< اَلتَّكْوِينُ 27 >

وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا شَاخَ إِسْحَاقُ وَكَلَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ عَنِ ٱلنَّظَرِ، أَنَّهُ دَعَا عِيسُوَ ٱبْنَهُ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا ٱبْنِي». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَأَنَذَا». ١ 1
Isaac was old and going blind. He called for Esau, his oldest son, and said, “My son.” “I'm here,” Esau replied.
فَقَالَ: «إِنَّنِي قَدْ شِخْتُ وَلَسْتُ أَعْرِفُ يَوْمَ وَفَاتِي. ٢ 2
“I'm old now,” said Isaac, “I may die soon, who knows?
فَٱلْآنَ خُذْ عُدَّتَكَ: جُعْبَتَكَ وَقَوْسَكَ، وَٱخْرُجْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ وَتَصَيَّدْ لِي صَيْدًا، ٣ 3
So please take your bow and arrows and go hunting in the countryside for some meat for me.
وَٱصْنَعْ لِي أَطْعِمَةً كَمَا أُحِبُّ، وَأْتِنِي بِهَا لِآكُلَ حَتَّى تُبَارِكَكَ نَفْسِي قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ». ٤ 4
Make me that tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so I can bless you before I die.”
وَكَانَتْ رِفْقَةُ سَامِعَةً إِذْ تَكَلَّمَ إِسْحَاقُ مَعَ عِيسُو ٱبْنِهِ. فَذَهَبَ عِيسُو إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ كَيْ يَصْطَادَ صَيْدًا لِيَأْتِيَ بِهِ. ٥ 5
Rebekah heard what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau left to go hunting in the countryside for wild game,
وَأَمَّا رِفْقَةُ فَكَلمتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنِهَا قَائِلةً: «إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَاكَ يُكَلِّمُ عِيسُوَ أَخَاكَ قَائِلًا: ٦ 6
Rebekah told her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father tell your brother,
ٱئْتِنِي بِصَيْدٍ وَٱصْنَعْ لِي أَطْعِمَةً لِآكُلَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِي. ٧ 7
‘Get me some wild game and make me some tasty food so I can eat it and then bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.’
فَٱلْآنَ يَا ٱبْنِي ٱسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي فِي مَا أَنَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ: ٨ 8
Now then, my son, listen to me and do exactly what I tell you.
اِذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْغَنَمِ وَخُذْ لِي مِنْ هُنَاكَ جَدْيَيْنِ جَيِّدَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْزَى، فَأَصْنَعَهُمَا أَطْعِمَةً لِأَبِيكَ كَمَا يُحِبُّ، ٩ 9
Go to the flock and bring me two nice young goats. I'll cook them and make the tasty food your father loves.
فَتُحْضِرَهَا إِلَى أَبِيكَ لِيَأْكُلَ حَتَّى يُبَارِكَكَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ». ١٠ 10
Then you take it to your father to eat, so he can bless you in the presence of the Lord before he dies.”
فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِرِفْقَةَ أُمِّهِ: «هُوَذَا عِيسُو أَخِي رَجُلٌ أَشْعَرُ وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ أَمْلَسُ. ١١ 11
“But listen,” Jacob replied to his mother Rebekah, “my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I'm a smooth man.
رُبَّمَا يَجُسُّنِي أَبِي فَأَكُونُ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ كَمُتَهَاوِنٍ، وَأَجْلِبُ عَلَى نَفْسِي لَعْنَةً لَا بَرَكَةً». ١٢ 12
Maybe my father will notice when he touches me. Then it will look like I'm deceiving him and I'll bring a curse down on myself instead of a blessing.”
فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ: «لَعْنَتُكَ عَلَيَّ يَا ٱبْنِي. اِسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي فَقَطْ وَٱذْهَبْ خُذْ لِي». ١٣ 13
“Let the curse fall on me, my son,” his mother replied. “Just do what I tell you. Go and get the young goats for me.”
فَذَهَبَ وَأَخَذَ وَأَحْضَرَ لِأُمِّهِ، فَصَنَعَتْ أُمُّهُ أَطْعِمَةً كَمَا كَانَ أَبُوهُ يُحِبُّ. ١٤ 14
So Jacob went and got them and took them to his mother, and she made some tasty food, the way his father loved.
