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.”

روزی یعقوب شنید که پسران لابان می‌گفتند: «یعقوب همهٔ دارایی پدر ما را گرفته و از اموال پدر ماست که اینچنین ثروتمند شده است.»

2 And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.

یعقوب به‌زودی دریافت که رفتار لابان با وی مثل سابق دوستانه نیست.

3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”

در این موقع خداوند به یعقوب فرمود: «به سرزمین پدرانت و نزد خویشاوندانت بازگرد و من با تو خواهم بود.»

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.

پس یعقوب، برای راحیل و لیه پیغام فرستاد که به صحرا، جایی که گله او هست، بیایند تا با آنها صحبت کند.

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.

وقتی آمدند یعقوب به آنها گفت: «من متوجه شده‌ام که رفتار پدر شما با من مثل سابق دوستانه نیست، ولی خدای پدرم مرا ترک نکرده است.

6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,

شما می‌دانید که با چه کوشش طاقت فرسایی به پدرتان خدمت کرده‌ام،

7 but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.

اما او بارها حق مرا پایمال کرده و مرا فریب داده است. ولی خدا نگذاشت او به من ضرری برساند؛

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.

زیرا هر وقت پدرتان می‌گفت:”حیواناتِ خالدار از آن تو باشند،“تمامی گله بره‌های خالدار می‌آوردند و موقعی که از این فکر منصرف می‌شد و می‌گفت:”تمام خط‌دارها مال تو باشند،“آنگاه تمام گله بره‌های خط‌دار می‌زاییدند!

9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.

بدین طریق خدا اموال پدر شما را گرفته و به من داده است.

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.

«هنگامی که فصل جفتگیری گله فرا رسید، در خواب دیدم قوچهایی که با میشها جفتگیری می‌کردند خط‌دار، خالدار و ابلق بودند.

11 An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’

آنگاه فرشتۀ خدا در خواب به من گفت:”یعقوب!“و من گفتم:”بله، امر بفرما!“

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.

گفت:”ببین، تمام قوچهایی که با میشها جفتگیری می‌کنند خط‌دار، خالدار و ابلق هستند، زیرا از آنچه که لابان به تو کرده است آگاه هستم.

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.’”

من همان خدایی هستم که در بیت‌ئیل به تو ظاهر شدم، جایی که ستونی از سنگ بر پا نموده بر آن روغن ریختی و نذر کردی که مرا پیروی کنی. اکنون این دیار را ترک کن و به وطن خود بازگرد.“»

14 Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].

راحیل و لیه در جواب یعقوب گفتند: «در هر حال چیزی از ثروت پدرمان به ما نخواهد رسید،

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!

زیرا او با ما مثل بیگانه رفتار کرده است. او ما را فروخته و پولی را که از این بابت دریافت داشته، تماماً تصاحب کرده است.

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!”

ثروتی که خدا از اموال پدرمان به تو داده است، به ما و فرزندانمان تعلق دارد. پس آنچه خدا به تو فرموده است انجام بده.»

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.

روزی هنگامی که لابان برای چیدن پشم گلهٔ خود بیرون رفته بود، یعقوب بدون اینکه او را از قصد خود آگاه سازد، زنان و فرزندان خود را بر شترها سوار کرده، تمام گله‌ها و اموال خود را که در فَدّان‌اَرام فراهم آورده بود برداشت تا نزد پدرش اسحاق به زمین کنعان برود. پس با آنچه که داشت گریخت. او با خانواده از رود فرات عبور کرد و به سوی کوهستان جلعاد پیش رفت. (در ضمن راحیل بُتهای خاندان پدرش را دزدید و با خود برد.)

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.

19 Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].

20 Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.

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.

22 On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.

سه روز بعد، به لابان خبر دادند که یعقوب فرار کرده است.

23 So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.

پس او چند نفر را با خود برداشت و با شتاب به تعقیب یعقوب پرداخت و پس از هفت روز در کوهستان جلعاد به او رسید.

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!”

همان شب، خدا در خواب بر لابان ظاهر شد و فرمود: «مراقب باش حرفی به یعقوب نزنی.»

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.

یعقوب در کوهستانِ جلعاد خیمه زده بود که لابان با افرادش به او رسید. او نیز در آنجا خیمۀ خود را بر پا کرد.

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]!

لابان از یعقوب پرسید: «چرا مرا فریب دادی و دختران مرا مانند اسیران جنگی برداشتی و رفتی؟

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?

چرا به من خبر ندادی تا جشنی برایتان بر پا کنم و با ساز و آواز شما را روانه سازم؟

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!

لااقل می‌گذاشتی نوه‌ها و دخترانم را ببوسم و با آنها خداحافظی کنم! کار احمقانه‌ای کردی!

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.’

قدرت آن را دارم که به تو صدمه برسانم، ولی شبِ گذشته خدای پدرت بر من ظاهر شده، گفت:”مراقب باش حرفی به یعقوب نزنی.“

30 Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”

از همهٔ اینها گذشته، تو که می‌خواستی بروی و اینقدر آرزو داشتی که به زادگاه خویش بازگردی، دیگر چرا بُتهای مرا دزدیدی؟»

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.

