Genesis 3131GenesisIsaac and JacobGofa

GofaBerean Standard Bible

1. 1GOFEላባ አደ ናይት፥ “ያይቆብ ኑ አዋባ ኡባ ኤክድግስ። ሀ ሻሎ ኡባ ኑ አዋባፐ ደምስ” ያግሽን ያይቆብ ስእስ።BSBBSB: Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
2. 2GOFEያይቆብ ላባ ሶምኦይ እያዉ ካሰ መላ ግዶናይሳ በእስ።BSBBSB: And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
3. 3GOFEሄ ዎደ ጎዳይ ያይቆባ፥ “ኔኒ ነ አዋታ ቢታ፥ ነ ዳቦታኮ ጉየ ስማ። ታኒ ኔራ ግዳና” ያግስ።BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
4. 4GOFEያይቆብ ራሄሎነ ልያ ባ ዉደይ ሄመትያ በሳ ያና መላ ኪትድ ፄግስስ።BSBBSB: So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
5. 5GOFEእ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ አዋ ሶምኦይ ታዉ ካሰ መላ ግዶናይሳ ታኒ በአይስ። ሽን ታ አዋ ፆሳይ ታራ ደኤስ።BSBBSB: and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
6. 6GOFEታኒ ታ ኩመꬃ ዎልቃን ህንተ አዋስ ኦꬅዳይሳ ህንተ ኤሬታ።BSBBSB: You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7. 7GOFEሽን ህንተ አዋይ ታና ጭምድ፥ ታ ዳሞዝያ ታሙ ቶሆ ላምስ። ግድኮካ ፆሳይ ታና እ ቆሆናዳ ድግስ።BSBBSB: And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
8. 8GOFEእ፥ ‘ፑንጫረት ነ ዳሞዘ ግዶ’ ግን ዉደ ኡባይ ፑንጫረ የልስ። ቃስ እ፥ ‘ካላደት ነ ዳሞዘ ግዶ’ ግን ዉደ ኡባይ ካላደ የልስ።BSBBSB: If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
9. 9GOFEፆሳይ ሄሳን ህንተ አዋ መህያ ዎꬅ ኤክድ ታዉ እሚስ።BSBBSB: Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10. 10GOFE“መሄት ብራይሳስ ከይያ አጌናን ታኒ እስ አሙሆ አሙሀስ። ሄ አሙሁዋን ታኒ ፄልያ ዎደ መህያ ብራይስያ ዴሻ ኡርገት ካላደ፥ ፑንጫረነ ጋዛ።BSBBSB: When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
11. 11GOFEፆሳ ኪታንቾይ አሙሆን ታና፥ ‘ያይቆባ’ ያግስ። ታኒ፥ ‘ዬ’ ጋዳ ኮያስ።BSBBSB: In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
12. 12GOFEእካ፥ ‘ꬎቁ ጋዳ መህያ ብራይስያ ዴሻ ኡርገ ኡባ ካላደ፥ ፑንጫረነ ጋዛ በአ። ላቢ ነ ቦላ ኦꬅያባ ኡባ ታኒ በእዳ ግሾ ሄሳ ኦꬃስ።BSBBSB: ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
13. 13GOFEኔኒ ኤስዳ ሹቻ ዛይተ ትያዳ ታዉ ጫቅዳ ቤተለ ፆሳይ ታና። ሀእ ደንዳዳ ሀ ቢታፈ ከያ። ጉየ ነ የለትዳ ቢታ ስማ’ ግስ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
14. 14GOFEሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ራሄልራነ ልያራ “ኑ አዋባፐ ኑና ጋክያባይ አይቤ?BSBBSB: And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
15. 15GOFEእ ኑና አላጋዳ ፄሌስ ግደኔ? እ ኑና ባይዝ ኤክስ። ባይዝ ኤክዳባ ኡባ ምድ ꬋይስስ።BSBBSB: Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
