Genesis 31 (LGA)

1Ego sa nongoria i Jekopi sa na paparangadi ira na tuna marene i Labani, pira qarigu, Koi! <<Sa teku beto pale i Jekopi sa doru sakasava tana tamada ko pana sakasa gu tana tamada sa roiti votuniria isa sa doru ona isisongo,>> qarigu.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.”

2Ego beto sa batia tugu vei i Jekopi sa na beina na isumatana i Labani sa sake vevei perangana.And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

3Poni pira saunia i Iahova si Jekopi, <<Mu mule lao pa ia tadira na tamamu beto na tavitimu, kode ara mana vavaburogo,>> saunia.Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

4Poni i Jekopi sa garunu laoniria na paranga sira Resolo i Lia ko sa kuku valameria pa ia ketakoi sa korapa kopuniria nona gogodo sipi.So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,

5Beto pira sauniria, Qa batia ara sa na beina na isumatana na tamamiu, ko kopira sake vevei lame taqu sa vevei perangana ba na Tamasa tana tamaqu sa sa korapa suvere tavitisiu sara.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.

6Qu gigilaimiu agou karu sa qa roiti viviva vania na tamamiu sara,You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

7ba na tamamiu sa sesekesiu ara ko sa kole vavarijoa ka manogaputa totoso na tabaraqu. Ba na Tamasa sake vamalumia ko bi koti vikeresiu sara.And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

8Totonai sa paranga, Na kikirikotidi sa na tabaramu ao sau sa doru sipi sa qai vapodoria na kikirikotidi tugu. Totonai na gagasidi sa na tabaramu ao sau sa doru sipi sa qai vapodoria sa na gagasdi tugu.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.

9Ko na Tamasa sa teku variunia nona papausu sa na tamamiu agou ko sa vanisiu ara.Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

10<<Totonai qai vavaivapodo na papausu, qa enga sae qa batiria pana qua putagita sa na qoti marene qai korapa paparia na qoti gagasidi, na kikirikotidi beto na tototudi.When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

11Beto pira saunisiu sa na Tamasa pana putagita, <Jekopi>, sau. Poni pira qaunia, <Api sara,> qau.In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

12Poni pira saunisiu, Mu enga sae ko mu batira sa doru qoti marene qai korapa paparia na papausu sa na gagasadi, na kikirikotidi beto na tototudi, ura qa tei batiria tu ara sa doru sakasa sa roitiniria i Labani tamu.‘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.

13Ara sa na Tamasa pa Beteli, ketakoi qu vuvani oela ao kai patu babara beto ketakoi qu maulu lamenia kai maulu taqu. Kopira tugu mu qaqiri ko mu taloa sa pa ia api ko mu mule lao pa ia ketakoi qu podo,>> sau sisa.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.’”

14Poni pira qarigu sira Resolo i Lia, <<Kepore mutugu sa na iamei pana isisongo pana tatamana tana tamamei sagei karu.And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

15Sa roiti veinigei tu na tinoni karovomei sagei karu ko sa vavai palenigei, beto sa gani beto pudala pale sa na poata tamigei karu.Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

16Ko doru isisongo tana tamamei sa teku variunia na Tamasa sa tamigei karu beto tadira na tumei. Ko kopira mu roitinia gu ao sisa vei sa pojanigo na Tamasa>>, qarigunia.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.”

17Beto sa sa qaqiri si Jekopi ko sa vakoiria pa kameli sira na tuna beto ira na maqotana,Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

18beto ko toni lao vamomoeria sa nona papausu, tavitiria doruna na sakasa sa kopu vaululuniria pa Padani Arami ko mi mule lao tai Aisake na tamana pa ia pa Kenani sau.and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.

19Ego totonai sa riu ngabuturia na vurungudi nona sipi si Labani sa, sa iko tekuria i Resolo sira na tamasa tai Labani na tamana.Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

20Beto i Jekopi sa sa vagonai si Labani na tinoni Arami ko sake pojania sa sa korapa uku riuona sisa.Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

21Ego ko mi uku riu tavitiria doru sakasava sa isongoria sau sisa ko sa qaqiri beto sa karovia na ovuku pa Eupareti beto sa bata sae vei pa kale ia kukubona pa Qiliadi.So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

22Ego na rane vinaue tu beto sa nongoria i Labani sa tei uku riuona tu si Jekopi.On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

23Ko sa toniria na tavitina qai korapa suvere tavitia beto ka vitu rane sa adu tututia si Jekopi ko sa riu kamunia pa kukubo pa Qiliadi.So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

24Poni sa votu tai Labani na tinoni Arami pa ona putagita na bongi sa na Tamasa ko pira saunia, <<Babana ko mu vakesania kai paranga ikerena babi jongana si Jekopi,>> sau sisa.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.”

