Jenèz 24
1 Alò, Abraham te vin vye, byen avanse nan laj. Epi SENYÈ a te beni Abraham nan tout bagay.
Abraham was now a very old man. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in many ways.
2 Abraham te di a sèvitè li a, sila ki te gen plis laj lakay li a, ki te an chaj tout sa ke li te posede: “Souple, mete men ou anba kwis mwen.
One day Abraham said to the chief servant of his household, the man who was in charge of everything Abraham owned, “Put your hand between my thighs to solemnly promise you will do what I tell you.
3 Mwen va fè ou sèmante devan SENYÈ a, Bondye syèl la avèk Bondye tè a, ke ou p ap pran yon madanm pou fis mwen ki sòti nan fi Kananeyen yo, pami moun m ap viv yo,
Knowing that Yahweh God [who created] the heavens and the earth is listening, promise that you will not get a wife for my son, Isaac, from the women here in Canaan.
4 men ke ou va ale nan peyi mwen, kote relasyon mwen yo, e pran yon madanm pou fis mwen an, Isaac.”
Instead, go back to my country and to my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac from among them.”
5 Sèvitè a te di li: “Sipoze ke fanm nan pa vle swiv mwen pou vini nan peyi a? Èske mwen dwe mennen fis ou a retounen nan peyi kote ou te soti a?”
The servant asked him, “If I find a woman among your relatives, what if she is not willing to come back with me to this land? Shall I take your son back there to the country you came from, [so he can find a wife and live there]?”
6 Abraham te di li: “Veye ke ou pa pran fis mwen an pou fè l retounen la!
Abraham replied to him, “No! Be certain that you don’t take my son there!
7 SENYÈ a, Bondye syèl la ki te pran m, fè m sòti lakay papa m, peyi natal mwen, ki te pale avèk mwen; Li te sèmante ak mwen, e Li te di: ‘A desandan ou yo, Mwen va bay tè sa a’. Li va voye zanj Li devan ou, e ou va pran yon madanm pou fis mwen an soti la.
Yahweh God, who created the heavens, brought me here. He brought me from my father’s household, and from the land where my relatives lived. He spoke to me and made a solemn promise to me, saying, ‘I will give this land [of Canaan] to your descendants.’ He will send an angel who will go there ahead of you, and enable you to get a wife for my son [there and bring her to live here].
8 Men si fanm nan pa vle swiv ou, alò ou va lib de sèman pa m nan, Sèlman, pa fè fis mwen an retounen la.”
But if the woman you find will not come back with you, you are free to disregard the promise you are making. The only thing that you must not do is to take my son to live there!”
9 Alò, sèvitè a te plase men l anba kwis mèt li, Abraham, e li te sèmante devan li sou zafè sila a.
So the servant put his hand between Abraham’s thighs and made a solemn promise about the matter.
10 Epi sèvitè a te pran dis chamo pami chamo mèt li yo, e li te pati avèk yon seleksyon plizyè bon bagay a mèt li nan men l. Li te leve pou ale nan Mésopotamie pou rive nan vil Nahor.
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and loaded them with all kinds of goods that his master gave him to take along. Then he left to go to Aram-Naharaim, [which is in (northern Mesopotamia/Syria)]. He arrived in Nahor city.
11 Li te fè chamo yo bese a jenou deyò vil la toupre pwi a nan aswè, nan lè ke fanm yo te vin rale dlo.
It was late in the afternoon, at the time when the women go to the well to get water, when he arrived there. He made the camels kneel down near the well, which was outside the city.
12 Li te di: “O Senyè, Bondye a mèt mwen an, Abraham, souple, lese mwen twouve siksè jodi a, e montre lanmou ak dousè Ou anvè mèt mwen, Abraham.
The servant prayed, “Yahweh God whom my master Abraham worships, enable me to be successful today! Act kindly to my master, Abraham!
