Genesis 12
1 Tsiku lina Yehova anamuwuza Abramu kuti, “Tuluka mʼdziko lako. Siya abale ako ndi banja la abambo ako ndipo pita ku dziko limene ndidzakusonyeza.
And YHWH says to Abram, “Go for yourself, from your land, and from your family, and from the house of your father, to the land which I show you.
2 “Ndidzakusandutsa kholo la mtundu waukulu wa anthu ndipo ndidzakudalitsa; ndi kukusandutsa wotchuka kotero kuti udzakhala dalitso kwa anthu ambiri.
And I make you become a great nation, and bless you, and make your name great; and be a blessing.
3 Ndidzadalitsa amene adzadalitsa iwe, ndi kutemberera amene adzatemberera iwe; ndipo mafuko onse a pa dziko lapansi adzadalitsika kudzera mwa iwe.”
And I bless those blessing you, and I curse him who is cursing you, and all families of the ground have been blessed in you.”
4 Choncho Abramu ananyamuka monga momwe Yehova anamuwuzira, napita pamodzi ndi Loti. Pamene Abramu amachoka ku Harani nʼkuti ali ndi zaka 75.
And Abram goes on, as YHWH has spoken to him, and Lot goes with him, and Abram [is] a son of seventy-five years in his going out from Haran.
5 Abramu anatenga mkazi wake Sarai, Loti, mwana wamngʼono wake, pamodzi ndi chuma chawo chimene anapeza ndi antchito amene anali nawo ku Harani. Iwo ananyamuka ulendo mpaka kukafika ku dziko la Kanaani.
And Abram takes his wife Sarai, and his brother’s son Lot, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Haran; and they go out to go toward the land of Canaan; and they come to the land of Canaan.
6 Abramu anadutsa mʼdzikomo mpaka kukafika ku Sekemu pa mtengo wa thundu wa ku More. Nthawi imeneyo Akanaani analipobe mʼdzikomo.
And Abram passes over into the land, to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.
7 Yehova anadza kwa Abramu nati, “Kwa zidzukulu zako ndidzapereka dziko limeneli.” Choncho Abramu anamangira Yehova amene anadza kwa iye, guwa lansembe.
And YHWH appears to Abram and says, “To your seed I give this land”; and there he builds an altar to YHWH, who has appeared to him.
8 Atachoka pamenepo analowera cha ku mapiri a kummawa kwa Beteli namangako tenti yake pakati pa Beteli chakumadzulo ndi Ai chakummawa. Kumeneko anamangira Yehova guwa lansembe napemphera mʼdzina la Yehovayo.
And he removes from there toward a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretches out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he builds an altar to YHWH there, and preaches in the Name of YHWH.
9 Kenaka Abramu ananyamuka kumalowera cha ku Negevi.
And Abram journeys, going on and journeying toward the south.
10 Kunagwa njala yayikulu mʼdzikomo, ndipo Abramu anapita ku Igupto kukakhala ngati mlendo kwa kanthawi kochepa popeza njalayo inakula kwambiri.
And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goes down toward Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land;
11 Atatsala pangʼono kulowa mu Igupto, Abramu anamuwuza mkazi wake Sarai kuti, “Ndimadziwa kuti ndiwe mkazi wokongola kwambiri.
and it comes to pass as he has drawn near to enter Egypt, that he says to his wife Sarai, “Now behold, I have known that you [are] a woman of beautiful appearance;
12 Tsono Aigupto akakuona adzanena kuti ‘Ameneyu ndi mkazi wake.’ Tsono adzandipha ine nakusiya iwe ndi moyo.
and it has come to pass that the Egyptians see you, and they have said, This [is] his wife; and they have slain me, and you they keep alive:
13 Tsono udzikawawuza kuti iwe ndiwe mlongo wanga. Ukatero zidzandiyendera bwino ndipo ndidzapulumuka chifukwa cha iwe.”
please say you [are] my sister, so that it is well with me because of you, and my soul has lived for your sake.”
14 Pamene Abramu anafika ku Igupto, Aigupto aja anaona kuti Sarai anali mkazi wokongoladi.
And it comes to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceedingly beautiful;
15 Pamene akuluakulu a ku nyumba ya Farao anamuona, anakamuyamikira pamaso pa Farao ndipo ananka naye ku nyumba ya Farao.
and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her to Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh’s house;
16 Abramu naye zinthu zinkamuyendera bwino chifukwa cha Sarai. Farao anamupatsa nkhosa, ngʼombe, abulu aamuna ndi abulu aakazi, antchito aakazi pamodzi ndi ngamira.
and to Abram he has done good because of her, and he has sheep and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and handmaids, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Koma Yehova anabweretsa matenda owopsa pa Farao pamodzi ndi banja lake lonse chifukwa cha Sarai mkazi wa Abramu.
And YHWH plagues Pharaoh and his house—great plagues—for the matter of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
18 Choncho Farao anayitanitsa Abramu namufunsa kuti, “Nʼchiyani wandichitirachi? Nʼchifukwa chiyani sunandiwuze kuti ameneyu ndi mkazi wako?
And Pharaoh calls for Abram and says, “What [is] this you have done to me? Why have you not declared to me that she [is] your wife?
19 Nʼchifukwa chiyani unati ndi mlongo wako, mpaka ine ndinamutenga kukhala mkazi wanga? Eko mkazi wako. Mutenge uzipita!”
Why have you said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? And now, behold, your wife, take and go.”
20 Farao analamula asilikali ake ndipo iwo anamutulutsa Abramu pamodzi ndi mkazi wake ndi zonse anali nazo.
And Pharaoh charges men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, and all that he has.
