ଦିତୀୟ ରାଜାବଳୀ 15
1 ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରେ ୟାରବିଯାମଙ୍କ ରାଜତ୍ବର ସପ୍ତବିଂଶ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ଅମତ୍ସିଯଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ଅସରିଯ ଯିହୁଦା ରେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ।
2 ଷୋଡଶ ବର୍ଷ ବଯସ ରେ ଅସରିଯ ରାଜ୍ଯ ଶାସନ ଆରମ୍ଭ କଲେ ଓ ସେ ୟିରୁଶାଲମ ରେ ବାବନ ବର୍ଷ ରାଜତ୍ବ କଲେ। ତାଙ୍କର ମାତାଙ୍କର ନାମ ୟିଖଲିଯା ଓ ସେ ୟିରୁଶାଲମ ନିବାସିନୀ ଥିଲେ।
3 ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ଅସରିଯ ଯଥାର୍ଥ କର୍ମମାନ କଲେ। ଠିକ୍ ସହେିପରି ତାଙ୍କର ପିତା ଅମତ୍ସିଯ ପରି ସେ କରିଥିଲେ।
4 ମାତ୍ର ଉଚ୍ଚସ୍ଥଳୀଗୁଡିକୁ ବିନଷ୍ଟ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ଲୋକମାନେ ସଠାେରେ ବଳିଦାନ କଲେ ଓ ଧୂପ ଜଳାଇଲେ।
5 ପୁଣି ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଅସରିଯଙ୍କୁ ମରଣ ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ କୁଷ୍ଠୀ କରି ଦେଲେ ଓ ସେ ଏକ ପୃଥକ ଗୃହ ରେ ବାସ କଲେ। ଆଉ ରାଜାଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ଯୋଥମ ଗୃହର କର୍ତ୍ତା ହାଇେ ଦେଶସ୍ଥ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କର ବିଗ୍ଭର କଲେ।
6 ଅସରିଯଙ୍କର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ତାଙ୍କର ସମସ୍ତ କ୍ରିଯା ଓ ପରାକ୍ରମ ଯିହୁଦା ରାଜବଂଶ ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
7 ଅସରିଯଙ୍କର ମୃତ୍ଯୁ ହେଲା ଓ ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଗଣଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଦାଉଦ ନଗର ରେ କବର ପାଇଲେ। ଅସରିଯଙ୍କର ମୃତ୍ଯୁପରେ, ଯୋଥମ ଅସରିଯଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ନୂତନ ରାଜାରୂପେ ପରିଚିତ ହେଲେ।
8 ଯିହୁଦା ରେ ଅସରିଯଙ୍କର ରାଜତ୍ବର ଅଠତିରିଶ୍ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ୟାରବିଯଯାମଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଜିଖରିଯ ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ଉପରେ ଛଅ ମାସ ଶାସନ କଲେ।
9 ୟିଖରିଯ ଆପଣା ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଙ୍କ ପରି କୁକର୍ମମାନ କରି ଚାଲିଲେ। ଯେଉଁଗୁଡିକ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ଭୂଲ୍ ବୋଲି ବିବଚେିତ ହୁଏ। ନବାଟଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ୟାରବିଯାମ ୟିଏ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲକୁ ଯେଉଁ ପାପ କରାଇଥିଲେ ସେ ସହେି ପାପ ପଥରୁ ବିମୁଖ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ।
10 ଆଉ ୟାବେଶଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଶଲ୍ଲମ ୟିଖରିଯଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ ରେ ଚକ୍ରାନ୍ତ କଲେ ଓ ତାଙ୍କୁ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖ ରେ ବଧ କଲେ ଓ ନୂତନ ରୂପେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ।
11 ଜିଖରିଯଙ୍କର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ସମସ୍ତ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯ, ପରାକ୍ରମ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରାଜବଂଶର ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
12 ଏହିପରି ଭାବରେ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ବାକ୍ଯ ସତ୍ଯ ହେଲା। ସେ ଯହେୂଙ୍କୁ କହିଥିଲେ ତାଙ୍କର ଚତୁର୍ଥ ପୁରୁଷ ପର୍ୟ୍ଯନ୍ତ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ସିଂହାସନ ରେ ଉପବିଷ୍ଟ ହବେେ, ତାହା ସହେିପରି ଘଟିଲା।
13 ଯିହୁଦା ରେ ଉଷିୟଙ୍କ ରାଜତ୍ବର ଅଣଗ୍ଭଳିଶ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ୟାବେଶଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଶଲ୍ଲୁମ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ। ସେ ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଏକମାସ ପାଇଁ ଶାସନ କଲେ।
