1 Mosebok 33
1 Og Jakob skoda framyver, og sjå, der kom Esau og fire hundrad mann med honom. Då skifte han borni millom Lea og Rakel og båe ternorne,
[Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
2 og sette ternorne og borni deira fremst, og Lea og borni hennar attanfor, og Rakel og Josef attarst.
He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 Og sjølv gjekk han fram fyre deim, og bøygde seg nedåt jordi sju gonger, til dess han kom tett innåt bror sin.
He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
4 Men Esau sprang imot honom, og tok honom i fanget, og lagde armarne um halsen hans, og kysste honom, og dei gret.
But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
5 Då han såg upp, vart han var konorne og borni; då sagde han: «Kva er dette for folk du hev med deg?» «Det er dei borni som Gud hev unnt tenaren din, » sagde Jakob.
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
6 So gjekk ternorne fram med borni sine og bøygde seg.
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 Og Lea og borni hennar gjekk og fram og bøygde seg. Sidan gjekk Josef og Rakel fram og bøygde seg.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 Då sagde han: «Kva vilde du med heile denne buskapen som eg møtte?» «Eg vilde gjera deg blid på meg, herre bror, » sagde hin.
Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
9 Då sagde Esau: «Eg hev nok, bror. Hav du sjølv det som ditt er!»
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 «Å nei, kjære væne!» sagde Jakob. «Hev du noko godvilje for meg, so tak imot gåva mi! For då eg såg deg i andlitet, var det som eg såg Guds andlit, med di du var so blid imot meg.
But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
11 Kjære deg, tak imot gåva eg sende deg! For Gud hev vore god mot meg, og eg hev nok av alle slag.» Og han nøydde honom, til han tok imot det.
Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
12 So sagde Esau: «Lat oss taka ut og koma i vegen, so skal eg fara jamte med deg.»
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 Men Jakob sagde: «Du veit, herre bror, at borni ikkje toler mykje, og eg hev lambsøyor og nybære kyr å taka vare på. Driv ein deim for hardt, um det berre er ein dag, so døyr heile buskapen.
Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
14 Vil ikkje du gjera vel og fara fyre meg, herre bror! So kann eg rusla so smått, etter som drifterne og borni orkar til, til dess eg kjem til deg i Se’ir.»
You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
15 «So vil eg lata nokre av dei mennerne eg hev med, vera att hjå deg, » sagde Esau. «Kvi då?» sagde hin; «berre du vil vera blid på meg, herre bror!»
Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
16 So snudde Esau um same dagen, og for sin veg heim att til Se’ir.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 Og Jakob tok vegen til Sukkot, og bygde seg eit hus, og til buskapen sin gjorde han skålar. Difor kallar dei den staden Sukkot.
But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
18 Og Jakob kom seg vel fram til Sikemsbyen i Kana’ans-land, den gongen han for frå Mesopotamia, og han fann seg eit læger framanfor byen.
[Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
19 Og det jordstykket som han hadde sett upp tjeldbudi si på, kjøpte han av sønerne hans Hemor, far åt Sikem, for hundrad gullpengar.
One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
20 Og han bygde eit altar der, og kalla det: «Gud er Gud åt Israel».
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
