1 فدعا اسحق يعقوب وباركه واوصاه وقال له لا تأخذ زوجة من بنات كنعان. | 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan: |
2 قم اذهب الى فدّان ارام الى بيت بتوئيل ابي امك وخذ لنفسك زوجة من هناك من بنات لابان اخي امك. | 2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy uncle. |
3 والله القدير يباركك ويجعلك مثمرا ويكثّرك فتكون جمهورا من الشعوب. | 3 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. |
4 ويعطيك بركة ابراهيم لك ولنسلك معك. لترث ارض غربتك التي اعطاها الله لابراهيم. | 4 And give the blessings of Abrabam to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather. |
5 فصرف اسحق يعقوب فذهب الى فدّان ارام الى لابان بن بتوئيل الارامي اخي رفقة ام يعقوب وعيسو | 5 And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria to Laban the son of Bathuel the Syrian, brother to Rebecca his mother. |
6 فلما رأى عيسو ان اسحق بارك يعقوب وارسله الى فدّان ارام ليأخذ لنفسه من هناك زوجة. اذ باركه واوصاه قائلا لا تأخذ زوجة من بنات كنعان. | 6 And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan: |
7 وان يعقوب سمع لابيه وامّه وذهب الى فدّان ارام | 7 And that Jacob obeying his parents was gone into Syria: |
8 رأى عيسو ان بنات كنعان شريرات في عيني اسحق ابيه. | 8 Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan: |
9 فذهب عيسو الى اسماعيل واخذ محلة بنت اسماعيل بن ابراهيم اخت نبايوت زوجة له على نسائه | 9 He went to Ismael, and took to wife, besides them he had before, Maheleth the daughter of Ismael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nabajoth. |
10 فخرج يعقوب من بئر سبع وذهب نحو حاران. | 10 But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went on to Haran. |
11 وصادف مكانا وبات هناك لان الشمس كانت قد غابت. واخذ من حجارة المكان ووضعه تحت راسه فاضطجع في ذلك المكان. | 11 And when he was come to a certain place, and would rest in it after sunset, he took of the stones that lay there, and putting under his head, slept in the same place. |
12 ورأى حلما واذا سلّم منصوبة على الارض وراسها يمسّ السماء. وهوذا ملائكة الله صاعدة ونازلة عليها. | 12 And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it; |
13 وهوذا الرب واقف عليها فقال انا الرب اله ابراهيم ابيك واله اسحق. الارض التي انت مضطجع عليها اعطيها لك ولنسلك. | 13 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed. |
14 ويكون نسلك كتراب الارض وتمتدّ غربا وشرقا وشمالا وجنوبا. ويتبارك فيك وفي نسلك جميع قبائل الارض. | 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED. |
15 وها انا معك واحفظك حيثما تذهب واردك الى هذه الارض. لاني لا اتركك حتى افعل ما كلمتك به | 15 And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said. |
16 فاستيقظ يعقوب من نومه وقال حقا ان الرب في هذا المكان وانا لم اعلم. | 16 And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. |
17 وخاف وقال ما ارهب هذا المكان. ما هذا الا بيت الله وهذا باب السماء. | 17 And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven. |
18 وبكّر يعقوب في الصباح واخذ الحجر الذي وضعه تحت راسه واقامه عمودا وصب زيتا على راسه. | 18 And Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it. |
19 ودعا اسم ذلك المكان بيت ايل. ولكن اسم المدينة اولا كان لوز. | 19 And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza. |
20 ونذر يعقوب نذرا قائلا ان كان الله معي وحفظني في هذا الطريق الذي انا سائر فيه واعطاني خبزا لآكل وثيابا لالبس | 20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, |
21 ورجعت بسلام الى بيت ابي يكون الرب لي الها. | 21 And I shall return prosperously to my father's house: the Lord shall be my God: |
22 وهذا الحجر الذي اقمته عمودا يكون بيت الله وكل ما تعطيني فاني اعشّره لك | 22 And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee. |