Genesis 30 (JUM)

1Aŋ wääna Rahiil yuṭṭee kä ike Yaagüüp batta agee kä gïtkïnï kä merkä ye, i ike käwen mämgene jï. Aŋ ike Yaagüüp kiinne ogo, “Iñja merkä, naana ye ika bi tüwü.”When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

2Aŋ Yaagüüp pennä kä yaac kä Rahiil, aŋ taaññe ogo, “Ika agä Jooŋ, yaana ïkï ṭïïŋŋey kä merkä ye?”Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

3Aŋ kiini Rahiil ogo, “Kiingon yeeni Bila koowu aŋ nïïne kä, ike bi ika gitka merkälen, aŋ kä ike, ika bi cääygana kä merkälen cäänna.”Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

4Aŋ Rahiil kiingon yeene Bila ickene oore Yaagüüp bata iiŋe, aŋ nïïnnene kä.So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

5Aŋ Bila laaccä, aŋ Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon.and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

6Aŋ Rahiil jaajjin ogo, “Jooŋ ika jooñña kä ŋer, aŋ cäänna jiik yeeki tiiŋŋe, aŋ ika iñña minneni a oon.” Aŋ ina ken äkkeeda kä yäṇtäŋ ogo Ḍaan yaanna.Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

7Aŋ kiingon yen Rahiil Bila ŋuccin laaccä ŋuca, aŋ Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon ŋuca.And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8Aŋ Rahiil jaajjin ogo, “Kä yääññä teyconḍe ikoon näägonon ke käwo aŋ yoññu.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Naptaalï.Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

9Aŋ wääna Leya yuṭṭee kä ike yuuttee kä ïñï kä giidä ye, ike kiingon yeene Jïlpa koowne, aŋ ickene Yaagüüp bata iiŋe.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

10Aŋ Jïlpa kiingon yen Leya Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon.And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11Aŋ Leya jaajjin ogo, “A ñaaynä ŋerconḍe ken äätin.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Gaat.Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

12Aŋ Jïlpa kiingon yen Leya Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon ŋuca.When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

13Aŋ Leya jaajjin ogo, “Ika joni ñabaŋ, aŋ määngä ika bi bäärga ogo jon ñammä.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Acïïr.Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

14Aŋ nïïnkä errä päk ti Robïïn attä yiil jï, aŋ käññä jaan läñ beel bata tääkäräŋ yiil jï, aŋ ickene meen. Aŋ Rahiil Leya kiinne ogo, “Kura iñja jaan yen minneni yüünü.”Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15Aŋ Leya jaajjin ogo, “Ḍaŋŋa ïkï oon yeeni koowni, aŋ cäänna ṭäkkä jaan minneni yeeni koowdu?” Aŋ Rahiil jaajjin ogo, “Ike bi nïïn wïïrïn tiññaŋ ïkï ti rätä jaan minneni yüünü.”But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16Aŋ wääna Yaagüüp ḍuuke kä yiil jï biigin ti aŋŋi ye, Leya attä pääkcin ike ti aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Ïkï nïïnä ika ti tiññaŋ ïkï rättenii kä jaan yen minneni yeeni.” Aŋ nïïnnene kä wïïrïn yaanja ti.When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

17Aŋ Jooŋ Leya tiiŋgene aŋ laaccä, aŋ Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon wäätcete kä duuce.And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

18Aŋ Leya jaajjin ogo, “Jooŋ ika iñña a yaana kiingon yeeni iññädaa kä oon yeeni ye.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Yacakïïr.Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

19Aŋ Leya ŋuccin laaccä ŋuca, aŋ Yaagüüp gitkene minneni a oon yaana wäätcete kä ḍüügük ye.Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20Aŋ Leya jaajjin ogo, “Jooŋ ika iñña iññä ŋerconḍe. Aŋ tiññaŋ oon yeeni ika bi eemda kä yaana gitkänä daa minneni yaana wäätcete kä ḍüügük ye.” Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Jabuloon.“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

21Aŋ wäättana ike giiṇṇä minneni a iiŋ aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Ḍïïna.After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

22Aŋ Jooŋ Rahiil payne, aŋ tiiŋgene aŋ naŋŋe giit.Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

23Aŋ laaccä aŋ giiṇṇä minneni a oon. Aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Jooŋ loon yeeni aŋgene yok.”and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

24Aŋ äkkene yäṇtäŋ ogo Yuucip. Aŋ jaajjin ogo, “Pïṭo yoku ika ŋucka ti minneni a oon ŋuca.”She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

25Aŋ wääna Rahiil gitee kä Yuucip ye. Yaagüüp Laabaan kiinne ogo, “Kura äkkaa dalä ika atä paa baan yeeni ti.Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

26Dalä määngä yeeki koowu ke merkä yeeki yaaka ñuugelenenii kä ye, aŋ ika atä, kä yaana ŋäjjii kä ñuugulani yaaka näŋgenenii kä ye.”Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

