Genesis 31 (TCZCHONG)

1Jacob in Laban chapa te ama chung'a alung damlou u thu ajatan ama hon aseiyun, “Jacob in ipau thil jouse akilah tan, chule anei agou athilkeo jouse khu ipauva konna akilamdoh ahi,” ati tauve.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.”

2Chujongleh Jacob in Laban maiso aven ahile alung lhailou lungthim chom agel jong ahe chen tan ahi.And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.

3Hichun Pathen'in Jacob chu ahoulimpin, “Nangma kinungle kit tan, napu napa chule na sopite chenna gam'a keiman kaumpi jing ding nahi,” ati.Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

4Hichun Jacob in mi asol in loulam a akelngoi chin nauva Rachel le Leah aga kousah tan ahi.So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,

5Chuin Jacob in hitin aseiye, “Keiman ka hechen tai, napa lhon maiso kavet le lungthim chom-chom aneitai, masang tobang ahi tapoi, hijongleh kapu kapate Pathen'in eiumpi jingnai.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.

6Nangnin jong nahe lhon nai, katha neisun kajo chan a napa lhon ding natoh katonge.You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

7Hinlah aman eijou lhep tan, kanatoh man jong somvei tobang eikhel pehtai, amavang Pathen'in keima chunga vang thil phalou imacha alhunsah pon ahi.And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

8Aman hitin aseiye, 'gancha apol ho jouse chu nangma nikho thaman hitante' atile gancha ho chu apol jeng hatah in ahung pung tul tul kit tan, hichun aman alunggel akhel kit in 'gancha availang jenga pol ho' atikit leh gancha anou jouse chu adung le avai langa pol bou apeng kit tai.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.

9Hitia hi Pa Pathen'in napa gancha ho jouse alah a keima eipehsoh ahitai.Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

10Chuin phat chomkhat jou kelngoite kijangmat laijin jan mang khat kaneijin, ka khodah in ahile kelpi chunga kaldoh kelchal ho chu apol ho leh adup ho aki timatpiu kamui.When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

11Chuin hitia mang kanei pet in Pakai vantil khat in eihin houpin 'Jacob!' eihin tin kenjong 'Hoijo hikom'a kaum'e,' kati.In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

12“Chuin Pakai vantil chun, 'Dah inlang gahve temin, kelpi ho chunga kaldoh kelchal ho khu apol, adup, akangpol, availanga pol jengin amat e, ijeh inem itile Laban in na bolsetna jouse keiman abonchan ka musoh keitai.‘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.

13Keima na Pathen Bethel mun'a song khom thao nanu a na kigahna Pathen chu kahi, tun kipatdoh in hiche gam hi dalhan lang na penna gam langa kile kit tan.'”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.’”

14Chuphat in Rachel le Leah in adonbut in, “Keinin imacha boina kanei lhonpoi; kapa lhon nei le gou chanvou ka chan lhon ding um beh ham?”And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

15Aman dalpam mi a eigel lhon hilou ham? Ajeh chu aman eijoh doh lhon in keini kichohna sum jouse jong eisuh mang peh tauve.Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

16Chule nei le gou jouse Pathen'in kapa lhona kon a alahmang peh ho jouse chu eiho le ichate ho a ahi bouve. Hijeh chun tun Pathen'in najah a asei jouse chu ipi hijongleh bol jengin,” ati lhon tai.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.”

17Hichun Jacob akipat doh in ajite le achate jouse chu Sangan chunga atoudoh sah sohkei tan;Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,

18chule aganchaho jouse amasang lam uva ahoiyin Paddan-aram gam'a anei agou jouse aki suhtup in Canaan gam'a apa Isaac henga che dingin aumtai.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.

19Chuin Laban chu kelngoi mulvou dinga akondoh phat in Rachel in apa insung'a semthu pathen chu ana kiguh mang tai.Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

20Jacob in jong Aramea mipa Laban chu alhem lhan, ajamdoh dingu jong aseipeh pon ahi.Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

21Hichun Jacob in anei agou jouse akipoh in Eupharate vadung apal galkai in Gilead thing lhang lam ahin jontai.So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

22Ahin nithum jouvin Jacob ajammang tai tithu chu Laban ahin seipeh un;On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.

