Yaratiliş 30
1 Rahel Yakup'a çocuk doğuramayınca, ablasını kıskanmaya başladı. Yakup'a, “Bana çocuk ver, yoksa öleceğim” dedi.
Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
2 Yakup Rahel'e öfkelendi. “Çocuk sahibi olmanı Tanrı engelliyor. Ben Tanrı değilim ki!” diye karşılık verdi.
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
3 Rahel, “İşte cariyem Bilha” dedi, “Onunla yat, benim için çocuk doğursun, ben de aile kurayım.”
Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
4 Rahel cariyesi Bilha'yı eş olarak kocasına verdi. Yakup onunla yattı.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilha hamile kalıp Yakup'a bir erkek çocuk doğurdu.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Rahel, “Tanrı beni haklı çıkardı” dedi, “Yakarışımı duyup bana bir oğul verdi.” Bu yüzden çocuğa Dan adını verdi.
Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
7 Rahel'in cariyesi Bilha yine hamile kaldı ve Yakup'a ikinci bir oğul doğurdu.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Rahel, “Ablama karşı büyük savaşım verdim ve onu yendim” diyerek çocuğa Naftali adını verdi.
Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
9 Lea artık doğum yapamadığını görünce, cariyesi Zilpa'yı Yakup'a eş olarak verdi.
When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
10 Zilpa Yakup'a bir erkek çocuk doğurdu.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Lea, “Uğurum!” diyerek çocuğa Gad adını verdi.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Lea'nın cariyesi Zilpa Yakup'a ikinci bir oğul doğurdu.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Lea, “Mutluyum!” dedi, “Kadınlar bana ‘Mutlu’ diyecek.” Ve çocuğa Aşer adını verdi.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Ruben hasat mevsimi tarlaya gitti. Orada adamotu bulup annesi Lea'ya getirdi. Rahel Lea'ya, “Lütfen oğlunun getirdiği adamotundan bana da ver” dedi.
When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
15 Lea, “Kocamı aldığın yetmez mi? Bir de oğlumun adamotunu mu istiyorsun?” diye karşılık verdi. Rahel, “Öyle olsun” dedi, “Oğlunun adamotuna karşılık kocam bu gece seninle yatsın.”
But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
16 Akşamleyin Yakup tarladan dönerken Lea onu karşılamaya gitti. Yakup'a, “Benimle yatacaksın” dedi, “Oğlumun adamotuna karşılık bu gece benimsin.” Yakup o gece onunla yattı.
When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
17 Tanrı Lea'nın duasını işitti. Lea hamile kalıp Yakup'a beşinci oğlunu doğurdu.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 “Cariyemi kocama verdiğim için Tanrı beni ödüllendirdi” diyerek çocuğa İssakar adını verdi.
Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
19 Lea yine hamile kaldı ve Yakup'a altıncı oğlunu doğurdu.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 “Tanrı bana iyi bir armağan verdi” dedi, “Artık kocam bana değer verir. Çünkü ona altı erkek çocuk doğurdum.” Ve çocuğa Zevulun adını verdi.
Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
21 Bir süre sonra Lea bir kız doğurdu ve adını Dina koydu.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Tanrı Rahel'i anımsadı, onun duasını işiterek çocuk sahibi olmasını sağladı.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Rahel hamile kaldı ve bir erkek çocuk doğurdu. “Tanrı utancımı kaldırdı. RAB bana bir oğul daha versin!” diyerek çocuğa Yusuf adını verdi.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
25 Rahel Yusuf'u doğurduktan sonra Yakup Lavan'a, “Beni gönder, evime, topraklarıma gideyim” dedi,
After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
26 “Hizmetime karşılık karılarımı, çocuklarımı ver de gideyim. Sana nasıl hizmet ettiğimi biliyorsun.”
You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
27 Lavan, “Eğer benden hoşnutsan, burada kal” dedi, “Çünkü fala bakarak anladım ki, RAB senin sayende beni kutsadı.
But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
28 Alacağın neyse söyle, ödeyeyim.”
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Yakup, “Sana nasıl hizmet ettiğimi, sürülerine nasıl baktığımı biliyorsun” diye karşılık verdi,
Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
30 “Ben gelmeden önce malın azdı. Sayemde RAB seni kutsadı, malın gitgide arttı. Ya kendi evim için ne zaman çalışacağım?”
You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
31 Lavan, “Sana ne vereyim?” diye sordu. Yakup, “Bana bir şey verme” diye yanıtladı, “Eğer şu önerimi kabul edersen, yine sürünü güder, hayvanlarına bakarım:
Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
32 Bugün bütün sürülerini yoklayıp noktalı veya benekli koyunları, kara kuzuları, benekli veya noktalı keçileri ayırayım. Ücretim bu olsun.
Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
33 İleride bana verdiklerini denetlemeye geldiğinde, dürüst olup olmadığımı kolayca anlayabilirsin. Noktalı ve benekli olmayan keçilerim, kara olmayan kuzularım varsa, onları çalmışım demektir.”
In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
34 Lavan, “Kabul, söylediğin gibi olsun” dedi.
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Ama o gün çizgili ve benekli tekeleri, noktalı ve benekli keçileri, beyaz keçilerin hepsini, bütün kara kuzuları ayırıp oğullarına teslim etti.
But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
36 Sonra Yakup'tan üç günlük yol kadar uzaklaştı. Yakup Lavan'ın kalan sürüsünü gütmeye devam etti.
Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Yakup aselbent, badem, çınar ağaçlarından taze dallar kesti. Dalları soyarak beyaz çentikler açtı.
Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
38 Soyduğu çubukları koyunların önüne, su içtikleri yalaklara koydu. Koyunlar su içmeye gelince çiftleşiyorlardı.
Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
39 Çubukların önünde çiftleşince çizgili, noktalı, benekli yavrular doğuruyorlardı.
The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
40 Yakup kuzuları ayırıp sürülerin yüzünü Lavan'ın çizgili, kara hayvanlarına döndürüyordu. Kendi sürülerini ayrı tutuyor, Lavan'ınkilerle karıştırmıyordu.
Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
41 Sürüdeki güçlü hayvanlar kızışınca, Yakup çubukları onların gözü önüne, yalaklara koyuyordu ki, çubukların yanında çiftleşsinler.
In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
42 Sürünün zayıf hayvanlarının önüneyse çubuk koymuyordu. Böylece zayıf hayvanları Lavan, güçlüleri Yakup aldı.
But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
43 Yakup alabildiğine zenginleşti. Çok sayıda sürü, erkek ve kadın köle, deve, eşek sahibi oldu.
As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
