Jakubu Kũũrĩra Labani
1Jakubu nĩaiguire ariũ a Labani makiuga atĩrĩ, “Jakubu nĩoete indo iria ciothe iraarĩ cia baba na ũtonga ũrĩa wothe arĩ naguo eyoneire kuuma indo-inĩ cia baba.” 2Ningĩ Jakubu akĩona atĩ Labani ndaamwendete ta ũrĩa aamwendete mbere ĩyo.
331:3 Kĩam 32:9; Kĩam 21:22Nake Jehova akĩĩra Jakubu atĩrĩ, “Cooka bũrũri wa maithe manyu na kũrĩ andũ anyu, na nĩndĩrĩkoragwo hamwe nawe.”
4Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu agĩtũmanĩra Rakeli na Lea mathiĩ kũrĩ we kũu werũ-inĩ kũrĩa mahiũ make maarĩ. 531:5 Kĩam 21:22; Kĩam 26:3Nake akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩnyonete atĩ wendo wa thoguo harĩ niĩ ti ta ũrĩa ararĩ naguo hau mbere, no Ngai wa baba nĩakoretwo hamwe na niĩ. 631:6 Kĩam 30:29Inyuĩ eerĩ nĩmũũĩ atĩ ndutĩire thoguo wĩra na hinya wakwa wothe, 731:7 Kĩam 31:41no thoguo nĩaheenetie na akagarũra mũcaara wakwa maita ikũmi. No rĩrĩ, Ngai ndarĩ aamwĩtĩkĩria anjĩke ũũru. 831:8 Kĩam 30:32Thoguo angĩoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Mbũri iria irĩ maara nĩcio mũcaara waku,’ hĩndĩ ĩyo mahiũ mothe magaciara tũũri tũrĩ na maara; na angĩoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Iria irĩ marooro nĩcio mũcaara waku,’ namo mahiũ magaciara tũũri tũrĩ na marooro. 9Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Ngai nĩatunyĩte thoguo mahiũ make na akamaheana kũrĩ niĩ.
10“Ihinda rĩrĩa mahiũ maahaicanaga, rĩmwe nĩndarootire kĩroto na ndarora na igũrũ ngĩona atĩ thenge iria ciahaicaga mahiũ ciarĩ na manyaga, na ciarĩ na maara, o na ciarĩ na marooro. 11Nake mũraika wa Ngai akĩnjarĩria ndĩ kĩroto-inĩ, akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Jakubu.’ Na niĩ ngĩcookia atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ũyũ haha.’ 1231:12 Thaam 3:7Nake akĩnjĩĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Ta tiira maitho na igũrũ wone atĩ thenge iria ciothe irahaica mahiũ nĩ iria irĩ na manyaga, na iria irĩ na maara, na iria irĩ na marooro; nĩgũkorwo nĩnyonete maũndũ marĩa mothe Labani agwĩkĩte. 1331:13 Kĩam 28:10-22Nĩ niĩ Ngai wa Betheli, kũrĩa waitĩrĩirie gĩtugĩ maguta, na nokuo wehĩtĩire na mwĩhĩtwa nĩ ũndũ wakwa. Rĩu uma bũrũri ũyũ narua ũcooke bũrũri ũrĩa waciarĩirwo.’ ”
14Nake Rakeli na Lea makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ithuĩ-rĩ, no anga tũrĩ na kĩndũ kana igai indo-inĩ cia baba? 1531:15 Kĩam 29:20Githĩ ndatũtuaga o ta tũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ? To gũtwendia aatwendirie, no rĩu nĩarĩkĩtie kũhũthĩra indo iria twagũrirwo nacio. 16Ti-itherũ ũtonga ũrĩa wothe Ngai atunyĩte baba nĩ witũ na ciana ciitũ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ĩka ũrĩa wothe Ngai akwĩrĩte wĩke.”
17Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu akĩĩhaarĩria, akĩigĩrĩra ciana ciake na atumia ake igũrũ rĩa ngamĩĩra, 1831:18 Kĩam 35:27na akiumagaria mahiũ make mothe mathiĩ mbere yake hamwe na indo ciake ciothe iria aagĩte nacio kũu Padani-Aramu, nĩguo athiĩ kũrĩ ithe Isaaka o kũu bũrũri wa Kaanani.
1931:19 Atiir 17:5; Hos 3:4Hĩndĩ ĩyo, Labani aathiĩte kwenja ngʼondu ciake guoya-rĩ, Rakeli akĩiya ngai cia ithe cia mĩhianano. 2031:20 Kĩam 27:36Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu akĩheenia Labani ũcio Mũsuriata tondũ ndaamwĩrire nĩ kũũra aroora. 2131:21 Thaam 2:15Nake akĩũra na kĩrĩa gĩothe arĩ nakĩo, na aringa Rũũĩ rwa Farati, akĩerekera bũrũri wa irĩma wa Gileadi.
Labani Kũingatana na Jakubu
2231:22 Kĩam 30:36Mũthenya wa ĩtatũ kuuma Jakubu oora, Labani akĩĩrwo atĩ Jakubu nĩorĩte. 2331:23 Thaam 14:9Agĩkĩoya andũ a nyũmba yao, akĩingatana na Jakubu matukũ mũgwanja na akĩmũkinyĩra kũu bũrũri wa irĩma wa Gileadi. 2431:24 Kĩam 20:3; Kĩam 24:50No Ngai akiumĩrĩra Labani ũcio Mũsuriata kĩroto-inĩ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Menya wĩre Jakubu ũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, ũrĩ mwega kana ũrĩ mũũru.”
2531:25 Kĩam 31:21Na rĩrĩ, Jakubu aambĩte hema yake kũu bũrũri wa irĩma wa Gileadi rĩrĩa Labani aamũkinyĩrire, nake Labani na andũ a nyũmba yao makĩamba hema ciao kuo. 2631:26 1Sam 30:23Nake Labani akĩũria Jakubu atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũũ wĩkĩte? Nĩũũheenetie, na ũgathiĩ na airĩtu akwa ta andũ matahĩtwo mbaara-inĩ. 2731:27 Kĩam 31:20Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire ũre na hitho, na ũũheenie? Waregire kũnjĩĩra nĩkĩ, nĩguo ngumagarie na gĩkeno na gũkũinĩra nyĩmbo na ihembe na inanda cia mũgeeto? 2831:28 Kĩam 27:27O na ndwarekire mumunye ciana cia ciana ciakwa, kana njugĩre airĩtu akwa ũhoro. Nĩwĩkĩte ũndũ wa ũrimũ. 29Ndĩ na hinya wa gũkũgera ngero; no rĩrĩ, ũtukũ wa ira Ngai wa thoguo aranjĩĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Menya wĩre Jakubu ũndũ, ũrĩ mwega kana ũrĩ mũũru.’ 3031:30 Kĩam 31:19Rĩu-rĩ, nĩumagarĩte nĩ ũndũ nĩũrerirĩria gũcooka nyũmba-inĩ ya thoguo. No rĩrĩ, ũrakĩiyire ngai ciakwa nĩkĩ?”
31Jakubu agĩcookeria Labani atĩrĩ, “Nĩndetigĩrire tondũ ndeciiririe wahota kũndunya airĩtu aku na hinya. 3231:32 Kĩam 44:9No rĩrĩ, ũrĩa ũgũkora arĩ na ngai ciaku-rĩ, ndegũtũũra muoyo. Tuĩria wone kana kũrĩ kĩndũ gĩaku ndĩ nakĩo andũ aya aitũ marĩ ho; na wakĩona-rĩ, ũkĩoe.” No Jakubu ndooĩ atĩ Rakeli nĩaiyĩte ngai icio.
33Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Labani agĩtoonya hema ya Jakubu, na hema ya Lea, o na hema ya ndungata iria igĩrĩ cia andũ-a-nja, no ndaigana kuona kĩndũ. Oima hema ya Lea, agĩtoonya ya Rakeli. 34Rakeli oete ngai icio cia mĩhianano na agacikia matandĩko-inĩ ma ngamĩĩra thĩinĩ na akamaikarĩra. Labani akiururia kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩarĩ hema-inĩ ĩyo na ndaigana kuona kĩndũ.
3531:35 Alaw 19:3, 32Nake Rakeli akĩĩra ithe atĩrĩ, “Mwathi wakwa, ndũkandakarĩre nĩ ũndũ ndinakũrũgamĩra; nĩgũkorwo nĩ maũndũ ma andũ-a-nja ndĩ namo.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akiururia no ndaigana kuona ngai icio.
36Jakubu agĩkĩrakara na agĩtetia Labani, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ihĩtia rĩakwa nĩ rĩrĩkũ? Nĩ rĩhia rĩrĩkũ njĩkĩte rĩtũmĩte ũnyingatithie ũguo? 3731:37 Kĩam 31:23Rĩu tondũ nĩwoiruria indo ciakwa ciothe-rĩ, nĩ kĩĩ wona kĩa indo cia gwaku mũciĩ? Kĩige haha mbere ya andũ aya anyu na mbere ya andũ akwa nĩguo matũtuithanie ciira.
38“Ngũrutĩire wĩra mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ. Ngʼondu ciaku na mbũri ciaku itirĩ ciahuna, na ndirĩ ndarĩa ndũrũme cia mahiũ maku. 3931:39 Thaam 22:13Ningĩ ndirĩ ndakũrehera iria ciatambuuragwo nĩ nyamũ cia gĩthaka; no nĩ niĩ ndaarĩhaga ngathiĩ hathara. Ningĩ-rĩ, nĩwandĩhagia ĩrĩa yothe yaiywo kũrĩ mũthenya kana kũrĩ ũtukũ. 40Ũguo nĩguo ndũũrĩte: Ndaarugagwo nĩ ũrugarĩ wa mũthenya na ngarĩĩo nĩ heho ya ũtukũ, naguo toro ũkĩnjũrĩra. 4131:41 Kĩam 29:30; Kĩam 31:7Ũguo nĩguo ndũũrĩte gwaku mũciĩ handũ-inĩ ha mĩaka ĩyo mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ. Ndakũrutĩire wĩra mĩaka ikũmi na ĩna nĩ ũndũ wa airĩtu aku eerĩ, na mĩaka ĩtandatũ nĩ ũndũ wa mahiũ maku; no rĩrĩ, wagarũrire mũcaara wakwa maita ikũmi. 4231:42 Kĩam 31:53Korwo Ngai wa baba, o we Ngai wa Iburahĩmu na nĩwe wĩtigĩrĩtwo nĩ Isaaka, ndaraakoragwo hamwe na niĩ-rĩ, ti-itherũ ũngĩranyumagaririe moko matheri. No Ngai nĩonete gũthĩĩnĩka gwakwa na wĩra wa moko makwa, na nĩkĩo arakũrũithirie ũtukũ wa ira.”
43Nake Labani agĩcookeria Jakubu, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Atumia aya aku nĩ airĩtu akwa, ciana ici o nacio nĩ ciana ciakwa, namo mahiũ maya-rĩ, no mahiũ makwa. Kĩrĩa gĩothe ũroona nĩ gĩakwa. No rĩrĩ, nĩ atĩa ingĩhota gwĩka airĩtu aya akwa kana njĩke ciana ici maciarĩte ũmũthĩ? 4431:44 Kĩam 21:27Rĩu gĩũke, reke tũgĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro niĩ nawe, na ũreke gĩtuĩke mũira gatagatĩ gaitũ.”
4531:45 Kĩam 28:18Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu akĩoya ihiga na akĩrĩhaanda ta gĩtugĩ. 4631:46 Kĩam 31:48, 52Akĩĩra andũ a nyũmba yake atĩrĩ, “Cookanĩrĩriai mahiga.” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩũngania mahiga makĩmaiganĩrĩra hĩba, magĩcooka makĩrĩanĩra irio hau hakuhĩ na hĩba ĩyo. 4731:47 Kĩam 21:30Labani akĩmĩĩta Jagari-Sahadutha, nake Jakubu akĩmĩĩta Galeedi.
