Semtilbu 30
1 Hichun Rachel'in Jacob cha ahinpeh lou akihet chet phat in a sopinu athangset pin, hijeh chun Jacob komma atao tan, “Keijong cha le nao nei hinpeh in achuti loule keima thi ding ka nom jotai atin ahi.”
When Rachel [Ewe sheep] saw that she bore Jacob [Supplanter] no children, Rachel [Ewe sheep] envied her sister. She said to Jacob [Supplanter], “Give me children, or else I will die.”
2 Jacob chu Rachel chunga alung hang jah jeng in, “Keima Pathen ka hipoi ama ahi cha nei louva na koi, na naobu khah tan achu,” ati.
Jacob [Supplanter]’s anger burned against Rachel [Ewe sheep], and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
3 Hichun Rachel in adonbut in, “Kasohnu Bilhah hi galup khompi tan, chutile amanun nao eihin peh intin chua konna chu keiman jong ka chilhah insung kaki semdoh thei ding ahi,” ati.
She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah [Bashful]. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”
4 Rachel in Bilhah asohnu chu Jacob ji din apetai chuin Jacob'in Bilhah chu akitimat pitai.
She gave him Bilhah [Bashful] her servant as wife, and Jacob [Supplanter] went in to her.
5 Bilhah in nao ahinvop'in Jacob ding in chapa khat ahin peh tai.
Bilhah [Bashful] conceived, and bore Jacob [Supplanter] a son.
6 Hichun Rachel in aseiye, “Pathen in ka lunggel eisu bulhit pehtai, chule katao na jong eisan peh in chapa eipe tai atin hijeh chun naosen min chu Dan asahtai.”
Rachel [Ewe sheep] said, “God has judged me, and has also sh'ma ·heard obeyed· my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore called she his name Dan [He judged].
7 Chuin Rachel sohnu Bilhah chun nao avop kit in Jacob chapa anina ahin peh kittai.
Bilhah [Bashful], Rachel [Ewe sheep]’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob [Supplanter] a second son.
8 Hichun Rachel'in, “Keiman ka sopinu toh hatah a kaki set delna lhon a keiman kajou tai,” atin hichun naosen min chu Napthali asah tai.
Rachel [Ewe sheep] said, “With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali [My wrestling].
9 Leah in nao aneikit tah lou ding ahin kihet doh phat in asohnu Zilpah chu ji din ape tai.
When Leah [Weary] saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah [Frailty], her servant, and gave her to Jacob [Supplanter] as a wife.
10 Hijeh chun Leah sohnu Zilpah chun Jacob ding in chapa khat ahin pehtai.
Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a son.
11 Hichun Leah in hitin aseiye, “Hamphat aum bouve,” atin naosen min chu “Gad” asah tai. Hichun avetsah chu, keima iti vangphat kahi hitam tina ahi.
Leah [Weary] said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad [Good fortune].
12 Hichun Leah sohnu Zilpah chun Jacob chapa anina chu ahin peh kitin ahi.
Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a second son.
13 Leah chun aseiye, “Keiya din iti thanop um hitam, tua hi numei dang jousen hatah a eiki papi diu ahitai,” atin hiche naosen min chu Asher asah tai.
Leah [Weary] said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher [Happy].
14 Nikhat Reuben chu suhlou chang vohlai in akon in ahile loulai achun Joldei-Ai (Mandrake) amun anu Leah ahin poh peh in ahile, hichun Rachel in Leah koma “lungset tah in na chapa Joldei-Ai hinpoh chu kei jong nei hom thei ding ham tin athum tai.”
Reuben [See, a son!] went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah [Weary]. Then Rachel [Ewe sheep] said to Leah [Weary], “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 Hinlah Leah in Rachel jah a “Ka inneipu neilah peh jong thil neocha na bola, tua jong kachapa Joldei-Ai hinpoh jong lahpeh ding neiti ham?” atile Rachel in adonbut in, “Chuti ahile nachapa Joldei-Ai poh man ding in tujan Jacob'in nangma na lupkhompi thei nante,” ati.
She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel [Ewe sheep] said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 Hiche nilhah chun Jacob phailei lama kona ahung ki nungle phat in Leah achen aga kimu pin, “Tujan hi keima toh ilupkhom ding ahi, Ajeh chu tujan adinga ka chapan nao neitheina hinpoh a tujana dinga ka choh na hitai,” hichun Jacob chu hiche jan chun Leah to ageh lhontai.
Jacob [Supplanter] came from the field in the evening, and Leah [Weary] went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.
17 Pathen in Leah taona chu asan pehtan, nao ahin voptan Jacob chapa nga lhinna ahin neipeh tai.
God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· to Leah [Weary], and she conceived, and bore Jacob [Supplanter] a fifth son.
18 Hichun Leah in asei tan, “ka sohnu chu kajipa ka pehdoh jeh in Pathen in ka choh doh man eipe tai,” atin hichun naosen min chu Issachar asah tan ahi.
Leah [Weary] said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar [Hire, Reward].
19 Chujouvin jong Leah chun nao avop kit'in Jacob ding in chapa gup lhinna ahin peh kit tai.
Leah [Weary] conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob [Supplanter].
20 Hichun Leah in asei tan, “Pathen in keima numei thilken phatah tah eiken peh tai, tuapat'in kaji pan ngailutna sangtah einei ding ahi tai, ajeh chu chapa gup kaneipeh tai,” hichun amanun naosen min chu Zebulun asah tai.
Leah [Weary] said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun [Living together].
