< Kĩambĩrĩria 26 >

1 Na rĩrĩ, nĩ kwagĩire ngʼaragu ĩngĩ bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, tiga ĩrĩa ya mbere ya hĩndĩ ya Iburahĩmu, nake Isaaka agĩthiĩ Gerari kũrĩ Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti.
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 Jehova akiumĩrĩra Isaaka, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũgaikũrũke ũthiĩ Misiri; tũũra bũrũri o ũrĩa ndĩrĩkwĩra ũtũũre.
And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
3 Ikara bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ kwa ihinda, na nĩngũkorwo hamwe nawe na nĩngũkũrathima. Nĩgũkorwo nĩwe na njiaro ciaku ngũhe mabũrũri maya mothe na hingie mwĩhĩtwa ũrĩa ndehĩtire kũrĩ thoguo Iburahĩmu.
Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
4 Nĩngatũma njiaro ciaku cingĩhe ta njata cia matu-inĩ na nĩngamahe mabũrũri maya mothe, na nĩ ũndũ wa rũciaro rwaku, ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia thĩ nĩikarathimwo,
And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves —
5 tondũ Iburahĩmu nĩanjathĩkĩire na akĩrũmia ũrĩa ndendaga, akĩrũmĩrĩra maathani makwa, na matuĩro makwa ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa.”
because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩikara o kũu Gerari.
And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.
7 Rĩrĩa andũ a kũu maamũririe ũhoro wa mũtumia wake-rĩ, we akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ mwarĩ wa baba,” tondũ nĩetigĩrire kuuga, “Nĩ mũtumia wakwa.” Eeciiririe atĩrĩ, “Andũ a gũkũ mahota kũnjũraga nĩ ũndũ wa Rebeka, tondũ aarĩ mũthaka.”
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself, ] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca — because she was fair in countenance.
8 Na thuutha wa Isaaka arĩkĩtie gũikara kũu kahinda karaihu-rĩ, Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti nĩacũthĩrĩirie nja na ndirica, nake akĩona Isaaka akĩhambata mũtumia wake Rebeka.
And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.
9 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku agĩtũmanĩra Isaaka, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ ũyũ nĩ mũtumia waku! Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire uuge atĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ mwarĩ wa baba’?” Isaaka akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tondũ ndeciiririe ndahota kũũragwo nĩ ũndũ wake.”
Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.
10 Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũguo ũtwĩkĩte? Ĩ mũndũ mũrũme ũmwe wa gũkũ angĩrakorirwo akomete na mũtumia waku, nawe ũgĩtũme tũnyiitwo nĩ ihĩtia?”
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku akĩruta watho kũrĩ andũ othe, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũngĩthĩĩnia mũndũ ũyũ kana mũtumia wake no kũũragwo akooragwo.”
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
12 Nake Isaaka akĩhaanda irio bũrũri ũcio, na mwaka o ro ũcio akĩgetha maita igana, tondũ Jehova nĩamũrathimire.
And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.
13 Nake Isaaka agĩtonga, naguo ũtonga wake ũgĩthiĩ o ũkĩingĩhaga o nginya agĩtonga mũno.
And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
14 Aarĩ na ndũũru nyingĩ cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe, na ndungata nyingĩ, o nginya Afilisti makĩmũiguĩra ũiru.
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
15 Tondũ ũcio, ithima iria ciothe ndungata cia ithe cienjete hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu-rĩ, Afilisti magĩcithika, magĩciyũria tĩĩri.
And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.
16 Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩĩra Isaaka atĩrĩ, “Ũkĩra ũthiĩ, ũtweherere, tondũ nĩũgĩĩte na hinya mũno gũtũkĩra.”
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
17 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩthaama, akĩehera kũu, agĩthiĩ kwamba hema Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Gerari, na agĩtũũra kuo.
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 Isaaka agĩthikũria ithima iria cienjetwo hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu, o icio Afilisti maathikĩte thuutha wa Iburahĩmu gũkua, na agĩciĩta marĩĩtwa o marĩa ithe aacihete.
And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 Na rĩrĩ, ndungata cia Isaaka nĩcienjire kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ na igĩkora gĩthima kĩa maaĩ mega kuo.
And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 No rĩrĩ, arĩithi a Gerari makĩnegenania na arĩithi a Isaaka, makĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Maaĩ maya nĩ maitũ!” Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Eseku, tondũ nĩmakararanirie nake.
But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
21 Ningĩ ndungata icio ciake ikĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, no-o nakĩo makĩnegenanĩria, nake Isaaka agĩgĩĩta Sitina.
And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 Nake agĩthaama kũu, agĩthiĩ akĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, na matianegenanirie na mũndũ. Nake agĩgĩĩta Rehobothu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Rĩu Jehova nĩatũheete ũikaro mũiganu, na nĩtũgũtheeremera bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ.”
And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 Agĩcooka akiuma kũu, agĩthiĩ Birishiba.
And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.
24 Ũtukũ ũcio aakinyire kũu, Jehova akĩmuumĩrĩra, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Ngai wa thoguo Iburahĩmu. Ndũkanetigĩre, tondũ ndĩ hamwe nawe; nĩngũkũrathima na nyingĩhie njiaro ciaku nĩ ũndũ wa Iburahĩmu ndungata yakwa.”
And Jehovah appeared to 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 Isaaka agĩaka kĩgongona kũu, na agĩkaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova. Akĩamba hema yake o kũu, nacio ndungata ciake ikĩenja gĩthima o kuo.
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
26 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Abimeleku agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Isaaka oimĩte Gerari, marĩ na Ahuzathu ũrĩa wamũtaaraga, na Fikolu mũnene wa ita ciake.
And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
27 Isaaka akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Muoka kũrĩ niĩ nĩkĩ, kuona atĩ nĩmwathũũrire na mũkĩnyingata?”
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
28 Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩtuonete hatarĩ nganja atĩ Jehova arĩ hamwe nawe, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio tuoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kwagĩrĩire tũgĩe na mwĩhĩtwa wa ũiguano gatagatĩ gaitũ’: ĩĩ, gatagatĩ gaitũ nawe. Reke tũgĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro nawe,
And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us — between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
29 atĩ ndũgatwĩka ũũru, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ tũtaagũthĩĩnirie, no hĩndĩ ciothe twagwĩkaga wega, na tũgĩkumagaria ũthiĩ na thayũ. Na rĩu nĩũrathimĩtwo nĩ Jehova.”
that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.
30 Isaaka akĩmarugithĩria iruga, nao makĩrĩa na makĩnyua.
And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ, rũciinĩ tene, andũ acio na Isaaka makĩĩhĩtanĩra mwĩhĩtwa mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ. Isaaka agĩcooka akĩmoimagaria, magĩĩthiĩra, makĩmũtiga na thayũ.
And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 Mũthenya o ro ũcio maathiire, ndungata cia Isaaka igĩũka, ĩkĩmwĩra ũhoro wa gĩthima kĩrĩa cienjete, ikiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtwakinyĩra maaĩ!”
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.
33 Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Shiba, na nginya ũmũthĩ itũũra rĩu rĩtũũraga rĩĩtagwo Birishiba.
And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
34 Esaũ aakinyia mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna, akĩhikia Judithi mwarĩ wa Beeri ũrĩa Mũhiti, o na ningĩ akĩhikia Basemathu mwarĩ wa Eloni ũrĩa Mũhiti.
And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 Nao magĩtuĩka kĩhumo gĩa kĩeha kũrĩ Isaaka na Rebeka.
And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

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