Genesis 26 (MKW)

1Nsatu mosi kotaka na yinsi. Nsatu yango ni yina ve vwandaka na ntangu ya Abalayami. Isaaki kwendaka na mbanza Ngelale na sika ya Abimeleke, ntinu ya ba-Filiseti.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.

2Yave monikinaka Isaaki mpe yandi tubaka: «Kukwenda ve na Ngipiti, kasi zinga na yinsi yina mu ke tuba na nge.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Zinga na bunzenza na yinsi yayi, mu ke vwanda na nge mpe mu ke sakumuna nge. Samu ti, ni na nge mpe na bana ya nge, mu ke pesa bayinsi nyonso yayi. Mu ke lungisa ndefi yina mu salaka na tata ya nge Abalayami.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.

4Mu ke sala ti bana ya nge kukuma mingi mutindu bambwetete ya mazulu. Mu ke pesa bana ya nge bayinsi nyonso yayi. Na bana ya nge, makanda nyonso ya ntoto ke kuzwa lusakumunu,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,

5samu ti Abalayami kuwaka mambu ya munu. Yandi landaka bantumunu ya munu, misiku ya munu, bansalulu ya misiku ya munu, mpe banzengolo ya munu.»because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Isaaki bandaka na kuzinga na mbanza Ngelale.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Ntangu bantu ya bwala yina vwandaka pesa yandi byuvu samu na kento ya yandi, Isaaki vwandaka vutula: «Yandi kele kibusi ya munu.» Isaaki vwandaka na boma ya kutuba ti yandi kele kento ya munu. Yandi vwandaka kima ti bantu ya yinsi yina kufwa yandi, samu ti Lebeka vwandaka kitoko mingi.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.”

8Isaaki lutisaka bilumbu mingi kuna. Kilumbu mosi, Abimeleke, ntinu ya ba-Filiseti vwandaka tala na nela ya yandi, yandi talaka Isaaki yina vwandaka sakana na kento ya yandi Lebeka.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.

9Na yina, Abimeleke bokilaka Isaaki mpe tubaka: «Ya tsyelika, kento yayi kele kento ya nge. Samu na yinki nge tubaka ti yandi kele kibusi ya nge?» Isaaki vutulaka: «Mu vwandaka na boma ti ba kufwa munu samu na yandi.»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.”

10Abimeleke tubaka: «Yinki nge me sala beto? Nge zolaka natina beto mambu! Samu ti fyoti kaka bikanaka, mpe mosi na kati ya bantu ya yinsi zolaka vukisa mfulu na kento ya nge!»“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.”

11Na yina, Abimeleke pesaka Musiku yayi na bantu nyonso: «Muntu yina ke sala yimbi na bakala yayi to na kento ya yandi, ba fwana kufwa yandi.»So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Isaaki salaka bilanga na yinsi yina. Na mvula yina, yandi yonzikaka bambuma ya kulutila bambala nkama, samu ti Yave sakumunaka yandi.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Yandi kumaka mvwama. Bimvwama ya yandi vwandaka tatamana na kubwelama, mpe yandi kumaka mvwama ya nene.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Isaaki vwandaka na bangombe, mameme, bankombo, mpe bisadi mingi. Ba-Filiseti vwandaka tala Isaaki musoki.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Bawu zikaka mabulu nyonso ya maza yina bisadi ya Abalayami timunaka ntangu yandi vwandaka ntete moyo. Ba-Filiseti fulusaka mabulu nyonso na ntoto.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.

16Abimeleke tubaka na Isaaki: «Katuka na yinsi ya beto. Samu ti nge me kuma muntu ya ngolo kulutila beto.»Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Isaaki katukaka kuna. Yandi kwendaka telemisa bayinzo ya yandi ya lele na mudimba ya Ngelale mpe yandi zingaka kuna.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Isaaki timunaka dyaka mabulu ya maza yina tata ya yandi Abalayami bikaka, samu ti ba-Filiseti zikaka yawu na manima ya lufwa ya Abalayami. Isaaki pesaka dyaka mabulu yango bankumbu yina tata ya yandi pesaka ntete.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.

