Genesis 31

1 Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything [HYP] that belonged to our father.”

Or Giacobbe udì le parole de’ figliuoli di Labano, che dicevano: “Giacobbe ha tolto tutto quello che era di nostro padre; e con quello ch’era di nostro padre, s’è fatto tutta questa ricchezza”.

2 And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before.

Giacobbe osservò pure il volto di Labano; ed ecco, non era più, verso di lui, quello di prima.

3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.”

E l’Eterno disse a Giacobbe: “Torna al paese de’ tuoi padri e al tuo parentado; e io sarò teco”.

4 So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were.

E Giacobbe mandò a chiamare Rachele e Lea perché venissero ai campi, presso il suo gregge, e disse loro:

5 When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.

“Io vedo che il volto di vostro padre non è più, verso di me, quello di prima; ma l’Iddio di mio padre è stato meco.

6 You two know that I have worked very hard for your father,

E voi sapete che io ho servito il padre vostro con tutto il mio potere,

7 but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.

mentre vostro padre m’ha ingannato e ha mutato il mio salario dieci volte; ma Dio non gli ha permesso di farmi del male.

8 When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped.

Quand’egli diceva: I macchiati saranno il tuo salario, tutto il gregge i figliava agnelli macchiati; e quando diceva: Gli striati saranno il tuo salario, tutto il gregge figliava agnelli striati.

9 In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me.

Così Iddio ha tolto il bestiame a vostro padre, e me l’ha dato.

10 “One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I [looked up and was surprised to] see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted.

E una volta avvenne, al tempo che le pecore entravano in caldo, ch’io alzai gli occhi, e vidi, in sogno, che i maschi che montavano le femmine, erano striati macchiati o chiazzati.

11 An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’

E l’angelo di Dio mi disse nel sogno: Giacobbe! E io risposi: Eccomi!

12 He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

Ed egli: Alza ora gli occhi e guarda; tutti i maschi che montano le femmine, sono striati, macchiati o chiazzati; perché ho veduto tutto quel che Labano ti fa.

13 I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured [olive] oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’”

Io son l’Iddio di Bethel, dove tu ungesti un monumento e mi facesti un voto, Ora lèvati, partiti da questo paese, e torna al tuo paese natìo”.

14 Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies [RHQ].

Rachele e Lea risposero e gli dissero: “Abbiam noi forse ancora qualche parte o eredità in casa di nostro padre?

15 He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! [Your working for him all these years was like a payment] that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!

Non ci ha egli trattate da straniere, quando ci ha vendute e ha per di più mangiato il nostro danaro?

16 Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!”

Tutte le ricchezze che Dio ha tolte a nostro padre, sono nostre e dei nostri figliuoli; or dunque, fa’ tutto quello che Dio t’ha detto”.

17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels.

Allora Giacobbe si levò, mise i suoi figliuoli e le sue mogli sui cammelli,

18 He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region.

e menò via tutto il suo bestiame, tutte le sostanze che aveva acquistate, il bestiame che gli apparteneva e che aveva acquistato in Paddan-Aram, per andarsene da Isacco suo padre, nel paese di Canaan.

19 Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the [small wooden] idols [that were in her father’s tent].

Or mentre Labano se n’era andato a tosare le sue pecore, Rachele rubò gl’idoli di suo padre.

20 Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave.

E Giacobbe si partì furtivamente da Labano, l’Arameo, senza dirgli che voleva fuggire.

21 So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region.

Così se ne fuggì, con tutto quello che aveva; e si levò, passò il fiume, e si diresse verso il monte di Galaad.

22 On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left.

Il terzo giorno, fu annunziato a Labano che Giacobbe se n’era fuggito.

23 So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days.

Allora egli prese seco i suoi fratelli, lo inseguì per sette giornate di cammino, e lo raggiunse al monte di Galaad.

24 Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all [HYP] to him in an angry manner!”

Ma Dio venne a Labano l’Arameo, in un sogno della notte, e gli disse: “Guardati dal parlare a Giacobbe, né in bene né in male”.

25 The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too.

Labano dunque raggiunse Giacobbe. Or Giacobbe avea piantato la sua tenda sul monte; e anche Labano e i suoi fratelli avean piantato le loro, sul monte di Galaad.

26 Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war [MTY]!

Allora Labano disse a Giacobbe: “Che hai fatto, partendoti da me furtivamente, e menando via le mie figliuole come prigioniere di guerra?

27 Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you?

Perché te ne sei fuggito di nascosto, e sei partito da me furtivamente, e non m’hai avvertito? Io t’avrei accomiatato con gioia e con canti, a suon di timpano di cetra.

28 (You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?) [RHQ] What you have done was foolish!

E non m’hai neppur permesso di baciare i miei figliuoli e le mie figliuole! Tu hai agito stoltamente.

29 My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’

Ora è in poter mio di farvi del male; ma l’Iddio del padre vostro mi parlò la notte scorsa, dicendo: Guardati dal parlare a Giacobbe, né in bene né in male.

30 Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my [wooden] idols?”

Ora dunque te ne sei certo andato, perché anelavi alla casa di tuo padre; ma perché hai rubato i miei dèi?”

31 Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that [if I told you], you would forcefully take your daughters away from me.

E Giacobbe rispose a Labano: “Egli è che avevo paura, perché dicevo fra me che tu m’avresti potuto togliere per forza le tue figliuole.

