Genesis 31
1 Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”
Laban e canaw ni, Jakop ni kaimae apa e hno pueng koung a la pouh dawkvah, hete tawnta e naw pueng heh a hmu e doeh, telah a dei awh e lawk hah Jakop ni a thai.
2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and, behold, it was not towards him as before.
Jakop ni, Laban e minhmai a khet nah a hmoun e patetlah minhmai kahawi ka hmawt hoeh toe tie hah a panue.
3 The LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni Jakop koevah, na mintoenaw e ram hoi na imthungkhu lah ban nateh, nang koe vah ka o han, telah ati.
4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
Jakop ni tami a patoun teh Rachel hoi Leah hah saring onae law vah tho hanelah a kaw sak.
5 and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not towards me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Ahnimouh roi koe, na pa e minhmai ka hmu navah, ahmoun e patetlah minhmai kahawi ka hmawt hoeh toe tie hah ka panue, hateiteh Apa Cathut teh kai koe ao toe.
6 You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
Ka thayung abuemlahoi na pa e thaw ka tawk e hah na panue awh.
7 Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.
Hot nahlangva na pa ni na dum teh, ka hmu hane aphu hah vai hra touh na dum toe. Hatei patawnae na poe hane teh Cathut ni na pasoung hoeh.
8 If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
Tarakcak e pueng hah aphu lah ao han telah a dei teh saring pueng ni tarakcak lah koung a khe. Taracak hoi kâkalawt lah a khe e pueng aphu lah ao han ati ei nakunghai, saring pueng ni tarakcak lah koung a khe.
9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
Hottelah, Cathut ni na pa e saringhu hah a la pouh teh kai na poe e doeh.
10 During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leapt on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
Hahoi hettelah ao. Saring âvâ yawng hane a kamtawng nah ka mang lah ka khet teh, khenhaw! âvâ ka cawt e a tan hah a em lah kaawm e hoi a em tarakcak e hoi, a em dakdak kaawm e naw hah ka hmu.
11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’
Ka mang lah Cathut e kalvantami ni, Jakop ati teh kai ni, hi vah ka i doeh, ka ti pouh.
12 He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
Ahni ni, moung na teh, khenhaw! a tan ni âvâ a yawng e pueng hah a em kaawm hoi a em tarakcak e hoi a em dakdak kaawm naw seng doeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Laban ni nang dawk a sak e naw pueng hah be ka panue.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
Kai teh talung na ungnae dawk satui na awinae, kai koe lawkkam na saknae Bethel, hote Bethel Cathut lah ka o. Atu thaw nateh hete ram heh tâcawt takhai, na khenae ram koe lah ban leih, telah ati.
14 Rachel and Leah answered him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
Rachel hoi Leah ni a pathung roi teh, apa im e maimouh hanelah ham hane hoi râw ao rah maw.
15 Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.
Ahni ni imyin patetlah na pouk awh toung nahoehmaw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na yo awh teh maimae tangka hai be a ca awh toe.
16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut ni maimae na pa koehoi a la e naw pueng teh, maimae canaw hane doeh. Hottelah Cathut ni nang koe a dei e pueng teh sak yawkaw, telah atipouh.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on the camels,
Jakop hah a thaw teh, a capanaw hoi a yu roi hah kalauk dawk a kâcui sak.
18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Kanaan ram a na pa Isak koe cei hanelah a saringnaw hoi hnopai a pâtung e a hmu e saringnaw pueng, Paddanaram ram e a tawn e naw pueng be a sin awh.
19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.
Laban teh amae tu muen ngaw hanelah a cei teh Rachel ni a cei teh a na pa e Terah meikaphawk hah yout a la pouh.
20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
Jakop teh Siria tami Laban panuek laipalah, arulahoi a cei. A cei hane hah dei pouh hoeh.
21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead.
Hottelah a tawn e naw pueng hoi a yawng. A thaw teh palang a raka teh Gilead mon lah pâtam lahoi a cei.
