¹And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and of what was our father's he has acquired all this glory.

¹[Ny nandosiran'i Jakoba avy tany Mesopotamia hody any Kanana] Ary Jakoba nandre ny tenin'ny zanakalahin'i Labana nanao hoe: Efa lasan'i Jakoba avokoa izay rehetra nananan'ny raintsika; ary avy tamin'ny fananan'ny raintsika no nahazoany izao voninahitra rehetra izao.

²And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously.

²Ary hitan'i Jakoba ny tarehin'i Labana, fa indro tsy mba miramirana taminy tahaka ny taloha izy.

³And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

³Ary hoy Jehovah tamin'i Jakoba: Modia any amin'ny tanin'ny razanao sy any amin'ny havanao; ary homba anao Aho.

⁴And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock,

⁴Ary Jakoba naniraka ka nampaka an-dRahely sy Lea hankany an-tsaha ho any amin'ny ondry aman'osiny

⁵and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.

⁵ka nanao taminy hoe: Hitako ny tarehin'ny rainareo, fa tsy mba miramirana amiko tahaka ny taloha; fa Andriamanitry ny raiko no efa nomba ahy.

⁶And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

⁶Ary fantatrareo fa tamin'ny heriko rehetra no nanompoako ny rainareo.

⁷And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁷Fa ny rainareo efa namitaka ahy ka efa nanova ny karamako im-polo; nefa tsy navelan'Andriamanitra hahatonga loza tamiko izy.

⁸If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked.

⁸Raha nilaza hoe izy: Ny mara rehetra ho karamanao, dia niteraka mara ny ondry aman'osy rehetra: ary raha nilaza hoe indray izy: Ny sadika rehetra ho karamanao, dia niteraka sadika ny ondry aman'osy rehetra.

⁹And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

⁹Dia nalain'Andriamanitra ny fananan'ny rainareo ka nomeny ahy.

¹⁰And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

¹⁰Ary rehefa mby amin'ny andro izay nikambanan'ny ondry aman'osy, dia natopiko ny masoko, ka hitako tamin'ny nofy, ary indro, sadika sy mara ary sada ny lahy izay nikambana tamin'ny ondrivavy sy ny osivavy.

¹¹And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.

¹¹Ary hoy Ilay Anjelin'Andriamanitra ta­miko tamin'ny nofy: Ry Jakoba; dia hoy izaho: Inty aho.

¹²And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.

¹²Ary hoy Izy: Mba atopazy ny masonao ka jereo, fa sadika sy mara ary sada ny lahy rehetra izay mikambana amin'ny ondrivavy sy ny osivavy, satria efa hitako izay rehetra nataon'i Labana taminao.

¹³I am the ùGod of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.

¹³Izaho no Andriamanitr'i Betela, izay nanosoranao tsangam-bato sy nivoadianao tamiko; miaingà ankehitriny hiala amin'ity tany ity, ka modia any amin'ny tany nahaterahanao.

¹⁴And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

¹⁴Dia namaly Rahely sy Lea ka nanao taminy hoe: Mbola misy anjara sy lova ho anay va ao an-tranon'ny rainay?

¹⁵Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.

¹⁵Tsy natao­ny toy ny vahiny va izahay? Fa efa namidiny izahay sady nohaniny lalandava ny volanay rehetra.

¹⁶For all the wealth that God has taken from our father is ours and our children's; and now whatever God has said to thee do.

¹⁶Fa ny harena rehetra izay nalain'Andriamanitra tamin'ny rainay, dia anay sy an'ny zanakay izany; koa ankehitriny, izay rehetra nolazain'Andriamanitra taminao dia ataovy.

¹⁷And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

¹⁷Dia niainga Jakoba, ka nampitaingeniny ny rameva ny zanany sy ny vadiny;

¹⁸and carried away all his cattle, and all his property that he had acquired -- the cattle of his possessions that he had acquired in Padan-Aram, to go to Isaac his father, into the land of Canaan.

¹⁸dia ni­tondra ny ombiny sy ny ondry aman'osiny rehetra izy, mbamin'ny fananana rehetra izay efa nohariny, dia ny omby aman'ondry izay efa azony tany Mesopotamia, mba hankany amin'Isaka rainy any amin'ny tany Kanana.

¹⁹And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that [belonged] to her father.

¹⁹Ary Labana efa lasa nandeha hanety ny ondry aman'osiny; dia nangalarin-dRahely ny sampin-drainy.

²⁰And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.

²⁰Ary Jakoba dia nangala-dia tamin'i Labana Syriana, fa tsy nambarany taminy ny amin'ny handosirany.

²¹And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face [toward] mount Gilead.

²¹Ary nandositra izy ka nitondra ny fananany rehetra; dia niainga izy ka nita ny Ony, ary nizotra hankany an-tendrombohitra Gileada.

