Liber Genesis, 31

1. Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicen tium: “Tulit Iacob omnia, quae fuerunt patris nostri, et de patris nostri facultate acquisivit has divitias”,

1. Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, "Jacob has taken all that was our father's; and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth."

2. animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius.

2. And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.

3. Et dixit Dominus ad Iacob: “Revertere in terram patrum tuorum et ad cognationem tuam, eroque tecum”.

3. Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."

4. Misit Iacob et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,

4. So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was,

5. dixitque eis: “Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudiustertius; Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum,

5. and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.

6. et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.

6. You know that I have served your father with all my strength;

7. Sed pater vester circumvenit me et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus; et tamen non dimisit eum Deus, ut noceret mihi.

7. yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.

8. Si quando dixit: "Variae erunt mercedes tuae", pariebant omnes oves varios fetus. Quando vero e contrario ait: "Striata quaeque accipies pro mercede", omnes greges striata pepererunt.

8. If he said, `The spotted shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, `The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore striped.

9. Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri et dedit mihi.

9. Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10. Postquam enim conceptus gregis tempus advenerat, levavi oculos meos et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas, striatos et varios et respersos.

10. In the mating season of the flock I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream that the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.

11. Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: "Iacob". Et ego respondi: Adsum.

11. Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, `Jacob,' and I said, `Here I am!'

12. Qui ait: "Leva oculos tuos et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, striatos et varios atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia, quae fecit tibi Laban.

12. And he said, `Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that leap upon the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13. Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti lapidem et votum vovisti mihi. Nunc ergo surge et egredere de terra hac revertens in terram nativitatis tuae"”.

13. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

14. Responderunt ei Rachel et Lia: “Numquid habemus adhuc partem et hereditatem in domo patris nostri?

14. Then Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house?

15. Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos et vendidit nos comeditque pretium nostrum?

15. Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us.

16. Sed omnes opes, quas tulit Deus patri nostro, nobis abstulit ac filiis nostris; unde omnia, quae praecepit tibi Deus, fac”.

16. All the property which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children; now then, whatever God has said to you, do."

17. Surrexit itaque Iacob et imposuit liberos suos ac coniuges suas super camelos.

17. So Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives on camels;

18. Tulitque omnes greges suos et omnem substantiam suam, quidquid in Paddanaram acquisierat, ut iret ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.

18. and he drove away all his cattle, all his livestock which he had gained, the cattle in his possession which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

19. Eo tempore Laban ierat ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est theraphim patris sui.

19. Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.

20. Iacob autem decepit cor Laban, non indicans ei quod fugeret.

20. And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he intended to flee.

21. Cumque fugisset cum omnibus, quae possidebat, et, amne transmisso, pergeret contra montem Galaad,

21. He fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphra'tes, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

22. nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugisset Iacob.

22. When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled,

23. Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem et comprehendit eum in monte Galaad.

23. he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him for seven days and followed close after him into the hill country of Gilead.

24. Venit autem Deus ad Laban Aramaeum per somnium noctis dixitque ei: "Cave, ne quidquam loquaris contra Iacob!".

24. But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said to him, "Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad."

25. Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum, cum Laban, consecutus eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium.

25. And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen encamped in the hill country of Gilead.

26. Et dixit ad Iacob: “Quare ita egisti et decepisti cor meum, abigens filias meas quasi captivas gladio?

26. And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have cheated me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

27. Cur clam fugisti et decepisti me, non indicans mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et citharis?

27. Why did you flee secretly, and cheat me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

28. Non es passus, ut oscularer filios meos ac filias; stulte operatus es. Et nunc

28. And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons and my daughters farewell? Now you have done foolishly.

29. valet quidem manus mea reddere tibi malum, sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi: “Cave, ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam!”.

29. It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, `Take heed that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.'

30. Esto, profectus es, quia desiderio tibi erat domus patris tui; cur furatus es deos meos?”.

30. And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?"

31. Respondit Iacob: “Quia timui. Dixi enim, ne forte violenter auferres filias tuas a me.

31. Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force.

32. Apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos, non vivat! Coram fratribus nostris scrutare, quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris, et aufer”. Ignorabat enim Iacob quod Rachel furata esset theraphim.

32. Any one with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our kinsmen point out what I have that is yours, and take it." Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

33. Ingressus itaque Laban tabernacula Iacob et Liae et utriusque famulae, non invenit. Egressus de tentorio Liae, intravit tentorium Rachelis.

33. So Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered Rachel's.

34. Illa autem absconderat theraphim in stramento cameli et sedit desuper. Scrutantique omne tentorium et nihil invenienti

34. Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

35. ait: “Ne irascatur dominus meus, quod coram te assurgere nequeo, quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi”. Quaesivit ergo et non invenit theraphim.

35. And she said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me." So he searched, but did not find the household gods.

36. Tumensque Iacob cum iurgio ait: “Quam ob culpam meam et ob quod peccatum meum sic persecutus es me,

36. Then Jacob became angry, and upbraided Laban; Jacob said to Laban, "What is my offense? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?

37. quia scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam? Quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuae? Pone hic coram fratribus meis et fratribus tuis, et iudicent inter me et te.

37. Although you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two.

38. Ecce, viginti annis fui tecum. Oves tuae et caprae non abortiverunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi;

38. These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your she-goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.

39. nec dilaceratum a bestia ostendi tibi: ego damnum omne reddebam; quidquid die noctuque furto perierat, a me exigebas.

39. That which was torn by wild beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

40. Die aestu consumebar et nocte gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.

40. Thus I was; by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

41. Sic per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi: quattuordecim pro filiabus et sex pro gregibus tuis; immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.

41. These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

42. Nisi Deus patris mei, Deus Abraham et Timor Isaac, affuisset mihi, certemodo nudum me dimisisses; afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus et iudicavit heri”.

42. If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

43. Respondit ei Laban: “Filiae filiae meae et filii filii mei et greges greges mei et omnia, quae cernis, mea sunt; et filiabus meis quid possum facere illis hodie et filiis earum, quos genuerunt?

43. Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

44. Veni ergo, et ineamus foedus ego et tu, ut sit in testimonium inter me et te”.

44. Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be a witness between you and me."

45. Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem et erexit illum in titulum;

45. So Jacob took a stone, and set it up as a pillar.

46. dixitque fratribus suis: “Afferte lapides”. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque ibi super eum.

46. And Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones," and they took stones, and made a heap; and they ate there by the heap.

47. Quem vocavit Laban Iegarsahadutha (id est Tumulus testimonii), et Iacob Galed (uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae).

47. Laban called it Je'gar-sahadu'tha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

48. Dixitque Laban: “Tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie”; et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galed (id est Tumulus testis)

48. Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." Therefore he named it Galeed,

49. et etiam Maspha (id est Specula), quia dixit: “Speculetur Dominus inter me et te, quando absconditi erimus ab invicem.

49. and the pillar Mizpah, for he said, "The LORD watch between you and me, when we are absent one from the other.

50. Si afflixeris filias meas et si introduxeris uxores alias super eas, cum nemo nobiscum sit, vide, Deus est testis inter me et te”.

50. If you ill-treat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, remember, God is witness between you and me."

51. Dixitque Laban ad Iacob: “En tumulus hic et lapis, quem erexi inter me et te.

51. Then Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap and the pillar, which I have set between you and me.

52. Testis erit tumulus iste et lapis quod ego non transibo tumulum hunc pergens ad te, neque tu transibis tumulum hunc et lapidem hunc ad malum.

52. This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.

53. Deus Abraham et Deus Nachor iudicent inter nos”. Iuravit Iacob per Timorem patris sui Isaac;

53. The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

54. immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos, ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, pernoctaverunt in monte.

54. and Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his kinsmen to eat bread; and they ate bread and tarried all night on the mountain.

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55. Early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them; then he departed and returned home.