22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Jakop a yawng tie hah apâthum hnin vah Laban koe a dei pouh awh.
23 He took his relatives with him, and pursued him seven days’ journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
A hmaunawnghanaw a hrawi teh, hnin sari touh thung a pâlei teh Gilead mon dawk rek a pha awh.
24 God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”
Hateiteh, Siria tami Laban koe karum a mang lahoi Cathut a tho teh, Jakop koe a thoe hoi hawi banghai na dei hoeh nahanelah kâhruetcuet, telah atipouh.
25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
Hottelah Laban ni Jakop hah rek a pha. Jakop ni rim hah mon dawk a yap teh, Laban hoi a hmaunawnghanaw ni Gilead mon dawk ahnimae rim hah a yap awh van.
26 Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
Laban ni Jakop koe, na sak e hno heh bangmaw. Ka thai laipalah dung na cei awh teh, tarantuknae koe man e patetlah ka canunaw na yawngkhai.
27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
Bang kecu dawk maw, arulahoi tapueng hoi ratoung hoi na thak thai nahanlah dei laipalah na o.
28 and didn’t allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now have you done foolishly.
Ka capanaw hoi ka canunaw ka paco han na pasoung hoeh. Hottelae pathunae hno hah na sak.
29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’
Kai ni koung na raphoe thai han ei teh, na pa Cathut ni karum ka mang lah, Jakop koe a thoe hoi hawi banghai na dei hoeh nahanelah kâhruetcuet, telah na dei pouh.
30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
Na pa im na rabui poung kecu dawkvah, na ka cet e katang lah na o. Hatei bang kecu dawk maw ka cathutnaw na paru pouh awh, telah ati.
31 Jacob answered Laban, “Because I was afraid, for I said, ‘Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.’
Jakop ni a pathung teh Laban koe, na canunaw heh thama lah na lawm vai tie hah ka puen dawk doeh.
32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For Jacob didn’t know that Rachel had stolen them.
Namae cathut ka lat e teh hring sak hanh. Ka hmaunawnghanaw mithmu vah na cathut kai koe kaawm e teh kahawicalah khen nateh, lat yawkaw, telah ati. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Rachel ni a paru e hah Jakop ni la panuek hoeh.
33 Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn’t find them. He went out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
Laban teh Jakop e rim hoi Leah e rim hoi a sannu kahni touh roi e rim koe a tawng teh, hmawt hoeh. Hahoi, Leah e rim hoi a tâco teh Rachel e rim dawk a kâen.
34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, put them in the camel’s saddle, and sat on them. Laban felt around all the tent, but didn’t find them.
Rachel ni meikaphawk hah a la teh kalauk ni phunae hno thung vah a hro. Laban ni rim thung naw pueng hah pheng a pâphue eiteh hmawt hoeh.
35 She said to her father, “Don’t let my lord be angry that I can’t rise up before you; for I’m having my period.” He searched, but didn’t find the teraphim.
Rachel ni a na pa koe, na hmalah ka thaw ngai tho hoeh. Ka bawipa, na lungkhuek sak hanh, ka kampheng lahun lah ao dawk doeh, telah ati. Pheng a pâphue eiteh meikaphawk hah hmawt thai awh hoeh.
36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued me?
Jakop teh a lungkhuek teh, Laban hah a yue. Jakop ni Laban koe, bang e phung maw ka ek, bangmaw ka yonnae ao teh, na lungkhuek laihoi na pâlei.
37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
Ka hnopainaw pueng be na pâphue teh, namae hnopai bangmaw na hmu. Maimouh roi teh lawkkâceng thai nahan ka hmaunawnghanaw hoi nange hmaunawnghanaw e hmalah tat.
38 “These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and I haven’t eaten the rams of your flocks.