وَأَخَذَتْ رِفْقَةُ ثِيَابَ عِيسُو ٱبْنِهَا ٱلْأَكْبَرِ ٱلْفَاخِرَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ عِنْدَهَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ وَأَلْبَسَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْأَصْغَرَ، ١٥ 15
Then Rebekah went and got her older son Esau's best clothes that she had at home and put them on Jacob her younger son.
وَأَلْبَسَتْ يَدَيْهِ وَمَلَاسَةَ عُنُقِهِ جُلُودَ جَدْيَيِ ٱلْمِعْزَى. ١٦ 16
She put the goatskins on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
وَأَعْطَتِ ٱلْأَطْعِمَةَ وَٱلْخُبْزَ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعَتْ فِي يَدِ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنِهَا. ١٧ 17
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she'd made.
فَدَخَلَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ: «يَا أَبِي». فَقَالَ: «هَأَنَذَا. مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟». ١٨ 18
He went in to see his father, and called out, “My father, I'm here.” “Which son are you?” Isaac asked.
فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِأَبِيهِ: «أَنَا عِيسُو بِكْرُكَ. قَدْ فَعَلْتُ كَمَا كَلَّمْتَنِي. قُمِ ٱجْلِسْ وَكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِي لِكَيْ تُبَارِكَنِي نَفْسُكَ». ١٩ 19
“It's me Esau, your firstborn son,” Jacob told his father. “I did what you told me. So please sit up and eat some of my wild game meat so you can bless me.”
فَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ لِٱبْنِهِ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي أَسْرَعْتَ لِتَجِدَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟». فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ قَدْ يَسَّرَ لِي». ٢٠ 20
“How did you find an animal so fast, my son?” Isaac asked. “Because the Lord your God sent it my way,” Jacob replied.
فَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ لِيَعْقُوبَ: «تَقَدَّمْ لِأَجُسَّكَ يَا ٱبْنِي. أَأَنْتَ هُوَ ٱبْنِي عِيسُو أَمْ لَا؟». ٢١ 21
“Come over here so I can touch you, my son,” Isaac told Jacob, “so I can tell if you're really my son Esau or not.”
فَتَقَدَّمَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ، فَجَسَّهُ وَقَالَ: «ٱلصَّوْتُ صَوْتُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَلَكِنَّ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ يَدَا عِيسُو». ٢٢ 22
Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “It's Jacob's voice but Esau's hands.”
وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ لِأَنَّ يَدَيْهِ كَانَتَا مُشْعِرَتَيْنِ كَيَدَيْ عِيسُو أَخِيهِ، فَبَارَكَهُ. ٢٣ 23
Isaac didn't realize it was really Jacob because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's, so Isaac got ready to bless him.
وَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱبْنِي عِيسُو؟». فَقَالَ: «أَنَا هُوَ». ٢٤ 24
“It's really you, my son Esau?” he asked again. “Yes, it's me,” Jacob replied.
فَقَالَ: «قَدِّمْ لِي لِآكُلَ مِنْ صَيْدِ ٱبْنِي حَتَّى تُبَارِكَكَ نَفْسِي». فَقَدَّمَ لَهُ فَأَكَلَ، وَأَحْضَرَ لَهُ خَمْرًا فَشَرِبَ. ٢٥ 25
Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your wild game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.” Jacob brought some for him to eat, as well as some wine for him to drink.
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ: «تَقَدَّمْ وَقَبِّلْنِي يَا ٱبْنِي». ٢٦ 26
Afterwards he said to Isaac, “Come here and kiss me, my son.”
فَتَقَدَّمَ وَقَبَّلَهُ، فَشَمَّ رَائِحَةَ ثِيَابِهِ وَبَارَكَهُ، وَقَالَ: «ٱنْظُرْ! رَائِحَةُ ٱبْنِي كَرَائِحَةِ حَقْلٍ قَدْ بَارَكَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ. ٢٧ 27
So Jacob went over and kissed him, and Isaac could smell the clothes Jacob was wearing. So he went ahead with the blessing, saying to himself, “See—the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.”
