Genesis 35 (EKA)

1Esowo kehm tongo Jekob re, <<Song go Betel wo song jol o, lim egudu njom o ka Esowo, ye ji jo ba kpir-a eji a jo be Eso mmonanne.Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2Jekob kehm tongo anebe etahk ebe, a ane ba lene a ne re, <<Yehken, ajen asowo nya ń kpi no, wahn ru elnahne, fere yannge abomo.So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3Baan, wahr tahmen go Betel, go wo m bahke limi egudu njom ka Esowo, ye ji jo faang-m afung nya ejahkjahk jo jol aname, ye ji jo tob jol aname go edi ajehng ajehng ji n je no.>>Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4Owo bo kehm koko ajen asowo a abangetung nya jolo go ebo atung, ba ka Jekob, á kpa kak nnahb eti nyi bo kpo lung re oak go Sekem.So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5Owo bo kehm lohngo tahm, egburu efahle ni lohng goji Esowo jolo a ajahbe nya jolo sennge bo kak, jol nnene lohngem kam bo.As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6Jekob a ane ebe kpee jene ba rehng go Lusi, ji li Betel, go ndi nyi Kenan.So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7O edi jio wo á limi egudu njom, á jo lungu edi jio re, El Betel, tibre o edi jio wo Esowo lennge elne ka-e, eji á jo be Eso mmonane.There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8Nnenkal no jo rennge Rebeka, no bo jo lung-e re, Debora kehm kpoko, bo kpa-e kak go nnahb eti nyi bo kpo lung re Ok kohlo Betel, ano wo wahnge edi jio bo jo lung re, Alon Bakud.Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

9Ngare nyi Jekob lohngo go Padan Aram, Esowo kehm kpe ba kpiri Jekob fere fuul-e.After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10Esowo kehm-e tongo re, <<Mbing enya bo kpo lung-a re Jekob, bo wa-a nehm kpe lung re Jekob; Bo bahke fere jo lung-a re Isreel. Owo á fere gung-e mbing re Isreel.And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11Esowo kehm-e tongo re, <<Me wo li Esowo Bi Kpi Nsahm Kpee, jel wo rur wahn jol go nfange gbˈgbal. Ejahbe, a abon ajahbe ba bahke lohngo go ega elwo, a atul atul kpee bahke lohngo go ega ngubjing.And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12Ndi nyi n ka Ebraham a Aisik, me n tob faake anyi ka-a, m bahke kake etˈtohngo eja ji kpa-a toono ndi nyia.The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

13Esowo kehm feere go ero, tahme sa edi jio ji á jolo a ne.Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14Jekob kehm loko eltal ana ego, edi jio ji Esowo jo bung a ne, kehm yaange njom nyio nyi elwoko wohngo o, á tob yaange akehng wohngo o.So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

15Jekob lungu edi ji Esowo bungu a ne re Betel.Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16Bo kehm mehle o Betel asongo, edi jio ekidi kpˈkpeka lab nne kehm rehnge go Efrad, Rasel kehm kehme ejel rahng, ejel jo riid-e sehng.Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17Ana ejel jo sahb riid-e riidi go eljele, owo nnenkal no jo bob-e ejel kehm-e tongo re, <<Ka kpe fahl, wob bel mmon no nlum noko.During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18Ana á gohro v elv ni elkv, á lungu mmon noo re Ben Oni, wo nde lung-e re Benjamin.And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19Owo Rasel kehm kpo, bo kpa-e kak go mbang eji bo jo tahm Efrad, ji li Betlehem.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20O ero elahm bi Rasel, Jekob loo ego o, tete rehng lela ego jio kpˈtibi elahm bi Rasel.Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21Isreel kehm mehle o asongo, song si ebehre eje go esˈsong, nne lˈsehng Migdal Eder.Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22Eji Isreel lene o edi jio, Ruben kehm tahme song noongo a nne elkora nde Bilha, Isreel wˈwuk bade. Jekob bele ewubu abon abal ba nlum:While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

23Abon ba nlum ba Lia ba a: Ruben wo jolo ngbokambang a mmona Jekob, Simion, Levi, Juda, Isaka a Jebulon.The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24Abon ba nlum ba Rasel ba a: Josef abola Benjamin.The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25Abon ba nlum ba Bilha nlokeltum Rasel jele no ba a, Dan abola Naftali.The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26Abon ba nlum ba Jilpa jele no ba a, ye ji jolo nlokeltum a mmon no nkal no Lia, Gad abola Aser. A wo li abon ba nlum ba bo jele no ka Jekob go Padan Aram.And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27Jekob feere kehnge goji nde Aisik ga Mamre, kohlo Kiriad Arba, ji li Hebron, edi ji Ebraham abola Aisik tohko lene.Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28Aisik kange nnya atahl asehmwubu.And Isaac lived 180 years.

29Á gohro v esˈkohro elv soro kpo, bo rod-e song kak eyele ane ebe, á sahb kˈkul go nnya tvv. Eso abola Jekob, bo ji jolo abon ebe ba rod-e song kpa kak.Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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