Genesis 26
1 There was a famine in the country—not the one that happened before in Abraham's time, but a later one. So Isaac moved to Gerar in the territory of Abimelech, king of the Philistines.
Na rĩrĩ, nĩ kwagĩire ngʼaragu ĩngĩ bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, tiga ĩrĩa ya mbere ya hĩndĩ ya Iburahĩmu, nake Isaaka agĩthiĩ Gerari kũrĩ Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti.
2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him, “Don't go to Egypt—live in the country that I tell you to.
Jehova akiumĩrĩra Isaaka, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũgaikũrũke ũthiĩ Misiri; tũũra bũrũri o ũrĩa ndĩrĩkwĩra ũtũũre.
3 Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.
Ikara bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ kwa ihinda, na nĩngũkorwo hamwe nawe na nĩngũkũrathima. Nĩgũkorwo nĩwe na njiaro ciaku ngũhe mabũrũri maya mothe na hingie mwĩhĩtwa ũrĩa ndehĩtire kũrĩ thoguo Iburahĩmu.
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,
Nĩngatũma njiaro ciaku cingĩhe ta njata cia matu-inĩ na nĩngamahe mabũrũri maya mothe, na nĩ ũndũ wa rũciaro rwaku, ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia thĩ nĩikarathimwo,
5 because Abraham did what I told him, and kept my requirements, my commands, my regulations, and my laws.”
tondũ Iburahĩmu nĩanjathĩkĩire na akĩrũmia ũrĩa ndendaga, akĩrũmĩrĩra maathani makwa, na matuĩro makwa ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa.”
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩikara o kũu Gerari.
7 When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid. He said to himself, “If I say she's my wife, the men here will kill me to get Rebekah, because she's so beautiful.”
Rĩrĩa andũ a kũu maamũririe ũhoro wa mũtumia wake-rĩ, we akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ mwarĩ wa baba,” tondũ nĩetigĩrire kuuga, “Nĩ mũtumia wakwa.” Eeciiririe atĩrĩ, “Andũ a gũkũ mahota kũnjũraga nĩ ũndũ wa Rebeka, tondũ aarĩ mũthaka.”
8 But later on, after he'd been there a while, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, happened to look out the window and saw Isaac lovingly fondling his wife Rebekah.
Na thuutha wa Isaaka arĩkĩtie gũikara kũu kahinda karaihu-rĩ, Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti nĩacũthĩrĩirie nja na ndirica, nake akĩona Isaaka akĩhambata mũtumia wake Rebeka.
9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and complained. “From what I saw she's clearly your wife!” he said. “Why on earth did you say, ‘She's my sister’?” “Because I thought I'd be killed because of her,” Isaac replied.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku agĩtũmanĩra Isaaka, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ ũyũ nĩ mũtumia waku! Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire uuge atĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ mwarĩ wa baba’?” Isaaka akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tondũ ndeciiririe ndahota kũũragwo nĩ ũndũ wake.”
10 “Why would you do this to us?” Abimelech asked. “One of the men here might have slept with your wife, and you would have made us all guilty!”
Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũguo ũtwĩkĩte? Ĩ mũndũ mũrũme ũmwe wa gũkũ angĩrakorirwo akomete na mũtumia waku, nawe ũgĩtũme tũnyiitwo nĩ ihĩtia?”
11 Abimelech issued orders to all the people, warning them, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be executed.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku akĩruta watho kũrĩ andũ othe, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũngĩthĩĩnia mũndũ ũyũ kana mũtumia wake no kũũragwo akooragwo.”
12 Isaac sowed grain that year, and the Lord blessed him with a harvest that was a hundred times what he planted.
Nake Isaaka akĩhaanda irio bũrũri ũcio, na mwaka o ro ũcio akĩgetha maita igana, tondũ Jehova nĩamũrathimire.
13 He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich.
Nake Isaaka agĩtonga, naguo ũtonga wake ũgĩthiĩ o ũkĩingĩhaga o nginya agĩtonga mũno.
14 He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.
Aarĩ na ndũũru nyingĩ cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe, na ndungata nyingĩ, o nginya Afilisti makĩmũiguĩra ũiru.
15 So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.
Tondũ ũcio, ithima iria ciothe ndungata cia ithe cienjete hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu-rĩ, Afilisti magĩcithika, magĩciyũria tĩĩri.
16 Then Abimelech told Isaac, “You have to leave our country, because you've become much too powerful for us.”
Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩĩra Isaaka atĩrĩ, “Ũkĩra ũthiĩ, ũtweherere, tondũ nĩũgĩĩte na hinya mũno gũtũkĩra.”
17 So Isaac moved away and set up his tents in the Gerar Valley where he settled down.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩthaama, akĩehera kũu, agĩthiĩ kwamba hema Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Gerari, na agĩtũũra kuo.
