Genesis 27
1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
Mgbe Aịzik ghọrọ agadi, nʼoge anya ya na-adịghị ahụzi ụzọ nke ọma, ọ kpọrọ Ịsọ ọkpara ya, sị ya, “Nwa m nwoke.” Ọ zara sị, “Lee m nʼebe a.”
2 “Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Aịzik gwara ya sị, “Ugbu a, emeela m agadi, amakwaghị m ụbọchị ọnwụ m.
3 Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
Ya mere, were ihe ịchụ nta gị, ụta gị na àkụ gị, gaa nʼọhịa, gbutere m anụ.
4 Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
Siere m nri ụtọ otu ahụ o si amasị m, butere m ya ka m rie, ka mụ onwe m gọzie gị tupu m nwụọ.”
5 Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
Ma Ribeka nọ na-ege ntị mgbe Aịzik na-agwa nwa ya Ịsọ okwu. Nke mere na mgbe Ịsọ gawara nʼọhịa ịchụ nta,
6 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
Ribeka gwara Jekọb nwa ya okwu sị ya, “Lee, anụrụ m ka nna gị na-agwa nwanne gị Ịsọ okwu sị ya,
7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
‘Gaa nʼọhịa gbute anụ, siere m nri ụtọ, ka m nọdụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị nye gị ngọzị ikpeazụ tupu m nwụọ.’
8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
Ugbu a, nwa m nwoke, gee ntị nke ọma, mee ihe niile m gwara gị.
9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
Gaa ugbu a nʼigwe anụ ụlọ wetara m ụmụ nwa ewu abụọ dị mma ka m jiri ha siere nna gị nri dị ụtọ, ụdị ahụ na-amasị ya.
10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
Ị ga-eburu ya bujere nna gị ka o rie, ka ya onwe ya gọzie gị tupu ọ nwụọ.”
11 Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
Ma Jekọb gwara Ribeka nne ya okwu sị ya, “Nwanne m nwoke Ịsọ bụ onye gbara ajị. Ahụ nke m na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ.
12 What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
Gịnị ga-eme ma nna m metụ m aka nʼahụ? Nʼihi ya, aga m abụ onye na-aghọ ya aghụghọ, aga m esi otu a wetara onwe m ịbụ ọnụ kama ngọzị.”
13 His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Nne ya gwara ya sị, “Nwa m nwoke ka ọbụbụ ọnụ gị dakwasị m. Naanị mee ihe m kwuru. Gaa wetara m ha.”
14 So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
Ya mere, ọ gara weta ha nye nne ya. O ji ha sie nri dị ụtọ, ụdị nke na-amasị nna ya.
15 And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
Emesịa, Ribeka chịpụtara uwe Ịsọ ọkpara ya, ndị dị mma, ndị ọ debere nʼụlọ ya, nye ya nwa ya nta bụ Jekọb.
16 She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
O jikwa akpụkpọ anụ ụmụ ewu nwere ajị ajị kee Jekọb nʼaka na nʼakụkụ olu ya na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ.
17 Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
O bunyere nwa ya nwoke Jekọb nri ahụ na-atọ ụtọ, na achịcha o mere.
18 So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
O jekwuuru nna ya sị ya, “Nna m.” Ọ zara sị, “Ahaa, nwa m, onye ka ị bụ?”
19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Jekọb zara nna ya sị ya, “Abụ m Ịsọ, ọkpara gị. Emeela m ihe ị sị m mee. Biko bilie ka i rie anụ m gbutere nʼọhịa, ka gị onwe gị gọzie m.”
20 But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
Ma Aịzik jụrụ nwa ya nwoke sị, “Olee otu i si chọta ya ngwangwa, nwa m?” Jekọb zara ya sị, “Ọ bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị mere ka ihe gaara m nke ọma.”
21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
Mgbe ahụ Aịzik gwara Jekọb sị, “Bịa nso ka m metụ gị aka nwa m nwoke, ka m mata ma ị bụ Ịsọ nʼeziokwu.”
22 So Jacob came close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
Jekọb jere nna ya Aịzik nso, onye metụrụ ya aka kwuo sị, “Olu bụ olu Jekọb ma aka gị bụ aka Ịsọ.”
23 Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
Ọ chọpụtaghị na ọ bụ Jekọb, nʼihi na aka ya dị ajị ajị dịka nke Ịsọ. Ya mere, ọ gọziri ya.
24 Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
Ma ọ jụkwara ya ajụjụ ọzọ sị ya, “Ị bụ nwa m nwoke Ịsọ nʼeziokwu?” Jekọb zara sị ya, “E, abụ m ya.”
25 “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
Mgbe ahụ, Aịzik zara sị ya, “Butere m ụfọdụ nʼime anụ ahụ i gbutere ka m rie, nye gị ngọzị m.” Jekọb butere ya bunye ya. O riri ya.
26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
Mgbe ahụ, nna ya Aịzik sịrị ya, “Bịa nʼebe a nwa m nwoke, sutu m ọnụ.”
27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
Ya mere, o jekwuuru ya sutu ya ọnụ. Mgbe Aịzik nụrụ isisi uwe ya, ọ gọziri ya, sị, “Nʼezie, isisi nwa m nwoke dịka isisi ala ubi nke Onyenwe anyị gọziri.
