Genesis 29 (JUM)

1Aŋ Yaagüüp wään yeene ceeññe ke ḍake ti ŋommañ mä ñommuŋŋu ti.Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

2Aŋ ike yurcin jïïn kä uttar ke kurku kä ḍäk yek ḍiik nïnok ïñï jïïn taaŋŋe ti kïïjï puukkin piik. Aŋ jïïn tüke a üüljïnï kä pääm mooye peŋŋä.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.

3Aŋ naana kurku ḍiik yoken ḍüülünü ti muure ye, i kaaydoni pääm ḍüljünü woo jïïn tük, aŋ ḍiik puukkunu piik, aŋ wäättan pääm ḍuukunu üüljünü jïïn tük.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.

4Aŋ kaaydoni taaji Yaagüüp ogo, “Ikee age mä wa mädgo?” Aŋ iken luukcin ogo, “Ikoon agon mä Araan.”“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

5Aŋ iken taaññe ogo, “Laabaan yaana daan wäyen a Nahüür ina ŋäjje?” Aŋ iken luukcin ogo, “Ee, ŋäjjon.”“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

6Aŋ iken taaji Yaagüüp ogo, “Ike yore ŋeraŋ?” Aŋ iken luukcin ogo, “Ee, ike yore ŋeraŋ. Daamjä a ṭuulle yeene Rahiil ina äätä kïdït kun ḍiik yaanja.”“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

7Aŋ ike luukcin ogo, “Wuuŋ mor a äŋ gïtï, batta mor a wuuŋ yen ḍüülïn ti kurku ḍiik nänṭä keellä. Ḍiik puukke piik, aŋ ḍuuke äämdük.”“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.”

8Aŋ iken luukcin ogo, “Ikoon batta lïïṭon, ke kurku ḍiik muure ḍäägene ti, aŋ wäättan pääm ḍüljon woo jïïn tük, aŋ ḍiik puukkon piik.”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.”

9Aŋ Yaagüüp por daa ïïñjïdï jayok ke iken ke Rahiil ḍääge ti i kïdït kun ḍiik yek wäyen aŋ ike ken a kaaydo.While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

10Aŋ wääna Yaagüüp Rahiil yoorreeda kä ke kun ḍiik yek nääyen Laabaan ye, ike attä jïïn ti aŋ pääm ḍüljene woo, aŋ ḍiik nääyen puukkene piik.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.

11Aŋ wäättan Yaagüüp Rahiil muckene gimgin, aŋ weekcin kä yaac.Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

12Aŋ Yaagüüp Rahiil nüütkene ogo ike agje ŋiiḍḍen ko wäyen ti, minneni yen woowen Rïpga. Aŋ Rahiil buurcin woo kä bïraŋ attä wäyen Laabaan nüütkene.He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

13Aŋ kä bïraŋ aŋŋi wääna Laabaan tiiŋŋee kä ogo ñaakonḍe Yaagüüp ḍäägono ye, ike lüüṇṇü pärcete kä, aŋ kääŋŋe yok aŋ muckene gimgin, aŋ äbene ti paa. Aŋ Laabaan nüütkï Yaagüüp waak'a näŋŋä ḍuuggen muure ye.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.

14Aŋ Laabaan jaajjin ogo, “Ïkï agä gaani ke yïmgä yeeki a gïtken.” Aŋ Yaagüüp cääynä wïca ke näŋe paan.Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

15Aŋ Laabaan Yaagüüp kiinne ogo, “Ïkï batta ñuugulu ika ti käpet ogo ïkï cokuleey ti cokal ika ti. Aŋ nüütkaa iñdin yüünü bi a ŋïṭṭä?”Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

16Aŋ Laabaan cääygene ṭulge kä yewwe. Mooye battä me ogo Leya aŋ ḍeerconḍe battä me ogo Rahiil.Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

17Aŋ Leya waŋge a bunin, aŋ Rahiil ŋeraŋ biilke ti ke üükïnene woo ti.Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

18Aŋ Yaagüüp Rahiil bilgene aŋ nääyen kiinne ogo, “Ïkï bi ñuugeleni yuungu kä ŋaṭükel naana ika iñdaa ṭüülü ḍeerconḍe Rahiil, wäätï a iiŋ yeeni ye.”Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

