Mwanzo 30
1 Raheli alipoona kwamba hamzalii Yakobo watoto, Raheli akamwonea wivu dada yake. Akamwambia Yakobo, “Nipe watoto, sivyo nitakufa.”
And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 Hasira ya Yakobo ikawaka juu ya Raheli. Akasema, “Mimi ni badala ya Mungu, aliyekuzuilia usipate watoto?
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 Akasema, “Tazama, kuna mjakazi wangu Bilha. Lala naye, hivyo aweze kuzaa watoto magotini pangu, nami nitapata watoto kwake.
And she said, Behold, there is my maid, Bilhah: go in to her, in order that she may bear on my knees, and I may also be built up by her.
4 Hivyo akampa Bilha mjakazi kama mke wake, na Yakobo akalala naye.
And she gave him Bilhah her maidservant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 Bilha akashika mimba na kumzalia Yakobo mwana.
And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 Kisha Raheli akasema, “Mungu ameamua kwa faida yangu. Ameyasikiliza maombi yangu na kunipa mwana.” Kwa sababu hiyo akamwita jina lake Dani
And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.
7 Bilha, mjakazi wa Raheli, akashika mimba tena na kumzalia Yakobo mwana wa pili.
And Bilhah Rachel's maidservant again conceived, and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Raheli akasema, “Kwa mashindano yenye nguvu nimeshindana na dada yangu na kushinda.” Akamwita jina lake Naftali.
And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.
9 Lea alipoona kwamba ameacha kuzaa, akamchukua Zilpa, mjakazi wake, na kumpa Yakobo kama mke wake.
And when Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her maidservant and gave her to Jacob as wife.
10 Zilpa, mjakazi wa Lea, akamzalia Yakobo mwana.
And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a son.
11 Lea akasema, “Hii ni bahati njema!” Hivyo akamwita jina lake Gadi.
And Leah said, Fortunately! and she called his name Gad.
12 Kisha Zilpa, mjakazi wa Lea, akamzalia Yakobo mwana wa pili.
And Zilpah Leah's maidservant bore Jacob a second son.
13 Lea akasema, “Nina furaha! Kwa maana mabinti wataniita furaha.” Hivyo akamwita jina lake Asheri.
And Leah said, Happy am I; for the daughters will call me blessed! and she called his name Asher.
14 Siku za mavuno ya ngano Rubeni akaenda shambani na kuona tunguja. Akazileta kwa mama yake. Kisha Raheli akamwambia Lea, “Nipe baadhi ya tunguja za mwanao.”
And Reuben went out in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the fields; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
15 Lea akamwambia, “Je ni jambo dogo kwako, kumchukua mme wangu? Je na sasa unataka kuchukua tunguja za mwanangu pia? Raheli akasema, “Kisha atalala nawe leo usiku, kwa kubadilishana na tunguja za mwanao.
And she said to her, Is it [too] little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 Jioni Yakobo akaja kutoka uwandani. Lea akaenda kumlaki na kusema, “Leo usiku utalala nami, kwani nimekuajiri kwa tunguja za mwanangu.” Hivyo Yakobo akalala na Lea usiku huo.
And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 Mungu akamsikia Lea, na akashika mimba na kumzalia Yakobo mwana wa tano.
And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Lea akasema, “Mungu amenipa ujira wangu, kwa sababu nilimpa mme wangu mjakazi wangu.” Akamwita jina lake Isakari.
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
19 Lea akashika mimba tena na kuzaa mwana wa tano kwa Yakobo.
And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;
20 Lea akasema, “Mungu amenipa zawadi njema. Sasa mme wangu ataniheshimu, kwa sababu nimemzalia wana sita.” Akamwita jina lake Zabuloni.
and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
21 Baadaye akazaa binti na kumwita jina lake Dina.
And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 Mungu akamkumbuka Raheli na kumsikiliza. Akampa kushika mimba.
And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
23 Akashika mimba na kuzaa mwana. Akasema, “Mungu ameiondoa aibu yangu.”
And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.
24 Akamwita jina lake Yusufu, akisema, Yahwe ameniongeza mwana mwingine.”
And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
25 Baada ya Raheli kumzaa Yusufu, Yakobo akamwambia Labani, “Niache niande, ili kwamba niende nyumbani kwetu na katika nchi yangu.