13 Gade byen, m ap kanpe akote sous la, e fi a pèp vil yo ap parèt pou rale dlo.
Listen to me. I am standing near a well of water, and the young women of the city are coming to get water.
14 Koulye a, kite sa fèt ke a fi ke mwen di: ‘Souple, desann veso ou pou m kab bwè’, e ki reponn: ‘Bwè, e mwen va bay bèt ou yo dlo tou’: lese ke se sila ke Ou te chwazi pou sèvitè ou a, Isaac. Konsa nou va konnen ke Ou te montre lanmou ak dousè Ou a mèt mwen an.”
I am asking you this: ‘I will say to some girl, “Please lower your jar so that I may drink some water.” If she says, “Drink some, and I will draw some water [from the well] for your camels, too,” I will know that she is the woman whom you chose to be a wife for your servant, Isaac, and I will know that you have been kind to my master.’”
15 Avan li te fin pale, gade, Rebecca ki te ne a Bethuel, fi Milca a, fanm Nachor, frè Abraham nan te parèt ak veso sou zepòl li.
Before he finished praying, [amazingly], Rebekah arrived there, carrying a jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s younger brother Nahor.
16 Fi a te trè bèl, yon vyèj, e gason pa t janm antre nan relasyon avè l. Li te desann nan sous la, li te ranpli veso li, e li t ap monte.
She was very beautiful and still a virgin. She went down to the edge of the well, filled her jar with water, and then came back up.
17 Alò, sèvitè a te kouri bò kote li, e te di: “Souple, kite mwen bwè yon ti dlo nan veso ou a.”
Abraham’s servant immediately ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”
18 Li te di: “Bwè, mèt mwen.” Byen vit li te desann veso li rive nan men li, e li te bay li bwè.
She replied, “Drink some, sir!” She lowered her jar from her shoulder to her hands and gave him a drink.
19 Lè li te fin ba li bwè, li te di: “Mwen va rale dlo osi pou chamo ou yo, jiskaske yo fin bwè”.
After she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also get some water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
20 Imedyatman li te vide veso li nan basen pou bèt yo, li te kouri retounen nan pwi a pou rale dlo, e li te rale pou tout chamo li yo.
She quickly emptied the water in her jar into the trough [for giving water to animals], and then ran back to the well, and kept getting water for all the camels.
21 Antretan, nonm nan t ap veye li an silans, pou konnen si SENYÈ a te fè vwayaj li a vin yon siksè, ou non.
The servant just watched her, without saying anything. He wanted to know if Yahweh had caused his trip to be successful or not.
22 Epi pandan chamo yo te fin bwè, nonm nan te pran bag lò ki peze yon mwatye sik (sis gram nan) avèk de braslè pou ponyèt li, ki te peze dis sik an lò,
Finally, after the camels finished drinking, the servant took out a gold nose ring that weighed (two ounces/6 grams), and two large gold bracelets for her arms, and gave them to Rebekah [and told her to put them on].
23 epi li te mande: “Se fi a ki moun ou ye? Souple, fè m konnen, èske gen lojman lakay papa ou?”
Then he said, “Tell me whose daughter you are. Also, tell me, is there room in your father’s house for me and my men to sleep there tonight?”
24 Li te di li: “Mwen se fi Bethuel la, fis Milca, ke li te fè pou Nahor a.”
She replied, “My father’s name is Bethuel. He is the son of Nahor and his wife Milcah.
25 Ankò fi a te di li: “Nou gen ase, nan pay avèk manje, ak espas pou lojman”.
Yes, we have room where you all can sleep tonight, and we also have plenty of straw and grain to feed the camels.”
26 Alò, mesye a te bese byen ba, e li te adore SENYÈ a.
The servant bowed and worshiped Yahweh.
27 Li te di: “Beni se SENYÈ a, Bondye a mèt mwen an, Abraham, ki pa t abandone lanmou avèk konpasyon Li ak verite Li anvè mèt mwen. Pou mwen, SENYÈ a te dirije m nan chemen lakay de frè a mèt mwen yo.”