23Chuin Laban in asopi ho cheng akou khom in, Jacob chu ahin nung del tauvin ahile, nisagi lhin ni chun Gilead lhang gamsunga ahin juilut tan ahi.So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

24Hinlah Pathen'in Laban Syrea mipa chu janin ana kimupin hitin aseiye, “Kichih theijin Jacob chu imacha nalo theilou ding ahi,” ati.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.”

25Hichun Laban'in Jacob chu ahin phatan, chule Jacob in thinglhang lah a chun aponbuh akison tauvin, chuin Laban le a-u anaoten jong Gelead thinglhang a Jacob to kigamlat louvin aponbuh u akison tauve.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.

26Chuin Laban in Jacob jah a aseiye, “Ibola hitobanga hi neijou lhep hitam ati, chule iti dana ka chanu teni jong gal a sohchang ho banga nabol jeng ham?Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!

27Ibola guhthim cha a najam mang uham? Ibol'a neijou lhep ham ati, chule nache ding iti dan a nei hetsah loubeh ham? Neina hetsah le chun thupitah a kilhahna ankong le la ngai tah-tah kisan tin, tumging to kithoa kivailhah tadinga ati.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.

28Na thilbol ho hi ngolna in na dimset e, ka chanu teni cha katute jong kabeng chop man tapon, kilhahna jong kana bol thei tapoi! ati.But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

29Tua hi nangma ka suhbei thei nahi, hinlah napu napate Pathen'in janhi nilhah in eina kimuto pin gihna jong eineiyin Jacob chu na suhboi theilou ding ahi eiti!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.’

30Nangma lunggel na inlam a nache ding na thanopna chu ka hethem lheh e, kham thei jong nahipoi, napa insung miho toh kimuto kal na ngalel jong kahe nai, hinlah ibola ka pathen houna doiphung chu naguh ham? ati.Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

31Jacob in adonbut in, “Keiman nangma kana ging lheh in ahi, ajeh chu nangman, nachanu teho chu hunam a nei lahpeh ding ham tia kana gel ahi.“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

32Amavang na doibom vang chu ahile nangman hol inlang na mudoh thei leh namuna mi chu koi hile ahinkho subei jeng tan ati, chule nangma thil ho jong keima sopiho ana lakha aum leh kanung peh ding nahi; Jacob in vang Rachel in ana lah chu ana hetlou ahi.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.

33Laban chu doibom hol in Jacob ponbuh a ache masapen in , aban'in Leah kom'ah, hiche jou chun Leah soh teni kom'ah achen, hinlah imacha amudoh pon, achaina in Rachel ponbuh a alut in ahi.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.

34Rachel in apa insung doibom chu ana ladoh in Sangan pho kah a chu ana sel'a chule achunga chu ama ana tou ahi, hichun Laban in ponbuh sung aning akah aphet vang'in imacha amudoh tapon ahi.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.

35Amanun apa kom'a aseitai, “Lungsettah in nei ngaidam in ka pakai keima numei hina lhinna kaneijin kadin theilou ding ahi,” Laban vang ahol chu atang dehpon amavang insung doibom chu amudoh pon ahi.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.

36Hichun Jacob hatah in ahung lunghang tan Laban'in apupa jah a asei tan ahi, “Keima ipi ka guchatna ka jonna um ham?” atitan, “Chule ipi mong kabol khel a hichan geiya hi kanung neihin del a keima migucha banga nei bol hitam?Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

37Nangman kanei kathil koina jouse aning akah geijin naphet in, tun nang thil nakimudoh ho chu neivet sah un, sopi ule nao ho masang laitah ahin hin podoh in, ama hon eini kahlah a thutanna nei mai uhen!” ati.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“Nangma kom'a kum som ni na gancha ho kana vettup peh in, na gancha ho kelngoi ahin na kelcha ho ahin imacha boina ana umpon hiche kum hijat kana vettup sunga chun kelngoi khat jong kana kilah khapoi.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.

