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 escuchó las palabras de los hijos de Labán, que decían: “Jacob se ha llevado todo lo que era de nuestro padre. Ha obtenido toda esta riqueza de lo que era de nuestro padre”.

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

Jacob vio la expresión del rostro de Labán, y he aquí que no era hacia él como antes.

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

Yahvé dijo a Jacob: “Vuelve a la tierra de tus padres y a tus parientes, 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 envió a llamar a Raquel y a Lea al campo, a su rebaño,

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.

y les dijo: “Veo la expresión del rostro de vuestro padre, que no es hacia mí como antes; pero el Dios de mi padre ha estado conmigo.

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

Sabéis que he servido a vuestro padre con todas mis fuerzas.

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

Tu padre me ha engañado y ha cambiado mi salario diez veces, pero Dios no le ha permitido hacerme daño.

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.

Sí dijo: 'El moteado será tu salario', entonces todo el rebaño parían moteado. Sí dijo: “Tu salario será él rayado”, entonces todo el rebaño paría rayado.

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

Así, Dios se llevó el ganado de vuestro padre y me lo dio a mí.

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.

Durante la época de apareamiento, levanté los ojos y vi en sueños que los machos cabríos que saltaban en el rebaño estaban rayados, moteados y canosos.

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

El ángel de Dios me dijo en el sueño: “Jacob”, y yo dije: “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.

Me dijo: ‘Ahora levanta tus ojos y mira que todos los machos cabríos que saltan en el rebaño están rayados, moteados y canosos, porque he visto todo lo que Labán te hace.

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 ungiste una columna, donde me hiciste un voto. Ahora levántate, sal de esta tierra y vuelve a la tierra donde naciste’”.

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

Raquel y Lea le respondieron: “¿Hay todavía alguna porción o herencia para nosotras en la casa de nuestro padre?

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!

¿No somos consideradas por él como extranjeras? Porque nos ha vendido, y también ha agotado nuestro 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!”

Pues todas las riquezas que Dios ha quitado a nuestro padre son nuestras y de nuestros hijos. Ahora bien, todo lo que Dios te ha dicho, hazlo”.

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

Entonces Jacob se levantó y puso a sus hijos y a sus mujeres sobre 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 se llevó todo su ganado y todas sus posesiones que había reunido, incluyendo el ganado que había ganado en Padán Aram, para ir a Isaac, su padre, a la tierra de Canaán.

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

Labán había ido a esquilar sus ovejas, y Raquel robó los terafines que eran de 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 engañó a Labán el sirio, pues no le dijo que estaba huyendo.

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 huyó con todo lo que tenía. Se levantó, pasó el río y puso su rostro en dirección al monte de Galaad.

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

Al tercer día le avisaron a Labán 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.

Tomó consigo a sus parientes y lo persiguió durante siete días de viaje. Lo alcanzó en la montaña 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!”

Dios vino a Labán el sirio en un sueño nocturno y le dijo: “Ten cuidado de no hablarle a Jacob ni bien ni mal”.

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.

Labán alcanzó a Jacob. Jacob había acampado en la montaña, y Labán con sus parientes acampó en la montaña de Galaad.

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]!

Labán dijo a Jacob: “¿Qué has hecho, que me has engañado y te has llevado a mis hijas como cautivas de la espada?

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 huiste en secreto y me engañaste, y no me lo dijiste, para que te despidiera con alegría y con cantos, con pandereta y con arpa;

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!

y no me dejaste besar a mis hijos y a mis hijas? Ahora has hecho una tontería.

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.’

Está en poder de mi mano hacerte daño, pero el Dios de tu padre me habló anoche, diciendo: ‘Ten cuidado de no hablarle a Jacob ni bien ni mal’.

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

Ahora bien, tú quieres irte, porque anhelabas mucho la casa de tu padre, pero ¿por qué has robado mis dioses?”

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.

Jacob respondió a Labán: “Porque tuve miedo, pues dije: ‘No sea que me quites a tus hijas por 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.

Cualquiera con quien encuentres a tus dioses no vivirá. Ante nuestros parientes, discierne lo que es tuyo conmigo, y tómalo”. Pues Jacob no sabía que Raquel las había robado.

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.

Labán entró en la tienda de Jacob, en la tienda de Lea y en la tienda de las dos siervas, pero no las encontró. Salió de la tienda de Lea y entró en 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 tomado los terafines, los había puesto en la silla del camello y se había sentado sobre ellos. Labán tanteó 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.

Ella le dijo a su padre: “Que mi señor no se enoje porque no puedo levantarme delante de ti, porque tengo la regla”. Buscó, pero no encontró los terafines.

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 y discutió con Labán. Jacob respondió a Labán: “¿Cuál es mi infracción? ¿Cuál es mi pecado, para que me hayas perseguido acaloradamente?

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!

Ahora que has hurgado en todas mis cosas, ¿qué has encontrado de todas las cosas de tu casa? Ponlo aquí delante de mis parientes y de los tuyos, para que juzguen entre nosotros dos.

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.

“Estos veinte años he estado con ustedes. Tus ovejas y tus cabras no han abortado sus crías, y no me he comido los carneros de tus rebaños.

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.

Lo que fue desgarrado de los animales, no te lo traje. Yo cargaba su pérdida. De mi mano lo exigiste, ya fuera robado de día o de noche.

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

Esta era mi situación: de día me consumía la sequía, y de noche la helada; y mi sueño huía de mis ojos.

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].

Estos veinte años he estado en tu casa. Te he servido catorce años por tus dos hijas, y seis años por tu rebaño, y has cambiado mi salario 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 el Dios de mi padre, el Dios de Abraham, y el temor de Isaac, no hubieran estado conmigo, seguramente ahora me habrías despedido con las manos vacías. Dios ha visto mi aflicción y el trabajo de mis manos, y te reprendió 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 a Jacob: “¡Las hijas son mis hijas, los hijos son mis hijos, los rebaños son mis rebaños, y todo lo que ves es mío! ¿Qué puedo hacer hoy a estas mis hijas, o a sus hijos que han dado a luz?

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.”

Ahora ven, hagamos un pacto, tú y yo. Que sea para que haya un testimonio entre tú y yo”.

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

Jacob tomó una piedra y la puso como 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.

Jacob dijo a sus parientes: “Recojan piedras”. Tomaron piedras e hicieron un montón. Comieron allí junto al montón.

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 Jegar Sahadutha, pero Jacob lo llamó Galeed.

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.

Labán dijo: “Este montón es testigo entre tú y yo hoy”. Por eso se 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].

y Mizpa, porque dijo: “Yahvé vela entre mí y tú, cuando estamos ausentes el uno del otro.

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 afliges a mis hijas, o si tomas esposas además de mis hijas, ningún hombre está con nosotros; he aquí que Dios es testigo entre mí y tú.”

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.

Labán dijo a Jacob: “Mira este montón y mira la columna que he puesto entre mí y tú.

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.

Que este montón sea testigo, y la columna sea testigo, de que yo no pasaré por encima de este montón para ti, y de que tú no pasarás por encima de este montón y de esta columna para mí, para hacer daño.

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.

El Dios de Abraham y el Dios de Nacor, el Dios de su padre, juzguen entre nosotros”. Entonces Jacob juró por el temor 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.

Jacob ofreció un sacrificio en el monte, y llamó a sus parientes para que comieran pan. Comieron pan y se quedaron toda la noche en el monte.

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.

Al amanecer, Labán se levantó, besó a sus hijos y a sus hijas y los bendijo. Labán partió y regresó a su lugar.