1 Mosebok 35
1 Og Gud sagde til Jakob: «Gjer deg reidug, og far upp til Betel, og gjev deg til der, og bygg eit altar åt Gud, han som synte seg for deg, då du rømde for Esau, bror din.»
[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 Då sagde Jakob med husfolket sitt og alle deim som var med honom: «Få burt dei framande gudarne, som er hjå dykk, og fjelga dykk, og byt klæde!
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 Og lat oss so taka ut og fara upp til Betel! Der vil eg byggja eit altar åt Gud, han som høyrde bøni mi den dagen eg var i fåre, og som var med meg på den vegen eg for.»
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 Då let dei Jakob få alle dei framande gudarne som dei hadde hjå seg, og ringarne som dei hadde i øyro; og Jakob grov det ned under den eiki som stend innmed Sikem.
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 So tok dei ut, og ein otte frå Gud kom yver byarne rundt ikring deim, so dei sette ikkje etter Jakobs-sønerne.
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 Og Jakob kom til Luz, som ligg i Kana’ans-land - no heiter det Betel - både han og alt folket som var med honom.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Der bygde han eit altar, og kalla den staden «Gud i Betel»; for der hadde Gud synt seg for honom den gongen han rømde for bror sin.
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 Då døydde Debora, fostermor hennar Rebekka, og ho vart jorda nedanfor Betel, attunder ei eik; den kallar dei Gråtareiki.
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 Gud synte seg endå ein gong for Jakob, den tid han kom frå heim Mesopotamia, og velsigna honom.
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 Og Gud sagde til honom: «Du heiter Jakob! heretter skal du ikkje heita Jakob; Israel skal du heita!» Sidan kalla dei honom Israel.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Og Gud sagde til honom: «Eg er Gud, den Allvelduge. Du skal veksa og aukast! Eit folk, ei mengd med folkeslag skal ættast frå deg, og undan deg skal kongar alast.
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 Og det landet som eg gav Abraham og Isak, det vil eg gjeva deg; ætti di etter deg vil eg gjeva det landet.»
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 So for Gud upp ifrå honom på den staden han var då han tala med honom.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Då reiste Jakob upp ein stein på den staden han var då han tala med honom, ein minnestein, og auste drykkoffer på honom, og slo olje utyver honom.
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 Og Jakob kalla den staden han var då Gud tala med honom, Betel.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 So tok dei ut att frå Betel, og då dei hadde att som eit augneleite til Efrat, fekk Rakel barnilt, og ho vart strengt sjuk.
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 Og medan ho låg i hardaste riderne, sagde ljosmori med henne: «Syt ikkje no! Her hev du ein son att.»
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 Og i det same ho sålast - for ho laut døy - kalla ho honom Benoni; men far hans kalla honom Benjamin.
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 Då Rakel var slokna, vart ho jorda frammed vegen til Efrat, som no heiter Betlehem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Og Jakob reiste upp ein minnestein på gravi hennar. Det er gravsteinen hennar Rakel; han stend der den dag i dag.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 So tok Israel ut att, og sette upp tjeldbudi si burtanfor Bølingstårnet.
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 Medan Israel budde der i landet, hende det at Ruben gjekk av og låg hjå Bilha, fylgjekona åt far hans. Og Israel fekk vita det. Sønerne hans Jakob var tolv i talet.
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 Sønerne hennar Lea var Ruben, eldste son hans Jakob, og Simeon og Levi og Juda og Issakar og Sebulon.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Og sønerne hennar Rakel var Josef og Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Og sønerne åt Bilha, terna hennar Rakel, var Dan og Naftali.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Og sønerne åt Zilpa, terna hennar Lea, var Gad og Asser. Dette var sønerne hans Jakob, som han hadde fenge i 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 Og Jakob kom til Isak, far sin, i Mamre, tett innmed Arbabyen, som no heiter Hebron, der som Abraham og Isak hadde halde til.
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 Og dagarne hans Isak vart hundrad og åtteti år.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Då sålast Isak og døydde, og kom saman med federne sine, gamall og mett av dagar. Og Esau og Jakob, sønerne hans, fylgde honom til gravi.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