4831:48 Kĩam 31:46Labani akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũmũthĩ hĩba ĩno nĩ mũira gatagatĩ gakwa nawe.” Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩatũmire hetwo Galeedi. 4931:49 Atiir 11:29O na ningĩ hagĩĩtwo Mizipa, tondũ oigire atĩrĩ, “Jehova arotũmenyagĩrĩra rĩrĩa tũraihanĩrĩirie. 5031:50 Jer 29:23; 42:5Wee ũngĩgaathĩĩnia airĩtu akwa kana ũmahikĩrĩrie atumia angĩ, o na hangĩgakorwo hatarĩ mũndũ ũngĩ-rĩ, ririkana atĩ Ngai nĩwe mũira gatagatĩ gakwa nawe.”
5131:51 Kĩam 28:18Ningĩ Labani akĩĩra Jakubu atĩrĩ, “Ĩno nĩ hĩba, na gĩkĩ nĩ gĩtugĩ kĩrĩa ndahaanda gatagatĩ gaku na niĩ. 5231:52 Kĩam 21:30Hĩba ĩno nĩ mũira, na gĩtugĩ gĩkĩ nĩ mũira, atĩ ndigakĩra hĩba ĩno njũke mwena waku ngũgere ngero, na atĩ nawe ndũgakĩra hĩba ĩno, kana ũkĩre gĩtugĩ gĩkĩ ũũke mwena wakwa ũngere ngero. 5331:53 Kĩam 16:5; Kĩam 31:42Ngai wa Iburahĩmu, na Ngai wa Nahoru,31:53 Nahoru aarĩ mũrũ wa nyina na Iburahĩmu (11:26), na aarĩ gukawe wa Labani (24:24, 29). o we Ngai wa ithe wao-rĩ, arotũtuithania ciira.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu akĩĩhĩta na mwĩhĩtwa rĩĩtwa-inĩ rĩa ũcio Wĩtigĩrĩtwo nĩ ithe Isaaka. 54Jakubu akĩruta igongona kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũcio wa irĩma, na agĩĩta andũ a nyũmba yake marĩĩanĩre. Na marĩkia kũrĩa-rĩ, makĩraara o kũu.
55Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ rũciinĩ tene, Labani akĩmumunya ciana cia ciana ciake o na airĩtu ake, akĩmoigĩra ũhoro na akĩmarathima. Agĩcooka akĩmatiga agĩcooka gwake mũciĩ.
Jacob Runs Away From Laban
1Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying. “Jacob has taken everything our father owned,” they said. “He has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” 2Jacob noticed that Laban’s feelings toward him had changed.
3Then the Lord spoke to Jacob. He said, “Go back to your father’s land and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
4So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah. He told them to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5He said to them, “I see that your father’s feelings toward me have changed. But the God of my father has been with me. 6You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength. 7But your father has cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. In spite of everything that’s happened, God hasn’t let him harm me. 8Sometimes Laban would say, ‘The speckled ones will be your pay.’ Then all the flocks had little ones with speckles. At other times he would say, ‘The striped ones will be your pay.’ Then all the flocks had little ones with stripes. 9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10“Once during the mating season I had a dream. In my dream I looked and saw male goats mating with the flock. The goats had stripes, speckles or spots. 11The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’ 12He said, ‘Look around you. See the male goats mating with the flock. All of them have stripes, speckles or spots. That’s because I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you. 13I am the God of Bethel. That is where you poured olive oil on a sacred stone. There you made a promise to me. Now leave this land. Go back to your own land.’ ”
14Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share of our father’s property? 15Doesn’t our father think of us as outsiders? First he sold us. Now he has used up what he was paid for us. 16All the wealth God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do what God has told you to do.”
