Genesis 22
1 Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
Ikawa kwamba baada ya mambo hayo Mungu akampima Abraham. Akamwambia, “Abraham!” Abraham akasema, “Mimi hapa.”
2 God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
Kisha Mungu akasema, “Mchukue mwanao, mwanao wa pekee, umpendaye, Isaka, na uende katika nchi ya Moria. Mtoe kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa mahali pale juu ya moja ya milima hiyo, ambayo nitakwambia.”
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
Kwa hiyo Abraham akaamka asubuhi na mapema, akatandika punda wake, akawachukuwa vijana wake wawili, pamoja na Isaka mwanawe. Akakata kuni kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, kisha akapanga safari kwenda mahali ambapo Mungu alimwambia.
4 On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
Siku ya tatu Abraham akatazama juu na akaona mahali pakiwa mbali.
5 Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
Abraham akawambia vijana wake, “kaeni hapa pamoja na punda, mimi pamoja na Isaka tutakwenda pale. Tutaabudu na kisha tutarudi hapa penu.”
6 Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
Ndipo Abraham akachukua kuni kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa akaziweka juu ya Isaka mwanawe. Mkononi mwake akachukua moto na kisu; na wote wawili wakaondoka pamoja.
7 Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Isaka akazungumza na Abraham baba yake akisema, “Baba yangu,” naye akasema, “Ndiyo mwanangu.” Akasema, “Tazama huu ni moto na kuni, lakini yuko wapi mwanakondoo kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa?”
8 Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
Abraham akasema, “Mungu mwenyewe atatupatia mwanakondoo kwa ajili ya sadaka ya kuteketezwa, mwanangu.” Kwa hiyo wakaendelea, wote wawili pamoja.
9 They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Walipofika mahali ambapo Mungu alikuwa amemwambia, Abraham akajenga madhabahu pale na akaweka kuni juu yake. Kisha akamfunga Isaka mwanawe, na akamlaza juu ya madhabahu, juu ya zile kuni.
10 Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
Abraham akanyoosha mkono wake akachukua kisu ili kumuua mwanawe.
11 But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
Ndipo malaika wa Yahwe akamwita kutoka mbinguni na kusema, “Abraham, Abraham!” naye akasema, “Mimi hapa.”
12 The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
Akasema, “usinyooshe mkono wako juu ya kijana, wala usifanye jambo lolote kumdhuru, kwa kuwa sasa najua unamcha Mungu, kwa kuona kuwa hukumzuilia mwanao, mwanao wa pekee, kwa ajili yangu.”
13 Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
Abraham akatazama juu na tazama, nyuma yake kulikuwa na kondoo mume amenaswa pembe zake kichakani. Abraham akaenda akamchukua kondoo na akamtoa kama sadaka ya kuteketezwa badala ya mwanawe.
14 Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
Kwa hiyo Abraham akapaita mahali pale, Yahwe atatoa,” na panaitwa hivyo hata leo. “Juu ya mlima wa Yahwe itatolewa.”
15 The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
Malaika wa Yahwe akamwita Abraham kwa mara ya pili kutoka mbinguni
16 He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
na kusema - Hiki ni kiapo cha Yahwe, “Kwa ajili ya nafsi yangu nimeapa kwamba kwa kuwa umefanya jambo hili, na hukunizuilia mwanao, mwanao wa pekee,
17 that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
hakika nitakubariki na nitakuzidishia uzao wako kama nyota za angani, na kama mchanga ulioko kwenye ufukwe wa bahari; na uzao wakowatamiliki lango la adui zao.
18 You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
Kupitia uzao wako mataifa yote ya dunia watabarikiwa, kwa sababu umetii sauti yangu.”
19 Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Kwa hiyo Abraham akarejea kwa vijana wake, na wakaondoka wakaenda pamoja Beerisheba, hivyo akakaa Beerisheba.
20 After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
Ikawa kwamba baada ya mambo haya ambayo Abraham aliambiwa, “Milka amemzalia pia watoto, ndugu yako Nahori.”
21 The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
Hawa walikuwa ni Usi mzaliwa wa kwanza, Busi ndugu yake, Kemueli aliye mzaa Aramu,
22 After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
Kesedi, Hazo, Pildashi, Yidlafu, na Bethueli.
23 who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
Bethuel akamzaa Rebeka. Hawa walikuwa ni wale watoto wanane ambao Milka alizaa kwa Nahori, ndugu yake na Abraham.
24 Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Suria wake, ambaye aliitwa Reuma, pia akamzaa Teba, Gahamu, Tahashi, na Maaka.