Kum 20 totouh nang koe ka o teh, na tu hoi na hmaenaw ni ca khe laipalah awm boihoeh. Na tuhu thung e a tan hai ka cat boihoeh.
39 That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Moimatheng ni a kei e hai nang koe ka phatkhai boihoeh. Kai ni paleipalang kahmat e yueng lah ouk ka rawng. Kanîthun lah a paru e naw karum lah a paru e naw hai na patho sak.
40 This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Hettelah ouk ka o. Kanîthun khumbei um hai, karum a pâding nahai, rucat um hai, ka tawk. Ihmu boum lah ka ip boihoeh.
41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
Hottelah kum 20 touh thung na im vah ka o teh, na canu roi ka hni touh kutphu e dawk kum 14, na thaw ka tawk. Na saring kutphu dawk kum 6 ka tawk teh, kutphu hah vai hra totouh bout na dum.
42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
Apa Cathut, Abraham Cathut, Isak Cathut ni a taki e hah kai koe awm hoehpawiteh, atu patenghai tak caici lah ban sak han na noe. Cathut ni karucatnae hoi ka patangnae hah a panue, paduem vah na yue toe, telah ati.
43 Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine! What can I do today to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
Laban ni a pathung teh, Jakop koe, napuinaw heh kaie canunaw doeh. Tongpanaw hai kaie capanaw doeh. Saringnaw hai kaie saringnaw doeh. Na tawn e naw pueng heh kaie seng doeh. Hateiteh, sahnin vah hete ka canunaw hoi a canaw e a lathueng vah bangmaw ka sak thai han.
44 Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
Hatdawkvah, nang hoi kai lawkkamnae sak roi sei. Hothateh, nang hoi kai rahak dawk kapanuekkhaikung lah awm seh, telah ati.
45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Hottelah, Jakop ni talung a la teh talung hah a ung.
46 Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
Telah Jakop ni a hmaunawnghanaw koevah, talung pung awh haw, telah ati. Talung hah a la awh teh, a pung awh. Hot van vah bu a ca awh.
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
Laban ni talung pung e hah Jegarsahdutha telah a phung. Hateiteh Jakop ni Galeed telah ati.
48 Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
Laban ni hete pung e talung heh sahnin vah, kai hoi nang rahak vah, lawk kapanuekkhaikung lah ao telah ati. Hatdawkvah a min lah Galeed telah ati e lah ao.
49 and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
Mizpah telah hai ati awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Laban ni kamphei awh hnukkhu hoi BAWIPA ni maimanaw na ring lawiseh.
50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives in addition to my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”
Ka canunaw heh roedeng na poe teh, yu alouke na tawn pawiteh, apihai maimouh koe awm hoeh eiteh, khenhaw! Cathut teh nang hoi kai rahak vah, kapanuekkhaikung lah ao, telah ati.
51 Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
Laban ni Jakop koe hete talung ung e hoi hete talung pung e heh kai hoi nang rahak vah ka ta e lah ao.
52 May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
Patawnae poe hanelah kai ni hete talung pung e hoi talung ung e hloilah ka tho mahoeh, tie hoi nang ni hai hete talung pung e hoi talung ung e hloilah tapuet hoi na tho mahoeh, telah hete talung pung e hah kapanuekkhaikung lah awm nateh, hete talung ung e hai kapanuekkhaikung lah awm naseh.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
Abraham Cathut, Nahor Cathut, a na pa Cathut ni maimae rahak lawkceng naseh, telah ati. Hahoi Jakop ni a na pa Isak ni taki e noe lahoi thoe a bo.
54 Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
Jakop ni mon dawkvah, thuengnae a sak teh a hmaunawnghanaw hah vaiyei ca hanelah a kaw teh, vaiyei hah a ca awh. Mon dawkvah a roe awh.
55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.
Laban teh amom vah a thaw teh, a capanaw hoi a canunaw hah a paco teh yawhawi a poe hnukkhu Laban teh a ma onae koe lah a ban.