16. 16GOFEፆሳይ ኑ አዋፐ ዎꬅ ኤክዳ ሻሎ ኡባይ ቱማካ ኑባነ ኑ ናይታባ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ፆሳይ ነዉ ኦድዳባ ኡባ ኦꬃ” ያግ ዛርዶሶና።BSBBSB: Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
17. 17GOFEያይቆብ ካናነ ቢታን ደእያ ባ አዋ ይሳቃኮ ባናዉ ደንድስ። እ ባ ናይታነ ባ ማቸታ ግማለ ቶግስስ። ዉደ ኡባ ላግድ፥ ማሰጰፆመን ደእሸ ሺሽዳ ሻሎ ኡባ ኤክድ ብስ።BSBBSB: Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
18. 19GOFEላቢ ባ ዶርሳታ እክስያ ቃንፃናዉ ብዳሽን፥ ራሄላ ባ አዋ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ ካይሶታሱ።BSBBSB: Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
19. 20GOFEቃስ ያይቆብ አራመ አድያ ላባስ ባ ቡሳ ኦዶና እፅድ ጭምስ።BSBBSB: Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
20. 21GOFEእ ባዉ ደእያባ ኡባ ኤክድ ኤለስድ ኤፍራፂሳ ሻፋ ፕንድ፥ ደረይ ዳርያ ጋላዳ ቢታ ብስ።BSBBSB: So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
21. 22GOFEሄꬑ ጋላሳፐ ጉየ፥ ያይቆቢ ባቃትድ ብዳይሳ ላቢ ስእስ።BSBBSB: On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
22. 23GOFEባ ዳቦታ ባራ ኤክድ፥ ላፑን ጋላሳ ኦገ ያይቆባ ጌዶ ካልድ ደረይ ዳርያ ጋላዳ ቢታን እያ ጋክስ።BSBBSB: So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
23. 24GOFEሄ ዎደ ፆሳይ ቃማ ሶረ ላባኮ አሙሆን ቆንጭድ፥ “ኔኒ ያይቆባ ቦላ ኢታባ ግድን ሎኦባ፥ አይብባካ ኦደትኮ ነና ኤራ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
24. 25GOFEላቢ ጋክያ ዎደ ያይቆብ ደረይ ዳርያ ጋላዳ ቢታን ዱንካነ ቶክድ ኡትስ። ላብካ ዳቦታራ ያን ዱንካንዶሶና።BSBBSB: Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.
25. 26GOFEሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ላቢ ያይቆባ፥ “ኔኒ ሀይሳዳ ታና አይስ ጭማዲ? ታ ማጫ ናይታካ ኦላን ድኤትዳባዳ አይስ ላጋ ከሳዲ?BSBBSB: Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
26. 27GOFEኔኒ አይስ ቆሳን ታፐ ከሳ ኤካዳ ታና ጭማዲ? ታኒ ነና ኡፋይሳንነ የꬃን፥ ካራቦንነ ዲꬃን ሞይዛና መላ አይስ ታዉ ኦዳብኪ?BSBBSB: Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
27. 28GOFEኔኒ ሀር አቶሽን፥ ታ ናይታ ናይታነ ታ ማጫ ናይታ ታኒ ዬራ ኤኮና መላ ድጋዳሳ። ኔኒ ኢታ ኦꬃዳሳ።BSBBSB: But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
28. 29GOFEታኒ ነና ገናናዉ ታዉ ዎልቅ ደኤስ ሽን ነ አዋ ፆሳይ ዝነ ቃማ ታኮ፥ ‘ያይቆባ ቦላ ኢታባ ግድን ሎኦባ አይብባካ ኦደቶናዳ ነና ኤራ’ ያግድ ታዉ ኦድስ።BSBBSB: I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