فَلْيُعْطِكَ ٱللهُ مِنْ نَدَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَمِنْ دَسَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ. وَكَثْرَةَ حِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ. ٢٨ 28
“May God use the dew of heaven and fertile land to give you rich harvests of grain and new wine!
لِيُسْتَعْبَدْ لَكَ شُعُوبٌ، وَتَسْجُدْ لَكَ قَبَائِلُ. كُنْ سَيِّدًا لِإِخْوَتِكَ، وَلْيَسْجُدْ لَكَ بَنُو أُمِّكَ. لِيَكُنْ لَاعِنُوكَ مَلْعُونِينَ، وَمُبَارِكُوكَ مُبَارَكِينَ». ٢٩ 29
May the people of different nations serve you and bow down to you. May you rule over your relatives, and may they bow down to you. May everyone who curses you be cursed, and may everyone who bless you be blessed.”
وَحَدَثَ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ بَرَكَةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنْ لَدُنْ إِسْحَاقَ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عِيسُوَ أَخَاهُ أَتَى مِنْ صَيْدِهِ، ٣٠ 30
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob—in fact Jacob had just left his father—Esau returned from his hunting trip.
فَصَنَعَ هُوَ أَيْضًا أَطْعِمَةً وَدَخَلَ بِهَا إِلَى أَبِيهِ وَقَالَ لِأَبِيهِ: «لِيَقُمْ أَبِي وَيَأْكُلْ مِنْ صَيْدِ ٱبْنِهِ حَتَّى تُبَارِكَنِي نَفْسُكَ». ٣١ 31
He had also made some tasty food, and took it to his father. Esau said to Isaac, “Sit up, my father, and eat some of my wild game so you can bless me.”
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟» فَقَالَ: «أَنَا ٱبْنُكَ بِكْرُكَ عِيسُو». ٣٢ 32
“Who are you?” Isaac asked him. “I'm your son, your firstborn son, Esau,” he replied.
فَٱرْتَعَدَ إِسْحَاقُ ٱرْتِعَادًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا وَقَالَ: «فَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ٱصْطَادَ صَيْدًا وَأَتَى بِهِ إِلَيَّ فَأَكَلْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكُلِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجِيءَ، وَبَارَكْتُهُ؟ نَعَمْ، وَيَكُونُ مُبَارَكًا». ٣٣ 33
Isaac started to shake all over and asked, “So who was it who went hunting game and then brought it to me? I ate it all before you came back and I blessed him. His blessing will remain.”
فَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ عِيسُو كَلَامَ أَبِيهِ صَرَخَ صَرْخَةً عَظِيمَةً وَمُرَّةً جِدًّا، وَقَالَ لِأَبِيهِ: «بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضًا يَا أَبِي». ٣٤ 34
When Esau heard his father's words, he cried out in great anger and bitterness, and pleaded with his father, “Please bless me too, my father!”
فَقَالَ: «قَدْ جَاءَ أَخُوكَ بِمَكْرٍ وَأَخَذَ بَرَكَتَكَ». ٣٥ 35
But Isaac replied, “You brother came and deceived me—he stole your blessing!”
فَقَالَ: «أَلَا إِنَّ ٱسْمَهُ دُعِيَ يَعْقُوبَ، فَقَدْ تَعَقَّبَنِي ٱلْآنَ مَرَّتَيْنِ! أَخَذَ بَكُورِيَّتِي، وَهُوَذَا ٱلْآنَ قَدْ أَخَذَ بَرَكَتِي». ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِي بَرَكَةً؟». ٣٦ 36
“Isn't he well named—Jacob the deceiver!” said Esau. “He's deceived me twice. First he took my birthright, and now he's stolen my blessing! Haven't you kept a blessing for me?”
