Jenesis 28
1 Aịzik kpọrọ Jekọb gọzie ya, nye ya iwu sị ya, “Alụla nwunye site nʼala Kenan.
And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.
2 Kama bilie gaa Padan Aram nʼụlọ nna nne gị, Betuel, lụrụ nwunye site nʼụmụ ndị inyom Leban.
Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of your mother, and take to yourself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
3 Ka Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile, gọzie gị, mee ka ị mịa mkpụrụ, mụbaa, ghọọ ọtụtụ mba.
And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become gatherings of nations.
4 Ka Chineke nye gị na ụmụ ụmụ gị ngọzị ahụ o kwere nkwa inye Ebraham. Ka i nweta ala a, nke i bi nʼime ya ugbu a dịka ọbịa, bụ ala ahụ Chineke kwere Ebraham na nkwa inye ya.”
And may he give you the blessing of my father Abraam, even to you and to your seed after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.
5 Mgbe ahụ Aịzik zipụrụ Jekọb nʼije ya, ọ gara Padan Aram, nʼụlọ Leban nwa Betuel onye Aram, nwanne Ribeka onye bụ nne Jekọb na Ịsọ.
So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6 Ịsọ hụrụ ka Aịzik siri gọzie Jekọb, ziga ya Padan Aram ka ọ gaa lụọ nwunye nʼebe ahụ, nyekwa ya iwu mgbe ọ na-agọzi ya sị, “Alụla nwanyị na Kenan,”
And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and [that] he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites;
7 Jekọb rubekwara nna ya na nne ya isi gawa Padan Aram.
and [that] Jacob listened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.
8 O dokwara Ịsọ anya na ndị inyom Kenan dị njọ nʼanya nna ya Aịzik.
And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac,
9 Nʼihi ya, Ịsọ gakwuru Ishmel lụrụ Mahalat, ada Ishmel, nwa Ebraham, onye bụ nwanyị Nebaiot, tinyekwara ndị nwunye ọ lụrụ na mbụ.
Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the daughter of Ismael, the son of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in addition to his [other] wives.
10 Jekọb hapụrụ Bịasheba gawa Haran.
And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.
11 Mgbe chi na-eji, ọ kwụsịrị ebe ọ ga-anọ zuo ike abalị. Mgbe ọ chọrọ idina ala, o weere otu nʼime nkume ndị dị nʼebe ahụ hinye nʼisi ya, dinara ala ịrahụ ụra.
And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took [one] of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
12 Nʼabalị ahụ, ọ rọrọ nrọ, hụ mbube e ji arị elu. E mere ka o guzo site nʼụwa ruo nʼeluigwe. Ọ hụkwara ndị mmụọ ozi Chineke ka ha si na ya na-arịgo na-arịdakwa.
and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
13 Nʼelu ya, ọ hụrụ Onyenwe anyị ka o guzo, nụkwa ka ọ na-agwa ya okwu sị, “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, Chineke nna gị Ebraham, na Chineke Aịzik. Aga m enye gị na ụmụ ụmụ gị ala ahụ nke i dina nʼelu ya.
And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of your father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
14 Ụmụ gị ga-adị ukwuu, dị ka aja dị nʼala. Ha ga-ejupụta ala a, site nʼọwụwa anyanwụ ruo nʼọdịda anyanwụ, sitekwa nʼugwu ruo na ndịda. A ga-esitekwa na gị na mkpụrụ gị, gọzie mba niile nke ụwa a.
And your seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in you and in your seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
15 Anọnyeere m gị. Aga m echebe gị ebe ọbụla ị na-aga. Aga m akpọghachite gị nʼala a. Agaghị m ahapụ gị tutu ruo mgbe m mezuoro gị ihe niile m kwere gị na nkwa.”
And behold I am with you to preserve you continually in all the way wherein you shall go; and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not desert you, until I have done all that I have said to you.
16 Jekọb tetara nʼụra sị, “Nʼezie Onyenwe anyị nọ nʼebe a. Ma amaghị m ya.”
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.
17 Ọ tụrụ egwu sị, “Lee ka ebe a si dị oke egwu, o nweghị ihe ebe a bụ karịa ụlọ Chineke, nʼezie ọ bụ ọnụ ụzọ ama eluigwe.”
And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 Nʼisi ụtụtụ echi ya, Jekọb weere nkume ahụ o hinyere nʼisi ya guzo ya dịka ogidi, wụsa mmanụ nʼelu ya.
And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he [had] laid there by his head, and he set it up [as] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
19 Ọ kpọrọ ebe ahụ Betel, ọ bụ ezie na Luz bụ aha obodo ahụ na mbụ.
And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.
20 Mgbe ahụ, Jekọb kwere nkwa sị, “Ọ bụrụ na Chineke ga-anọnyere m, chebe m nʼije m na-eje, ọ bụrụ na ọ ga-enye m ihe oriri m ga-eri na uwe m ga-eyi,
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 m lọghachi nʼụlọ nna m nʼudo, mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị ga-abụ Chineke m.
and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.
22 Nkume a m doziri elu dịka ogidi ga-abụ ụlọ Chineke. Aga m eke ihe niile i nyere m ụzọ iri, nyeghachi gị otu ụzọ.”
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatever you shall give me, I will tithe a tenth for you.
