Suencuek 35

1 Tedae Pathen loh Jakob la, “Thoo, Bethel la cet lamtah pahoi khosa. Te phoeiah na maya Esau mikhmuh lamkah na yong vaengah nang taengah aka phoe Pathen ham hmueihtuk khaw pahoi saii,” a ti nah.

In the meantime God said to Jacob: Arise, and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau thy brother.

2 Te dongah Jakob loh amah imkhuikho neh a taengkah aka om boeih taengah, “Nangmih lakli kah kholong pathen rhoek te voei uh. Te phoeiah caihcil uh lamtah na himbai te tho uh laeh.

And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.

3 Thoo uh sih lamtah Bethel la cet uh sih. Ka citcai tue vaengah kai aka doo tih ka caeh long ah kai taengah aka om Pathen ham hmueihtuk pahoi ka saii ni,” a ti nah.

Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, that we may make there an altar to God: who heard me in the day of my affliction, and accompanied me in my journey.

4 Te dongah amih kut kah kholong pathen rhoek boeih neh a hna dongkah hnaii te Jakob taengah a paek uh tih Jakob loh Shekhem taengkah rhokael hmuiah a up.

So they gave him all the strange gods they had, and the earrings which were in their ears: and he buried them under the turpentine tree, that is behind the city of Sichem.

5 Tedae a caeh uh neh Pathen kah mueirhih loh khopuei kaepvai ah yaal tih Jakob ca te hloem uh pawh.

And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.

6 Te phoeiah Jakob neh amah taengkah a pilnam boeih loh Kanaan kho kah Luz Bethel te a pha uh.

And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.

7 Te vaengah hmueihtuk pahoi a suem tih a hmuen te El Bethel a sui. A maya mikhmuh lamloh a yong vaengah khaw te rhoek ah ni anih ham Pathen a phoe pah dongah ni.

And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.

8 Rebekah kah cakhoem Deborah a duek vaengah khaw Bethel kungdak kah thingnu hmuiah a up tih a ming te Allon Bakuth la a khue.

At the same time Debora the nurse of Rebecca died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel under an oak: and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

9 Paddanaram lamkah koep a mael vaengah khaw Jakob taengah Pathen a phoe pah tih yoethen a paek.

And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,

10 Te vaengah Pathen loh anih te, “Na ming he Jakob dae na ming te Jakob la n'khue voel pawt vetih Israel ni nang ming la aka om eh?,” a ti nah. Te dongah a ming te Israel la a khue bal.

Saying: Thou shalt not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called him Israel.

11 Te phoeiah anih te Pathen loh, “Kai he Pathen Tlungthang ni. Pungtai lamtah namtom ah ping uh. Namtom hlangping khaw nang lamkah ha thoeng vetih na pumpu lamloh manghai thoeng uh ni.

And said to him: I am God Almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

12 Abraham neh Isaak taengah ka paek hmuen te nang taengah kan paek vetih nang phoeikah na tiingan taengah khaw khohmuen te ka paek ni,” a ti nah.

And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

13 Tekah hmuen ah Jakob neh a cal rhoi pangthuem Pathen te anih taeng lamloh vik cet.

And he departed from him.

14 Te dongah amah neh a voek nah hmuen ah Jakob loh kaam a ling tih kaam lung te tuisi a suep tih situi a bueih.

But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

15 Te phoeiah Pathen loh amah a voek nah hmuen ming te Jakob loh Bethel la pahoi a khue.

And calling the name of that place Bethel.

16 Te phoeiah Bethel lamkah puen uh tih Epharath la caeh ham kho te a lak om pueng dae Rakhel te camoe om tih a ca om bahoeng kuel.

And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,

17 Tedae a ca om a a tloh vaengah anih te ca aka om sak loh, “Tahae kah khaw nang ham tongpa la koep a om dongah rhih boeh,” a ti nah.

By reason of her hard labour she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.

18 A duek tom kah a hinglu a pat thuk vaengah camoe ming te Benoni la a khue. Tedae a napa long tah anih te Benjamin la a khue.

And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, The son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, The son of the right hand.

19 Te vaengah Rakhel duek tih Epharath Bethlehem long ah te a up.

So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

20 Rakhel kah hlan soah Jakob loh kaam a ling te tihnin due Rakhel phuel kah kaam la om.

And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel’s monument, to this day.

21 Te phoeiah Israel te cet tih Mikdaleder kah a voel ah dap a tuk.

Departing thence, he pitched his tent beyond the Flock tower.

22 Tedae tekah kho ah khosa la Israel a om vaengah Reuben te cet tih a napa kah yula Bilhah taengah a yalh te Israel loh a yaak. Te vaengah Jakob ca rhoek hlang hlai nit om uh.

And when he dwelt in that country, Ruben went, and slept with Bala, the concubine of his father: which he was not ignorant of. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

23 Leah ca rhoek ah Reuben te Jakob caming la om tih Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issakhar neh Zebulun omuh.

The sons of Lia: Ruben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Juda, and Issachar, and Zabulon.

24 Rakhel ca rhoi la Joseph neh Benjamin om.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 Rakhel imom Bilhah ca rhoi la Dan neh Naphtali om.

The sons of Bala, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Nephtali.

26 Leah salnu Zilpah ca la Gad neh Asher he om tih Paddanaram ah Jakob ca tongpa la a cun pah.

The sons of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid: Gad and Aser: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.

27 Te phoeiah Jakob loh Mamre Kiriatharba Hebron kah a napa Isaak taengla a pha. Teah te Abraham khaw Isaak khaw bakuep.

And he came to Isaac his father in Mambre, the city of Arbee, this is Hebron: wherein Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28 Te vaengah Isaak kah khohnin loh kum ya neh kum sawmrhet lo coeng.

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.

29 Isaak khaw pal tih a duek vaengah patong kum soep la a pilnam taengah khoem uh coeng. Anih te a ca rhoi Esau neh Jakob loh a up.

And being spent with age he died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.