Genesis 31
1 And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, 'Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'
雅各聽見拉班的兒子們有話說：「雅各把我們父親所有的都奪了去，並藉着我們父親的，得了這一切的榮耀。」
2 and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.
雅各見拉班的氣色向他不如從前了。
3 And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, 'Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
耶和華對雅各說：「你要回你祖、你父之地，到你親族那裏去，我必與你同在。」
4 And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;
雅各就打發人，叫拉結和利亞到田野羊群那裏來，
5 and saith to them, 'I am beholding your father's face — that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,
對她們說：「我看你們父親的氣色向我不如從前了；但我父親的上帝向來與我同在。
6 and ye — ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,
你們也知道，我盡了我的力量服事你們的父親。
7 and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
你們的父親欺哄我，十次改了我的工價；然而上帝不容他害我。
8 'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked;
他若說：『有點的歸你作工價』，羊群所生的都有點；他若說：『有紋的歸你作工價』，羊群所生的都有紋。
9 and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.
這樣，上帝把你們父親的牲畜奪來賜給我了。
10 'And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled;
羊配合的時候，我夢中舉目一看，見跳母羊的公羊都是有紋的、有點的、有花斑的。
11 and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I.
上帝的使者在那夢中呼叫我說：『雅各。』我說：『我在這裏。』
12 'And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see — all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee;
他說：『你舉目觀看，跳母羊的公羊都是有紋的、有點的、有花斑的；凡拉班向你所做的，我都看見了。
13 I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'
我是伯特利的上帝；你在那裏用油澆過柱子，向我許過願。現今你起來，離開這地，回你本地去吧！』」
14 And Rachel answereth — Leah also — and saith to him, 'Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?
拉結和利亞回答雅各說：「在我們父親的家裏還有我們可得的分嗎？還有我們的產業嗎？
15 have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;
我們不是被他當作外人嗎？因為他賣了我們，吞了我們的價值。
16 for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee — do.'
上帝從我們父親所奪出來的一切財物，那就是我們和我們孩子們的。現今凡上帝所吩咐你的，你只管去行吧！」
17 And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,
雅各起來，使他的兒子和妻子都騎上駱駝，
18 and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
又帶着他在巴旦‧亞蘭所得的一切牲畜和財物，往迦南地、他父親以撒那裏去了。
19 And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;
當時拉班剪羊毛去了，拉結偷了他父親家中的神像。
20 and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;
雅各背着亞蘭人拉班偷走了，並不告訴他，
21 and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead.
就帶着所有的逃跑。他起身過大河，面向基列山行去。
22 And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled,
到第三日，有人告訴拉班，雅各逃跑了。
23 and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.
拉班帶領他的眾弟兄去追趕，追了七日，在基列山就追上了。
24 And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'
夜間，上帝到亞蘭人拉班那裏，在夢中對他說：「你要小心，不可與雅各說好說歹。」
25 And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead.
拉班追上雅各。雅各在山上支搭帳棚；拉班和他的眾弟兄也在基列山上支搭帳棚。
26 And Laban saith to Jacob, 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?
拉班對雅各說：「你做的是甚麼事呢？你背着我偷走了，又把我的女兒們帶了去，如同用刀劍擄去的一般。
27 Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,
你為甚麼暗暗地逃跑，偷着走，並不告訴我，叫我可以歡樂、唱歌、擊鼓、彈琴地送你回去？
28 and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? — now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so];
又不容我與外孫和女兒親嘴？你所行的真是愚昧！
29 my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.
我手中原有能力害你，只是你父親的上帝昨夜對我說：『你要小心，不可與雅各說好說歹。』
30 'And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'
現在你雖然想你父家，不得不去，為甚麼又偷了我的神像呢？」
31 And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;
雅各回答拉班說：「恐怕你把你的女兒從我奪去，所以我逃跑。
32 with whomsoever thou findest thy gods — he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is] with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.
至於你的神像，你在誰那裏搜出來，就不容誰存活。當着我們的眾弟兄，你認一認，在我這裏有甚麼東西是你的，就拿去。」原來雅各不知道拉結偷了那些神像。
33 And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel.
拉班進了雅各、利亞，並兩個使女的帳棚，都沒有搜出來，就從利亞的帳棚出來，進了拉結的帳棚。
34 And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found;
拉結已經把神像藏在駱駝的馱簍裏，便坐在上頭。拉班摸遍了那帳棚，並沒有摸着。
35 and she saith unto her father, 'Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;' and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim.
拉結對她父親說：「現在我身上不便，不能在你面前起來，求我主不要生氣。」這樣，拉班搜尋神像，竟沒有搜出來。
36 And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, 'What [is] my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me?
雅各就發怒斥責拉班說：「我有甚麼過犯，有甚麼罪惡，你竟這樣火速地追我？
37 for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.
你摸遍了我一切的家具，你搜出甚麼來呢？可以放在你我弟兄面前，叫他們在你我中間辨別辨別。
38 'These twenty years I [am] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten;
我在你家這二十年，你的母綿羊、母山羊沒有掉過胎。你群中的公羊，我沒有吃過；
39 the torn I have not brought in unto thee — I, I repay it — from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
被野獸撕裂的，我沒有帶來給你，是我自己賠上。無論是白日，是黑夜，被偷去的，你都向我索要。
40 I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
我白日受盡乾熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不得合眼睡着，我常是這樣。
41 'This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;
我這二十年在你家裏，為你的兩個女兒服事你十四年，為你的羊群服事你六年，你又十次改了我的工價。
42 unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'
若不是我父親以撒所敬畏的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝與我同在，你如今必定打發我空手而去。上帝看見我的苦情和我的勞碌，就在昨夜責備你。」
43 And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, 'The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters — what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?
拉班回答雅各說：「這女兒是我的女兒，這些孩子是我的孩子，這些羊群也是我的羊群；凡在你眼前的都是我的。我的女兒並她們所生的孩子，我今日能向他們做甚麼呢？
44 and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.'
來吧！你我二人可以立約，作你我中間的證據。」
45 And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar;
雅各就拿一塊石頭立作柱子，
46 and Jacob saith to his brethren, 'Gather stones,' and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap;
又對眾弟兄說：「你們堆聚石頭。」他們就拿石頭來堆成一堆，大家便在旁邊吃喝。
47 and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed.
拉班稱那石堆為伊迦爾‧撒哈杜他，雅各卻稱那石堆為迦累得。
48 And Laban saith, 'This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;' therefore hath he called its name Galeed;
拉班說：「今日這石堆作你我中間的證據。」因此這地方名叫迦累得，
49 Mizpah also, for he said, 'Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another;
又叫米斯巴，意思說：「我們彼此離別以後，願耶和華在你我中間鑒察。
50 if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters — there is no man with us — see, God [is] witness between me and thee.'
你若苦待我的女兒，又在我的女兒以外另娶妻，雖沒有人知道，卻有上帝在你我中間作見證。」
51 And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;
拉班又說：「你看我在你我中間所立的這石堆和柱子。
52 this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me — for evil;
這石堆作證據，這柱子也作證據。我必不過這石堆去害你；你也不可過這石堆和柱子來害我。
53 the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us — the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.
但願亞伯拉罕的上帝和拿鶴的上帝，就是他們父親的上帝，在你我中間判斷。」雅各就指着他父親以撒所敬畏的上帝起誓，
54 And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount;
又在山上獻祭，請眾弟兄來吃飯。他們吃了飯，便在山上住宿。
55 and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.
拉班清早起來，與他外孫和女兒親嘴，給他們祝福，回往自己的地方去了。
