Kejadian 28
1 Lalu Isak memanggil Yakub, memberkati dia, dan berkata kepadanya, “Kamu tidak boleh menikah dengan perempuan Kanaan.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Pergilah segera ke rumah kakekmu Betuel, ayah dari ibumu, di Padan Aram. Carilah istri dari salah seorang anak perempuan pamanmu, Laban.
Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram [in northwest Mesopotamia], to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you.
3 Kiranya Allah Yang Mahakuasa memberkatimu dan memberimu keturunan yang banyak, sehingga kelak kamu menjadi nenek moyang bangsa-bangsa.
I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to [get married and] have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
4 Semoga TUHAN memberkatimu dan seluruh keturunanmu sesuai berkat yang sudah diberikan-Nya kepada Abraham, supaya kamu memiliki negeri yang sudah dijanjikan-Nya kepada Abraham, yaitu negeri tempat kita sekarang hidup sebagai pendatang.”
I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to [my father] Abraham and his descendants.”
5 Demikianlah Isak melepas Yakub pergi ke Padan Aram, ke rumah Laban, anak Betuel, orang Aram itu. Laban adalah saudara Ribka, ibu Yakub dan Esau.
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
6 Esau mengetahui bahwa ayahnya sudah memberkati Yakub dan menyuruhnya ke Padan Aram untuk mencari seorang istri di sana. Dia juga mendengar bahwa ayahnya melarang Yakub menikah dengan perempuan Kanaan,
Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,”
7 dan bahwa Yakub menuruti perintah ayah dan ibunya, lalu pergi ke Padan Aram.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Saat itu Esau baru sadar bahwa ayahnya tidak suka dengan perempuan Kanaan.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Karena itu, Esau pergi kepada Ismael, anak Abraham dari Hagar, dan menikahi anaknya yang bernama Mahalat. Demikianlah Esau memiliki istri baru selain dua istrinya yang sudah ada. Mahalat adalah adik Nebayot.
Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
10 Yakub meninggalkan Bersyeba dan pergi ke Haran.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Karena matahari sudah terbenam, Yakub memutuskan untuk bermalam di suatu tempat. Dia mengambil sebuah batu besar untuk dijadikan alas kepala, lalu tidur.
When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.
12 Saat Yakub terlelap, dia bermimpi melihat sebuah tangga. Bagian bawah tangga itu berpijak pada bumi dan ujungnya sampai ke langit. Para malaikat berjalan turun naik di tangga itu.
While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he [was surprised to] see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
13 Lalu TUHAN berdiri di puncak tangga itu dan berkata, “Akulah TUHAN, Allah kakekmu Abraham, dan Allah ayahmu Isak. Tanah di mana kamu sedang tidur ini akan Aku berikan kepadamu dan kepada seluruh keturunanmu.
And he [was surprised to] see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.
14 Jumlah keturunanmu akan seperti debu di atas bumi. Mereka akan tersebar dari timur sampai ke barat, dan dari utara sampai ke selatan. Semua suku bangsa akan diberkati melalui kamu dan keturunanmu.
Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of [what happens to] you and to your descendants.
15 Aku menyertaimu dan akan menjagamu ke mana pun kamu pergi. Aku akan menuntunmu kembali ke tanah ini. Aku tidak akan meninggalkanmu dan Aku akan menepati janji-Ku.”
I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
16 Lalu Yakub terbangun dari tidurnya dan berkata, “Pasti TUHAN ada di tempat ini, dan aku tidak mengetahuinya.”
[During the night], when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!”
17 Dia pun menjadi takut dan berkata, “Tempat ini sangat mengagumkan! Ini pasti rumah Allah, dan di sini adalah gerbang surga!”
He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”
18 Maka pagi-pagi benar dia bangun dan mendirikan batu yang dipakainya itu sebagai batu peringatan. Dia menuangkan minyak di atas batu tersebut untuk menandakan bahwa batu itu dikhususkan bagi TUHAN.
In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone [to dedicate it to God].
19 Yakub menamai tempat itu Betel. Sebelumnya, kota itu bernama Lus.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Lalu Yakub berjanji, katanya, “Kalau Allah menyertai dan menjagaku dalam perjalanan yang sedang aku tempuh ini, serta menyediakan makanan dan pakaian untukku,
Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 sehingga aku dapat kembali ke rumah ayahku dengan selamat, maka Engkau, TUHAN, akan menjadi Allahku.
in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
22 Batu yang sudah aku tegakkan sebagai peringatan akan menjadi tempat untuk menyembah Engkau. Dan aku akan memberikan kepada-Mu sepersepuluh dari segala sesuatu yang Engkau berikan kepadaku.”
This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
