Genesis 29 (BEO)

1Ya:igobe da asili, eso maba la:idi soge amoga asi.Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

2E da hano nasu uli dou gisi soge ganodini diala, amoga doaga:i. Amo uli dogoi gadenene, sibi gilisisu udiana dialebe ba:i. Sibi gilisisu da amo uli dogoiga hano nasu. Uli dogoi da gele bagadega ga:i dagoi.He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

3Hou da agoane galu. Sibi gilisisu da uli dogoiga doaga:laloba, sibi ouligisu dunu da gele bagade amo bebesole, hano nasu amo sibima olelesu. Hano nanu, sibi ouligisu da uli dogoi gele bagadega bu ga:su.When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

4Ya:igobe da sibi ouligisu dunuma amane adole ba:i, “Dilia da habidili misibila:?” Ilia da bu adole i, “Ninia da Halane soge dunu.”“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

5E da bu adole ba:i, “Dilia da La:iba:ne, Na:iho ea aowa amo dawa:bela:?” “Ma! Ninia dawa:!” ilia amane sia:i.“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

6Ya:igobe amane adole ba:i, “E da hahawane esalabala?” Ilia bu adole i, “E da hahawane esala! Ba:ma! Idiwi La:isele, La:iba:ne ea uda mano a:fini da ea sibi gilisisu oule manebe goea!”“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

7Ya:igobe da amane sia:i, “Wali da esomogoa fawane. Amaiba:le, sibi amo diasuga gilisimu da hamedei. Dilia sibi ilima hano dili ianu, bu gisi sogega oule masunu da defea.”“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

8Ilia da bu adole i, “Amai da hame hamomu! Sibi gilisisu huluane da doaga:sea fawane, ninia da gele bagade bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili imunu.”But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

9Ya:igobe da ilima sia: daloba, La:isele da ea sibi gilisisu oule misini, doaga:i dagoi.While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10Ya:igobe da La:isele amo ea daiya La:iba:ne ea sibi oule manebe ba:loba, e da hano nasu uli dogoi amoga asili, gele bebesole, sibi ilima hano dili i.As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

11Amalalu, e da La:isele amo nonogoi, amola hahawane bagadeba:le, dinanu.Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

12E da La:iselema amane adole i, “Na da dia ada esoa:bi, Lebega ea mano.” La:isele da ea ada amo adomusa: hehenane asi.He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

13La:iba:ne da esoa:bi Ya:igobe misi dagoi amo nababeba:le, hehenane, ema doaga:le, nonogone, hi diasuga oule asi. Ya:igobe da ea hou huluane ema olelei.When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

14Amalalu, La:iba:ne da amane sia:i, “Dafawane! Di da na fi dunu maga:me afae amoga hamoi.” Ya:igobe da oubi afae amoga ea diasuga esalu.Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

15La:iba:ne da Ya:igobema amane sia:i, “Di da na fi dunuba:le na hawa: hamosu udigili hamomu da defea hame galebe. Di da bidi habodayane lama:bela:?”Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

16La:iba:ne da uda mano aduna esala. Magobo mano da Lia amola eno da La:isele.Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

17Lia ea si da gasa hame galu. Be La:isele ea da:i hodo da noga:iwane ba:i.Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

18Ya:igobe da La:iselema bagade magesa:i. Amaiba:le e da La:iba:nema amane sia:i, “Na da La:isele amo lamusa:, ode fesuale dima hawa: hamomu da defeala:?”Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

19La:iba:ne da bu adole i, “Na da dunu enoma imunu higa:i. Dima fawane imunu. Nama ouesaloma!”Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

20Ya:igobe da ode fesuale La:isele lama:ne hawa: hamosu. E da ema bagade asigiba:le, amo ode da eso bagahame defele ba:i.So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

21Amalalu, Ya:igobe da La:iba:nema amane sia:i, “Na ode da gidigi dagoi. Na da dia mano lamu galebe.”Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

22Amaiba:le, La:iba:ne da uda lasu lolo Nasu bagade hamoi. E da dunu huluane misa:ne sia:i.So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

23Be gasia, e da La:isele fisili, Lia amo Ya:igobema oule misi. Amalalu, Ya:igobe da Lia amo gilisili golai.But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

24(La:iba:ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a:fini Siliba amo Lia hi hawa: hamomusa:gini i dagoi.)And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

25Golale hahabe, Ya:igobe da uda da ema gilisili golai da La:isele hame be Lia ba:i. E da La:iba:nema asili amane sia:i, “Di da abuli amo hou nama hamobela:? Na da La:isele lamusa: hawa: hamoi dagoi. Di da abuliba:le nama ogogobela:?”When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

26La:iba:ne da bu adole i, “Ninia hou guiguda: da ninia magobo uda mano bisili dunuga lama:ne iaha. Fa:no eno uda mano iaha.Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.

27Be uda lasu lolo nasu hi afae da dagosea, defea, na da La:isele amola dima imunu. Be amo lama:ne, di da na hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoma.”Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

28Ya:igobe da amo hamomu sia:i. Amalalu, hi afae aligili, La:iba:ne da ea mano La:isele amo ema i.And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

29(La:iba:ne da ea udigili hawa: hamosu a:fini ea dio amo Biliha amo La:isele fidimusa: i.)Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

30Ya:igobe da La:isele amo gilisili golai. Ea magesa:i hou ema da ea asigi hou Lia ema baligi dagoi. Amalalu, e da La:iba:ne ea hawa: hamosu ode fesuale eno hamoi.Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

31Hina Gode da Ya:igobe ea hou amo La:iselema bagade asigi amola Liama fonobahadi asigi amo ba:beba:le, Gode da Liama mano lama:ne logo fodoi. Be La:isele da aligime esalu.When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

32Lia da abula agui, dunu mano lalelegei. E amane sia:i, “Hina Gode da na se nabasu ba:i dagoi. Wali nagoa da nama asigimu.” Amaiba:le, e da dio asuli amo Liubene (Se Nabasu Ba:i)And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

33Amalalu, e da bu eno abula agui ba:i. Dunu mano eno da lalelegele, Lia da amane sia:i, “Hina Gode da Ya:igobe da nama hame asigi amo nababeba:le, mano nama i.” Amaiba:le, amo manoma e da Simione (Nabasu dunu) dio asuli.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

34E da bu eno abula agui. Dunu mano eno lai. E amane sia:i, “Wali na da dunu mano udiana laiba:le, nagoa da nama la:gi dagoi ba:mu.” Amaiba:le, e da amo manoma Lifai (La:gi) dio asuli.Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

35Amalalu, e da abula agui, dunu mano eno lai. E da amane sia:i, “Wali na da Hina Godema nodomu.” Amaiba:le, e da amo manoma Yuda (Nodosu) dio asuli. Amalalu, e da mano lasu yolesi.And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

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