Genesis 21 (GEL)

1Yawe este̱ u̱s-rem tu̱msu̱ wa no̱mu̱ Saratu no̱mu̱ wa zu̱ wa u̱t-no̱m.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2No̱ng ho̱n-ho̱n u̱ da-u̱ Ru̱-u̱ waru̱ Ibrahi, Saratu ku̱b me̱n-tu̱ ub, se̱ wa matu̱ Ibrahi ya-du̱ u̱r-campa u̱ da-u̱ wu̱-u̱r wa.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Ibrahi te̱'e̱ ya-du̱ u̱r-campa wa u̱r-dim Ishaku.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Da-u̱ Ishaku no̱me̱ m-roog u̱t-eer, Ibrahi no̱mu̱ wa u̱r-pe̱s u̱ka Ru̱-u̱ zu̱tte̱ wa no̱m.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Ibrahi no̱ng u̱s-hak u̱t-shik u̱t-tan da-u̱ wa mate̱ Ishaku.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Saratu zu̱, <<Ru̱-u̱ wa'ag me̱ u̱t-nu̱mu̱s; ko̱wana ho̱ge̱ wa se̱gu̱ me̱ no̱m-du̱ u̱t-nu̱mu̱s.Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7¿Wana tame̱ u̱t-zu̱ Ibrahi u̱zu̱ Saratu u̱ wu̱rgu̱ wa'? M-ha iyane̱ u̱m mak-tu̱ Ibrahi ya-du̱ u̱r-campa u̱ da-u̱ wu̱-u̱r wa.>>She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Da-u̱ Ishaku rogme̱ na o̱ u̱ mo̱ttu̱ kasdu̱ wa u̱r-de̱, Ibrahi bu̱n mo̱ro̱g-u̱r yat-de̱ du̱ u̱r-so̱.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9De̱ku̱n ho̱-de̱, Ismaru wa'-u̱ Hajara wa dak-u̱ Masar o̱ ho̱r e̱ Ishaku, Saratu hyen Ismaru u̱ no̱mu̱ Ishaku nu̱mu̱s-tu̱ u̱s-ju̱ru̱m.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10Se̱ Saratu zu̱ Ibrahi, <<Buz to̱k-u̱ ne̱ta unwa e̱ wa'-u̱ wa ne̱, wa za re̱-du̱ no̱m-u̱ u̱t-kom ri u̱r-kot u̱ Ishaku wa'-u̱ ri ne̱ da!>>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!”

11Rem-u̱s se̱ tu̱m jab-u̱ Ibrahi sok remu̱ zu̱ Ismaru wa'-u̱ rò wa.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12Se̱ Ru̱-u̱ zu̱ Ibrahi, <<A jab-u̱ ró na u̱ remu̱ bu̱z-du̱ to̱k-u̱ ne̱ta unwa Hajara e̱ wa'-u̱ wa ne̱ da. No̱m no̱m-u̱ Saratu zu̱ bo̱ no̱m, remu̱ zu̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ Ishaku de̱ na do̱te̱ fag-du̱ ko̱-u̱r ró.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.

13Se̱di me̱ u̱t-no̱m dak-u yat-o̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ wa'-u̱ to̱k-u̱ ne̱ta ró wa shu̱'u̱t u-dak, remu̱ zu̱ wa'-u̱ ró wa o̱o̱ge̱ ko̱wa.>>But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Se̱ Ibrahi yu̱ne̱ u̱r-wu̱n te̱p te̱p, wa ku̱b no̱m u̱t-re̱ u̱ kub-du̱ m-bu̱ ne̱, wa yasu̱ Hajara. Ibrahi su̱bgu̱ Hajara to̱ u̱t-kap, wa yasu̱ Hajara wa zu̱ wa aru̱k u̱ wa'-u̱ e̱ ne̱. Se̱ Hajara aru̱k, wa hu̱ u̱t-riig u̱r-do̱g du̱ o̱ dapu̱s bo̱-u̱ Be̱rshe̱ba.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.

15Da-u̱ bu̱-mu̱ u̱r-kub tu̱se̱, se̱ Hajara ru̱st u̱r-ya u̱ kug-du̱ m-yara u̱ yaku̱n te-ya u̱r-do̱g.When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16Se̱ wa aru̱k, wa do̱'e̱ m-ra wa shu̱'u̱t u̱ka ra-mu̱ ta-u̱ u-ta, wa dorog u̱ jab-u̱ wa u̱zu̱, <<U̱m za u̱ssa u̱m hyan mar-mu̱ wa'-u̱ ri da.>> Se̱ wa hu̱ u̱s-kan.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.

