Genesis 21 (MKW)

1Yave lakisaka bumbote ya yandi na Saala mutindu yandi zonzaka na yandi. Yandi lungisaka mambu nyonso yina yandi sadilaka Saala nsilulu.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2Saala kuzwaka kivumu ntangu Abalayami vwandaka me kuma kiboba, mpe yandi butaka mwana ya bakala na ntangu yango yina Nzambi zabisaka yandi.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Mwana yina Saala butaka, Abalayami pesaka yandi nkumbu Isaaki.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Abalayami zengaka bubakala ya Isaaki, ntangu Isaaki lungisaka bilumbu nana, mutindu Nzambi tumisaka Abalayami na kusala.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Abalayami vwandaka na bamvula nkama (100) ntangu mwana ya yandi Isaaki butukaka.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Saala tubaka mutindu yayi: «Nzambi me sala ti munu mpe mu seka na kyese, mpe bantu nyonso yina ke kuwa dyambu yayi, ke seka kintwadi na munu.»Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7Yandi zonzaka dyaka: «Nani lendaka tuba na Abalayami ti munu, Saala, mu ke pesa mabene na bana? Kasi awa mu me butila yandi mwana ya bakala, na buboba ya yandi.»She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Mwana kulaka, mpe yandi bikaka mabene. Kilumbu Isaaki bikaka mabene, Abalayami salaka mukembo ya nene.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9Saala talaka ti mwana ya Angale, yina kento ya Ngipiti butilaka Abalayami, vwandaka seka.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10Na yina, yandi zabisaka Abalayami: «Bingisa mundongo ya kento na mwana ya yandi, samu ti mwana ya mundongo yayi fwana kubyadila ve difwa kintwadi na mwana ya munu, Isaaki.»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!”

11Dyambu yayi talisaka Abalayami mpasi mingi na ntima, samu ti Isemayele mpe vwandaka mwana ya yandi.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12Kasi, Nzambi tubaka na Abalayami: «Kunyonga ve samu na mundongo ya kento na mwana ya yandi. Ndima kusala nyonso yina Saala me zabisa nge na kusala. Samu ti ni na Isaaki nge ke kuzwa bana mutindu mu pesaka nge nsilulu.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.

13Kasi samu na mwana ya mundongo ya kento, mu ke pesa yandi mpe dikanda, samu ti yandi kele mwana ya nge.»But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Na suka-suka ya kilumbu yina landaka, Abalayami pesaka na Angale dimpa na saki ya mpusu ya kibulu ya kufuluka na maza. Yandi pesaka mwana na Angale, mpe yandi bingisaka Angale. Angale kwendaka yenga-yenga na yinsi ya kuyuma ya Beele-Seba.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.

15Ntangu maza manisaka na saki ya mpusu ya kibulu, yandi bikaka mwana na yisi ya mwa yinti.When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16Mpe yandi kwendaka vwanda mwa ntama, kisika yina sukaka dyonga yina ba kubulaka na munani, mpe yandi tubaka: «Mu zola ve kutala lufwa ya mwana ya munu na meso.» Yandi vwandaka ya kuvwanda mwa ntama, mpe yandi vwandaka dila mingi.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.

17Nzambi kuwaka bidilu ya mwana, mpe katuka na dizulu, mbazi ya Nzambi bokilaka Angale. Yandi yufulaka: «Angale, samu na yinki nge ke na kudila? Kuvwanda ve na boma, samu ti Nzambi me kuwa ndinga ya mwana, katuka kisika yina mwana kele, Nzambi me kuwa bidilu ya yandi.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.

18Telama, kwenda baka mwana mpe nge simba yandi mbote. Samu ti mu ke pesa yandi dikanda ya nene.»Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Nzambi fungulaka Angale meso, mpe Angale talaka dibulu ya maza. Angale kwendaka fulusa saki ya mpusu ya kibulu na maza, mpe yandi nwikisaka mwana maza.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.

20Nzambi vwandaka keba mwana. Mwana kulaka mpe kwendaka zinga na yinsi ya kuyuma. Yandi kumaka kikubudi ya nene.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Isemayele zingaka na yinsi ya kuyuma yina ba ke bokilaka Palane. Mama ya yandi kwelisaka yandi na kento mosi ya yinsi ya Ngipiti.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22Kaka na ntangu yina, Abimeleke na Pikole, mfumu ya binwani ya Abimeleke, kwizaka tuba na Abalayami mutindu yayi: «Nzambi kele na nge na nyonso yina nge ke na kusala.»At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Na yina, kudya ndefi na nkumbu ya Nzambi ti, nge ke sala munu yimbi ve, ya vwanda bana ya munu, to bayina nyonso ke butuka na manima ya bawu. Mutindu mu me lakisa nge bumbote, nge mpe ke sala mutindu mosi samu na munu, mpe samu na yinsi yayi, kisika nge me zinga na bunzenza.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.”

24Abalayami vutulaka: «Mu ke kudya ndefi.»And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Mpe Abalayami sembaka Abimeleke samu na mambu ya dibulu ya maza yina bisadi ya yandi botolaka.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26Abimeleke tubaka: «Mu zaba ve nani salaka dyambu yina. Nge mosi mpe, nge zabisaka munu yawu ve. Munu mosi mpe, kaka ni bubu yayi mu me kuwa yawu.»Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Na manima, Abalayami pesaka Abimeleke bangombe, mameme na bankombo. Mpe bawu zole salaka ngwisani.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Na kati ya nkonga ya mameme ya yandi, Abalayami tulaka bana ya mameme nsambwadi na lweka.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Na yina, Abimeleke tubaka na Abalayami: «Samu na yinki nge me tula mameme nsambwadi yayi na lweka?»and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Yandi vutulaka: «Mu me katula mameme nsambwadi yayi samu na kupesa nge yawu mutindu kidimbu yina ke lakisa ti, ni munu timunaka dibulu yina ya maza.»He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Ni yawu yina, ba pesaka kisika yina nkumbu Beele-Seba (yina zola kutuba dibulu ya maza ya mameme nsambwadi to dibulu ya ndefi). Samu ti ni kuna bawu zole kudyaka ndefi.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Abalayami na Abimeleke salaka ngwisani kuna na Beele-Seba. Na manima, Abimeleke na Pikole mfumu ya binwani ya Abimeleke, bawu vutukaka na yinsi ya ba-Filiseti.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.

33Kuna na Beele-Seba, Abalayami kundaka yinti mosi yina ba ke bokilaka tamalise, mpe yandi sambilaka Nzambi na Nkumbu ya Yave, Nzambi ya bantangu nyonso.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Abalayami zingaka bantangu mingi na yinsi ya ba-Filiseti.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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