Genesis 21 (MSY2020)

1Ezɨ Ikiavɨra Itir God Sara mɨkemezɨ moghɨn deragha a gami.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2Ezɨ Abraham bar ghurizir dughiamɨn, Sara otarim bate. A God inabazir dughiamrama, otarim bate.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Ezɨ Abraham kamaghɨn uan otarim ziam, “Aisak,” a gatɨ.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Sara Aisak batezɨ, 8plan dughiam otozɨ, Abraham Godɨn mɨgɨrɨgɨamɨn gɨn ghua borimɨn mɨkarzir mogomemɨn inim atu.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Ezɨ Abraham 100plan azenibar otozɨma, Sara Aisak bate.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Egha Sara kamaghɨn mɨgei, “God arazir aghuim na gamizɨ kɨ bar akuegha ati. Eghtɨ gumazamiziba gɨn bizir kam baregh, na ko bar akuegh akam.”Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7Ezɨ Sara ua ghaze, “Gumazitam ti faragha Abraham kamaghɨn a mɨkemeghai, ‘Nɨn amuim Sara navim asegh boritam bategh, egh oteba a danɨngam?’ Ezɨ a ghurigha gɨvazɨ kɨ an otarim bate.”She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Ezɨ borim ekevegha gɨvagha otem ataghizɨ dughiar kamɨn, Abraham maburan isam gami.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9Hagar, Isipian amizim, a faragha Abrahamɨn ikia otarir mam bate. Ezɨ dughiar mamɨn Sarai otarir igharazir kamɨn gari, a Aisak ko ikararagha arui.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10Ezɨ an Abraham mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nɨ ingangarir amizir kɨnim uan otarim ko aning batokegh. Ingangarir amizimɨn borim nɨn bizitaba inian kogham. Bizir kaba da bar nan borim Aisakɨn biziba.”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!”

11Ezɨ Ismael uaghan Abrahamɨn borim, ezɨ mɨgɨrɨgɨar otevir kam Abraham gamizɨ a bar oseme.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12Ezɨ God Abraham mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nɨ ingangarir amizim Hagar uan borim ko aning bagh osɨman markɨ. Nɨ Saran akam baragh, an gɨn mangɨ. Aisakrama nɨn ovavir boriba otivam.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.

13Eghtɨ ingangarir amizimɨn borim, a uaghan nɨn borim. Kamaghɨn, kɨ uaghan an ovavir boribar amightɨ me avɨrasemegh kantrin gavgavimɨn otogham.”But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Ezɨ amɨmzaraghan bar mɨzaraghara, Abraham dagheba inigha egha memen inir me dɨpam tuasa isamizim ini. Egha an dɨpam tuigha, da isa Hagarɨn dɨpɨzim gatɨ. Egha a borim isa a ganigha aning amadazɨ aning zui. Ezɨ Hagar Berseban nguibamɨn amadaghan gumazamiziba puvatɨzir danganim bar a garui.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.

15Ezɨ dɨpam gɨvazɨma Hagar uan borim isa tevsevimɨn apengan anetɨ.When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16Egha a borimɨn gantɨ an ovengan aghuagha ghua mong saghon aperaghav iti. Egha azia iti.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.

17Ezɨ God borimɨn ararem baraki, ezɨ an ensel Godɨn nguibamɨn ikia Hagarɨn diagha a mɨgɨa ghaze, “Hagar, manmaghɨn ami? Nɨ atiatingan markɨ. God nɨn borimɨn ararem baregha gɨfa.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.

18Nɨ dɨkavigh mangɨ borimɨn agharimɨn suiragh a fegh, egh a inigh. Kɨ an ovavir boribar amightɨ, me bar avɨrasemegh ikɨzir gavgavimɨn otogham.”Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Ezɨ God Hagarɨn damaziba kuizɨ, a mozir par mamɨn api. Ezɨ a ghua memen inimɨn dɨpam tui. Egha dɨpam isa borim ganɨngizɨ an anepi.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.

20Ezɨ God borim ko itima an ekefe. A gumazamiziba puvatɨzir danganimɨn ikiava ekevegha, barir pimɨn asir fofozir bar ekiam iti.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Egha gɨn a Paranɨn gumazamiziba puvatɨzir danganimɨn itima, an amebam a bagha Isipian amizir mam ini.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22Dughiar kamɨn Abimelek ko an mɨdorozir gumazibar faragha zuir gumazim Fikol, Abraham bagha ghua Abimelek kamaghɨn a mɨgei, “Kɨ gari, bizir nɨ amiba, God nɨ ko ikia deraghavɨra nɨ gami.At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Egh nɨ Godɨn damazimɨn na ko akam akɨrigh, egh nɨ ifavarir arazim na ko, nan boriba, ko nan ovavir boribar amuan markɨ, kɨ arazir aghuimra nɨ gami. Kamaghɨra nɨ arazir aghuimɨn na damu egh kantrin nɨ datɨrɨghɨn itir kam saram uaghan a damu.”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.”

24Ezɨ Abraham ghaze, “Kɨ nɨ mɨkemezir moghɨn kɨ akam akɨri.”And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Ezɨ Abraham uan mozir dɨpar Abimelekɨn ingangarir gumaziba inizim bagha, Abimelek ko mɨgɨrɨgɨam iti.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26Ezɨ Abimelek ghaze, “Kɨ mamaghɨn fozir puvatɨ. Nɨ fomɨra na mɨkemezir puvatɨ. Kɨ datɨrɨghɨra mamagh orasi.”Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Ezɨ Abraham sipsipba, memeba, ko bulmakauba Abimelek ganigha aning akar dɨkɨrɨzir gavgavim gami.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Egha Abraham uan sipsipbar tongɨn sipsipɨn nguzir amebar igiar 7pla inigha munagh ada arɨki.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Ezɨ Abimelek an azara, “Nɨ tizim bagha mamagh ami?”and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Ezɨ Abraham ghaze, “Nɨ na dam, sipsipɨn nguzir amebar 7pla inigh. Egh arazir kamɨn kamagh akagham, kar kɨ uabɨ kuizir mozir pam.”He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Egha aning danganir kamɨn akam akɨri. Ezɨ danganir kam, me ziam, “Berseba,” a gatɨ.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Egha aning Berseban akar gavgavim akɨrigha gɨvagha, Abimelek ko an mɨdorozir gumazibar faragha zuir gumazim Fikol uamategha Filistian danganimɨn ghu.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.

33Ezɨ Abraham Berseban temer mam akara, egha Ikiavɨra Itir Godɨn ziam fe, a Godɨn zurazurara ikiavɨra itim.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Egha Abraham dughiar bar ruarimɨn, kantrin igharazimɨn gumazimɨn mɨn Filistiabar nguazimɨn ike.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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