Yaratiliş 35
1 Tanrı Yakup'a, “Git, Beytel'e yerleş” dedi, “Ağabeyin Esav'dan kaçarken sana görünen Tanrı'ya orada bir sunak yap.”
[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 Yakup ailesine ve yanındakilere, “Yabancı ilahlarınızı atın” dedi, “Kendinizi arındırıp giysilerinizi değiştirin.
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 Beytel'e gidelim. Sıkıntı çektiğim günlerde yakarışımı duyan, gittiğim her yerde benimle birlikte olan Tanrı'ya orada bir sunak yapacağım.”
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 Böylece herkes yabancı ilahlarını, kulaklarındaki küpeleri Yakup'a verdi. Yakup bunları Şekem yakınlarında bir yabanıl fıstık ağacının altına gömdü.
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 Sonra göçtüler. Çevre kentlerde yaşayan halk peşlerine düşmedi, çünkü hepsini Tanrı korkusu sarmıştı.
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 Yakup adamlarıyla birlikte Kenan ülkesindeki Luz –Beytel– Kenti'ne geldi.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Bir sunak yaparak oraya El-Beytel adını verdi. Çünkü ağabeyinden kaçarken Tanrı orada kendisine görünmüştü.
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 Rebeka'nın dadısı Debora ölünce Beytel'in güneyindeki meşe ağacının altına gömüldü. Bu yüzden ağaca Allon-Bakut adı verildi.
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 Yakup Paddan-Aram'dan dönünce, Tanrı ona yine görünerek onu kutsadı.
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 “Sana Yakup diyorlar, ama bundan böyle adın Yakup değil, İsrail olacak” diyerek onun adını İsrail koydu.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 “Ben Her Şeye Gücü Yeten Tanrı'yım” dedi, “Verimli ol, çoğal. Senden bir ulus ve uluslar topluluğu doğacak. Kralların atası olacaksın.
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 İbrahim'e, İshak'a verdiğim toprakları sana verecek, senden sonra da soyuna bağışlayacağım.”
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 Sonra Tanrı Yakup'tan ayrılarak onunla konuştuğu yerden yukarı çekildi.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Yakup Tanrı'nın kendisiyle konuştuğu yere taş bir anıt dikti. Üzerine dökmelik sunu ve zeytinyağı döktü.
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 Oraya, Tanrı'nın kendisiyle konuştuğu yere Beytel adını verdi.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Sonra Beytel'den göçtüler. Efrat'a varmadan Rahel doğum yaptı. Doğum yaparken çok sancı çekti.
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 O sancı çekerken, ebesi, “Korkma!” dedi, “Bir oğlun daha oluyor.”
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 Ama Rahel ölmek üzereydi. Can verirken oğlunun adını Ben-Oni koydu. Babası ise çocuğa Benyamin adını verdi.
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 Rahel öldü ve Efrat –Beytlehem– yolunda gömüldü.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Yakup Rahel'in mezarına bir taş dikti. Bu mezar taşı bugüne kadar kaldı.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 İsrail yine göçtü ve Eder Kulesi'nin ötesinde konakladı.
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 İsrail o bölgede yaşarken Ruben babasının cariyesi Bilha'yla yattı. İsrail bunu duyunca çok kızdı.
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 Yakup'un on iki oğlu vardı. Lea'nın oğulları: Ruben –Yakup'un ilk oğlu– Şimon, Levi, Yahuda, İssakar, Zevulun.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Rahel'in oğulları: Yusuf, Benyamin.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Rahel'in cariyesi Bilha'nın oğulları: Dan, Naftali.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Lea'nın cariyesi Zilpa'nın oğulları: Gad, Aşer. Yakup'un Paddan-Aram'da doğan oğulları bunlardır.
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 Yakup, İshak'la İbrahim'in de yabancı olarak kalmış olduğu, bugün Hevron denen Kiryat-Arba yakınlarındaki Mamre'ye, babası İshak'ın yanına gitti.
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 İshak yüz seksen yıl yaşadı.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Kocamış, yaşama doymuş olarak son soluğunu verdi. Ölüp halkına kavuştu. Oğulları Esav'la Yakup onu gömdüler.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
