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.”

Jacob descubrió que los hijos Labán decían: “Jacob se ha quedado con todo lo que le pertenecía a nuestro padre. Toda su riqueza la obtuvo de nuestro padre”.

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

Jacob también se dio cuenta de que Labán lo había comenzado a tratar de manera diferente.

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

Entonces el Señor le dijo a Jacob: “Regresa al país de tus antepasados, al hogar de tus padres. Y yo estaré contigo”.

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.

Jacob mandó a buscar a Raquel y a Lea, pidiéndoles que vinieran a su encuentroen los campos donde estaba apacentando los rebaños.

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.

“He notado que su padre me está tratando diferente a la manera como me trataba antes”, les dijo. “Pero el Dios de mi padre estará conmigo.

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

Ustedes saben cuán duro he trabajado para su padre.

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

¡Pero me ha estado engañando, y ha reducido mi salario diez veces! Sin embargo, Dios no ha dejado que me haga mal.

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.

Cuando dijo: ‘Te pagaré con cabras pintadas,’ entonces en todo el rebaño solo había cabritas jóvenes pintadas. Cuando dijo: ‘Te pagaré con cabras con rayas,’ entonces en todo el rebaño solo había cabras jóvenes con rayas.

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

Por eso Dios tomó todo el rebaño de su padre y me lo dio a mi.

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.

Cuando el rebaño se estaba apareando, tuve un sueño en el que vi a las cabras macho apareándose con el rebaño donde todas las cabras eran de rayas, con pintas o manchas.

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

Entonces en el sueño, el ángel del Señor me habló y me dijo: ‘Jacob!’ y yo respondí: ‘Aquí estoy’.

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.

“Y me dijo: ‘Mira y te darás cuenta de que las cabras macho que se aparean con el resto del rebaño, tienen rayas, o tienen pintas o manchas, porque he visto lo que Labán te hizo.

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.’”

Yo soy el Dios de Betel, donde echaste el aceite de oliva sobre el pilar de piedra y me hiciste una promesa solemne. Ahora prepárate para salir de esta tierra, y devuélvete a la tierra de tus padres’”.

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

“No tenemos heredad de nuestro padre de todas formas”, respondieron Raquel y Lea.

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!

“Él nos trata como extranjeras porque nos vendió a ti, y ahora ha gastado todo ese dinero.

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!”

Toda la riqueza que Dios le ha arrebatado ahora nos pertenece a nosotras y a nuestros hijos, ¡así que haz lo que Dios te ha dicho!”

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

Así que Jacob se alistó. Ayudó a sus hijos ya sus esposas a subir a los camellos,

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.

y condujo a su rebaño frente a él. Llevó consigo todas las posesiones que había ganado mientras vivió en Padan-Harán, y partió de allí para volver a la tierra de su padre en Canaán.

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

Mientras Labán estaba lejos de casa esquilando sus ovejas, Raquel robó los ídolos de la casa que le pertenecían a su padre.

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

Jacob también engañó a Labán el arameo al no decirle que se escaparía.

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.

Así que Jacob se apresuró para irse con todo lo que tenía, cruzó el río Éufrates, y se encaminó hacia la región montañosa de Galaad.

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

Tres días después, Labán descubrió que Jacob había huido.

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

Tomando consigo a algunos de sus familiares, salió a perseguir a Jacob y se encontró con él siete días más tarde en el país montañoso de Galaad.

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!”

Pero por la noche Dios visitó a Labán en un sueño y le dijo: “Ten cuidado con lo que le dices a Jacob. No trates de persuadirlo para que regrese, ni lo amenaces”.

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.

Jacob había establecido su campamento con tiendas en Galaad cuando Labán se encontró con él. Así que Labán y sus familiares hicieron lo mismo.

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]!

“¿Por qué me engañaste de esta manera?” le preguntó Labán a Jacob. “¡Tomaste a mis hijas como si fueran prisioneras llevadas al cautiverio con espadas!

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?

¿Por qué te fuiste huyendo en secreto, tratando de ponerme una trampa? ¿Por qué no viniste a decírmelo? Si lo hubieras hecho, te habría preparado una Buena despedida, con música con panderetas y liras.

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!

¡Ni siquiera me dejaste despedirme de mis nietos y nietas! ¡Has actuado de forma muy insensata!

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.’

Podría castigarte, pero el Dios de tu padre me habló anoche y me dijo: ‘Cuidado con lo que le dices a Jacob. No intentes persuadirlo para que vuelva, ni tampoco lo amenaces’.

