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.”

Pero [Jacob] escuchaba las palabras de los hijos de Labán, que decían: Jacob tomó todo lo que era de nuestro padre. Toda esta riqueza la adquirió con lo que era de nuestro padre.

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

Jacob observaba el semblante de Labán, y miraba 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.”

Entonces Yavé dijo a Jacob: Regresa a la tierra de tus antepasados y a tu parentela, 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.

Luego Jacob mandó llamar a Raquel y a Lea al campo, donde tenía 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: Observo que el semblante del padre de ustedes hacia mí no es como antes, pero el ʼElohim de mi padre estuvo conmigo.

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

Ustedes saben también que con toda mi fuerza he servido a 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 su padre me engañó, y cambió mi salario diez veces. Sin embargo, ʼElohim no le permitió hacerme 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.

Si él decía así: Los moteados serán tu salario, entonces todas las ovejas parían moteados. Y si decía: Los listados serán tu salario, entonces todas las ovejas parían listados.

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

Así ʼElohim despojó del ganado a su 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.

Sucedió que en un sueño, en el tiempo cuando las ovejas se apareaban, levanté mis ojos y miré que los machos que montaban a las ovejas eran listados, moteados y manchados.

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

Y el Ángel de ʼElohim 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.

Y Él dijo: Levanta ahora tus ojos y verás que todos los machos que montan a las ovejas son listados, moteados y manchados, porque Yo veo 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 ʼEL de Bet-ʼEl, donde ungiste la estela y donde me hiciste un voto. Levántate ahora, sal de esta tierra y regresa a la tierra de tu nacimiento.

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

Al responder Raquel y Lea, le preguntaron: ¿Tenemos parte o herencia 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 nos consideraba ya como extrañas, pues nos vendió y consumió también 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!”

Porque toda la riqueza que ʼElohim despojó a nuestro padre es nuestra y de nuestros hijos. Ahora pues, haz todo lo que ʼElohim te dijo.

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

Entonces Jacob se levantó y montó a sus hijos y a sus esposas en 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 todo su ganado y toda su ganancia que acumuló, el ganado que le pertenecía que adquirió en Padan-aram, para ir a [la casa de] 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].

Mientras tanto, Labán fue a trasquilar sus ovejas. Raquel hurtó los ídolos domésticos 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 arameo al no avisarle que se iba.

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.

Él huyó con todo lo que tenía. Y al levantarse, vadeó el río y se dirigió hacia la montaña de Galaad.

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

Al tercer día le informaron a Labán que Jacob huyó.

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

Entonces tomó a sus parientes consigo, lo persiguió durante siete días y 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!”

Pero en el sueño de la noche, ʼElohim llegó a Labán el arameo y le dijo: ¡Ten cuidado de no hablar a Jacob 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, quien ya había plantado sus tiendas en la montaña. Labán acampó con sus parientes en la misma 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]!

Y Labán preguntó a Jacob: ¿Qué hiciste? ¡Me engañaste y te trajiste a mis hijas como prisioneras de guerra!

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 escondiste para huir? Me engañaste y no me avisaste para despedirte con festejos y cantares, con tamboril y 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!

Ni siquiera me dejaste besar a mis nietos ni a mis hijas. ¡Actuaste de manera 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.’

Hay poder en mi mano para hacerles mal, pero el ʼElohim de tu padre me habló anoche: Ten cuidado de no hablar bien ni mal a Jacob.

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

Y ahora, si decidiste irte por la nostalgia que tenías por la casa de tu padre, ¿por qué robaste mis ídolos caseros?

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 pensé que me quitarías por fuerza a tus hijas,

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.

pero aquél con quien halles tus ídolos caseros, ¡que no viva! Delante de nuestros hermanos examina qué tengo de lo tuyo y tómalo contigo, porque Jacob no sabía que Raquel los hurtó.

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.

Por tanto Labán entró en la tienda de Jacob, en la tienda de Lea, y en la tienda de las dos esclavas, pero no los halló. Al salir de la tienda de Lea 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.

Pero Raquel ya había tomado los ídolos y los metió debajo de la pieza principal del aparejo que sirve para montar sobre el camello, y se sentó encima de ellos. Labán rebuscó por toda la tienda, pero no los halló.

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 ella dijo a su padre: No se enciendan de enojo los ojos de mi ʼadón porque no me puedo levantar ante ti, pues estoy en el período de las mujeres. Y él buscó, pero no halló 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?

Entonces Jacob se encolerizó y recriminó a Labán. Jacob tomó la palabra y preguntó a Labán: ¿Cuál es mi transgresión o cuál mi pecado para que me persigas con tal ardor?

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!

¿Qué hallaste de todos los objetos de tu casa? Porque rebuscaste todos mis enseres. Ponlo aquí delante de mis parientes y tus parientes, y 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.

En estos 20 años que estuve contigo, tus ovejas y tus cabras nunca abortaron, ni yo comí carneros 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.

Lo desgarrado por fieras no te lo traía; yo pagaba el daño. Lo hurtado, tanto de día como de noche, me lo cobrabas.

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

De día me consumía el calor y de noche la helada, y el 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].

Así estuve 20 años en tu casa: 14 años te serví por tus dos hijas, y seis años por tu ganado, 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 ʼElohim de mi padre, el ʼElohim de Abraham y el Temor de Isaac no hubiera estado conmigo, de cierto me despedirías ahora vacío. ʼElohim vio mi aflicción y la fatiga 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]?

Entonces Labán respondió a Jacob: Las hijas son mías, los hijos son míos, las ovejas son mías, y todo lo que tú ves es mío. Así pues, ¿qué puedo hacer hoy a estas hijas mías, o a los hijos que ellas dieron 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.”

Ven pues, concertemos ahora un pacto tú y yo, y sea testigo entre tú y yo.

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

Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra y la erigió como estela.

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.

Y Jacob dijo a sus parientes: Recojan piedras. Tomaron piedras e hicieron un montón, y comieron allí sobre aquel 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 Yegar-sajadutah, y 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 dijo: Este montón es testigo hoy entre tú y yo. Por tanto fue llamado su nombre Galaad

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, por cuanto dijo: Vigile Yavé entre tú y yo cuando nos apartemos 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 maltratas a mis hijas, o si tomas otras mujeres además de mis hijas, mira, ʼElohim es testigo entre tú y yo. Nadie [más] está con nosotros.

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.

Y Labán dijo a Jacob: Aquí está este montón, y fíjate, la estela que erigí entre tú y yo.

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.

Sea testigo este montón y sea testigo la estela de que no pasaré de este montón hacia ti, ni tú pasarás de este montón, ni de esta estela hacia mí para mal.

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 ʼElohim de Abraham, de Nacor y de sus antepasados, juzgue entre nosotros! Pero 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 la montaña y llamó a sus parientes a comer pan. Ellos comieron pan y pernoctaron 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.

Temprano por la mañana Labán se levantó, besó a sus hijos y a sus hijas y los bendijo. Luego salió y regresó a su lugar.