Genesi 31

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Postquam autem audivit verba filiorum Laban dicen tium: “ Tulit Iacob omnia, quae fuerunt patris nostri, et de patris nostri facultate acquisivit has divitias ”,	1 But after that he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched by his substance is become great:
2 animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudiustertius.	2 And perceiving also that Laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day,
3 Et dixit Dominus ad Iacob: “ Revertere in terram patrum tuorum et ad cognationem tuam, eroque tecum ”.	3 Especially the Lord saying to him: Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.
4 Misit Iacob et vocavit Rachel et Liam in agrum, ubi pascebat greges,	4 He sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field, where he fed the flocks,
5 dixitque eis: “ Video faciem patris vestri quod non sit erga me sicut heri et nudiustertius; Deus autem patris mei fuit mecum,	5 And said to them: I see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.
6 et ipsae nostis quod totis viribus meis servierim patri vestro.	6 And you know that I have served your father to the utmost of my power.
7 Sed pater vester circumvenit me et mutavit mercedem meam decem vicibus; et tamen non dimisit eum Deus, ut noceret mihi.	7 Yea, your father also hath overreached me, and hath changes my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.
8 Si quando dixit: "Variae erunt mercedes tuae", pariebant omnes oves varios fetus. Quando vero e contrario ait: "Striata quaeque accipies pro mercede", omnes greges striata pepererunt.	8 If at any time he said: The speckled shall be thy wages: all the sheep brought forth speckled: but when he said on the contrary: Thou shalt take all the white ones for thy wages: all the flocks brought forth white ones.
9 Tulitque Deus substantiam patris vestri et dedit mihi.	9 And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.
10 Postquam enim conceptus gregis tempus advenerat, levavi oculos meos et vidi in somnis ascendentes mares super feminas, striatos et varios et respersos.	10 For after that time came of the ewes conceiving, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep that the males which leaped upon the females were of diverse colors, and spotted, and speckled.
11 Dixitque angelus Dei ad me in somnis: "Iacob". Et ego respondi: Adsum.	11 And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob? And I answered: Here I am.
12 Qui ait: "Leva oculos tuos et vide universos masculos ascendentes super feminas, striatos et varios atque respersos. Vidi enim omnia, quae fecit tibi Laban.	12 And he said: Lift up thy eyes, and see that all the males leaping upon the females, are of divers colors, spotted, and speckled. For I have seen all that Laban hath done to thee.
13 Ego sum Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti lapidem et votum vovisti mihi. Nunc ergo surge et egredere de terra hac revertens in terram nativitatis tuae" ”.	13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return into thy native country.
14 Responderunt ei Rachel et Lia: “ Numquid habemus adhuc partem et hereditatem in domo patris nostri?	14 And Rachel and Lia answered: Have we anything left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house?
15 Nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos et vendidit nos comeditque pretium nostrum?	15 Hath he not counted us as strangers and sold us, and eaten up the price of us?
16 Sed omnes opes, quas tulit Deus patri nostro, nobis abstulit ac filiis nostris; unde omnia, quae praecepit tibi Deus, fac ”.	16 But God hath taken our father's riches, and delivered them to us, and to our children: wherefore do all that God hath commanded thee.
17 Surrexit itaque Iacob et imposuit liberos suos ac coniuges suas super camelos.	17 Then Jacob rose up, and having set his children and wives upon camels, went his way.
18 Tulitque omnes greges suos et omnem substantiam suam, quidquid in Paddanaram acquisierat, ut iret ad Isaac patrem suum in terram Chanaan.	18 And he took all his substance, and flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaac his father to the land of Chanaan.
19 Eo tempore Laban ierat ad tondendas oves, et Rachel furata est theraphim patris sui.	19 At that time Laban was gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole away her father's idols.
20 Iacob autem decepit cor Laban, non indicans ei quod fugeret.	20 And Jacob would not confess to his father in law that he was flying away.
21 Cumque fugisset cum omnibus, quae possidebat, et, amne transmisso, pergeret contra montem Galaad,	21 And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad,
22 nuntiatum est Laban die tertio quod fugisset Iacob.	22 It was told Laban on the third day that Jacob fled.
23 Qui, assumptis fratribus suis, persecutus est eum diebus septem et comprehendit eum in monte Galaad.	23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days; and overtook him in the mount of Galaad.
24 Venit autem Deus ad Laban Aramaeum per somnium noctis dixitque ei: "Cave, ne quidquam loquaris contra Iacob!".	24 And he saw in a dream God saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.
25 Iamque Iacob extenderat in monte tabernaculum, cum Laban, consecutus eum cum fratribus suis, in eodem monte Galaad fixit tentorium.	25 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and when he with his brethren had overtaken him, he pitched his tent in the same mount of Galaad.
26 Et dixit ad Iacob: “ Quare ita egisti et decepisti cor meum, abigens filias meas quasi captivas gladio?	26 And he said to Jacob: Why hast thou done thus, to carry away, without my knowledge, my daughters, as captives taken with the sword.
27 Cur clam fugisti et decepisti me, non indicans mihi, ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et citharis?	27 Why wouldst thou run away privately and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?
28 Non es passus, ut oscularer filios meos ac filias; stulte operatus es. Et nunc	28 Thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters: thou hast done foolishly: and now, indeed,
29 valet quidem manus mea reddere tibi malum, sed Deus patris vestri heri dixit mihi: “Cave, ne loquaris contra Iacob quidquam!”.	29 It is in my power to return thee evil: but the God of your father said to me yesterday: Take heed thou speak not any things harshly against Jacob.
30 Esto, profectus es, quia desiderio tibi erat domus patris tui; cur furatus es deos meos? ”.	30 Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?