یعقوب در جواب وی گفت: «علّت فرار پنهانی من این بود که می‌ترسیدم به زور دخترهایت را از من پس بگیری.

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.

اما در مورد بُتهایت، هر که از ما آنها را دزدیده باشد، کُشته شود. اگر از مال خودت چیزی در اینجا پیدا کردی، در حضور این مردان قسم می‌خورم آن را بدون چون و چرا به تو پس بدهم.» (یعقوب نمی‌دانست که راحیل بُتها را با خود آورده است.)

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.

لابان به جستجو پرداخت. اول خیمهٔ یعقوب، بعد خیمهٔ لیه و سپس خیمهٔ کنیزان یعقوب را جستجو کرد، ولی بُتها را نیافت. سرانجام به خیمهٔ راحیل رفت.

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.

راحیل که بُتها را دزدیده بود، آنها را زیر جهاز شتر پنهان نموده، روی آن نشسته بود! پس با این که لابان با دقت داخل خیمه را جستجو کرد چیزی پیدا نکرد.

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.

راحیل به پدرش گفت: «پدر، از این که نمی‌توانم در حضور تو بایستم مرا ببخش، چون عادت زنان بر من است.»

36 Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?

یعقوب دیگر طاقت نیاورد و با عصبانیت به لابان گفت: «چه جرمی مرتکب شده‌ام که مرا اینچنین تعقیب کردی؟

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!

حال که تمام اموالم را تفتیش کردی، چه چیزی یافتی؟ اگر از مال خود چیزی یافته‌ای آن را پیش همهٔ مردان خودت و مردان من بیاور تا آنها ببینند و قضاوت کنند که از آن کیست!

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.

در این بیست سال که نزد تو بوده‌ام و از گلهٔ تو مراقبت نموده‌ام، حتی یکی از بچه‌های حیواناتت تلف نشد و هرگز یکی از آنها را نخوردم.

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.

اگر حیوان درنده‌ای به یکی از آنها حمله می‌کرد و آن را می‌کشت، حتی بدون این که به تو بگویم، تاوانش را می‌دادم. اگر گوسفندی از گله در روز یا در شب دزدیده می‌شد، مرا مجبور می‌کردی پولش را بدهم.

40 I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!

در گرمای سوزان روز و سرمای شدید شب، بدون این که خواب به چشمانم راه دهم، برای تو کار کردم.

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].

آری، بیست سال تمام برای تو زحمت کشیدم، چهارده سال به خاطر دو دخترت و شش سال برای به دست آوردن این گله‌ای که دارم! تو بارها حق مرا پایمال کردی.

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.”

اگر رحمت خدای جدم ابراهیم و هیبت خدای پدرم اسحاق با من نمی‌بود، اکنون مرا تهیدست روانه می‌کردی. ولی خدا مصیبت و زحمات مرا دیده و به همین سبب دیشب بر تو ظاهر شده است.»

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]?

لابان گفت: «زنان تو، دختران من و فرزندانت، فرزندان من و گله‌ها و هر آنچه که داری از آن من است. پس امروز چگونه می‌توانم به دختران و نوه‌هایم ضرر برسانم؟

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.”

حال بیا با هم عهد ببندیم و از این پس طبق آن عمل کنیم.»

45 So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.

پس یعقوب سنگی برداشت و آن را به عنوان نشانهٔ عهد، به صورت ستونی بر پا کرد

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.

و به همراهان خود گفت که سنگها گرد آورند و آنها را به صورت توده‌ای بر پا کنند. آنگاه یعقوب و لابان با هم در پای تودهٔ سنگها غذا خوردند.

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].

آنها آن تودهٔ سنگها را «تودهٔ شهادت» نامیدند که به زبان لابان یجرسهدوتا و به زبان یعقوب جَلعید خوانده می‌شد. لابان گفت: «اگر یکی از ما شرایط این عهد را رعایت نکند، این سنگها علیه او شهادت خواهند داد.»

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.

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].

همچنین آن تودۀ سنگها را مِصفَه (یعنی «برج دیدبانی») نام نهادند، چون لابان گفت: «وقتی که ما از یکدیگر دور هستیم، خداوند بر ما دیدبانی کند.

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!”

اگر تو با دخترانم با خشونت رفتار کنی یا زنان دیگری بگیری، من نخواهم فهمید، ولی خدا آن را خواهد دید.»

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.

لابان افزود: «این توده و این ستون را ببین که آن را میان ما برپا داشته‌ام.

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.

اینها شاهد عهد ما خواهند بود. هیچ‌یک از ما نباید به قصد حمله به دیگری از این توده بگذرد.

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.

خدای جد ما ابراهیم و خدای جد ما ناحور میان ما داوری کند.» سپس یعقوب به هیبت خدای پدرش اسحاق قسم یاد نمود که این عهد را نگه دارد.

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.

آنگاه یعقوب در همان کوهستان برای خداوند قربانی کرد و همراهانش را به مهمانی دعوت نموده، با ایشان غذا خورد و همگی شب را در آنجا به سر بردند.

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.

لابان صبح زود برخاسته، دختران و نوه‌هایش را بوسید و آنها را برکت داد و به خانهٔ خویش مراجعت نمود.