< Genesis 30 >

1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
Kun Raakel näki, ettei hän synnyttänyt Jaakobille, kadehti hän sisartaan ja sanoi Jaakobille: "Hanki minulle lapsia, muuten minä kuolen".
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
Niin Jaakob vihastui Raakeliin ja sanoi: "Minäkö olen Jumala, joka on kieltänyt sinulta kohdun hedelmän?"
3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
Mutta Raakel sanoi: "Tässä on orjattareni Bilha; yhdy häneen, että hän synnyttäisi minun helmaani ja minäkin siten saisin lapsia hänestä".
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
Ja hän antoi hänelle orjattarensa Bilhan vaimoksi ja Jaakob yhtyi häneen.
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
Ja Bilha tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille pojan.
6 Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
Niin Raakel sanoi: "Jumala hankki minulle oikeuden, ja hän kuuli minun ääneni ja antoi minulle pojan". Sentähden hän antoi hänelle nimen Daan.
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Ja Bilha, Raakelin orjatar, tuli jälleen raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille toisen pojan.
8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
Niin Raakel sanoi: "Jumalan taisteluja minä olen taistellut sisareni kanssa ja olen voittanut". Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Naftali.
9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
Kun Leea näki lakanneensa synnyttämästä, otti hän orjattarensa Silpan ja antoi hänet Jaakobille vaimoksi.
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Ja Silpa, Leean orjatar, synnytti Jaakobille pojan.
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
Niin Leea sanoi: "Onneksi!" Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Gaad.
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Ja Silpa, Leean orjatar, synnytti Jaakobille toisen pojan.
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
Niin Leea sanoi: "Onnellista minua! Niin, naiset ylistävät minua onnelliseksi." Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Asser.
14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
Mutta Ruuben meni kerran ulos nisunleikkuun aikana ja löysi lemmenmarjoja vainiolta ja toi ne äidillensä Leealle. Niin Raakel sanoi Leealle: "Anna minulle poikasi lemmenmarjoja".
15 But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
Leea vastasi hänelle: "Eikö riitä, että olet vienyt minulta mieheni, koska tahdot ottaa vielä poikani lemmenmarjatkin?" Raakel sanoi: "Olkoon, maatkoon hän tämän yön sinun kanssasi, kunhan saan poikasi lemmenmarjat".
16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
Kun Jaakob illalla palasi vainiolta, meni Leea häntä vastaan ja sanoi: "Minun luokseni sinun on tultava, sillä minä olen ostanut sinut poikani lemmenmarjoilla". Ja hän makasi sen yön hänen kanssaan.
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Ja Jumala kuuli Leeaa, ja Leea tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille viidennen pojan.
18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
Niin Leea sanoi: "Jumala on palkinnut minulle sen, että annoin orjattareni miehelleni". Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Isaskar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
Ja Leea tuli jälleen raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille kuudennen pojan.
20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
Silloin Leea sanoi: "Jumala on antanut minulle hyvän lahjan. Nyt mieheni on asuva minun luonani, sillä minä olen synnyttänyt hänelle kuusi poikaa." Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Sebulon.
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Sitten hän synnytti tyttären ja antoi hänelle nimen Diina.
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Mutta Jumala muisti Raakeliakin, ja Jumala kuuli häntä ja avasi hänen kohtunsa.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
Niin hän tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti pojan ja sanoi: "Jumala on ottanut pois minun häpeäni".
24 She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Joosef, sanoen: "Herra antakoon minulle vielä toisen pojan".
25 After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
Ja kun Raakel oli synnyttänyt Joosefin, sanoi Jaakob Laabanille: "Päästä minut menemään kotiini ja omaan maahani.
26 You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
Anna minulle vaimoni ja lapseni, joiden vuoksi olen sinua palvellut, mennäkseni pois; sillä tiedäthän itse, kuinka olen sinua palvellut."
27 But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
Laaban vastasi hänelle: "Jospa saisin armon silmiesi edessä! Merkkini ilmoittavat, että Herra sinun tähtesi on siunannut minua."
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
Ja hän sanoi vielä: "Määrää palkka, joka minun on sinulle maksettava, niin minä sen annan".
29 Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
Hän vastasi hänelle: "Itsehän tiedät, kuinka minä olen sinua palvellut ja millaiseksi karjasi on tullut minun hoidossani.
30 You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
Sillä vähän sinulla oli ennen minun tuloani, mutta sitten se on karttunut suureksi, ja Herra on siunannut sinua, missä vain minä liikuin. Mutta milloin saan ruveta tekemään työtä minäkin oman perheeni hyväksi?"
31 Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
Hän vastasi: "Mitä minun on sinulle annettava?" Jaakob sanoi: "Ei sinun tarvitse antaa minulle mitään. Jos myönnät minulle tämän, niin minä yhä edelleen paimennan ja vartioitsen sinun laumojasi:
32 Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
minä tarkastan tänään kaiken laumasi; erota siitä pois kaikki pilkulliset ja kirjavat lampaat sekä karitsoista kaikki mustat ja vuohista kirjavat ja pilkulliset. Ja minun palkkani on sitten oleva tämä,
33 In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
ja siinä minun rehellisyyteni tulee toteennäytetyksi: kun vasta tulet omin silmin katsomaan minun palkkaani, niin kaikki vuohet, jotka eivät ole pilkullisia eivätkä kirjavia, ja kaikki karitsat, jotka eivät ole mustia, katsottakoon minun varastamikseni."
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
Laaban vastasi: "Hyvä, olkoon, niinkuin olet puhunut".
35 But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
Ja samana päivänä hän erotti pois juovikkaat ja kirjavat vuohipukit ja kaikki pilkulliset ja kirjavat vuohet-kaikki, joissa oli jotakin valkoista-sekä kaikki mustat karitsat ja jätti ne poikiensa hoitoon.
36 Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Ja hän asetti niin, että oli kolmen päivän välimatka hänen ja Jaakobin välillä; ja Jaakob paimensi Laabanin muuta karjaa.
37 Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
Mutta Jaakob otti itselleen tuoreita haavan, mantelipuun ja plataanin oksia ja kuori niihin valkeita juovia, paljastaen oksien valkoisen rungon.
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
Ja kuorimansa oksat hän pani eläinten eteen vesikaukaloihin eli juoma-astioihin, joista ne tulivat juomaan; ja ne olivat kiimallaan tullessansa juomaan.
39 The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
Ja eläimet pariutuivat oksien edessä ja synnyttivät juovikkaita, pilkullisia ja kirjavia karitsoita.
40 Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
Sitten Jaakob erotti karitsat; ja hän asetti eläinten päät niihin päin, jotka olivat pilkullisia, ja kaikkiin niihin päin, jotka olivat mustia Laabanin laumassa; siten hän hankki itselleen eri laumansa eikä päästänyt niitä Laabanin laumaan.
41 In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
Ja joka kerta kun voimakkaat eläimet olivat kiimallaan, pani Jaakob oksat eläinten silmien eteen vesikaukaloihin, niin että ne pariutuivat oksien edessä.
42 But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
Mutta heikkojen eläinten eteen hän ei niitä pannut. Niin joutuivat heikot Laabanille ja voimakkaat Jaakobille.
43 As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
Ja siten mies tuli ylen rikkaaksi; hän sai paljon pikkukarjaa sekä palvelijattaria, palvelijoita, kameleja ja aaseja.

< Genesis 30 >