Genesis 29

1 Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

1 雅各继续前行，来到东方人住的地方，

2 He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

2 看见田间有一口井，有三群羊卧在井边，因为当地人用那口井的水饮羊。井口封着一块大石头。

3 When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

3 羊群聚集在井旁的时候，牧人就把井口的石头滚开饮羊，随后再把石头放回原处。

4 “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

4 雅各问牧人：“弟兄们，你们是从哪里来的？”他们说：“我们是从哈兰来的。”

5 “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

5 雅各问道：“你们认识拿鹤的孙子拉班吗？”他们说：“我们认识。”

6 “Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

6 雅各又问：“他好吗？”他们回答说：“很好。你看，他的女儿拉结带着羊群来了。”

7 “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

7 雅各对他们说：“太阳还高，不到把羊关起来的时候，你们饮了羊，再放它们去吃草吧！”

8 But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

8 他们说：“不行，要等所有的羊群到齐，把井口的石头滚开后，才能饮羊。”

9 While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

9 雅各还在跟他们说话的时候，拉结就带着她父亲的羊群来到井边，她是个牧羊女。

10 As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

10 雅各看见表妹拉结和舅父拉班的羊群来了，就上前把井口的石头滚开，饮他舅父的羊。

11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

11 他亲吻拉结，并放声大哭。

12 He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.

12 雅各告诉拉结自己是她父亲的外甥，是利百加的儿子。拉结便跑去告诉她父亲。

13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

13 拉班听见外甥雅各来了，就跑去迎接他，拥抱他，亲吻他，然后把他接到自己家里。雅各把事情的经过告诉他。

14 Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

14 拉班说：“你真是我的骨肉至亲啊！”雅各在拉班家里住了一个月。

15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

15 一天，拉班对他说：“虽然我们是亲戚，也不能让你白白地替我工作。告诉我，你希望得到什么报酬？”

16 Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

16 拉班有两个女儿，大的叫利亚，小的叫拉结。

17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.

17 利亚两眼无神 ，而拉结长得美丽多姿。

18 Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

18 雅各爱上了拉结，于是对拉班说：“我愿意为你工作七年，请把你小女儿拉结许配给我。”

19 Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”

19 拉班说：“把她嫁给你比嫁给外人好，你就留下来吧！”

20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

20 雅各为了拉结给拉班工作了七年。因为他深爱拉结，所以这七年在他眼中就像短短的几天。

21 Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

21 一天，雅各对拉班说：“期限已经满了，现在请把我妻子给我，我好和她同房。”

22 So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.

22 于是，拉班就摆设宴席款待当地的人。

23 But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

23 到了晚上，拉班却把女儿利亚交给雅各，雅各和她同房。

24 And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.

24 拉班又把自己的婢女悉帕送给女儿利亚做婢女。

25 When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

25 早上，雅各才发现娶的是利亚，就对拉班说：“你对我做的是什么事啊！我服侍你不就是为了拉结吗？你为什么骗我？”

26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.

26 拉班说：“依照本地的习俗，妹妹不能比姐姐先出嫁。

27 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

27 等这女儿七天的婚期过了，我就把那个女儿也许配给你，你再替我工作七年。”

28 And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

28 雅各同意了。过了七天，拉班把女儿拉结嫁给雅各，

29 Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

29 又把自己的婢女辟拉送给拉结。

30 Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.

30 雅各也和拉结同房，他深爱拉结胜过爱利亚。他又替拉班工作了七年。

31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

31 耶和华看见利亚失宠，就使利亚生育，但拉结却不生育。

32 And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”

32 利亚怀孕生了一个儿子，给孩子取名叫吕便 。她说：“耶和华看见了我的痛苦，现在我丈夫一定会爱我。”

33 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

33 她又怀孕生了一个儿子，就说：“耶和华听见我失宠，所以又给我这个儿子。”于是，她给孩子取名叫西缅 。

34 Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

34 她又再度怀孕，生了一个儿子，就说：“这次我丈夫一定会依恋我，因为我给他生了三个儿子。”于是，他给孩子取名叫利未 。

35 And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

35 后来，利亚再次怀孕，生了一个儿子，她说：“这次我要赞美耶和华！”于是，她给孩子取名叫犹大 。之后，利亚停止了生育。