< Postanak 30 >

1 A Rahilja vidjevši gdje ne raða djece Jakovu, pozavidje sestri svojoj; i reèe Jakovu: daj mi djece, ili æu umrijeti.
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
2 A Jakov se rasrdi na Rahilju, i reèe: zar sam ja a ne Bog koji ti ne da poroda?
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
3 A ona reèe: eto robinje moje Vale, lezi s njom, neka rodi na mojim koljenima, pa æu i ja imati djece od nje.
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
4 I dade mu Valu robinju svoju za ženu, i Jakov leže s njom.
So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,
5 I zatrudnje Vala, i rodi Jakovu sina.
and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.
6 A Rahilja reèe: Gospod mi je sudio i èuo glas moj, te mi dade sina. Zato mu nadjede ime Dan.
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
7 I Vala robinja Rahiljina zatrudnje opet, i rodi drugoga sina Jakovu;
And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 A Rahilja reèe: borah se žestoko sa sestrom svojom, ali odoljeh. I nadjede mu ime Neftalim.
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
9 A Lija vidjevši gdje presta raðati uze Zelfu robinju svoju i dade je Jakovu za ženu.
When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
10 I rodi Zelfa robinja Lijina Jakovu sina;
And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 I Lija reèe: doðe èeta. I nadjede mu ime Gad.
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12 Opet rodi Zelfa robinja Lijina drugoga sina Jakovu;
When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
13 I reèe Lija: blago meni, jer æe me blaženom zvati žene. Zato mu nadjede ime Asir.
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14 A Ruvim izide u vrijeme žetve pšeniène i naðe mandragoru u polju, i donese je Liji materi svojoj. A Rahilja reèe Liji: daj mi mandragoru sina svojega.
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 A ona joj reèe: malo li ti je što si mi uzela muža? hoæeš da mi uzmeš i mandragoru sina mojega? A Rahilja joj reèe: neka noæas spava s tobom za mandragoru sina tvojega.
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 I uveèe kad se Jakov vraæaše iz polja, izide mu Lija na susret i reèe: spavaæeš kod mene, jer te kupih za mandragoru sina svojega. I spava kod nje onu noæ.
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
17 A Bog usliši Liju, te ona zatrudnje, i rodi Jakovu petoga sina.
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 I reèe Lija: Gospod mi dade platu moju što dadoh robinju svoju mužu svojemu. I nadjede mu ime Isahar.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
19 I zatrudnje Lija opet, i rodi Jakovu šestoga sina;
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 I reèe Lija: dariva me Gospod darom dobrijem; da ako se sada veæ priljubi k meni muž moj, jer mu rodih šest sinova. Zato mu nadjede ime Zavulon.
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
21 Najposlije rodi kæer, i nadjede joj ime Dina.
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
22 Ali se Gospod opomenu Rahilje; i uslišiv je otvori joj matericu;
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
23 I zatrudnje, i rodi sina, i reèe: uze Bog sramotu moju.
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
24 I nadjede mu ime Josif, govoreæi: neka mi doda Gospod još jednoga sina.
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
25 A kad Rahilja rodi Josifa, reèe Jakov Lavanu: pusti me da idem u svoje mjesto i u svoju zemlju.
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
26 Daj mi žene moje, za koje sam ti služio, i djecu moju, da idem, jer znaš kako sam ti služio.
Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
27 A Lavan mu reèe: nemoj, ako sam našao milost pred tobom; vidim da me je blagoslovio Gospod tebe radi.
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
28 I još reèe: išti koliko hoæeš plate, i ja æu ti dati.
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
29 A Jakov mu odgovori: ti znaš kako sam ti služio i kakva ti je stoka postala kod mene.
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
30 Jer je malo bilo što si imao dokle ja ne doðoh; ali se umnoži veoma, jer te Gospod blagoslovi kad ja doðoh. Pa kad æu i ja tako sebi kuæu kuæiti?
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
31 I reèe mu Lavan: šta hoæeš da ti dam? A Jakov odgovori: ne treba ništa da mi daš; nego æu ti opet pasti stoku i èuvati, ako æeš mi uèiti ovo:
“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
32 Da zaðem danas po svoj stoci tvojoj, i odluèim sve što je šareno i s biljegom, i sve što je crno izmeðu ovaca, i što je s biljegom i šareno izmeðu koza, pa što poslije bude tako, ono da mi je plata.
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
33 Tako æe mi se poslije posvjedoèiti pravda moja pred tobom kad doðeš da vidiš zaslugu moju: što god ne bude šareno ni s biljegom ni crno izmeðu ovaca i koza u mene, biæe kradeno.
So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
34 A Lavan reèe: eto, neka bude kako si kazao.
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
35 I odluèi Lavan isti dan jarce s biljegom i šarene i sve koze s biljegom i šarene, i sve na èem bijaše što bijelo, i sve crno izmeðu ovaca, i predade sinovima svojim.
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
36 I ostavi daljine tri dana hoda izmeðu sebe i Jakova. I Jakov pasijaše ostalu stoku Lavanovu.
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 I uze Jakov zelenijeh prutova topolovijeh i ljeskovijeh i kestenovijeh, i naguli ih do bjeline koja bješe na prutovima.
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
38 I metaše naguljene prutove pred stoku u žljebove i korita kad dolažaše stoka da pije, da bi se upaljivala kad doðe da pije.
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
39 I upaljivaše se stoka gledajuæi u prutove, i što se mlaðaše bijaše s biljegom, prutasto i šareno.
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
40 I Jakov odluèivaše mlad, i obraæaše stado Lavanovo da gleda u šarene i u sve crne; a svoje stado odvajaše i ne obraæaše ga prema stadu Lavanovu.
Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
41 I kad se god upaljivaše stoka rana, metaše Jakov prutove u korita pred oèi stoci da bi se upaljivala gledajuæi u prutove;
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
42 A kad se upaljivaše pozna stoka, ne metaše; tako pozne bivahu Lavanove a rane Jakovljeve.
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
43 I tako se taj èovjek obogati vrlo, te imaše mnogo stoke i sluga i sluškinja i kamila i magaraca.
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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