Mose 1 26
1 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.
Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
2 Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le afi ma gblɔ nɛ be, “Mègayi Egipte o.
And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
3 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.
Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
4 Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene! Matsɔ anyigba siawo katã ana wò, eye wòanye yayra na dukɔwo katã le xexea me.
I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
5 Mawɔ esia, elabena Abraham wɔ nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã dzi.”
Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
6 Eya ta Isak nɔ Gerar.
So Isaac went on living in Gerar;
7 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.
And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
8 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.
And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
9 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.”
And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
10 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.”
Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
11 Abimelek ɖe gbeƒã be, “Ame sia ame si awɔ nu masɔmasɔ aɖe ɖe ame sia alo srɔ̃a ŋu la aku.”
And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
12 Le ƒe ma me la, Isak ƒe nukuwo ʋã ŋutɔ; nuku ɖe sia ɖe si wòƒã la tse ku geɖe, elabena Yehowa yrae.
Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
13 Ezu kesinɔtɔ gã aɖe, eye eƒe kesinɔnuwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi ko.
And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;
14 Eƒe lãhawo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ, eye subɔla geɖewo hã nɔ esi. Ale Filistitɔwo de asi ŋuʋaʋãe me.
For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
15 Woxe eƒe vudo siwo katã fofoa Abraham ƒe subɔlawo ɖe la.
Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
16 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.”
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.
17 Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar ƒe balime, eye wònɔ afi ma koŋ.
So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
18 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.
And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
19 Eƒe alẽkplɔlawo hã ɖe vudo yeye aɖe ɖe Gerar ƒe balime, eye woke ɖe tsi dzidzi ŋu le anyigba ƒe tume.
Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
20 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.”
But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
21 Isak ƒe amewo gaɖe vudo bubu, ke ʋiʋli gaɖo esia hã ŋu, eya ta wona ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Dɔmedzoevudo.”
Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
22 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.”
Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
23 Esi wòyi Beerseba la,
And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
24 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.”
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
25 Isak ɖi vɔsamlekpui, eye wòsubɔ Yehowa. Eʋu va tsi afi ma, eye eƒe subɔlawo ɖe vudo ɖi.
Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
26 Gbe ɖeka la, Isak xɔ amedzro aɖewo tso Gerar. Ame siawo nye Fia Abimelek kple eƒe aɖaŋudela Ahuzat kple eƒe aʋafia Pixol.
And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.
27 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.”
And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
28 Woɖo eŋu be, “Míekpɔe dze sii kɔtɛe be Yehowa le yrawòm. Míedi be atamkaka nanɔ mía dome.
And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
29 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.”
That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.
30 Ale Isak ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na wo, woɖu nu, no nu abe dzadzraɖo na nubabla la ƒe wɔnawo ene.
Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
31 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.
And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
32 Gbe ma gbe ke Isak ƒe subɔlawo va gblɔ nɛ be, “Míeke ɖe tsi ŋu le vudo si ɖem míele la me.”
And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
33 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.
And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
34 Esi Esau xɔ ƒe blaene la, eɖe Hititɔ Beeri ƒe vinyɔnu Yudit, eye wògaɖe Hititɔ Elon ƒe vinyɔnu Basemat.
And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Ke Isak kple Rebeka mekpɔ dzidzɔ le Esau ƒe srɔ̃ siawo ɖeɖe ŋu o.
And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.