And it came to pass when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my country.
26 Nipe wake zangu na watoto wangu niliokutumikia kwa ajili yao, na uniache niondoke, kwani unafahamu nilivyokutumikia.
Give [me] my wives for whom I have served thee, and my children; that I may go away, for thou knowest my service which I have served thee.
27 Labani akamwambia, “Ikiwa nimepata kibali machoni pako, subiri, kwa sababu nimejifunza kwa kutumia uaguzi kwamba Yahwe amenibariki kwa ajili yako.”
And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes — I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.
28 Kisha akasema, “Taja ujira wako, nami nitalipa.”
And he said, Appoint to me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 Yakobo akamwambia, “Unajua nilivyokutumikia, na jinsi ambavyo mifugo wako wamekuwa nami.
And he said to him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and what thy cattle has become with me.
30 Kwani walikuwa wachache kabla sijaja, na wameongezeka kwa wingi. Popote nilipokutumikia Mungu amekubariki. Je ni lini mimi nitaandaa kwa ajili ya nyumba yangu pia?”
For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?
31 Hivyo Labani akasema, “Je nikulipe nini? Yakobo akasema, 'Usinipe chochote. Ikiwa utafanya jambo hili kwa ajili yangu, nitawalisha tena kondoo wako na kuwatunza.
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:
32 Niache nipite kati ya kundi lako lote leo, kwa kuondoa kila kondoo mwenye milia na mabaka, na kila kondoo mweusi kati yao, na kati ya wenye mabaka na milia katika mbuzi. Hawa watakuwa ujira wangu.
I will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and [that] shall be my hire.
33 Uadilifu wangu utashuhudia kwa ajili yangu hapo baadaye, utakapokuja kuangalia ujira wangu. Kila ambaye hana milia na hana madoa miongoni mwa mbuzi, na mweusi kati ya kondoo, ikiwa wataonekana kwangu, watahesabiwa kuwa wameibwa.”
And my righteousness shall answer for me hereafter, when thou comest about my hire, before thy face: all that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, let that be stolen with me.
34 Labani akasema, “Nakubali. Na iwe kama yalivyo maneno yako.”
And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word.
35 Siku hiyo Labani akaondoa mabeberu yaliyokuwa na milia na madoa, na majike ya mbuzi yaliyokuwa na milia na madoa, kila aliyekuwa mweupe, na weusi wote katika mbuzi, akawakabidhi katika mikono ya wanaye.
And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
36 Pia Labani akaweka safari ya siku tatu kati yake na Yakobo. Hivyo Yakobo akabaki kuchunga wale kondoo wa Labani waliosalia.
And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.
37 Yakobo akachukua matawi mabichi yaliyokatwa ya mipopla, mlozi na mwaramoni mbichi akatoa maganda ili michilizi myeupe ionekane, na akaifanya sehemu nyeupe ya ndani ya mti iliyokuwa ndani ya fito ionekane.
And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.
38 Kisha akaziweka fito alizokuwa amezibambua mbele ya makundi ya kondoo, mbele ya mabirika yakunyweshea walipokuja kunywa maji. Wakashika mimba walipokuja kunywa maji.
And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.
39 Wanyama wakapandana mbele ya fito; nao wakazaa watoto wenye milia, mabaka na wenye madoa.
And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 Yakobo akawatenga hawa wanakondoo, lakini akawafanya waliosalia kuelekea wanyama wenye milia na kondoo weusi wote katika kundi la Labani. Kisha akayatenga makundi yake mwenyewe pekee na hakuwaweka pamoja na wale wa Labani.
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.
41 Pindi kondoo wenye nguvu katika kundi walipopandana, Yakobo alilaza fito katika mabirika ya maji mbele ya macho ya kundi, ili kwamba washike mimba kati ya fito.
And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;
42 Lakini wakati waliodhaifu walipokuja, hakuweka fito mbele yao. Hivyo wanyama dhaifu wakawa wa Labani, na wenye nguvu wakawa wa Yakobo.
but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
43 Mtu huyo akastawi sana. Akawa na kundi kubwa la kondoo, wajakazi na wajoli, ngamia na punda.
And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.
