< Genesis 26 >

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham; and Isaac went unto Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
Dɔ gã aɖe to ɖe anyigba la dzi abe ale si wòto le Abraham ŋɔli ene. Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar, afi si Abimelek, Filistitɔwo ƒe fia nɔ.
2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le afi ma gblɔ nɛ be, “Mègayi Egipte o.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;
Wɔ nu si magblɔ na wò la, eye nànɔ afi sia le anyigba sia dzi. Ne èwɔ nye gbe dzi la, manɔ kpli wò, eye mayra wò. Matsɔ anyigba sia katã ana wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo abe ale si medo ŋugbe na fofowò, Abraham ene.
4 And I will cause thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and I will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves.
Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene! Matsɔ anyigba siawo katã ana wò, eye wòanye yayra na dukɔwo katã le xexea me.
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Mawɔ esia, elabena Abraham wɔ nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã dzi.”
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Eya ta Isak nɔ Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked [him] concerning his wife; and he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, [said he, ] the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is of a handsome appearance.
Esi Gerar ŋutsuwo bia gbee tso Rebeka ŋu la, egblɔ be, “Nɔvinye nyɔnue!” Ewɔ esia, elabena evɔ̃ be ne yeʋu eme be ye srɔ̃e la, woawu ye be yewoaxɔe, elabena edze tugbe ŋutɔ.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Ke le ɣeyiɣi aɖe megbe la, Abimelek, Filistitɔwo ƒe fia do mo ɖe fesre nu, eye wòkpɔ ale si Isak kple Rebeka nɔ fefe fem.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I thought, Perhaps I may die for her.
Abimelek dɔ ame ɖe Isak, eye wòhe nya ɖe eŋu be, “Srɔ̃wòe nye Rebeka! Nu ka ta nègblɔ be ye nɔvie ɖo?” Isak ɖo eŋu be, “Elabena mevɔ̃ be woava wum, axɔ Rebeka aɖe.”
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? How easily might one of the people have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.
Abimelek biae be, “Aleke nàte ŋu awɔ nu sia ɖe mía ŋu? Ame aɖe ate ŋu awɔ ahasi kplii le esime menya be srɔ̃tɔe o, eye wòahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va mía dzi.”
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Abimelek ɖe gbeƒã be, “Ame sia ame si awɔ nu masɔmasɔ aɖe ɖe ame sia alo srɔ̃a ŋu la aku.”
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: so the Lord blessed him.
Le ƒe ma me la, Isak ƒe nukuwo ʋã ŋutɔ; nuku ɖe sia ɖe si wòƒã la tse ku geɖe, elabena Yehowa yrae.
13 And the man became great, and went forward and grew, until he became very great;
Ezu kesinɔtɔ gã aɖe, eye eƒe kesinɔnuwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi ko.
14 And he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
Eƒe lãhawo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ, eye subɔla geɖewo hã nɔ esi. Ale Filistitɔwo de asi ŋuʋaʋãe me.
15 And all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, these the Philistines stopped, and filled them with earth.
Woxe eƒe vudo siwo katã fofoa Abraham ƒe subɔlawo ɖe la.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go away from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we.
Fia Abimelek nya Isak le eƒe anyigba dzi. Egblɔ nɛ be, “Dzo yi teƒe bubu, elabena èzu kesinɔtɔ eye ŋusẽ le asiwò wu mí azɔ.”
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar ƒe balime, eye wònɔ afi ma koŋ.
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Isak gbugbɔ fofoa Abraham ƒe vudo siwo Filistitɔwo xe le fofoa ƒe ku megbe la ɖe, eye wògbugbɔ ŋkɔ siwo fofoa na wo la tsɔ na wo.
19 And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Eƒe alẽkplɔlawo hã ɖe vudo yeye aɖe ɖe Gerar ƒe balime, eye woke ɖe tsi dzidzi ŋu le anyigba ƒe tume.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Essek; because they strove with him.
Ke alẽkplɔla siwo nye Gerartɔwo la dze go ɖe vudoa dzi. Wohe nya kple Isak ƒe alẽkplɔlawo gblɔ be, “Míaƒe anyigba kple míaƒe vudoe.” Ale wona ŋkɔ vudoa be, “Nyahehevudo.”
21 And they dug another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Isak ƒe amewo gaɖe vudo bubu, ke ʋiʋli gaɖo esia hã ŋu, eya ta wona ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Dɔmedzoevudo.”
22 And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rechoboth, and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall increase in the land.
Isak ɖe asi le vudo sia hã ŋu, eye wògaɖe bubu. Ke afi ma tɔwo megabia nya aɖekee o. Nu sia na wona ŋkɔ vudo sia be Rehobot si gɔmee nye “Teƒe Li Na Mí Azɔ.” Eya ta egblɔ be, “Elabena mlɔeba la, Yehowa di teƒe na mí, eye míaɖe ɖɔ.”
23 And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.
Esi wòyi Beerseba la,
24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraham my servant.
Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le zã si me wòɖo afi ma la, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye fofowò Abraham ƒe Mawu, mègavɔ̃ o, elabena meli kpli wò, eye mayra wò. Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be woazu dukɔ gã aɖe le nye ŋugbedodo na Abraham, ame si ɖo tom la ta.”
25 And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched there his tent: and the servants of Isaac dug there a well.
Isak ɖi vɔsamlekpui, eye wòsubɔ Yehowa. Eʋu va tsi afi ma, eye eƒe subɔlawo ɖe vudo ɖi.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Achuzzath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Gbe ɖeka la, Isak xɔ amedzro aɖewo tso Gerar. Ame siawo nye Fia Abimelek kple eƒe aɖaŋudela Ahuzat kple eƒe aʋafia Pixol.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing that ye do hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Isak bia wo be, “Nu ka ta mieva gbɔnye ɖo? Esi mienyam le miaƒe anyigba dzi ɖe madzɔmadzɔ dzi ɖe, nu ka wɔ ge mieva.”
28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us and thee; and we will make a covenant with thee;
Woɖo eŋu be, “Míekpɔe dze sii kɔtɛe be Yehowa le yrawòm. Míedi be atamkaka nanɔ mía dome.
29 That thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now one blessed of the Lord.
Do ŋugbe na mí be yemawɔ nuvevi mí abe ale si míewɔ nuvevi wò ene o. Le nyateƒe me la, nyui ko míewɔ na wò; ɖeko míena nèdzo le ŋutifafa me. Míeyra wò le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me.”
30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Ale Isak ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na wo, woɖu nu, no nu abe dzadzraɖo na nubabla la ƒe wɔnawo ene.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and they swore one to the other; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanya la, woka atam na wo nɔewo be yewomatsi tsitre ɖe yewo nɔewo ŋu o. Emegbe Isak do mɔ wo, eye wodzo yi aƒe kple dzidzɔ.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and they said unto him, We have found water.
Gbe ma gbe ke Isak ƒe subɔlawo va gblɔ nɛ be, “Míeke ɖe tsi ŋu le vudo si ɖem míele la me.”
33 And he called it Shibah: therefore is the name of the city Beer-sheba unto this day.
Eya ta Isak na ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Atamvudo.” Eya ta woyɔa du si wotso ɖe afi ma la be Beerseba va se ɖe egbe.
34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bahsemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Esi Esau xɔ ƒe blaene la, eɖe Hititɔ Beeri ƒe vinyɔnu Yudit, eye wògaɖe Hititɔ Elon ƒe vinyɔnu Basemat.
35 And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Ke Isak kple Rebeka mekpɔ dzidzɔ le Esau ƒe srɔ̃ siawo ɖeɖe ŋu o.

< Genesis 26 >