Genesis 35 (MSY2020)

1Ezɨ God Jekop mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nɨ dɨkavigh Betelɨn mangɨ egh magh ikɨ. Egh na bagh ofa damuamin danganitamɨn ingarigh. Kɨ God, nɨ uan avebam Ison arir dughiamɨn kɨ nɨ bato.”Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2Ezɨ Jekop uan amuiroghboriba ko gumazamizir a ko itibav gɨa ghaze, “Ia uan asebar marvir guaba bar da batokegh. Egh arazir Godɨn damazimɨn zuezibar amu, egh korotiar zuruzibara aghu.So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3Egh e nguibar kam ategh Betelɨn mangam. Eghtɨ kɨ God bagh ofa damuamin danganitamɨn ingaram. Godɨn kam, kɨ osɨmtɨzibar aven itir dughiamɨn, a nan akura. Ezɨ kɨ managh zui, a na ko zurara iti.”Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4Ezɨ me bar moghɨra uan asebar marvir guaba isa Jekop ganɨngi. Egha uaghan uan ringɨn uan kuaribagh arɨziba sarama a ganɨngi. Ezɨ Jekop Sekemɨn nguibamɨn boroghɨra temer okɨn apengan, mozim gɨkuigha egha bar ada isa mozim gaghui.So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5Egha Jekop uan adarazi ko dɨkavigha zui. Me zuima God Sekemɨn boroghɨn itir nguibabar gumazamizibagh amizɨ, me bar atiatingi. Egha Jekopɨn adarazir agɨntɨghɨzir puvatɨ.As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6Ezɨ Jekop uan adarazi ko ghua Kenanɨn nguazimɨn, Lusɨn nguibamɨn otifi. Lus, a Betelɨn nguibamɨn ziar ghurim.So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7Egha Jekop ofa gamir dakozir mamɨn ingarigha, danganir kam ziam a gatɨgha ghaze, “Betelɨn God.” Jekop nɨghnɨsi, danganir kamɨn a fomɨra uan avebam Ison arima God a bato.There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8Ezɨ dughiar kam Rebekan ingangarir amizim Debora areme, amizir kam fomɨra Rebeka aghɨrimra itima, an an gari. Ezɨ me dughiar kamɨn ikiava, sautɨn amadaghan Betelɨn nguibamɨn boroghɨn temer ekiamɨn apengan anefa. Egha me temer kam ziam a gatɨgha ghaze, “Azirakam Gamir Temem.”Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

9Egha dughiar kamɨn Jekop Mesopotemia ategha ua Kenanɨn nguazimɨn izezɨ, God uam a batogha arazir bar aghuibar a gami.After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10Egha God a mɨgɨa ghaze, “Datɨrɨghɨn nɨn ziam Jekop. Ezɨ me ua Jekop nɨ darɨghan kogham. Puvatɨ. Me ziam Israel nɨ darɨgham.” Kamaghɨn God ziam, “Israel,” a gatɨ.And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11Egha God a mɨgɨa ghaze, “Kɨ Gavgaviba Bar Itir God. Nɨ bar borir avɨriba batam. Eghtɨ gɨn ikɨzir mam ko, ikɨzir igharazir avɨrir maba nɨn otivam. Eghtɨ nɨ uaghan atrivir mabar, inazir afeziamɨn otivam.And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12Eghtɨ kɨ nguazir faragha Abraham ko Aisak ganɨngizim, kɨ nɨ danɨngam. Egh uaghan nɨn ovavir boribar anɨngam.”The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

13God mɨkemegha gɨvagha danganir a Jekop ko mɨgeir kam ategha ghuavanabo.Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14Ezɨ Jekop dagɨar bar ruarir mam isa danganir God a ko mɨkemezir kamɨn ababanim gamuava anesara. Egha wain ko, olivɨn borem ofan mɨn aning isa dagɨar kam ginge.So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

15Egha God a ko mɨkemezir danganir kam a ziam, “Betel,” a gatɨ.Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16Egha Jekop uan adarazi ko Betel ategha Efratan nguibamɨn zui. Egha me ghuavɨra itima Resel otamin dughiam oto. Ezɨ a bar mɨzazir bar ekiam isi.Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17A bar mɨzazir ekiam isima, amizir a ko itim, kamaghɨn a mɨgei, “Nɨ atiatingan markɨ. Kar otarir igharazir mam.”During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18Ezɨ Resel ovengasa abuan dɨghorim ingara egha, otarim ziam, “Benoni,” a gatɨ. Ezɨ an afeziam gɨn ziam, “Benjamin,” a gatɨ.And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19Ezɨ Resel aremezɨ me Efratan nguibamɨn zuir tuavir mɨriamɨn a mozim gatɨ. Kar Betlehemɨn nguibamɨn ziar ghurim.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20Ezɨ Jekop danganir kamɨn dagɨam isa Reselɨn mozimɨn ababanim gamua anefa. Ezɨ dagɨar kam datɨrɨghɨn ikiavɨra iti.Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21Ezɨ Israel ghuavɨra ikia Ederɨn taua ategha mong sɨvagha ghua purirpenibar ingari.Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22Israel kagh ikiavɨra itima, Ruben ghua uan afeziamɨn amuir dozim Bilha koma akui. Ezɨ Israel Ruben amizir bizir kam baraki.While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

23Jekop a 12plan otariba iti. Kar Lean otariba, Ruben a Jekopɨn otarir ivariam, ko Simeon, Livai, Juda, Isakar ko Sebulun.The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24Ezɨ Resel otarir pumuning iti, Josep ko Benjamin.The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25Ezɨ Bilha, Reselɨn ingangarir amizim otarir pumuning iti, Dan ko Naptali.The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26Ezɨ Silpa, Lean ingangarir amizim otarir pumuning iti, Gat ko Aser. Jekop Mesopotemian ikia otarir kaba ini.And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27Egha Jekop uan afeziam Aisak bagha Mamren nguibamɨn ghu, Hebronɨn nguibamɨn boroghɨn an ziar mam Kiriat Arba. Kar Abraham ko Aisak faragha ikezir nguibam.Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28Ezɨ Aisak 180plan azeniba ikia,And Isaac lived 180 years.

29bar ghurigha ovengezɨ, an duam ghua, an adarazir duaba ghua itir nguibamɨn me ko iti. Ezɨ an otarimning Iso ko Jekop an suiragha anefa.Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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