He said, “I thank you, Yahweh God, whom my master Abraham worships. You have continued to be kind and faithful to my master. You led me on this journey straight/directly to the house of my master’s relatives!”
28 Alò, fi a te kouri pou pale tout kay manman l de bagay sa yo.
The girl ran and told everyone in her mother’s household about what had happened.
29 Fi a te gen yon frè ki te rele Laban. Laban te kouri deyò kote mesye a nan sous la.
Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban went quickly to Abraham’s servant, who was still by the well.
30 Lè li te wè bag la avèk braslè yo sou ponyèt sè li, e lè li te tande pawòl a Rebecca yo, sè li, ki te di: “Se sa ke mesye a te di mwen,” li te ale kote mesye a. Gade byen, li te kanpe akote chamo yo nan sous la.
He was surprised to have seen the bracelets on his sister’s arms and the nose ring and to have heard Rebekah tell what the man had said to her. So he went out and saw the man standing near the camels, close to the well.
31 Epi li te di: “Antre non, beni a SENYÈ a! Poukisa ou kanpe deyò, Paske m gen tan prepare kay la avèk yon plas pou chamo yo?”
He said to the man, “You who have been blessed by Yahweh, come with me! (Why are standing out here?/You should not keep standing out here!) [RHQ] I have prepared a room for you in the house, and a place for the camels to stay.”
32 Alò, mesye a te antre nan kay la. Laban te dechaje chamo yo, e li te bay pay avèk manje pou chamo yo, ak dlo pou lave pye li, avèk pye a mesye ki te avèk li yo.
So the servant went to the house, and Laban’s servants unloaded the camels, and brought straw and grain for the camels, and water for him and the men with him to wash their feet.
33 Men lè manje a te plase devan li, li te di: “Mwen p ap manje jiskaske mwen pale de misyon mwen an.” Laban te di: “Pale toujou”.
They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I tell you (what I need to tell you/why I have come).” So Laban said, “Tell us!”
34 Li te di: “Mwen se sèvitè Abraham.
So the servant said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35 SENYÈ a te beni mèt mwen an anpil, jiskaske li vin reyisi anpil. Li te bay li bann mouton ak twoupo, lò ak lajan, sèvitè ak sèvant yo, e chamo ak bourik.
Yahweh has greatly blessed my master so that he has become very rich. Yahweh has given him many sheep and cattle, a lot of gold and silver, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.
36 Alò, Sarah, madanm a mèt mwen an te fè yon fis pou mèt mwen an nan vyeyès li. Li te bay li tout sa li posede.
My master’s wife, Sarah, bore a son for him when she was very old, and my master has given to his son everything he owns.
37 Mèt mwen an te fè m sèmante pou di: ‘Ou pa pou pran yon madanm pou fis mwen ki sòti nan fi Kananeyen yo, nan peyi kote m ap viv la,
My master made me solemnly promise, saying, ‘Do not get a wife for my son from the women here in Canaan.
38 men ou va ale kote lakay papa m, nan moun fanmi pa m yo, e pran yon madanm pou fis mwen an.’
Instead, go back to my father’s family, to my own clan, and get from them a wife for my son.’
39 “Mwen te di a mèt mwen an: ‘Sipoze ke fanm nan pa swiv mwen.’
Then I asked my master, ‘What shall I do if the woman you show me will not come back with me?’
40 “Li te di mwen: ‘SENYÈ a devan Sila mwen te mache a, va fè vwayaj ou a reyisi. Ou va pran yon madanm pou fis mwen an pami moun fanmi mwen yo, ak lakay papa m.
He replied, ‘Yahweh, whom I have always obeyed [MTY], will send his angel with you, and he will cause your journey to be successful, with the result that you can get a wife for my son from my clan, from my father’s family.
