¹Ary rehefa hitan-dRahely fa tsy mba niteraka tamin'i Jakoba izy, dia nialona ny rahavaviny izy, ka hoy izy tamin'i Jakoba: Mba omeo zaza aho, fa raha tsy izany, dia ho faty aho.

¹And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none — I die.`

²Dia nirehitra tamin-dRahely ny fahatezeran'i Jakoba, ka hoy izy: Solon'Andriamanitra, Izay nahamomba anao tsy hiteraka, va aho?

²And Jacob`s anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?`

³Ary hoy izy: Indro Bila ankizivaviko, vadio izy; dia hiteraka eo am­pofoako izy, mba hahazoako zaza aminy.

³And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;`

⁴Dia nomeny azy Bila ankizivaviny ho vadiny; ary dia novadin'i Jakoba koa izy.

⁴and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

⁵Dia nanan'anaka Bila ka niteraka zazalahy tamin'i Jakoba.

⁵and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,

⁶Ary hoy Rahely: Andriamanitra efa nanome ahy ny rariny sady efa nihaino ny feoko, ka nomeny zazalahy aho; izany no nanaovany ny anarany hoe Dana.

⁶and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;` therefore hath she called his name Dan.

⁷Dia nanan'anaka indray Bila, ankizivavin-Rahely, ka niteraka zazalahy faharoany tamin'i Jakoba.

⁷And Bilhah, Rachel`s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

⁸Ary hoy Rahely: Fitolomana mafy dia mafy no nitolomako tamin'ny rahavaviko, ka nahery aho; dia nataony hoe Naftaly ny anarany.

⁸and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;` and she calleth his name Napthali.

⁹Ary rehefa hitan'i Lea fa efa nitsaha-jaza izy, dia naka an'i Zilpa ankizivaviny izy, ka nomeny ho vadin'i Jakoba koa.

⁹And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

¹⁰Ary Zilpa, ankizivavin'i Lea, dia niteraka zazalahy tamin'i Jakoba.

¹⁰and Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

¹¹Ary hoy Lea: Manan-jara re aho! dia nataony hoe Gada ny anarany.

¹¹and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;` and she calleth his name Gad.

¹²Ary Zilpa, ankizivavin'i Lea, dia nitera­ka zazalahy faharoany tamin'i Jakoba.

¹²And Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

¹³Ary hoy Lea: Sambatra aho, fa hataon'ny zanakavavin'ny olona hoe sambatra aho; dia nataony hoe Asera ny anarany.

¹³and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;` and she calleth his name Asher.

¹⁴Ary nivoaka nitsangantsangana Robena tamin'ny andro fijinjam-bary ka nahita dodaima naniry tany an-tsaha, dia nitondra azy ho any amin'i Lea reniny. Ary hoy Rahely tamin'i Lea: Veloma ianao, mba anomezo ahy kely ny dodaiman'ny zanakao.

¹⁴And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.`

¹⁵Ary hoy izy taminy: Moa zavatra kely va ny nakanao ny vadiko? Dia halainao koa va ny dodaiman'ny zanako? Ary hoy Rahely: Aoka handry aminao ihany ary izy anio alina noho ny dodaiman'ny zanakao.

¹⁵And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?` and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son`s love-apples.`

¹⁶Ary nony hariva, rehefa tonga avy tany an-tsaha Jakoba, dia nivoaka nitsena azy Lea ka nanao hoe: Ho ato amiko no halehanao; fa ny dodaiman'ny zanako no efa nakaramako anao tokoa. Dia nandry taminy izy tamin'iny alina iny.

¹⁶And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son`s love-apples;` and he lieth with her during that night.

¹⁷Ary Andriamanitra nihaino an'i Lea, dia nanan'anaka izy ka niteraka zazalahy fahadiminy tamin'i Jakoba.

¹⁷And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,

¹⁸Ary hoy Lea: Efa nomen'Andriamanitra ny karamako, satria nomeko hovadin'ny vadiko ny ankizivaviko; dia nataony hoe Isakara ny anarany.

¹⁸and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;` and she calleth his name Issachar.

¹⁹Dia nanan'anaka indray Lea ka niteraka zazalahy faheniny tamin'i Jakoba.

¹⁹And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,

²⁰Ary hoy Lea: Efa nanome anjara soa ho ahy Andriamanitra; amin'izao vao hitoetra amiko ny vadiko, fa efa niteraka zaza enin-dahy ho azy aho; dia nataony hoe Zebolona ny anarany.

²⁰and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me — a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;` and she calleth his name Zebulun;

²¹Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia niteraka zazavavy izy, ka nataony hoe Dina ny anarany.

²¹and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.

²²Ary Andriamanitra nahatsiaro an-dRahely, dia nihaino azy ka nampanan'anaka azy.

²²And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,

²³Ary nanan'anaka izy ka niteraka zazalahy; dia hoy izy: Efa nahafa-tondromaso ahy Andriamanitra.

²³and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;`

²⁴Dia nataony hoe Josefa ny anarany, ka hoy izy: Jehovah anie mbola hanampy zazalahy iray ho ahy koa.