32 But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols.

Ma chiunque sia colui presso il quale avrai trovato i tuoi dèi, egli deve morire! In presenza dei nostri fratelli, riscontra ciò ch’è tuo fra le cose mie, e prenditelo!” Or Giacobbe ignorava che Rachele avesse rubato gl’idoli.

33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent.

Labano dunque entrò nella tenda di Giacobbe, nella tenda di Lea e nella tenda delle due serve, ma non trovò nulla. E uscito dalla tenda di Lea, entrò nella tenda di Rachele.

34 But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them.

Or Rachele avea preso gl’idoli, li avea messi nel basto del cammello, e vi s’era posta sopra a sedere. Labano frugò tutta la tenda, e non trovò nulla.

35 Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence [to show respect for you], because I am having my monthly menstrual period. [EUP]” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the [wooden] idols.

Ed ella disse a suo padre: “Non s’abbia il mio signore a male s’io non posso alzarmi davanti a te, perché ho le solite ricorrenze delle donne”. Ed egli cercò ma non trovò gl’idoli.

36 Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me?

Allora Giacobbe si adirò e contese con Labano e riprese a dirgli: “Qual è il mio delitto, qual è il mio peccato, perché tu m’abbia inseguito con tanto ardore?

37 Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me!

Tu hai frugato tutta la mia roba; che hai trovato di tutta la roba di casa tua? Mettilo qui davanti ai miei e tuoi fratelli, e giudichino loro fra noi due!

38 I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have (not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely). I have not [killed and] eaten any rams from your flocks.

Ecco vent’anni che sono stato con te; le tue pecore e le tue capre non hanno abortito, e io non ho mangiato i montoni del tuo gregge.

39 When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals.

Io non t’ho mai portato quel che le fiere aveano squarciato; n’ho subìto il danno io; tu mi ridomandavi conto di quello ch’era stato rubato di giorno o rubato di notte.

40 I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep [PRS]!

Di giorno, mi consumava il caldo; di notte, il gelo; e il sonno fuggiva dagli occhi miei.

41 I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times [HYP].

Ecco vent’anni che sono in casa tua; t’ho servito quattordici anni per le tue due figliuole, e sei anni per le tue pecore, e tu hai mutato il mio salario dieci volte.

42 If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away (with nothing in my hands/owning nothing)! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.”

Se l’Iddio di mio padre, l’Iddio d’Abrahamo e il Terrore d’Isacco non fosse stato meco, certo, tu m’avresti ora a rimandato vuoto. Iddio ha veduto la mia afflizione e la fatica delle mie mani, e la notte scorsa ha pronunziato la sua sentenza”.

43 Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine [HYP]! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to [RHQ]?

E Labano rispose a Giacobbe, dicendo: “Queste figliuole son mie figliuole, questi figliuoli son miei figliuoli, queste pecore son pecore mie, e tutto quel che vedi è mio. E che posso io fare oggi a queste mie figliuole o ai loro figliuoli ch’esse hanno partorito?

44 I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.”

Or dunque vieni, facciamo un patto fra me e te, e serva esso di testimonianza fra me e te”.

45 So Jacob took a [large] stone and set it on its end.

Giacobbe prese una pietra, e la eresse in monumento.

46 Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap.

E Giacobbe disse ai suoi fratelli: “Raccogliete delle pietre”. Ed essi presero delle pietre, ne fecero un mucchio, e presso il mucchio mangiarono.

47 Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, [which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, ] but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, [which has the same meaning].

E Labano chiamò quel mucchio Jegar-Sahadutha, e Giacobbe lo chiamò Galed.

48 Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed.

E Labano disse: “Questo mucchio è oggi testimonio fra me e te”. Perciò fu chiamato Galed,

49 They also named the place Mizpah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, ] because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, [so that we do not try to harm each other].

e anche Mitspa, perché Labano disse: “L’Eterno tenga l’occhio su me e su te quando non ci potremo vedere l’un l’altro.

50 If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!”

Se tu affliggi le mie figliuole e se prendi altre mogli oltre le mie figliuole, non un uomo sarà con noi; ma, bada, Iddio sarà testimonio fra me e te”.

51 Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us.

Labano disse ancora a Giacobbe: “Ecco questo mucchio di pietre, ed ecco il monumento che io ho eretto fra me e te.

52 Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me.

Sia questo mucchio un testimonio e sia questo monumento un testimonio che io non passerò oltre questo mucchio per andare a te, e che tu non passerai oltre questo mucchio e questo monumento, per far del male.

53 We will ask the God whom [your grandfather] Abraham and [his father] Nahor worshiped to punish [MTY] either one of us, [if we harm the other one].” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised.

L’Iddio d’Abrahamo e l’Iddio di Nahor, l’Iddio del padre loro, sia giudice fra noi!” E Giacobbe giurò per il Terrore d’Isacco suo padre.

54 He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night.

Poi Giacobbe offrì un sacrifizio sul monte, e invitò i suoi fratelli a mangiar del pane. Essi dunque mangiarono del pane, e passarono la notte sul monte.

55 The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters [goodbye] and asked God to bless them. Then he [and his men] left them and returned home.

La mattina, Labano si levò di buon’ora, baciò i suoi figliuoli e le sue figliuole, e li benedisse. Poi Labano se ne andò, e tornò a casa sua.