¹परमेश्वरले याकूबलाई भन्नु भयो, “बेतेल शहरमा जाऊ, त्यहाँ बस अनि पूजा गर्नलाई त्यहाँ एउटा वेदी बनाऊ। ‘एल’ लाई स्मरण गर, ती परमेश्वर जो तिमी दाज्यू एसावदेखि बाँच्नको लागि भाग्दै थियौ, त्यस समय तिमीलाई परमेश्वरले दर्शन दिनु भएको थियो। तिमीले आराधना गर्नको निम्ति त्यहाँ एउटा वेदी बनाऊ।”

¹God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

²यसकारण, याकूबले आफ्नो परिवार तथा आफ्ना सबै सेवकहरूलाई भने, “काठ र धातुले बनिएका जे जति झुटा देवताहरू तिमीहरूसित छन् ती सब नष्ट गरिदेऊ। आफूलाई पवित्र बनाऊ अनि सफा लुगाहरू लगाऊ।

²Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

³हामीहरू यो ठाउँ छोडेर बेतेल जानेछौ, अनि त्यहाँ आफ्नो परमेश्वरको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाउनेछौ। उहाँ मेरो उही परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ जसले मेरो प्रत्येक कष्टमा सहायता गर्नुहुन्छ, अनि म जहाँ जान्छु मसँगै हुनुहुन्छ।”

³Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.”

⁴यसर्थ मानिसहरूसित भएका झुटा देवताहरू तिनीहरूले सबै याकूबलाई दिए। तिनीहरूले आफ्नो कानमा लगाएका कुण्डलहरू पनि याकूबलाई दिए। याकूबले शकेम नाउँको शहरको नजिक एउटा फलाँटको रूखको नजिक ती सब चीजहरू गाडि दिए।

⁴They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

⁵याकूब र तिनका छोराहरूले त्यो ठाउँ छोडे। त्यस ठाउँका मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूलाई लखेटेर मार्न चाहन्थे। तर तिनीहरूले त्यसो गरेनन् किनभने तिनीहरू परमेश्वरसित आत्यन्तै डराएका थिए।

⁵They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

⁶यसर्थ याकूब अनि उसका मानिसहरू लूज पुगे। आज लूजलाई बेतेल भनिन्छ। यो कनान भूमिमा पर्छ।

⁶So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

⁷याकूबले त्यहाँ एउटा वेदी बनाएर त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ “एल-बेतेल” राख्यो। याकूबले त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ त्यही रोजे कारण जति बेला ऊ आफ्नो दाज्यू देखि भाग्दै थियो परमेश्वरले त्यहीं दर्शन दिनु भएको थियो।

⁷He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

⁸रिबेकाकी धाई दबोराह त्यहाँ मरी, तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई बेतेलमा फलाँटको रूखमुनि गाडे। तिनीहरूले त्यस ठाउँको नाउँ अल्लोन बकुत राखे।

⁸Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

⁹याकूब जब पद्दनआरामबाट फर्कियो परमेश्वरले फेरि उसलाई दर्शन दिनु भयो। परमेश्वरले याकूबलाई आशीर्वाद दिनुभयो।

⁹God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

¹⁰परमेश्वरले याकूबलाई भन्नुभयो, “तिम्रो नाउँ याकूब हो, तर म तिम्रो नाउँ बद्ली गरी दिनेछु। अब उसो तिमीलाई याकूब भनिने छैन र तिम्रो नयाँ नाउँ इस्राएल हुनेछ।” यसर्थ परमेश्वरले उसको नाउँ इस्राएल राख्नु भयो।

¹⁰God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel.” He named him Israel.

¹¹परमेश्वरले उसलाई भन्नु भयो, “म सर्वशक्तिमान परमेश्वर हुँ अनि म तिमीलाई आशीर्वाद दिन्छु। फल्दै-फुल्दै अनि बढदै जाऊ। तिम्रा सन्तानहरूबाट धेरै राष्ट्र अनि राजाहरू बनिनेछन्।

¹¹God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

¹²मैले अब्राहाम र इसहाकलाई विशेष भूमि दिएँ र अब तिमीलाई त्यो भूमि दिनेछु। अनि त्यो भूमि तिमीपछि आउने तिम्रा सन्तानलाई पनि दिनेछु।”

¹²The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land.”

¹³त्यसपछि परमेश्वर त्यहाँबाट जानु भयो।

¹³God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

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¹⁴Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

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¹⁵Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel.”

¹⁶याकूब अनि उसको दलले बेतेल छोडे। तिनीहरू ठीक एप्रात आई पुग्नअघि राहेल प्रसुति वेदना भोग्न थाली।

¹⁶They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

¹⁷तर यसपल्ट राहेललाई सही नसक्नु वेदना भइरहेको थियो। राहेलकी कमारीले हेरि र भनी “नडराऊ राहेल तिमीले अर्को छोरो जन्माउदैछौ।”

¹⁷When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for now you will have another son.”

¹⁸छोरो जन्मदा-जन्मदै राहेल मरी। मृत्युअघि आफ्नो त्यस छोरोको नाउँ तिनले बेन-ओनी राखीन्। तर याकूबले उसको नाउँ बिन्यामीन राख्यो।

¹⁸It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, “Benoni” means “son of my trouble.” but his father named him Benjamin. “Benjamin” means “son of my right hand.”

¹⁹राहेललाई एप्रात जाने बाटोमा नै गाडियो। (एप्रात नै बेतलेहेम हो)।

¹⁹Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

²⁰राहेलको सम्मानमा याकूबले उसको चिहानमाथि एउटा खामो उभ्यायो। त्यो खामो अझ पनि त्यही खडा छ।

²⁰Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

²¹त्यसपछि इस्राएलले आफ्नो यात्रा जारी राख्यो। उनले एदेर स्तम्भकै दक्षिणमा आफ्नो पाल हाल्यो।

²¹Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

²²इस्राएल त्यस ठाउँमा छोटो समयको निम्ति बस्यो। जब ऊ त्यहाँ थियो, रूबेन इस्राएलको सेविका बिल्हासित सुत्यो। इस्राएल यो सुनेर साह्रै क्रोधित भए। याकूब (इस्राएल)का बाह्र जना छोराहरू थिए।

²²It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²³लेआका छोराहरू हुनः रूबेन (याकूबको पहिलो छोरो), शिमोन, लेवी, यहूदा, इस्साकार अनि जबूलून।

²³The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

²⁴राहेलका छोराहरूः यूसुफ र बिन्यामीन।

²⁴The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁵राहेलकी कमारी बिल्हाबाट जन्मिएका छोराहरू दान र नप्ताली थिए।

²⁵The sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.

²⁶लेआकी कमारी जिल्पाबाट जन्मिएका छोरीहरू गाद र आशेर थिए। यी तिनका नानीहरू तब जन्मिएका थिए जब तिनी पद्दमआराममा थिए।

²⁶The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

²⁷याकूब आफ्ना बुबा इसहाककहाँ किर्यतर्बा (हेब्रोन)मा गए। यो त्यही ठाउँ हो जहाँ अब्राहाम र इसहाकले बसो-बास गरेका थिए।

²⁷Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

²⁸इसहाक एक सय असी वर्ष बाँचे।

²⁸The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

²⁹इसहाक जब मरे तिनीहरू अत्यन्त वृद्ध भएका थिए अनि सम्पूर्ण जीवन उपभोग गरे। उसको छोरा एसाव अनि याकूबले तिनलाई तिनका पिताको ठाउँमै गाडे।

²⁹Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.