17Then Jacob put his children and wives on camels. 18He drove all his livestock ahead of him. He also took with him everything he had acquired in Paddan Aram. He left to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
19Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of the family gods that belonged to her father. 20And that’s not all. Jacob tricked Laban, the Aramean. He didn’t tell him he was running away. 21So Jacob ran off with everything he had. He crossed the Euphrates River. And he headed for the hill country of Gilead.
Laban Chases Jacob
22On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had run away. 23He took his relatives with him and went after Jacob. Seven days later he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. 24Then God came to Laban, the Aramean, in a dream at night. He said to him, “Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.”
25Jacob had set up his tent in the hill country of Gilead. That’s where Laban caught up with him. Laban and his relatives camped there too. 26Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have tricked me. You have taken my daughters away like prisoners of war. 27Why did you run away in secret and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away happily. We could have sung to the music of tambourines and harps. 28You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing. 29I have the power to harm you. But last night the God of your father spoke to me. He said, ‘Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.’ 30Now you have run away. You longed to go back to your father’s home. But why did you have to steal the statues of my gods?”
31Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid. I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. 32But if you find anyone who has the statues of your gods, that person will not remain alive. While our relatives are watching, look for yourself. See if there’s anything of yours here with me. If you find anything belonging to you, take it.” But Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen the statues.
33So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and Leah’s tent. He went into the tent of their two female servants. But he didn’t find anything. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. 34Rachel was the one who had taken the statues of Laban’s family gods. She had put them inside her camel’s saddle. She was sitting on them. Laban searched the whole tent. But he didn’t find anything.
35Rachel said to her father, “I’m sorry, sir. I can’t get up for you right now. But don’t be angry with me. I’m having my monthly period.” So he searched everywhere but couldn’t find the statues of his gods.
36Jacob was very angry with Laban. “What is my crime?” he asked. “What have I done to you that you hunt me down like this? 37You have searched through all my things. What have you found that belongs to your family? Put it here in front of your relatives and mine. Let them decide between the two of us.
38“I’ve been with you for 20 years now. The little ones of your sheep and goats were not dead when they were born. I haven’t eaten rams from your flocks. 39I didn’t bring you animals torn apart by wild beasts. I made up for the loss myself. Also, you made me pay for anything stolen by day or night. 40And what was my life like? The heat burned me in the daytime. And it was so cold at night that I froze. I couldn’t sleep. 41That’s what it was like for the 20 years I was living with you. I worked for 14 years to marry your two daughters. I worked for six years to get my share of your flocks. You changed my pay ten times. 42But the God of my father was with me. He is the God of Abraham and the God Isaac worshiped. If he hadn’t been with me, you would surely have sent me away without anything to show for all my work. But God has seen my hard times. He has seen all the work my hands have done. So last night he warned you.”
43Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters. The children are my children. The flocks are my flocks. Everything you see is mine. But what can I do today about these daughters of mine? What can I do about the children they’ve had? 44Come now. Let’s make a formal agreement, you and I. Let it be a witness between us.”
45So Jacob set up a stone as a way to remember. 46He said to his relatives, “Get some stones.” So they took stones and put them in a pile. And they ate there by it. 47Laban named the pile of stones Jegar Sahadutha. Jacob named it Galeed.
48Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness between you and me today.” That’s why it was named Galeed. 49It was also called Mizpah. That’s because Laban said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50Don’t treat my daughters badly. Don’t get married to any women besides my daughters. There isn’t anyone here to see what we’re doing. But remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
51Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this pile of stones. And here is this stone I’ve set up. I’ve set them up between you and me. 52This pile is a witness. And this stone is a witness. They are witnesses that I won’t go past this pile to harm you. And they are witnesses that you won’t go past this pile and this stone to harm me. 53The God of Abraham and Nahor is also the God of their father. May their God decide which of us is right.”
So Jacob made a promise using the name of the God his father Isaac worshiped. 54He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country. And he invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
55Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters. He gave them his blessing. Then he left and returned home.
