Pirmā Mozus 28
1 Tad Īzaks aicināja Jēkabu un to svētīja un tam pavēlēja un uz to sacīja: tev nebūs sievu ņemt no Kanaāniešu meitām.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Celies, ej uz Mezopotamiju, Betuēļa, savas mātes tēva, namā, un ņem sev sievu no turienes, no Lābana, savas mātes brāļa, meitām.
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 Un tas visuvarenais Dievs lai tevi svētī un lai tevi dara auglīgu un lai tevi vairo, ka topi par lielu ļaužu pulku.
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 Un lai viņš tev dod Ābrahāma svētību, tev un tavam dzimumam ar tevi, ka tu vari iemantot to zemi, kur tu esi piemitis, ko Dievs Ābrahāmam ir devis.
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 Tā Īzaks atlaida Jēkabu, un tas gāja uz Mezopotamiu pie Lābana, Betuēļa, tā Sīrieša, dēla, Rebekas, Jēkaba un Ēsava mātes, brāļa.
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 Kad nu Ēsavs redzēja, ka Īzaks Jēkabu bija svētījis un uz Mezopotamiu sūtījis, no turienes sievu ņemt, un ka viņš to svētījot tam bija pavēlējis sacīdams: tev nebūs sievu ņemt no Kanaāniešu meitām,
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 Un ka Jēkabs savam tēvam un savai mātei bija paklausījis un uz Mezopotamiu aizgājis,
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Un kad Ēsavs arī redzēja, ka Īzaks, viņa tēvs, tās Kanaāniešu meitas neieredzēja, -
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Tad Ēsavs gāja pie Ismaēla un ņēma klāt pie savām sievām sev par sievu Maālatu, Ismaēla, Ābrahāma dēla, meitu, Nebajota māsu. -
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 Un Jēkabs aizgāja no Bēršebas un gāja uz Hāranu.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Un tam gadījās nonākt kādā vietā, tur viņš palika par nakti, jo saule bija nogājusi; un tas ņēma vienu no tās vietas akmeņiem un lika to sev pagalvē un apgūlās tanī vietā.
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 Un tas sapņoja, un redzi, trepes bija celtas virs zemes, un viņu virsgals aiztika debesis, un redzi, Dieva eņģeļi pa tām uzkāpa un nokāpa.
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 Un redzi, Tas Kungs stāvēja virsgalā un sacīja: Es esmu Tas Kungs, tava tēva Ābrahāma Dievs un Īzaka Dievs; to zemi, kur tu guli, Es došu tev un tavam dzimumam.
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 Un tavs dzimums būs kā zemes pīšļi, un tu izplētīsies pret vakariem un pret rītiem, uz ziemeļa pusi un uz dienasvidus pusi, un caur tevi un tavu sēklu visas zemes ciltis taps svētītas.
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 Un redzi, Es esmu ar tevi un pasargāšu tevi visur, kur tu noiesi, un pārvedīšu tevi atkal uz šo zemi; jo Es tevi negribu atstāt, tiekams Es izdarīšu, ko Es uz tevi esmu runājis.
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 Kad nu Jēkabs no sava miega atmodās, tad tas sacīja: tiešām, Tas Kungs ir šinī vietā, un es to neesmu zinājis.
[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 Un viņš bijās un sacīja: cik bijājama ir šī vieta! Še ir tiešām Dieva nams un še ir debesu vārti.
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 Un Jēkabs cēlās rītā agri un ņēma to akmeni, kas tam bija pagalvē bijis, un to uzcēla par zīmi un tam uzlēja eļļu virsū.
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 Un viņš nosauca tās vietas vārdu Bēteli (Dieva nams); bet papriekš tai pilsētai bija Lūza vārds.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Un Jēkabs solīdamies solījās un sacīja: ja Dievs Tas Kungs būs ar mani un mani pasargās uz šā ceļa, ko es staigāju, un man dos maizi ēst un drēbes ģērbties,
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 Un man liks ar mieru pāriet sava tēva namā, tad Tas Kungs lai man ir par Dievu.
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 Un šim akmenim, ko esmu uzcēlis par zīmi, būs tapt par Dieva namu, un no visa, ko Tu man dosi, es Tev došu desmito tiesu.
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.”
