Mui 27
1 Aisage da da: idafa hamoi galu. Ea si amola da dofoi dagoi. Eso afaega e da ea magobo mano misa: ne sia: i. E da ema amane sia: i, “Nagofe!” Iso bu adole i, “Na wea!”
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Aisage da amane sia: i, “Na da da: i hamoi dagoi. Na bogomu eso hame dawa:
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Dia dadi lale, sogega asili, na moma: ne sigua ohe fi afae fane legema.
Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
4 Amalalu, ha: i manu amo na hanai liligi gobelalu, nama gaguli misa. Na da amo nanu, magobo mano amoma Gode Ea hahawane dogolegele ilegema: ne defele nana sia: su, amo dima imunu.
Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
5 Lebega da Aisage amo Isoma sia: daloba nabi dagoi. Amaiba: le, Iso da benea ahoanoba,
Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
6 e da Ya: igobema amane sia: i, ‘Na da wali dia ada Isoma sia: dalebe nabi. E amane sia: i,
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 ‘Sigua ohe amo na moma: ne gaguli misa. Na da amo ha: i nanu, na da bogomu gadeneiba: le, Gode ba: ma: ne dima magobo mano hahawane dogolegele ilegema: ne nana sia: imunu.’
‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
8 Defea! Nagofe! Nabima! Na da hou dima olelemu.
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Di da goudi gilisisu amoga asili, goudi mano aduna sefena gala amo lama. Amo na da gobele, dia ada ea hanai ha: i manu hamomu.
Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
10 Amalalu, e moma: ne di gaguli masa. E da mae bogole, magobo mano hahawane dogolegele ilegema: ne nana sia: dima imunu.
Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
11 Be Ya: igobe da ea: mema bu adole i, “Di dawa: ! Iso ea gadofo da hinabo bagade gala. Be na da: i da hinabo hame.
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
12 Na ada da na gadofo digili ba: sea, e da na ogogoi dawa: mu. Amasea na da hahawane dogolegele ilegesu sia: mae ba: le, gagabusu aligi dagoi fawane ba: mu.
What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
13 Ea: me bu adole i, “Nagofe! Gagabui aligisu da doaga: sea, amo da dima hame be nama fawane doaga: mu. Na sia: defele hamoma. Di goudi amo nama gaguli misa.”
His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
14 Amaiba: le, e da goudi lala asili, ema bu gaguli misi. Lebega da Aisage ea hanai ha: i manu gobei.
So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
15 Amalalu, Lebega da Iso ea abula noga: i amo da diasu ganodini dialu, amo lale, Ya: igobema idiniginisi.
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
16 E da goudi ea gadofo amo Ya: igobe ea laboso amola ea ogomagi, amoga ligisi.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 E da ha: i manu hedai gala, amola agi gobei Ya: igobema i.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Amalalu, Ya: igobe da ea adama asili, amane sia: i, “Ada!” Aisage da bu adole ba: i, “Di da na mano habola: ?”
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
19 Ya: igobe da bu adole i, “Na da dia magobo mano amo Iso. Na da dia hamoma: ne sia: i amo hamoi dagoi. Di wa: lefima. Hu amo na da dima gaguli misi, moma. Amasea, ada! Dia hahawane dogolegele sia: sia: musa: sia: i amo sia: ne ima.”
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
20 Aisage da amane adole ba: i, “Nagofe! Di da habodane hedolodafa amo ha: i manu ba: bala: ?” Ya: igobe da bu adole i, “Dia Hina Gode da fidibiba: le, na da hedolo ba: i.”
But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
21 Aisage da Ya: igobema amane sia: i, “Na da di digili ba: musa: , gadenene misa. Di da dafawane Isola: ?”
Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
22 Ya: igobe da ea ada gadenene misi. Aisage da ea gadofo digili ba: lalu, amane sia: i, “Dia sia: da Ya: igobe ea sia: defele naba, be dia laboso da Iso ea laboso defele digili ba: sa.”
So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
23 Ya: igobe ea laboso da hinabo bagade Iso ea laboso defele amo dawa: beba: le, e da lelu dunu da Ya: igobe hame dawa: i galu. E da ema Gode da hahawane dogolegele fidima: ne magobo mano nana sia: defei imunusa: dawa: i.
Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
24 Be e bu adole ba: i, “Di da dafawane Isola: ?” “Ma,” Ya: igobe bu adole i.
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Aisage da amane sia: i, “Ohe hu afae nama gaguli misa. Amo nanu na da dima hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou sia: imunu.” Ya: igobe da amo ha: i manu gaguli misi amola waini hano gaguli misi.
Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
26 Amalalu, ea ada da ema amane sia: i, “Gadenene misa, nagofe! Nama nonogoma!”
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 E da nonogomusa: manoba, Aisage da ea abula naba ba: i. E da ema hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou nana sia: sia: i dagoi. E amane sia: i, “Na mano ea naba ba: su da gisi soge amo Gode da hahawane hamoi, amo ea gabusiga: defele gala.
So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
28 Gode da dima hebene doasili, oubi baea dima imunu da defea. E da dia soge osobo amo ha: i manu bagade heda: ma: ne hahamomu. E da gagoma amola waini hano bagohame dima imunu da defea.
I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
29 Dunu fifi asi gala da dima hawa: hamosu dunu ba: mu da defea. Dunu huluane da dima begudumu, amola di da dia fi dunu ilima hinawane esalumu. Dia: me ea mano da dima begudumu da defea. Dunu da dima gagabusu aligima: ne sia: sea, ilima gagabusu aligimu da defea, amola nowa da dima hahawane dogolegele sia: sea, ilia amola da hahawane dogolegele iasu ba: mu da defea.”
I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
30 Aisage da Ya: igobema hahawane dogolegele magobo mano nana misa: ne sia: i dagoi. Amanoba, Ya: igobe da yolesili asi. Amola Iso da benea ahoanu, misi dagoi.
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
31 E amola da ha: i manu ida: iwane gobele, ea adama gaguli misi. E da adama amane sia: i, “Di wa: lefima! Hu amo na da dima gaguli misi moma! Amasea, ada dia hahawane dogolegele sia: sia: musa: nana sia: i amo sia: ne ima.”
Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
32 Aisage da amane adole ba: i, “Di da nowala: ?” E da bu adole i, “Na da dia magobo mano Iso.”
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Aisage da bagade yaguguli, amane adole ba: i, “Amaiba: le, nowa da ohe medole, nama gaguli misibala: ? Wahadafa, di mae misini na da mai dagoi. Na da magobo mano hahawane dogolegele nana sia: ema iabeba: le, amo da mae yolesili dialalalumu.”
Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
34 Amo nabaloba, Iso da digini wele sia: i, “Ada! Dia hahawane dogolegele misa: ne nana sia: nama amola ima!”
When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
35 Be Aisage da bu adole i, “Diaeya da misini nama ogogoi dagoi. E da dia hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou nana sia: amo wamolai dagoi.”
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Iso da amane sia: i, “E da musa: amola wali nama ogogoi. Ea dio da Ya: igobe (ogogosu gagusu) dafawane. E na magobo mano nana liligi amo lai amola wali e da nama hahawane dogolegele misa: ne sia: amo wamolai dagoi. Di da hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou sia: afadafa nama ima: ne ganabela: ?”
Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
37 Aisage e bu adole i, “Na da e amo dima hina hamoi dagoi amola ea fi ema udigili hawa: hamosu dunu esaloma: ne, na hamoi dagoi. Na da gagoma amola waini hano ema i dagoi. Na dima eno imunu hamedei ba: sa.”
Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
38 Iso da mae yolesili, Aisagema edegelalu. “Ada! Hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou sia: afadafa nama ima! Di da afadafa fawane gaguila: ?” E muni dinanu.
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Amalalu, Aisage ema amane sia: i, “Dia da mu amoga oubi baea hame ba: mu. Ha: i manu soge noga: i hame ba: mu.
His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
40 Di da gobihei bagadega gegesea fawane ha: i manu amola esalebe diasu amola ba: mu. Di da diaeya amo ea udigili hawa: hamosu dunu ba: mu. Be di da ea sia: mae nabawane odoga: sea, ea ouligisu yolesimu.”
You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
41 Aisage da Ya: igobema hahawane dogolegele misa: ne hou sia: i dagoiba: le, Iso da Ya: igobe bagade higasu. E amane dawa: i, “Na ada ea bogomu da gadenei. Amasea, ema asigi didiga: su dagosea, na da Ya: igobe fane legemu.”
So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
42 Be Lebega da Iso ea ilegesu nabaloba, e da Ya: igobe misa: ne sia: ne, ema amane sia: i, “Nabima! Dia ola Iso da dima dabemu. E da di fane legemusa: dawa: lala.
But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
43 Nagofe! Na sia: noga: le nabima! Di da na ola La: iba: ne, ea diasu amo Halane soge ganodini diala, amoga masa.
So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
44 Dia ola ea ougi amo gumima: ne, La: iba: ne ea diasuga ouesaloma.
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 Dia ola da di da ema hamoi gogolesea, na da di guiguda: oule misa: ne, dunu eno dima asunasimu. Na da na mano aduna eso afae amo ganodini fisimu bagadewane higasa.”
When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
46 Lebega da Aisagema amane sia: i, “Na da Iso ea ga fi uda lai amo ela houga bagade helebe. Ya: igobe da amo Hidaide uda lasea, na da bogomu da defea.”
Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”
