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.”

Y oía él las palabras de los hijos de Labán que decían: Jacob ha tomado todo lo que era de nuestro padre; y de lo que era de nuestro padre ha hecho toda esta gloria.

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

Miraba también Jacob el rostro de Labán, y veía que no era para con él como ayer y antes de ayer.

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

También el SEÑOR dijo a Jacob: Vuelvete a la tierra de tus padres, y a tu natural; que yo seré contigo.

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.

Y envió Jacob, y llamó a Raquel y a Lea al campo a sus ovejas,

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.

Y les dijo: Veo que el rostro de vuestro padre no es para conmigo como ayer y antes de ayer; mas el Dios de mi padre ha sido conmigo.

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

Y vosotras sabéis que con todas mis fuerzas he servido a vuestro padre;

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

y vuestro padre me ha mentido, que me ha mudado el salario diez veces; pero Dios no le ha permitido que me hiciese mal.

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.

Si él decía así: Los pintados serán tu salario; entonces todas las ovejas parían pintados; y si decía así: Los cinchados serán tu salario; entonces todas las ovejas parían cinchados.

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

Y quitó Dios el ganado de vuestro padre, y me lo dio a mí.

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.

Y sucedió que al tiempo que las ovejas se calentaban, alcé yo mis ojos y vi en sueños, y he aquí que los machos que subían sobre las hembras eran cinchados, pintados y abigarrados.

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

Y me dijo el ángel de Dios en sueños: Jacob. Y yo dije: Heme aquí.

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.

Y él dijo: Alza ahora tus ojos, y verás todos los machos que suben sobre las ovejas cinchados, pintados y abigarrados; porque yo he visto todo lo que Labán te ha hecho.

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.’”

Yo soy el Dios de Bet-el, donde tú ungiste el título, y donde me prometiste voto. Levántate ahora, y sal de esta tierra, y vuélvete a la tierra de tu naturaleza.

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

Y respondió Raquel y Lea, y le dijeron: ¿Tenemos acaso parte o heredad en la casa de nuestro 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!

¿No nos tiene ya como por extrañas, pues que nos vendió, y aun se ha comido del todo nuestro precio?

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!”

Porque toda la riqueza que Dios ha quitado a nuestro padre, nuestra es, y de nuestros hijos; ahora pues, haz todo lo que Dios te ha dicho.

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

Entonces se levantó Jacob, y subió sus hijos y sus mujeres sobre los camellos.

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.

Y guió todo su ganado, y toda su hacienda que había adquirido, el ganado de su ganancia que había adquirido en Padan-aram, para volverse a Isaac su padre en la tierra de Canaán.

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

Y Labán había ido a trasquilar sus ovejas; y Raquel hurtó los ídolos de su padre.

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

Y hurtó Jacob el corazón de Labán, el arameo, en no hacerle saber cómo se huía.

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.

Huyó, pues, con todo lo que tenía; y se levantó, y pasó el río, y puso su rostro al monte de Galaad.

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

Y fue dicho a Labán al tercer día cómo Jacob había huido.

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

Entonces tomó a sus hermanos consigo, y fue tras él camino de siete días, y le alcanzó en el monte de 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!”

Y vino Dios a Labán, el arameo, en sueños aquella noche, y le dijo: Guárdate que no digas a Jacob bueno ni malo.

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.

Alcanzó pues Labán a Jacob, y éste había fijado su tienda en el monte; y Labán acampó con sus hermanos en el monte de 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]!

Y dijo Labán a Jacob: ¿Qué has hecho, que me hurtaste el corazón, y has traído a mis hijas como cautivas a espada?

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?

¿Por qué te escondiste para huir, y me hurtaste el corazón, y no me hiciste saber, para que yo te enviara con alegría y con canciones, con tamborín y vihuela?

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!

Que aun no me dejaste besar mis hijos y mis hijas. Ahora locamente has hecho.

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.’

Poder hay en mi mano para haceros mal; mas el Dios de vuestro padre me habló anoche diciendo: Guárdate que no digas a Jacob ni bueno ni malo.

