Kinohi 31

1 LOHE aku la o Iakoba i na olelo a na keikikane a Labana, i ka i ana ae, Ua lawe aku la o Iakoba i na mea a pau a ko kakou makuakane, a ua loaa ia ia keia waiwai a pau no na mea a ko kakou makuakane.

Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”

2 Nana aku la o Iakoba i ka maka o Labana, aole ia i maliu mai ia ia e like mamua.

And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.

3 Olelo mai la hoi o Iehova ia Iakoba, E hoi hou aku oe i ka aina o kou poe makua, a i na hoahanau ou; a owau kekahi pu me oe.

Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”

4 Hoouna aku la o Iakoba e kahea ia Rahela laua o Lea e hele mai ma ke kula i kona poe holoholona.

So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.

5 I aku la oia ia laua, Ua ike no wau i ka maka o ko olua makuakane, aole ia i maliu mai ia'u e like mamua: aka, me au no ke Akua o ko'u makuakane.

When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.

6 Ua ike hoi olua i ko'u malama i ana i ko olua makuakane me ko'u ikaika a pau.

You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,

7 A ua hoopunipuni mai ko olua makuakane ia'u, a he umi kana hoololi ana i ka'u uku: aka, aole ke Akua i ae mai e hoopoino mai ia ia'u.

but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.

8 Ina i olelo mai kela penei, O na mea kikokiko kau uku, alaila hanau mai la na holoholona i na mea kikokiko: a i olelo mai ia penei, O na mea onionio kau uku, alaila hanau mai la na holoholona a pau i na mea onionio.

When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.

9 Pela ke Akua i lawe ai i na holoholona a ko olua makuakane, a ua haawi mai ia'u.

In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.

10 A i ka manawa a ka poe holoholona i ko ai, nana aku la ko'u mau maka ma ka moeuhane, ike aku la, aia hoi, o na kao kane i lele aku maluna o na kao wahine ua onionio, a ua kikokiko, a me ke kikohukohu.

“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.

11 Olelo mai la ka anela o ke Akua ia'u ma ka moeuhane, E Iakoba: i aku la au, Eia wau.

An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’

12 I mai la kela, E nana aku oe e ike, o na kao kane e lele ana maluna o na kao wahine, ua onionio, ua kikokiko, a me ke kikohukohu: no ka mea, ua ike no wau i ka mea a pau a Labana i hana mai ai ia oe.

He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

13 Owau no ke Akua no Betela, kahi au i poni ai i ka pohaku kukulu, kahi hoi au i hoohiki ai i ka hoohiki ia'u: ano hoi, e ku ae oe, e haalele aku i keia aina, a e hoi hou aku i ka aina o kou poe hoahanau.

I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”

14 Olelo mai la o Rahela laua o Lea, i mai la ia ia, Auhea kekahi kuleana, a o kekahi waiwai hooili no maua ma ka hale o ko maua makuakane?

Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].

15 Aole anei i manaoia maua e ia, he mau mea e? no ka mea, ua lilo maua i ke kuaiia e ia, a ua pau loa hoi ko maua kala ia ia.

He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!

16 Nolaila, o ka waiwai a pau a ke Akua i lawe ae mai ko maua makuakane mai, no kakou ia a no na keiki a kakou: ano hoi, e hana aku oe i ka mea a ke Akua i olelo mai ai ia oe.

Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”

17 Alaila, ku ae la o Iakoba, hoee aku la i kana mau keiki a me kana mau wahine maluna o na kamelo;

Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.

18 A lawe aku la ia i kana poe holoholona a pau, a me kona waiwai a pau i loaa ia ia, o na holoholona ana, i loaa ia ia ma Padanarama, e hele aku ai io Isaaka la i kona makuakane, ma ka aina o Kanaana.

He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.

19 Ua hala aku la o Labana e ako i kana poe hipa: a aihue iho la o Rahela i na kii o kona makuakane.

Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].

20 Puni aku la ka naau o Labana ka Suria, ia Iakoba, i ka hai ole aku ia ia i kona mahuka ana.

Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.