فَأَجَابَ إِسْحَاقُ وَقَالَ لِعِيسُو: «إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ سَيِّدًا لَكَ، وَدَفَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ إِخْوَتِهِ عَبِيدًا، وَعَضَدْتُهُ بِحِنْطَةٍ وَخَمْرٍ. فَمَاذَا أَصْنَعُ إِلَيْكَ يَا ٱبْنِي؟» ٣٧ 37
Isaac replied to Esau. “I have made him ruler over you, and have said that all his relatives will be his servants. I have declared that he will be well supplied with grain and new wine. So what is left that I can do for you, my son?”
فَقَالَ عِيسُو لِأَبِيهِ: «أَلَكَ بَرَكَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَطْ يَا أَبِي؟ بَارِكْنِي أَنَا أَيْضًا يَا أَبِي». وَرَفَعَ عِيسُو صَوْتَهُ وَبَكَى. ٣٨ 38
“Do you only have one blessing, my father?” Esau asked. “Please bless me too!” Then Esau began to cry very loudly.
فَأَجَابَ إِسْحَاقُ أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا بِلَا دَسَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَكُونُ مَسْكَنُكَ، وَبِلَا نَدَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ. ٣٩ 39
Then his father Isaac declared, “Listen! You will live far away from fertile land, far from the dew of heaven that falls from above.
وَبِسَيْفِكَ تَعِيشُ، وَلِأَخِيكَ تُسْتَعْبَدُ، وَلَكِنْ يَكُونُ حِينَمَا تَجْمَحُ أَنَّكَ تُكَسِّرُ نِيرَهُ عَنْ عُنُقِكَ». ٤٠ 40
You will make a living by using your sword, and you will be your brother's servant. But when you rebel, you will throw off his yoke from your neck.”
فَحَقَدَ عِيسُو عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْبَرَكَةِ ٱلَّتِي بَارَكَهُ بِهَا أَبُوهُ. وَقَالَ عِيسُو فِي قَلْبِهِ: «قَرُبَتْ أَيَّامُ مَنَاحَةِ أَبِي، فَأَقْتُلُ يَعْقُوبَ أَخِي». ٤١ 41
From then on Esau hated Jacob because of his father's blessing. Esau said to himself, “Soon the time will come when I'll mourn my father's death. Then I'll kill my brother Jacob!”
فَأُخْبِرَتْ رِفْقَةُ بِكَلَامِ عِيسُوَ ٱبْنِهَا ٱلْأَكْبَرِ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ وَدَعَتْ يَعْقُوبَ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْأَصْغَرَ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: «هُوَذَا عِيسُو أَخُوكَ مُتَسَلٍّ مِنْ جِهَتِكَ بِأَنَّهُ يَقْتُلُكَ. ٤٢ 42
However, Rebekah found out what Esau was saying, so she sent for Jacob. “Look,” she told him, “your brother Esau is making himself feel better by making plans to kill you.
فَٱلْآنَ يَا ٱبْنِي ٱسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِي، وَقُمِ ٱهْرُبْ إِلَى أَخِي لَابَانَ إِلَى حَارَانَ، ٤٣ 43
So, my son, listen carefully to what I tell you. Leave immediately and go to my brother Laban in Haram.
وَأَقِمْ عِنْدَهُ أَيَّامًا قَلِيلَةً حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ سُخْطُ أَخِيكَ. ٤٤ 44
Stay with him for a while until your brother's anger cools down.
حَتَّى يَرْتَدَّ غَضَبُ أَخِيكَ عَنْكَ، وَيَنْسَى مَا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ. ثُمَّ أُرْسِلُ فَآخُذُكَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ. لِمَاذَا أُعْدَمُ ٱثْنَيْكُمَا فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ؟». ٤٥ 45
Once he's cooled down and forgets what you did to him, I'll send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in a single day?”
وَقَالَتْ رِفْقَةُ لِإِسْحَاقَ: «مَلِلْتُ حَيَاتِي مِنْ أَجْلِ بَنَاتِ حِثَّ. إِنْ كَانَ يَعْقُوبُ يَأْخُذُ زَوْجَةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ حِثَّ مِثْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ بَنَاتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلِمَاذَا لِي حَيَاةٌ؟». ٤٦ 46
Then Rebekah went and told Isaac, “I'm so sick of these Hittite women—they're ruining my life! If Jacob also marries a Hittite woman like them, one of the local people, I'd rather die!”

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