Genesisy 35
1 Ary hoy Andriamanitra tamin’ i Jakoba: Miaingà, miakara any Betela ianao ka monena any; ary manorena alitara any ho an’ Andriamanitra Izay niseho taminao, fony ianao nandositra ny tavan’ i Esao rahalahinao.
[Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
2 Dia hoy Jakoba tamin’ izay tao an-tranony mbamin’ izay rehetra nomba azy: Ario ireo andriamani-kafa, izay ao aminareo, dia madiova, sady ovay ny fitafianareo;
So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
3 ary andeha hiainga isika ka hiakatra any Betela; ary hanao alitara any aho ho an’ Andriamanitra, Izay nihaino ahy tamin’ ny andron’ ny fahoriako ary nomba ahy tamin’ ny lalana izay nalehako.
Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 Dia natolony teo amin’ i Jakoba ny andriamani-kafa rehetra izay notànany sy ny kavina izay teny an-tsofiny; ary dia nalevin’ i Jakoba tao am-pototry ny hazo terebinta izay tao akaikin’ i Sekema ireo.
So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
5 Dia lasa nandeha izy; ary nisy tahotra avy amin’ Andriamanitra nahazo ny tanàna manodidina azy, ka tsy nanenjika ny zanak’ i Jakoba izy.
As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
6 Ary Jakoba dia tonga tany Lozy (Betela izany), izay any amin’ ny tany Kanana, dia izy sy ny olona rehetra izay nomba azy.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, ka nataony hoe El-betela no anaran’ izany tany izany; fa teo no nisehoan’ Andriamanitra taminy, fony izy nandositra ny tavan’ ny rahalahiny.
There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
8 Ary maty Debora, mpitaiza an-dRebeka, ka naleviny tao am-pototr’ i Betela, teo ambanin’ ny hazo ôka; ary ny anaran’ io dia nataony hoe Alona-bakota.
Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
9 Ary Andriamanitra niseho indray tamin’ i Jakoba, raha tonga avy tany Mesopotamia izy, ka nitahy azy.
After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
10 Ary hoy Andriamanitra taminy: Jakoba no anaranao; nefa tsy hatao hoe Jakoba intsony ny anaranao, fa Isiraely ny anaranao; dia nataony hoe Isiraely no anarany.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Ary hoy Andriamanitra taminy: Izaho no Andriamanitra Tsitoha; maroa fara sy mihabetsaha; firenena maro no hiseho avy aminao, ary hisy mpanjaka amin’ ny haterakao;
Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
12 ary ny tany izay nomeko an’ i Abrahama sy Isaka dia homeko anao; ary ny taranakao mandimby anao koa no homeko ny tany.
The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
13 Ary Andriamanitra niakatra niala taminy, teo amin’ ilay niresahany taminy.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Ary Jakoba dia nanorina tsangam-bato teo amin’ ny fitoerana izay niresahany taminy ka nanidina fanatitra aidina teo aminy sady nampidina diloilo teo aminy koa.
Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
15 Ary ny anaran’ ny tany izay niresahan’ Andriamanitra taminy dia nataon’ i Jakoba hoe Betela.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Dia nifindra niala tany Betela izy; ary nony efa kely foana no sisa tsy nahatongavany tao Efrata, dia nihetsi-jaza Rahely sady sarotiny.
Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
17 Ary nony sarotiny toy izany izy, dia hoy ny mpampivelona taminy: Aza matahotra ianao; fa izato koa no zazalahy ho anao.
When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
18 Ary rehefa hiala aina (fa maty izy), dia nataony hoe Benony ny anarany; fa ny rainy kosa nanao azy hoe Benjamina.
But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
19 Dia maty Rahely ka nalevina teo amin’ ny lalana mankany Efrata (Betlehema izany).
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Ary Jakoba nanorina tsangam-bato teo ambonin’ ny fasany, dia ilay tsangam-bato ao amin’ ny fasan-dRahely mandraka androany.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 Dia lasa nifindra Isiraely ka nanorina ny lainy tao ankoatr’ i Migdaledera.
Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
22 Ary raha nonina teo amin’ izany tany izany Isiraely, dia avy Robena ka nandry tamin’ i Bila, vaditsindranon-drainy; ary nahare izany Isiraely.
While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
23 Ary ny zanakalahin’ i Jakoba dia roa ambin’ ny folo mirahalahy: ny zanak’ i Lea dia Robena, lahimatoan’ i Jakoba, sy Simeona sy Levy sy Joda sy Isakara ary Zebolona;
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 ny zana-dRahely kosa dia Josefa sy Benjamina;
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 ary ny zanak’ i Bila, ankizivavin-dRahely, kosa dia Dana sy Naftaly;
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 ary ny zanak’ i Zilpa, ankizivavin’ i Lea, kosa dia Gada sy Asera. Ireo no zanakalahin’ i Jakoba izay naterany tany Mesopotamia.
The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
27 Ary Jakoba nankany amin’ Isaka rainy tany Mamre, any Kiriat-arba (Hebrona izany), izay nivahinian’ i Abrahama sy Isaka.
Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
28 Ary ny andro niainan’ Isaka dia valo-polo amby zato taona.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Dia niala aina Isaka ka maty, ary voangona any amin’ ny razany, rehefa tratrantitra sady ela niainana izy; ary dia nandevina azy Esao sy Jakoba zananilahy.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