19Aŋ Laabaan jaajjin ogo, “Iiñca ŋeraŋ iñenii kä ïkï, kä yaana iñä daa kä oon yaŋkalaŋ yaana a pare ye. Cääyä ke ika winni.”Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

20Aŋ Yaagüüp ñuugilin yuungu kä ŋaṭükel ogo Rahiil, aŋ yuungu yaakka yoorre belok bata nïïnkä ḍeewken kä yaana billee kä Rahiil ye.So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

21Aŋ wäättan Yaagüüp Laabaan kiinne ogo, “Iiŋ yeeni iñjakä dalä koowu nïïnon kä. Nïïnkä yeeki yek ñuugula yeeni ḍaaŋŋä.”Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

22Aŋ Laabaan näŋŋä ñäänkä, aŋ mäbaan barre muure ammani jonñamme ti.So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

23Aŋ wääna nänṭä cücülenee kä ye, i ike ṭuulṭule yeene Leya ken koowne aŋ ickene Yaagüüp, aŋ nïngïn ke Yaagüüp.But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

24Aŋ Laabaan kiingon yeene iiŋe Jïlpa iññe Leya ogo wääto ogo kiingon yeene.And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

25Aŋ wääna Yaagüüp cuuyenee kä tïṇṇäk aŋŋi ye, i kaññe a Leya! Aŋ Yaagüüp Laabaan taaññe ogo, “A ŋaaka inni näŋganaa kä yaanni? Ïkï ñuugeleneni ogo Rahiil! Aŋ ika maldaa ŋïngïn ina?”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?”

26Aŋ Laabaan luukcin ogo, “Koowdin ṭuul ḍeerconḍe mooye ñome ti batta a näŋon ḍoŋe poñku bänkä yooko ti.Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.

27Nïïnkä ŋaṭükel yek yaanni por ḍaagä, aŋ ikoon menen bi ŋuckini kä cäänna naana ïkï ḍukcini ika ñuugalanaa yuungu kä ŋaṭükel ŋuca ye.”Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

28Aŋ Yaagüüp näŋjin aŋan. Aŋ nïïnkä ŋaṭükel yaakka ḍaagi Yaagüüp Leya ti, aŋ wäättan Laabaan ṭuule Rahiil iññe Yaagüüp ogo wääto ogo iiŋe.And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

29Aŋ Laabaan kiingon yeene iiŋe Bila iññe ṭuulle Rahiil ogo wääto ogo kiingon yeene.Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

30Aŋ Yaagüüp nïngïn ke Rahiil cäänna, aŋ ike Rahiil bilge kä yaac kä Leya. Aŋ nääyen ñuugelene yuungu kä ŋaṭükel ŋuca.Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

31Aŋ wääna Pïṭo yuṭṭee Leya batta bilgene daa kä oore ye, naŋŋe giit aŋ Rahiil ken a burŋu.When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

32Aŋ Leya laaccä aŋ giiṇṇä minneni a oon aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Robïïn, a yaana jaajjenee kä ogo, “Pïṭo yuṭṭu pillä yeeni, aŋ wäättan tiññaŋ ika bi bilgana oon yeeni.”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.”

33Aŋ ike ŋuccin laaccä ŋuca, aŋ giiṇṇä minneni a oon. Aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Kä yaana Pïṭo tiiŋŋee kä ogo ika batta bilgada oori ye, ken inni iña kä minneni yaanni ŋuca.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Camoon.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.

34Aŋ ike ŋuccin laaccä ŋuca, aŋ giiṇṇä minneni a oon. Aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Tiññaŋ waan yaanni ti oon yeeni bi yore määre ti ika ti, kä yaana gitkänä daa merkälen oogen kä ḍäk ye.” Aŋ ina ken äkkeeda kä yäṇtäŋ ogo Laawï yaanna.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.

35Aŋ ike laaccä ŋuca, aŋ giiṇṇä minneni a oon. Aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Waan yaanni ti, ika bi mäŋä Pïṭo.” Aŋ ina ken äkkeeda kä yäṇtäŋ ogo Yahüüja yaanna. Aŋ wäättan ike yuuttu ïñï kä giidä.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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