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Genesis 34
34
Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Gofa
Jacob
, person
Shechem
, person
Hamor
, person
Dinah
, person
Levi
, person
Simeon
, person
Leah
, person
Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ልያ ያይቆባስ የልዳ ናእያ ዲና፥ ሄ ዎደ ካናነ ማጫሳታ በአናዉ ከያሱ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
2
GOFE
ሄ ቢታ ሃርያ ህወ አድያ ሀሞራ ናአ ሴከም እዮ በእድ፥ ዳፍድ ኢስስ።
BSB
BSB:
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
3
GOFE
እያ ዎዛናይ ያይቆባ ናእዉ ዲናስ ቃትስ። እ እዉ ምሸትዳ ግሾ ሎኦ ቃላራ እዮ ኦድስስ።
BSB
BSB:
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
4
GOFE
ሴከም ባ አዋ ሀሞራ፥ “ታዉ ሀ ናእዉ ማቾ ኦይቻርክ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
5
GOFE
ያይቆብ ባ ናእዉ፥ ዲና፥ አዝን ዳፍዳይሳ ስእዳ ዎደ እያ አደ ናይት መሄራ ባዞን ደኦሶና። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ኤንቲ ያና ጋካናስ ስእ ግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
6
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ሴከማ አዋ ሀሞር ያይቆባ ኦድሳናዉ ይስ።
BSB
BSB:
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
7
GOFE
ያይቆባ አደ ናይት ባዞፈ ይድ ሄሳ ስእዶሶና። ኤንቲ ሴከም ያይቆባ ናእዉ ዳፍድ፥ ኢስድ እስራኤለ ዬላይዳ ግሾ ዳሮ ይሎትዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
8
GOFE
ሽን ሀሞር ኤንታኮ፥ “ታ ናአይ ሴከም ህንተ ናኤስ ዳሮ ምሸቴስ፥ ሀያና እዮ እያዉ ማቾ እመርከት።
BSB
BSB:
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
9
GOFE
ኑራ ኤከትተነ ገለትተ፥ ህንተ ማጫ ናይታ ኑስ እምተ፥ ኑ ማጫ ናይታካ ህንተዉ ኤክተ።
BSB
BSB:
Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
10
GOFE
ህንተ ኑ ግዶን ዳናዉ ዳንዳኤታ። ቢታይ ዳሮ ዳልጋ፥ እያ ኦꬅድ ዛልእድ ህንተዉ አቆ ደማናዉ ዳንዳኤታ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
11
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ ሴከም ዲና አዋነ እ እሻታ፥ “ታኒ ህንተ ስንꬃን ሳበትኮ፥ ህንተ ኮይያባ አይብባ ግድኮካ እማና።
BSB
BSB:
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
12
GOFE
ህንተ ምሽራ ናኤስ እሞታነ ኮይታ ህንተ ኮይዳ መላ ታና ኦይችተ። ታኒ ህንተ ታና ኦይችዳባ ኡባ እማና። ሽን ታኒ ማቻናዉ ናእዉ ታዉ እመርከት” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
13
GOFE
ባንታ ምችዉ ዲና ሴከም ቱንስዳ ግሾ፥ ያይቆባ አደ ናይት ሴከማስነ እያ አዋ ሀሞራስ ዎርዶትዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
14
GOFE
ኤንታኮ፥ “ኑኒ ሄሳ መላ ፓላባ ኦꬃናዉ ዳንዳኦኮ፥ ኑኒ ኑ ምችዉ ቃፃረትቦና አሳስ እሞኮ፥ ሄስ ኑና ካዉሽያባ።
BSB
BSB:
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
15
GOFE
ህንተ ኑስ እስባ ኤሮ ጊኮ ኑ ህንተዉ ኤሮ ጋና። ሄስካ፥ ህንተ ቢታ አደ አሳ ኡባይ ቃፃረትድ ኑዳ ሀንኮ፥
BSB
BSB:
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
