Bilowgii 28
1 Isxaaqna wuxuu u yeedhay Yacquub, wuuna u duceeyey, oo wuxuu ku amray, oo ku yidhi, Waa inaadan naag ka guursan gabdhaha reer Kancaan.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Kac oo xagga Fadan Araam tag, iyo xagga gurigii Betuu'el oo ah hooyadaa aabbeheed; oo halkaas naag ka guurso gabdhaha Laabaan oo ah hooyadaa walaalkeed.
Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram [in northwest Mesopotamia], to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you.
3 Oo Ilaaha Qaadirka ahu ha ku barakeeyo, oo ha ku badiyo, oo ha ku tarmiyo, inaad noqotid dad faro badan,
I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to [get married and] have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
4 oo ha ku siiyo barakadii Ibraahim, adiga iyo farcankaaga kula joogaba, inaad dhaxashid dalka aad qariibka ku tahay, oo Ilaah Ibraahim siiyey.
I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to [my father] Abraham and his descendants.”
5 Isxaaqna Yacquub wuu diray: oo wuxuu u kacay Fadan Araam xagga Laabaan, ina Betuu'el kii reer Suuriya, oo ahaa Rebeqah walaalkeed tii ahayd Yacquub iyo Ceesaw hooyadood.
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
6 Ceesawna wuxuu arkay in Isxaaq u duceeyey Yacquub oo u diray Fadan Araam, inuu halkaas naag ka guursado, iyo inuu markuu u duceeyey amray, oo ku yidhi, Waa inaadan naag ka guursan gabdhaha reer Kancaan;
Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,”
7 iyo in Yacquub addeecay aabbihiis iyo hooyadiis, oo uu u kacay xagga Fadan Araam.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Oo Ceesaw wuxuu arkay inaanay gabdhaha reer Kancaan ka farxin aabbihiis Isxaaq.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Markaasuu Ceesaw wuxuu u kacay xagga Ismaaciil, oo wuxuu naagihii uu qabay ku daray Mahalad gabadhii Ismaaciil ina Ibraahim, taas oo ahayd Nebayod walaashiis, si ay naagtiisii u noqoto.
Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
10 Yacquubna waa ka tegey Bi'ir Shebac, oo wuxuu u kacay xagga Haaraan.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Oo meel buu gaadhay oo halkaasuu habeenkii oo dhan joogay, maxaa yeelay, qorraxdu way dhacday, markaasuu qaaday mid ka mid ah dhagxantii meeshaas, oo barkaday, halkaasuuna jiifsaday si uu u seexdo.
When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.
12 Wuuna riyooday, oo riyadiisii wuxuu ku arkay sallaan dhulka qotoma oo caaraddiisiina samada gaadhay, wuxuuna arkay malaa'igihii Ilaah oo ku koraya, kuna soo degaya.
While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he [was surprised to] see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
13 Oo bal eeg, Rabbigaa isdul taagay, oo yidhi, Waxaan ahay Rabbiga ah Ilaaha awowgaa Ibraahim, iyo Ilaaha Isxaaq. Dhulka aad ku jiifto, waxaan siin doonaa adiga iyo farcankaaga.
And he [was surprised to] see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.
14 Farcankaaguna wuxuu noqon doonaa sida ciidda dhulka, oo waxaad ku firdhi doontaan tan iyo galbeed, iyo bari, iyo tan iyo woqooyi, iyo koonfur: oo adiga iyo farcankaagay qabiilooyinka dhulka oo dhammu ku barakoobi doonaan.
Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of [what happens to] you and to your descendants.
15 Oo bal eeg, waan kula jiraa, meel alla meeshii aad tagtidna waan kugu dhawri doonaa, dalkanna mar kalaan kugu soo celin doonaa; waayo, anigu kaa tegi maayo ilaa aan sameeyo wixii aan kugula hadlay.
I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
16 Markaasuu Yacquub ka toosay hurdadiisii, oo wuxuu yidhi, Hubaal Rabbigaa halkan jooga, mana aan ogayn.
[During the night], when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!”
17 Wuuna cabsaday, oo wuxuu yidhi, Meeshanu cabsi badanaa! Tanu meel kale ma aha, gurigii Ilaah mooyaane, tanuna waa iriddii samada.
He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”
18 Yacquubna aroor horuu kacay, oo wuxuu qaaday dhagaxii uu barkaday, oo sidii tiir buu u qotomiyey, kolkaasuu saliid ku dul shubay.
In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone [to dedicate it to God].
19 Meeshaas magaceediina wuxuu u bixiyey Beytel: laakiinse markii hore magaalada magaceedu wuxuu ahaa Luus.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Yacquubna nidar buu nidray, oo wuxuu yidhi, Haddii Ilaah ila jiro, oo uu jidkan aan socdo igu dhawro, oo uu i siiyo wax aan cuno, iyo dhar aan xidho,
Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 oo aan aniga oo nabad qaba ku soo noqdo gurigii aabbahay, markaas Rabbigu wuxuu ii noqon doonaa Ilaah,
in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
22 oo dhagaxan aan sidii tiir u qotomiyey, wuxuu noqon doonaa guriga Ilaah: oo wax alla wixii aad i siisidna hubaal meel tobnaadka adigaan ku siin doonaa.
This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
