Genesis 26
1 Ngayon, may taggutom sa lupain, bukod pa sa naunang taggutom na nagkaroon sa panahon ni Abraham. Pumunta si Isaac kay Abimelec, ang hari ng Filisteo sa Gerar.
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 Ngayon nagpakita si Yahweh sa kanya at sinabi, “Huwag kang pumunta sa Ehipto; tumira ka sa lugar na sinabi ko na iyong pagtirhan.
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 Manatili ka sa lugar na ito, at ako ay sumasainyo at pagpapalain ko kayo; para sa iyo at sa iyong mga kaapu-apuhan, ibibigay ko ang lahat ng mga lupaing ito, at tutuparin ko ang panunumpa na aking sinumpaan kay Abraham na iyong ama.
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 Pararamihin ko ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan gaya ng mga bituin sa langit, at ibibigay sa iyong mga kaapu-apuhan ang lahat na mga lupaing ito. Sa pamamagitan ng iyong mga kaapu-apuhan ang lahat ng bansa sa lupa ay pagpapalain.
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 Gagawin ko ito dahil sinunod ni Abraham ang aking utos at sinunod niya ang aking mga tagubilin, mga utos ko at mga batas ko.”
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 Kaya namalagi si Isaac sa Gerar.
[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
7 Nang tanungin siya ng mga kalalakihan sa lugar tungkol sa kanyang asawa, sinabi nya, “Siya ay aking kapatid na babae.” Natakot siyang sabihin, “Siya ay aking asawa,” dahil naisip niya, “Ang mga lalaki sa lugar na ito ay papatayin ako para makuha si Rebeca dahil napakaganda niya.”
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 Pagkatapos, nagtagal si Isaac doon, Si Abimelec ang hari ng mga Filisteo ay nagkataong tumingin sa labas sa bintana. Nakita niya, masdan, si Isaac na nilalambing si Rebeca, na kanyang asawa.
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 Ipinatawag ni Abimelec si Isaac sa kanya at sinabi, “Tingnan mo, tiyak nga na siya ay iyong asawa. Bakit mo sinabi, 'Siya ay aking kapatid na babae'?” Sinabi ni Isaac sa kanya, “Dahil naisip ko na maaring mayroong pumatay sa akin para makuha siya.”
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 Sinabi ni Abimelec, “Ano itong ginawa mo sa amin? Maaring may taong madaling sumiping sa iyong asawa, at madala mo sa amin ang pagkakasala.”
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 Kaya binalaan ni Abimelec ang lahat ng mga tao at sinabi, “Kung sino man ang gumalaw sa taong ito o sa kanyang asawa ay tiyak na malalagay sa kamatayan.”
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 Nagtanim si Isaac sa lupaing iyon at umani sa parehong taon ng isang sandaang beses, dahil pinagpala siya ni Yahweh.
Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 Naging mayaman siya, at lumago ng higit-higit pa hanggang siya ay naging napakadakila.
Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
14 Mayroon siyang maraming tupa at mga baka, at isang malaking sambahayan. Ang mga Filisteo ay kinaiinggitan siya.
He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
15 Ngayon ang lahat ng mga balon na hinukay ng mga lingkod ng kanyang ama sa panahon ni Abraham, na hininto ng mga Palestina sa pamamagitan ng pag-tambak ng lupa.
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 Sinabi ni Abimelec kay Isaac, “Umalis ka palayo sa amin, dahil mas makapangyarihan ka kaysa sa amin.”
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 Kaya umalis si Isaac mula doon at namalagi sa lambak ng Gerar, at nanirahan doon.
So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
18 Muling hinukay ni Isaac ang mga balon ng tubig, na hinukay nila noong panahon ni Abraham na kanyang ama. Pinahinto sila ng mga Filisteo pagkatapos mamatay ni Abraham. Tinawag ni Isaac ang mga balon sa parehong mga pangalan na binigay ng kanyang ama dito.
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 Nang naghukay ang mga lingkod ni Isaac sa lambak, nakita nila doon ang isang balong dumadaloy ang tubig.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
20 Ang mga pastol na lalaki ng Gerar ay nakipag-away sa mga pastol na lalaki ni Isaac, at sinabi “Ang tubig na ito ay sa amin.” Kaya tinawag ni Isaac ang balon na iyon na “Esek,” dahil nakipag-away sila sa kanya.
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 Pagkatapos naghukay sila ng isa pang balon, at nag-away rin sila nito, kaya binigyan niya ito ng pangalang “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 Umalis siya doon at naghukay muli ng isa pang balon, subalit hindi na nila pinag-awayan ang isang iyon. Kaya tinawag niya itong Rehobot, at sinabi niya, “Ngayon ay gumawa si Yahweh ng kaluwagan sa amin, at tayo ay sasagana sa lupa.”
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 Pagkatapos pumunta si Isaac mula doon patungong Beer-seba.
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24 Nagpakita si Yahweh sa kanya sa gabi ring iyon at sinabing, “Ako ang Diyos ng iyong amang si Abraham. Huwag kang matakot, sapagkat ako ay kasama mo at pagpapalain kita at pararamihin ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan, alang-alang sa aking lingkod na si Abraham.”
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 Nagtayo si Isaac ng altar doon at tumawag sa pangalan ni Yahweh. Nagtindig siya ng tolda doon, at ang kanyang mga lingkod ay naghukay ng balon.
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 Pagkatapos si Abimelec ay pumunta sa kanya mula sa Gerar, kasama si Ahuzat, kanyang kaibigan, at si Picol, ang kapitan ng kanyang hukbo.
[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 Sinabi ni Isaac sa kanila, “Bakit kayo naparito sa akin, samantalang galit kayo sa akin at pinaalis ninyo ako palayo sa inyo?”
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 At sinabi nila, “Malinaw naming nakita na si Yahweh ay iyong kasama. Kaya napagpasyahan namin na dapat ay mayroong sumpaan sa pagitan natin, oo, sa pagitan mo at sa amin. Kaya gagawa kami ng tipan sa iyo,
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 na hindi mo kami sasaktan, gaya ng hindi namin pananakit sa iyo, at sa pakikitungo namin ng mabuti sa iyo at sa pagpapaalis namin sa iyo ng mapayapa. Tunay nga, ikaw ay pinagpala ni Yahweh.”
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 Kaya gumawa si Isaac ng pista para sa kanila, at sila ay kumain at uminom.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
31 Bumangon sila ng maaga kinabukasan at sila ay nagsumpaan sa bawat isa. Pagkatapos pinaalis sila ni Isaac, at siya ay iniwan nila ng mapayapa.
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 Nang araw ding iyon dumating ang mga lingkod ni Isaac at sinabi sa kanya tungkol sa balong kanilang hinukay. Sinabi nila, “Nakakita kami ng tubig”,
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 Tinawag niya ang balon na Seba, kaya ang pangalan ng lungsod na iyon ay Beer-seba hanggang sa araw na ito.
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 Nang si Esau ay apatnapung taong gulang na, siya ay nag-asawa, si Judit ang anak ni Beeri na mga anak ni Heth, at saka si Basemat ang anak na babae ni Elon na mga anak ni Heth.
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 Sila ay nagdala ng kalungkutan kay Isaac at Rebeca.
Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
