Mwanzo 16
1 Kisha Sarai mke wa Abram, alikuwa hajamzalia mtoto, lakini alikuwa na mtumishi wa kike, Mmisri ambaye jina lake aliitwa Hajiri.
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2 Kwa hiyo Sarai akamwambia Abram, “Tazama, Yahwe hajanifanya mimi kuwa na watoto. Nenda na ulale na mtumishi wangu. Ili kwamba niweze kupata watoto kupitia yeye.” Abram akasikiliza sauti ya Sarai.
And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 Ilikuwa baada ya Abram kuishi miaka kumi katika nchi ya Kanaani ndipo Sarai, mke wa Abram, alimtoa Hajiri yule mmisri mtumishi wake kwa mume wake awe kama mke wake.
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 Kwa hiyo akawa na mahusiano na Hajiri, na akabeba mimba. Na alipoona kuwa amebeba mimba, akamdharau bibi yake.
And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 Kisha Sarai akamwambia Abram, “Jambo hili baya kwangu ni kwa sababu yako. Nilimtoa mtumishi wangu wa kike katika kumbatio lako. Na alipoona kuwa amebeba mimba, nilidharaulika machoni pake. Na sasa acha Yahwe aamuwe kati yangu na wewe.”
And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
6 Lakini Abram akamwambia Sarai, “Tazama, hapa, mtumishi wako yuko katika uwezo wako, fanya unachofikiri ni kizuri sana kwake.” Kwa hiyo Sarai akakabiliana naye kwa ukatili, na akatoroka.
But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai afflicted her, she fled from her face.
7 Malaika wa Yahwe akamkuta karibu na chemichemi ya maji katika jangwa, chemichemi iliyo katika njia kuelekea Shuri.
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8 Akasema, Hajiri, mtumishi wa Sarai, umetoka wapi na unakwenda wapi?” Na akasema, ninamtoroka bibi yangu Sarai.”
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, from where didst thou come? and where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 Malaika wa Yahwe akamwambia, “Rudi kwa bibi yako, na unyenyekee chini ya mamlaka yake.”
And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10 Kisha Malaika wa Yahwe akamwambia, “Nitazidisha uzao wako maradufu, kiasi kwamba watakuwa wengi wasioweza kuhesabika.”
And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
11 Malaika wa Yahwe pia akamwambia, “Tazama, wewe unamimba, na utazaa mtoto kiume, na utamwita jina lake Ishmaeli, kwasabab Yahwe amesikia mateso yako.
And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 Atakuwa punda mwitu wa mtu. Atakuwa adui dhidi ya kila mtu, na kila mtu atakuwa adui yake, na ataishi kando na ndugu zake wote.”
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 Kisha akamwita jina hili Yahwe aliye zungumza naye, “Wewe ni Mungu unionaye mimi,” kwa kuwa alisema, “je ninaendelea kweli kuona, hata baada ya kuwa ameniona?”
And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Kwa hiyo kisima kiliitwa Beerlahairori; Tazama, kiko kati ya Kadeshi na Beredi.
Therefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Hajiri akamzalia Abram mwana wa kiume, na Abram akamwita mwanawe, ambaye Hajiri amemzaa jina, Ishmaeli.
And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.
16 Abram alikuwa na umri wa miaka themanini na sita wakati Hajiri alipomzaa Ishmaeli kwa Abram.
And Abram was eighty and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