21 Pela oia i mahuka ai me kana mau mea a pau: ku ae la ia, hele mai la ma keia aoao o ka muliwai, a hele pololei mai la i ka mauna o Gileada.

So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.

22 I ke kolu o ka la, olelo aku la kekahi ia Labana, Ua mahuka aku o Iakoba.

On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.

23 Kono aku la ia i kona poe hoahanau e hele pa me ia, alualu mai mahope ona i na la hele ehiku, a hiki mai la io Iakoba la ma ka mauna o Gileada.

So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.

24 Hele mai la ke Akua io Labana la ka Suria ma ka moeuhane i ka po, i mai la ia ia, E ao ia oe iho, mai olelo aku oe ia Iakoba i ka mea aloha, aole hoi ka mea hoino.

Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”

25 Alaila loaa mai la o Iakoba ia Labana. Ua kukulu o Iakoba i kona halelewa ma ua mauna la: kukulu hoi o Labana me kona poe hoahanau ma ka mauna o Gileada.

The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.

26 Olelo mai la o Labana ia Iakoba, Heaha kau i hana'i i hoopunipuni mai ai oe ia'u, a i lawe aku ai hoi i ka'u mau kaikamahine, e like me na pio e ke kana?

Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!

27 No ke aha la oe i holo malu mai ai, me ka puni mai ia'u, aole hoi i hai mai ia'u, i hoihoi aku ai au ia oe me ka olioli a me na mele, me na pahukani a me na lira!

Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?

28 Aole hoi i ae mai oe ia'u e honi i ka'u mau moopuna a me na kaikamahine a'u? He lapuwale ka hana ana au i hana'i.

(You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!

29 E hiki no i kuu lima ke hana aku ia oe i ke ino: aka, o ke Akua o kou makuakane i olelo mai ia'u, i ka po nei, i ka i ana, E ao oe, mai olelo aku oe ia Iakoba i ka mea aloha, aole hoi ka mea hoino.

My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’

30 Ano hoi, i ka hele ana ua hala aku la oe, no kou iini nui ana i ka hale o kou makuakane; no ke aha hoi oe i aihue ai i ko'u mau akua?

Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”

31 Olelo aku la o Iakoba ia Labana, i aku la, No ka mea, ua makau wau: i iho la au, E kaili aku paha oe i kau mau kaikamahine mai o'u aku nei.

Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.

32 A o ka mea e loaa ia oe, ia ia kou mau akua, aole ia e ola; imua o ko kana mau hoahanau e nana oe i kau maanei me au, a e lawe aku oe i ou la. No ka mea, aole i ike o Iakoba, na Rahela i aihue ia mau mea.

But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.

33 Komo aku la o Labana iloko o ka halelewa o Iakoba, a iloko o ka halelewa o Lea, iloko hoi o na halelewa o na kauwawahine elua, aole i loaa. Alaila, hele aku la ia iwaho o ka halelewa o Lea, a komo aku la iloko o ka halelewa o Rahela.

Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.

34 Ua lawe aku no o Rahela i ua mau kii la, a waiho pu iho la me na noho kamelo, a noho iho la maluna. Huli iho la o Labana i ka halelewa a pau, aole nae i loaa.

But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.

35 I aku la o Rahela i kona makuakane, mai huhu mai ko'u haku i kuu hiki ole ke ku ae iluna; no ka mea, he mai wahine ko'u. Imi iho la oia, aole nae i loaa ia ia na kii.

Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.

36 Ukiuki iho la o Iakoba, a ao aku la ia Labana: olelo aku la o Iakoba, i aku la ia Labana, Heaha ko'u hala? heaha hoi ko'u hewa, i alualu wela mai ai oe ia'o?

Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?

37 A ua huli iho oe i ka'u ukana a pau, a heaha kau i loaa ai o na mea a pau o kou hale? e kau mai ianei imua o ko'u mau hoahanau a me kou mau hoahanau, i hooponopono mai ai lakou iwaena o kaua.

Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!