²²And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

²²Ary tamin'ny andro fahatelo dia nisy nanambara tamin'i Labana fa lasa nandositra Jakoba.

²³And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.

²³Dia nitondra ny havany homba azy izy ka nanenjika azy lalan-kafitoana, dia nahatratra azy teo an-tendrombohitra Gileada.

²⁴And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁴Fa Andriamanitra nankeo amin'i Labana Syriana tamin'ny nofy nony alina ka nanao taminy hoe: Tandremo mba tsy hasianao teny akory Jakoba, na soa na ratsy.

²⁵And Laban came up with Jacob; and Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain; Laban also with his brethren pitched on mount Gilead.

²⁵Ary Labana dia nahatratra an'i Jakoba. Ary Jakoba dia efa nanorina ny lainy teo an-tendrombohitra; ary Labana sy ny havany kosa nanorin-day teo an-tendrombohitr'i Gileada.

²⁶And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast deceived me, and hast carried away my daughters as captives of war?

²⁶Ary hoy Labana tamin'i Jakoba: Inona izao ataonao izao, no dia nangala-dia tamiko ianao ka nitondra ny zanako-vavy toy ny babo azo tamin'ny sabatra?

²⁷Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;

²⁷Nahoana no nandositra mangingina ianao ka nangala-dia tamiko; ary tsy nanambara tamiko ianao mba hanaterako anao amin'ny fifaliana sy ny hira, amin'ny amponga-tapaka sy ny lokanga,

²⁸and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.

²⁸sady tsy mba navelanao hanoroka ny zanako-lahy sy ny zanako-vavy aho? Fa izao dia efa nanao adaladala ianao.

²⁹It would be in the power of my hand to do you hurt; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take care that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

²⁹Manan­kery hanisy ratsy anareo ny tanako; fa Andriamanitry ny rainareo efa niteny tamiko halina ka nanao hoe: Tandremo mba tsy hasianao teny akory Jakoba, na soa na ratsy.

³⁰And now that thou must needs be gone, because thou greatly longedst after thy father's house, why hast thou stolen my gods?

³⁰Ary ankehitriny, raha mandeha tokoa ianao, satria manina ny tranon'ny rainao indrindra ianao, nahoana no nangalarinao ny andriamanitro ?

³¹And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

³¹Dia namaly Jakoba ka nanao tamin'i Labana hoe: Satria natahotra aho; fa hoy izaho: Angamba halainao an-keriny amiko ny zanakao-vavy.

³²With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live. Before our brethren discern what is thine with me, and take [it] to thee. But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.

³²Izay hahitanao ny andriamanitrao dia aza velomina; eto anatrehan'ny havantsika savao izay ato amiko, ka ento ny anao. Fa tsy fantatr'i Jakoba fa Rahely no efa nangalatra azy.

³³And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two handmaids' tents, and found nothing; and he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

³³Ary Labana niditra tao an-dain'i Jakoba sy tao an-dain'i Lea ary tao an-dain'ny ankiziny roa vavy, fa tsy nahita. Dia niala tao an-dain'i Lea izy ka niditra tao an-dain-Rahely.

³⁴Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And Laban explored all the tent, but found nothing.

³⁴Fa efa nalain-dRahely ny sampy ka nataony tao anatin'ny laselin'ny rameva, dia nipetraka teo amboniny izy. Ary Labana dia nikaroka eran'ny lay rehetra, fa tsy nahita.

³⁵And she said to her father, Let it not be an occasion of anger in the eyes of my lord that I cannot rise up before thee, for it is with me after the manner of women. And he searched carefully, but did not find the teraphim.

³⁵Ary hoy Rahely tamin'ny rainy: Aza fady aho, tompokolahy, fa tsy mahazo mitsangana eto anatrehanao aho, satria azon'ny fombam-behivavy. Dia nikaroka fatratra izy, fa tsy nahita ny sampy.

³⁶And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

³⁶Dia tezitra Jakoba ka nifamaly tamin'i Labana; ary namaly Jakoba ka nanao tamin'i Labana hoe: Inona no heloko? inona no otako, no dia niolomay nanenjika ahy ianao?

³⁷Whereas thou hast explored all my baggage, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set [it] here before my brethren and thy brethren, and let them decide between us both.

³⁷Fa efa nosavanao avokoa ny entako rehetra, koa inona no fanaka avy tany an-tranonao hitanao tao? Apetraho eto anatrehan'ny havako sy ny havanao izany, hitsarany antsika roa lahy,

³⁸These twenty years have I been with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten.

³⁸Izao roa-polo taona izao no nitoerako tany aminao; ny ondrivavinao sy ny osivavinao tsy mba namotsotra, ary tsy mba nihinana ny ondrilahy avy tamin'ny ondrinao aho.