14 ଆଉ ଗାଦିର ପୁତ୍ର ମନ ହେମ୍ ତିର୍ସାରୁ ଆସି ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହେଲେ ଓ ୟାବେଶଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ଶଲ୍ଲୁମଙ୍କୁ ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଆଘାତ କରି ବଧ କଲେ ଓ ତାଙ୍କ ପଦ ରେ ରାଜ୍ଯ କଲେ।
15 ଶଲ୍ଲୁମଙ୍କର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ତାଙ୍କର ଜିଖରିଯଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ ରେ କୃତ ଚକ୍ରାନ୍ତ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କ ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
16 ଶଲ୍ଲମଙ୍କ ମୃତ୍ଯୁପରେ ମନ ହେମ୍ ତିର୍ସାଠାରୁ, ତିପ୍ସହର ସମସ୍ତ ଅଞ୍ଚଳକୁ ଲୋକମାନେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କଲେ, କାରଣ ସମାନେେ ନଗରର ଫାଟକସବୁ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଖାଲିବୋକୁ ଅମାନ୍ଯ କଲେ। ସେ ନଗରର ସମସ୍ତ ଗର୍ଭବତୀ ନାରୀଙ୍କର ଉଦର ବିଦୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ କଲେ।
17 ଯିହୁଦା ରେ ଅସରିଯଙ୍କ ରାଜତ୍ବର ଅଣଗ୍ଭଳିଶ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ଗାଦିଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ମନ ହେମ୍ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ ଓ ସେ ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଦଶବର୍ଷ ରାଜତ୍ବ କଲେ।
18 ପୁଣି ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ଯାହାସବୁ ପାପ ଓ ଘୃଣ୍ଯ, ସେସବୁ କର୍ମ କରି ଚାଲିଲେ। ସେ କବେେ ହେଲେ ପାପ କରିବାକୁ କ୍ଷାନ୍ତ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ, ଯେଉଁସବୁ ପାପ ୟାରବିଯାମ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟମାନଙ୍କୁ କରାଇଥିଲେ।
19 ଅଶୂରର ରାଜା ପୂଲ୍ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ ରେ ୟୁଦ୍ଧ କରିବାକୁ ଆସିବାରୁ ମନ ହେମ୍ ତାଙ୍କର ସମର୍ଥନ ପାଇବା ପାଇଁ ତାଙ୍କୁ 1,000 ତାଳନ୍ତ ରୂପା ଦେଲେ। କାରଣ ପୂଲ୍ ତାଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ଯ ସୁଦୃଢ କରିବାକୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ସାହାର୍ୟ୍ଯ କରିବେ।
20 ପୁଣି ମନେ ହେମ୍ ଏହି ଟଙ୍କା ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ଧନୀ ଓ ଶକ୍ତିଶାଳୀ ଲୋକଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଆଦାଯ କଲେ। ପ୍ରେତ୍ୟକକ ଧନଶାଳୀ ଲୋକଠାରୁ ପଗ୍ଭଶ ଶକେଲ ଲଖାଏଁେ ରୂପା ନେଲେ। ସେ ଅଶୂର ରାଜାଙ୍କୁ ଏହି ଧନ ପାଇବା ପରେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ପରିତ୍ଯାଗ କଲେ ଓ ନିଜ ଦେଶକୁ ଫରେିଗଲେ।
21 ମନ ହେମ୍ଙ୍କର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ସମସ୍ତ ମହାନ୍ କ୍ରିଯା ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରାଜବଂଶର ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
22 ମନ ହେମ୍ଙ୍କର ମୃତ୍ଯୁ ହେଲା ଓ ସେ ତାଙ୍କର ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଗଣଙ୍କ ସହିତ କବର ନେଲେ। ତାଙ୍କ ପରେ ତାଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ପକହିଯ ତାଙ୍କ ପଦ ରେ ରାଜ୍ଯ କଲେ।
23 ଯିହୁଦାର ଅସରିଯଙ୍କ ରାଜତ୍ବର ପଗ୍ଭଶ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ମନ ହେମ୍ଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର ପକହିଯ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ ଓ ସେ ଦୁଇବର୍ଷ ଶମରିଯା ଶାସନ କଲେ।
24 ପକହିଯ ମଧ୍ଯ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ମନ୍ଦ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯ କଲେ। ସେ ପାପଗୁଡିକ କାର୍ୟ୍ଯରୁ ବିମୁଖ ହେଲେ ନାହିଁ, ଯାହା ୟାରବିଯାମ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ପାପ କରାଇଥିଲେ।
25 ରମଲିଯର ପୁତ୍ର ପକହେ, ପକହଙ୍କେର ସୈନ୍ଯବାହୀନିର ଜଣେ ସନୋପତି ରାଜ ପ୍ରାସାଦ ରେ ପକହେକୁ ହତ୍ଯା କଲେ। ଯେତବେେଳେ ରାଜାଙ୍କୁ ସେ ହତ୍ଯା କଲେ, ତାଙ୍କ ସହିତ ପଗ୍ଭଶ ଗିଲିଯଦୀଯ ଲୋକ ଥିଲେ। ସେ ତାଙ୍କ ପରେ ନୂତନ ରାଜା ହେଲେ।
