Genesis 28
1 Tinawag ni Isaac si Jacob, pinagpala siya at inutusan, “Hindi ka dapat kumuha ng asawa mula sa kababaihang taga-Cananeo.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Tumayo ka, pumunta ka sa Paddan-aram, sa bahay ni Bethuel na ama ng iyong ina, at kumuha ka ng asawa mula roon, sa isa sa mga anak ni Laban, na kapatid ng iyong ina.
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 Pagpalain ka nawa ng Makapangyarihang Diyos, pamungahin ka at paramihin, para dumami ang iyong lahi.
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 Ibigay niya nawa sa iyo ang pagpapala ni Abraham, sa iyo, at sa mga susunod mong kaapu-apuhan, para manahin mo ang lupain kung saan ka naninirahan, na ibinigay ng Diyos kay Abraham.”
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 Kaya pinaalis ni Isaac si Jacob. Pumunta si Jacob sa Paddan-aram, kay Laban na anak ni Bethuel na Aramean, kapatid ni Rebeca na ina nina Esau at Jacob.
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 Ngayon nakita ni Esau na pinagpala ni Isaac si Jacob at pinapunta siya sa Paddan-aram para kumuha ng asawa roon. Nakita rin niya na pinagpala siya ni Isaac at binigyan siya ng utos, na nagsasabing, “Hindi ka dapat kumuha ng asawa mula sa kababaihan ng Canaan.”
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 Nakita rin ni Esau na sinunod ni Jacob ang kanyang ama at ina, at nagpunta sa Paddan-aram.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Nakita ni Esau na hindi nalugod ang kaniyang amang si Isaac sa mga kababaihan ng Canaan.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Kaya nagpunta siya kay Ismael, at kinuha, bukod pa sa mga asawang mayroon siya, si Mahalath na anak ni Ismael, anak ni Abraham, kapatid na babae ni Nabaioth, para maging asawa niya.
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 Nilisan ni Jacob ang Beer-seba at nagpunta sa Haran.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Dumating siya sa isang lugar at nanatili roon buong gabi, dahil lumubog na ang araw. Kumuha siya ng isang bato sa lugar na iyon, inilagay iyon sa ilalim ng kanyang ulo at nahiga sa lugar na iyon para matulog.
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 Siya ay nanaginip at nakakita ng hagdanang itinayo sa mundo. Ang tuktok nito ay umaabot sa langit at ang mga anghel ng Diyos ay akyat-panaog doon.
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 Masdan, si Yahweh ay nakatayo sa ibabaw niyon at nagsabi, “Ako si Yahweh, ang Diyos ni Abraham na iyong ama, at ang Diyos ni Isaac. Ang lupang hinihigaan mo, ibibigay ko sa iyo at sa iyong mga kaapu-apuhan.
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 Ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan ay magiging tulad ng alikabok sa mundo, at ikaw ay kakalat sa kanluran, sa silangan, sa hilaga, at sa timog. Sa iyo at iyong mga kaapu-apuhan, ang lahat ng mga pamilya sa mundo ay pagpapalain.
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 Masdan mo, kasama mo ako, iingatan kita saan ka man magpunta. Dadalhin kitang muli sa lupaing ito; dahil hindi kita iiwan. Tutuparin ko ang lahat ng naipangako ko sa iyo.”
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 Si Jacob ay nagising mula sa kanyang pagtulog at sinabi nya, “Tunay nga na si Yahweh ay nasa lugar na ito, at hindi ko iyon alam.”
[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 Natakot siya at nagsabi, “Nakakikilabot naman ang lugar na ito! Ito ay walang iba kundi ang tahanan ng Diyos. Ito ang tarangkahan ng langit.”
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 Bumangon si Jacob kinaumagahan at kinuha ang batong inilagay niya sa ilalim ng kaniyang ulo. Itinayo niya ito bilang isang haligi at nagbuhos ng langis sa ibabaw nito.
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 Tinawag niya ang pangalan ng lugar na iyon na Bethel, pero ang dating pangalan ng lungsod na iyon ay Luz.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Si Jacob ay sumumpa ng isang panata na nagsasabing, “Kung ang Diyos ay kasama ko at pangangalagaan ako sa daang ito na aking nilalakaran, at bibigyan ako ng tinapay para kainin, at mga damit para suutin,
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 nang sa gayon matiwasay akong makabalik sa bahay ng aking ama, pagkatapos si Yahweh ay magiging Diyos ko.
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 Pagkatapos ang batong ito na itinayo ko bilang isang haligi ay magiging banal na bato. Mula sa lahat ng ibinigay mo sa akin, tiyak na ibabalik ko sa iyo ang ikasampung bahagi.”
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.”