41 Epi konsa, ou va lib de sèman mwen an, si lè ou rive pami moun fanmi mwen yo, yo pa ba ou li. Si se sa a, ou va lib de sèman mwen an.’
But if my clan refuses to allow her to return with you, you will be freed from being cursed because of not obeying me.’
42 “Konsa, mwen te vini jodi a nan sous la, e te di: ‘O SENYÈ, Bondye a mèt mwen an, Abraham, si koulye a ou va fè vwayaj ke m ap fè a reyisi.
“When I came today to the well, I prayed, ‘Yahweh God whom my master, Abraham worships, if you are willing, please allow this journey of mine to be successful.
43 Gade byen, mwen ap kanpe vè sous la, kite sa fèt ke jèn fi ki sòti pou rale dlo a, e ke mwen di: “Souple, kite m bwè yon ti dlo nan veso ou a”,
Listen to me. I am standing beside a well. A young woman may come to draw water. I will say to her, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar.”
44 epi li di mwen: ‘Ou mèt bwè, e mwen va tire dlo pou chamo ou yo tou,’ kite sa fèt ke se li ke SENYÈ a te chwazi pou fis a mèt mwen an.”
If she says to me, “Certainly, drink some! And I will also draw some water for your camels,” that will be the woman whom you have chosen for my master’s son!’
45 “Avan mwen te fin pale nan kè mwen, gade byen, Rebecca te parèt avèk veso li sou zepòl li, e li te desann nan sous la pou tire. Mwen te di li: ‘Souple, kite m bwè.’”
Before I finished praying, [amazingly], Rebekah approached with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the well and got some water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink!’
46 “Li te byen vit desann veso a sou zepòl li, e li te di: ‘Bwè’, e mwen va bay bèt ou yo dlo tou’: Alò, mwen te bwè, e li te bay bèt yo dlo tou.
She quickly lowered her jar and said, ‘Drink some! And I will draw water [from the well] for your camels, too.’ So I drank some water, and she also got water for the camels.
47 “Mwen te mande li konsa: ‘Fi a ki moun ou ye?’ Epi li te reponn: ‘Fi a Bethuel la, fis a Nachor, ke Milca te bay li a.’ Epi konsa, mwen te mete bag la nan nen li, e braslè yo nan ponyèt li.
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor and his wife, Milcah.’ I had [a ring and bracelets with me, and] I put the ring in her nose and put the bracelets on her arms.
48 “Epi mwen te bese byen ba, mwen te adore SENYÈ a, e te beni SENYÈ a, Bondye a mèt mwen an, Abraham, ki te gide mwen nan bon chemen pou pran fi nan fanmi mèt mwen an pou fis li.
Then I bowed and worshiped Yahweh, and I thanked Yahweh God, the one my master Abraham worships, the one who led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother to be a wife for my master’s son.
49 Alò, koulye a, si w ap aji avèk dousè e verite avèk mèt mwen an, fè m konnen. Men si se pa sa, kite m konnen, pou m kapab vire swa adwat, swa agoch.”
Now, if you are kind and faithful to my master, tell me that you will do what I am asking. If you will not do that, tell me that also, so I may know what to do [MTY].”
50 Laban avèk Bethuel te reponn: “Afè sa a sòti nan SENYÈ a. Alò nou pa kapab pale ou ni byen, ni mal.
Laban and Bethuel answered, “It is clear that Yahweh has caused this to happen. So we two cannot say anything more.
51 Men Rebecca la devan ou, pran li pou ou ale, e ke li vin madanm a fis mèt ou a, jan SENYÈ a te pale a.”
Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as Yahweh has indicated.”
52 Lè sèvitè Abraham nan te tande pawòl sa yo, li te bese tèt li atè devan SENYÈ a.
When Abraham’s servant heard these words, he bowed down to the ground to [thank] Yahweh.