25Totonai sa lame kamua i Labani si Jekopi poni sa i Jekopi sa sa tei vaturua nona aqaqo tu pa kukubo pa Qiliadi, ko i Labani beto ira na tavitina ba qai vaturudia aqaqo tugu ketakoi.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.

26Beto pira saunia i Labani si Jekopi, <<Na sa qu roitinia sao? Qu vagonasiu, beto qu toni uku veiniria na pinausu pa totoso vaipera sira na tuqu rereko ara.Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

27Ai sa vei ko qu uku riu golomo ko qu ikosiu ara sao? Ai sa vei quke pojanisiu, ko ba garunu variunigou pa qeqera, pa kekera beto pa vaqorodi na tabarini beto na mike?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.

28Vei ba ao loloaria gu na boko qua mabusu beto karu tuqu rereko ba quke veinisiu tu. Na roiti tuturu sa qu roitinia ao.But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

29Sa kolesiu gu na neqi sara ko mana boka koti vikeregou sagou, ba pa bongi na Tamasa tana tamamiu sa pira saunisiu, Babana ko mu vakesania kai paranga jongana babi ikerana si Jekopi sau.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.’

30Ba kopira ko qu tei riumua tu ura qu nyorogua vivitigi ko bu mule lao tadira na tavitina na tamamu qugu ke. Ba ai sa vei ko qu ikoria tu na qua tamasa ara?>> saunia.Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

31Sa oe si Jekopi, pira saunia si Labani, <<Ura qa matagutu ura kita mu teku ragata variunisiu sira karu tumu rereko qau.“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

32Goto vei muna batia sisa sa tekua na mua tamasa poni sa minake toa tugu sisa. Pa moedi tugu ira na tavitida aipira sa, mu nyaqoa mekamu ko bi koleona sa kaki sakasa tamu taqu lani,, poni sa mu tekua gu,>> sau. Ego i Jekopi sake gigilai sa i Resolo gu sa ikoria sa na tamasa ira.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.

33Ego ko sa tomea i Labani sa na aqaqo tai Jekopi beto na aqaqo tai Lia beto na aqaqo tadira karu nabulu rereko, ba kepotu sa kai sa sa batia. Pa liguna sa votu pa aqaqo tai Lia sa, sa tomea mule sa na aqaqo tai Resolo.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.

34Ego perangana tu sa tekuria i Resolo sira na tamasa tai Labani ko perangana tu sa kuraniria pa leo totoqona na ona kameli ko sa kole toqo takoria i Resolo sa na tamasa. Ko i Labani sa nyaqo betoa doru eqa pa aqaqo ba sake batia kai sa.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.

35Ego pira saunia i Resolo sa na tamana, <<Muke tagigirinisiu ara qua tinoni lavata vei qake boka turu pa moemu ao ura sa korapa vaisiu na mo rereko,>> saunia. Ko sa kole nyaqo doru eqa ba sake batiria sa na tamasa.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.

36Poni sa tagigiri si Jekopi ko sa talea si Labani. Ko pira saunia i Jekopi si Labani, <<Na sa sa na tapata taqu?>> <<Na sa sa na sela qa roitinia ara ko qu nyaqo mamangini tutinisiu ara?>>Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

37Ura qu tei nyaqo beto paleria tu ao sa doru sakasava taqu ko na sa sa qu batia isa vei na dia sakasa na tatamana tamu? Mu vakole gorea lani kopira pa moedi ira na tavitiqu ara beto na tavitimu ao ko ira mai pitua sa i sei sa sela sa gita karu.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.

38<<Ka rabeteputa aoro aipira sa qa suvere tavitigo ara sao. Ba kepotu sa kai qoti babi na sipi tamu bai tajue goboro, beto ara qake isongo gania kai qoti pa papausu tamu.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.

