Mwanzo 26
1 Basi njaa ikatokea katika nchi, mbali na njaa ya kwanza iliyotokea siku za Ibrahimu. Isaka akaenda kwa Abimeleki, mfalme wa Wafilisiti huko Gerari.
Now a famine happened in the land, besides the first famine that had been in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines at Gerar.
2 Basi Yahwe akamtokea na kumwambia, “Usishuke kwenda Misri; kaa katika nchi niliyokuambia.
Now Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you to live in.
3 Kaa katika nchi hii hii niliyokuambia, nami nitakuwa pamoja nawe na kukubariki; kwani kwako wewe na uzao wako, nitawapa nchi hii yote, nami nitatimiza kiapo nilichomwapia Ibrahimu baba yako.
Stay in this very land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
4 Nitauzidisha uzao wako kama nyota za mbinguni, nami nitawapa uzao wako nchi hizi zote. Kupitia uzao wako mataifa yote ya dunia yatabarikiwa.
I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
5 Nitalifanya hili kwa sababu Ibrahimu aliitii sauti yangu na kutunza maelekezo yangu, amri zangu na sheria zangu.”
I will do this because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my instructions, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
6 Hivyo Isaka akakaa Gerari.
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
7 Watu wa eneo hilo walipomwuliza juu ya mke wake, alisema, “Yeye ni dada yangu.” Aliogopa kusema, “Yeye ni mke wangu,” kwa kuwa alidhani, “Watu wa nchi hii wataniua ili wamchukue Rebeka, kwa kuwa ni mzuri wa uso.”
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” He feared to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
8 Baada ya Isaka kuwa amekaa pale kwa muda mrefu, Ikatukia kwamba Abimeleki mfalme wa Wafilisiti alichungulia katika dirisha. Tazama, akamwona Isaka akimpapasa Rebeka, mke wake.
After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out of a window. He saw, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
9 Abimeleki akamwita Isaka kwake na kusema, “Tazama, kwa hakika yeye ni mke wako. Kwa nini ulisema, 'Yeye ni dada yangu?” Isaka akamwambia, “Kwa sababu nilidhani mtu mmoja aweza kuniua ili amchukue.”
Abimelech called Isaac to him and said, “Look, certainly she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”
10 Abimeleki akamwambia, “Ni jambo gani hili ulilotufanyia? Mmojawapo wa watu angeweza bila shaka kulala na mke wako, nawe ungeweza kuleta hatia juu yetu.”
Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
11 Hivyo Abimeleki akawaonya watu wote na kusema, “Mtu yeyote atakayemgusa mtu huyu au mke wake atauwawa.”
So Abimelech warned all the people and said, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
12 Isaka akapanda mazao katika nchi hiyo na kuvuna mwaka huo vipimo mia, kwa kuwa Yahwe alimbariki.
Isaac planted crops in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 Mtu huyo akawa tajiri, naye akaongezeka zaidi hata akawa mkuu sana.
The man became rich, and grew more and more until he became very great.
14 Alikuwa na kondoo na ngombe na familia kubwa. Wafilisiti wakamwonea wivu.
He had many sheep and cattle, and a large household. The Philistines envied him.
15 Basi visima vyote watumishi wa baba yake walikuwawamevichimba katika siku za Ibrahimu baba yake, Wafilisiti wakavikatalia kwa kwa kuvijaza kifusi.
Now all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up by filling them with earth.
16 Abimeleki akamwambia Isaka, “Ondoka kati yetu, kwa kuwa wewe una nguvu kuliko sisi.”
Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
17 Hivyo Isaka akaondoka pale na kukaa katika bonde la Gerari, na kuishi pale.
So Isaac departed from there and settled in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18 Kwa mara nyingine tena Isaka akachimba visima vya maji, vilivyokuwa vimechimbwa siku za Ibrahimu baba yake. Wafilisiti walikuwa wamevizuia baada ya kufa kwake Ibrahimu. Isaka akaviita visima kwa majina aliyokuwa ameviita baba yake.
