoma.”
28 So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter, Rachel, to be his wife.
Ya: igobe da amo hamomu sia: i. Amalalu, hi afae aligili, La: iba: ne da ea mano La: isele amo ema i.
29 Laban gave his slave girl, Bilhah, to Rachel to be her maid/servant.
(La: iba: ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a: fini ea dio amo Biliha amo La: isele fidimusa: i.)
30 Jacob had sex [EUP] with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. And Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years.
Ya: igobe da La: isele amo gilisili golai. Ea magesa: i hou ema da ea asigi hou Lia ema baligi dagoi. Amalalu, e da La: iba: ne ea hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoi.
31 When Yahweh saw that Jacob did not love Leah [very much], he enabled her to become pregnant. But Rachel was not able to become pregnant.
Hina Gode da Ya: igobe ea hou amo La: iselema bagade asigi amola Liama fonobahadi asigi amo ba: beba: le, Gode da Liama mano lama: ne logo fodoi. Be La: isele da aligime esalu.
32 Leah gave birth to a son, whom she named Reuben, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘Look, a son]!’ She said, “Yahweh has seen that I was miserable, and because of that he has given me a son. Now, surely my husband will love me for giving birth to a son for him.”
Lia da abula agui, dunu mano lalelegei. E amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da na se nabasu ba: i dagoi. Wali nagoa da nama asigimu.” Amaiba: le, e da dio asuli amo Liubene (Se Nabasu Ba: i)
33 Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “Because Yahweh has heard that my husband doesn’t love me, he has given me this son, too.” So she named him Simeon, [which means ‘someone who hears’].
Amalalu, e da bu eno abula agui ba: i. Dunu mano eno da lalelegele, Lia da amane sia: i, “Hina Gode da Ya: igobe da nama hame asigi amo nababeba: le, mano nama i.” Amaiba: le, amo manoma e da Simione (Nabasu dunu) dio asuli.
34 Later she became pregnant again, and gave birth to another son. She said, “Now, finally, my husband will hold me close to him.” So she named him Levi, [which means ‘hold close’].
E da bu eno abula agui. Dunu mano eno lai. E amane sia: i, “Wali na da dunu mano udiana laiba: le, nagoa da nama la: gi dagoi ba: mu.” Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Lifai (La: gi) dio asuli.
35 Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “(This time/Now) I will praise Yahweh.” So she called his name Judah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘praise’]. After that, she did not give birth to any more children [for several years].
Amalalu, e da abula agui, dunu mano eno lai. E da amane sia: i, “Wali na da Hina Godema nodomu.” Amaiba: le, e da amo manoma Yuda (Nodosu) dio asuli. Amalalu, e da mano lasu yolesi.