17Se̱di da-u̱ Ru̱-u̱ ho̱ge̱ kan-su̱ u̱r-ya, wa-to̱m u-Ru̱ fog Hajara. Wa zu̱, <<Hajara, ¿yan-o̱ no̱me̱? A-bo̱ ho̱g u-gye̱r da, Ru̱-u̱ ho̱k kan-su̱ u̱r-ya u̱ be-du̱ de̱ o̱tte̱ m-ru̱t.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.

18De̱'e̱, bo̱ yu̱nu̱s wa'-u̱ wa, u̱ bo̱ par wa, remu̱ zu̱ du̱gu̱ ko̱-u̱r wa de̱, u̱m do̱te̱ kadu̱ dak-u yat-o̱.>>Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Se̱ Ru̱-u̱ upus is-u̱ Hajara, wa hyen du-du̱ m-bu̱. Wa do̱'e̱ wa shu̱u̱s kub-du̱ m-bu̱ wa yu̱ ya-u̱r wa, wa so.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.

20Ru̱-u̱ o̱ u̱r-kot u̱ wa'-u̱ wa ne̱, wa nen. Wa nom u̱r-yu̱ u̱-me u̱r-do̱g wa shu̱'u̱t wa nap-mu̱ ta-u̱ u-ta.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Da-u̱ wa o̱o̱ge̱ shu̱'u̱t do̱g-du̱ Paran, ino̱-u rò kwu̱mnu̱ wu̱n ne̱ta du̱gu̱ dak-u̱ Masar.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22U̱ te̱k-u̱ da-u o̱, Abime̱re̱k e̱ Piko̱r yu̱-Yat-ya karma-ne̱ e̱ do̱'e̱ u̱du̱ Ibrahi. E̱ zu̱ wa, <<Ru̱-u̱ o̱ u̱r-kot u̱ bo̱ ne̱ u̱ te̱k-u̱ no̱m-u̱ bo̱ o̱o̱ge̱ u̱t-no̱m u-be̱e̱t.At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Remu̱ iyane̱, to̱n-de̱ u-Ru̱ ne̱ u̱zu̱ bo̱ zaru̱ re̱ ra-u ri da, u̱ ya'ag-u̱ ri ne̱, ko̱ a ko̱-u̱r ri ne̱. No̱mu̱ me̱ no̱m-u̱t so̱-to̱, u̱ dak-u ri ne̱ u̱ bo̱ o̱tte̱ shu̱'u̱t mu̱ u̱r-hamu̱t u̱ka u̱m nomte̱ bo̱.>>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.”

24Ibrahi zu̱, <<U̱m to̱ndte̱.>>And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Ibrahi haatu̱n Abime̱re̱k u̱s-kan u̱ mo̱ttu̱ du-du̱ m-bu̱ du̱ to̱k-ne̱ Abime̱re̱k ru̱mse̱ u̱r-be̱b du̱gu̱-du̱ to̱k-ne̱ Ibrahi.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26Abime̱re̱k zu̱, <<U̱m nak wu̱ no̱me̱ uno̱ no̱m-o̱ da. Bo̱ wargu̱ me̱ da, taku̱n-du̱ m-ho̱g-u̱ ri ya u̱ ya-o̱.>>Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Se̱ Ibrahi yu̱ Abime̱re̱k ban-du̱ ca u̱ gwaar ne̱ u̱ na ne̱, se̱ e̱ yu̱r e̱ no̱m este̱du̱ u̱s-rem.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Ibrahi du̱gu̱r ya'ag-u̱ ca ta'e̱r du̱gu̱ me̱ ban-du̱ ca wa.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Abime̱re̱k zu̱ Ibrahi, <<¿Rem-u yan-o̱ bo̱ du̱gu̱rte̱ ine̱ yaag-u̱ ca-ye̱ u̱ war-e̱?>>and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Wa zu̱, <<Kab ca e̱, e̱ shu̱'u̱t u̱s-nap u̱zu̱ me̱ wa kawe̱ du-u̱r re̱.>>He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Remu̱ iya na fu̱g dim-du̱ be-u̱r re̱ Be̱rshe̱ba, remu̱ zu̱ ku̱na e̱ nomte̱ u̱s-to̱nd.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Da-u̱ e̱ taase̱ no̱m-du̱ u̱s-to̱nd u̱ be-du̱ na zu̱ye̱ <<Du-du̱ u̱s-to̱nd,>> se̱ Abime̱re̱k e̱ Piko̱r yu̱-Yat-ya karma-ne̱, e̱ yu̱ne̱ e̱ aru̱k m-mu̱ u̱ dak-u̱ Firistiya-ne̱.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.

33Ibrahi ser u-te go̱-du̱ te-yu̱ m-yara u̱ Be̱rshe̱ba ku̱na wa fu̱kte̱ u̱ te̱k-u̱ dim-u̱r Yawe, u-Ru̱ u̱ za u̱r-ma.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Se̱ Ibrahi shu̱'u̱t wa dak-u̱ Firistiya-ne̱.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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