Opened
By The Kingdom Tribe (TKT).
Built by Paruto.
v1.41.7
Skip to content
Opened
Today
Ask
Read
Journey
More
Gen
Genesis
31
MKW
BSB
A
a
Genesis 31
31
Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Kituba Bible
Jacob
, person
Laban
, person
Rachel
, person
Isaac
, person
Gilead
, place
Galeed
, place
Leah
, person
Abraham
, person
5 more
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Yakobi kuwaka mambu yina vwandaka tuba bana ya Labane. Bawu vwandaka tuba: «Yakobi me baka bima nyonso yina vwandaka ya tata ya beto. Ni na bima ya tata ya beto yandi me kuzwa bimvwama ya yandi nyonso.»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
2
MKW
Yakobi talaka ti nkadulu ya Labane na sika ya yandi vwandaka dyaka ve mutindu yawu vwandaka ntete.
BSB
BSB:
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
3
MKW
Na yina, Yave tubaka na Yakobi: «Vutuka na yinsi ya bankooko ya nge, na sika ya dikanda ya nge. Mu ke vwanda na nge.»
BSB
BSB:
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
4
MKW
Yakobi tumisaka ba kwenda bokila Lasele mpe Leya na bilanga, kisika yina vwandaka mameme na bankombo ya Yakobi.
BSB
BSB:
So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
5
MKW
Yandi zabisaka bawu: «Mu ke na kutala ti nkadulu ya tata ya beno na sika ya munu ke dyaka ve mutindu yawu vwandaka ntete. Kasi Nzambi ya tata ya munu me vwanda na munu.
BSB
BSB:
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.
6
MKW
Beno me zaba beno mosi ti mu me sadila tata ya beno na ngolo ya munu nyonso.
BSB
BSB:
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7
MKW
Kasi tata ya beno vwandaka vuna munu, yandi sobaka difuta ya munu bambala kumi, kasi Nzambi bikaka ve ti yandi sala munu yimbi.
BSB
BSB:
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
8
MKW
Ntangu yandi vwandaka tuba: “Bibulu nyonso ya matodi-matodi ke vwanda difuta ya nge”, bibulu nyonso vwandaka buta bana ya matodi-matodi. Ntangu yandi vwandaka tuba: “Bibulu nyonso ya banzila-nzila ke vwanda difuta ya nge”, bibulu nyonso vwandaka buta bana yina vwandaka na banzila-nzila.
BSB
BSB:
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.
9
MKW
Nzambi me baka bibulu ya tata ya beno mpe yandi me pesa munu yawu.
BSB
BSB:
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10
MKW
Ntangu bibulu vwandaka sala makwela ya bawu, mu salaka ndosi yayi: Bibulu yina vwandaka kwenda sala makwela na bibulu ya nkento ya bawu vwandaka na banzila-nzila mpe na matodi-matodi ya fyoti na ya nene.
BSB
BSB:
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
11
MKW
Mbazi ya Nzambi bokilaka munu na kati ya ndosi: “Yakobi!” Mu vutulaka: “Munu yandi yayi!”
BSB
BSB:
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
12
MKW
Mpe yandi tubaka: “Tala, bibulu nyonso yina ke na kusala makwela na bibulu ya nkento, ba ke na banzila-nzila mpe matodi-matodi ya fyoti na ya nene. Samu ti mu me tala mambu nyonso yina Labane me sala nge.
BSB
BSB:
‘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.
13
MKW
Mu kele Nzambi ya Betele, kisika yina nge bulumunaka mafuta na ditadi yina nge telemisaka mutindu kidimbu, mpe nge salaka munu nsilulu. Ntangu yayi, katuka na yinsi yayi mpe vutuka na sika ya dikanda ya nge.”»
BSB
BSB:
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.’”
14
MKW
Na yina, Lasele na Leya vutulaka: «Beto ke dyaka ve na ata kikunku na mvwilu ya dikanda ya tata ya beto.