39Keiman gamsa in, gancha ho athasa jong kahin polut khapon, athi amang ho jong keima nikhotha toh suhto din kana boljin, gancha ho sun hileh jan hileh amang ho jouse chu keima lhalo toh suhto din nei kahpeh jin ahi.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.

40Hiche hi keima dinmun anahi. Hitipi chun sun teng nisan eihalvampai gon, jan tengleh dap kathoh jin, kamit tenin la imutna him him amupha pon ahi.As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

41Hitobanga chu kum somni nangma insunga kana kimanchah ahi. Keiman kum som le kum li nangma insunga lhacha in kana pangin, na chanu teni lona in kum gup kana tohbe in gancha ho lona in chule kana toh man somvei tobang nei khelpeh in ahi.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!

42Kapate Pathen, Abraham Pathen, kapa Isaac ginpa chun eipanpi lou hile tua hi nangman khut keohel tahbah a neina solmang ding ahitai. Pathen'in ka gentheina le kakhut tah a ka tohgimna hi amua jan nilhah a chu na gihsal ahiye,” ati.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.”

43Hichun Laban in hitin Jacob adonbut in, “Hiche numei ho hi ka chanu ahin, hiche chapang ho jong katute ahi, chule gancha ho jouse jong abon'a keima gancha ahi. Chule ipi hitale namu phah chan hi aboncha keiya jeng ahi cheh nai. Amavang keiman tua hi ka chanute chule achate ho chunga ipi kabol ding hitam? ati.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?

44Hijeh chun hungin eini kikah a kitepna nei hite hichun eini eikan khom cheh lhon ding ahi.”Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

45Hichun Jacob in hetjingna dingin song khom khat aphutdoh tai.So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

46Hichun Jacob in asopi ho lah a aseijin, “Songho hin chom khom un,” ati, ama hon song chu khat chunga khat asethop un, hichun Jacob le Laban song kise thop kom'a atou lhon'in kitepna ankong chu anekhom lhon tan ahi.and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

47Songlhuh kise chu Laban in Jegar-sahadutha asah in (hichu Aramaic paova “hettohsah songthop” tina ahin), hiche ma-ma chu Jacob in Galeed asah e (hichu Hebrew paova “hettohsah songthop” tina ahi).Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

48Hichun Laban in, “Tuni nikhoa hiche song lhuh hi kei le nang kah a sakhia panga ahitai,” tia, hiche jeh chun amin jong Galeed asah in ahi.Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

49Hiche mun jong hi Mizpah akiti tai, aman aseijin, “Ajeh chu nangma le keima jong khonung teng jongleh gamla tah a umjongleh hen Pathen'in eiumpi jing lhon hen.”It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

50Ka chanute ho nahin suh gentheija numei dang ho jia nahin kipuiya ahile, koima chan muhih jongleh abonchan Pathen'in amusoh keiye, Pathen hi nang le kei kikah a kitepna a hiche thua hi pang jing ding ahi.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.”

51Hiche song athopma kise ho hi Jacob in Laban jah ah, “Vejingin kei le nang kah a kihet themna hijing ding ahitai.Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

52Hiche song kise thop hile songphu hi sakhi a pang ahin, ken jong nangma suse dinga hiche hi kahin khokhel louhel ding, nangin jong keima suse dinga hiche hi nahin khokhel louhel ding ahi.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.

53Abraham Pathen, Nahor Pathen chule amani Pa Pathen chu eini kah a thutan ding ahitai,” ati. Hijeh chun Jacob jong apa Isaac ginpa minin akihahsel tai.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.

54Hichun Jacob in hiche molchunga chun Pathen henga maicham asemin kitepna ki hetthemna ankong jong asemin, anneh anei jou uchun hiche jan machun molchunga chun ageh tauve.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.

55Laban ajing chun matah in athoudoh in achanute ho le atute ho jouse abonchan achop sohkeijin, chule abonchauvin phatthei aboh sohkeijin, hichun ama a inlam ma aki nungle kittai.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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