Genesis 21 (EKA)

1Jehova tibi Sara egburu ndon ana á bungu no, á limi ka Sara ana á nyame no.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2Sara kehm sake ela jel mmon no nlum ka Ebraham, go ngare nyˈnehm nyi Esowo nyame no tong-e, ngare nyio Ebraham ebkul.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Ebraham gungu mmon no Sara jele no ka-e mbing re Aisik.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Eji Aisik mmon ewe ma kang nfung enehkeni, Ebraham kehm-e yehke nrur ana Esowo tong-e no.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Ebraham kange nnya atahl alon ngare nyi Sara jele Aisik mmon ewe ka-e.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Sara kehm bungu re, <<Esowo ma-m kak asol go nnyo, nne awohng awohng no lˈwuk bade ejum jia á bahke tob tob-m elwolo.>>Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7Á kpe bung re, <<Nne awoo jol tongo Ebraham re, Sara bahke yabe abon? Wo ga, me n jel mmon ka-e eji á ma kul.>>She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Aisik mmon ewe kehm gbale fere kimi abel. Efung bˈnehm bi mmon kimi abel, Ebraham limi egburu elkak.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9Ismeel mmon no Hagar nnea Ijib jele no ka Ebraham, jo nyoko Aisik, Sara kehm nyehne,But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10owo Sara kehm tongo Ebraham re, <<Kam nju a nnenkal noa a mmon ewe, tibre mmon a nju a nnenkal noa, nehm tiki jol nlehkelkv semme a Aisik mmon ewame.and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

11Ejum jia gbiingi Ebraham sehng tib esi mmon ewe Ismeel.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12Owo Esowo kehm tongo Ebraham re, <<Ka taame ejum jia bada mmon noa, a njua nlokeltum ewa gbiing-a, wuungu Sara nkal ewa atung go ejum ajehng ajehng ji á kpa-a tongo, tibre go abon ba Aisik wo etˈtohngo eja bahke lohngo.But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

13M bahke koko mmona njua nnenkal noo lim ejahbe, tibre ye fvfo mmon ewa wo.>>But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Toono efung, efungfu behrebehre, Ebraham kehm rodo nsol alehke, a ekpˈkpuk alahb ji bo ko ngunyam lim song ka Hagar. Á kehm rodo nsol nyio kunu Hagar go akpakebahk, kehm-e tumu a mmon re bo song. Á kehm mehle eje tahm song kehme eldaale go elka emahng ni Beerseba.Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

15Eji alahb ma mal go ekpˈpuk, á kehm rodo mmon noo song bum go mmonnahb eti.When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16Á kehm tahme song ji eje kpidikpidi, tahm edi ji á ji no rehng edi ji mmon jolo no, li ana nne bahke ma ro eltal rehng, á bungu re, <<N nehm ma ji o nyehn ana mmon noa bahke kpoko.>> Ana á song ji kohlo o, á jo lingi wulu wulu wulu.Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

17Esowo kehm wuku mmon noo kpˈlingi, enjel nyi Esowo kehm sake go ero lung Hagar, kehm bungu tong-e re, <<Hagar nfem anyii? Ka kpe fahl; Esowo ebwuk eling mmon noo, edi ji á nong o.Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

18Song mehl mmon noo yiimi, wo jabbe go ebo, tibre m bahk-e koko lim egburu ejahbe.>>Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Esowo kehm-e lennge amahr, á soro nyehn elbing alahb. Á song tuk alahb rurur go ekpˈkpuk, song ka mmon, á wo.Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20Esowo jolo a mmon noo eji á jo gbal. Á lene go elka emahng, á jolo nne no jo ta mban.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Ana á lene o elka emahng ni Paran, nnyehn song ko nkal go Ijib ba ka-e.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22Ngare nyio Abimelek, a Fikol ji ntubesia nsoja enye kehm tongo Ebraham re, <<Esowo li a na go ejum ajehng ajehng ji a ma lim.At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Tir tong-m go esamahr Esowo re, a nehm nehmem go mbang anyehng anyehng, afii jol abon ebame, afii etˈtohngo ejame. Tib-m nnoobo eljini, wo tob tib ejahbe ji a lene a ana njenne, elkohn ana ni m ma-a tib.Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

24Ebraham kehm bungu re, <<Me n taame, m bahke tiri.>>And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Ebraham kehm tooro tong Abimelek bade elbing alahb ni alokeltum ebe ma taare.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26Abimelek kehm bungu re, <<N nehme kahn nne no ma lim ejum jia. Wo m-e a ka tong, lela wo n kpˈwuku na.>>Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Owo Ebraham kehm koko ejoro, a efong ba ka Abimelek, bo ane abal abal kehm tiri lim egbanngalung atemtem.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Ebraham yehke nkala njoro na esehma nyi nse bum eje eje go ellong atohkondi enye,Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Abimelek kehm bahbe Ebraham re, <<Nkal a njoro esehma nyi nse nyi a ma yehke bum eje eje lohngo renan?>>and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Á kehm faange re, <<Ko nkala njoro nyia na esehma nyi nse go egame ebo, jol ntianse re, me wo rahme elbing alahb nia.>>He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Owo wahnge edi jio bo jo lung re Beerseba, tibre edi jio wo, aneblum abal baa lim egbanngalung.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Eji bo limi egbanngalung jio o Beerseba mal, Abimelek, a Fikol ji ntubesia nsoja enye, kehm feere kehnge go ndi nyi anebe Filista.After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33Ebraham bahme elrahn eti ni bo kpo lung re tamaris go Beerseba, edi jio wo, á jo lung mbing nyi Jehova, ye ji li Esowo bi li njinanjini.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Ebraham kange gbalee go ndi nyi anebe Filista.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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