BSB
BSB:
And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
15
MKW
Yandi ke na kutala beto mutindu banzenza, samu ti yandi tekisaka beto mpe yandi manisaka na kudya mbongo ya beto.
BSB
BSB:
Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
16
MKW
Bimvwama nyonso yina Nzambi katulaka na maboko ya tata ya beto, yawu kele ya beto na bana ya beto. Ntangu yayi, sala mambu nyonso yina Nzambi me zabisa nge na kusala.»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
17
MKW
Yakobi telamaka mpe yulukisaka bana na bakento ya yandi na zulu ya basamo.
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
18
MKW
Yandi kwendaka na bibulu ya yandi nyonso mpe bimvwama nyonso yina yandi kuzwaka na Mezopotami, samu na kuvutuka na sika ya tata ya yandi Isaaki, na yinsi ya Kaana.
BSB
BSB:
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.
19
MKW
Labane kwendaka zenga miika ya mameme na bankombo ya yandi. Na manima ya yandi, Lasele labaka banzambi ya biteki ya tata ya yandi Labane.
BSB
BSB:
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
20
MKW
Yakobi sadilaka mayela, yandi zabisaka ve Labane, mu-Alame ti, yandi ke na kukwenda ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
21
MKW
Yandi kimaka na bima nyonso yina vwandaka ya yandi. Yandi sabukaka nzadi ya Efalate mpe yandi kwendaka na kizunga ya myongo ya Ngalaade.
BSB
BSB:
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22
MKW
Na manima ya bilumbu zole, ba zabisaka Labane ti Yakobi kimaka.
BSB
BSB:
On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
23
MKW
Labane bakaka bantu ya yandi. Bawu landaka Yakobi mpe bawu salaka bilumbu nsambwadi na nzila. Bawu kwendaka kuzwa yandi na kizunga ya myongo ya Ngalaade.
BSB
BSB:
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
24
MKW
Kasi na mpimpa, Nzambi kwizaka monikina Labane, mu-Alame, na kati-kati ya ndosi mpe yandi tubaka: «Sala keba, kuzonza ata dyambu ve na Yakobi.»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
25
MKW
Labane kwendaka kuta Yakobi. Yakobi yidikaka yinzo ya yandi ya lele na zulu ya mongo. Labane na bantu ya yandi mpe yidikaka bayinzo ya bawu ya lele na mongo ya Ngalaade.
BSB
BSB:
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.
26
MKW
Na yina, Labane tubaka na Yakobi: «Yinki nge me sala? Nge me sala mayela ya kukwenda ata kuzabisa munu. Mpe nge me nata bana ya munu mutindu bantu yina ba me kanga na mvita!
BSB
BSB:
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
27
MKW
Samu na yinki nge me kima na mansweki, nge me sadila mayela ya kumanga na kuzabisa munu? Kana nge zabisaka munu, mu zolaka sala ti, nge kwenda na nsayi nyonso, na kati ya mikunga mpe na muningu ya bangoma na bansambi.
BSB
BSB:
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.
28
MKW
Nge me bikila munu ve ntangu ya kufiba bana na batekolo ya munu. Na mbala yayi, nge me sala dyambu ya buzoba!
BSB
BSB:
But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
29
MKW
Mu lenda sala beno yimbi. Kasi na mpimpa, Nzambi ya tata ya beno me tuba na munu ti: “Sala keba, kuzonza ata dyambu ve na Yakobi.”
BSB
BSB:
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.’
30
MKW
Mu zaba ti, nge ke na kwendaka samu ti, nge vwandaka na nsatu mingi ya kuvutuka na yinzo ya tata ya nge. Kasi, samu na yinki nge me laba banzambi ya munu?»
BSB
BSB:
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
31
MKW
Yakobi vutulaka na Labane: «Mu vwandaka na boma. Mu vwandaka banza ti nge ke botola munu bana ya nge.»
