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.
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le afi ma gblɔ nɛ be, “Mègayi Egipte o.
And Yhwh appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
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.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene! Matsɔ anyigba siawo katã ana wò, eye wòanye yayra na dukɔwo katã le xexea me.
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Mawɔ esia, elabena Abraham wɔ nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã dzi.”
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 Eya ta Isak nɔ Gerar.
And Isaac dwelt 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 the men of the place asked him of 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 was fair to look upon.
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 it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting 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 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 said, Lest I die for 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.”
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 Abimelek ɖe gbeƒã be, “Ame sia ame si awɔ nu masɔmasɔ aɖe ɖe ame sia alo srɔ̃a ŋu la aku.”
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely 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.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: And Yhwh blessed him.
13 Ezu kesinɔtɔ gã aɖe, eye eƒe kesinɔnuwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi ko.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 Eƒe lãhawo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ, eye subɔla geɖewo hã nɔ esi. Ale Filistitɔwo de asi ŋuʋaʋãe me.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 Woxe eƒe vudo siwo katã fofoa Abraham ƒe subɔlawo ɖe la.
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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 unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar ƒe balime, eye wònɔ afi ma koŋ.
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt 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 Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 Eƒe alẽkplɔlawo hã ɖe vudo yeye aɖe ɖe Gerar ƒe balime, eye woke ɖe tsi dzidzi ŋu le anyigba ƒe tume.
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing 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.”
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 Isak ƒe amewo gaɖe vudo bubu, ke ʋiʋli gaɖo esia hã ŋu, eya ta wona ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Dɔmedzoevudo.”
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it 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.”
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Yhwh hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 Esi wòyi Beerseba la,
And he went up from thence 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.”
And Yhwh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
25 Isak ɖi vɔsamlekpui, eye wòsubɔ Yehowa. Eʋu va tsi afi ma, eye eƒe subɔlawo ɖe vudo ɖi.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Yhwh, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
26 Gbe ɖeka la, Isak xɔ amedzro aɖewo tso Gerar. Ame siawo nye Fia Abimelek kple eƒe aɖaŋudela Ahuzat kple eƒe aʋafia Pixol.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief 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 unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have 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 certainly that Yhwh was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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 thou wilt 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 the blessed of Yhwh.
30 Ale Isak ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na wo, woɖu nu, no nu abe dzadzraɖo na nubabla la ƒe wɔnawo ene.
And he made them a feast, and they did eat 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 they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him 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 it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found 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 called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
34 Esi Esau xɔ ƒe blaene la, eɖe Hititɔ Beeri ƒe vinyɔnu Yudit, eye wògaɖe Hititɔ Elon ƒe vinyɔnu Basemat.
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Ke Isak kple Rebeka mekpɔ dzidzɔ le Esau ƒe srɔ̃ siawo ɖeɖe ŋu o.
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