31 Respondit Iacob: “ Quia timui. Dixi enim, ne forte violenter auferres filias tuas a me.	31 Jacob answered: That I departed unknown to thee, it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force.
32 Apud quemcumque inveneris deos tuos, non vivat! Coram fratribus nostris scrutare, quidquid tuorum apud me inveneris, et aufer ”. Ignorabat enim Iacob quod Rachel furata esset theraphim.	32 But whereas thou chargest me with theft: with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, let him be slain before our brethren. Search, and if thou find any of thy things with me, take them away. Now when he said this, he knew not that Rachel had stolen the idols.
33 Ingressus itaque Laban tabernacula Iacob et Liae et utriusque famulae, non invenit. Egressus de tentorio Liae, intravit tentorium Rachelis.	33 So Laban went into the tent of Jacob, and of Lia, and of both the handmaids, and found them not. And when he was entered into Rachel's tent,
34 Illa autem absconderat theraphim in stramento cameli et sedit desuper. Scrutantique omne tentorium et nihil invenienti	34 She in haste hid the idols under the camel's furniture, and sat upon them: and when he had searched all the tent, and found nothing,
35 ait: “ Ne irascatur dominus meus, quod coram te assurgere nequeo, quia iuxta consuetudinem feminarum nunc accidit mihi ”. Quaesivit ergo et non invenit theraphim.	35 She said: Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee, because it has now happened to me, according to the custom of women, So his careful search was in vain.
36 Tumensque Iacob cum iurgio ait: “ Quam ob culpam meam et ob quod peccatum meum sic persecutus es me,	36 And jacob being angry, said in a chiding manner: For what fault of mine, and for what offense on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me,
37 quia scrutatus es omnem supellectilem meam? Quid invenisti de cuncta substantia domus tuae? Pone hic coram fratribus meis et fratribus tuis, et iudicent inter me et te.	37 And searched all my household stuff? What hast thou found of all the substance of thy house? lay it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and let them judge between me and thee.
38 Ecce, viginti annis fui tecum. Oves tuae et caprae non abortiverunt, arietes gregis tui non comedi;	38 Have I therefore been with thee twenty years? thy ewes and goats were not barren, the rams of thy flocks I did not eat:
39 nec dilaceratum a bestia ostendi tibi: ego damnum omne reddebam; quidquid die noctuque furto perierat, a me exigebas.	39 Neither did I show thee that which the beast had torn, I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me:
40 Die aestu consumebar et nocte gelu, fugiebatque somnus ab oculis meis.	40 Day and night was I parched with heat, and with frost, and sleep departed from my eyes.
41 Sic per viginti annos in domo tua servivi tibi: quattuordecim pro filiabus et sex pro gregibus tuis; immutasti quoque mercedem meam decem vicibus.	41 And in this manner have I served thee in thy house twenty years, fourteen for thy daughters, and six for thy flocks: thou hast changed also my wages ten times.
42 Nisi Deus patris mei, Deus Abraham et Timor Isaac, affuisset mihi, certemodo nudum me dimisisses; afflictionem meam et laborem manuum mearum respexit Deus et iudicavit heri ”.	42 Unless the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
43 Respondit ei Laban: “ Filiae filiae meae et filii filii mei et greges greges mei et omnia, quae cernis, mea sunt; et filiabus meis quid possum facere illis hodie et filiis earum, quos genuerunt?	43 Laban answered him: The daughters are mine and the children, and thy flocks, and all things that thou seest are mine: what can I do to my children, and grandchildren?
44 Veni ergo, et ineamus foedus ego et tu, ut sit in testimonium inter me et te ”.	44 Come therefore, let us enter into a league: that it may be for a testimony between me and thee.
45 Tulit itaque Iacob lapidem et erexit illum in titulum;	45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a title:
46 dixitque fratribus suis: “ Afferte lapides ”. Qui congregantes fecerunt tumulum comederuntque ibi super eum.	46 And he said to his brethren: Bring hither stones. And they gathering stones together, made a heap, and they ate upon it.
47 Quem vocavit Laban Iegarsahadutha (id est Tumulus testimonii), et Iacob Galed (uterque iuxta proprietatem linguae suae).	47 And Laban called it The witness heap: and Jacob, The hillock of testimony: each of them according to the propriety of his language.
48 Dixitque Laban: “ Tumulus iste testis erit inter me et te hodie ”; et idcirco appellatum est nomen eius Galed (id est Tumulus testis)	48 And Laban said: This heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day, and therefore the name thereof was called Galaad, that is, The witness heap.
49 et etiam Maspha (id est Specula), quia dixit: “ Speculetur Dominus inter me et te, quando absconditi erimus ab invicem.	49 The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other.
50 Si afflixeris filias meas et si introduxeris uxores alias super eas, cum nemo nobiscum sit, vide, Deus est testis inter me et te ”.	50 If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth.
51 Dixitque Laban ad Iacob: “ En tumulus hic et lapis, quem erexi inter me et te.	51 And he said again to Jacob: Behold, this heap, and the stone which I have set up between me and thee,
52 Testis erit tumulus iste et lapis quod ego non transibo tumulum hunc pergens ad te, neque tu transibis tumulum hunc et lapidem hunc ad malum.	52 Shall be a witness: this heap, I say, and the stone, be they for a testimony, if either I shall pass beyond it going towards thee, or thou shalt pass beyond it, thinking harm to me.
53 Deus Abraham et Deus Nachor iudicent inter nos ”. Iuravit Iacob per Timorem patris sui Isaac;	53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us. And jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 immolatisque victimis in monte, vocavit fratres suos, ut ederent panem. Qui cum comedissent, pernoctaverunt in monte.	54 And after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain, he called his brethren to eat bread. And when they had eaten, they lodged there:
	55 But laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons, and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.