Uumama 35
1 Waaqni Yaaqoobiin, “Kaʼiitii Beetʼeelitti ol baʼii achi jiraadhu; achittis Waaqa yeroo ati obboleessa kee Esaawun baqatetti sitti mulʼate sanaaf iddoo aarsaa tolchi” jedhe.
[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 Yaaqoob warra mana isaa jiranii fi warra isa wajjin turan hundaan akkana jedhe; “Waaqota ormaa kanneen isin of biraa qabdan irraa fagaadhaa; of qulqulleessaa; uffata keessanis geeddaradhaa.
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 Kottaa kaanee Beetʼeelitti ol baanaa; anis achitti Waaqa gaafa rakkina kootii deebii naa kenne isa iddoo ani dhaqe hundumatti na wajjin ture sanaaf iddoo aarsaa nan tolcha.”
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 Isaanis waaqota ormaa kanneen isaan of biraa qaban hundaa fi lootii gurra isaanii Yaaqoobitti kennan; Yaaqoobis fuudhee qilxuu Sheekemii jalatti awwaale.
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 Isaanis kaʼanii qajeelan; akka namni tokko iyyuu isaan duukaa hin buuneef naasisuun Waaqaa magaalaawwan naannoo isaanii jiran irra buʼe.
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 Yaaqoobii fi namoonni isa wajjin turan hundi gara Luuzi kan Beetʼeel jedhamtuu ishee biyya Kanaʼaan keessatti argamtu sanaa dhufan.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Innis achitti iddoo aarsaa tolchee sababii yeroo inni obboleessa isaa jalaa baqachaa turetti Waaqni achitti isatti of mulʼiseef iddoo sana El Beetʼeel jedhee waame.
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 Debooraan guddiftuun Ribqaa duutee Beetʼeelii gaditti qilxuu jalatti awwaalamte. Maqaan isaas Aloonbaakut jedhame.
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 Erga Yaaqoob kaaba dhiʼa Phaadaan Arraamiitii deebiʼee booddee Waaqni ammas isatti mulʼatee isa eebbise.
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 Waaqni, “Maqaan kee Yaaqoob; siʼachi garuu ati Yaaqoob hin jedhamtu; maqaan kee Israaʼel jedhama” jedheen. Maqaan isaas Israaʼel jedhame.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Waaqni akkana isaan jedhe; “Ani Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu dha; hori; baayʼadhus. Sabnii fi waldaan sabootaa sirraa argamu; mootonnis mudhii kee keessaa baʼu.
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 Ani biyya Abrahaamii fi Yisihaaqiif kenne siifis nan kenna; ani biyya kana sanyii kee warra si booddeetiifis nan kenna.”
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 Waaqnis iddoo itti isa wajjin haasaʼaa ture sanatti isa dhiisee ol baʼe.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Yaaqoob iddoo itti Waaqni isa wajjin dubbate sana utubaa dhagaa tokko dhaabee kennaa dhugaatii irratti dhangalaase; zayitiis irratti dhangalaase.
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 Yaaqoobis iddoo itti Waaqni isa wajjin dubbate sana Beetʼeel jedhee moggaase.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Isaanis Beetʼeelii kaʼanii adeemsa isaanii itti fufan. Akkuma isaan Efraataatti dhiʼaataniinis Raahel ciniinsuun qabamtee akka malee muddamte.
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 Utuu isheen daʼuuf ciniinsuu jabaa keessa jirtuus deessiftuun, “Ati waan ilma biraa deessuuf hin sodaatin” jetteen.
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 Raahel garuu waan duʼuu geesseef utuma lubbuun ishee baʼaa jirtuu Ben-Oonii jettee ilma ishee moggaafte. Abbaan isaa garuu Beniyaam jedhee isa moggaase.
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 Akkasiin Raahel duutee karaa Efraataatti geessu irratti awwaalamte; Efraataan kun immoo Beetlihem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Yaaqoobis awwaala ishee irra soodduu dhaabe; soodduun sunis hamma harʼaattuu awwaala Raahel argisiisa.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 Israaʼel ammas achii kaʼee Migdaal Eederiin gamatti dunkaana isaa dhaabbate.
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 Utuu Israaʼel biyya sana jiraatuu Ruubeen ol seenee saajjatoo abbaa isaa Bilihaa wajjin ciise; Israaʼelis waan kana dhagaʼe. Yaaqoob ilmaan kudha lama qaba ture; isaanis:
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 Ilmaan Liyaa: Ruubeen jechuunis ilma Yaaqoob isa hangafa, Simiʼoon, Lewwii, Yihuudaa, Yisaakorii fi Zebuuloon.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Ilmaan Raahel: Yoosefii fi Beniyaam.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Ilmaan Bilihaa jechuunis xomboree Raahel: Daanii fi Niftaalem.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Ilmaan Zilfaa jechuunis xomboree Liyaa: Gaadii fi Aasheer. Isaan kunneen ilmaan Yaaqoob kanneen kaaba dhiʼa Phaadaan Arraamiitti isaaf dhalatanii dha.
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 Yaaqoobis gara abbaa isaa, gara Yisihaaq, gara magaalaa Mamree ishee Kiriyaati Arbaaq kan Kebroon jedhamtuu, iddoo Abrahaamii fi Yisihaaq alagoota taʼanii jiraachaa turan sanaa dhufe.
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 Yisihaaq waggaa dhibba tokkoo fi saddeettama jiraate.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Innis umurii quufee, dulloomee hafuura isaa kan dhumaa baafatee duʼe; gara saba isaattis dabalame. Ilmaan isaa Esaawuu fi Yaaqoobis isa awwaalan.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
