Genesis 26 (EWE)

1Dɔ gã aɖe to ɖe anyigba la dzi abe ale si wòto le Abraham ŋɔli ene. Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar, afi si Abimelek, Filistitɔwo ƒe fia nɔ.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.

2Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le afi ma gblɔ nɛ be, “Mègayi Egipte o.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Wɔ nu si magblɔ na wò la, eye nànɔ afi sia le anyigba sia dzi. Ne èwɔ nye gbe dzi la, manɔ kpli wò, eye mayra wò. Matsɔ anyigba sia katã ana wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo abe ale si medo ŋugbe na fofowò, Abraham ene.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.

4Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene! Matsɔ anyigba siawo katã ana wò, eye wòanye yayra na dukɔwo katã le xexea me.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,

5Mawɔ esia, elabena Abraham wɔ nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã dzi.”because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Eya ta Isak nɔ Gerar.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Esi Gerar ŋutsuwo bia gbee tso Rebeka ŋu la, egblɔ be, “Nɔvinye nyɔnue!” Ewɔ esia, elabena evɔ̃ be ne yeʋu eme be ye srɔ̃e la, woawu ye be yewoaxɔe, elabena edze tugbe ŋutɔ.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.”

8Ke le ɣeyiɣi aɖe megbe la, Abimelek, Filistitɔwo ƒe fia do mo ɖe fesre nu, eye wòkpɔ ale si Isak kple Rebeka nɔ fefe fem.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.

9Abimelek dɔ ame ɖe Isak, eye wòhe nya ɖe eŋu be, “Srɔ̃wòe nye Rebeka! Nu ka ta nègblɔ be ye nɔvie ɖo?” Isak ɖo eŋu be, “Elabena mevɔ̃ be woava wum, axɔ Rebeka aɖe.”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.”

10Abimelek biae be, “Aleke nàte ŋu awɔ nu sia ɖe mía ŋu? Ame aɖe ate ŋu awɔ ahasi kplii le esime menya be srɔ̃tɔe o, eye wòahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va mía dzi.”“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.”

11Abimelek ɖe gbeƒã be, “Ame sia ame si awɔ nu masɔmasɔ aɖe ɖe ame sia alo srɔ̃a ŋu la aku.”So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Le ƒe ma me la, Isak ƒe nukuwo ʋã ŋutɔ; nuku ɖe sia ɖe si wòƒã la tse ku geɖe, elabena Yehowa yrae.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Ezu kesinɔtɔ gã aɖe, eye eƒe kesinɔnuwo ganɔ dzidzim ɖe edzi ko.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Eƒe lãhawo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ, eye subɔla geɖewo hã nɔ esi. Ale Filistitɔwo de asi ŋuʋaʋãe me.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Woxe eƒe vudo siwo katã fofoa Abraham ƒe subɔlawo ɖe la.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.

16Fia Abimelek nya Isak le eƒe anyigba dzi. Egblɔ nɛ be, “Dzo yi teƒe bubu, elabena èzu kesinɔtɔ eye ŋusẽ le asiwò wu mí azɔ.”Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Ale Isak ʋu yi Gerar ƒe balime, eye wònɔ afi ma koŋ.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Isak gbugbɔ fofoa Abraham ƒe vudo siwo Filistitɔwo xe le fofoa ƒe ku megbe la ɖe, eye wògbugbɔ ŋkɔ siwo fofoa na wo la tsɔ na wo.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.

19Eƒe alẽkplɔlawo hã ɖe vudo yeye aɖe ɖe Gerar ƒe balime, eye woke ɖe tsi dzidzi ŋu le anyigba ƒe tume.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Ke alẽkplɔla siwo nye Gerartɔwo la dze go ɖe vudoa dzi. Wohe nya kple Isak ƒe alẽkplɔlawo gblɔ be, “Míaƒe anyigba kple míaƒe vudoe.” Ale wona ŋkɔ vudoa be, “Nyahehevudo.”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.

21Isak ƒe amewo gaɖe vudo bubu, ke ʋiʋli gaɖo esia hã ŋu, eya ta wona ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Dɔmedzoevudo.”Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Isak ɖe asi le vudo sia hã ŋu, eye wògaɖe bubu. Ke afi ma tɔwo megabia nya aɖekee o. Nu sia na wona ŋkɔ vudo sia be Rehobot si gɔmee nye “Teƒe Li Na Mí Azɔ.” Eya ta egblɔ be, “Elabena mlɔeba la, Yehowa di teƒe na mí, eye míaɖe ɖɔ.”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.”

23Esi wòyi Beerseba la,From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le zã si me wòɖo afi ma la, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye fofowò Abraham ƒe Mawu, mègavɔ̃ o, elabena meli kpli wò, eye mayra wò. Mana wò dzidzimeviwo nasɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be woazu dukɔ gã aɖe le nye ŋugbedodo na Abraham, ame si ɖo tom la ta.”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.”

25Isak ɖi vɔsamlekpui, eye wòsubɔ Yehowa. Eʋu va tsi afi ma, eye eƒe subɔlawo ɖe vudo ɖi.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.

26Gbe ɖeka la, Isak xɔ amedzro aɖewo tso Gerar. Ame siawo nye Fia Abimelek kple eƒe aɖaŋudela Ahuzat kple eƒe aʋafia Pixol.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Isak bia wo be, “Nu ka ta mieva gbɔnye ɖo? Esi mienyam le miaƒe anyigba dzi ɖe madzɔmadzɔ dzi ɖe, nu ka wɔ ge mieva.”“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Woɖo eŋu be, “Míekpɔe dze sii kɔtɛe be Yehowa le yrawòm. Míedi be atamkaka nanɔ mía dome.“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

29Do ŋugbe na mí be yemawɔ nuvevi mí abe ale si míewɔ nuvevi wò ene o. Le nyateƒe me la, nyui ko míewɔ na wò; ɖeko míena nèdzo le ŋutifafa me. Míeyra wò le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me.”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.”

30Ale Isak ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na wo, woɖu nu, no nu abe dzadzraɖo na nubabla la ƒe wɔnawo ene.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanya la, woka atam na wo nɔewo be yewomatsi tsitre ɖe yewo nɔewo ŋu o. Emegbe Isak do mɔ wo, eye wodzo yi aƒe kple dzidzɔ.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.

32Gbe ma gbe ke Isak ƒe subɔlawo va gblɔ nɛ be, “Míeke ɖe tsi ŋu le vudo si ɖem míele la me.”On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Eya ta Isak na ŋkɔ vudo la be, “Atamvudo.” Eya ta woyɔa du si wotso ɖe afi ma la be Beerseba va se ɖe egbe.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Esi Esau xɔ ƒe blaene la, eɖe Hititɔ Beeri ƒe vinyɔnu Yudit, eye wògaɖe Hititɔ Elon ƒe vinyɔnu Basemat.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Ke Isak kple Rebeka mekpɔ dzidzɔ le Esau ƒe srɔ̃ siawo ɖeɖe ŋu o.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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