Genesis 31
1 Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
Και ήκουσεν ο Ιακώβ τους λόγους των υιών του Λάβαν, λεγόντων, Ο Ιακώβ έλαβε πάντα τα υπάρχοντα του πατρός ημών, και εκ των υπαρχόντων του πατρός ημών απέκτησε πάσαν την δόξαν ταύτην.
2 And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
Και είδεν ο Ιακώβ το πρόσωπον του Λάβαν, και ιδού, δεν ήτο προς αυτόν ως χθές και προχθές.
3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
Είπε δε ο Κύριος προς τον Ιακώβ, Επίστρεψον εις την γην των πατέρων σου, και εις την συγγένειάν σου, και θέλω είσθαι μετά σου.
4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
Τότε έστειλεν ο Ιακώβ και εκάλεσε την Ραχήλ και την Λείαν εις την πεδιάδα προς το ποίμνιον αυτού·
5 When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
και είπε προς αυτάς, Βλέπω το πρόσωπον του πατρός σας, ότι δεν είναι προς εμέ ως χθές και προχθές· ο Θεός όμως του πατρός μου εστάθη μετ' εμού·
6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
και σεις εξεύρετε ότι εν όλη τη δυνάμει μου εδούλευσα τον πατέρα σας·
7 but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
αλλ' ο πατήρ σας με ηπάτησε και ήλλαξε τους μισθούς μου δεκάκις· πλην ο Θεός δεν αφήκεν αυτόν να με κακοποιήση·
8 When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
ότε έλεγεν ούτω, τα ποικίλα θέλουσιν είσθαι ο μισθός σου, τότε άπαν το ποίμνιον εγέννα ποικίλα· και ότε έλεγεν ούτω, τα παρδαλά θέλουσιν είσθαι ο μισθός σου, τότε άπαν το ποίμνιον εγέννα παρδαλά.
9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
Ούτως αφήρεσεν ο Θεός το ποίμνιον του πατρός σας και έδωκεν εις εμέ.
10 “One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
Και καθ' ον καιρόν συνελάμβανε το ποίμνιον, ύψωσα τους οφθαλμούς μου και είδον κατ' όναρ, και ιδού, οι τράγοι και οι κριοί, οι αναβαίνοντες επί τα πρόβατα και τας αίγας, ήσαν παρδαλοί, ποικίλοι και στικτοί.
11 An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
Και μοι είπεν ο άγγελος του Θεού κατ' όναρ, Ιακώβ· και είπα, Ιδού, εγώ.
12 He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
Και είπεν, Ύψωσον τώρα τους οφθαλμούς σου, και ιδέ πάντας τους τράγους και τους κριούς, τους αναβαίνοντας επί τα πρόβατα και τας αίγας, ότι είναι παρδαλοί, ποικίλοι και στικτοί· διότι είδον πάντα όσα κάμνει εις σε ο Λάβαν·
13 I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
εγώ είμαι ο Θεός της Βαιθήλ, όπου έχρισας την στήλην και όπου ευχήθης ευχήν προς εμέ· σηκώθητι τώρα, έξελθε εκ της γης ταύτης και επίστρεψον εις την γην της συγγενείας σου.
14 Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
Και απεκρίθησαν η Ραχήλ και η Λεία και είπον προς αυτόν, Έχομεν ημείς πλέον μερίδιον ή κληρονομίαν εν τω οίκω του πατρός ημών;
15 He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
δεν εθεωρήθημεν υπ' αυτού ως ξέναι; διότι επώλησεν ημάς και ακόμη ολοκλήρως κατέφαγε το αργύριον ημών.
16 Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
Όθεν πάντα τα πλούτη, τα οποία αφήρεσεν ο Θεός από του πατρός ημών, είναι ημών και των τέκνων ημών· τώρα λοιπόν κάμε όσα σοι είπεν ο Θεός.
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
Τότε σηκωθείς ο Ιακώβ, έβαλε τα παιδία αυτού και τας γυναίκας αυτού επί τας καμήλους·
18 He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
και απήγαγε πάντα τα κτήνη αυτού, και πάντα τα αγαθά αυτού τα οποία απέκτησε, το ποίμνιον της αποκτήσεως αυτού, το οποίον απέκτησεν εις Παδάν-αράμ, διά να απέλθη προς Ισαάκ τον πατέρα αυτού εις γην Χαναάν.
19 Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
Ο δε Λάβαν είχεν υπάγει διά να κουρεύση τα πρόβατα αυτού και η Ραχήλ έκλεψε τα είδωλα του πατρός αυτής.
