Genesis 21 (SHR)

1Nnâmahanga ayish’irhangula Sara, nk’oku anaderhaga; anamujirira nk’oku amulaganyagya.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2Sara arhôla izîmi, aburhira Abrahamu omwânarhabana omu bushosi bwâge, omu mango Nyamuzinda anali atwîre.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Abrahamu ayîrika omwâna Sara amuburhiraga izîno lya Izaki (Cishesa) nka kulya Nyamuzinda anarhegekaga.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Abrahamu akembûla omugala Izaki enyuma lya nsiku munâni abusirwe, nk’oku Nyamuzinda anamurhegekaga.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Abrahamu ali akola agwêrhe myâka igana erhi omugala Izaki aburhwa.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Sara anaciderha, erhi: «Nyamuzinda amanpa cishesa, ngasi boshi abayumva ogu mwanzi kushesa nabashesa».Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7Ashub’iderha, erhi: «Ndi wankabwizire Abrahamu oku Sara ankaciyonsize abâna! bulya niono namaha obushosi bwâge omwâna».She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Omwâna akula ananena amonka, Abrahamu ajirisa olusiku lukulu, olusiku banenesagya Izaki amonka.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9Lêro Sara alangira olya mwânarhabana omunya-Mîsiri Hagari aburhiraga Abrahamu adwîrhe ashârha boshi n’omugala Izaki.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10Abwîra Abrahamu, erhi: «Ohuluse oyu mukazi boshi n’omugala, kurhakwânîni omwâna w’omujà-kazi ayîme bo na mugala wâni Izaki».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!”

11Ako kanwa kababaza bwenêne Abrahamu kuli oyo mugala,Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12ci kwône Nyamuzinda abwîra Abrahamu, erhi: «Omanye orhabâga burhè erhi oyo mwâna w’omujà-kazi wâwe orhuma, ngasi oku Sara akanakuhûna onakuyêmêre bulyâla Izaki lyo iburha lyahêka izîno lyâwe ensiku zoshi.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.

13Ci oyu mwâna w’omujà-kazi naye namujiramwo ishanja, bulya naye ali mugala wâwe».But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Abrahamu azûka sêzisêzi, arhôla omugati n’ehibindi hy’amîshi ashanira Hagari, ahira omugala aha lurhugo, abahulusa. Nyamukazi ajà ahabuka omu irungu lya Bersheba.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.

15Erhi amîshi gali omu hibindi gamuhwera akweba omwâna wâge omu hishakaWhen the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16aj’ibwârhala aha akalangira ishaka, nka aha omuntu ankalasha omwampi. Bulya kwo akazâg’iderha emurhima, erhi: «Ntalonza mbone oku oyu mwâna afâ». Atamala erya burhambi, arhondêra ayâma analaka.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.

17Nyamuzinda ayumva omulenge gw’omwâna erhi anali empingu, malahika wa Nyamuzinda ahamagala Hagari amubwîra, erhi: «Kurhi wabîre Hagari? Orhôbohaga bulya Nyamuzinda ayumvîrhe olujamu lw’omwâna aho ali.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.

18Yimuka, ogwârhe omwâna bwinjà bulya namujira lubaga lunene».Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Nyamuzinda arhenza olubwibwi omu masù ga Hagari, alangira iriba. Akanya aj’idôma abumba ehibindi, anaciywesa omugala.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.

20Nyamuzinda ayôrha ali boshi n’olya mwâna, akula, anabèra omu irungu, àbâ nfôla miherho.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Ayûbaka omu irungu lya Parani, na nnina aj’imushebera omukazi Munya-Mîsiri.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22Muli ago mango, Abimeleki ayisha boshi na Pikoli, murhambo w’abalwî bâge, abwîra Abrahamu, erhi: «Nyamuzinda ali haguma nâwe muli ebi odwîrhe wajira byoshi.At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Ocigashage buno oku izîno lya Nyamuzinda, oku orhakandenganya nie n’abâna bâni n’abinjikulu bâni; n’oku emunda ndi n’emunda ciri eci cihugo wayishagamwo nka cigolo, walanga obwîra buli nk’obûla nkujirakwo».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.”

24Abrahamu ashuza, erhi: «Nêci ncîgashire kwo».And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Naye Abrahamu atumuza Abimeleki iriba lyâge ly’amîshi bambali ba Abimeleki bamunyagaga.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26Abimeleki ashuza, erhi: «Ntamanyiri ndi wankajizire ntyo: nâwe wêne orhasâg’imbwîra akantu kuli ebyo, nâni niene ene bwo burhanzi nkumanya».Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Abrahamu arhôla omu bintu byâge, ebinyinyî n’ebinene abiha Abimeleki na bombi oku bali babirhi bajira endagâno.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Abrahamu arhôla bibuzi nda by’omu busô bwâge abihira hâgo hâgo.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Abimeleki amudôsa, erhi: «Ebyo bibuzi nda ohizire hâgo hâgo, bici byajira aho?»and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Amushuza, erhi: «Kuderha nti oyêmêre okurhôla ebîra bibuzi nda by’omu maboko gâni, bibè buhamîrizi oku nie nanahûmbaga eryo iriba».He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Co cirhuma ahôla haderhwa Bersheba, kulya kubà ahôla ho bombi bacîgashiraga.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Erhi babà bamafundika endagâno aha Bersheba, Abimeleki ayimuka boshi na Pikoli, murhambo w’engabo n’abalwî bâge, ashubira omu cihugo c’Abafilistini.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.

33Abrahamu agwîka omurhi gw’etamarisi ahôla Bersheba anashengeraho izîno lya Nyamubâho, Nyamuzinda w’ensiku n’amango.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Abrahamu ashinga myâka erhali minyi omu cihugo c’Abafilistini.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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