1 Mosebok 31

1 Och kom för honom Labans barns tal, att de sade: Jacob hafver kommit allt vår faders gods till sig; och af vår faders gods hafver han sådana rikedomar samkat.

Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”

2 Och Jacob såg på Labans ansigte, och si, det var icke sådana emot honom, som i går och förrgår.

And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.

3 Och Herren sade till honom: Far åter in i dina fäders land, och till dina fränder: Jag vill vara med dig.

Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”

4 Då sände Jacob, och lät kalla Rachel och Lea ut på markena till sin hjord;

So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.

5 Och sade till dem: Jag ser edars faders ansigte, att det är icke sådana emot mig, såsom i går och i förrgår: Men mins faders Gud hafver varit med mig.

When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.

6 Och I veten, att jag hafver tjent edar fader af alla mina krafter.

You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,

7 Och han hafver besvikit mig, och nu tio resor förvandlat min lön; men Gud hafver honom det icke tillstadt, att han skulle göra mig skada.

but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.

8 När han sade: De brokota skola vara din lön, så bar hela hjorden brokot; men när han sade: De spräcklota skola vara din lön, så bar hela hjorden spräcklot.

When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.

9 Så hafver Gud vändt edars faders gods ifrå honom, och gifvit det mig.

In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.

10 Ty när aflotiden kom, hof jag upp min ögon, och såg i dröm, och si, gumrarne sprungo på de spräcklota, fläckota och brokota hjordarna.

“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.

11 Och Guds Ängel sade till mig i drömmenom: Jacob; och jag svarade: Här är jag.

An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’

12 Men han sade: Häf upp din ögon, och si, gumrarne springa på de spräcklota, fläckota och brokota fåren; förty jag hafver allt sett, hvad Laban gör dig.

He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

13 Jag är Gud i BethEl, der du hafver smort stenen, och gjort mig der ett löfte: Nu gör dig redo, och far utaf detta landet, och far in i ditt födsloland igen.

I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”

14 Då svarade Rachel och Lea, och sade till honom: Vi hafve hvarken del eller arf i vårs faders huse mer.

Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].

15 Hafver han dock hållit oss lika som främmande; förty han hafver sålt oss, och förtärt vårt värd.

He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!

16 Derföre hafver Gud frånvändt vårom fader hans rikedomar till oss och vår barn. Allt det Gud dig nu sagt hafver, det gör.

Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”

17 Så gjorde Jacob sig redo, och satte sin barn och hustrur på camelar;

Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.

18 Och förde bort all sin boskap, och alla sina håfvor, som han hade förvärfvat i Mesopotamien; på det han skulle komma till sin fader Isaac i Canaans land.

He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.

19 Men Laban var gången bort till att klippa sin hjord. Och Rachel stal sins faders beläter.

Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].

20 Alltså stal Jacob Laban af Syrien hjertat, att han honom icke tillsade, då han flydde.

Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.

21 Så flydde han, och allt det hans var gjorde sig redo, och for öfver älfvena, och stämde åt Gileads berg.

So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.

22 På tredje dagen vardt det Laban sagdt, att Jacob flydde.

On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.

23 Och han tog till sig sina bröder, och jagade efter honom sju dagsleder; och hinde honom på det berget Gilead.

So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.

24 Men Gud kom till Laban af Syrien i dröm om nattena, och sade till honom: Förvara dig, att du intet talar till Jacob annat än godt.

Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”

25 Och Laban nalkades intill Jacob. Men Jacob hade uppslagit sin tjäll på bergena: Och Laban med sina bröder slog desslikes sin tjäll upp på bergena Gilead.

The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.

26 Då sade Laban till Jacob: Hvad hafver du gjort, att du hafver stulit mitt hjerta, och bortfört mina döttrar, lika som de der med svärd gripna vore?

Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!

27 Hvarföre hafver du det fördolt, att du skulle fly, och hafver stulit dig ifrå mig, och hafver icke tillsagt, att jag måtte hafva ledsagat dig med fröjd, med sjungande, med bungande och harpande?

Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?

28 Och hafver icke låtit mig kyssa min barn och döttrar? Du hafver dårliga gjort.

(You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!

29 Och jag hade väl så mycken magt, att jag kunde göra eder ondt; men edars faders Gud sade till mig i går: Förvara dig, att du intet talar till Jacob, utan godt.