27Aŋ kiini Laabaan ogo, “Naana ïkï gïmmädä ye kura cääyä winni kä yaana ŋäjjänä daa kä ṭïrkïtïn ti ogo, Pïṭo ika ŋüülkanada ko nääŋkä yüükü yaaka naŋŋeey ika ti ye.But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

28Nüütkaa ñuugula carrä yüünü, aŋ bi iñenii.”And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

29Aŋ luugi Yaagüüp ogo, “Ŋäjjä ñuugulin yaana ñuugelenenii kä ye, aŋ ḍiik yüükü tïïññä ogoo.Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

30Ïkï cääygi kä ḍeewaŋ, aŋ wääna äätänä kä ye i ḍiirin kä yaac. Pïṭo ïkï ŋüülkeney kä ika kä waak'a naŋŋä ye muure. Aŋ tiññaŋ a tooku ken bi mä äntüke yeeki äärä daa kä ñaalok?”Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

31Aŋ Laabaan tääccin ogo, “A ŋaaka ken iñenii kä?” Aŋ Yaagüüp luukcin ogo, “Ïkï ŋana ika iñdaa ginkalaŋ, gin kä keelok ken näŋgaa kä, aŋ ika bi ceeñä kääjä ke tïïcä ḍiik yüükü.“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

32Dalä ika kaacä kurku ḍiik yüükü gïtï tiññaŋ, aŋ ika wääkä woo iken ti käbälgä ke ḍiik yaaka müücülaŋ ke yaaka pergaŋ muure ye, ke käbälgä yaaka ülaŋ ye muure. Aŋ iken bi wäätï a ñuugula carrä yeeni.Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

33Eemdin yeeni ken bi nütü woo kä ika ñomuk, naana ïkï äätä ukcudu ñuugula carrä yeeni yaana iñdaa kä ye. Ḍiik muure yaaka batta müücülaŋ ke yaaka batta pergaŋ ke käbälgä yaaka batta ülaŋ ḍiik gïtï ke käbälgä gïtï ye, naana kañgä me ye bi pakä me ogo yek kalgin.”So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

34Aŋ Laabaan jaajjin ogo, “Ŋeraŋ! Dalä wäätï bata yaana jaajjinii ye.”“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

35Aŋ nïïnnä yaanja ti Laabaan ḍiik oogen muure äbene woo yaaka cääygene äälgä ke yaaka pergaŋ ye, aŋ ke ḍiik määngen muure yaaka müücülaŋ ke yaaka pergaŋ ye, ke ḍiik määngen muure yaaka cääygene kä bowken yoken ti ye, ke käbälgälen muure yaaka ülaŋ ye. Aŋ müükkï Laabaan merkä oogen yeeke.That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

36Aŋ kuññu nïïnkä kä ḍäk päy jï waadgen ti ike ke Yaagüüp, aŋ Yaagüüp ceeñjin kääññä ḍiik Laabaan yakkalaŋ.Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

37Aŋ Yaagüüp kuññu jengä kimken yek garkä ti, jaan bumbay ke jaan battä me ogo, lüüc ke yaŋkalaŋ ogo dülüb, aŋ beeyne kä äälgä wotku bowken, nüütï bownu läcäŋgä.Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

38Aŋ ike läcäŋgä yaaka beeyne ye, ḍoocce kä ḍiik ñomgen ti kuun maaṇṇä pii ti nänṭ'a äätete mätene kä ḍiik ye, aŋ ḍiik yuugu naana äätïdï mätï ye.Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

39Aŋ ḍiik yuugu kimkä ñomgen ti, aŋ ḍiik gïïtïdï woo ṭulgen yaaka yoken a äälgä ke müücülaŋ ke pergaŋ ye.they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

40Aŋ Yaagüüp käbälgälen yaakka kibbene woo pääken, aŋ ḍiik ñomgen ṭukke ḍiik yaaka yoken a äälgä ye ke ülken yaaka a yek Laabaan ye ti. Aŋ ike ḍoŋe kipkene woo kurku, aŋ batta agee ḍoocin ke ḍiik Laabaan.Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

41Aŋ naana ḍiik määngen teyken iiŋjin ye, i Yaagüüp ḍüccïdï läcäŋgä ḍiik ñomgen ti kuun jï, ogo yuugu ko cokal läcäŋgä ti.Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

42Aŋ yaaka bämaŋ ye batta ḍuckede läcäŋgä. Aŋ bämken a yek Laabaan, aŋ teyken ken a yek Yaagüüp.But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

43Ken ina Yaagüüp wäätee agee kä ceeggon kä yaac yaanna, aŋ cääyge ḍiik ḍiirken, ke kiinkä määngen ke oogen, ke kälämgä ke tüürüŋŋï.Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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