16
GOFE
ኑኒ ኑ ማጫ ናይታ ህንተዉ እማናዉ ኤሮ ጋና። ህንተ ማጫ ናይታካ ኑስ ኤካና። ኑኒ ህንተ ግዶን ደእድ ህንተራ እስ አሰ ግዳና።
BSB
BSB:
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
17
GOFE
ሽን ህንተ ቃፃረታናዉ ኤሮ ጎና እፅኮ፥ ኑኒ ኑ ምችዉ ኤክ ባና” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
18
GOFE
ያትን ሀ ኤንቲ ግዳባይ ሀሞራስነ እያ ናአ ሴከማስ ሎኦ ዳንስ።
BSB
BSB:
Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
19
GOFE
ሄ ፓንꬃይ ባ አዋ ኬꬃን ደእያ ኡባፈ አꬍድ ቦንቸትዳ ግሾ ኮይዳባ ኦꬃናዉ እያዉ ማት ደኤስ። ያይቆባ ናእዉ ዳሮ ዶስዳ ግሾ፥ ኤንቲ ግዳባ ኦꬃናዉ ጉየ ግቤና።
BSB
BSB:
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
20
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ ሀሞርነ እያ ናአይ ሴከም ባንታ ካታማ ዳባባ ብድ፥ ባንታ ካታማ አሳስ ሀይሳዳ ያግድ ኦድዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
21
GOFE
“ሀ አሳት ኑራ ስጋ ደኦሶና። ቢታይ ዳሮ ዳልጋ ግድያ ግሾ ኤንቲ ሀ ቢታን ጎዮ ዛልኦ። ኤንታ ማጫ ናይታካ ኑኒ ኤካና፥ ኤንትካ ኑ ማጫ ናይታ ኤኮና።
BSB
BSB:
“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
22
GOFE
ሽን ኑራ ኤንቲ እስ አሳዳ ደአናዉ ኑኒ እስባ ኤሮ ጋናዉ ኮሼስ። ሄስካ፥ ኤንቲ ቃፃረትዳይሳዳ ኑ አደ አሳ ኡባይ ቃፃረታናይሳ።
BSB
BSB:
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
23
GOFE
ኑኒ ሄሳዳ ኦꬅኮ፥ ኤንታ መሄይነ፥ ኤንታ አቆ ኡባይ ኑባ ግደኔ? ሄሳ ግሾ፥ አነ ኑኒ ኤንቲ ገይሳ ኤሮ ጎስ። ኤንትካ ኑ ግዶን ደአና” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
24
GOFE
ካታማ ዳባባ ሺቅዳ አሳት ኡባይ ሀሞራስነ እያ ናአ ሴከማስ፥ “ኤሮ” ግዶሶና። ያትን ሄ ካታማ አደ አሳት ኡባይ ቃፃረትዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
25
GOFE
ሄꬓንꬆ ጋላስ፥ ኤንቲ ኡባይ ባንታ ቃፃራ ማዱንꬃ ሳከትሽን፥ ያይቆባ አደ ናይታፐ ናምአይ፥ ዲና እሻት፥ ስሞናራነ ሌወራ ባንታ ማሻ ኤክድ ኦንካ ኤሮና ካታማ ገልድ አደ አሳ ኡባ ዎꬍዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
26
GOFE
ሀሞራነ እያ ናአ ሴከማ ማሻን ዎꬍድ፥ ባንታ ምችዉ ዲና ሴከማ ኬꬃፈ ኤክ ብዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
27
GOFE
ያይቆባ ሀራ አደ ናይት አሀታ ቦላ ገልድ ባንታ ምችዉ ዲና ቱንስዳ ካታማ ኡባ ቦንቅዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
28
GOFE
ኤንታ ዶርሳ ዉድያ፥ ሚዛ ዉድያ፥ ሀርያ፥ ካታማ ግዶን ደእያባነ ጋፃን ደእያባ ኡባ ኤክዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
29
GOFE
ኤንታ ኬꬃን ደእያ አቁዋ ኡባ፥ ኤንታ ናይታ ኡባነ ማጫሳታ ኡባ ድእዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
30
GOFE
ያይቆብ ስሞናነ ሌወ፥ “ህንተ ታ ቦላ ግታ መቶ ኤህደታ። ሀ ቢታን ደእያ ካናነትነ ፓርዘት ታና እፃና። ኑኒ ታይቦን ጉꬃ፥ ኤንቲ እስፈ ግድድ ታ ቦላ ደንድኮ፥ ታንነ ታ ሶ አሳይ ꬋያና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31
GOFE
ሽን ኤንቲ፥ “ያትን፥ እ ኑ ምችዉ ላይማ ማጫሳዳ ኦꬃናዉ በሲ?” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
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