39Qake pogoso bolania tamu sira na manugu qai tavapapaleka vamate: Qa tavapogosonia mekaqu ara sa na beidi. Qu nyaqonisiu ara ao sa na vaina na sakasava qai taiko na bongi beto na sakasava qai taiko na rane.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.

40Pira qa vei sara: Na mangini sa ganisiu na rane, na lomoso sa ganisiu na bongi beto na qua puta sa uku loa palenisiu.As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

41Pira qa vei sara ka rabeteputa aoro qa suvere ara pa tatamana tamu. Qa roiti vanigo ka manoga made aoro na vaidi karu tumu rereko beto ka vonomo aoro qa kopuniria na mua papausu beto ka manogaputa totoso qu kole vavarijoa sa na tabara taqu.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!

42Ko vei bike na Tamasa tana tamaqu, na Tamasa tai Ebarahami beto na Tamasa vaivamatagutuna tai Aisake bi suvere tavitisiu sa, kopira bu garunu vamule gagale palesiu ara sao. Ba na Tamasa sa bationa na tapata taqu beto na pavuna na limaqu ko sa vei sa sa pitugo pa bongi sao,>> saunia.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.”

43Poni sa oe si Labani, pira saunia si Jekopi, <<Ira na rereko sa na tuqu rereko ara, ira na koburu sa na koburu taqu, beto ira na papausu sa na papausu taqu. Doruna qu batiria sa taqu. Ba na sa sa mana boka roitinia pa ngeni alepi veveidi ira karu tuqu rereko aipira, babi veveidi na koburu qai vaporeria?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?

44Ko mu lame ko tavatoqoa sa kai vinaego, ao beto ara, ko isa sa na ulule pa vaikorapaida gita karu,>> sau sisa.Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

45Ko sa tekua i Jekopi sa kai patu lavata beto sa vaturu veinia kai babara.So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

46Beto pira sauniria i Jekopi sira na tavitina, <<Mu butiria kaki patu,>> sau. Ko qai teku patu ko qai boko vaitopareniria beto sa qai teteku tugu pa kekerena na boko patu isa.and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

47Ego i Labani sa vakukunia Jeqa Sahaduta sa na boko patu isa, goto i Jekopi sa vakukunia Qalidi.Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48Beto pira sau si Labani, <<Na boko patu api sa na ulule pa vaikorapaida gita karu pa ngeni alepi,>> sau. Ko sa vei sa sa tavakukunia Qalidi.Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

49Ego ko sa tavakukunia tugu vei Mizipa sisa ura pira sau, <<I Iahova mi doro kopunigita sa gita karu ura kode tana okoto suvere oda.It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

50Vei muna nganguluria na tuqu rereko ara babu tekuria mule kaki rereko vatamo lao tadira karu tuqu ara inara, poni sa kepore sa kai tinoni sa suvere tavitigita ba mu roroqua sa na Tamasa sa na ulule pa vaikorapaida gita karu,>> sau.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.”

51Beto pira saunia mule i Labani si Jekopi, <<Alepi sa na boko patu beto alepi sa na babara qa vaturua ara pa vaikorapaida gita karu.Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

52Na boko patu alepi sa na ulule, beto na babara api sa na ulule tugu, ko ara maneke jolania sa na boko patu api ko mana karovo lao roiti vivikere tamu beto ao munake jolania sa na boko patu api beto na babara api ko muna karovo lame roiti vivikere taqu.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.

53Na Tamasa tai Ebarahami beto na Tamasa tai Naho, beto na Tamasa tana tamadi ira karu sa mi pitugita gita karu,>> saunia. Ko sa maulu pa isongona na Tamasa vaivamatagutuna ti Aisake na tamana si Jekopi.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.

54Sa vavakukuvunia kai vavakukuvu pa kukubo si Jekopi beto sa soruria sa na tavitina ko mai teteku sau. Pa liguna qai beto teteku sa, qai vajola bongi tugu pa kukubo ketakoi.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.

55Ego sa turu vuvugei jonga si Labani ko sa ao loloaria sira nona mabusu beto karu tuna rereko beto sa mananiria. Beto poni sa taloa si Labani ko sa mule pa ona gusu.Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.

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