My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’

30 Och medan du ju ville fara, och åstundade så mycket efter dins faders hus, hvarföre hafver du då stulit mig mina gudar?

Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”

31 Jacob svarade, och sade till Laban: Jag fruktade, att du skulle hafva tagit dina döttrar ifrå mig.

Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.

32 Men när hvilkom du finner dina gudar, han må dö här för våra bröder. Gör efter ditt när mig, och tag det. Men han visste icke, att Rachel hade stulit dem.

But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.

33 Då gick Laban in i Jacobs tjäll och Leas, och båda tjensteqvinnornas, och fann intet; och gick ut af Leas tjäll i Rachels tjäll.

Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.

34 Då tog Rachel beläten, och lade dem under camelahalmen, och satte sig derpå. Men Laban ransakade öfver hela tjället, och fann intet.

But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.

35 Då sade hon till sin fader: Min herre, var icke vred; förty jag kan icke stå upp emot dig; förty det går med mig efter qvinno sätt. Så sökte han, och fann intet beläten.

Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.

36 Och Jacob vardt vred, och kifvade med Laban, och sade till honom: Hvad hafver jag misshandlat eller syndat, att du äst så heter på mig?

Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?

37 Du hafver ransakat all min boting, hvad hafver du funnit af din boting? Lägg det der för mina och dina bröder, att de döma emellan oss båda.

Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!

38 Tjugu år hafver jag varit när dig; din får och getter hafva icke varit ofruktsamma, vädrarna af din hjord hafver jag icke ätit.

I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.

39 Det af djuren rifvit var, hade jag icke till dig, jag måste det betala: Du äskade det af mine hand, ehvad det var dag eller natt mig ifrå stulit.

When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.

40 Om dagen var jag vanmägtig för hetas skull, om nattena för köld; och min sömn vek ifrå min ögon.

I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!

41 Så hafver jag i tjugu år tjent i ditt hus; fjorton för dina döttrar, och sex för din hjord: Och du hafver tio resor förvandlat min lön.

I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].

42 Hvar mins faders Abrahams Gud och Isaacs fruktan icke hade varit på mina sido, du hade låtit mig gå blottan ifrå dig. Men Gud hafver ansett min förtryckelse och arbete, och straffade dig i går.

If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”

43 Laban svarade, och sade till Jacob: Döttrarna äro mina döttrar, och barnen äro mina barn, och hjordarna äro mine hjordar, och allt det du ser är mitt: Hvad kan jag i dag göra minom döttrom, eller deras barnom, som de födt hafva?

Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?

44 Så kom nu och låt oss göra ett förbund, jag och du; som skall vara ett vittnesbörd emellan mig och dig.

I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”

45 Då tog Jacob en sten, och reste honom upp till en vård.

So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.

46 Och sade till sina bröder: Hemter upp stenar; och de togo stenar, och gjorde ena rösjo, och åto uppå samma rösjo.

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.

47 Och Laban kallade henne Jegar Sahaduta; men Jacob kallade henne Gilead.

Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].

48 Då sade Laban: Denna stenrösjan vare i dag vittnesbörd emellan mig och dig; deraf kallar man henne Gilead:

Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.

49 Och vare en vård; ty han sade: Herren se härtill emellan mig och dig, då vi komme ifrå hvarannan.

They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].

50 Hvar du besvärar mina döttrar, eller tager andra hustrur deröfver: Här är ingen menniska med oss; men si, Gud är vittne emellan mig och dig.

If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”

51 Och Laban sade ytterligare till Jacob: Si, detta är stenrösjan, och detta är vården, som jag upprest hafver emellan mig och dig.

Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.

52 Samma rösjan vare vittne, och vården vare desslikes vittne, om jag far här öfver till dig, eller du far öfver denna rösjan och vården till mig, till att göra skada.

Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.

53 Abrahams Gud och Nahors Gud, och deras fäders Gud, vare domare emellan oss. Och Jacob svor honom, vid Isaacs sins faders fruktan.

We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.

54 Och Jacob offrade offer på bergena, och böd sina bröder att de skulle äta bröd. Och då de hade ätit, blefvo de på bergena öfver nattena.

He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.

55 Men om morgonen stod Laban bittida upp, kysste sin barn och döttrar; välsignade dem, och for sina färde, och kom hem till sitt igen.

The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.