Genesis 26 (MSY2020)

1Ezɨ dughiar kamɨn Kenanɨn nguazimɨn mɨtiriar ekiam otozɨ dagheba bar otefe, ezɨ mɨtiriar kam mɨtiriar faragha Abrahamɨn dughiamɨn otozim ko magh ghu. Ezɨ Aisak dɨkavigha Gerarɨn atrivim Abimelek bagha ghu, a Gerarɨn nguibar ekiamɨn ikia Filistiabar atrivimɨn iti.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.

2Ezɨ Ikiavɨra Itir God Aisak batogha a mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nɨ Isipɨn mangan markɨ. Nɨ kaghɨra ikɨtɨ, kɨ danganir nɨ ikiamimɨn gun nɨ mɨkɨmam.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Nɨ nguazir kam pura guraghav itir gumazimɨn mɨn a daperaghtɨ, kɨ nɨ ko ikɨ egh deragh nɨ damuam. Egh kɨ nguazir kaba bar nɨ ko nɨn ovavir boribar anɨngam, eghtɨ akar dɨkɨrɨzir gavgavir kɨ nɨn afeziam Abraham koma amizim, a guizbangɨn otivam.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.

4Egh kɨ nɨn ovavir boribar amightɨ, me bar avɨrasemegh men avɨrim mɨkovezibar mɨn ganam. Eghtɨ kɨ nguazir kaba bar me danɨngam. Kamaghɨn amizɨ, nɨn ovavir boriba bangɨn kɨ nguazir kamɨn itir nguibabar gumazamiziba bar deravɨra me damuam.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,

5Guizbangɨra, Abraham nan akam baregha, uaghan nan Akar Gavgaviba ko arazir kɨ ifongeziba ko nan Arazir a ganɨngizir maba sara gɨn ghuzir bizir kam bagh, kɨ deravɨra me damuam.”because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Ezɨ Aisak Gerarɨn nguibamɨn ti.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Ezɨ nguibar kamɨn gumaziba an amuim bagha an azai, ezɨ a ghaze, “Kar nan amizim.” An atiatigha, kamaghɨn mɨgeir puvatɨ, “Kar nan amuim.” An nɨghnɨzim kamaghɨn iti, “Rebekan ganganiba bar derazɨ, gumazir kaba a inisɨ nɨghnɨgh, egh a bagh na mɨsueghtɨ kɨ aremegham.”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.”

8Egha Aisak mong dughiar ruarimɨn ike, ezɨ dughiar mamɨn Abimelek, Filistiabar atrivim uan dɨpenimɨn winduan gari, Aisak uan amuim Rebeka gifongegha a muigha a ko ikararai.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.

9Ezɨ Abimelek Aisakɨn diagha a mɨgɨa ghaze, “Kar ti nɨn amuim! Ezɨ nɨ manmaghsuavɨra ghaze, ‘Kar nan amizim?’ ” Ezɨ Aisak a ikaragha ghaze, “Kɨ nɨghnɨzir kam iti, kɨ suam, a nan amuim, eghtɨ gumaziba a bagh na mɨsueghtɨ kɨ aremegham.”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.”

10Ezɨ Abimelek ua ghaze, “Nɨ arazir manamrama e gami? En gumazitam nɨn amuim ko akuizɨ, e osɨmtɨzir ekiamɨn ikeghai! Guizbangɨra an a ko dakuightɨ, osɨmtɨzir kamɨn mɨngarim a nɨn ikiam.”“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.”

11Egha gɨn Abimelek akar gavgavim gumazamizibav gɨa ghaze, “Gumazitam gumazir kam o an amuim arazir kuratamɨn a damigh, egh ovengam.”So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Ezɨ Aisak azenir ekiamɨn ingarigha dagheba opari. Ezɨ Ikiavɨra Itir God an akuragha deragha a gami. Kamaghɨn an azenimɨn dagheba bar avɨraseme.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13A bizir avɨrim ikia egha gumazir ekiam gava.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14A sipsipba, bulmakauba ko ingangarir gumazir avɨriba iti, ezɨ Filistiaba naviba an ikufi.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Egha me nguaziba inigha Abrahamɨn ingangarir gumaziba fomɨra kuizir mozir paba apeme.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.

16Ezɨ gɨn Abimelek Aisak mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nɨ en kantri ategh mangɨ. Nɨ datɨrɨghɨn gavgavir ekiam iti, ezɨ e nɨn apengan iti.”Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Kamaghɨn amizɨ, Aisak nguibar kam ategha ghua Gerarɨn danganir zarimɨn apera.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Abraham faragha mozir paba danganir kamɨn dagh kui. Ezɨ an aremezɨ dughiamɨn gɨn Filistian gumaziba mozir par kaba apeme. Ezɨ datɨrɨghɨn Aisak mozir par kaba uam adagh kuigha, ziar an afeziam faragha dagh anɨngiziba ua dagh arɨki.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.

