Kĩambĩrĩria 30
1 Rĩrĩa Rakeli onire atĩ ndaraciarĩra Jakubu ciana-rĩ, akĩiguĩra mwarĩ wa nyina ũiru. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩĩra Jakubu atĩrĩ, “He ciana kana ngue!”
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die.
2 Jakubu akĩrakario nĩ Rakeli akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Kaarĩ niĩ ndĩ ithenya rĩa Ngai ũrĩa ũkũimĩte ciana?”
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 Rakeli akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Biliha ndungata yakwa ya mũirĩtu ĩrĩ haha; koma nayo nĩgeetha ĩnjiarĩre ciana, na niĩ ngĩe na nyũmba na ũndũ wayo.”
And she said, Behold, [here is] my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmũhe Biliha ndungata yake ya mũirĩtu ĩrĩ ta mũtumia wake. Jakubu agĩkoma nayo,
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her.
5 nake Biliha akĩgĩa nda, akĩmũciarĩra kahĩĩ.
And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 Rakeli akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai nĩandĩhĩria na nĩaiguĩte gũthaithana gwakwa, na nĩaheete kahĩĩ.” Na tondũ ũcio, agĩgatua Dani.
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 Biliha ndungata ĩyo ya Rakeli ĩkĩgĩa nda ĩngĩ, na ĩgĩciarĩra Jakubu kahĩĩ ga keerĩ.
And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Nake Rakeli akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ngoretwo na kũgiana kũnene na mwarĩ wa maitũ, na nĩ hootanĩte.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩgatua Nafitali.
And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 Na rĩrĩa Lea onire atĩ nĩarũgamĩte kũgĩa ciana-rĩ, akĩoya Zilipa ndungata yake ya mũirĩtu akĩmĩhe Jakubu ĩrĩ ta mũtumia wake.
When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife.
10 Nake Zilipa, ndungata ĩyo ya Lea, ĩgĩciarĩra Jakubu kahĩĩ.
And Zilpah Leah's maid bore Jacob a son.
11 Nake Lea akiuga atĩrĩ, “Hĩ, kaĩ ũyũ nĩ mũnyaka-ĩ!” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩgatua Gadi.
And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad.
12 Zilipa ndungata ĩyo ya Lea ĩgĩciarĩra Jakubu kahĩĩ ga keerĩ.
And Zilpah Leah's maid bore a second son unto Jacob.
13 Ningĩ Lea akiuga atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ndĩ mũkenu-ĩ! Andũ-a-nja marĩnjĩtaga ‘mũkenu.’” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩgatua Asheri.
And Leah said, To my happiness; for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya kũgetha ngano-rĩ, Rubeni agĩthiĩ mũgũnda-inĩ na akĩona mĩmera ya mandarĩki, na akĩrehera nyina Lea. Nake Rakeli akĩĩra Lea atĩrĩ, “Ndagũthaitha he mandarĩki mamwe ma mũrũguo.”
And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them unto Leah his mother; then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, [some] of thy son's mandrakes.
15 Nake Lea akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ arĩ ũndũ mũnini kũndunya mũthuuri wakwa? Rĩu ningĩ nĩũkuoya mandarĩki ma mũriũ wakwa o namo?” Rakeli akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “He mandarĩki ma mũrũguo, nake Jakubu akome nawe ũmũthĩ.”
And she said unto her, Is it not enough that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldst thou also take away my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Therefore shall he be with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 Na rĩrĩa Jakubu ookire hwaĩ-inĩ oimĩte mũgũnda-rĩ, Lea agĩthiĩ kũmũtũnga. Akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “No nginya ũkome na niĩ, tondũ nĩngũgũrire na mandarĩki ma mũriũ wakwa.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩkoma nake ũtukũ ũcio.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Unto me thou must come in; for surely I have obtained thee as a reward with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 Nake Ngai akĩigua mahooya ma Lea, nake akĩgĩa nda na agĩciarĩra Jakubu kahĩĩ ga gatano.
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Ningĩ Lea akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai nĩaheete kĩheo nĩ ũndũ wa kũheana ndungata yakwa ya mũirĩtu kũrĩ mũthuuri wakwa.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩgatua Isakaru.
And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19 Lea agĩcooka akĩgĩa nda ĩngĩ, na agĩciarĩra Jakubu, kahĩĩ ga gatandatũ.
And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob.
20 Ningĩ Lea akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai ekũhe kĩheo kĩa goro mũno. Rĩu mũthuuri wakwa nĩarĩheeaga gĩtĩĩo tondũ ndĩmũciarĩire ihĩĩ ithathatũ.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩgatua Zebuluni.
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.
21 Thuutha ũcio agĩciara mũirĩtu na akĩmũtua Dina.
And afterward she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.
22 Thuutha ũcio Ngai akĩririkana Rakeli, akĩmũigua, na akĩhingũra nda yake.
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 Nake akĩgĩa nda na agĩciara kahĩĩ, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai nĩanjehereria thoni.”
And she conceived, and bore a son; and she said, God hath taken away my reproach.
24 Nake agĩgatua Jusufu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ngai arohe kahĩĩ kangĩ!”
And she called his name Joseph, saying, The Lord shall add to me another son.
25 Thuutha wa Rakeli gũciara Jusufu, Jakubu akĩĩra Labani atĩrĩ, “Ndekereria ndĩthiĩre, nĩguo njooke bũrũri witũ.
And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country.
26 Nengera atumia akwa na ciana ciakwa, arĩa ngũtungatĩire nĩ ũndũ wao, na niĩ ndĩthiĩre. Wee nĩũũĩ wĩra ũrĩa ngũrutĩire.”
Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.
27 No Labani akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Angĩkorwo nĩnjĩtĩkĩrĩkĩte maitho-inĩ maku-rĩ, ndagũthaitha ikaranga. Nĩmenyete na ũndũ wa ũragũri atĩ Jehova nĩandathimĩte nĩ ũndũ waku.”
And Laban said unto him, If I could but find favor in thy eyes; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake:
28 Agĩthiĩ na mbere, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Njĩĩra mũcaara ũrĩa ũkwenda na nĩ ngũkũrĩha.”
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.
29 Jakubu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩũũĩ ũrĩa ngũrutĩire wĩra na ũrĩa menyereire mahiũ maku nginya makaingĩha.
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle hath become with me.
30 Kĩrĩa kĩnini warĩ nakĩo itaanoka nĩkĩingĩhĩte mũno, nake Jehova nĩakũrathimĩte kũrĩa guothe ngoretwo. No rĩrĩ, ngeekĩra nyũmba yakwa ũndũ rĩ?”
For it was a little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased into a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide also for my own house?
31 Labani akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũkwenda ngũhe kĩ?” Jakubu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndũkahe kĩndũ o na kĩ. Korwo no ũnjĩkĩre ũndũ ũyũ ũmwe tu, no thiĩ na mbere na kũrĩithia ndũũru ciaku na gũcimenyerera:
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me the least; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
32 Naguo ũndũ ũcio nĩ ũyũ: Njĩtĩkĩria thiĩ ndũũru-inĩ ciaku ciothe ũmũthĩ, na njeherie thĩinĩ wacio ngʼondu iria ciothe irĩ maara kana irĩ marooro, na ndũrũme ciothe iria njirũ na mbũri ciothe iria irĩ maara na irĩ maroro. Icio nĩcio igũtuĩka mũcaara wakwa.
I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted lamb, and every brown lamb among the sheep, and whatever is spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be after this my reward.
33 Naguo wĩhokeku wakwa nĩguo ũkaanjarĩrĩria thuutha-inĩ, rĩrĩa rĩothe ũngĩũka kuona mũcaara ũrĩa ũndĩhĩte. Mbũri o yothe ĩtarĩ maara kana maroro, kana ndũrũme o yothe ĩtarĩ njirũ, ingĩgaakorwo nacio, igaatuĩka nĩ cia ũici.”
And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come, when it shall come with my reward before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 Nake Labani akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩndetĩkĩra; reke gũtuĩke o ro ũguo woiga.”
And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.
35 Mũthenya o ro ũcio-rĩ, Labani akĩeheria thenge ciothe iria ciarĩ maara na iria ciarĩ na maroro, na mĩgoma yothe ĩrĩa yarĩ maara na ĩrĩa yarĩ na marooro (iria ciothe ciarĩ na handũ herũ), na ndũrũme ciothe iria ciarĩ njirũ agĩcineana kũrĩ ariũ ake macirĩithagie.
And he removed on that day the he-goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white on it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 Ningĩ agĩcieheranĩria na iria ingĩ na ũraihu wa rũgendo rwa mĩthenya ĩtatũ gatagatĩ gake na Jakubu. Nake Jakubu agĩthiĩ na mbere kũrĩithia ndũũru iria ingĩ cia Labani ciatigarire.
And he put a space of three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the flocks of Laban that were left.
37 No rĩrĩ, Jakubu agĩtema thanju njigũ cia mũribina, na mũrothi, na cia mũarimaũ, agĩciĩkĩra mĩcoora mĩerũ na ũndũ wa kũnũra igoko agatũma werũ wa thĩinĩ wa thanju icio wonekane.
And Jacob took himself rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and peeled thereon white streaks, laying bare the white which was on the rods.
38 Agĩcooka akĩiga thanju icio oonũrĩte mĩtaro-inĩ yothe ĩrĩa yanyuuagĩrwo maaĩ, nĩgeetha ikoragwo irĩ mbere ya mbũri rĩrĩa cioka kũnyua maaĩ. Rĩrĩa ndũũru icio ciakorwo irĩ na mũrukĩ na cioka kũnyua maaĩ-rĩ,
And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, just before the flocks, and where they conceived, when they came to drink.
39 igakĩhaicanĩra hau mbere ya thanju icio. Thuutha ũcio igaciara tũũri tũrĩ na manyaga, kana maara, kana marooro.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 Jakubu akĩamũrania tũũri tũu kuuma rũũru-inĩ rwa Labani, na tũgetindia, no agatũma icio ingĩ ingʼethere iria ciarĩ na maroro na iria njirũ cia Labani. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩĩthondekera ndũũru ciake mwene, na ndaacituranĩrire na cia Labani.
And these lambs did Jacob separate, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and whatever was brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.
41 Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa yothe mbũri iria ciarĩ na hinya ciagĩa na mũrukĩ-rĩ, Jakubu aigaga thanju icio mĩtaro-inĩ ya maaĩ mbere yacio, nĩgeetha cihaicanĩre hakuhĩ na thanju icio;
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 no ingĩakorirwo nĩ iria itaarĩ na hinya, ndaigaga thanju icio ho. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mbũri iria ciarĩ mocu igĩtuĩka cia Labani, na iria ciarĩ hinya igĩtuĩka cia Jakubu.
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler belonged to Laban, and the stronger to Jacob.
43 Nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩka ũguo, mũndũ ũcio ti Jakubu agĩkĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na indo nyingĩ, akĩgĩa na mahiũ maingĩ, na ndungata cia airĩtu na cia arũme, o na ngamĩĩra na ndigiri.
And the man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
