Genesis 35

1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”

Pea naʻe folofola ʻe he ʻOtua kia Sēkope, “Tuʻu hake ʻo ʻalu ki Peteli, pea nofo ai; pea ke ngaohi ʻi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe hā kiate koe ʻi hoʻo hola mei he ʻao ʻo ho taʻokete ko ʻIsoa.”

2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.

Pea fekau ai ʻe Sēkope ki hono kau nofoʻanga, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, ʻo pehē; “Tukuange ʻae ngaahi ʻotua kehe ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, pea mou maʻa, pea fetongi homou ngaahi kofu.

3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Pea ke tau tuʻu hake, ʻo ʻalu ki Peteli: pea te u ngaohi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe tali ʻeku hū, ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻeku mamahi, pea naʻe ʻiate au ʻi he hala naʻaku ʻalu ai.

4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].

Pea naʻa nau tuku kia Sēkope honau ngaahi ʻotua kehe kotoa pē naʻe ʻi honau nima, mo honau ngaahi hau, naʻe ʻi honau telinga; pea naʻe fufū ia ʻe Sēkope ʻi he lalo [ʻakau ]ko e oke naʻe ofi ki Sikemi.”

5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.

Pea naʻa nau fononga; pea ko e manavahē ki he ʻOtua, naʻe ʻi he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē naʻe tuʻu takatakai ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe ʻikai te nau tuli ʻae ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope.

6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.

Pea hoko ʻa Sēkope ki Lusa, ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ʻaia ko Peteli, ko ia mo e kakai naʻe ʻiate ia.

7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe ia ʻi ai ʻae ʻesifeilaulau, ʻo ne ui ʻae potu ko ia, ko ʻElepeteli: koeʻuhi naʻe hā ai ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, ʻi heʻene hola mei he ʻao ʻo hono taʻokete.

8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].

Pea naʻe pekia ai ʻa Tepola ko e tauhi ʻo Lepeka, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi Peteli, ʻi he lalo oke; pea naʻe fakahingoa ʻae potu ko ʻAlonipakuti.

9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.

Pea naʻe toe hā ʻae ʻOtua kia Sēkope, ʻi heʻene haʻu mei Petanalami, ʻo ne tāpuaki ia.

10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.

Pea pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, “Ko ho hingoa ko Sēkope: ka e ʻikai toe ui ho hingoa ko Sēkope, ka ko ʻIsileli ho hingoa: pea ne ui hono hingoa ko ʻIsileli.”

11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.

Pea pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, “Ko e ʻOtua Māfimafi au ke ke monūʻia, ʻo tupu ke tokolahi ko e puleʻanga, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga ʻe tupu ʻiate koe, pea ʻe tupu ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi tuʻi.

12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”

Pea ko e fonua naʻaku tuku kia ʻEpalahame mo ʻAisake, ʻoku ou foaki ia kiate koe, pea mo ho hako ʻamui ʻiate koe, te u foaki ki ai ʻae fonua.”

13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.

Pea naʻe hāʻele hake ʻae ʻOtua meiate ia, mei he potu naʻa ne folofola ai kiate ia.

14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sēkope ʻae pou ʻi he potu naʻa ne folofola ai kiate ia, ʻio, ʻae pou maka: pea ne lilingi ki ai ʻae feilaulau inu, pea ne lilingi ki ai ʻae lolo.

15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.

Pea naʻe ui ʻe Sēkope ʻae hingoa ʻoe potu ko ia naʻe folofola ai ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, ko Peteli.

16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.

Pea naʻa nau fononga mei Peteli pea naʻe toetoe siʻi pe, ke nau hoko ki ʻEfelata, pea naʻe langā ai ʻa Lesieli, pea naʻe faingataʻa.

17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”

Pea ʻi heʻene kei langā, naʻe lea ʻae māʻuli kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “ʻOua te ke manavahē; he te ke maʻu ʻae tama ni foki.”

18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.

Pea ʻi he tei ʻalu hono laumālie, (he naʻe pekia ia, ) pea ne ui hono hingoa ko Penioni; ka naʻe ui ia ʻe heʻene tamai ko Penisimani.

19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.

Pea naʻe pekia ʻa Lesieli, pea tanu ia ʻi he hala ʻoku tau ki ʻEfelata, ʻaia ko Petelihema.

20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.

Pea naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Sēkope ʻae pou ki hono tanuʻanga; pea ko e pou ia ʻoe tanuʻanga ʻo Lesieli, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].

Pea naʻe fai fononga ʻa ʻIsileli, pea folahi hono fale fehikitaki ki kō atu ʻoe fale māʻolunga ko ʻEta.

22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.

Pea ʻi he kei nofo ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he fonua ko ia, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lupeni ʻo na mohe mo Pila, ko e sinifu ʻo ʻene tamai; pea fanongo ki ai ʻa ʻIsileli. Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Sēkope naʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua.

23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.

Ko e ngaahi tama ʻa Lia: ko Lupeni, ko e ʻuluaki ʻo Sēkope, mo Simione, mo Livai, mo Siuta, mo ʻIsaka, mo Sepuloni.

24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

Ko e ongo tama ʻa Lesieli: ko Siosefa mo Penisimani.

25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

Pea ko e ongo tama ʻa Pila, ko e kaunanga ʻa Lesieli, ko Tani, mo Nafitali.

26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.

Pea ko e ongo tama ʻa Silipa, ko e kaunanga ʻa Lia; ko Kata mo ʻAseli; ko e ngaahi foha eni ʻo Sēkope, naʻe fanauʻi kiate ia ʻi Petanalami.

27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.

Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa Sēkope ki heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake ʻi Mamili, ki he kolo ko ʻAapa, ʻaia ko Hepeloni, ko e potu naʻe ʻāunofo ai ʻa ʻEpalahame mo ʻAisake.

28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.

Pea ko e ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻAisake, ko e taʻu ʻe teau, mo e taʻu ʻe valungofulu.

29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.

Pea tukuange ʻe ʻAisake ʻa hono laumālie, pea pekia ia, pea fakataha ia ki hono kakai, kuo motuʻa, naʻe aʻu hono ngaahi ʻaho; pea naʻe tanu ia ʻe hono ongo foha, ko ʻIsoa, mo Sēkope.