³⁹What was torn I have not brought to thee; I had to bear the loss of it: of my hand hast thou required it, [whether] stolen by day or stolen by night.

³⁹Izay voaviraviram-biby tsy mba nentiko tany aminao, fa izaho no nanolo azy; teo an-tanako no nitadiavanao azy, na ny nangalarina andro, na ny nangalarina alina.

⁴⁰Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

⁴⁰Nony antoandro matin'ny hain'andro aho, ary nony alina dia matin'ny fanala; ary nandositra ny masoko ny torimaso.

⁴¹I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

⁴¹Izao roa-polo taona izao no nitoerako tany an-tranonao, ka efatra ambin'ny folo taona no nanompoako anao hahazoako azy mirahavavy zanakao, ary enin-taona kosa hahazoako ny ondry aman'osinao, ary efa nanova ny karamako im-polo ianao.

⁴²Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

⁴²Raha tsy Andriamanitry ny raiko, dia Andriamanitr'i Abrahama, Ilay natahoran'Isaka, no nomba ahy, dia ho nampandehaninao maina tokoa aho ankehitriny. Andriamanitra efa nitsinjo ny fahoriako sy ny fisasaran'ny tanako ka nananatra anao halina.

⁴³And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that thou seest is mine; but as for my daughters, what can I do this day to them, or to their sons whom they have brought forth?

⁴³Dia namaly Labana ka nanao tamin'i Jakoba hoe: Ireo zazavavy ireo dia zanako-vavy ary ireo zazalahy ireo dia zanako-lahy; ary ireo ondry aman'osy ireo dia ondry aman'osiko; ary izao rehetra hitanao izao dia ahy avokoa; ary ahoana no hataoko anio amin'ireto zanako-vavy, na amin'ny zanany naterany?

⁴⁴And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee.

⁴⁴Koa ankehitriny avia hanao fanekena isika, dia izaho sy ianao, ka aoka ho vavolombelona amiko sy aminao izany.

⁴⁵And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

⁴⁵Dia naka vato iray Jakoba ka nanangana azy ho tsangam-bato.

⁴⁶And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.

⁴⁶Ary hoy Jakoba tamin'ireo havany: Manangòna vato; dia naka vato izy, ka nataony antontany; ary dia nihinana teo anilan'ny antontam-bato izy rehetra.

⁴⁷And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

⁴⁷Ary ny anaran'ny antontam-bato dia nataon'i Labana hoe Jegara-sahadota; fa Jakoba kosa nanao azy hoe Galeda.

⁴⁸And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

⁴⁸Ary hoy Labana: Ity antontam-bato ity no vavolombelona amintsika anio. Izany no nanaovany ny anarany hoe Galeda.

⁴⁹-- and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:

⁴⁹Ary nataony hoe Mizpa koa izy, fa hoy izy: Jehovah hitazana ahy sy ianao, rehefa tsy mifankahita isika.

⁵⁰if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters, -- no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee!

⁵⁰Raha tahìny hampahory ny zanako-vavy ianao, na hanambady afa-tsy ireo zanako-vavy ireo ihany, tsy misy olona eto amintsika, fa, indro, Andriamanitra no ho vavolombelona amintsika.

⁵¹And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:

⁵¹Ary hoy indray Labana tamin'i Jakoba: Indro ity antontam-bato ity, ary indro ity tsangam-bato ity izay naoriko eto anelanelantsika, izaho sy ianao;

⁵²[let] this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap [to go] to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar [to come] to me, for harm.

⁵²dia aoka ho vavolombelona ity antontam-bato ity, ary aoka ho vavolombelona ity tsangam-bato ity, mba tsy hihoarako ity antontam-bato ity hankany aminao, ary mba tsy hihoaranao ity antontam-bato ity sy ity tsangam-bato ity hankatỳ amiko kosa hanisy ratsy.

⁵³The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us! And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

⁵³Ny andriamanitr'i Abrahama sy ny andriamanitr'i Nahora, dia ny andriamanitry ny rain'izy mirahalahy anie hitsara antsika. Fa Ilay natahoran'i Isaka rainy kosa no nianianan'i Jakoba.Dia namono zavatra hatao fanatitra teo an-tendrombohitra Jakoba ka nanasa ny havany mba hihinan-kanina; dia nihinana izy ka nitoetra teo an-tendrombohitra nandritra ny alina,

⁵⁴And Jacob offered a sacrifice upon the mountain, and invited his brethren to eat bread: and they ate bread, and lodged on the mountain.

⁵⁴Dia namono zavatra hatao fanatitra teo an-tendrombohitra Jakoba ka nanasa ny havany mba hihinan-kanina; dia nihinana izy ka nitoetra teo an-tendrombohitra nandritra ny alina,

⁵⁵And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place.