Once again Isaac dug out the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. The Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham's death. Isaac called the wells by the same names that his father had called them.
19 Watumishi wa Isaka walipochimba katika bonde, wakaona kisima cha maji yaliyokuwakuwa yakibubujika.
When Isaac's servants dug in the valley, they found there a well of flowing water.
20 Wachungaji wa Gerari wakagombana na wachungaji wa Isaka, na kusema, “Haya ni maji yetu.”Hivyo Isaka akakiita kisima hicho “Eseki,” kwa sababu waligombana naye.
The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, and said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac called that well “Esek,” because they had quarreled with him.
21 Wakachimba kisima kingine, wakakigombania hicho nacho, hivyo akakiita “Sitina.”
Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that, too, so he gave it the name of “Sitnah.”
22 Akatoka hapo na akachimba kisima kingine, lakini hicho hawakukigombania. Hivyo akakiita Rehobothi, na akasema, “Sasa Yahwe ametufanyia nafasi, na tutafanikiwa katika nchi.”
He left there and dug yet another well, but they did not quarrel over that one. So he called it Rehoboth, and he said, “Now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”
23 Kisha Isaka akaenda Beersheba.
Then Isaac went up from there to Beersheba.
24 Yahwe akamtokea usiku huohuo na akasema, “Mimi ni Mungu wa Ibrahimu baba yako. Usiogope, kwa maana mimi nipo pamoja nawe na nitakubariki na kuvidisha vizazi vyako, kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Ibrahimu.”
Yahweh appeared to him that same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants, for my servant Abraham's sake.”
25 Isaka akajenga madhabahu pale na akaliita jina la Yahwe. Akapiga hema yake pale, na watumishi wake wakachimba kisima.
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent, and his servants dug a well.
26 Kisha Abimeleki akamwendea kutoka Gerari, pamoja na Ahuzathi, rafiki yake, na Fikoli, jemedari wa jeshi.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the captain of his army.
27 Isaka akawambia, “Kwa nini mmekuja kwangu, kwani mlinichukia na kunifukuza kwenu.
Isaac said to them, “Why are you coming to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
28 Nao wakasema, “Tumeona yakini kwamba Yahwe amekuwa nawe. Hivyo tukaamua kwamba kuwe na kiapo kati yetu, ndiyo, kati yetu nawe. Hivyo na tufanye agano nawe,
Then they said, “We have clearly seen that Yahweh has been with you. So we decided that there should be an oath between us, yes, between us and you. So let us make a covenant with you,
29 kwamba hautatudhuru, kama ambavyo sisi hatukukudhuru, na kama sisi tulivyokutendea vema wewe na tumekuacha uondoke kwa amani. Kwa kweli, Yahwe amekubariki.”
that you will do us no harm, just as we have not harmed you, and as we have treated you well and have sent you away in peace. Indeed, you are blessed by Yahweh.”
30 Hivyo Isaka akawaandalia sherehe, na wakala na kunywa.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31 Wakaamuka mapema asubuhi na wakaapiana kiapo. Kisha Isaka akawaruhusu kuondoka, nao wakamwacha katika amani.
They rose early in the morning and swore an oath with each other. Then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace.
32 Siku hiyohiyo watumishi wake wakaja na kumwambia juu ya kisima walichokuwa wamekichimba. Wakasema, “Tumeona maji.”
That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well that they had dug. They said, “We have found water.”
33 Akakiita kile kisima Shiba, hivyo jina la mji ule ni Beersheba hata leo.
He called the well Shibah, so the name of that city is Beersheba to this day.
34 Esau alipokuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini, akajitwalia mke, Yudithi binti Beeri Mhiti, na Basemathi binti Eloni Mhiti.
When Esau was forty years old, he took a wife, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 Wakamhuzunisha Isaka na Rebeka.
They brought sorrow to Isaac and Rebekah.
