Génesis 31

1 Y oía 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.

Jacob found out that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. All the wealth he has actually came from our father.”

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

Jacob also noticed that Laban was treating him differently to the way he had before.

3 También Jehová dijo a Jacob: Vuélvete a la tierra de tus padres, y a tu parentela, que yo seré contigo.

The Lord told Jacob, “Go back to the country of your forefathers, to your family home. I will be with you.”

4 Y envió Jacob, y llamó a Raquel y a Lia al campo, a sus ovejas.

Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah, telling them to come and meet him out in the fields where he was with his flock.

5 Y díjoles: Yo veo que el rostro de vuestro padre no es para conmigo como ayer y anteayer: y el Dios de mi padre ha sido conmigo.

“I've noticed that your father is treating me differently to the way he did before,” he told them. “But the God of my father will be with me.

6 Y vosotras sabéis, que con todas mis fuerzas he servido a vuestro padre:

You both know very well how hard I worked for your father.

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

But he's been cheating me—he's reduced my wages ten times! However, God hasn't let him hurt me.

8 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.

If he said, ‘You can have the speckled ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had speckled young. If he said, ‘You can have the streaked ones as your wages,’ then the whole flock had streaked young.

9 Y quitó Dios el ganado de vuestro padre; y diómelo a mí.

This is how God took your father's livestock and gave them to me.

10 Y fue que al tiempo que las ovejas se calentaban, yo alcé mis ojos, y ví en sueños, y he aquí, que los machos subían sobre las hembras cinchados, pintados, y pedriscados:

During the time the flock was breeding I had a dream where I saw that the male goats mating with the flock were all streaked, speckled, or spotted.

11 Y díjome el ángel de Dios en sueños: ¿Jacob? Y yo dije: Heme aquí.

Then in the dream the angel of the Lord spoke to me and said, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I'm here.’

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

He told me, ‘Take a look and you'll see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I've been watching everything that Laban has been doing to you.

13 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.

I am the God of Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone pillar and made a solemn promise to me. Now get ready to leave this land and go back to your homeland.’”

14 Y respondió Raquel, y Lia, y dijéronle: ¿Tenemos ya parte ni heredad en la casa de nuestro padre?

“There's nothing for us to inherit from our father's estate anyway,” Rachel and Leah replied.

15 ¿No nos tiene ya como por extrañas? que nos vendió, y aun comiendo ha comido nuestro dinero?

“He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.

16 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.

All the wealth that God has taken from him belongs to us and our children, so do whatever God has told you to do!”

17 Entonces Jacob se levantó, y alzó a sus hijos y a sus mujeres sobre los camellos;

So Jacob got ready. He helped his children and his wives onto the camels,

18 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.

and drove all his livestock in front of him. He took with him all his possessions and livestock he'd gained during his time in Paddan-aram, and left to go back to his father in the country of Canaan.

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

While Laban was away from home shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.

20 Y hurtó Jacob el corazón de Labán Arameo en no hacerle saber como huía.

Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not informing him that he was going to run away.

21 Y huyó él con todo lo que tenía: y levantóse y pasó el río, y puso su rostro al monte de Galaad.

So Jacob left in a hurry with everything he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed towards the hill country of Gilead.

22 Y fue dicho a Labán al tercero día, como Jacob había huido.

Three days later Laban found out that Jacob had run away.

23 Y tomó a sus hermanos consigo, y fue tras él camino de siete días, y alcanzóle en el monte de Galaad.

Taking some of his relatives with him, he chased after Jacob and caught up with him seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.

24 Y vino Dios a Labán Arameo en sueño aquella noche, y díjole: Guárdate que no digas a Jacob bueno ni malo.

But during the night God came to Laban in a dream and told him, “Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.”

25 Alcanzó pues Labán a Jacob, y Jacob había hincado su tienda en el monte: y Labán hincó con sus hermanos en el monte de Galaad.

Jacob had set up his tents in the hill country of Gilead when Laban caught up with him, so Laban and his relatives did the same.

26 Y dijo Labán a Jacob: ¿Qué has hecho? ¿Qué me hurtaste el corazón, y has traído mis hijas como cautivadas a cuchillo?

“Why did you deceive me like this?” Laban asked Jacob. “You carried off my daughters as if they were some prisoners captured by the sword!

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

Why did you run away in secret, trying to trick me? Why didn't you come and tell me? I would have given you a good send-off, a celebration with singing and the music of tambourines and lyres.

28 ¿Qué aun no me dejaste besar mis hijos y mis hijas? Ahora locamente has hecho.

You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye! You've really acted stupidly!

29 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.