38 He iwakalua na makahiki a'u i noho ai me oe; o kau poe hipa wahine a me kau poe kao wahine, aole lakou i hanau i ka wa, aole hoi au i ai i na hipa kane o kou poe holoholona.

I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.

39 O na mea i haehaeia, aole au i lawe aku ion la; na'u no i uku aku: nau i lawe aku ia mea mai kuu lima aku, no ka mea i aihueia i ke ao, a i aihueia i ka po.

When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.

40 Pela wau; i ke ao, ua wela au i ka la, a i ka po, ua make i ke anu: a holo aku la ka hiamoe mai o'u mau maka aku.

I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!

41 Pela wau i na makahiki he iwakalua maloko o kou hale; hooikaika au nau i na makahiki he umikumamaha no kau mau kaikamahine, a me na makahiki eono no kou poe holoholona: a he umi kau hoololi ana i ka'u uku.

I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].

42 Ina aole me au ke Akua o ko'u knpunakane, ke Akua o Aberahama, a o ka makau o Isaaka, he oiaio, ina ua hoihoi nele mai oe ia'u i neia manawa. Ua ike mai no ke Akua i ko'u popilikia, a me ka hana ana a ko u mau lima, a ua papa mai ia oe i ka po nei.

If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”

43 Olelo mai la o Labana ia Iakoba, i mai la, Na'u no keia mau kaikamahine, a na'u no keia mau kamalii, a na'u no hoi keia poe holoholona, a na'u no na mea a pau au e ike nei; a heaha ka'u mea e hiki ai i keia la ke hana aku i keia mau kaikamahine a'u, a me keia mau kamalii a lakou i hanau ai?

Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?

44 Nolaila ea, e hoopaa kaua i berita, owau a o oe, i mea hoikeike mawaena o kaua.

I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”

45 Lalau aku la o Iakoba i ka pohaku, a hooku ae la ia mea i kukulu.

So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.

46 I aku la hoi o Iakoba i kona poe hoahanau, E houluulu mai oukou i na pohaku; lawe mai la lakou i na pohaku, a hana iho la i ahu; a ai iho la lakou maluna o ua ahu la.

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.

47 Kapa iho la o Labana ia ahu, o I Iegasaduha: kapa iho ia o Iakoba ia mea, o I Galeeda.

Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].

48 Olelo mai la o Labana, He mea hoikeike keia ahu pohaku mawaena o kaua i keia la. Nolaila i kapaia'i kona inoa o Galeeda.

Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.

49 A o I Mizepa hoi; no ka mea, i mai la ia, O Iehova ke kiai mai mawaena o kaua, i ko kaua manawa e noho kaawale ana.

They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].

50 Ina oe e hoopilikia i ka'u mau kaikamahine ina hoi oe e lawe i na wahine hou, he okoa keia mau kaikamahine a'u, aohe kanaka me kaua; e ao oe, o ke Akua no ke ike maka mai mawaena o kaua.

If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”

51 I mai la o Labana ia Iakoba, E nana i keia ahu, e nana hoi i keia pohaku kukulu a'u i hoolei aku ai mawaena o kaua;

Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.

52 He mea hoikeike keia ahu, he mea hoikeike hoi keia pohaku kukulu, i hele ole aku ai au ma keia aoao o keia ahu i ou la, aole hoi oe e hele mai ma keia aoao o ua ahu nei a me keia pohaku kukulu i o'u nei, e hana ino.

Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.

53 O ke Akua o Aberahama, a o ke Akua o Nahora, ke Akua o ko laua makuakane, e hooponopono mawaena o kaua. A hoohiki aku la o Iakoba ma ka Makau o kona makuakane o Isaaka.

We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.

54 Alaila, kaumaha aku la o Iakoba i ka mohai maluna o ia mauna, a kahea aku la i kona poe hoahanau e ai i ka berena: ai iho la lakou i ka berena, a moe iho la ia po ma ka mauna.

He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.

55 I kakahiaka nui, aia ae ia o Labana, honi ae la i kana mau moopuna a me kana mau kaikamahine, a hoomaikai iho la ia lakou; hele aku la o Labana, a hoi aku la i kona wahi.

The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.