28 May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.
Ka Chineke nye gị site nʼigirigi nke eluigwe, na mmanụ nke ala, ụba nke mkpụrụ ubi na mmanya ọhụrụ
29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
Ka ọtụtụ mba jeere gị ozi, ka ndị mmadụ kpọọ isiala nye gị. Bụrụ onye ọchịchị nʼebe ụmụnna gị nọ, ka ụmụ nne gị mụrụ kpọọ isiala nye gị. Ka ndị niile na-abụ gị ọnụ bụrụ ndị a bụrụ ọnụ, ka ndị na-agọzi gị bụrụ ndị a gọziri agọzi.”
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
Mgbe Aịzik gọzichara Jekọb, ka Jekọb si nʼihu ya na-apụ, lee Ịsọ ka o si ịchụ nta na-alọbata.
31 He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
Ya onwe ya sikwara nri na-atọ ụtọ butere nna ya. Mgbe ahụ, ọ gwara ya sị, “Ka nna m, bilie, rie anụ nwa ya si nʼọhịa gbute, ka gị onwe gị nye m ngọzị gị.”
32 But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
Aịzik zara sị ya, “Ị bụ onye?” Ọ zara sị, “Abụ m nwa gị nwoke Ịsọ, ọkpara gị Ịsọ.”
33 Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
Oke ahụ ọma jijiji mara Aịzik, ọ sị, “Onye kwanụ bụ onye ahụ gara gbute anụ butere m ya? Eriri m ya tupu ị bata. Agọziri m ya. Nʼezie, onye a gọziri agọzi ka ọ ga-abụ.”
34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
Mgbe Ịsọ nụrụ okwu ndị a si nʼọnụ nna ya, o jiri oke olu kwaa akwa nke obi ilu gwa nna ya sị ya, “Gọzie m, mụ onwe m, nna m.”
35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
Ma ọ zara sị ya, “Nwanne gị ejirila ụzọ aghụghọ bịa nara ngọzị gị.”
36 So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
Ịsọ kwuru sị, “E meziri kpọọ ya Jekọb, onye aghụghọ. Lee, ọ ghọgbuola m ugboro abụọ. Nke mbụ, ọ naara m ọnọdụ ịbụ ọkpara m, ugbu a ọ narakwala m ngọzị m.” Ọ jụrụ ajụjụ sị, “Ọ bụ na i nweghị ngọzị ọ bụla fọdụrụ nke ị ga-agọzi m?”
37 But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Aịzik zara sị ya, “Emeela m ya ka ọ bụrụ onyeisi nʼebe ị nọ, mee ụmụnna ya niile ndị na-ejere ya ozi. Enyela m ya mkpụrụ ubi niile na mmanya ọhụrụ. Gịnị ọzọ ka m nwere ike imere gị, nwa m nwoke?”
38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
Ịsọ jụrụ nna ya sị, “Nna m, ọ bụ naanị otu ngọzị ka i nwere? Gọziekwa m nna m!” Ịsọ kwara akwa nʼoke olu.
39 His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
Nna ya Aịzik zara sị ya, “Ebe obibi gị ga-adịpụ adịpụ, site nʼebe akụnụba nke ala dị, site nʼebe igirigi nke eluigwe dị.
40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Nriju afọ gị ga-abụ site na mma agha, ị ga-ejekwara nwanne gị ozi. Ma mgbe i mesịrị nwere onwe gị, ị ga-atọpụ agbụ ya, site nʼolu gị.”
41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Ịsọ buru iro nʼobi megide Jekọb nʼihi ngọzị ahụ nna ya nyere ya. O kwuru nʼime onwe ya sị, “Oge a ga-eru ụjụ nʼihi nna m na-abịa nso, nʼoge ahụ aga m egbu nwanne m Jekọb.”
42 When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Mgbe a gwara Ribeka ihe nwa ya nwoke nke okenye bụ Ịsọ kwuru, o ziri kpọọ nwa ya nwoke nke nta bụ Jekọb sị ya, “Lee, Ịsọ nwanne gị na-akasị onwe ya obi site nʼechiche ọ na-eche igbu gị.
43 So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
Nʼihi nke a, nwa m nwoke, mee ihe m gwara gị, gbapụ ọsọ ngwangwa, gbakwuru nwanne m Leban na Haran,
44 Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
Nọdụ nʼebe ahụ ruo mgbe iwe nwanne gị ga-adajụ.
45 until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Mgbe nwanne gị kwụsịrị iwe iwe megide gị, mgbe o chefuru ihe i mere ya, aga m ezitere gị ozi ka ị lọta. Nʼihi gịnị ka m ga-eji gbara aka unu abụọ nʼotu ụbọchị.”
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Mgbe ahụ Ribeka gara gwa Aịzik sị, “Ike ịdị ndụ agwụla m nʼihi ndị inyom Het ndị a. Ọ bụrụ na Jekọb esite nʼetiti ndị inyom ala a, site nʼetiti ndị inyom Het ndị a lụọ nwunye, mara na ọnwụ ga-akara m ịdị ndụ mma.”
