Genesis 30

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Raquel, vendo que não dava filhos a Jacó, teve inveja de sua irmã: "Dá-me filhos, disse ela ao seu marido, senão morro!"	1 And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.
2 E Jacó irritou-se com ela. "Acaso, disse ele, posso eu pôr-me no lugar de Deus que te recusou a fecundidade?"	2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?
3 Ela respondeu: "Eis minha serva Bala: toma-a. Que ela dê à luz sobre os meus joelhos e assim, por ela, terei também filhos."	3 But she said: I have here my servant Bala: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I may have children by her.
4 Deu-lhe, pois, por mulher sua escrava Bala, da qual se aproximou Jacó.	4 And she gave him Bala in marriage: who,
5 Bala concebeu e deu à luz um filho a Jacó.	5 When her husband had gone in unto her, conceived and bore a son.
6 Disse então Raquel: "Deus fez-me justiça. Ele ouviu minha voz e deu-me um filho." Por isso ela o chamou Dã.	6 And Rachel said: The Lord hath judged for me, and hath heard my voice, giving me a son, and therefore she called his name Dan.
7 Bala, escrava de Raquel, concebeu de novo e deu à luz um segundo filho a Jacó.	7 And again Bala conceived and bore another,
8 Raquel disse: "Lutei contra minha irmã junto de Deus, e venci!" E deu ao menino o nome de Neftali.	8 For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephtali.
9 Lia, vendo que não concebia mais, tomou sua escrava Zelfa e deu-a por mulher a Jacó.	9 Lia, perceiving that she had left off bearing, gave Zelpha her handmaid to her husband.
10 Zelfa, escrava de Lia, deu à luz um filho a Jacó.	10 And when she had conceived and brought forth a son,
11 Lia disse: "Que sorte!" E chamou-o Gad.	11 She said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
12 Zelfa, escrava de Lia, deu à luz um segundo filho a Jacó.	12 Zelpha also bore another.
13 Lia disse: "Que felicidade! As mulheres me chamarão ditosa." E chamou-o Aser.	13 And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.
14 Um dia, por ocasião da ceifa, Rubem saiu ao campo e, tendo encontrado umas mandrágoras, levou-as à sua mãe Lia. Raquel disse a Lia: "Rogo-te que me dês as mandrágoras do teu filho."	14 And Ruben, going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son's mandrakes.
15 Lia respondeu: "Já não é bastante o teres tomado meu marido, para que queiras ainda as mandrágoras do meu filho?" "Pois bem, tornou Raquel, em troca das mandrágoras do teu filho, que ele durma contigo esta noite."	15 She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son's mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandrakes.
16 À noite, quando Jacó voltou do campo, Lia saiu-lhe ao encontro: "Vem comigo, disse-lhe ela, eu te aluguei em troca das mandrágoras do meu filho." E Jacó dormiu com ela aquela noite.	16 And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.
17 Deus ouviu Lia, que concebeu e deu à luz um quinto filho a Jacó.	17 And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son,
18 "Deus, disse ela, recompensou-me por eu ter dado minha escrava ao meu marido." E o chamou Issacar.	18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
19 Lia concebeu ainda e deu à luz um sexto filho a Jacó.	19 And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,
20 E disse: "Deus deu-me um belo presente; agora meu marido habitará comigo, pois que lhe dei à luz seis filhos." E o chamou Zabulon.	20 And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.
21 Depois disso, deu à luz uma filha, a quem chamou Dina.	21 After whom she bore a daughter, named Diana.
22 Lembrou-se Deus de Raquel, ouviu-a e tornou-a fecunda.	22 The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb.
23 Raquel concebeu e deu à luz um filho. "Deus, disse ela, tirou o meu opróbrio."	23 And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken my reproach.
24 E chamou-o José, dizendo: "Dê-me o Senhor ainda outro filho!"	24 And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.
25 Tendo Raquel dado à luz José, Jacó disse a Labão: "Deixa-me partir para a minha casa, na minha terra.	25 And when Joseph was born, Jacob said to his father in law: Send me away that I may return into my country, and to my land.
