Genesis 35
1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
Şi Dumnezeu i-a spus lui Iacob: Ridică-te, urcă la Betel şi locuieşte acolo şi fă acolo un altar lui Dumnezeu, care ţi s-a arătat când fugeai din faţa lui Esau, fratele tău.
2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Atunci Iacob a spus casei lui şi tuturor celor care erau cu el: Puneţi deoparte dumnezeii străini care sunt printre voi şi curăţiţi-vă şi schimbaţi-vă hainele;
3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Şi să ne ridicăm şi să urcăm la Betel; şi voi face acolo un altar lui Dumnezeu, care mi-a răspuns în ziua strâmtorării mele şi a fost cu mine în calea pe care am mers.
4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
Şi i-au dat lui Iacob toţi dumnezeii străini care erau în mâna lor şi toţi cerceii care erau în urechile lor; şi Iacob le-a ascuns sub stejarul care era lângă Sihem.
5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
Şi au călătorit şi teroarea lui Dumnezeu era asupra cetăţilor care erau împrejurul lor şi nu i-au urmărit pe fiii lui Iacob.
6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
Astfel Iacob a venit la Luz, adică Betel, care este în ţara lui Canaan, el şi toţi oamenii care erau cu el.
7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
Şi a zidit acolo un altar şi a pus numele acelui loc El-betel, deoarece acolo Dumnezeu i s-a arătat când fugea din faţa fratelui său.
8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
Dar Debora, dădaca Rebecăi, a murit şi a fost îngropată la poalele Betelului, sub un stejar; şi acestuia i s-a pus numele Alon-Bacut.
9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
Şi Dumnezeu i s-a arătat lui Iacob din nou, când a ieşit din Padanaram, şi l-a binecuvântat.
10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
Şi Dumnezeu i-a spus: Numele tău este Iacob, numele tău nu va mai fi chemat Iacob, ci Israel va fi numele tău; şi i-a pus numele Israel.
11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
Şi Dumnezeu i-a spus: Eu sunt Dumnezeul cel Atotputernic, fii roditor şi înmulţeşte-te; o naţiune şi o mulţime de naţiuni vor fi din tine şi împăraţi vor ieşi din coapsele tale;
12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
Şi pământul pe care l-am dat lui Avraam şi Isaac, ţie ţi-l voi da şi seminţei tale după tine îi voi da pământul.
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Şi Dumnezeu s-a înălţat de la el în locul în care a vorbit cu el.
14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
Şi Iacob a pus un stâlp în locul în care a vorbit cu el, un stâlp de piatră, şi a turnat un dar de băutură pe acesta şi a turnat untdelemn pe acesta.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Şi Iacob a pus numele locului unde Dumnezeu a vorbit cu el, Betel.
16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
Şi au plecat de la Betel; şi mai era doar puţin drum până să ajungă la Efrata; şi Rahela a intrat în durerile naşterii şi avea travaliu greu.
17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
Şi s-a întâmplat, când era în travaliu greu, că moaşa i-a spus: Nu te teme; vei avea şi acest fiu.
18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
Şi s-a întâmplat, pe când sufletul ei se îndepărta, (pentru că a murit) că i-a pus numele Benoni; dar tatăl lui i-a pus numele, Beniamin.
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Şi Rahela a murit şi a fost îngropată pe calea spre Efrata, adică Betleem.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Şi Iacob a aşezat un stâlp peste mormântul ei, care este stâlpul mormântului Rahelei până în această zi.
21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
Şi Israel a plecat şi şi-a întins cortul dincolo de turnul din Edar.
22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
Şi s-a întâmplat, pe când Israel locuia în acea ţară, că Ruben a mers şi s-a culcat cu Bilha, concubina tatălui său; şi Israel a auzit aceasta. Acum fiii lui Iacob erau doisprezece;
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Fiii Leei: Ruben, întâiul născut al lui Iacob şi Simeon şi Levi şi Iuda şi Isahar şi Zabulon;
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Fiii Rahelei: Iosif şi Beniamin;
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Şi fiii Bilhei, roaba Rahelei: Dan şi Neftali;
26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
Şi fiii Zilpei, roaba Leei: Gad şi Aşer; aceştia sunt fiii lui Iacob, care i s-au născut în Padanaram.
27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
Şi Iacob a venit la Isaac, tatăl său, la Mamre, în cetatea Arba, adică Hebron, unde Avraam şi Isaac au locuit temporar.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Şi zilele lui Isaac erau o sută optzeci de ani.
29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
Şi Isaac şi-a dat duhul şi a murit şi a fost adunat la poporul său, fiind bătrân şi plin de zile; şi fiii săi, Esau şi Iacob, l-au îngropat.
