Genesis 26 (DWRL)

1He gadiyaan kase Abrahaame wodiyaan de'iyaa koshaa bolla hara koshay denddeedda; yaatina Yisaak'i Piliss's'eema kaatiyaa Abimeleekekko Garaara beedda.Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

2Med'ina Goday Yisaak'aw k'onc'c'iide hawaadan yaageedda; «Gibis'e gadiyaa duge booppa; taani new odeedda gadiyaan de'a.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Ha gadiyaan amareedawaa takkashsha; taani neenana gidana; neena anjjana; ayaw gooppe, ha biittaa ubbaa taani newunne ne zeretsaw immana; taani ne aawuwaa Abrahaamew c'aak'k'eedda c'aak'uwaa minisana.Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

4Ne zeretsaa saluwaa s'oolinttiyaadan darissana; ha biittaa ubbaa taani unttunttoo immana; sa'aa kawutetsaa ubbay ne zeretsaa baggana anjjettana.I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

5Ayaw gooppe, Abrahaame ta k'aalaa siseedda; ta pirddatuwaanne ta azazuwaa, ta awaayotuwaanne ta higgiyaa naageedda» yaageedda.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Hewaa diraw Yisaak'i Garaaran utteedda.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7He biittaa Asay Ribik'ibaa dentsiide Yisaak'a, «Hanna new ayee?» yaagiide oochcheedda. I, «Hanna taw michchato» yaageedda. Ayaw gooppe, I Ribik'a daro puulanchcha gidiyaa diraw, «Taani, ‹Iza ta machchatto gooppe›, ha gade Asay izi gaasuwaan taana wod'anenttonne» yaagi k'oppiide yayyeedda.But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

8Yisaak'i hewaan daro wodiyaa de'owaappe guyye, Pilss's'eema Kaatii Abimeleeki maskkootiyaanna duge s'eeliide, Yisaak'i bare machchatti Ribik'ina gaketishin be'eedda.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

9Hewaa diraw Abimeleeki Yisaak'a s'eesiide, «Hekko iza tumu ne machchato! Neeni ayaw, ‹Iza ta michchato› gaaddii?» yaagiide oochcheedda. Yisaak'i, « ‹Iza ta machchatto gooppe›, izi gaasuwaan Asay taana wod'ana gaade gaad» yaageedda.Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

10Abimeleeki, «Hawe neeni nu bollan ootseeddabay ayee? Ta asaappe itti Asay ne machchattina gisi diggeeddashin; neeni nu bollan gomiyaa ahaadashin» yaageedda.“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

11Hewaa diraw Abimeleeki bare asaa ubbaa, «Ha bitaniyaa woy Aa machchatto bochchiyaa ooninne tumu hayk'k'ana» yaagiide azazeedda.So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Yisaak'i he gadiyaan katsaa zeriide, he laytsan s'eetu kushiyaa c'akkeedda; ayaw gooppe, Med'inaa Goday Aa anjjeedda.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13I duretteedda; duretaa bolla duretay aw dari dari beedda.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Yisaak'aw dorssaa wudii, miizzaa wudiinne k'oomatuu loytsi dareedda diraw, Pilss's'eema asatuu Aa k'anaateeddino.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Hewaa diraw, Aa aawuwaa Abrahaame wodiyaan, Aa aawuwaa k'oomatuu bookkeedda haatsaa ollaa ubbaa Pilss's'eema asatuwaa biittaa zaariide bareedino.So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

16He wode Abimeleeki Yisaak'a, «Nuuppe shaakettaade ba; neeni nuuppe aad'd'a minnaadda» yaageedda.Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Yisaak'i hewaappe denddiide, Garaara Wombbaa biide yan utteedda.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Yisaak'i bare aawuwaa Abrahaame wodiyaan booketteedda haatsaa ollatuwaa, Abrahaame hayk'k'eeddawaappe guyye, Pilss's'eema asatuu bareedawantta zaari bookki kessiide, Aa aawuu suntseedda suntsan unttuntta s'eeseedda.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

