Mwanzo 21
1 Wakati huu Bwana akamrehemu Sara kama alivyokuwa amesema, naye Bwana akamtendea Sara kile alichokuwa ameahidi.
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
2 Sara akapata mimba, akamzalia Abrahamu mwana katika uzee wake, majira yale ya Mungu aliomwahidi.
And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
3 Abrahamu akamwita Isaki yule mwana ambaye Sara alimzalia.
And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
4 Isaki alipokuwa na umri wa siku nane, Abrahamu akamtahiri, kama Mungu alivyomwamuru.
And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.
5 Abrahamu alikuwa na miaka 100 wakati Isaki mwanawe alipozaliwa.
Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
6 Sara akasema, “Mungu ameniletea kicheko, kila mmoja atakayesikia jambo hili atacheka pamoja nami.”
And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
7 Akaongeza kusema, “Nani angemwambia Abrahamu kuwa Sara angenyonyesha watoto? Tena nimemzalia mwana katika uzee wake.”
And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
8 Mtoto akakua, akaachishwa kunyonya. Siku hiyo Isaki alipoachishwa kunyonya, Abrahamu alifanya sherehe kubwa.
And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
9 Lakini Sara aliona kuwa mwana ambaye Hagari, Mmisri, aliyemzalia Abrahamu alikuwa anadhihaki,
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
10 Sara akamwambia Abrahamu, “Mwondoe mwanamke huyo mtumwa pamoja na mwanawe, kwa kuwa mwana wa mwanamke mtumwa kamwe hatarithi pamoja na mwanangu Isaki.”
So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac.
11 Jambo hili lilimhuzunisha sana Abrahamu kwa sababu lilimhusu mwanawe.
And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
12 Lakini Mungu akamwambia, “Usihuzunike hivyo kwa sababu ya kijana na mtumishi wako wa kike. Sikiliza lolote Sara analokuambia, kwa sababu uzao wako utahesabiwa kupitia kwake Isaki.
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
13 Nitamfanya huyu mwana wa mtumishi wako wa kike kuwa taifa pia, kwa sababu naye ni uzao wako.”
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
14 Kesho yake asubuhi na mapema, Abrahamu akachukua chakula na kiriba cha maji, akampa Hagari. Akaviweka mabegani mwa Hagari, akamwondoa pamoja na kijana. Hagari akashika njia, akatangatanga katika jangwa la Beer-Sheba.
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
15 Maji yalipokwisha kwenye kiriba, akamwacha kijana chini ya mojawapo ya vichaka.
And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.
16 Kisha akajiendea zake akaketi karibu, umbali wa kutupa mshale, akawaza, “Siwezi kumwangalia kijana akifa.” Ikawa alipokuwa ameketi pale karibu, akaanza kulia kwa huzuni.
And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.
17 Mungu akamsikia kijana akilia, malaika wa Mungu akamwita Hagari kutoka mbinguni na kumwambia, “Kuna nini Hagari? Usiogope, Mungu amesikia kijana analia akiwa amelala pale.
And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.
18 Mwinue kijana na umshike mkono, kwa maana nitamfanya kuwa taifa kubwa.”
Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
19 Ndipo Mungu akamfumbua Hagari macho yake naye akaona kisima cha maji. Hivyo akaenda akajaza kiriba maji na kumpa kijana anywe.
Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
20 Mungu akawa pamoja na huyu kijana alipokuwa akiendelea kukua. Aliishi jangwani na akawa mpiga upinde.
And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
21 Alipokuwa akiishi katika Jangwa la Parani, mama yake akampatia mke kutoka Misri.
And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
22 Wakati huo Abimeleki na Fikoli mkuu wa majeshi yake wakamwambia Abrahamu, “Mungu yu pamoja nawe katika kila kitu unachofanya.
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
23 Sasa niapie hapa mbele za Mungu kwamba hutanitenda hila mimi, watoto wangu wala wazao wangu. Nitendee mimi na nchi ambayo unaishi kama mgeni wema ule ule ambao nimekutendea.”
Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
24 Abrahamu akasema, “Ninaapa hivyo.”
And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
25 Ndipo Abrahamu akalalamika kwa Abimeleki kuhusu kisima cha maji ambacho watumishi wa Abimeleki walikuwa wamekinyangʼanya.
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
26 Lakini Abimeleki akasema, “Sijui ni nani ambaye amefanya hili. Hukuniambia, leo tu ndipo ninasikia habari zake.”
But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
27 Hivyo Abrahamu akaleta kondoo na ngʼombe, akampa Abimeleki, nao watu hawa wawili wakafanya mapatano.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
28 Abrahamu akatenga kondoo wa kike saba kutoka kwenye kundi,
And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
29 Abimeleki akamuuliza Abrahamu, “Ni nini maana ya hawa kondoo wa kike saba uliowatenga peke yao?”
Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
30 Abrahamu akamjibu, “Upokee hawa kondoo wa kike saba kutoka mkononi mwangu kama ushahidi kuwa nilichimba kisima hiki.”
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
31 Hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Beer-Sheba, kwa sababu watu wawili waliapiana hapo.
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
32 Baada ya mapatano kufanyika huko Beer-Sheba, Abimeleki na Fikoli mkuu wa majeshi yake wakarudi katika nchi ya Wafilisti.
So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
33 Abrahamu akapanda mti wa mkwaju huko Beer-Sheba, na hapo akaliitia jina la Bwana, Mungu wa milele.
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
34 Naye Abrahamu akakaa katika nchi ya Wafilisti kwa muda mrefu.
And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
