An Altar to God
1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Mungu akamwambia Yakobo, Ondoka, panda uende Betheli, ukakae huko; ukamfanyie Mungu madhabahu huko; yeye aliyekutokea ulipomkimbia Esau, ndugu yako.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Yakobo akawaambia watu wa nyumbani mwake, na wote waliokuwa pamoja naye, Ondoeni miungu migeni iliyoko kwenu, mjisafishe mkabadili nguo zenu.
3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Tuondoke, tupande kwenda Betheli, nami nitamfanyia Mungu madhabahu huko; yeye aliyenisikia siku ya shida yangu, akawa pamoja nami katika njia yote niliyoiendea.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Nao wakampa Yakobo miungu migeni yote iliyokuwa mikononi mwao, na pete zilizokuwa masikioni mwao, naye Yakobo akazificha chini ya mwaloni ulioko Shekemu.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Wakashika njia, hofu ya Mungu ikaishika miji iliyowazunguka, wala hawakuwafuata wana wa Yakobo.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is , Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.
Basi Yakobo akafika Luzu, ulio katika nchi ya Kanaani, ndio Betheli, yeye na watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Akajenga huko madhabahu, akapaita mahali pale, El-Betheli; kwa sababu huko Mungu alimtokea, hapo alipomkimbia ndugu yake.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
Akafa Debora mlezi wa Rebeka, akazikwa chini ya Betheli, chini ya mwaloni; na jina lake likaitwa Alon-bakuthi.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
Mungu akamtokea Yakobo tena, aliporudi kutoka Padan-aramu akambariki.
10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Mungu akamwambia, Jina lako ni Yakobo; hutaitwa tena Yakobo, lakini Israeli litakuwa jina lako. Akamwita jina lake, Israeli.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Mungu akamwambia, Mimi ni Mungu Mwenyezi, uzidi ukaongezeke. Taifa na kundi la mataifa watatoka kwako, na wafalme watatoka viunoni mwako.
12 and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Na nchi hii niliyowapa Ibrahimu na Isaka nitakupa wewe, na uzao wako baada yako nitawapa nchi hiyo.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Mungu akakwea juu kutoka kwake mahali hapo aliposema naye.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Yakobo akasimamisha nguzo mahali aliposema naye, nguzo ya mawe, akamimina juu yake sadaka ya kinywaji, akamimina mafuta juu yake.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
Yakobo akapaita mahali pale, Mungu aliposema naye, Betheli.
16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Wakasafiri kutoka Betheli, hata ukabaki mwendo wa kitambo tu kufika Efrathi, Raheli akashikwa na utungu wa kuzaa, na utungu wake ulikuwa mzito.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Ikawa alipokuwa anashikwa sana na utungu, mzalisha akamwambia, Usiogope, maana sasa utamzaa mwanamume mwingine.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Ikawa hapo katika kutoa roho yake, maana alikufa, akamwita jina lake Benoni, lakini babaye alimwita Benyamini.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Akafa Raheli, akazikwa katika njia ya Efrathi, ndio Bethlehemu.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Yakobo akasimamisha nguzo juu ya kaburi lake, ndiyo nguzo ya kaburi la Raheli hata leo.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
Kisha akasafiri Israeli akapiga hema yake upande wa pili wa mnara wa Ederi.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it . Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Ikawa Israeli alipokuwa akikaa katika nchi ile, Reubeni akaenda akalala na Bilha, suria wa babaye; Israeli akasikia habari. Basi hao wana wa Yakobo walikuwa kumi na wawili.
23 the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Wana wa Lea ni Reubeni, mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Yakobo, na Simeoni, na Lawi, na Yuda, na Isakari, na Zabuloni.
24 the sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Wana wa Raheli, ni Yusufu na Benyamini.
25 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Wana wa Bilha, kijakazi wa Raheli, ni Dani na Naftali.
26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Wana wa Zilpa, kijakazi wa Lea, ni Gadi na Asheri. Hawa ndio wana wa Yakobo aliozaliwa katika Padan-aramu.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
Yakobo akaja kwa Isaka, babaye, huko Mamre, mji wa Arba, ndio Hebroni, walipokaa ugenini Ibrahimu na Isaka.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
Siku za Isaka zilikuwa miaka mia na themanini.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Naye Isaka akakata roho, akafa, akakusanyika kwa watu wake, ni mzee, ameshiba siku. Esau na Yakobo, wanawe, wakamzika
