Mwanzo 16
1 Basi Sarai, mkewe Abramu, alikuwa hajamzalia watoto. Lakini alikuwa na mtumishi wa kike Mmisri jina lake Hagari,
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 hivyo Sarai akamwambia Abramu, “Bwana amenizuilia kupata watoto. Nenda, ukakutane kimwili na mtumishi wangu wa kike, huenda nitaweza kupata watoto kupitia kwake.” Abramu akakubaliana na lile Sarai alilosema.
Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
3 Hivyo baada ya Abramu kuishi katika nchi ya Kanaani miaka kumi, Sarai akamchukua mtumishi wake wa kike wa Kimisri, Hagari na kumpa mumewe awe mke wake.
Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
4 Akakutana kimwili na Hagari, naye akapata mimba. Hagari alipojua kuwa ana mimba, alianza kumdharau Sarai.
He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 Ndipo Sarai akamwambia Abramu, “Unawajibika na manyanyaso ninayoyapata. Nilimweka mtumishi wangu mikononi mwako, sasa kwa vile anajua kwamba ana mimba, ananidharau mimi. Bwana na aamue kati yako na mimi.”
Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. May the LORD judge between me and you.”
6 Abramu akamwambia, “Mtumishi wako yuko mikononi mwako. Mtendee lolote unalofikiri ni bora zaidi.” Ndipo Sarai akamtesa Hagari, hivyo akamtoroka.
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
7 Malaika wa Bwana akamkuta Hagari karibu na chemchemi huko jangwani; ilikuwa chemchemi ile iliyokuwa kando ya barabara iendayo Shuri.
The LORD’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
8 Malaika akamwambia, “Hagari, mtumishi wa Sarai, umetokea wapi, na unakwenda wapi?” Akamjibu, “Ninamkimbia bibi yangu Sarai.”
He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”
9 Ndipo malaika wa Bwana akamwambia, “Rudi kwa bibi yako ukajishushe chini yake.”
The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
10 Malaika akaendelea akasema, “Nitazidisha wazao wako, hivi kwamba watakuwa wengi mno wasiohesabika.”
The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
11 Pia malaika wa Bwana akamwambia: “Wewe sasa una mimba nawe utamzaa mwana. Utamwita jina lake Ishmaeli, kwa sababu Bwana amesikia juu ya huzuni yako.
The LORD’s angel said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction.
12 Atakuwa punda-mwitu katikati ya wanadamu, mkono wake utakuwa dhidi ya kila mtu na mkono wa kila mtu dhidi yake, naye ataishi kwa uhasama na ndugu zake wote.”
He will be like a wild donkey amongst men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposed to all of his brothers.”
13 Hagari akampa Bwana aliyezungumza naye jina hili: “Wewe ndiwe Mungu unionaye mimi,” kwa maana alisema, “Sasa nimemwona yeye anayeniona mimi.”
She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”
14 Ndiyo sababu kisima kile kikaitwa Beer-Lahai-Roi, ambacho bado kipo huko hata leo kati ya Kadeshi na Beredi.
Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Hivyo Hagari akamzalia Abramu mwana, naye Abramu akamwita huyo mwana Hagari aliyemzalia, Ishmaeli.
Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16 Abramu alikuwa na umri wa miaka themanini na sita wakati Hagari alipomzalia Ishmaeli.
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