19Ezɨ dughiar mamɨn Aisakɨn ingangarir gumaziba, danganir zarir kamɨn mozir par mam gɨkuizɨ dɨpar aghuim oto.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Ezɨ Gerarɨn bulmakaubar garir gumaziba, Aisakɨn bulmakaubar garir gumaziba adogha ghaze, “Kar en mozir pam.” Ezɨ Aisak nɨghnɨgha ghaze, gumazir kaba a ko uari adoghodoke, kamaghɨn a mozir par kam dɨbora ghaze, “Uari Adoghodosi.”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.

21Ezɨ Aisakɨn ingangarir gumaziba mozir par igharazim gɨkui, ezɨ me mozir par kam bagha uaghan uari adosi. Ezɨ Aisak mozir par kam ziam, “Apanim gamir arazim,” a gatɨ.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Egha gɨn Aisak danganir kam ategha egha mozir par igharazim gɨkui. Ezɨ dughiar kamɨn gumaziba uam a bagha uari adozir puvatɨ. Ezɨ Aisak ghaze, “Ikiavɨra Itir God deragha e gami, eghtɨ e datɨrɨghɨn nguazir kamɨn deragh daperagh egh bizir avɨriba kagh ikiam.” Egha a mozir pam ziar kam a gatɨ, “Dabirabim derazir danganim.”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.”

23Egha gɨn Aisak nguibar kam ategha ghua Berseban nguibamɨn oto.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Ezɨ dɨmagarir kamɨn Ikiavɨra Itir God a batogha ghaze, “Kɨ nɨn afeziam Abrahamɨn God. Kɨ nɨ ko iti, kamaghɨn nɨ atiatingan markɨ. Kɨ uan ingangarir gumazim Abraham, bar a gifonge, kamaghɨn kɨ deragh nɨ damu, egh nɨn ovavir boribar amutɨ me bar avɨrasemegham.”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.”

25Ezɨ Aisak ofa gamir dakozim, danganir kamɨn an ingarigha Ikiavɨra Itir Godɨn ziam fe. Egha gɨn a danganir kamɨn uan purirpenibar nguibam aghuizɨ an ingangarir gumaziba mozir par mam gɨkui.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.

26Ezɨ dughiar kam Abimelek Gerarɨn nguibam ategha Aisak bagha ize. Ezɨ Ahusat, a gumazir nɨghnɨziba Abimelek ganɨdim, ko Fikol Abimelekɨn mɨdorozir gumazibar faragha zuir gumazim, aning a ko ize.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Ezɨ Aisak men azara, “Ia manmaghsua na bagha izi? Ia fomɨra nan atarigha uan nguazimɨn na batoke?”“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Ezɨ me a ikaragha ghaze, “E datɨrɨghɨn kamagh fogha gɨfa, Ikiavɨra Itir God nɨ ko ti. Egha en ifongiam, e bar moghɨra pɨn akagh guizbangɨra mɨkɨm egh akam akɨram. Eghtɨ akar dɨkɨrɨzir gavgavir kamɨn aven mɨgɨrɨgɨar kam ikiam,“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

29nɨ pazɨ e damuan markɨ. Nɨ fo, e fomɨra arazir kuratam nɨ gamizir puvatɨ. E arazir aghuibara nɨ gami. Nɨ en nguazim ataghɨrazir dughiam, e nɨn amamangatɨzɨ, nɨ navir amɨrizim sara ghu. E datɨrɨghɨn gari, Ikiavɨra Itir God bar deravɨra nɨ gami.”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.”

30Ezɨ Aisak me bagha isar ekiam gamizɨ, me dagheba apa egha dɨpaba api.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Egha amɨmzaraghan me dɨkavigha akar gavgavim akɨra ghaze, men dabirabim Aisak ko deragham. Ezɨ Aisak ghaze, “Ia navir amɨrizim sara mangɨ.” Ezɨ me anetegha zui.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.

32Ezɨ dughiar kamra Aisakɨn ingangarir gumaziba iza kamaghɨn a mɨgei, “E mozir par mam gɨkuizɨ dɨpam a gizɨvagha gɨfa.”On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Ezɨ Aisak mozir par kam ziam, “Siba,” a gatɨ. Egha iza datɨrɨghɨn me nguibar kam Berseba a garɨsi.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Ezɨ Iso 40plan azeniba ikia Juditɨn iti. An afeziam, Beri, a Hitian gumazir mam. Egha Iso uaghan Basematɨn iti. An afeziam Elon, a Hitian gumazir mam.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Ezɨ amizir kamning amir araziba, Rebeka ko Aisak gamizɨ, aningɨn navimning ikuvigha bar oseme.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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