1 Mosebok 31
1 So fekk han høyra at sønerne hans Laban hadde sagt: «Jakob hev teke alt det som far vår åtte, og av det som far vår åtte, hev han lagt seg til all denne rikdomen.»
Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”
2 Og Jakob såg på andlitet hans Laban at han var ikkje den same mot honom som han hadde vore.
And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.
3 Og Herren sagde til Jakob: «Far attende til landet åt federne dine og til ditt eige folk, og eg skal vera med deg.»
Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”
4 Då sende Jakob bod etter Rakel og Lea og bad deim koma ut på marki, til buskapen hans.
So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.
5 Og han sagde med deim: «Eg ser på andlitet åt far dykkar at han er ikkje den same mot meg som fyrr. Men Gud åt far min hev vore med meg.
When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.
6 Og de veit at eg hev tent far dykkar det beste eg vann.
You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,
7 Og far dykkar hev svike meg og brigda um att løni mi dei ti gongerne. Men Gud let honom ikkje få lov til å gjera meg nokon skade.
but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
8 Når han sagde so: «Dei droplute skal vera løni di, » so fekk alt småfeet droplute ungar; og når han sagde so: «Dei salute skal vera løni di, » so fekk alt småfeet salute ungar.
When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.
9 Soleis tok Gud feet frå far dykkar og gav meg det.
In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.
10 Og ved det leitet då småfeet flaug, drøymde eg at eg let upp augo og såg ikring meg, og sjå, då var bukkarne som sprang på småfeet, salute og droplute og skjengjute.
“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.
11 Og Guds engel sagde til meg i draume: «Jakob!» og eg svara: «Ja, her er eg.»
An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’
12 Då sagde han: «Lat upp augo, so skal du få sjå at alle bukkarne som spring på småfeet, er salute og droplute og skjengjute. For eg hev set korleis Laban fer åt mot deg.
He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13 Eg er din Gud frå Betel, der som du salva steinen, der som du gjorde meg ein lovnad. Gjer deg no reidug og far ut or dette landet og attende til fødesheimen din!»»
I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”
14 Då svara Rakel og Lea og sagde med honom: «Hev då me endå nokon lut og arv i huset åt far vår?
Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].
15 Hev ikkje han rekna oss for framande? Han hev selt oss, og longe øydt upp det han fekk for oss.
He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!
16 All rikdomen som Gud hev teke frå far vår, høyrer oss og borni våre til. Gjer no berre du alt det som Gud hev sagt til deg!»
Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”
17 So budde Jakob seg til ferdi, og sette borni og konorne sine på kamelarne.
Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.
18 Og han tok med seg alt bufeet sitt og alt godset som han hadde samla seg, det feet som han åtte og hadde ale seg til i Mesopotamia, og vilde fara til Isak, far sin, i Kana’ans-land.
He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.
19 Laban hadde gjenge av og skulde klyppa sauerne sine. Då stal Rakel med seg husgudarne som far hennar hadde.
Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].
20 Og Jakob stal seg burt ifrå Laban, aramæaren, og gat ikkje noko um at han vilde fara sin veg.
Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.
21 Han tok ut med alt det han åtte, og gav seg på vegen, og sette yver elvi, og tok leidi mot Gileadfjellet.
So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.
22 Tridje dagen etter fekk Laban vita at Jakob hadde stroke sin veg.
On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.
23 Då tok han med seg skyldfolki sine, og sette etter honom sju dagsleider, og nådde honom att på Gileadfjellet.
So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.
24 Men Gud kom til Laban, aramæaren, i draume um natti, og sagde til honom: «Vara deg no og seg ikkje eit ord til Jakob!»
Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”
25 Då Laban nådde att Jakob, hadde Jakob sett upp tjeldbudi si på fjellet; og Laban og skyldfolki hans sette og upp budi si på Gileadfjellet.
The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.
26 Og Laban sagde med Jakob: «Kva tyder det at du hev stole deg burt ifrå meg og drege døtterne mine av garde, som dei var hertekne?
Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!
27 Kvi løynde du deg av, og stal deg burt ifrå meg? Kvi sagde du det ikkje med meg, so eg kunde fylgt deg på vegen med glederop og song og trummor og harpor?
Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?
28 Du let meg ikkje ein gong få kyssa borni og døtterne mine. Dette var uvisleg gjort av deg!
(You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!
29 Eg hev det i mi magt å gjera dykk ilt. Men Gud åt far dykkar sagde til meg i natt: «Vara deg no og seg ikkje eit ord til Jakob!»