19Bisadi ya Isaaki kwendaka timuna dibulu na mudimba, mpe kuna bawu talaka dibulu ya maza ya mbote.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Mivungi ya mbanza Ngelale swanaka na mivungi ya Isaaki. Mivungi ya Ngelale vwandaka tuba: «Maza yayi kele ya beto!» Na yina, Isaaki pesaka dibulu yango nkumbu Eseke, samu ti ba swanaka samu na yawu.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.

21Bisadi ya Isaaki kwendaka timuna dibulu ya nkaka ya maza. Kasi ba swanisaka dyaka bawu, samu na dibulu yina. Na yina, Isaaki pesaka yawu nkumbu Sitena.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Isaaki katukaka kuna, mpe yandi tumisaka ti ba timuna dibulu ya nkaka ya maza. Na mbala yayi, ba swanisaka bawu ve. Na yina, Isaaki pesaka dibulu yina nkumbu Lewobote. Samu ti Isaaki tubaka: «Ntangu yayi, Yave me pesa beto kisika ya kusadila. Na yina, beto ke butana na ntoto yayi».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.”

23Na manima, Isaaki katukaka kuna mpe yandi kwendaka na bwala Beele-Seba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Na mpimpa yina, Yave monikinaka Isaaki mpe yandi tubaka: «Mu kele Nzambi ya tata ya nge Abalayami. Kuvwanda na boma ve samu ti, mu kele na nge. Samu na kisyelo ya munu Abalayami, mu ke sakumuna nge, mpe mu ke sala ti bana ya nge kubutana mingi.»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.”

25Na yina, Isaaki yidikaka kiyokolo ya minkayulu kuna. Mpe yandi sambilaka Yave na Nkumbu ya yandi. Kuna, yandi yidikaka yinzo ya yandi ya lele. Mpe bisadi ya yandi timunaka dibulu ya maza na kisika yina.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.

26Abimeleke na ndiku ya yandi Awuzate, mpe Pikole mfumu ya binwani ya Abimeleke, bawu kwendaka na Ngelale samu na kwenda tala Isaaki.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Isaaki tubaka na bawu: «Samu na yinki beno me kwiza tala munu? Beno ke yinaka munu mpe beno bingisaka munu na yinsi ya beno.»“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Bawu vutulaka: «Beto me tala ti Yave kele na nge. Ni yawu yina, beto me tala ti yawu kele mbote ti nge na beto, beto kudya ndefi. Beto fwana kusala ngwisani na nge.“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

29Kudya ndefi ti nge ke sala ve beto yimbi, samu ti beto mpe beto salaka nge yimbi ve. Beto sadilaka nge kaka mambu ya mbote. Beto bikaka nge kwenda na kizunu. Ntangu yayi, nge kele muntu yina Yave me sakumuna.»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.”

30Isaaki salaka mukembo samu na bawu, bawu kudyaka mpe kunwaka.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Na suka-suka, bawu vumbukaka. Bawu kudyaka bandefi muntu na muntu na sika ya mpangi ya yandi. Na manima, Isaaki pesaka bawu nzila samu ti bawu kwenda, mpe bawu katukaka kuna na kizunu nyonso.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 kilumbu yina, bisadi ya Isaaki kwizaka pesa yandi bansangu ya dibulu ya maza yina bawu vwandaka timuna. Bawu tubaka na yandi: «Beto me kuzwa maza.»On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Isaaki pesaka dibulu yina nkumbu Sibeya. Ni yawu yina, tii na kilumbu ya bubu yayi, nkumbu ya mbanza yina kele Beele-Seba.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Ntangu Esawu lungisaka bamvula makumi yiya, yandi kwelaka Yewudite, mwana ya Beeli, mu-Iti. Yandi kwelaka mpe Basemate, mwana ya Elone, mu-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.

35Isaaki na Lebeka talaka mpasi mingi samu na bakento nyonso zole yayi.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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