Genesis 26 (EKA)

1Njal jolo go ndi nyia, njal nyi jolo ngare nyi Ebraham jolo eje eje. Owo Aisik kehm tahme goji Abimelek ntul no Filista gona Gera,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.

2Owo Jehova kehm ba kpiri Aisik, kehm-e tongo re, <<Ka je go Ijib, lene go ndi nyi n tong-a no re wo lene.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Jol go ndi nyia mongare ntiil. M bahke jolo a na, fere fuul-a. Wo wo m bahk-a kake ndi nyia a etˈtohngo eja, m bahke lohko lim enyam bi n nyame no, eji n tiri ka Ebraham nso.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.

4M bahke limi etˈtohngo eja bahke ruru ana alonlo nya li go elbung, m bahke fere ka bo ndi nyia kpee. Ajahbe njini kpee bahke bele elfuulu, sehng goji etˈtohngo eja.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,

5Tibre Ebraham kpun-m kpunu, fere lim nsol nyi n tong-e re á lim, fere bum atahm enyame, a ajehke enyame, go nle enyame.>>because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Aisik sa lene o Gerar.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Eji aneblum ba ejahbe jio bahb-e no bada nkal ewe, á kehm faange re, <<Ye mmonannee wo.>> Tibre á jo fˈfahl re á bung re, <<Ye nkal ewame wo.>> Á tiri go ege eltim re, <<Aneblum ba li edi jia bahk-m wulu tib go esi Rebeka, tib eji á li nne ano.>>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.”

8Eji Aisik ma kang afung gbalee edi jio, owo Abimelek ntula Filista kehm seenge sehng go ewindu, kehm soro nyehn Aisik kpi elkoro lim a Rebeka nkal ewe.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.

9Owo Abimelek kehm tumu bo lung Aisik, kehm-e tongo re, <<Nkal ewa wo, go etingitingi! Nˈnan wahnge a tongo re, <Ye mmonannee wo?>>> Aisik kehm faange re, <<Tibre n tiri re m bahke tane elkpin ename tib esi eje.>>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.”

10Owo Abimelek kehm bungu re, <<A elkohn ejum ajii a ma-r lim ana. Nnenlum awohng awohng noongo noongo a nkal ewa, kehn wob ko na ko ebi jia ba kun-r mbol mbol.>>“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.”

11Owo Abimelek kehm jehke ntahm ka ane kpee re, <<Nne awohng awohng no lˈgbiingi nnenlum noa, afi fere jolo nkal ewe, bo bahk-e tiki wulu na.>>So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Aisik bahme nsol go ndi nyia, kehm kpake mbuda nkunu go elya nˈnehm o, tibre Jehova fuul-e fuulu.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Aisik kehm gboko afang, afang enye soro asi jo gbal na tete á sahb fˈfang.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Á bele ejoro, a ebul gbalee, a adahmagbudu adahmagbudu. Á tob bele alokeltum gbalee, toono o, á jo teele anebe Filista ala.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Abing alahb kpee nya alokeltum nde rahme no ngare nyi Ebraham nde kpeka li go elkpin, anebe Filista song kpu ndi sahd.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.

16Owo Abimelek kehm bungu tong Aisik re, <<Mehl wo song ka-r eyake, tibre wob bel atahne sehng-r.>>Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Owo Aisik kehm mehle o, song rehng go edamme ji Gerar, song kak elsi o.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Aisik kehm kpe lennge abing alahb nya bo rahme no ngare nyi Ebraham nde kpeka li, nya anebe Filista sahde no eji Ebraham ma kpo. Á tik kpe gungu abing alahb nyao abing nyanehm nya Ebraham nde ka no.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.

19Alokeltum ba Aisik rahme elbing elahb go edamme, kehm song nyehn mbˈbehl alahb o.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Abaabebul ba anebe Gerar kehm kehme eltaange a abaabebul ba Aisik. Bo jo bungu re, <<Alahb ma mahre ma!>> Wahng ka á lungu elbing elahb nio re, Esek tibre bo taange a ne o.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.

21Owo bo kehm kpe rahm elbing nehko. Anebe Filista kpe ba yiimi ntaange o; owo á lungu elbing alahb nio re Sitna.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Á kehm mehle tahm edi jio sa, kpe song rahm nehko, nio nnene taangem a ne. Á kehm lungu nio re Rehobod, ji lohngo re, <<Anv Jehova ma-r ka edi, e bahke tebe a ndi nyia.>>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.”

23Á kehm mehle o tahm go Beerseba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Atv mao, Jehova kehm ba kpiri Aisik, kehm-e tongo re, <<Me wo li Esowo bi Ebraham nso. Ka fahl tibre me n li a na. M bahk-a fuulu, fere lim etˈtohngo eja rur, tib go esi Ebraham nlokeltum ewame.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.”

25Owo Aisik kehm limi egudu njom o, jo kak Jehova. Á si mobkpatahk o, alokeltum ebe tob rahme elbing alahb o.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.

26Ngare nyˈnehm o, Abimelek eblohng go Gerar ba go ege, a Ahusa ntubelle ewe, a Fikol ji jolo ntubesia nsoja enye.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Aisik kehm bahbe bo re, <<Ḿ ba jen ga egame, wahn sang jo bib aname fere kam-m yake goa?“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Bo kehm-e faange re, <<Wahr ebnyehn gbuul re Jehova li a na, owo wahnge e bungu re, fuumu re wahr koon nwongo tir atemtem, wahr anebe Filista a na, nong wahr koon nwongo a na,“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

29re wahn nehm lim-r ebi ajehng ajehng, ana wahr ki-n gbiingi go mbang anyehng anyehng, e jo gbaam-n na, fere yak-n re wahn song go elkoono. Anv Jehova ma-a fuulu.>>that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

30Owo Aisik kehm limi eyiiki ka bo, bo li, fere wˈwo.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Efungfu behre behre, etoono efung, bo kehm koko nwongo tir atemtem. Aisik kehm song bo re bo song, bo soro tahm-e sa asongo go elkoono.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.

32Efung bio alokeltum Aisik kehnge ba tong-e bade elbing alahb ni bo ma rahm. Bo bungu re, <<Wahr ebnyehn alahb.>>On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Aisik lungu elbing alahb nio re Siba, tete sik lela, bo kpo lung mbing ejahbe jio re Beerseba.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Eji Eso ma kang nnya atahl abal, á baange Judid, ye ji jolo mmona Beeri ji nnea Hid, á tob ko Basemad mmon no Elon ji nnea Hid fvfo.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Bo jo ka Aisik a Rebeka erakatahng.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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