Genesis 26
1 Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
Lao esa, hambu ndoe-laꞌas manaseliꞌ sia nusaꞌ naa, onaꞌ ndoe-laꞌas leleꞌ Abraham feꞌe masodꞌaꞌ. Dadꞌi Isak neu noꞌe isin sia Abimelek, atahori Filistin ra mane na, fo eni bisa leo sia Gerar.
2 but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
Ana tao taꞌo naa, huu LAMATUALAIN natudꞌu Ao na neu e nae, “Afiꞌ muu sia Masir. Dei fo Au utudꞌu nggo mamana feaꞌ.
3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
Mete ma ho leo manumban sia mamanaꞌ naa, naa, Au o nggo, ma fee nggo papala-babꞌanggiꞌ mataꞌ-mataꞌ. Au tao tititi-nonosi mara ramahefu, onaꞌ nduuꞌ sia lalai a. Au fee nggo mo tititi-nonosi mara mamanaꞌ ia no basa nusa nara. Mia tititi-nonosi mara, basa atahori raefafoꞌ a hambu papala-babꞌanggiꞌ. No naa, Au tao utetu hehelu-fufuli ngga o amam Abraham.
4 I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
5 I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
Au tao basa ia ra, huu amam tungga hihii Ngga, parenda Ngga, ma dala Ngga.”
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
De Isak leo manumban sia Gerar.
7 When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
Ribka, meulau na seli. Dadꞌi atahori sia naa ra rita e ma, ara ratatane e. Te Isak nataa nae, “Ribka ia, au odꞌi ngga.” Ana namatau mete ma eni nataa nae sao na, neꞌo atahori ra tao risa e fo haꞌi rala Ribka.
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Isak leo dodꞌoo sia naa ena ma, lao esa maneꞌ a nakaloloik mia jendela, ma nita Isak holu ma idꞌu Ribka.
9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
Boe ma ana denu atahori roꞌe Isak, de natane e nae, “Isak! Inaꞌ naa, sao ma! Saa de mae, ho odꞌim?” Isak nataa nae, “Taꞌo ia, amaꞌ! Au umutau mete ma ae eni, au sao ngga, afiꞌ losa atahori ra tao risa au.”
10 Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
Maneꞌ a nataa nae, “Mete ma atahori sia ia sungguꞌ ro sao ma naa, ho fee salaꞌ neu hai! Taꞌo bee de ho tao taꞌo naa neu hai?”
11 Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
Basa ma, Abimelek fee nesenenedꞌaꞌ neu rauinggu nara nae, “Misinedꞌa malolole! Hei seka mimbirani ngganggu atahori ia, do sao na, naa, au hukun isa nggi.”
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Leleꞌ naa, Isak sela-nggari sia nusaꞌ naa. Ana hambu baliꞌ buna-bꞌoa na lao natun esa, huu LAMATUALAIN fee ne papala-babꞌanggiꞌ.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
Ana bau namasuꞌi, losa namasuꞌi raranggi.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Sapi, bibꞌi, ma hiek nara, boe ramahefu. Ana mana tao ues nara o, hetar boe. De atahori Filistin ra rala nara mera mbali e.
15 So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
Maꞌahulu naa, Isak aman Abraham se ali oe mataꞌ naeꞌ. Te ia naa, atahori Filistin ra mbori raꞌateme oe mataꞌ ra no rae.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
Boe ma mane Abimelek olaꞌ no Isak nae, “Isak! Malole lenaꞌ, ho lao hela nusaꞌ ia leo. Te koasa ma lenaꞌ hai ena.”
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
Basa de, Isak lao hela naa, de neu leo baliꞌ sia lololoꞌ Gerar.
18 There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
Ana ali baliꞌ oe mataꞌ, fo ara tatanaꞌ ra. Ana babꞌae oe mataꞌ ra, tungga nara-naraꞌ fo ama na babꞌae nalaꞌ ra.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Isak ate nara ali oe mataꞌ sia lololoꞌ Gerar ma, ara ali dai oe a mata na, de nasapupuraꞌ dea neu.