26 Dá-me minhas mulheres e meus filhos, pelos quais te servi, a fim de que eu me vá; tu sabes quanto tempo servi em tua casa."	26 Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee.
27 Labão respondeu-lhe: "Se achei graça aos teus olho... reconheço que o Senhor me abençoou por causa de ti.	27 Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 Fixa-me o que devo dar-te, ajuntou ele, e dar-te-ei."	28 Appoint thy wages which I shall give thee.
29 Jacó disse-lhe: "Tu sabes como te tenho servido, e como aumentaram os teus rebanhos graças a mim.	29 But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.
30 Tinhas pouca coisa, antes de minha chegada, e tudo aumentou depois. O Senhor abençoou-te a cada um dos meus passos. Agora, quanto a mim, quando trabalharei eu para minha casa?"	30 Thou hadst but little before I came to thee, and now thou art become rich: and the Lord hath blessed thee at my coming. It is reasonable therefore that I should now provide also for my own house.
31 "Que te hei de dar?", disse Labão. Jacó respondeu: "Não me darás nada. Se aceitas o que te vou propor, continuarei a apascentar e guardar o teu rebanho.	31 And Laban said: What shall I give thee? But he said: I require nothing: but if thou wilt do what I demand, I will feed, and keep thy sheep again.
32 Vou hoje passar pelo meio de todos os teus rebanhos e pôr à parte, entre os cordeiros, todo o animal manchado, malhado ou negro, e entre as cabras, tudo o que é manchado ou malhado: isto será o meu salário.	32 Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled: and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as among the goats, shall be my wages.
33 Minha justiça testemunhará em meu favor para o futuro, quando vieres verificar o meu salário: tudo o que não for malhado ou manchado entre as cabras e negro entre os cordeiros, considerar-se-á como roubado."	33 And my justice shall answer for me to morrow before thee when the time of the bargain shall come: and all that is not of divers colours, and spotted, and brown, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall accuse me of theft.
34 "Está bem, disse Labão, seja como dizes."	34 And Laban said: I like well what thou demandest.
35 Naquele mesmo dia, pôs ele à parte os bodes malhados e manchados, todas as cabras malhadas ou manchadas, todas aquelas que estavam marcadas de branco, e todos os cordeiros negros; confiou-os aos seus filhos,	35 And he separated the name day the she goats, and the sheep, and the he goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted: and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.
36 e pôs à distância de três dias de jornada entre ele e Jacó, o qual apascentava o resto do rebanho de Labão.	36 And he set the space of three days' journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock.
37 Jacó tomou então varas verdes de álamo, de amendoeira e de plátano; tirou-lhes parte da casca, fazendo faixas brancas e deixando a nu o samo.	37 And Jacob took green robs of poplar, and of almond, and of place trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.
38 Colocou as varas assim preparadas sob os olhos das ovelhas, nas pias e nos bebedouros onde vinham beber. Indo a beber, entravam em calor.	38 And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out: that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.
39 E como entrassem no calor do coito diante dessas varas, concebiam cordeiros riscados, manchados e malhados.	39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.
40 Jacó punha-os à parte, e voltava a face dos animais para o que era malhado e negro no rebanho de Labão. Constituiu assim rebanhos para si, que não se misturaram aos de Labão.	40 And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban's: and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.
41 Além disso, Jacó só punha suas varas nos bebedouros sob os olhos das ovelhas em calor, a fim de que seu coito se fizesse perto das varas, quando se tratava de ovelhas vigorosas.	41 So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the roughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them:
42 Quando eram fracas, não punha as varas, de sorte que os cordeiros raquíticos eram para Labão e os vigorosos para ele.	42 But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were late ward, become Laban's: and they of the first time, Jacob's.
43 Este homem tornou-se assim extremamente rico, e teve muitos rebanhos, escravas e escravos, camelos e jumentos.	43 And the man was enriched exceedingly, and he had many flocks, maid servants and men servants, camels and asses.