Senesi 35

1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻe he ʻOtua kia Sēkope, “Tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu ki Peteli, pea nofo ai; pea ke ngaohi ʻi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe hā kiate koe ʻi hoʻo hola mei he ʻao ʻo ho taʻokete ko ʻIsoa.”

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and stay there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.”

2 Pea fekau ai ʻe Sēkope ki hono kau nofoʻanga, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, ʻo pehē; “Tukuange ʻae ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, pea mou maʻa, pea fetongi homou ngaahi kofu.

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

3 Pea ke tau tuʻu hake, ʻo ʻalu ki Peteli: pea te u ngaohi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe tali ʻeku hū, ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻeku mamahi, pea naʻe ʻiate au ʻi he hala naʻaku ʻalu ai.

Then let us depart and go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4 Pea naʻa nau tuku kia Sēkope honau ngaahi ʻotua kehe kotoa pē naʻe ʻi honau nima, mo honau ngaahi hau, naʻe ʻi honau telinga; pea naʻe fufū ia ʻe Sēkope ʻi he lalo [ʻakau ]ko e oke naʻe ofi ki Sikemi.”

So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.

5 Pea naʻa nau fononga; pea ko e manavahē ki he ʻOtua, naʻe ʻi he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē naʻe tuʻu takatakai ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tuli ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope.

As they traveled, God made panic to fall on the cities that were around them, so those people did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

6 Pea hoko ʻa Sēkope ki Lusa, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻaia ko Peteli, ko ia mo e kakai naʻe ʻiate ia.

So Jacob arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

7 Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ia ʻi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau, ʻo ne ui ʻae potu ko ia, ko ʻElepeteli: koeʻuhi naʻe hā ai ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, ʻi heʻene hola mei he ʻao ʻo hono taʻokete.

He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him, when he was fleeing from his brother.

8 Pea naʻe pekia ai ʻa Tepola ko e tauhi ʻo Lepeka, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi Peteli, ʻi he lalo oke; pea naʻe fakahingoa ʻae potu ko ʻAlonipakuti.

Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died. She was buried down from Bethel under the oak tree, so it was called Allon Bakuth.

9 Pea naʻe toe hā ʻae ʻOtua kia Sēkope, ʻi heʻene haʻu mei Petanalami, ʻo ne tāpuaki ia.

When Jacob came from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10 Pea pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, “Ko ho hingoa ko Sēkope: ka e ʻikai toe ui ho hingoa ko Sēkope, ka ko ʻIsileli ho hingoa: pea ne ui hono hingoa ko ʻIsileli.”

God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob. Your name will be Israel.” So God called his name Israel.

11 Pea pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, “Ko e ʻOtua Māfimafi au ke ke monūʻia, ʻo tupu ke tokolahi ko e puleʻanga, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻe tupu ʻiate koe, pea ʻe tupu ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi tuʻi.

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

12 Pea ko e fonua naʻaku tuku kia ʻEpalahame mo ʻAisake, ʻoku ou foaki ia kiate koe, pea mo ho hako ʻamui ʻiate koe, te u foaki ki ai ʻae fonua.”

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you. To your descendants after you I also give the land.”

13 Pea naʻe hāʻele hake ʻae ʻOtua meiate ia, mei he potu naʻa ne folofola ai kiate ia.

God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

14 Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sēkope ʻae pou ʻi he potu naʻa ne folofola ai kiate ia, ʻio, ʻae pou maka: pea ne lilingi ki ai ʻae feilaulau inu, pea ne lilingi ki ai ʻae lolo.

Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken to him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering over it and poured oil on it.

15 Pea naʻe ui ʻe Sēkope ʻae hingoa ʻoe potu ko ia naʻe folofola ai ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, ko Peteli.

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

16 Pea naʻa nau fononga mei Peteli pea naʻe toetoe siʻi pe, ke nau hoko ki ʻEfelata, pea naʻe langā ai ʻa Lesieli, pea naʻe faingataʻa.

They journeyed on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. She had hard labor.

17 Pea ʻi heʻene kei langā, naʻe lea ʻae māʻuli kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “ʻOua te ke manavahē; he te ke maʻu ʻae tama ni foki.”

While she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

18 Pea ʻi he tei ʻalu hono laumālie, (he naʻe pekia ia, ) pea ne ui hono hingoa ko Penioni; ka naʻe ui ia ʻe heʻene tamai ko Penisimani.

As she was dying, with her dying breath she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

19 Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Lesieli, pea tanu ia ʻi he hala ʻoku tau ki ʻEfelata, ʻaia ko Petelihema.

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20 Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sēkope ʻae pou ki hono tanuʻanga; pea ko e pou ia ʻoe tanuʻanga ʻo Lesieli, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day.

21 Pea naʻe fai fononga ʻa ʻIsileli, pea folahi hono fale fehikitaki ki kō atu ʻoe fale māʻolunga ko ʻEta.

Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock.

22 Pea ʻi he kei nofo ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he fonua ko ia, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lupeni ʻo na mohe mo Pila, ko e sinifu ʻo ʻene tamai; pea fanongo ki ai ʻa ʻIsileli. Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope naʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua.

While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.

23 Ko e ngaahi tama ʻa Lia: ko Lupeni, ko e ʻuluaki ʻo Sēkope, mo Simione, mo Livai, mo Siuta, mo ʻIsaka, mo Sepuloni.

His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 Ko e ongo tama ʻa Lesieli: ko Siosefa mo Penisimani.

His sons by Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25 Pea ko e ongo tama ʻa Pila, ko e kaunanga ʻa Lesieli, ko Tani, mo Nafitali.

His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.

26 Pea ko e ongo tama ʻa Silipa, ko e kaunanga ʻa Lia; ko Kata mo ʻAseli; ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Sēkope, naʻe fanauʻi kiate ia ʻi Petanalami.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

27 Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Sēkope ki heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake ʻi Mamili, ki he kolo ko ʻAapa, ʻaia ko Hepeloni, ko e potu naʻe ʻāunofo ai ʻa ʻEpalahame mo ʻAisake.

Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

28 Pea ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻAisake, ko e taʻu ʻe teau, mo e taʻu ʻe valungofulu.

Isaac lived for one hundred eighty years.

29 Pea tukuange ʻe ʻAisake ʻa hono laumālie, pea pekia ia, pea fakataha ia ki hono kakai, kuo motuʻa, naʻe aʻu hono ngaahi ʻaho; pea naʻe tanu ia ʻe hono ongo foha, ko ʻIsoa, mo Sēkope.

Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.