My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’
30 Men var det no so at du laut taka ut, av di du lengta so sårt etter fødesheimen din, kvi stal du då gudarne mine?»
Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”
31 Då svara Jakob og sagde med Laban: «Eg var rædd; eg tenkte du kunde taka døtterne dine frå meg med hardom.
Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.
32 Men den som du finn gudarne dine hjå, han skal ikkje liva. Sjå no etter, og lat skyldfolki våre vera vitne, um du kannast med noko av det eg hev med meg, og tak det so til deg!» Men Jakob visste ikkje at Rakel hadde teke deim.
But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.
33 Og Laban gjekk inn i budi hans Jakob og i budi hennar Lea og i budi åt båe ternorne, men fann ikkje noko. So gjekk han ut or budi hennar Lea, og inn i budi hennar Rakel.
Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.
34 Men Rakel hadde teke husgudarne, og lagt deim under klyvsalen, og sett seg på deim. Og Laban rannsaka heile budi, men fann ikkje noko.
But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.
35 Og ho sagde med far sin: «Far må ikkje vera vond, for di eg ikkje kann reisa meg upp for honom! For det er so med meg no som stundom plar vera med kvendi.» Og han leita både høgt og lågt, men fann ikkje husgudarne.
Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.
36 Då vart Jakob harm, og skjemde på Laban. Og Jakob tok til ords og sagde med Laban: «Kva hev eg forbrote? kva vondt hev eg gjort, sidan du elter meg so?
Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?
37 Då du rannsaka alt det eg hev, kva fann du då som høyrer huset ditt til? Legg det fram her og lat mine og dine skyldfolk få sjå det, so dei kann døma millom oss tvo!
Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!
38 No hev eg vore hjå deg i tjuge år: Søyorne og geiterne dine hev aldri kasta, og verarne i fenaden din hev eg ikkje ete upp.
I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.
39 Det som var ihelrive, kom eg ikkje heim til deg med. Sjølv bøtte eg skaden. Av meg kravde du det, anten det var stole um dagen eller um natti.
When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.
40 Um dagen vilde hiten tyna meg, og kulden um natti, og eg fekk ikkje svevn på augo.
I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!
41 Tjuge år er det no eg hev vore hjå deg; fjortan år hev eg tent for båe døtterne dine, og seks år for fenaden din; men du brigda um att løni mi dei ti gongerne.
I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].
42 Hadde ikkje Gud åt far min, han som var Gud åt Abraham, og som Isak ber age for, hadde ikkje han vore med meg, so hadde du visst no sendt meg burt med tvo hender tome. Men Gud såg mi møda og alt mitt slæp, og han jamna det for meg i natt.»
If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”
43 Då svara Laban og sagde med Jakob: «Det er mine døtter, og mine born, og min buskap, og mitt alt du ser. Kva skulde eg då no gjera desse døtterne mine eller borni deira, som dei hev født til verdi?
Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?
44 So kom no og lat oss gjera ei semja, eg og du, og den skal vera til vitnemål millom meg og deg!»
I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”
45 So tok Jakob ein stein og reiste honom upp til eit merke.
So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.
46 Og Jakob sagde med skyldfolki sine: «Sanka i hop stein!» So fann dei seg steinar, og bygde ein varde, og sette seg og åt der, innmed varden.
Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.
47 Og Laban kalla varden Jegar Sahaduta, og Jakob kalla honom Gal’ed.
Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].
48 Og Laban sagde: «No er denne varden vitne millom meg og deg.» Difor kalla dei honom Gal’ed,
Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.
49 og Mispa, «av di, » sagde han, «Herren skal halde vakt millom meg og deg, når me hev kome einannan or syne.
They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].
50 Fer du ille med døtterne mine, eller tek du deg andre konor attåt døtterne mine, då er det fulla ingen mann innmed oss, men kom i hug det: Gud er vitne millom meg og deg.»
If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”
51 Og Laban sagde med Jakob: «Sjå, denne varden og denne merkesteinen, som eg hev reist millom meg og deg -
Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.
52 vitne skal dei vera, både varden og merkesteinen, at ikkje skal eg fara framum denne varden, burt til deg, og ikkje skal du fara hitum denne varden og denne merkesteinen, heim til meg, på det som vondt er.
Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.
53 Gud åt Abraham og Gud åt Nahor døme millom oss, han som var Gud åt far deira!» So svor Jakob ved honom som Isak, far hans, bar age for.
We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.
54 Og Jakob ofra eit slagtoffer på fjellet, og bad skyldfolki sine eta med seg. Og dei åt med honom, og var på fjellet um natti.
He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.
55 Um morgonen tidleg reis Laban upp, og kysste barneborni og døtterne sine, og velsigna deim. So tok Laban ut, og for heim att til seg.
The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.