19Yisaak'a k'oomatuu wombban bookkiide, pulttiyaa haatsaa ollaa yan demmeeddino.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Shin Garaara hentsanchchatuu Yisaak'a hentsanchchatuwaana, «Haatsay nuwaa» yaagiide walak'etteeddino. Unttunttu aanana palumetteedda diraw, Yisaak'i he haatsaa ollaa, «Palumiyaa» giide suntseedda.But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21Hewaappe guyye, unttunttu hara haatsaa ollaakka bookkeeddino; shin unttunttu he haatsaa ollaa geeduwaan walak'etteeddino; hewaa diraw I he haatsaa ollaa «Morkketiitta» giide suntseedda.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Hewaappe guutsaa zardda''iide, hara haatsaa ollaa bookisseedda; Aa gaasuwaan ooninne walak'ettibeenna; «S'oossay ha"i nuw aasseeda; nuuni ha gadiyaan c'oraana» giide Aa, «Aako sa'aa» giide suntseedda.He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

23Hewaappe denddiide, pude Berssaabehe beedda.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24He beedda gallassi k'amma Med'ina Goday Aw k'onc'c'iide Aa, «Taani ne aawuwaa Abrahaame S'oossaa; taani neenana de'iyaa diraw, neeni yayyoppa; taani neena anjjana; ta k'oomaa Abrahaame diraw ne zeretsaa taani c'orissana» yaageedda.and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

25Yisaak'i hewaan yarshshiyaa sa'aa kees's'iide, Med'inaa Godaa suntsaa s'eeseedda. Yan I bare dunkkaaniyaa d'ogeedda; k'ay yan Aa k'oomatuu haatsaa ollaa bookkeeddino.So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

26Hewaappe guyye, Abimeleeki barena zoriyaa Ahuuzatanne bare wotaadaratuwaa kaappuwaa Pikoola akkiidde, Garaarappe Yisaak'akko yeedda.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Yisaak'i unttuntta, «Hinttenttu kase taana is's'iide, hinttenttu biittaappe kessi yeddeeddita; ha"i k'ay taakko ayaa akkana yedditee?» yaageedda.“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Unttunttu Aa, «Med'inaa Goday neenana de'iyaawaa nuuni k'onc'c'iyaan be'eeddo. Hewaa diraw c'aak'k'o c'aak'uu nu giddoninne ne giddon de'ana koshshee yaagetto. Nuuni neena bochchibeykko; shin nuuni new keekatetsaa s'alalaa ootsiide, neena sarotetsaan moyzzi yeddeeddo. Hewaaddankka neeni nu bolla iitabaa ootsenna mala, ane neenana c'aak'uwaa c'aak'k'etoytte. Ha"i neeni Med'inaa Goday anjjeedawaa» yaageeddino.“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

30He wode Yisaak'i unttunttoo baalaa giigissina, meeddinonne usheeddino.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Wonttetsa gallassi wontta guuran denddiide, unttunttu ittuu ittuwaanna c'aak'k'eteeddino. Yisaak'i unttuntta moyzzina, unttunttu aappe saro shaakettiide beeddino.And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

32He gallassi Yisaak'a k'oomatuu yiide, barenttu bookkeedda haatsaa ollaabaa aw odeeddino; «Nuuni haatsaa demmeeddo» yaageeddino.On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33I he haatsaa ollaa Saabehi giide suntseedda; hewaa diraw he katamaa suntsay hachche gakkanaw Berssaabehi geetettee.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Eesaa laytsay oytamuwaa gidiyaa wode, Hiitiyaa Bi'eedo naatto Yooditonne Hiitiyaa Eloona naatto Baasemaato akkeedda.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Unttunttu Yisaak'anne Ribik'o kayyoyiidde de'eeddino.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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