29. 30GOFEሀእ ኔኒ ነ አዋ ሶ ባናዉ ዳሮ ላሞትዳ ግሾ ከያዳሳ። ሽን ታ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ አይስ ካይሶታዲ?” ያግስ።BSBBSB: Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
30. 31GOFEያይቆብ ላባ፥ “ኔኒ ነ ናይታ ታፐ ዎልቃን ዎስሳ ኤካነኮነ ጋዳ ቆፕዳ ግሾ ያያዳ ሀይሳዳ ኦꬃስ።BSBBSB: “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
31. 32GOFEሽን ነ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ ኤክዳ አስ ኦናካ ኔኒ ደምኮ፥ ሄ ኡራይ ሀይቆ። ኑ ዳቦታ ስንꬃን ነባ ግድዳባ ኡባ ኮያዳ ኤካ” ያግስ። ያይቆብ ራሄላ ባ አዋ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ ካይሶትዳይሳ ኤርቤና።BSBBSB: If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
32. 33GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ ላቢ ያይቆባ ዱንካንያ ግዶ፥ ልያ ዱንካንያ ግዶነ ናምኡ አይለታ ዱንካንያ ግዶ ገልድ ኮይስ። ሽን አይኮካ ደምቤና። ልያ ዱንካንያፐ ከይድ፥ ራሄል ዱንካንያ ገልስ።BSBBSB: So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
33. 34GOFEራሄላ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ ኤካዳ ግማለ ኮራ ጋርሳን ቆሳዳ እያ ቦላ ኡታሱ። ላቢ ዱንካንያን ደእያባ ኡባ ፕልግድ ኮይስ። ሽን አይኮካ ደምቤና።BSBBSB: Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
34. 35GOFEራሄላ ባ አዋ፥ “ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታና ሀንቀቶፋ። ታኒ ነዉ ደንዳ ኤቃናዉ ዳንዳእከ፥ ታ ኩሸ መቶራ ደአይስ” ያጋሱ። እ ኮይድ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታ ደምቤና።BSBBSB: Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
35. 36GOFEያይቆብ ይሎትድ ላባኮ፥ “ታኒ አይ ኢሳድና? ሀይሳ ኔኒ ታና ካላናዉ ታ አይ ቆሆ ኦꬃድና?BSBBSB: Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
36. 37GOFEሀእ ኔኒ ታ ሚሸ ኡባ ፕልጋዳ ኮያዳሳ። ነ ሶ ኤቃ ምስለታፐ አይ ደማዲ? ኤንቲ ኑ ናምአ ግዶን ፕርዳና መላ ነ ዳቦታ ስንꬃንነ ታ ዳቦታ ስንꬃን ሀይሳን ዎꬃ።BSBBSB: You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
37. 38GOFE“ታኒ ኔራ ላታሙ ላይꬅ ኩመꬅ ደአስ። ነ ዶርሳትነ ዴሻት አዉጫይቦኮና ዎይኮ ነ ዉድያፐ እሱዋካ ቆታዳ ማብከ።BSBBSB: I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
38. 39GOFEዶእ ምዳ ጋዉፃካ ታ ነዉ ኤሀ ኤርከ፤ ታኒ ታፐ ጭጋይስ። ጋላስ ዎይኮ ቃማ ካይሶተትዳይሳታ ቃንፅሳሳ።BSBBSB: I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
39. 40GOFEጋላሳ ሱላን፥ ቃማ ሜጎን ታኒ ቆሄታስ። ማራ ꬍስኮ ꬍስካ ኤርከ።BSBBSB: As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
40. 41GOFEታኒ ሀይሳዳ ሀናዳ ነ ሶን ላታሙ ላይꬅ ደአስ። ታማነ ኦይዱ ላይꬅ ነ ናምኡ ማጫ ናይታ ግሾ፥ ኡሱፑን ላይꬅ ነ መህያ ግሾ ነዉ ኦꬃስ። ሽን ኔኒ ታ ዳሞዝያ ታሙ ቶሆ ላማዳሳ።BSBBSB: Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
