< Genesis 28 >

1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Pea ui ʻe ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope ʻo ne tāpuaki ia, ʻo ne naʻinaʻi kiate ia, mo ne pehē ki ai, “ʻOua naʻa ke fili ho uaifi mei he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Kēnani;
2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Ka ke tuʻu ʻo ʻalu ki Petanalami, ki he fale ʻo Petueli ko e tamai ʻa hoʻo faʻē; pea ke fili hao uaifi mei he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Lepani, ko e tuongaʻane ʻo hoʻo faʻē.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples;
Pea ke tāpuaki koe ʻe he ʻOtua Māfimafi, pea fakatupu mo fakatokolahiʻi koe, koeʻuhi ke ke hoko ko e fuʻu kakai tokolahi.
4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.'
Pea ke tuku kiate koe ʻae tāpuaki ʻo ʻEpalahame, pea ki ho hako foki; koeʻuhi ke ke maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia ʻoku ke ʻāunofo ki ai, ʻaia naʻe foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kia ʻEpalahame.”
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Pea naʻe fekau ʻe ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope ke ne ʻalu: pea ʻalu ia ki Petanalami kia Lepani, ko e foha ʻo Petueli ko e [tangata ]Silia, ko e tuongaʻane ʻo Lepeka, ko e faʻē ʻa Sēkope mo ʻIsoa.
6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan';
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa ʻIsoa kuo tāpuaki ʻe ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope, ʻo ne fekau ia ke ʻalu ki Petanalami, ke fili moʻona ha uaifi mei ai; pea mo ʻene tāpuaki ia mo naʻinaʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē, ʻoua naʻa ke fili ha uaifi mei he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Kēnani:
7 and that Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;
Pea mo ʻene talangofua ʻa Sēkope ki heʻene tamai mo ʻene faʻē, pea kuo ʻalu ia ki Petanalami;
8 and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa ʻIsoa ʻoku ʻikai fiemālie ʻene tamai ko ʻAisake, ʻi he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Kēnani;
9 so Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Pea ʻalu ʻa ʻIsoa kia ʻIsimeʻeli, ʻo ne fakatokolahi ʻaki ʻae ngaahi uaifi naʻa ne maʻu ʻa Mehalate, ko e ʻofefine ʻo ʻIsimeʻeli, ko e foha ʻo ʻEpalahame, ko e tuofefine ʻo Nepeoti, ke mali mo ia.
10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Pea ʻalu atu ʻa Sēkope mei Peasipa, mo [ne ]fononga ki Halani.
11 And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Pea hoko ia ki he potu ʻe taha, pea ne nofo ai ʻi he pō ko ia, he kuo tō ʻae laʻā; pea ne toʻo ʻae ngaahi maka ʻoe potu ko ia, ke ne ʻolunga ʻaki, pea naʻa ne tokoto ʻi he potu ko ia, ʻo mohe.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Pea misi ia, pea vakai, kuo fokotuʻu ha tuʻunga ki he funga kelekele, pea tau hake hono potu ki he langi, pea vakai, naʻe feʻaluʻaki hake mo hifo ʻi ai ʻae kau ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood beside him, and said: 'I am the LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Pea vakai, naʻe ʻafio ʻa Sihova mei ʻolunga ʻi ai, pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au ko Sihova, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame ko hoʻo tamai, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻAisake: ko e fonua ʻoku ke tokoto ai, te u foaki ia kiate koe, mo ho hako.
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Pea ʻe tatau ho hako mo e efu ʻoe kelekele, pea te ke mafola koe ki he lulunga mo e hahake, pea ki he tokelau mo e tonga: pea ʻe monūʻia ʻiate koe mo ho hako, ʻae ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo māmani.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.'
Pea vakai, ʻoku ou ʻiate koe, pea te u tauhi koe ʻi hoʻo fononga kotoa pē, pea te u toe ʻomi koe ki he fonua ni: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u siʻaki koe, ka te u fai ʻaia kuo u lea ai kiate koe.”
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said: 'Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.'
Pea ʻā hake ʻa Sēkope mei heʻene mohe, pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ʻi heni ʻa Sihova; pea naʻe ʻikai te u ʻilo ia.”
17 And he was afraid, and said: 'How full of awe is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'
Pea naʻe manavahē ia, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku fakamanavahē ʻae potu ni! ʻOku ʻikai ko ha potu kehe eni, ka ko e fale ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ko eni ʻae matapā ʻoe langi.”
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Pea tuʻu hengihengi hake pe ʻa Sēkope, pea ne toʻo mai ʻae maka naʻa ne ʻolunga ʻaki, pea ne tō ia ko e pou, pea lilingi ʻe ia ʻae lolo ki ai.
19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Pea ne ui ʻae hingoa ʻoe potu ko ia ko Peteli: ka ko hono hingoa ʻi muʻa ʻoe kolo ko ia ko Lusa.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Pea fai ai ʻe Sēkope ʻae fuakava, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ʻe ʻiate au ʻae ʻOtua, pea ne tauhi au ʻi he hala ni ʻoku ou ʻalu ai, pea ne foaki kiate au ʻa ʻeku meʻakai, mo e ngaahi kofu ke u ai,
21 so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God,
Koeʻuhi ke u toe hoko ki he fale ʻo ʻeku tamai ʻi he fiemālie, pehē, te u ʻOtua ʻaki ʻa Sihova;
22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.'
pea ko e maka ni, ʻaia kuo u tō ko e pou, ʻe hoko ia ko e fale ʻoe ʻOtua; pea ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē te ke tuku mai kiate au, te u ʻatu moʻoni hono vahe hongofulu kiate koe.”

< Genesis 28 >