< Kĩambĩrĩria 20 >
1 Na rĩrĩ, Iburahĩmu nĩoimire kũu aarĩ, agĩthiĩ mwena wa Negevu, na agĩtũũra gatagatĩ ga Kadeshi na Shuri. Gwa kahinda nĩatũũrire Gerari
And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.
2 na arĩ kũu Iburahĩmu oigaga atĩrĩ ha ũhoro wa mũtumia wake Sara, “Ũyũ nĩ mwarĩ wa baba.” Tondũ ũcio Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Gerari agĩtũmanĩra Sara na akĩmuoya.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
3 No rĩrĩ, Ngai akiumĩrĩra Abimeleku ũtukũ na kĩroto, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Wee-rĩ, no ta ũkuĩte tondũ mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio woete nĩ mũtumia wene.”
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art [but] a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 No Abimeleku ndaakoretwo akuhĩrĩirie Sara, nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, no wanange rũrĩrĩ rũtehĩtie?
But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?
5 Githĩ ti we wanjĩĩrire, ‘Ũyũ nĩ mwarĩ wa baba?’ Na ningĩ o nake Sara githĩ ndoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ mũrũ wa baba?’ Njĩkĩte ũndũ ũcio na ũrũngĩrĩru wa ngoro na moko matarĩ ũcuuke.”
Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 Ningĩ Ngai akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ kĩroto-inĩ, “Ĩĩ, nĩnjũũĩ ũrekĩte ũguo na ũrũngĩrĩru wa ngoro, na nĩkĩo ndĩrakũgiririe ũnjĩhĩrie. Nĩkĩo itanareka ũmũhutie.
And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.
7 Rĩu-rĩ, cookeria mũndũ ũcio mũtumia wake, nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũnabii, nake nĩegũkũhooera, na nĩũgũtũũra muoyo. No waga kũmũcookia-rĩ, ũmenye ti-itherũ wee nĩũgũkua, na andũ aku othe nĩmegũkua.”
And now, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore [her], know that thou shalt certainly die, thou and all that is thine.
8 Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ rũciinĩ tene, Abimeleku agĩtũmanĩra anene ake othe, na aarĩkia kũmeera maũndũ marĩa mothe meekĩkĩte, andũ acio magĩĩtigĩra mũno.
And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.
9 Abimeleku agĩcooka agĩĩta Iburahĩmu na akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũguo ũtwĩkĩte? Nĩ atĩa ngwĩhĩirie, nĩguo ũndeherere niĩ na ũthamaki wakwa ũũru mũnene ũguo? Ũnjĩkĩte maũndũ mataagĩrĩire gwĩkwo.”
And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.
10 Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩũria Iburahĩmu atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire wĩke ũguo?”
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?
11 Iburahĩmu akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ndeĩrire atĩrĩ, ‘Kũndũ gũkũ andũ matiĩtigĩrĩte Ngai, na nĩmekũnjũraga nĩ ũndũ wa mũtumia wakwa.’
And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.
12 O na kũrĩ ũguo, ti-itherũ nĩ mwarĩ wa-baba, mũirĩtu wa baba; no tũtirĩ a nyina ũmwe, nĩkĩo aatuĩkire mũtumia wakwa.
But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 Na rĩrĩa Ngai aandutire kuuma nyũmba-inĩ ya baba thiĩ ngorũũrage, ndeerire mũtumia wakwa atĩrĩ, ‘Ũũ nĩguo ũrĩnyonagia wendo waku: Kũrĩa guothe tũrĩthiiaga, uugage atĩrĩ ũhoro-inĩ ũnjĩgiĩ, “Ũyũ nĩ mũrũ wa baba.”’”
And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 Iburahĩmu aarĩkia kwaria, Abimeleku akĩruta ngʼondu na ngʼombe, na ngombo cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja, na agĩcihe Iburahĩmu, na akĩmũcookeria Sara mũtumia wake.
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Bũrũri wakwa ũrĩ mbere yaku; tũũra harĩa hothe ũngĩenda.”
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.
16 Nake Abimeleku akĩĩra Sara atĩrĩ, “Nĩngũhe mũrũ-wa-thoguo cekeri 1,000 cia betha ituĩke cia kũrĩhĩria ihĩtia rĩrĩa ũhĩtĩirio mbere ya andũ aya othe mũrĩ nao; we ndũrĩ ũũru wĩkĩte.”
And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.
17 Nake Iburahĩmu akĩhooya Ngai, nake Ngai akĩhonia Abimeleku, na mũtumia wake, na ngombo ciake cia airĩtu nĩguo mahote gũciara ciana rĩngĩ,
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].
18 nĩgũkorwo Jehova nĩahingĩte nda cia andũ-a-nja othe a nyũmba ya Abimeleku, makaaga kũgĩa ciana, nĩ ũndũ wa Abimeleku kuoya Sara mũtumia wa Iburahĩmu.
For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.