Bilowgii 26
1 Waxaa dhulkii ka dhacday abaar, oo aan ahayn tii hore oo waagii Ibraahim dhacday. Markaasaa Isxaaq u kacay xagga Abimeleg oo ahaa boqorkii reer Falastiin xagga Geraar.
Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
2 Rabbiguna wuu u muuqday isaga, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Xagga Masar ha u dhaadhicin, laakiinse deg dhulka aan kuu sheegi doono.
but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
3 Dhulkan qariib ahaan u deg, oo anna waan kula jiri doonaa, oo waan ku barakayn doonaa; waayo, adiga iyo farcankaaga ayaan dalalkan oo dhan siin doonaa, oo waxaan adkayn doonaa dhaartii aan ugu dhaartay aabbahaa Ibraahim.
Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
4 Farcankaagana waxaan u tarmin doonaa sida xiddigaha samada, oo waxaan farcankaaga siin doonaa dalalkan oo dhan, farcankaagayna quruumaha dunida oo dhammu ku barakoobi doonaan;
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
5 maxaa yeelay, Ibraahim baa addeecay codkaygii, wuxuuna dhawray wixii la ii dhawri lahaa, iyo xukummadaydii, iyo amarradaydii, iyo qaynuunnadaydii.
I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
6 Isxaaqna wuxuu degganaa Geraar:
[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
7 oo dadkii meeshaas joogay baa naagtiisii ka warsaday, oo wuxuu yidhi, Iyadu waa walaashay: waayo, wuu ka cabsaday inuu yidhaahdo, Waa naagtaydii, oo wuxuu isyidhi, waaba intaasoo ay dadka meeshanu igu dilaan Rebeqah aawadeed, maxaa yeelay, way suurad quruxsanayd.
When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
8 Markuu halkaas wakhti dheer joogay ayaa Abimeleg oo ahaa boqorkii reer Falastiin daaqad ka fiiriyey, oo uu arkay Isxaaq oo naagtiisii Rebeqah la qooqaya.
When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 Markaasuu Abimeleg Isxaaq u yeedhay, oo yidhi, Hubaal iyadu waa naagtaadii. De sidee baad ku tidhi, Waa walaashay? Isxaaqna wuxuu ku yidhi, Maxaa yeelay, waxaan is-idhi, Waaba intaasoo aad u dhimatid iyada aawadeed.
So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
10 Oo Abimelegna wuxuu ku yidhi, War waa maxay waxan aad nagu samaysay? Mid dadka ka mid ahu dhib yaraan buu ula jiifsan lahaa naagtaada, oo kolkaasaad eed noo soo jiidi lahayd.
Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
11 Markaasaa Abimeleg wuxuu dadkii oo dhan ku amray, oo yidhi, Kii ninkan ama naagtiisa taabta hubaal naftaa laga qaadi doonaa.
Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
12 Isxaaqna dhulkaasuu wax ku beertay, isla sannaddiina wuxuu helay boqol laab; Rabbiguna wuu barakeeyey isagii.
Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 Ninkiina wuu weynaaday, oo hor u maray, ilaa uu noqday nin aad u weyn,
Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
14 wuxuuna lahaa adhi iyo lo', iyo addoommo fara badan; markaasay reer Falastiin ka masayreen.
He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
15 Ceelashii addoommada aabbihiis qodeen oo dhan waagii aabbihiis Ibraahim noolaa ayay reer Falastiin hore u awdeen oo ciid uga buuxiyeen.
So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
16 Abimelegna wuxuu Isxaaq ku yidhi, Naga tag; waayo, aad baad nooga xoog badan tahay.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
17 Markaasaa Isxaaq halkaas ka tegey, oo dooxadii Geraar degay, halkaasuuna joogay.
So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
18 Kolkaasaa Isxaaq mar kale qoday ceelashii biyaha oo ay qodeen waagii aabbihiis Ibraahim noolaa, waayo, reer Falastiin baa awday markii Ibraahim dhintay ka dib, oo wuxuu magacyadoodii u bixiyey magacyadii aabbihiis Ibraahim u bixiyey.
There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
19 Markaasaa addoommadii Isxaaq dooxadii qodeen, oo waxay ka heleen ceel durdur ah.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
20 Markaasaa xoolojirradii reer Geraar la dirireen xoolojirradii Isxaaq, iyagoo leh, Biyaha annagaa leh. Ceelka magiciisiina wuxuu u bixiyey Ceseq, maxaa yeelay, way la dirireen isagii.
But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
21 Ceel kalena way qodeen, oo kaasna way kula dirireen, markaasuu magiciisii u bixiyey Sitnah.
Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
22 Kolkaasuu meeshaas ka guuray, oo wuxuu qoday ceel kale; kaasna kulama ay diririn; magiciisiina wuxuu u bixiyey Rexobod, oo wuxuu yidhi, Haatan Rabbigu meel buu noo banneeyey, oo dalka waannu ku badnaynaa.
They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
23 Markaasuu halkaas ka tegey, oo wuxuu u kacay Bi'ir Shebac.
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24 Oo isla habeenkaas ayaa Rabbigu u muuqday isagii oo ku yidhi, Waxaan ahay aabbahaa Ibraahim Ilaahiisa. Ha cabsan, waayo, waan kula jiraa, oo waan ku barakayn doonaa, farcankaagana waan tarmin doonaa addoonkaygii Ibraahim aawadiis.
The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
25 Kolkaasuu halkaas ka dhisay meel allabari, oo magaca Rabbiga ku baryootamay, halkaas buuna teendhadiisii ka dhisay, markaasaa addoommadii Isxaaq halkaas ceel ka qodeen.
So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
26 Dabadeedna Abimeleg iyo saaxiibkiis Axusad, iyo Fiikol oo ahaa madaxda ciidankiisa ayaa Geraar ka tegey oo Isxaaq u kacay.
[While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
27 Markaasaa Isxaaq ku yidhi, Maxaad iigu timaadeen, waabad i neceb tihiine, oo aad iska kay erideene?
Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
28 Oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Caddaan baannu u aragnay in Rabbigu kula jiro; oo waxaannu nidhi, Annaga iyo adiga dhaaru ha inoo dhexayso oo aynu axdi dhiganno,
One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
29 inaadan wax na yeelayn, sidii annana aannan kuu taaban, oo aannan waxba kuugu samayn wanaag mooyaane, oo aannu nabad kuugu dirnay. Adigu hadda waxaad tahay kan Rabbigu barakeeyey.
stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
30 Diyaafad buuna u sameeyey, wayna cuneen oo cabbeen.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
31 Kolkaasay aroor hore kaceen, oo isu dhaardhaarteen: markaasaa Isxaaq iska diray, iyana nabad bay kaga ambabbaxeen.
Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
32 Oo isla maalintaas ayay addoommadii Isxaaq yimaadeen, oo ay uga warrameen ceelkii ay qodeen, oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Biyaannu helnay.
That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
33 Markaasuu u bixiyey Shebcaah; sidaas daraaddeed magaaladaas magaceeda waxaa ilaa maantadan la yidhaahdaa Bi'ir Shebac.
Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
34 Ceesaw markuu afartan sannadood jiray ayuu guursaday Yuhuudiid ina Be'eerii kii reer Xeed, iyo Basmad ina Eeloon kii reer Xeed.
When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
35 Kuwaasuna Isxaaq iyo Rebeqah ayay caloolxumo geliyeen.
Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
