Genesis 28
1 Isaac el solalma Jacob, paingul ac fahk nu sel, “Nimet kom payuk sin mutan Canaan inge.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 A kom som nu Mesopotamia, nu yen sel Bethuel, papa matu tomom, ac payukyak sin sie mutan we ah, siena sin acn natul Laban, su ma lin nina kiom.
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 God Kulana Elan akinsewowoye payuk lom, ac sot in pus tulik nutum, tuh kom fah papa tumun mutunfacl puspis!
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 Lela Elan akinsewowoye kom ac fwilin tulik nutum oana ke El tuh akinsewowoyal Abraham, tuh facl se su kom muta we inge, su God El sang lal Abraham, in fah ma lom!”
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 Isaac el supwalla Jacob nu Mesopotamia, nu yorol Laban, wen natul Bethuel mwet Aram, su ma lel Rebecca, nina kial Jacob ac 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 el lohngak lah Isaac el akinsewowoyal Jacob ac supwalla nu Mesopotamia in sokak sie mutan kial we. El oayapa lohng lah ke Isaac el akinsewowoyal Jacob el sapkin nu sel elan tia payuk sin mutan Canaan.
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 El lohngak pac lah Jacob el akos na papa tumal ac nina kial, ac som nu Mesopotamia.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Ouinge Esau el akilen lah Isaac, papa tumal, el tia lungse elan payuk nu sin mutan Canaan.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Ke ma inge Esau el som nu yorol Ishmael, wen natul Abraham, ac payukyak sel Mahalath, sie acn natul Ishmael, su ma loul Nebaioth.
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 Jacob el fahsr liki acn Beersheba in som nu Haran.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Ke faht uh tili el sun sie acn mutal ac aktuktuk we. Ke el ona in motul, el eloangak eot se.
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 El mweme mu el liye nien fan se tuyak faclu yak sun acn inkusrao, ac lipufan uh fani ac fanyak fac.
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 Ac LEUM GOD El tu siskal ac fahk, “Nga LEUM GOD lal Abraham ac Isaac. Nga fah sot nu sum, ac fwilin tulik nutum, acn se ma kom oan we inge.
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 Elos ac fah mau arulana pukanten oana puk fin faclu. Elos ac fah akyokye facl selos nu kutulap, roto, epang ac eir. Ac nga fah akinsewowoye mutunfacl nukewa keim ac fwilin tulik nutum.
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 Esam, nga ac fah wi kom ac langoekom yen nukewa kom som nu we, ac nga ac fah folokinkomme nu fin acn se inge. Nga ac tiana fahsr liki kom nwe ke na nga orala ma nukewa nga wuleot nu sum.”
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 Jacob el asmakla ac fahk, “Pwaye na pwaye, LEUM GOD El oasr in acn se inge a nga tiana etu!”
[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 El sangeng ac fahk, “Acn na oal se pa inge! Tia ana acn, a ma sin God. Ku pacna in pa inge mutunpot nu in kusrao.”
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 Jacob el toangna tukakek ke lotu tok ah, eis eot se ma el ilung ah, ac tulokunak tuh in sie mwe esmakin. Na el ukuiya oil in olive nu fac, in kisakunang nu sin God.
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 El sang inen acn sac Bethel. (Siti srisrik sac pangpang Luz meet.)
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Na Jacob el orala wulela se nu sin LEUM GOD, ac fahk ouinge: “Kom fin wiyu ac karinginyu in fahsr se luk inge, ac kasreyu ke mwe mongo ac nuknuk,
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 ac nga fin moul folokla sun acn sin papa tumuk, na kom fah God luk.
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 Eot in esmakin se su nga oakiya inge ac fah acn in alu nu sum, ac nga fah asot nu sum sie tafu singoul ke ma nukewa ma kom ase nu sik.”
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.”