20 Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
Έκρυψε δε ο Ιακώβ την φυγήν αυτού εις τον Λάβαν τον Σύρον, μη αναγγείλας προς αυτόν ότι αναχωρεί·
21 So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
και έφυγεν αυτός μετά πάντων των υπαρχόντων αυτού και εσηκώθη και διέβη τον ποταμόν και διευθύνθη προς το όρος Γαλαάδ.
22 On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
Και την τρίτην ημέραν ανηγγέλθη προς τον Λάβαν, ότι έφυγεν ο Ιακώβ·
23 So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
και παραλαβών τους αδελφούς αυτού μεθ' εαυτού, κατεδίωξεν οπίσω αυτού οδόν επτά ημερών· και επρόφθασεν αυτόν εν τω όρει Γαλαάδ.
24 Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
Ήλθε δε ο Θεός προς Λάβαν τον Σύρον κατ' όναρ την νύκτα, και είπε προς αυτόν, Φυλάχθητι, μη λαλήσης σκληρά προς τον Ιακώβ.
25 The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
Επρόφθασε λοιπόν ο Λάβαν τον Ιακώβ· ο δε Ιακώβ είχε στήσει την σκηνήν αυτού επί του όρους· ο δε Λάβαν μετά των αδελφών αυτού εσκήνωσεν επί του όρους Γαλαάδ.
26 Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
Και είπεν ο Λάβαν προς τον Ιακώβ, Τι έκαμες, και διά τι έκρυψας εις εμέ την φυγήν σου και απήγαγες τας θυγατέρας μου ως αιχμαλώτους μαχαίρας;
27 Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
διά τι έφυγες κρυφίως και έκλεψας σεαυτόν απ' εμού και δεν μοι εφανέρωσας τούτο; διότι εγώ ήθελον σε εξαποστείλει μετ' ευφροσύνης και μετά ασμάτων, μετά τυμπάνων και κιθάρας·
28 (You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
και δεν με ηξίωσας μηδέ να φιλήσω τους υιούς μου, και τας θυγατέρας μου; τώρα αφρόνως έπραξας τούτο·
29 My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
δυνατή είναι η χειρ μου να σας κακοποιήση· πλην ο Θεός του πατρός σας χθές την νύκτα είπε προς εμέ, λέγων, Φυλάχθητι, μη λαλήσης σκληρά προς τον Ιακώβ·
30 Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
τώρα λοιπόν έστω, ανεχώρησας, επειδή επεθύμησας πολύ τον οίκον του πατρός σου· αλλά διά τι έκλεψας τους θεούς μου;
31 Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
Και αποκριθείς ο Ιακώβ είπε προς τον Λάβαν, Έφυγον επειδή εφοβήθην· διότι είπον, Μήπως αφαιρέσης τας θυγατέρας σου απ' εμού·
32 But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
εις όντινα όμως εύρης τους θεούς σου, ας μη ζήση· έμπροσθεν των αδελφών ημών γνώρισον τι ευρίσκεται εις εμέ εκ των ιδικών σου, και λάβε. Διότι δεν ήξευρεν ο Ιακώβ ότι η Ραχήλ είχε κλέψει αυτούς.
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
Εισήλθε λοιπόν ο Λάβαν εις την σκηνήν του Ιακώβ, και εις την σκηνήν της Λείας, και εις τας σκηνάς των δύο θεραπαινών· αλλά δεν εύρηκεν αυτούς. Τότε εξήλθεν εκ της σκηνής της Λείας, και εισήλθεν εις την σκηνήν της Ραχήλ.
34 But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
Η δε Ραχήλ είχε λάβει τα είδωλα, και βάλει αυτά εις σαμάριον καμήλου, και εκάθητο επ' αυτά. Και ερευνήσας ο Λάβαν όλην την σκηνήν, δεν εύρηκεν.
35 Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
Η δε είπε προς τον πατέρα αυτής, Ας μη φανή βαρύ εις τον κύριόν μου, διότι δεν δύναμαι να σηκωθώ έμπροσθέν σου, επειδή έχω τα γυναικεία. Και αυτός ηρεύνησεν, αλλά δεν εύρηκε τα είδωλα.
36 Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
Και ωργίσθη ο Ιακώβ και επέπληξε τον Λάβαν· και αποκριθείς ο Ιακώβ είπε προς τον Λάβαν, Τι είναι το ανόμημά μου; τι το αμάρτημά μου, ότι κατεδίωξας οπίσω μου;
37 Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
αφού ηρεύνησας πάντα τα σκεύη μου, τι εύρηκας εκ πάντων των σκευών της οικίας σου; θες αυτό εδώ έμπροσθεν των αδελφών μου και αδελφών σου, διά να κρίνωσι μεταξύ των δύο ημών·
38 I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
είκοσι έτη είναι τώρα, αφ' ότου είμαι μετά σού· τα πρόβατά σου και αι αίγές σου δεν ητεκνώθησαν, και τους κριούς του ποιμνίου σου δεν έφαγον.