BSB
BSB:
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
32
MKW
Kasi, kana nge tala banzambi ya nge na sika ya muntu mosi na kati ya beto, muntu yina fwana kufwa. Na mantwala ya bampangi ya beto, tala na kati ya bima ya munu mpe baka yina kele ya nge. Yakobi vwandaka zaba ve ti ni Lasele labaka banzambi yina.
BSB
BSB:
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.
33
MKW
Labane kotaka na yinzo ya lele ya Yakobi, yandi kotaka na yinzo ya lele ya Leya, yandi kotaka mpe na yinzo ya lele ya bisadi zole ya bakento, kasi yandi talaka kima ve. Ntangu yandi basikaka na yinzo ya lele ya Leya, yandi kwendaka kota na yinzo ya lele ya Lasele.
BSB
BSB:
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.
34
MKW
Na kutala mbote, ni Lasele labaka banzambi yango ya biteki. Yandi bumbaka yawu na yisi ya kima yina ba ke vwandilaka na zulu ya samo. Yandi vwandaka ya kuvwanda na zulu ya yawu. Kasi Labane sosaka na kati ya yinzo ya lele ya Lasele, yandi talaka ve biteki ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
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.
35
MKW
Lasele tubaka na tata ya yandi: «Mfumu ya munu, kudasuka ve kana mu me telama ve na mantwala ya nge, samu ti mu ke na menga.» Labane sosaka banzambi ya yandi ya biteki, mpe yandi talaka yawu ve.
BSB
BSB:
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.
36
MKW
Yakobi dasukaka. Yandi bandaka na kuswanisa Labane mpe yandi tubaka: «Wapi yimbi mpe wapi disumu yina mu me sala samu ti, nge landa munu mutindu yayi?
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
37
MKW
Ntangu nge me sosa na kati ya bima ya munu nyonso, wapi kima ya yinzo ya nge, nge me tala kuna? Lakisa yawu na mantwala ya bantu ya nge mpe na mantwala ya bantu ya munu, samu ti bawu, ba zengila beto mambu yayi.
BSB
BSB:
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
MKW
Mu me vwanda na nge bamvula makumi zole. Ata kilumbu mosi ve, kivumu ya dimeme ya mbakala to ya nkombo ya nge basikaka. Mpe mu kudyaka ve ata dimeme mosi na kati ya bibulu ya nge.
BSB
BSB:
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.
39
MKW
Mu vwandaka natina nge ve dimeme to nkombo yina bibulu ya mfinda me kufwa. Ni munu mosi vwandaka futa yawu. Nge vwandaka futisa munu mpe konso kibulu yina ba vwandaka laba na mpimpa to na ntangu.
BSB
BSB:
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.
40
MKW
Na ntangu, mu vwandaka tala mpasi mingi na tiya. Mpe na mpimpa, mu vwandaka kufwa na madidi, mpe mu vwandaka lembana na kuzwa pongi.
BSB
BSB:
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
41
MKW
Mu me zinga na sika ya nge bamvula makumi zole. Mu me sadila nge bamvula kumi na yiya, samu na kukwela bana ya nge zole. Mpe mu me sadila nge bamvula sambanu samu na mameme na bankombo ya nge. Bambala kumi, nge sobaka difuta ya munu.
BSB
BSB:
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!
42
MKW
Kana Nzambi ya tata ya munu Isaaki, Nzambi ya Abalayami, Nzambi yina ke tekitisaka tata ya munu Isaaki, kana yandi vwandaka ve na munu, nge zolaka vutula munu maboko mpamba. Kasi, Nzambi talaka kunyokola yina nge vwandaka nyokola munu mpe mpasi ya kisalu yina mu vwandaka sala. Ni yawu yina, na mpimpa, yandi mosi me kwiza zenga mambu yayi.»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
43
MKW
Labane tubaka na Yakobi: «Bakento yayi kele bana ya munu, bana ya bawu kele bana ya munu, bibulu yayi kele bibulu ya munu. Bima nyonso yayi nge ke na kutala kele ya munu. Yinki dyaka mu lenda sala bubu yayi, samu na bana ya munu to samu na bana yina bawu me buta?
