Genesis 31

1 Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicentium: Tulit Iacob omnia quae fuerunt patris nostri, et de illius facultate ditatus, factus est inclytus:

Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

2 animadvertit quoque faciem Laban, quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius,

And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

3 maxime dicente sibi Domino: Revertere in terram patrum tuorum, et ad generationem tuam, eroque tecum.

Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

4 Misit, et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,

And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.

5 dixitque eis: Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri, et nudiustertius: Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum.

And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

6 Et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

7 Sed et pater vester circumvenit me, et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus: et tamen non dimisit eum Deus ut noceret mihi.

But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

8 Si quando dixit: Variae erunt mercedes tuae: pariebant omnes oves varios foetus. quando vero econtrario ait: Alba quaeque accipies pro mercede: omnes greges alba pepererunt.

If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

9 Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri, et dedit mihi.

So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

10 Postquam enim conceptus ovium tempus advenerat, levavi oculos meos, et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas, varios et maculosos, et diversorum colorum.

And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

11 Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: Iacob? Et ego respondi: Adsum.

And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

12 Qui ait: Leva oculos tuos, et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, varios, maculosos, atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia quae fecit tibi Laban.

And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

13 Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti lapidem, et votum vovisti mihi. Nunc ergo surge, et egredere de terra hac, revertens in terram nativitatis tuae.

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

14 Responderuntque Rachel et Lia: Numquid habemus residui quidquam in facultatibus, et hereditate domus patris nostri?

Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

15 Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum?

Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

16 Sed Deus tulit opes patris nostri, et eas tradidit nobis, ac filiis nostris: unde omnia quae praecepit tibi Deus, fac.

For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

17 Surrexit itaque Iacob, et impositis liberis, ac coniugibus suis super camelos, abiit.

Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

18 Tulitque omnem substantiam suam, et greges, et quidquid in Mesopotamia acquisierat, pergens ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.

And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

19 Eo tempore ierat Laban ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est idola patris sui.

Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

20 Noluitque Iacob confiteri socero suo quod fugeret.

And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

21 Cumque abiisset tam ipse quam omnia quae iuris sui erant, et amne transmisso pergeret contra montem Galaad,

So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

22 nunciatum est Laban die tertio quod fugeret Iacob.

And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

23 Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem: et comprehendit eum in Monte Galaad.

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

24 Viditque in somnis dicentem sibi Deum: Cave ne quidquam aspere loquaris contra Iacob.

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

25 Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum: cumque ille consecutus fuisset eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem Monte Galaad fixit tentorium.

Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

26 Et dixit ad Iacob: Quare ita egisti, ut clam me abigeres filias meas quasi captivas gladio?

And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

27 Cur ignorante me fugere voluisti, nec indicare mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio, et canticis, et tympanis, et citharis?

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

28 Non es passus ut oscularer filios meos et filias: stulte operatus es: et nunc quidem

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

29 valet manus mea reddere tibi malum: sed Deus patris tui heri dixit mihi: Cave ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam durius.

It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

30 Esto, ad tuos ire cupiebas, et desiderio erat tibi domus patris tui: cur furatus es deos meos?

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

31 Respondit Iacob: Quod inscio te profectus sum, timui ne violenter auferres filias tuas.

And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

32 Quod autem furti me arguis: apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos, necetur coram fratribus nostris. scrutare, quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris, et aufer. haec dicens, ignorabat quod Rachel furata esset idola.

As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

33 Ingressus itaque Laban tabernaculum Iacob et Liae, et utriusque famulae, non invenit. Cumque intrasset tentorium Rachelis,

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

34 illa festinans abscondit idola subter stramenta cameli, et sedit desuper: scrutantique omne tentorium, et nihil invenienti,

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

35 ait: Ne irascatur dominus meus quod coram te assurgere nequeo: quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi. sic delusa solicitudo quaerentis est.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

36 Tumensque Iacob, cum iurgio ait: Quam ob culpam meam, et ob quod peccatum meum sic exarsisti post me,

Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

37 et scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam? Quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuae? pone hic coram fratribus meis, et fratribus tuis, et iudicent inter me, et te.

Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

38 Idcirco viginti annis fui tecum? oves tuae et caprae steriles non fuerunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi:

These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

39 nec captum a bestia ostendi tibi, ego damnum omne reddebam: quidquid furto peribat, a me exigebas:

Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

40 die noctuque aestu urebar, et gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.

This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

41 Sicque per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi, quattuordecim pro filiabus, et sex pro gregibus tuis: immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.

These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

42 Nisi Deus patris mei Abraham, et timor Isaac affuisset mihi, forsitan modo nudum me dimisisses: afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus, et arguit te heri.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

43 Respondit ei Laban: Filiae meae et filii, et greges tui, et omnia quae cernis, mea sunt: quid possum facere filiis et nepotibus meis?

Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

44 Veni ergo, et ineamus foedus: ut sit in testimonium inter me et te.

Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

45 Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem, et erexit illum in titulum:

Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

46 dixitque fratribus suis: Afferte lapides. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum, comederuntque super eum:

And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.

47 quem vocavit Laban Tumulum testis: et Iacob, Acervum testimonii, uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae.

And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

48 Dixitque Laban: Tumulus iste erit testis inter me et te hodie, et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galaad, id est, Tumulus testis.

And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

49 Intueatur et iudicet Dominus inter nos quando recesserimus a nobis,

And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

50 si afflixeris filias meas, et si introduxeris alias uxores super eas: nullus sermonis nostri testis est absque Deo, qui praesens respicit.

If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

51 Dixitque rursus ad Iacob: En tumulus hic, et lapis quem erexi inter me et te,

And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

52 testis erit: tumulus, inquam, iste et lapis sint in testimonium, si aut ego transiero illum pergens ad te, aut tu praeterieris, malum mihi cogitans.

They will be witness that I will not go over these stones to you, and you will not go over these stones or this pillar to me, for any evil purpose.

53 Deus Abraham, et Deus Nachor iudicet inter nos, Deus patris eorum. Iuravit ergo Iacob per timorem patris sui Isaac:

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, manserunt ibi.

And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

55 Laban vero de nocte consurgens, osculatus est filios, et filias suas, et benedixit illis: reversusque est in locum suum.

And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.