1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Naye Raheli alipoona ya kuwa hamzalii Yakobo mwana, Raheli alimwonea ndugu yake wivu. Akamwambia Yakobo, Nipe wana; kama sivyo, nitakufa mimi.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Yakobo akamghadhibikia Raheli, akasema, Je! Mimi ni badala ya Mungu, aliyekuzuilia uzao wa mimba?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Akasema, Yuko mjakazi wangu, Bilha, uingie kwake ili kwamba azae juu ya magoti yangu, nami nipate uzao kwa yeye.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Basi akampa Bilha mjakazi wake kuwa mkewe. Yakobo akaingia kwake.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Naye Bilha akapata mimba, akamzalia Yakobo mwana.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Raheli akasema, Mungu amenipa haki yangu, naye amesikia sauti yangu, akanipa mwana. Kwa hiyo akamwita jina lake Dani.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Bilha, mjakazi wa Raheli, akapata mimba tena, akamzalia Yakobo mwana wa pili.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Raheli akasema, Kwa mashindano makuu nimeshindana na ndugu yangu, nikashinda. Akamwita jina lake Naftali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Lea alipoona ya kuwa ameacha kuzaa, alimtwaa Zilpa, mjakazi wake, akampa Yakobo kuwa mkewe.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Zilpa, mjakazi wa Lea, akamzalia Yakobo mwana.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Lea akasema, Bahati njema! Akamwita jina lake Gadi.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
Zilpa, mjakazi wa Lea, akamzalia Yakobo mwana wa pili.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Lea akasema, Ni heri mimi, maana wanawake wataniita heri. Akamwita jina lake Asheri.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Reubeni akaenda siku za mavuno ya ngano akaona tunguja kondeni, akazileta kwa Lea mamaye. Ndipo Raheli akamwambia Lea, Nipe mimi baadhi ya tunguja za mwanao.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
Naye akamwambia, Je! Ni jambo dogo kuninyang'anya mume wangu; hata wataka kuzitwaa tunguja za mwanangu pia? Raheli akamwambia, Kwa hiyo atalala kwako usiku huu kwa tunguja za mwanao.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Yakobo akaja kutoka kondeni jioni, Lea akatoka kumlaki, akasema, Lazima uje kwangu, kwa sababu nimekuajiri, kwa tunguja za mwanangu; akalala kwake usiku ule.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
Mungu akamsikia Lea, naye akapata mimba, akamzalia Yakobo mwana wa tano.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Lea akasema, Mungu amenipa ujira wangu, kwa sababu nimempa mume wangu mjakazi wangu. Akamwita jina lake Isakari.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
Lea akapata mimba tena, akamzalia Yakobo mwana wa sita.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Lea akasema, Mungu amenipa mahari njema, sasa mume wangu atakaa nami, kwa kuwa nimemzalia wana sita. Akamwita jina lake Zabuloni.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Baadaye akazaa binti, akamwita jina lake Dina.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Mungu akamkumbuka Raheli; Mungu akamsikia, akamfungua tumbo.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Akapata mimba, akazaa mwana, akasema, Mungu ameondoa aibu yangu.
24 and she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Akamwita jina lake Yusufu, akisema, Bwana aniongeze mwana mwingine.
Jacob and Laban
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
Ikawa Raheli alipomzaa Yusufu, Yakobo akamwambia Labani, Nipe ruhusa niende kwetu, na kwenye nchi yangu.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
Nipe wake zangu na watoto wangu, niliokutumikia, niende zangu, maana umejua utumishi wangu niliokutumikia.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Labani akamwambia, Iwapo nimeona fadhili machoni pako, kaa, maana nimetambua ya kwamba Bwana amenibariki kwa ajili yako.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it .
Akasema, Sema mshahara wako utakao, nami nitatoa.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Akamwambia, Umejua jinsi nilivyokutumikia, na jinsi wanyama wako walivyokuwa kwangu.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came , and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Maana mali yako ilikuwa haba kabla sijaja, nayo imezidi kuwa nyingi, Bwana akakubariki kila nilikokwenda. Basi sasa, nitaangalia lini mambo ya nyumba yangu mwenyewe?
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
Akamwuliza, Nikupe nini? Yakobo akasema, Usinipe kitu; ukinifanyia neno hili, nitalisha wanyama wako tena na kuwalinda.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Nitapita katika wanyama wako wote leo, na kutoa huko kila mnyama aliye na madoadoa na marakaraka, na kila mnyama mweusi katika hao kondoo, na aliye na marakaraka na madoadoa katika mbuzi; nao watakuwa mshahara wangu.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Na haki yangu itanishuhudia katika siku zijazo, utakapokuja kwa habari ya mshahara wangu ulioko kwako. Kila asiye madoadoa au marakaraka katika mbuzi, au asiye mweusi katika kondoo, akionekana kwangu, itahesabiwa kuwa ameibiwa.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Labani akasema, Tazama, na iwe hivi kama usemavyo.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
Basi akatoa siku ile mbuzi waume walio na milia na madoadoa, na mbuzi wake walio na madoadoa na marakaraka, kila aliye na doa jeupe, na kondoo wote waliokuwa weusi, akawatia mikononi mwa wanawe.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Akajitenga na Yakobo mwendo wa siku tatu; naye Yakobo akachunga wanyama wa Labani waliosalia.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Yakobo akatwaa fito za mlubna mbichi, na mlozi, na mwaramoni, akazibambua maganda, mistari myeupe ionekane ndani ya hizo fito.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
Akazisimamisha fito hizo alizozibambua katika mabirika ya kunyweshea maji, pale walipokuja wanyama wanywe; wakachukua mimba walipokuja kunywa.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Wanyama wakapata mimba mbele ya hizo fito, wakazaa wanyama walio na milia, na madoadoa, na marakaraka.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
Na Yakobo akawatenga wana-kondoo, akazielekeza nyuso za makundi zielekee wale waliokuwa na milia, na kila aliyekuwa mweusi katika wanyama wa Labani. Akaweka kando wanyama wake mwenyewe, wala hakuwachanganya pamoja na wanyama wa Labani.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Ikawa kila walipopata mimba wanyama wenye nguvu, Yakobo akaziweka zile fito mbele ya macho ya hao wanyama katika mabirika ili kwamba wachukue mimba kati ya zile fito,
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
lakini wanyama walipodhoofika hakuziweka zile fito. Basi wale dhaifu walikuwa wa Labani, na wenye nguvu walikuwa wa Yakobo.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Kwa hiyo mtu huyo akazidi mno, akawa na wanyama wengi, na vijakazi, na watumwa, na ngamia, na punda.
