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 live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of 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 garments.

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.

Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

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.”

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by 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.

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t 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 came to 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 Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of 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, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

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

God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, 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. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him 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 be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

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 which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will 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 he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on 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 traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. 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.”

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t 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 her soul was departing (for she died), she named him Benoni, but his father named 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 (also called 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 on her grave. The same is the Pillar 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, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

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 lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

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

The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): 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 servant): Gad and Asher. These are 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, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

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

The days of Isaac were 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 gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.