BSB
BSB:
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?
44
MKW
Ntangu yayi, beto sala ngwisani nge na munu. Beto ke tula kidimbu yina ke vwanda mutindu kimbangi ya ngwisani ya nge na munu.»
BSB
BSB:
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
45
MKW
Yakobi bakaka ditadi, mpe yandi telemisaka yawu mutindu kidimbu.
BSB
BSB:
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
46
MKW
Na manima, Yakobi tubaka na bantu ya yandi: «Beno lokota matadi.» Bawu lokotaka matadi mpe bawu yidikaka kikunku ya matadi. Na manima, bawu kudyaka na zulu ya matadi yango.
BSB
BSB:
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
47
MKW
Labane pesaka kisika yina nkumbu Yengale-Sayaduta, mpe Yakobi pesaka yawu nkumbu Ngalede.
BSB
BSB:
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
48
MKW
Labane tubaka: «Kubanda bubu yayi, kikunku ya matadi yayi kele mbangi ya nge na munu.» Ni yawu yina, ba pesaka kisika yina nkumbu Ngalede.
BSB
BSB:
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
49
MKW
Bawu pesaka dyaka kisika yango nkumbu Misepa samu ti Labane tubaka dyaka: «Bika ti Yave kukengidila nge na munu bantangu nyonso yina beto ke talana ve.
BSB
BSB:
It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
50
MKW
Kana nge nyokola bana ya munu, mpe kana nge kwela dyaka bakento ya nkaka, ni muntu ve ke vwanda mbangi. Kasi sala ya nge keba, ni Nzambi yandi mosi ke vwanda mbangi ya nge na munu.»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
51
MKW
Na manima, Labane tubaka na Yakobi: «Tala kikunku ya matadi yayi, mpe ditadi yina mu me telemisa mutindu kidimbu. Mu me tula yawu na kati-kati ya nge na munu.
BSB
BSB:
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
52
MKW
Kikunku yayi ya matadi kele mbangi. Ditadi yayi ya kutelama mutindu kidimbu, yawu mpe kele mbangi na dyambu yayi: Mu ke luta ve kikunku yayi ya matadi, na kwiza na lweka ya nge samu na kusala nge yimbi. Nge mpe, nge ke luta ve yawu na kukwiza na lweka ya munu samu na kusala munu yimbi.
BSB
BSB:
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.
53
MKW
Bika ti Nzambi ya Abalayami, mpe Nzambi ya Nawole kuvwanda bazuzi na kati-kati ya nge na munu. Ya vwandaka Nzambi ya bankooko ya bawu.» Yakobi kudyaka ndefi na nkumbu ya Nzambi yina vwandaka tekitisa tata ya yandi Isaaki.
BSB
BSB:
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.
54
MKW
Yakobi pesaka Nzambi munkayulu kuna na mongo. Yandi bokilaka bantu ya yandi samu na kudya. Bawu kudyaka mpe bawu lutisaka mpimpa kuna na zulu ya mongo.
BSB
BSB:
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.
55
MKW
Labane vumbukaka na suka-suka. Yandi fibaka bana ya yandi na batekolo ya yandi. Yandi sakumunaka bawu mpe na manima, yandi vutukaka na bwala ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
Chapter complete
You’ve read Genesis 31
Chapter 31 of 50 in Genesis
Up next
Genesis 32
Read Genesis 32
Listen
Back to Genesis 30
Go deeper
Commentary
What the commentators say on Genesis 31
Ask Study Help
Ask anything about Genesis 31
MKW
Kituba Bible. Copyright © 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
BSB
The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible, BSB. Dedicated to the public domain. BereanBible.com
Genesis 30
Genesis 31
Genesis 32