20 But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
Te Gerar manatadꞌa nara rareresi ro Isak manatadꞌa nara, huu oe mataꞌ naa. Ara rae, “Ia hai oe ma!” Naa de, Isak babꞌae oe mataꞌ naa Esek, sosoa na ‘rareresi’.
21 Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
Basa ma, Isak atahori nara ali seluꞌ oe mataꞌ esa fai. Te ara rareresi fai, huu oe mataꞌ naa. Naa de, Isak babꞌae oe mataꞌ naa, Sitna, sosoa na ‘balabꞌan’.
22 They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
Basa naa ma, ana lao hela mamanaꞌ naa, de ali seluꞌ oe mataꞌ feaꞌ fai. Ia ma, ara nda rareresi sa. Naa de Isak babꞌae oe mataꞌ naa, Rehobot, sosoa na ‘mamana loaꞌ’. Ana olaꞌ nae, “Ia naa, Lamatualain fee hita leo sia mamana loaꞌ. Sia ia dei de, hita feꞌe tamahefu naa.”
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
Mia naa, Isak se lao fo reu leo sia Beer Syeba.
24 The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
Tetembaꞌ naa, LAMATUALAIN natudꞌu Ao na neu e, ma olaꞌ nae, “Isak! Au ia, ho ama ma Abraham Lamatualain na. Afiꞌ mumutau, te Au unea nggo. Au fee nggo papala-babꞌanggiꞌ. Ma tititi-nonosi mara boe ramahefu. Au tao taꞌo ia, huu hehelu-fufuli Ngga neu ama ma.”
25 So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
Basa ma Isak lutu mbatu mei tutunu-hohotuꞌ sia naa, de noꞌe makasi neu LAMATUALAIN. Ana leo sia naa, ma atahori nara ali oe fai.
26 [While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
Leleꞌ naa, mane Abimelek nema mia Gerar. Ana nema no nonoo na Ahusat, ma malangga netati na, Fikol, fo randaa ro Isak.
27 Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
Isak natane nae, “Ama maneꞌ! Feꞌesaꞌan, hei oi hendi hai ena. De ia naa, hei ima mae tao saa fai?”
28 One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
Ara rataa rae, “Taꞌo ia! Ia naa hai bubꞌuluꞌ mae, Lamatualain nanea nggo. Huu naa, hai duꞌa-duꞌa, maloleꞌ lenaꞌ ruꞌa nggita tao hehelu-fufuliꞌ taꞌo ia: Ho sumba mae,
29 stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
hei nda tao deꞌulakaꞌ mbali hai sa, onaꞌ hai o nda tao deꞌulakaꞌ mbali hei saꞌ boe. Memaꞌ hai rala mara maloleꞌ mo hei. Naa de, fai mana neuꞌ naa ra, hei lao mo mole-dame mia hai mbuku-kambo ma. Hai mihine tebꞌe-tebꞌeꞌ, LAMATUALAIN mana fee papala-babꞌanggiꞌ neu hei.”
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
Basa ma, Isak tao fefetas, de raa-rinu raꞌabꞌue reu esa.
31 Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
Mbila fefetu na ma, ara tao susumbaꞌ. Dei de Isak fee se baliꞌ no mole-dame.
32 That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
Faiꞌ naa, Isak atahori mana tao ues nara rema rafadꞌe rae oe mataꞌ fo sira aliꞌ a, hambu oeꞌ ena.”
33 Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
De Isak babꞌae oe mataꞌ naa, Syeba, sosoa na ‘susumbaꞌ’. Ara babꞌae kamboꞌ naa Beer Syeba, losa faiꞌ ia.
34 When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
Esau too haa nulu ma, ana sao nala ana fetoꞌ rua mia leo Het. Esa, Beeri ana na, naran Yudit. Ma esa fai, Elon ana na, naran Basmat.
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
Inaꞌ ka ruaꞌ naa ra, raꞌasususaꞌ Isak no Ribka rala nara.