²⁴and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.`

²⁵[Ny fanekena hafa koa izay nataon'i Labana sy Jakoba] Ary rehefa niteraka an'i Josefa Rahely, dia hoy Jakoba tamin'i Labana: Alefaso aho hankany amin'ny fonenako sy ny taniko.

²⁵And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land;

²⁶Omeo ahy ny vadiko aman-janako, izay nanompoako anao, dia handeha aho; fa fantatrao ny fanompoana izay nanompoako anao.

²⁶give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou — thou hast known my service which I have served thee.`

²⁷Ary hoy Labana taminy: Masìna ianao, raha nahita fitia eo imasonao aho, mitoera eto amiko, efa namantatra aho, ka fantatro fa avy taminao no nitahian'i Jehovah ahy.

²⁷And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes — I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.`

²⁸Ary hoy koa izy: Tonony izay ho karamanao, dia homeko anao.

²⁸He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.`

²⁹Ary hoy Jakoba taminy; Fantatrao ny nanompoako anao sy ny toetry ny omby aman'ondrinao tato amiko.

²⁹And he saith unto him, `Thou — thou hast known that which I have served thee [in], and that which thy substance was with me;

³⁰Fa kely ny fanananao, fony tsy mbola tonga aho, fa efa nitombo be dia be izy; ary efa nitahy anao Jehovah tamin'ny diako rehetra; ary ankehitriny, rahoviana kosa aho no mba hihary ho an'ny ao an-tranoko?

³⁰for [it is] little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?`

³¹Ary hoy izy: Inona ary no homeko anao? Ary hoy Jakoba: Tsy hanome ahy na inona na inona ianao; raha hataonao amiko izao zavatra izao, dia mbola handrasako sy hotandremako ihany ny ondry aman'osinao:

³¹And he saith, `What do I give to thee?` And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

³²Handeha hitety ny ondry aman'osinao rehetra aho anio ka hanavaka ny mara sy ny sada rehetra, ary ny mainty rehetra eo amin'ny ondry ary ny sada sy ny mara eo amin'ny osy; koa ireny no ho karamako.

³²I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats — and it hath been my hire;

³³Ny fahamarinako no ho vavolombeloko amin'ny andro ho avy, raha tonga ianao handinika ny karamako: izay rehetra tsy mara ary tsy sada eo amin'ny osy, ary izay tsy mainty eo amin'ny ondry, dia ho halatro izany.

³³and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; — every one which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs — it is stolen with me.`

³⁴Ary hoy Labana: Eny, aoka ho araka ny teninao ary.

³⁴And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;`

³⁵Dia navahany tamin'izany andro izany ny osilahy sadika sy sada, ary izay osivavy rehetra mara sy sada, dia izay rehetra nisy fotsy, ary ny mainty rehetra teo amin'ny ondry; dia natolony teo an-tanan'ny zananilahy ireny.

³⁵and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that [hath] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,

³⁶Ary nasiany lalan­kateloana teo anelanelan'izy sy Jakoba; ary Jakoba niandry ny ondry aman'osin'i Labana sisa.

³⁶and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

³⁷Ary Jakoba dia naka tsorakazo maro tamin'ny hazo popola maitso sy tamin'ny hazo lozy sy tamin'ny hazo platana; ka nataony ofy vandana ireny hisehoan'ny fotsy izay teo amin'ny tsorakazo.

³⁷And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods,

³⁸Ary ireny tsorakazo voaofiny ireny dia napetrany teo anoloan'ny ondry aman'osy, teo anatin'ny tavin-drano, dia teo amin'ny fisotroan-drano, izay nalehan'ny ondry aman'osy hisotro, ka nikambana teo ny lahy sy ny vavy, raha avy hisotro rano izy.

³⁸and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

³⁹Dia nikambana tandrifin'ny tsorakazo ny ondry aman'osy ka niteraka sadika sy mara ary sada.

³⁹and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones.

⁴⁰Ary ny zanak'ondry navahan'i Jakoba, ary ny ondry sisa dia nataony manatrika ny sadika sy ny mainty rehetra teo amin'ny ondry aman'osin'i Labana; ary natokany izay ondry aman'osy ho azy ka tsy navelany hiharo tamin'ny ondry aman'osin'i Labana.

⁴⁰And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban`s flock.

⁴¹Ary na oviana na oviana no hikambanan'ny ondry aman'osy matanjaka, dia napetrak'i Jakoba teo anatin'ny tavin-drano teo anoloan'ny mason'ny ondry aman'osy ireny tsorakazo ireny, mba hikambanany eo anilan'ny tsorakazo.

⁴¹And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,

⁴²Fa raha osaosa kosa ny ondry aman'osy, dia tsy mba napetrany teo ireny; ka dia ny osaosa no an'i Labana, fa ny matanjaka kosa no an'i Jakoba.Dia nitombo harena indrindra ralehilahy ka nanana ondry aman'osy betsaka ary andevovavy sy andevolahy ary rameva sy boriky.

⁴²and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban`s, and the strong ones Jacob`s.

⁴³Dia nitombo harena indrindra ralehilahy ka nanana ondry aman'osy betsaka ary andevovavy sy andevolahy ary rameva sy boriky.

⁴³And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.