His Flight and Vision
1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Basi Isaka akamwita Yakobo, akambariki, akamwagiza akamwambia, Usitwae mke wa binti za Kanaani.
2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Ondoka, uende Padan-aramu, mpaka nyumba ya Bethueli baba ya mama yako, ukajitwalie huko mke katika binti za Labani, ndugu wa mama yako.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Na Mungu Mwenyezi, akubariki, akuzidishe, na kukuongeza, ili uwe mkutano wa makabila.
4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Akupe mbaraka wa Ibrahimu, wewe na uzao wako pamoja nawe, upate kuirithi nchi ya kusafiri kwako, Mungu aliyompa Ibrahimu.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Basi Isaka akampeleka Yakobo, naye akaenda Padan-aramu, kwa Labani, mwana wa Bethueli, Mshami, ndugu wa Rebeka, mama yao Yakobo na Esau.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Esau akaona ya kwamba Isaka amembariki Yakobo na kumpeleka Padan-aramu, ili ajitwalie mke huko, na katika kumbariki akamwagiza, akasema, Usitwae mke wa binti za Kanaani,
7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
na ya kuwa Yakobo amewatii babaye na mamaye, akaenda Padan-aramu.
8 and Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Esau akaona ya kuwa binti za Kanaani hawakumpendeza Isaka, baba yake.
9 then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Basi Esau akaenda kwa Ishmaeli akamtwaa Mahalathi, binti Ishmaeli mwana wa Ibrahimu, ndugu wa Nebayothi, kuwa mkewe pamoja na wakeze aliokuwa nao.
10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Yakobo akatoka Beer-sheba, kwenda Harani.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Akafika mahali fulani akakaa huko usiku kucha, maana jua lilikuwa limekuchwa; akatwaa jiwe moja la mahali pale akaliweka chini ya kichwa chake, akalala usingizi pale pale.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Akaota ndoto; na tazama, ngazi imesimamishwa juu ya nchi, na ncha yake yafika mbinguni. Tena, tazama, malaika wa Mungu wanapanda, na kushuka juu yake.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Na tazama, Bwana amesimama juu yake, akasema, Mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wa Ibrahimu baba yako, na Mungu wa Isaka; nchi hii uilalayo nitakupa wewe na uzao wako.
14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Na uzao wako utakuwa kama mavumbi ya nchi, nawe utaenea upande wa magharibi, na mashariki, na kaskazini, na kusini; na katika wewe, na katika uzao wako, jamaa zote za dunia watabarikiwa.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Na tazama, mimi nipo pamoja nawe, nitakulinda kila uendako, nami nitakuleta tena mpaka nchi hii, kwa maana sitakuacha, hata nitakapokufanyia hayo niliyokuambia.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Yakobo akaamka katika usingizi wake, akasema, Kweli Bwana yupo mahali hapa, wala mimi sikujua.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Naye akaogopa akasema, Mahali hapa panatisha kama nini! Bila shaka, hapa ni nyumba ya Mungu, napo ndipo lango la mbinguni.
Beth-el
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Yakobo akaondoka asubuhi na mapema, akalitwaa lile jiwe aliloliweka chini ya kichwa chake, akalisimamisha kama nguzo, na kumimina mafuta juu yake.
19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Akaita jina la mahali pale Betheli; lakini jina la mji ule hapo kwanza uliitwa Luzu.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Yakobo akaweka nadhiri akisema, Mungu akiwa pamoja nami, akinilinda katika njia niiendeayo, na kunipa chakula nile, na nguo nivae;
21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
nami nikirudi kwa amani nyumbani kwa baba yangu, ndipo Bwana atakuwa Mungu wangu.
22 and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Na jiwe hili nililolisimamisha kama nguzo litakuwa nyumba ya Mungu; na katika kila utakalonipa hakika nitakutolea wewe sehemu ya kumi.
