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.”

Y vinieron a oídos de Jacob los hijos de Labán, diciendo: Jacob se ha llevado todas las propiedades de nuestro padre, y de esta manera ha obtenido toda esta riqueza.

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

Y Jacob vio que la sensación de Labán por él ya no era lo que había sido antes.

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

Entonces Jehová dijo a Jacob: Vuelve a la tierra de tus padres, y á 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.

Y envió Jacob a buscar a Raquel y a Lea, para que viniesen a él en el campo entre 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 él les dijo: Está claro para mí que el sentimiento de tu padre ya no es lo que era para mí; pero el Dios de mi padre ha estado conmigo.

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

y has visto cómo hice todo lo que estaba en mi poder para tu padre,

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

Pero tu padre no me ha guardado fe, y diez veces ha hecho cambios en mi pago; pero Dios ha impedido que me haga 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.

Si él decía: Todos los del rebaño que tienen las manchas serán tuyos, entonces toda las hembras dieron a luz crías manchadas; y si él dijera: “Todos los que están rayados deben ser tuyos”, entonces todas las crías de las ovejas eran rayadas.

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

Así que Dios ha quitado el ganado de tu padre y me lo ha dado.

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.

Y en el tiempo en que el rebaño estaba con crías, vi en sueños que todos los macho cabríos que subían a las cabras estaban matizadas, rayadas y coloreadas.

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

Y en mi sueño el ángel del Señor me dijo: Jacob, y dije: Heme aquí.

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: Mira cómo todos los machos cabríos están rayados, y marcados y coloreados; porque yo he visto lo que Labán te ha hecho.

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 Bet-el, donde pusiste aceite sobre la columna y me hiciste un juramento: 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].

Entonces Raquel y Lea le respondieron: ¿Qué parte o herencia tenemos 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 como personas de un país extraño para él? porque él tomó un precio por nosotras y ahora todo está agotado.

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 la riqueza que Dios le ha quitado es nuestra y la de nuestros hijos; así que ahora, lo que sea que Dios te haya dicho, hazlo.

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

Entonces Jacob puso sus mujeres y sus hijos en 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 enviando delante de sí todo su ganado y sus bienes que había juntado en Padan-aram, se preparó para ir con su padre Isaac 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].

Y Labán había ido a ver cortar la lana de sus ovejas; entonces Raquel secretamente tomó las imágenes de los dioses de la casa 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.

Y Jacob se fue en secreto, sin dar noticias de su vuelo a Labán arameo.

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.

Entonces él se fue con todo lo que tenía, y cruzó el río en dirección a la región montañosa de Galaad.

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

Y al tercer día Labán tuvo noticias de la huida de Jacob.

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

Y llevándose consigo a los hombres de su familia, lo siguió durante siete días, y lo alcanzó en la región montañosa 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!”

Entonces Dios vino a Labán en un sueño de noche, y le dijo: Mira que no digas nada bueno o malo a Jacob.

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.

Y cuando Labán lo alcanzó, Jacob había levantado su tienda en la región montañosa; y Labán y sus hermanos levantaron sus tiendas en la región montañosa 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 respondió a Jacob: ¿Por qué te fuiste en secreto, y quitaste mis hijas como prisioneros 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 has ocultado tu huida, sin decirme nada sobre él, para haberte despedido con alegría y canciones, 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 permitiste dar un beso a mis hijos y mis hijas. Esto fue 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 mi poder dañarte; pero el Dios de tu padre vino a mí esta noche, diciendo: Cuídate de no decir nada bueno o malo 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, parece, vas porque el deseo de tu corazón es para la casa de tu padre; pero ¿por qué has tomado 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.

Y Jacob, respondiendo, dijo a Labán: Mi temor era que me quitaras 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.

En cuanto a tus dioses, si alguno de nosotros los tiene, déjalo morir: haz que todos escudriñen lo que es tuyo, y tómalo. Porque Jacob no sabía que Raquel los había tomado.

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 entró en la tienda de Jacob, en la tienda de Lea, y en las tiendas de las dos siervas, pero no estaban allí; y él salió de la tienda de Lea y fue a la casa 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.

Entonces Raquel tomó las imágenes, y las puso en el cesto de los camellos, y se sentó sobre ellas. Y Labán, buscando en toda la tienda, no se encontró con ellos.

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.

Y ella dijo a su padre: No se enoje mi señor, porque no me levanto delante de ti, porque estoy en la condición común de las mujeres. Y con toda su búsqueda, no encontró las imágenes.

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 enojó con Labán, y dijo: ¿Qué crimen o pecado he cometido, que hayas venido detrás de mí con tanta pasión?

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 buscado entre todos mis bienes, ¿qué has visto que es tuyo? Deje en claro ahora ante mi gente y tu gente, para que puedan ser jueces entre nosotros.

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 contigo; tus ovejas y tus cabras han tenido crías sin pérdida, ni uno de tus cabras he tomado por comida.

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.

No te lleve nada que fuera herido por bestias, pero yo lo compensé; me hiciste responsable de todo lo que robaban los ladrones, 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 condición, desperdiciada por el calor en el día y por el frío amargo de la noche; y el sueño desapareció 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; Fui tu sirviente durante catorce años por tus hijas, y durante seis años mantuve tu rebaño, y diez veces se modificó mi pago.

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 hubiera estado conmigo, me hubieras enviado sin nada en mis manos. Pero Dios ha visto mis problemas y el trabajo de mis manos, y esta noche te ha impedido regresar.

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, respondiendo, dijo: Estas mujeres son mis hijas, y estos hijos son mis hijos, las ovejas y todo lo que ves son míos. ¿Qué puedo hacer ahora por mis hijas y por 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.”

Ven, hagamos un acuerdo, tú y yo; y que sea un testigo entre nosotros.

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

Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra y la levantó como una columna.

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 su pueblo: Toma piedras juntas; y lo hicieron así; y comieron allí junto a las piedras.

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].

Y el nombre que Labán le dio fue Jegar-sahaduta; pero Jacob le dio el nombre de 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.

Y Labán dijo: Estas piedras son testimonio entre nosotros hoy. Por esta razón su nombre era 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: Que el Señor cuide de nosotros cuando no podemos ver los actos de los demás.

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 eres cruel con mis hijas, o si tomas otras esposas además de mis hijas, entonces aunque ningún hombre esté allí para ver, Dios será el testigo entre 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: Mira estas piedras, y esta columna que puse 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.

Serán testigos de que no pasaré sobre estas piedras a ti, y no pasarás estas piedras ni esta columna por ningún mal propósito.

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 Nahor, el Dios de su padre, sean nuestros jueces. 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.

Y Jacob hizo una ofrenda en el monte, y mandó a su pueblo que bebiesen; y comieron y descansaron aquella 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.

Y temprano en la mañana Labán, después de besar y bendecir a sus hijas, regresó a su país.