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

Es evidente que querías irte y volver a la casa de tu familia, pero ¿por qué tenías que robar mis ídolos?”

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.

“Huí porque tenía miedo”, le explicó Jacob a Labán. “Tenía miedo de que me quitaras a tus hijas a la fuerza.

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.

En cuanto a tus ídolos, cualquiera que los tenga morirá. Puedes buscar delante de nuestra familia, y si encuentras cualquier cosa que te pertenezca, puedes tomarla”. (Jacob no sabía que Raquel había robado los ídolos de la casa).

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.

Entonces Labán comenzó a buscar en las tiendas de Jacob, Lea y las dos criadas personales, pero no encontró nada, y entonces entró a la tienda de Raquel.

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.

Raquel había puesto los ídolos de la casa en una alforja de camello y estaba sentada en ella. Labán buscó cuidadosamente en toda la tienda pero no los encontró.

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.

Entonces le dijo a su padre: “Señor, por favor, no se enfade conmigo por no estar en pie en su presencia, pero tengo mi período menstrual”. Labán buscó en todas partes, pero no encontró los ídolos.

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

Jacob se enojó con Labán y lo confrontó, diciendo: “¿De qué crimen soy culpable? ¿Qué mal te he hecho para que vengas a buscarme?

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!

Has buscado entre todas mis posesiones. ¿Has encontrado algo que te pertenezca? ¡Si es así, tráelo aquí delante de nuestras familias y que sean ellos los que decidan quién tiene razón!

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.

“He trabajado para ti durante estos últimos veinte años, y durante ese tiempo ninguna de tus ovejas y cabras ha abortado, ni yo he comido ni un solo carnero de tu rebaño.

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.

Si alguno de ellos fue asesinado por los animales salvajes, ni siquiera te traje el cadáver para demostrarte la pérdida, sino que yo mismo la soporté. Pero tú, por el contrario, siempre me has hecho compensar por los animales robados, ya fuera de noche o a plena luz del día.

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

“Ya fuera sudando en el calor del día o congelándome en el frío de la noche cuando no podía dormir, seguí trabajando para tu casa durante veinte años.

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].

Trabajé catorce años por tus dos hijas, y seis años más con tus rebaños. ¡Y me redujiste el sueldo diez veces!

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.”

Si no fuera por el Dios de mi padre, el Dios de Abraham, el increíble Dios de Isaac, quien me cuidó, me habrías despedido sin nada. Pero Dios vio mi sufrimiento, lo duro que trabajé y te condenó anoche”.

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]?

Labán respondió: “¡Estas son mis hijas, estos son mis hijos, y estos son mis rebaños! De hecho, ¡Todo lo que ven aquí es mío! Sin embargo, ¿qué puedo hacer ahora con mis hijas y sus hijos?

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.”

Así que hagamos un acuerdo solemne entre tu y yo, y será testimonio de nuestro compromiso mutuo”.

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

Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra y la puso en pie como un pilar.

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.

Luego le dijo a sus parientes: “Vayan y recojan algunas piedras”. Y todos construyeron un pilar de piedras y se sentaron junto a él para comer.

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].

Labán lo llamó Yegar-Saduta, pero Jacob lo llamó Galaad.

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.

Entonces Labán anunció: “Este montón de piedras sirve de testigo entre nosotros dos”. Por eso se le llamó 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].

También se le llamó Mizpa, porque como dijo Labán: “Que el Señor nos vigile de cerca a los dos cuando no estemos juntos.

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!”

Si tratas mal a mis hijas, o te casas con otras esposas además de ellas, ¡Dios verá lo que haces aunque nadie más se entere!”

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.

Entonces Labán le dijo a Jacob: “Mira este altar de piedras que he construido en memoria del acuerdo entre los dos.

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.

También son testimonio de nuestras solemnes promesas mutuas: No las pasaré por alto para atacarte, nitú las pasarás por alto para atacarme.

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.

Que el Dios de Abraham y el Dios de Nacor, el Dios de nuestros antepasados, sea el que juzgue entre nosotros cualquier disputa”. Jacob, a su vez, hizo la solemne promesa en nombre de maravilloso Dios de su padre Isaac.

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.

Luego ofreció un sacrificio en la montaña e invitó a todos sus parientes a comer allí. Pasaron la noche en la montaña.

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.

Labán se levantó temprano por la mañana y dio un beso de despedida a sus nietos e hijas. Los bendijo y luego se fue para volver a casa.