41. 42GOFEታ አዋ ፆሳይ፥ አብራሃመ ፆሳይ፥ ይሳቃ ፆሳይ ታራ ግዶናባ ግድያኮ፥ ስይ ባይና ኔኒ ታና መላ ኩሸ ከሳ የዳዳሳ። ሽን ፆሳይ ታ መቱዋነ ታ ዳቡርሳ በእድ ዝነ ቃማ ነና ሀንቅስ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
42. 43GOFEላቢ ዛሪድ ያይቆባ፥ “ማጫሳት ታ ማጫ ናይታ፥ ኤንታ ናይት ታ ናይታ፥ ሀ መሄይካ ታ መህያ፥ ኔኒ በእያ ኡባይ ታባ። ሀች ሀ ማጫ ናይታ ቦላነ ኤንታ ናይታ ቦላ አይ ኦꬃናዉ ዳንዳአይና?BSBBSB: But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
43. 44GOFEአነ ሃያ፥ ኔራነ ታራ ዎላ አነ ጫቆስ። ሄስ ነ ግዶንነ ታ ግዶን ማርካ ግዶ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
44. 45GOFEሄሳ ግሾ፥ ያይቆብ እስ ሹቹ ኤክድ ቱሳꬆ ኤስስ።BSBBSB: So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
45. 46GOFEባ ዳቦታ፥ “ሹቹ ሺሽተ” ያግስ። ኤንቲ ሹቹ ሺሽድ ኬልዶሶና። ሄ ኬላ ማታን ካꬅ ምዶሶና።BSBBSB: and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
46. 47GOFEላቢ ሄ ኬላ፥ ይጋር-ሳሀዱታ ግድ ሱንꬅስ። ያይቆብ ቃስ እያ ጋላዳ ግድ ሱንꬅስ።BSBBSB: Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
47. 48GOFEላቢ፥ “ሀ ኬላይ ኔፐነ ታፐ ግዶን ሀች ማርካ” ያግስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ እያ ሱንꬃይ ጋላዳ ጌተትስ።BSBBSB: Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
48. 49GOFEላቢ፥ “ኑኒ እሶይ እሱዋፈ ሃክድ ደእያ በሳን ጎዳይ ነናነ ታና ናጎ” ግድ ሄ በሳ ምፅጳ ግድ ሱንꬅስ።BSBBSB: It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
49. 50GOFEላቢ፥ “ኔኒ ታ ማጫ ናይታ ናቅኮ፥ ዎይኮ ኔኒ ታ ማጫ ናይታ ቦላ ሀራ ማቾ ነ ኤክኮ፥ ታ ኤሮና እፅኮካ ነ ግዶንነ ታ ግዶን ፆሳይ ማርካ ግደይሳ አኬካ” ያግስ።BSBBSB: If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
50. 51GOFEላቢ ቃስካ፥ “ኬለትዳ ሹቻይነ ታኒ ነ ግዶንነ ታ ግዶን ኤስዳ ሹቻ ቱሳይ ሀይስሽ።BSBBSB: Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
51. 52GOFEታኒ ሀ ኬላፐ ነና ገናናዉ ኔኮ ካንꬆናዳ፥ ነካ ታና ገናናዉ ሀ ኬላፐነ ሀ ሹቻ ቱሳፈ ሀ አꬎናዳ ሀ ኬላይነ ሀ ሹቻ ቱሳይ ማርካ።BSBBSB: This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
52. 53GOFEአብራሃመ ፆሳይ፥ ናኮራ ፆሳይ፥ ኤንታ አዋ ፆሳይ፥ ኑ ግዶን ፕርዶ” ያግስ። ያይቆብ ባ አዋ ይሳቃ ፆሳ ሱንꬃን ጫቅስ።BSBBSB: May 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.
53. 54GOFEያይቆብ ዙማ ቦላ ያርሾ ያርሽስ። ባ ዳቦታ ካꬅ ማናዉ ፄግስ። ኤንቲ ምድ ዙማ ቦላ አቅዶሶና።BSBBSB: Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
54. 55GOFEዎንተꬃ ጋላስ ጉራ ላቢ ደንድድ ባ ናይታ ናይታነ ባ ማጫ ናይታ አንጅድ፥ ዬርድ ባ ሶ ስምስ።BSBBSB: Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.