18 He unblocked the wells that had been dug in his father Abraham's time—the ones the Philistines had blocked after the death of Abraham. He gave them the same names his father had.
Isaaka agĩthikũria ithima iria cienjetwo hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu, o icio Afilisti maathikĩte thuutha wa Iburahĩmu gũkua, na agĩciĩta marĩĩtwa o marĩa ithe aacihete.
19 Isaac's servants also dug a new well in the valley and found spring water.
Na rĩrĩ, ndungata cia Isaaka nĩcienjire kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ na igĩkora gĩthima kĩa maaĩ mega kuo.
20 But the herdsmen from Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, claiming, “That's our water!” So Isaac named the well, “Argument,” because they argued with him.
No rĩrĩ, arĩithi a Gerari makĩnegenania na arĩithi a Isaaka, makĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Maaĩ maya nĩ maitũ!” Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Eseku, tondũ nĩmakararanirie nake.
21 He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.”
Ningĩ ndungata icio ciake ikĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, no-o nakĩo makĩnegenanĩria, nake Isaaka agĩgĩĩta Sitina.
22 So they moved on from there and he had another well dug. This time there was no argument so he named the well, “Freedom,” saying, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to expand and be successful in this land.”
Nake agĩthaama kũu, agĩthiĩ akĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, na matianegenanirie na mũndũ. Nake agĩgĩĩta Rehobothu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Rĩu Jehova nĩatũheete ũikaro mũiganu, na nĩtũgũtheeremera bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ.”
23 From there he moved on to Beersheba.
Agĩcooka akiuma kũu, agĩthiĩ Birishiba.
24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
Ũtukũ ũcio aakinyire kũu, Jehova akĩmuumĩrĩra, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Ngai wa thoguo Iburahĩmu. Ndũkanetigĩre, tondũ ndĩ hamwe nawe; nĩngũkũrathima na nyingĩhie njiaro ciaku nĩ ũndũ wa Iburahĩmu ndungata yakwa.”
25 Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord. He also set up his tent, and his servants dug a well there.
Isaaka agĩaka kĩgongona kũu, na agĩkaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova. Akĩamba hema yake o kũu, nacio ndungata ciake ikĩenja gĩthima o kuo.
26 Sometime later Abimelech came from Gerar to see Isaac, along with Ahuzzath his advisor, and Phicol the commander of his army.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Abimeleku agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Isaaka oimĩte Gerari, marĩ na Ahuzathu ũrĩa wamũtaaraga, na Fikolu mũnene wa ita ciake.
27 “Why have you come to see me?” Isaac asked them. “Previously you hated me and told me to leave!”
Isaaka akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Muoka kũrĩ niĩ nĩkĩ, kuona atĩ nĩmwathũũrire na mũkĩnyingata?”
28 “Now we realize that the Lord is with you,” they replied. “So we agreed that we should make a sworn agreement with you.
Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩtuonete hatarĩ nganja atĩ Jehova arĩ hamwe nawe, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio tuoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kwagĩrĩire tũgĩe na mwĩhĩtwa wa ũiguano gatagatĩ gaitũ’: ĩĩ, gatagatĩ gaitũ nawe. Reke tũgĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro nawe,
29 You'll promise not to harm us in the same way we've never hurt you. You'll agree that we've always treated you well, and when we asked you to leave we did so kindly. Now look at how the Lord is blessing you!”
atĩ ndũgatwĩka ũũru, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ tũtaagũthĩĩnirie, no hĩndĩ ciothe twagwĩkaga wega, na tũgĩkumagaria ũthiĩ na thayũ. Na rĩu nĩũrathimĩtwo nĩ Jehova.”
30 So Isaac had a special meal prepared to celebrate the agreement. They ate and drank,
Isaaka akĩmarugithĩria iruga, nao makĩrĩa na makĩnyua.
31 and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left in peace.
Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ, rũciinĩ tene, andũ acio na Isaaka makĩĩhĩtanĩra mwĩhĩtwa mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ. Isaaka agĩcooka akĩmoimagaria, magĩĩthiĩra, makĩmũtiga na thayũ.
32 It was that very day when Isaac's servants who'd been digging a well came and told him, “We've found water!”
Mũthenya o ro ũcio maathiire, ndungata cia Isaaka igĩũka, ĩkĩmwĩra ũhoro wa gĩthima kĩrĩa cienjete, ikiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtwakinyĩra maaĩ!”
33 So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheba) to this day.
Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Shiba, na nginya ũmũthĩ itũũra rĩu rĩtũũraga rĩĩtagwo Birishiba.
34 When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Esaũ aakinyia mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna, akĩhikia Judithi mwarĩ wa Beeri ũrĩa Mũhiti, o na ningĩ akĩhikia Basemathu mwarĩ wa Eloni ũrĩa Mũhiti.
35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah a great deal of grief.
Nao magĩtuĩka kĩhumo gĩa kĩeha kũrĩ Isaaka na Rebeka.