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

Y ya que te ibas, porque tenías deseo de la casa de tu padre, ¿por qué me hurtaste mis dioses?

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.

Y Jacob respondió, y dijo a Labán: Porque tuve miedo; pues dije, por ventura me robarías tus hijas.

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.

En quien hallares tus dioses, no viva; delante de nuestros hermanos reconoce lo que yo tuviere tuyo, y llévatelo. Jacob no sabía que Raquel los había hurtado.

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.

Y entró Labán en la tienda de Jacob, y en la tienda de Lea, y en la tienda de las dos siervas, y no los halló, y salió de la tienda de Lea, y vino a la tienda de Raquel.

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.

Y tomó Raquel los ídolos, y los puso en una albarda de un camello, y se sentó sobre ellos; y tentó Labán toda la tienda y no los halló.

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.

Y ella dijo a su padre: No se enoje mi señor, porque no me puedo levantar delante de ti; porque tengo la costumbre de las mujeres. Y él buscó, pero no halló los ídolos.

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

Entonces Jacob se enojó, y riñó con Labán; y respondió Jacob y dijo a Labán: ¿Qué prevaricación es la mía? ¿Cuál es mi pecado, que has seguido en pos de mí?

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!

Pues que has tentado todos mis alhajas, ¿qué has hallado de todas las alhajas de tu casa? Ponlo aquí delante de mis hermanos y tuyos, y juzguen entre nosotros ambos.

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.

Estos veinte años he estado contigo; tus ovejas y tus cabras nunca abortaron, ni yo comí carnero de tus ovejas.

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.

Nunca te traje lo arrebatado por las fieras; yo pagaba el daño; lo hurtado así de día como de noche, de mi mano lo requerías.

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

De día me consumía el calor, y de noche la helada, y el sueño se huía de mis ojos.

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].

Así he estado veinte años en tu casa: catorce años te serví por tus dos hijas, y seis años por tu ganado; y has mudado mi salario diez veces.

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.”

Si el Dios de mi padre, el Dios de Abraham, y el temor de Isaac, no fuera conmigo, de cierto me enviarías ahora vacío; vio Dios mi aflicción y el trabajo de mis manos, y te reprendió anoche.

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]?

Y respondió Labán, y dijo a Jacob: Las hijas son hijas mías, y los hijos, son hijos míos, y las ovejas son mis ovejas, y todo lo que tú ves es mío; ¿y que puedo yo hacer hoy a estas mis hijas, o a sus hijos que ellas han dado a luz?

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.”

Ven pues ahora, hagamos alianza yo y tú; y sea en testimonio entre mí y entre ti.

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

Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra, y la levantó por título.

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.

Y dijo Jacob a sus hermanos: Coged piedras. Y tomaron piedras e hicieron un majano; y comieron allí sobre aquel majano.

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].

Y lo llamó Labán: Jegar Sahaduta; y lo llamó Jacob Galaad.

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.

Porque Labán dijo: Este majano será testigo hoy entre mí y entre ti; por eso fue llamado su nombre Galaad;

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].

y Mizpa, por cuanto dijo: Atalaye el SEÑOR entre mí y entre ti, cuando nos esconderemos el uno del otro.

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!”

Si afligieres mis hijas, o si tomares otras mujeres además de mis hijas, nadie está con nosotros; mira, Dios es testigo entre mí y entre ti.

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.

Dijo más Labán a Jacob: He aquí este majano, y he aquí este título, que he erigido entre mí y ti.

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.

Testigo sea este majano, y testigo sea este título, que ni yo pasaré contra ti este majano, ni tú pasarás contra mí este majano ni este título, para mal.

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.

El Dios de Abraham, y el Dios de Nacor juzgue entre nosotros, el Dios de sus padres. Y Jacob juró por el temor de Isaac su 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.

Y ofreció Jacob sacrificio en el monte, y llamó a sus hermanos a comer pan; y comieron pan, y durmieron en el 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.

Y madrugó Labán por la mañana, y besó a sus hijos y a sus hijas, y los bendijo; y volvió y se tornó a su lugar.