Jenèz 28
1 Izarak rele Jakòb, li beni l'. Apre sa, li ba li lòd sa a: -Piga ou pran fi peyi Kanaran an pou madanm ou.
And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: “Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.
2 Leve non, ale Mezopotami lakay Betwèl, papa manman ou. W'a pran yonn nan piti fi Laban yo pou madanm. Laban, se frè manman ou.
But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.
3 Mwen mande Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a pou l' beni maryaj ou, pou l' ba ou anpil pitit, pou ou tounen zansèt anpil nasyon.
And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people.
4 Se pou l' beni ou, ou menm ansanm ak tout pitit pitit ou yo, menm jan li te beni Abraram, pou ou ka pran posesyon peyi kote w'ap viv koulye a, peyi li te deja bay Abraram lan.
And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather.”
5 Se konsa Izarak fè Jakòb pati. Jakòb ale nan Mezopotami lakay Laban, pitit Betwèl, moun peyi Aram lan. Laban se te frè Rebeka, manman Jakòb ak Ezaou.
And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.
6 Ezaou vin konnen ki jan Izarak te beni Jakòb, ki jan li te voye l' Mezopotami al chache yon madanm. Li vin konnen tout lè Izarak t'ap beni Jakòb la, li te pase l' lòd sa a: Piga ou pran fi peyi Kanaran an pou madanm ou.
But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’
7 Ezaou te wè Jakob te obeyi papa l' ak manman l', li te pati pou Mezopotami.
and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,
8 Konsa, Ezaou vin wè Izarak papa l' pa t' renmen fi peyi Kanaran yo.
having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,
9 Li leve, li ale lakay Izmayèl, lòt pitit gason Abraram lan, li pran yon lòt madanm mete sou sa li te genyen deja yo. Li marye ak Maalat, yonn nan pitit fi Izmayèl yo. Maalat sa a, se te sè Nebajòt.
he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
10 Jakòb kite Bècheba, li pati pou Karan.
Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba, continued on to Haran.
11 Li rive yon kote, li rete pase nwit la la, paske sòlèy te fin kouche. Li pran yon wòch sèvi l' zòrye, epi li kouche atè a konsa pou l' dòmi.
And when he had arrived at a certain place, where he would rest after the setting of the sun, he took some of the stones that lay there, and placing them under his head, he slept in the same place.
12 Li fè yon rèv. Li reve li wè yon nechèl ki te kanpe de pye l' atè ak tèt li pèdi nan syèl la. Zanj Bondye yo t'ap moute desann sou nechèl la.
And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,
13 Epi li wè Seyè a kanpe anwo nechèl la. Seyè a t'ap di: -Se mwen menm, Seyè a, Bondye Abraram, zansèt ou, ak Bondye Izarak. Ou wè tè kote ou kouche a, m'ap ba ou l' pou ou menm ansanm ak tout pitit pitit ou yo.
and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.
14 Pitit pitit ou yo pral menm kantite ak grenn pousyè ki sou latè. Yo pral gaye nan tout direksyon, lès, lwès, nò, sid. Ou menm ak tout pitit pitit ou yo, nou pral tounen yon benediksyon pou tout moun ki sou latè.
And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.
15 Pa bliye, m'ap toujou la avèk ou, m'ap voye je sou ou kote ou pase. M'ap fè ou tounen nan peyi sa a, paske mwen p'ap lage ou san m' pa fè tout sa mwen sot di ou la a.
And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said.”
16 Jakòb leve nan dòmi an, li di: -Wè pa wè, Seyè a isit la, mwen pa t' konn sa.
And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”
17 Msye vin pè, li di: -Isit la se yon kote pou moun respekte! Se pa lòt bagay, isit la se kay Bondye ak pòt syèl la.
And being terrified, he said: “How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”
18 Jakòb leve byen bònè, li pran wòch li te fè sèvi l' zòrye a, li plante l' tankou yon bòn tè, li vide lwil sou li pou mete l' apa pou Bondye.
Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it.
19 Li rele kote sa a Betèl. (Anvan sa, lavil la te rele Louz.)
And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’ which before was called Luz.
20 Jakòb fè yon pwomès bay Seyè a, li di: -Si Bondye toujou kanpe avèk mwen, si li voye je sou mwen nan tout vwayaj sa m'ap fè a, si li ban m' manje pou m' manje ak rad pou m' met sou mwen,
And then he made a vow, saying: “If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
21 si l' fè m' tounen ak kè poze lakay papa m', Seyè a va Bondye m' vre.
and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God,
22 Wòch sa a mwen plante nan tè tankou bòn lan va sèvi kay pou Bondye. m'a ba ou yon dizyèm nan tout sa ou va ban mwen.
and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called ‘the House of God.’ And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you.”
