Genesis 30
1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
ラケルは自分がヤコブに子を産まないのを知った時、姉をねたんでヤコブに言った、「わたしに子どもをください。さもないと、わたしは死にます」。
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
ヤコブはラケルに向かい怒って言った、「あなたの胎に子どもをやどらせないのは神です。わたしが神に代ることができようか」。
3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
ラケルは言った、「わたしのつかえめビルハがいます。彼女の所におはいりなさい。彼女が子を産んで、わたしのひざに置きます。そうすれば、わたしもまた彼女によって子を持つでしょう」。
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
ラケルはつかえめビルハを彼に与えて、妻とさせたので、ヤコブは彼女の所にはいった。
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
ビルハは、みごもってヤコブに子を産んだ。
6 Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
そこでラケルは、「神はわたしの訴えに答え、またわたしの声を聞いて、わたしに子を賜わった」と言って、名をダンと名づけた。
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
ラケルのつかえめビルハはまた、みごもって第二の子をヤコブに産んだ。
8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
そこでラケルは、「わたしは激しい争いで、姉と争って勝った」と言って、名をナフタリと名づけた。
9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
さてレアは自分が子を産むことのやんだのを見たとき、つかえめジルパを取り、妻としてヤコブに与えた。
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
レアのつかえめジルパはヤコブに子を産んだ。
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
そこでレアは、「幸運がきた」と言って、名をガドと名づけた。
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
レアのつかえめジルパは第二の子をヤコブに産んだ。
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
そこでレアは、「わたしは、しあわせです。娘たちはわたしをしあわせな者と言うでしょう」と言って、名をアセルと名づけた。
14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
さてルベンは麦刈りの日に野に出て、野で恋なすびを見つけ、それを母レアのもとに持ってきた。ラケルはレアに言った、「あなたの子の恋なすびをどうぞわたしにください」。
15 But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
レアはラケルに言った、「あなたがわたしの夫を取ったのは小さな事でしょうか。その上、あなたはまたわたしの子の恋なすびをも取ろうとするのですか」。ラケルは言った、「それではあなたの子の恋なすびに換えて、今夜彼をあなたと共に寝させましょう」。
16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
夕方になって、ヤコブが野から帰ってきたので、レアは彼を出迎えて言った、「わたしの子の恋なすびをもって、わたしがあなたを雇ったのですから、あなたはわたしの所に、はいらなければなりません」。ヤコブはその夜レアと共に寝た。
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
神はレアの願いを聞かれたので、彼女はみごもって五番目の子をヤコブに産んだ。
18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
そこでレアは、「わたしがつかえめを夫に与えたから、神がわたしにその価を賜わったのです」と言って、名をイッサカルと名づけた。
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
レアはまた、みごもって六番目の子をヤコブに産んだ。
20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
そこでレアは、「神はわたしに良い賜物をたまわった。わたしは六人の子を夫に産んだから、今こそ彼はわたしと一緒に住むでしょう」と言って、その名をゼブルンと名づけた。
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
その後、彼女はひとりの娘を産んで、名をデナと名づけた。
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
次に神はラケルを心にとめられ、彼女の願いを聞き、その胎を開かれたので、
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
彼女は、みごもって男の子を産み、「神はわたしの恥をすすいでくださった」と言って、
24 She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
名をヨセフと名づけ、「主がわたしに、なおひとりの子を加えられるように」と言った。
25 After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
ラケルがヨセフを産んだ時、ヤコブはラバンに言った、「わたしを去らせて、わたしの故郷、わたしの国へ行かせてください。
26 You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
あなたに仕えて得たわたしの妻子を、わたしに与えて行かせてください。わたしがあなたのために働いた骨折りは、あなたがごぞんじです」。
27 But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
ラバンは彼に言った、「もし、あなたの心にかなうなら、とどまってください。わたしは主があなたのゆえに、わたしを恵まれるしるしを見ました」。
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
また言った、「あなたの報酬を申し出てください。わたしはそれを払います」。
29 Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
ヤコブは彼に言った、「わたしがどのようにあなたに仕えたか、またどのようにあなたの家畜を飼ったかは、あなたがごぞんじです。
30 You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
わたしが来る前には、あなたの持っておられたものはわずかでしたが、ふえて多くなりました。主はわたしの行く所どこでも、あなたを恵まれました。しかし、いつになったらわたしも自分の家を成すようになるでしょうか」。
31 Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
彼は言った、「何をあなたにあげようか」。ヤコブは言った、「なにもわたしにくださるに及びません。もしあなたが、わたしのためにこの一つの事をしてくださるなら、わたしは今一度あなたの群れを飼い、守りましょう。
32 Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
わたしはきょう、あなたの群れをみな回ってみて、その中からすべてぶちとまだらの羊、およびすべて黒い小羊と、やぎの中のまだらのものと、ぶちのものとを移しますが、これをわたしの報酬としましょう。
33 In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
あとで、あなたがきて、あなたの前でわたしの報酬をしらべる時、わたしの正しい事が証明されるでしょう。もしも、やぎの中にぶちのないもの、まだらでないものがあったり、小羊の中に黒くないものがあれば、それはみなわたしが盗んだものとなるでしょう」。
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
ラバンは言った、「よろしい。あなたの言われるとおりにしましょう」。
35 But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
そこでラバンはその日、雄やぎのしまのあるもの、まだらのもの、すべて雌やぎのぶちのもの、まだらのもの、すべて白みをおびているもの、またすべて小羊の中の黒いものを移して子らの手にわたし、
36 Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
ヤコブとの間に三日路の隔たりを設けた。ヤコブはラバンの残りの群れを飼った。
37 Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
ヤコブは、はこやなぎと、あめんどうと、すずかけの木のなまの枝を取り、皮をはいでそれに白い筋をつくり、枝の白い所を表わし、
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
皮をはいだ枝を、群れがきて水を飲む鉢、すなわち水ぶねの中に、群れに向かわせて置いた。群れは水を飲みにきた時に、はらんだ。
39 The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
すなわち群れは枝の前で、はらんで、しまのあるもの、ぶちのもの、まだらのものを産んだ。
40 Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
ヤコブはその小羊を別においた。彼はまた群れの顔をラバンの群れのしまのあるものと、すべて黒いものとに向かわせた。そして自分の群れを別にまとめておいて、ラバンの群れには、入れなかった。
41 In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
また群れの強いものが発情した時には、ヤコブは水ぶねの中に、その群れの目の前に、かの枝を置いて、枝の間で、はらませた。
42 But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
けれども群れの弱いものの時には、それを置かなかった。こうして弱いものはラバンのものとなり、強いものはヤコブのものとなったので、
43 As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
この人は大いに富み、多くの群れと、男女の奴隷、およびらくだ、ろばを持つようになった。