39 When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
θηριάλωτον δεν έφερα εις σέ· εγώ επλήρωνον αυτό· από της χειρός μου εζήτεις ό, τι με εκλέπτετο την ημέραν, ή ό, τι με εκλέπτετο την νύκτα·
40 I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
την ημέραν εκαιόμην υπό του καύματος και την νύκτα υπό του παγετού· και έφευγεν ο ύπνος μου από των οφθαλμών μου·
41 I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
είκοσι έτη ήδη ευρίσκομαι εν τη οικία σου· δεκατέσσαρα έτη σε εδούλευσα διά τας δύο σου θυγατέρας, και εξ έτη διά τα πρόβατά σου· και ήλλαξας τον μισθόν μου δεκάκις·
42 If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
εάν ο Θεός του πατρός μου, ο Θεός του Αβραάμ και ο φόβος του Ισαάκ, δεν ήτο μετ' εμού, βέβαια κενόν ήθελες με εξαποστείλει τώρα· είδεν ο Θεός την ταλαιπωρίαν μου και τον κόπον των χειρών μου, και σε ήλεγξεν εχθές την νύκτα.
43 Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
Και αποκριθείς ο Λάβαν, είπε προς τον Ιακώβ, Αι θυγατέρες αύται είναι θυγατέρες μου, και οι υιοί ούτοι υιοί μου, και τα πρόβατα ταύτα πρόβατά μου, και πάντα όσα βλέπεις είναι ιδικά μου· και τι να κάμω σήμερον εις τας θυγατέρας μου ταύτας, ή εις τα τέκνα αυτών, τα οποία εγέννησαν;
44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
ελθέ λοιπόν τώρα, ας κάμωμεν συνθήκην, εγώ και σύ· διά να ήναι εις μαρτύριον μεταξύ εμού και σου.
45 So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
Και έλαβεν ο Ιακώβ λίθον και έστησεν αυτόν στήλην.
46 Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
Και είπεν ο Ιακώβ προς τους αδελφούς αυτού, Συνάξατε λίθους· και έλαβον λίθους, και έκαμον σωρόν· και έφαγον εκεί επί του σωρού.
47 Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
Και ο μεν Λάβαν εκάλεσεν αυτόν Ιεγάρ-σαχαδουθά· ο δε Ιακώβ εκάλεσεν αυτόν Γαλεέδ.
48 Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
Και είπεν ο Λάβαν, Ο σωρός ούτος είναι σήμερον μαρτύριον μεταξύ εμού και σού· διά τούτο εκαλέσθη το όνομα αυτού Γαλεέδ,
49 They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
και Μισπά, διότι είπεν, Ας επιβλέψη ο Κύριος αναμέσον εμού και σου, όταν αποχωρισθώμεν ο εις από του άλλου·
50 If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
εάν ταλαιπωρήσης τας θυγατέρας μου, ή εάν λάβης άλλας γυναίκας εκτός των θυγατέρων μου, δεν είναι ουδείς μεθ' ημών· βλέπε, ο Θεός είναι μάρτυς μεταξύ εμού και σου.
51 Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
Και είπεν ο Λάβαν προς τον Ιακώβ, Ιδού, ο σωρός ούτος, και ιδού, η στήλη αύτη, την οποίαν έστησα μεταξύ εμού και σού·
52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
ο σωρός ούτος είναι μαρτύριον, και η στήλη μαρτύριον, ότι εγώ δεν θέλω διαβή τον σωρόν τούτον προς σε, ούτε συ θέλεις διαβή τον σωρόν τούτον και την στήλην ταύτην, προς εμέ, διά κακόν·
53 We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
ο Θεός του Αβραάμ και ο Θεός του Ναχώρ, ο Θεός του πατρός αυτών, ας κρίνη αναμέσον ημών. Ο δε Ιακώβ ώμοσεν εις τον φόβον του πατρός αυτού Ισαάκ.
54 He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
Τότε έθυσεν ο Ιακώβ θυσίαν επί του όρους και προσεκάλεσε τους αδελφούς αυτού διά να φάγωσιν άρτον· και έφαγον άρτον και διενυκτέρευσαν επί του όρους.
55 The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
Και σηκωθείς ο Λάβαν ενωρίς το πρωΐ, εφίλησε τους υιούς αυτού και τας θυγατέρας αυτού, και ευλόγησεν αυτούς· και ανεχώρησεν ο Λάβαν και επέστρεψεν εις τον τόπον αυτού.
