Genesis 26 (LIN)

1Wana nzala makasi ekotaki lisusu na mokili lokola na tango ya Abrayami, Izaki akendeki na Gerari epai ya Abimeleki, mokonzi ya bato ya Filisitia.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.

2Boye Yawe abimelaki ye mpe ayebisaki ye : — Kokende na Ejipito te ! Vanda na mokili oyo nakolakisa yo.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Vanda kati na mokili oyo ; nakozala na yo elongo mpe nakopambola yo, pamba te nakopesa mabele oyo nyonso epai na yo mpe epai ya bana na yo ; nakokokisa ndayi oyo nalapaki epai ya Abrayami, tata na yo.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.

4Nakokomisa bakitani na yo ebele lokola minzoto ya likolo mpe nakopesa bango mabele oyo nyonso. Boye mpo na bakitani na yo, bikolo nyonso ya mokili ekomipambola.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,

5Nakosala yango mpo ete Abrayami atosaki Ngai, abatelaki bikateli na Ngai, mitindo na Ngai mpe mibeko na Ngai.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Boye, Izaki avandaki na Gerari.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Tango bato ya esika wana batunaki ye na tina na mwasi na ye, azongisaki : — Azali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi. Azalaki koloba te ete azali mwasi na ye mpo ete azalaki kobanga ete bato ya mboka baboma ye mpo na Rebeka, pamba te azalaki penza kitoko.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.”

8Tango awumelaki na mboka yango, Abimeleki, mokonzi ya bato ya Filisitia, atalaki wuta na lininisa mpe amonaki Izaki kosakana na mwasi na ye Rebeka.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.

9Bongo Abimeleki abengisaki ye mpe alobaki na ye : — Rebeka azali solo mwasi na yo. Mpo na nini olobaki : « Azali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi ? » Izaki azongisaki : — Kati na ngai, nazalaki koloba ete nakokaki kokufa mpo na ye.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.”

10Abimeleki alobaki lisusu : — Nasali bino likambo nini ? Etikalaki kaka moke ete mobali moko kati na bato na ngai akota mpe asangisa nzoto na mwasi na yo. Boye, olingaki komemisa biso ngambo.“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.”

11Abimeleki apesaki mitindo na bato nyonso : — Moto nyonso oyo akosala mabe na moto oyo mpe na mwasi na ye, akokufa.So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Izaki alonaki mbuma na mabele oyo mpe abukaki monkama na monkama na oyo alonaki, pamba te Yawe apambolaki ye.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Izaki akomaki mozwi, mpe bozwi na ye ekobaki kaka komata kino akomaki moto na bozwi ebele.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Bato ya Filisitia bakomaki koyokela ye likunya, pamba te azalaki na bameme ebele, bantaba ebele, bangombe ebele mpe basali ebele.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Boye bato ya Filisitia bakundaki mabulu nyonso oyo basali ya Abrayami, tata na ye, batimolaki tango azalaki nanu na bomoi mpe batondisaki yango na mabele.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.

16Bongo Abimeleki alobaki na Izaki : — Kende mosika na biso, pamba te okomi na nguya mingi koleka biso.Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Izaki alongwaki wana mpe akendeki kotonga ndako na ye ya kapo na lubwaku ya Gerari epai wapi avandaki.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Atimolaki lisusu mabulu ya mayi oyo batimolaki na tango ya tata na ye Abrayami. Mabulu yango ezalaki bato ya Filisitia nde bakundaki yango sima na kufa ya Abrayami, mpe Izaki abengaki yango kaka na bakombo oyo tata na ye Abrayami apesaka yango.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.

19Basali ya Izaki batimolaki na lubwaku mpe bamonaki kuna libulu ya mayi ya peto.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Babateli bibwele ya Gerari baswanisaki babateli bibwele ya Izaki mpe balobaki na bango : « Mayi oyo ezali ya biso. » Izaki apesaki libulu yango kombo « Eseki, » pamba te baswanisaki ye na tina na yango.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.

21Batimolaki libulu mosusu, kasi baswanisaki ye lisusu na tina na yango, mpe apesaki yango kombo « Sitina. »Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Alongwaki wana mpe akendeki kotimola libulu mosusu ; mpe moto moko te aswanisaki ye na tina na yango. Yango wana apesaki yango kombo « Reoboti, » pamba te alobaki : « Sik’oyo, Yawe apesi biso esika monene, mpe tokofuluka na mokili oyo. »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.”

23Kolongwa wana, akendeki na Beri-Sheba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Na butu ya mokolo oyo Izaki akomaki na Beri-Sheba, Yawe abimelaki ye mpe alobaki na ye : « Nazali Nzambe ya Abrayami, tata na yo ; kobanga te, nazali elongo na yo. Mpo na Abrayami, mosali na Ngai, nakopambola yo mpe nakokomisa bakitani na yo ebele. »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.”

25Kaka na esika yango, Izaki atongaki etumbelo, abelelaki Kombo ya Yawe, atongaki ndako na ye ya kapo. Basali na ye batimolaki libulu mosusu ya mayi.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.

26Wuta na Gerari, Abimeleki elongo na Awuzati, mopesi toli na ye, mpe Pikoli, mokonzi ya mampinga na ye, bayaki kokutana na Izaki.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Izaki atunaki bango : — Mpo na nini boyei epai na ngai, bino bato oyo bolingaka ngai te mpe bobenganaki ngai epai na bino ?“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Bazongiselaki ye : — Tomoni ya solo ete Yawe azali elongo na yo, yango wana tolobaki : « Tika ete tosala boyokani kati na biso mpe yo na nzela ya ndayi.“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

29Lapa ndayi ete okosala biso mabe te ndenge biso mpe tosalaki yo mabe te ; tosalelaki yo kaka bolamu mpe totikaki yo kokende na kimia. Sik’oyo, Yawe apamboli yo. »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.”

30Izaki asalelaki bango feti monene ; baliaki mpe bamelaki.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Na tongo-tongo ya mokolo oyo elandaki, balapanaki ndayi ; bongo Izaki abimisaki bango na nzela mpe atikaki bango kokende na kimia.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.

32Kaka na mokolo yango, basali ya Izaki bayaki kopesa ye sango ete bamoni mayi na libulu oyo bazalaki kotimola.On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Izaki apesaki libulu yango kombo « Sheba. » Yango wana engumba yango ebengami kino lelo Beri-Sheba.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Tango Ezawu akokisaki mibu tuku minei ya mbotama, abalaki Jiditi, mwana mwasi ya Beri, moto ya mokili ya Iti, mpe Basimati, mwana mwasi ya Eloni, moto ya mokili ya Iti.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Basi yango bazalaki koyokisa Izaki mpe Rebeka pasi na motema.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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