Genesis 2929GenesisIsaac and JacobKosraean Bible

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1. 1KOSJacob el fahsr liki acn sac ac som tulanya facl sin mwet layen nu kutulap.BSBBSB: Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
2. 2KOSEl fahsr nwe liyauk lufin kof se inimae ac u tolu ke sheep oan mongla siska. Mwet uh elos kite sheep natulos ke kof in luf se inge. Oasr eot tupasrpasr lulap se sang afin luf sac.BSBBSB: 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.
3. 3KOSPacl se ma un sheep nukewa ac fahsreni uh, mwet karingin sheep inge ac epusla eot sac ac kiteya sheep natulos. Na toko elos fah sifil oakeang eot sac in afinya.BSBBSB: 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.
4. 4KOSJacob el siyuk sin mwet liyaung sheep uh, “Kowos mwet ya?” Elos fahk, “Kut mwet Haran.”BSBBSB: “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
5. 5KOSEl siyuk selos, “Ku kowos etal Laban, su ac ma natul Nahor?” Ac elos fahk, “Aok, kut etal.”BSBBSB: “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
6. 6KOSNa el siyuk, “Ac el fuka?” Elos topuk, “El ku na. Ngetot liye, tulik mutan se natul pa pwen un sheep natul fahsru ingo. El pa Rachel.”BSBBSB: “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
7. 7KOSJacob el fahk, “Liye, srakna infulwen len, soenna pacl in utukeni sheep uh. Kowos ku tia kiteya ke kof ac folokunulosla nu inima elos in mongo we?”BSBBSB: “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.”
8. 8KOSElos fahk, “Kut tia wi oru angan. Ac soaneyuk nwe ke na un sheep nukewa faseni, ac eot se inge ipisyukla, na kut fah sang kof nimalos.”BSBBSB: 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.”
9. 9KOSKe Jacob el srakna kaskas nu selos, Rachel el tuku wi un sheep nutin papa tumal ah.BSBBSB: While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
10. 10KOSKe Jacob el liyalak Rachel, el som nu ke lufin kof uh ac epusla eot sac, na sang kof nimen sheep natul Laban, su ma loun nina kial.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 11KOSNa Jacob el ngok mutal Rachel, ac tung ke sripen engan lal.BSBBSB: Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
12. 12KOSEl fahkang nu sel, “Nga wen natul Rebecca, sou lun papa tomom.” Na Rachel el yula ac fahkang nu sin papa tumal ah.BSBBSB: He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
13. 13KOSAc ke papa sac lohng pweng kacl Jacob, mukul se nutin ma loul, el kasrusr som in sonol. El sruokilya ac ngok mutal, na el usalla nu in lohm sel. Ke Jacob el srumunang nu sel Laban ma nukewa ma sikyak nu sel ah,BSBBSB: 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.
14. 14KOSLaban el fahk, “Pwaye na pwaye lah kut srah sefanna.” Na Jacob el muta yorol malem se.BSBBSB: Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
15. 15KOSLaban el fahk nu sel Jacob, “Kut finne sou, kom fah tia orekma nu sik ke wangin molo. Nga ac akfalye nu sum fuka?”BSBBSB: Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
16. 16KOSOasr acn luo natul Laban — inen ma se ma matu ah pa Leah, ac ma se ma srik ah pa Rachel.BSBBSB: Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
17. 17KOSWo mutal Leah, tusruktu Rachel el arulana oasku ac wo pac lumahl.BSBBSB: Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
18. 18KOSJacob el arulana lungse Rachel, ac el fahk, “Nga ac orekma nu sum yac itkosr, kom fin usalu Rachel kiuk.”BSBBSB: Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
19. 19KOSLaban el topuk, “Nga ac lungse eisalot nu sum liki na in eisalang nu sin kutena mwet saya. Tari, mutana yuruk.”BSBBSB: Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
20. 20KOSJacob el orekma yac itkosr elan mau ku in eisal Rachel, ac ke sripen el lungse el yohk, yac itkosr sac oana in pacl na fototo se nu sel.BSBBSB: So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
21. 21KOSNa Jacob el fahk nu sel Laban, “Sun tari lusen pacl sac. Fuhlela nga in payukyak sin acn nutum.”BSBBSB: Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
22. 22KOSOuinge Laban el oru kufwen marut se ac suli mwet nukewa.BSBBSB: So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
23. 23KOSTusruktu in fong sac, el tia usal Rachel, a el eisalang Leah nu sel Jacob, ac Jacob el ona yorol. (BSBBSB: But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24. 24KOSLaban el eisalang Zilpah, mutan kulansap lal, nu sel Leah, acn natul, tuh elan mutan kulansap lal.)BSBBSB: And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
25. 25KOSJacob el tiana etu nwe ke lotutang tok ah lah Leah pa oan yorol ah. El som nu yorol Laban ac fahk, “Efu kom ku oru ange nu sik? Nga orekma kacl Rachel, na efu kom ku kiapweyula?”BSBBSB: 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?”
26. 26KOSLaban el fahk, “Ouiya lasr uh, kut tia ku in sang el su srik in payukyak meet liki el su matu.BSBBSB: Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
27. 27KOSTupan in safla wik in akfulat lun marut uh, na nga fah eisalot Rachel nu sum, kom fin sifilpa orekma luk ke yac itkosr.”BSBBSB: Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
28. 28KOSJacob el insese nu kac, ac ke safla wik in akfulat ke marut uh, Laban el eisalang Rachel, acn natul, tuh elan mutan pac kial. (BSBBSB: And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
29. 29KOSLaban el eisalang Bilhah, mutan kulansap lal, nu sel Rachel, acn natul, tuh elan mutan kulansap lal.)BSBBSB: Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
30. 30KOSJacob el ona yorol Rachel pac, ac el lungse Rachel yohk lukel Leah. Ouinge el sifilpa orekma nu sel Laban ke yac itkosr pac.BSBBSB: Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
31. 31KOSKe LEUM GOD El liye lah srik lungse lal Jacob nu sel Leah lukel Rachel, El oru tuh in oasr tulik natul Leah, a funu Rachel, wangin tulik natul.BSBBSB: When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
32. 32KOSLeah el pitutuyak ac oswela wen se. El fahk, “LEUM GOD El liye keok luk, ac inge mukul tumuk uh ac fah lungsela nga.” Ouinge el sang inen tulik sac Reuben.BSBBSB: 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.”
33. 33KOSEl sifilpa pitutuyak ac oswela pac wen se. El fahk, “LEUM GOD El ase pac wen se inge nutik, mweyen El lohng lah srungayuk na nga.” Ke ma inge el sang inen tulik sac Simeon.BSBBSB: 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.
34. 34KOSEl sifilpa pitutuyak ac oswela pac wen se. Na el fahk, “Inge mukul tumuk uh ac arulana kupasrme nu sik liki na meet ah, mweyen nga osweang wen tolu nu sel.” Ke ma inge el sang inen wen sac Levi.BSBBSB: 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.
35. 35KOSToko el sifilpa pitutuyak ac oswela wen se. Ac el fahk, “Inge nga fah kaksakin LEUM GOD.” Ouinge el sang inen wen sac Judah. Na wotyak isus lal uh.BSBBSB: 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.