1 Mosebok 35
1 Och Gud sade till Jacob: Gör dig redo, och far till BethEl, och bo der, och bygg der ett altare Gudi som dig syntes, då du flydde för dinom broder Esau.
[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 Då sade Jacob till sitt hus, och till alla de som med honom voro: Lägger ifrån eder de främmande gudar, som äro ibland eder, och renser eder, och förvandler edor kläder:
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 Och görom oss redo att fara till BethEl, att jag må göra der ett altare Gudi, den mig hört hafver i min bedröfvelses tid, och hafver varit med mig på vägenom, som jag rest hafver.
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 Då fingo de honom alla de främmande gudar, som voro under deras händer, och deras örnaringar; och han grof dem under ena ek, som stod vid Sichem.
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 Och for ut: Och en Gudsfruktan kom öfver de städer, som lågo der omkring, att de icke foro efter Jacobs söner.
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 Så kom Jacob till Lus i Canaans land, som kallas BethEl, med allt det folk, som med honom var:
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Och byggde der ett altare, och kallade det rummet ElBethEl, efter det Gud vardt honom der uppenbarad, då han flydde för sinom broder.
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 Då dödde Debora Rebeckas amma, och vardt begrafven nedanför BethEl, under ena ek, hvilken vardt kallad gråtoek.
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 Och Gud syntes åter Jacob, sedan han var kommen utaf Mesopotamien, och välsignade honom:
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 Och sade till honom: Du heter Jacob; men du skall icke mer heta Jacob, utan Israel skall du heta: Och så kallade man honom Israel.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Och Gud sade till honom: Jag är den allsmägtige Gud; var fruktsam, och föröka dig: Folk och folks skarar skola komma utaf dig, och Konungar skola komma utaf dina länder.
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 Och det landet, som jag Abraham och Isaac gifvit hafver, skall jag gifva dig, och skall det gifva dine säd efter dig.
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 Och så for Gud upp ifrå honom, ifrå det rummet, der han med honom talat hade.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Men Jacob reste upp en stenvård på det rummet, der han med honom talat hade: Och gjöt drickoffer deruppå, och begjöt honom med oljo.
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 Och Jacob kallade det rummet, der Gud hade talat med honom, BethEl.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Och han for ifrå BethEl: Och som ännu ett litet stycke vägs var till Ephrath, då födde Rachel, och födslan var henne svår.
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 Men då det vardt henne så svårt i födslone, sade Jordgumman till henne: Frukta dig icke; förty denna sonen skall du ock hafva.
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 Men då själen utgick, att hon dö måste, kallade hon honom BenOni; men hans fader kallade honom BenJamin.
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 Så dödde Rachel, och vardt begrafven vid vägen till Ephrath, som nu heter BethLehem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Och Jacob reste upp en vård öfver hennes graf: Der sammastädes är Rachels grafvård än i dag.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 Och Israel for ut, och slog upp ett tjäll på hinsidon vid det tornet Eder.
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 Och det begaf sig, då Israel bodde der i landet, gick Ruben bort och lade sig när Bilha, sins faders frillo: Och det kom för Israel. Men Jacob hade tolf söner.
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 Leas söner voro desse: Ruben, Jacobs förstfödde son, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isaschar och Sebulon.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Rachels söner voro: Joseph och BenJamin.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Bilhas Rachels tjensteqvinnos söner: Dan och Naphthali.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Silpas Leas tjensteqvinnos söner: Gad och Asser. Desse äro Jacobs söner, som honom födde voro i Mesopotamien.
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 Och Jacob kom till sin fader Isaac till Mamre i hufvudstaden, som heter Hebron, der Abraham och Isaac hade varit främlingar uti.
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 Och Isaac vardt hundrade och åttatio år gammal.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Och vardt sjuk, och dödde, och vardt samlad till sitt folk, gammal och mätt af lefvande: Och hans söner Esau och Jacob begrofvo honom.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
