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, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 Jehova akiumĩrĩra Isaaka, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũgaikũrũke ũthiĩ Misiri; tũũra bũrũri o ũrĩa ndĩrĩkwĩra ũtũũre.
And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which 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 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 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 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 tondũ Iburahĩmu nĩanjathĩkĩire na akĩrũmia ũrĩa ndendaga, akĩrũmĩrĩra maathani makwa, na matuĩro makwa ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa.”
Because that Abraham obeyed 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 in 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 [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 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 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 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.”
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 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 unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon 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 [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Nake Isaaka akĩhaanda irio bũrũri ũcio, na mwaka o ro ũcio akĩgetha maita igana, tondũ Jehova nĩamũrathimire.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 Nake Isaaka agĩtonga, naguo ũtonga wake ũgĩthiĩ o ũkĩingĩhaga o nginya agĩtonga mũno.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 Aarĩ na ndũũru nyingĩ cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe, na ndungata nyingĩ, o nginya Afilisti makĩmũiguĩra ũiru.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store 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.
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 Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩĩra Isaaka atĩrĩ, “Ũkĩra ũthiĩ, ũtweherere, tondũ nĩũgĩĩte na hinya mũno gũtũkĩra.”
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art 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 tent 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 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 Na rĩrĩ, ndungata cia Isaaka nĩcienjire kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ na igĩkora gĩthima kĩa maaĩ mega kuo.
And Isaac’s servants digged 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.
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 Ningĩ ndungata icio ciake ikĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, no-o nakĩo makĩnegenanĩria, nake Isaaka agĩgĩĩta Sitina.
And they digged another well, and 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 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 the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 Agĩcooka akiuma kũu, agĩthiĩ Birishiba.
And he went up from 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 the LORD 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 Isaaka agĩaka kĩgongona kũu, na agĩkaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova. Akĩamba hema yake o kũu, nacio ndungata ciake ikĩenja gĩthima o kuo.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
26 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Abimeleku agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Isaaka oimĩte Gerari, marĩ na Ahuzathu ũrĩa wamũtaaraga, na Fikolu mũnene wa ita ciake.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 Isaaka akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Muoka kũrĩ niĩ nĩkĩ, kuona atĩ nĩmwathũũrire na mũkĩnyingata?”
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent 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 the LORD 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 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 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 the LORD.
30 Isaaka akĩmarugithĩria iruga, nao makĩrĩa na makĩnyua.
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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 up betimes in the morning, and sware 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 which they had digged, and said unto 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 unto 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 to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Nao magĩtuĩka kĩhumo gĩa kĩeha kũrĩ Isaaka na Rebeka.
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