I could really punish you badly, but the God of your father spoke to me last night and told me, ‘Watch what you say to Jacob. Don't try to persuade him to come back, and don't threaten him either.’

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

Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”

31 Y Jacob respondió, y dijo a Labán: Porque tuve miedo: que dije, que quizá me robarías tus hijas.

“I ran away because I was afraid,” Jacob explained to Laban. “I was worried that you would take your daughters from me by force.

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

As for your idols, anyone you find who has them will die. You can search everything in the presence of our relatives, and if you find I have anything that belongs to you, you can take it.” (Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.)

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

Laban searched the tents of Jacob, Leah, and the two personal maids, but didn't find anything. He left Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.

34 Y Raquel tomó los ídolos, y púsolos en una albarda de un camello, y sentóse sobre ellos: y tentó Labán toda la tienda, y no los halló.

Rachel had put the household idols in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on it. Laban carefully searched the whole tent but couldn't find them.

35 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, y no halló los ídolos.

She said to her father, “Sir, please don't get upset with me for not standing up in your presence, but I have my period.” He looked everywhere but didn't find the idols.

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

Jacob got angry with Laban and confronted him, saying, “What crime am I guilty of? What wrong have I done to you that you've come hunting me down?

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

You've searched through all my possessions. Did you find anything belonging to you? If you did, bring it out here before my relatives and yours so they can decide who's right!

38 Estos veinte años he estado contigo; que tus ovejas y tus cabras nunca movieron: nunca comí carnero de tus ovejas:

I've worked for you for these past twenty years. During that time none of your sheep and goats miscarried, and I haven't eaten a single ram from your flock.

39 Nunca te traje arrebatado, yo pagaba el daño: lo hurtado así de día como de noche, de mi mano lo requerias:

If any of them were killed by wild animals, I never even brought you the carcass to prove the loss—I bore the loss myself. But you on the other hand always made me compensate you for any animals that were stolen, whether at night or in broad daylight.

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

Whether it was sweating in the heat of the day, or freezing in the cold of the night when I couldn't sleep, I went on working for you for twenty years in your home.

41 Estos veinte años tengo en tu casa; catorce años te serví por tus dos hijas, y seis años por tus ovejas, y has mudado mi salario diez veces.

I worked fourteen years for your two daughters, and six more years with your flocks. You reduced my wages ten times!

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

If it weren't for the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the awesome God of Isaac, who took care of me, you would have dismissed me with nothing. But God saw my suffering, how hard I worked, and he condemned you last night.”

43 Y respondió Labán, y dijo a Jacob: Las hijas, mis hijas son, y los hijos, mis hijos, y las ovejas, mis ovejas; y todo lo que tu ves, mío es: y a estas mis hijas ¿qué tengo de hacer hoy, o a sus hijos que han parido?

Laban replied, “These are my daughters and these are my children and these are my flocks! In fact, everything you see here is mine! However, what can I do now about my daughters and their children?

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

So let's make a solemn agreement between you and I, and it will be a witness to our mutual commitment.”

45 Entonces Jacob tomó una piedra, y levantóla por título:

Jacob took a stone and set it upright as a pillar.

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

Then he told his relatives, “Go and collect some stones.” They all made a pile of stones and then sat beside it to eat a meal.

47 Y llamólo Labán Jegar-sahaduta: y Jacob lo llamó Galaad;

Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, while Jacob called it Galeed.

48 Porque Labán dijo: Este majano será testigo hoy entre mí y ti: por eso llamó su nombre Galaad,

Laban announced, “This pile of stone serves as a witness between me and you.” This is why it was called Galeed.

49 Y Mispa; porque dijo: Atalaye Jehová entre mí y ti, cuando nos escondieremos el uno del otro.

It was also called Mizpah, for as Laban said, “May the Lord keep a close eye on both of us when we're not together.

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

If you treat my daughters badly or marry more wives in addition to them, God will see what you do even if no one else finds out!”

51 Dijo mas Labán a Jacob: He aquí este majano, y he aquí este título que he fundado entre mí y ti.

Then Laban told Jacob, “Look at this pile of stones and this pillar that I have set up as a memorial of the agreement between you and me.

52 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.

They also act as a witness to our solemn promises to each other: I will not come past them to attack you; and you will not come past them to attack me.

53 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.

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor—the God of our forefathers—be the one to judge between us in any dispute.” Jacob in turn made his solemn promise in the name of the awesome God of his father Isaac.

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

Then he offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited all his relatives to eat a meal there. They spent the night on the mountain.

55 Y madrugó Labán por la mañana, y besó sus hijos y sus hijas, y bendíjolos, y volvió, y tornóse a su lugar.

Laban got up early in the morning and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye. He blessed them, and then left to go back home.