26 ଏହି ପକହେିଯଙ୍କର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ତାଙ୍କର ସମସ୍ତ କ୍ରିଯା ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କ ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
27 ଯିହୁଦା ରେ ଅସରିଯଙ୍କର ରାଜତ୍ବର ବାବନ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ରମଲିଯଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ପକହେ ଶମରିଯା ରେ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ଉପରେ ଶାସନ କରିବାକୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରି କୋଡିଏ ବର୍ଷ ରାଜ୍ଯ ଶାସନ କଲେ।
28 ପକହେ ମଧ୍ଯ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ପାପ କଲେ। ସେ ପାପ କରିବାକୁ କ୍ଷାନ୍ତ ହେଲନୋହିଁ। ଆଉ ସେ ମଧ୍ଯ ନବାଟଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ରପରି ୟାରବିଯାମ ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲୀୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ପାପ କରାଇଲେ।
29 ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ରାଜା ପକହଙ୍କେର ସମୟରେ ଅଶୂରର ରାଜା ତିଗ୍ଲତ-ପିଲଷେର ଆସି ଇୟୋନ, ଆବଲେ-ବୈଥ୍ମାଖା, ୟାନୋହକଦେେଶ, ହାତ୍ସୋର, ଗିଲିଯଦ, ଗାଲୀଲ ଓ ସମୁଦାଯ ନପ୍ତାଲି ଦେଶ ଅଧିକାର କଲା। ଆଉ ସେ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କୁ ବନ୍ଦୀ କରି ଅଶୂରକୁ ନଇଗେଲା।
30 ଏହାପରେ ଏଲାଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ହାେେଶୟ ରମଲିଯଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ପକହଙ୍କେର ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ ରେ ଚକ୍ରାନ୍ତ କଲେ ଓ ସେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଘାତ କରି ବଧ କଲେ। ପୁଣି ଯିହୁଦା ଉପରେ ଉଷିୟଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ଯୋଥମଙ୍କର ରାଜତ୍ବର କୋଡିଏ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ତାଙ୍କର ପଦ ରେ ରାଜ୍ଯ କଲେ।
31 ଏହି ପକହଙ୍କେର ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ତାଙ୍କର ସମସ୍ତ କ୍ରିଯା ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲ ରାଜାମାନଙ୍କ ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
32 ଇଶ୍ରାୟେଲର ରାଜା ରମଲିଯଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ପକହଙ୍କେ ରାଜତ୍ବର ଦ୍ବିତୀୟ ବର୍ଷ ରେ ଯିହୁଦାର ରାଜା ଉଷିୟଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ଯୋଥମ ରାଜ୍ଯ କରିବାକୁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କଲେ।
33 ଯୋଥମ ପଚିଶ ବର୍ଷ ବଯସ ରେ ରାଜା ହେଲେ ଓ ଷୋହଳ ବର୍ଷ ୟିରୁଶାଲମ ରେ ରାଜ୍ଯ ଶାସନ କଲେ। ତାଙ୍କର ମାତାଙ୍କ ନାମ ୟିରୁଣା ଓ ସେ ସାଦୋକର କନ୍ଯା ଥିଲେ।
34 ୟୋଥମ୍ ଠିକ୍ ତାଙ୍କର ପିତା ଉଷିୟଙ୍କ ତୁଲ୍ଯ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରେ ଯଥାର୍ଥ କର୍ମ କଲେ।
35 ମାତ୍ର ସେ ଉଚ୍ଚସ୍ଥଳୀଗୁଡିକୁ ବିନିଷ୍ଟ କଲେ ନାହିଁ। ସେ ସମୟରେ ମଧ୍ଯ ଲୋକମାନେ ସହେି ଉଚ୍ଚସ୍ଥଳୀ ରେ ବଳୀଦାନ କଲେ ଓ ଧୂପ ଜଳାଇଲେ। ଯୋଥମ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ମନ୍ଦିରର ଉପର ଦ୍ବାର ନିର୍ମାଣ କଲେ।
36 ଯୋଥମଙ୍କ ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଓ ମହାନ କ୍ରିଯା ଯିହୁଦା ରାଜବଂଶର ଇତିହାସ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଲିଖିତ ହାଇେଅଛି।
37 ସେ ସମୟରେ ସଦାପ୍ରଭୁ ଅରାମର ରାଜା ରତସୀନ୍କୁ ଓ ରମଲିଯର ପୁତ୍ର ପକହଙ୍କେୁ ଯିହୁଦା ବିରୁଦ୍ଧ ରେ ୟୁଦ୍ଧ କରିବାକୁ ପଠାଇଲେ।
38 ଅନନ୍ତର ଯୋଥମଙ୍କର ମୃତ୍ଯୁ ହେଲା ଓ ସେ ତାଙ୍କ ପୂର୍ବପୁରୁଷଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଦାଉଦ ନଗର ରେ କବର ନେଲେ। ତାଙ୍କର ପୁତ୍ର ଆହସ ତାଙ୍କ ପଦ ରେ ରାଜ୍ଯ କଲେ।
1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
5 And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37 In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.