53 Sèvitè a te mete deyò bagay ki fèt ak lajan avèk lò, ak vètman, e li te bay yo a Rebecca. Li te osi bay kèk bagay ki koute byen chè a frè li avèk manman li.
Then the servant brought out silver and gold jewelry and clothes, and gave them to Rebekah. And he gave gifts to her brother Laban and to her mother.
54 Li menm avèk mesye ki te avè l yo te manje, bwè e te pase nwit lan. Lè yo te leve nan maten li te di: “Voye mwen ale vè mèt mwen.”
Then they ate a meal together. The men who were with Abraham’s servant also slept there that night. The next morning, the servant said, “Allow me now to return to my master.”
55 Men frè li avèk manman li te di: “Kite fi a rete avèk nou pandan kèk jou, annou di di jou. Apre li kapab ale”.
But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl remain with us for about ten days. After that, you may take her and go.”
56 Li te reponn yo: “Pa anpeche m, paske se SENYÈ a ki te fè chemen mwen an reyisi. Voye m ale pou m kapab retounen bò kote mèt mwen.”
But he replied to them, “Yahweh has made my journey successful, so do not detain me. Let me take her back to my master now!”
57 Epi yo te di: “Nou va rele fi a pou mande li volonte pa li.”:
They said, “Let’s call Rebekah and ask her what she wants to do.” [MTY]
58 Alò, yo te rele Rebecca e te di li: “Èske ou va ale avèk mesye sila a?” Epi li te reponn: “M ap prale.”
So they summoned Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man now?” She replied, “Yes, I will go.”
59 Konsa yo te voye Rebecca, sè yo a ale, avèk bòn li yo, sèvitè Abraham nan ak mesye pa li yo.
So they allowed Rebekah, a woman who had taken care of her when she was very young, Abraham’s servant, and the men who had come with him. to go.
60 Yo te beni Rebecca, e te di li: “Ke ou menm, sè nou, kapab devni manman a dè milye de dizèn de milye, e ke desandan ou yo kapab posede pòtay a sila ki rayi yo.”
Before they all left, they [asked God to] bless Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, we ask that Yahweh will cause you to have millions of descendants, and allow them to completely defeat [MET] all those that hate them.”
61 Epi Rebecca te leve avèk bòn li yo, yo te monte chamo yo, e yo te swiv mesye a. Konsa sèvitè a te pran Rebecca, e li te pati.
Then Rebekah and her maid servants got ready and got on their camels and went with Abraham’s servant.
62 Alò, Isaac t ap sòti nan yon vwayaj vè Lachaï-roi, paske li t ap viv nan Negev.
At that time, Isaac was living in the Negev desert. He had gone there from Beer-Lahai-Roi.
63 Isaac te ale deyò pou fè meditasyon nan chan an nan aswè. Lè li te leve zye li pou gade, gade byen, chamo yo t ap vini.
One evening he went out into the field to meditate as he walked. He looked up and [was surprised to] see some camels coming.
64 Rebecca te leve zye li, e lè li te wè Isaac, li te desann chamo a.
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel,
65 Li te di sèvitè a: “Kilès mesye sa a k ap mache nan chan an vin jwenn nou an?” Epi sèvitè a te reponn: “Li se mèt mwen.” Konsa, fi a te pran vwal la, e li te kouvri tèt li.
and asked the servant, “Who is that man who is approaching?” The servant replied, “That is Isaac, my master, [the man you will be marrying].” So she took her veil and covered her face, which was the custom for a woman who was about to be married.
66 Sèvitè a te di Isaac tout sa ke li te fè.
The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.
67 Epi Isaac te mennen li nan tant li. Li te pran Rebecca, e li te vin madanm li, e li te renmen li. Konsa Isaac te konsole lè manman li te fin mouri.
Then Isaac took Rebekah into the tent that belonged to his mother, Sarah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. So Isaac was comforted about his mother’s death.