21 Ahin phat chomkhat jouvin nao numei khat ahingin amin chu Dinah asah in ahi.
Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Hichun Pathen in Rachel chu asumil pon Pathen in ataona asanpeh in anaobu chu ahon pehtai.
God remembered Rachel [Ewe sheep], and God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· to her, and opened her womb.
23 Hijeh chun Rachel in jong nao ahin vop'in chapa khat ahin neitai; hichun Rachel in hitin aseiye, “Pathen in kaja chatna jouse asubeitai,” ati.
She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
24 Rachel'in anao min chu Joseph asah in hitin aseiye, “Pakaiyin chapa dang khat jong eihin sah kit teitei hen o!” ati.
She named him Joseph [May he add], saying, “May Adonai add another son to me.”
25 Rachel in Joseph ahin neijou phat chun, Jacob in Laban koma asei tai, “Nei nungsol tan kagam lang uva,” ati.
When Rachel [Ewe sheep] had borne Joseph [May he add], Jacob [Supplanter] said to Laban [White], “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
26 Kajite kachate neipe dohtan phat sottah nangma in alhachan ka pangtan, tua hi keima ki nungle phat ahung hitai, chule ito banga nangma na katoh peh nahim nangman nakihet nai ati.
Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
27 Ahin Laban in Jacob jah a aseiye, “Ahithei dingle lungset tah in neida lha hih in ajeh chu nangma ka insunga na hung lutna pat in Pathen in phatthei eiboh lheh jeng in ahi.
Laban [White] said to him, “If now I have found chen ·grace· in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Adonai has blessed me for your sake.”
28 Chule Jacob in asei in, natoh man ding ijat ham neisei peh tan keiman kapeh ding nahi ati.
He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.”
29 Chuin Jacob in adonbut in, “Nangman na henai itobanga nangma na katoh a na gancha ho hung pung thei ham?” ati.
He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
30 “Ajeh chu keima ka hung masang chun themcha bou na neijin tun apung jal tan, Pathen in hatah in phatthei na boh tan ahi. Ahile itih phat hi ding ham? keima insunga ding katoh na ding,” ati.
For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Adonai has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”
31 Chule Laban in adong kitin, “Ipiba ka peh ding ham? Jacob'in aseiye, Imacha neipe hih in, ahin thil khat neibol peh le chun keiman nagancha na vettup peh nang'e ati.
He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob [Supplanter] said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
32 Tun keiman na gancha kelngoi ho ga khol sohkei jing ting, amaho lah achun apol jouse hin lheng doh inting, chule keltah ho laha jong apol thim hihen hapol apol jouse hin lheng doh ingting, hichengse chu keima natoh man in neibol pehtan ati.
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
33 Khonung teng kana toh man sutoh dinga nahung teng ka kitah na nahin muchen thei na dingin, kelchate lah a apol lou hihen, ha pol a pol lou akimu doh khah a, kelngoi lah a jong apol lou khattou aum khah a ahile hiche ho se chu nangma akona kaguh a kisim jeng thei ding ahi,” ati.
So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be considered stolen.”
34 Hichun Laban in adonbut in, “Apha lheh jeng'e nangman nasei bang chu himai tahen,” ati.
Laban [White] said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
35 Hinlah Laban in hiche nikho ma ma chun kelcha achal asandup apol, chule abeh beh a kang kelcha anu apol ho, chule kelngoi avom ho jouse chu achapa koma abon'in agathah doh sah sohkei in ahi.
That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 Hichun aman Jacob to nithum jen lampi a kigam lat'in asol mangtai, chule Jacob in Laban gancha aki thah lou jouse chu aching jom jing tan ahi.
He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob [Supplanter], and Jacob [Supplanter] fed the rest of Laban [White]’s flocks.
37 Chuin Jacob in Almond le Shiga phung bah ho chu amal ngim in hiche thingbah avel akang lai ho chu kelcha ho amusah in ahi.
Jacob [Supplanter] took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 Hichun Jacob in thingbah amal ngim hon chu kelngoi ho twi donna konga akoiyin, kelngoite twichip dinga ahung ji teng ule kijang matji ahi jeh uva akoi ahi.
He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
39 Kelngoi ho chu thingbah akang lai masanga chu ki jang mat ji, chuteng chule kelngoite chun akang pol jong, hapol a pol jong ahin hing doh doh tauve.
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 Jacob in kelngoi ho chu ahoikhen in Laban kelngoi hon lah a akangpol ho leh avom ho chu ahoikhen in ama chan ding chengse chu atum in akhen doh in, Laban a lah achun ahoi lut tapoi.
Jacob [Supplanter] separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban [White]: and he put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban [White]’s flock.
41 Hiti chun kelngoi lah a asapha ho chu aki jang mat teng ule thingbah ho amu uva, aki jang mat theina ding uvin Jacob in jong thingbah ho amasang uva twi lonna kom laiya aga jam peh jin ahi.
Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob [Supplanter] laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
42 Hinlah Jacob'in kelngoi atahsa phalou ho ahi tengle aga jamle jipoi, ajeh chu Laban a chu asapha lou jeng ahin, Jacob a vang chu asapha jeng ahiuve.
but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the more feeble were Laban [White]’s, and the stronger Jacob [Supplanter]’s.
43 Hijeh chun Jacob chu ahung hao thei lheh tan, kelngoi tamtah ahin neitan, soh numei ahin soh pasal ahin tamtah aneiyin, chule sangan le sangangsao jong tamtah anei doh tai.
The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
