Genesis 30

1 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

1 拉结见自己没有给雅各生孩子，就嫉妒姐姐。她对雅各说：“你给我孩子，不然我还不如死了！”

2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

2 雅各气愤地说：“使你不能生育的是上帝，难道我能代替上帝吗？”

3 Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

3 拉结说：“你去跟我的婢女辟拉同房吧，让她替我生孩子，我也可以借她留后。”

4 So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

4 于是拉结把婢女辟拉给丈夫做妾，雅各和辟拉同房。

5 and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

5 辟拉怀了孕，为雅各生下一个儿子。

6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

6 拉结说：“上帝为我申冤，也听了我的恳求，赐给我一个儿子。”拉结就给孩子取名叫但 。

7 And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

7 拉结的婢女辟拉又怀孕，为雅各生了第二个儿子。

8 Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

8 拉结说：“我跟姐姐激烈相争，我得胜了。”她就给这孩子取名叫拿弗他利 。

9 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

9 利亚见自己不再生育，就把婢女悉帕给雅各做妾。

10 And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

10 利亚的婢女悉帕给雅各生了一个儿子。

11 Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

11 利亚说：“真幸运！”她便给孩子取名叫迦得 。

12 When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

12 利亚的婢女悉帕又给雅各生了第二个儿子，

13 Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

13 利亚说：“我真有福啊！妇女们会说我有福！”她就为孩子取名叫亚设 。

14 Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

14 在收麦子的季节，吕便在田间找到一些风茄，拿回家给母亲利亚。拉结对利亚说：“请给我一些你儿子找到的风茄。”

15 But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

15 利亚说：“你抢了我丈夫还不够吗？现在还要抢我儿子的风茄吗？”拉结回答说：“你给我风茄，今夜雅各就跟你同房。”

16 When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

16 那天晚上，雅各从田间回来，利亚就出来迎接他说：“你要来跟我同房，因为我已经用儿子的风茄把你雇下来了。”于是，那天晚上雅各便跟利亚同房。

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

17 上帝答应利亚的祈求，使她怀孕，为雅各生了第五个儿子。

18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

18 利亚说：“我把婢女送给丈夫，现在上帝给我报酬了。”因此，她就为孩子取名叫以萨迦 。

19 Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

19 后来，利亚又怀孕，给雅各生下第六个儿子。

20 “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

20 她说：“上帝赐给我珍贵的礼物，现在我丈夫会尊重我，因为我给他生了六个儿子。”于是，她就给这个儿子取名叫西布伦 。

21 After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

21 后来，利亚又生了一个女儿，给她取名叫底娜。

22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

22 上帝眷顾拉结，听了她的祷告，使她可以生育。

23 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

23 她就怀孕，生了一个儿子，说：“上帝除去了我的羞辱。”

24 She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

24 她给孩子取名叫约瑟 ，说：“愿上帝再给我添一个儿子！”

25 Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

25 拉结生约瑟以后，雅各对拉班说：“请让我走吧！我好回故乡，

26 Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

26 请把我的妻儿给我，我好离开。她们都是我替你工作得来的，你知道我怎样努力为你工作。”

27 But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

27 拉班却挽留他，说：“如果你肯赏光，请你留下来！因为我占卜得知上帝为了你的缘故才赐福给我。

28 And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

28 你要多少酬劳，只管说出来，我一定会给你。”

29 Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

29 雅各回答说：“你知道我怎样努力地服侍你，照顾你的牲畜。

30 Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

30 我来以前，你的财产很少。耶和华因为我的到来而赐福给你，使你财产大增。但我自己什么时候才能兴家立业呢？”

31 “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

31 拉班问：“我该给你什么呢？”雅各说：“你不用给我什么，只要你答应一件事，我就继续照料你的羊群。

32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

32 今天让我走遍你的羊群，从中挑出有斑点的绵羊、黑色的小羊和有斑点的山羊作为我的薪酬。

33 So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

33 以后，如果你在给我作薪酬的羊群中查出没有斑点的山羊或非黑色的绵羊，就算是我偷的。这样你可以知道我是否诚实。”

34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

34 拉班说：“好，就照你的话做！”

35 That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

35 当天，拉班把有条纹或斑点的公山羊以及有斑点或夹杂白纹的母山羊，连同黑色的绵羊都挑出来，交给自己的儿子们看管。

36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

36 然后，他离开雅各，彼此相隔三天的路程。雅各继续为他照料其余的羊。

37 Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

37 雅各折下一些杨树、杏树和枫树的嫩枝，削掉部分树皮，露出白色的条纹，

38 Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

38 然后把这些嫩枝插在羊喝水的水槽和水沟里。羊群来喝水时互相交配。

39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

39 它们对着这些树枝交配，就生下有条纹和有斑点的羊羔。

40 Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

40 雅各把这些羊羔分出来，又让羊群对着拉班那些有条纹和黑色的羊。他把自己的羊安置在一处，不与拉班的羊掺杂在一起。

41 Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

41 每当肥壮的羊交配时，雅各就把有条纹的枝子插在水沟里，使羊对着树枝交配。

42 But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

42 但如果交配的羊是瘦弱的，他就不插枝子。这样，瘦弱的羊归拉班，肥壮的羊归雅各。

43 Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

43 因此，雅各变得极其富有，拥有很多羊、骆驼、驴和仆婢。