Genesis 22 (SHR)

1Enyuma z’aho, Nyamuzinda arhangula Abrahamu, amubwîra, erhi: «Abrahamu! Abrahamu!» Naye ashuza, erhi: «Ho ndi hano.»Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

2Nyamuzinda anacimubwîra, erhi: «Oyanke mugala wâwe cûsha, oyôla orhonya, Izaki, omujâne omu cihugo c’e Moriya, n’eyo munda, omuhâne nterekêro ya kusingonoka».“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

3Abrahamu azûka sêzisêzi arheganya endogomi yâge na bambali babirhi n’omugala Izaki. Abeza enshâli z’enterekêro, bàhira njira bàjà erya munda Nyamuzinda amubwîraga.So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

4Oku lusiku lwa kasharhu, Abrahamu agalamira, alangîra erya ntondo ci erhi enaciri kuli.On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

5Abrahamu anacibwîra abambali, erhi: «Mubêrage aha mweshi n’eyi ndogomi, nâni rhwe n’oyu mwâna, rhwahika hala, rhwaharâmya rhunashub’iyandagalira emunda muli».“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

6Abrahamu ayanka enshâli z’enterekêro azibarhuza omugala Izaki, naye yêne afumbarha omuliro n’akêre, banagenda bombi.Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

7Izaki anacidôsa îshe Abrahamu, erhi: «Larha!» Naye ashuza erhi: «Kurhi mwâna wâni?» Izaki, erhi: «Omuliro ogu rhudwîrhe, n’enshâli z’enterekêro, ci ngahi omwâna-buzi rhwagend’irherekêra ali?»Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8Abrahamu ashuza, erhi: «Nyamuzinda yêne abona aha arhenza omwâna-buzi w’enterekêro, mwâna wâni». Banacigenda bombi oku bali babirhi.Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.

9Erhi bahika aho Nyamuzinda amulangûlaga, Abrahamu ayûbaka oluhêrero, arherekeza enshâli, aziriringa omugala Izaki, amulambika oku luhêrero oku nyanya ly’enshâli.When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

10Abrahamu alambûla okuboko arhôla akêre mpu akolaga abâga omugala.Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

11Ci kwône Malahika wa Nyakasane anacimuyakûza kurhenga empingu, erhi: «Abrahamu! Abrahamu!» Abrahamu, erhi: «Ho ndi hano!»Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

12Malahika amubwîra, erhi: «Leka, orhalambûlire omwâna kwo okuboko! Orhanamujiraga kubî kuci! Namamanyaga oku kurhînya orhînya Nyamuzinda: orhandahirîre mugala wâwe, mugala wâwe cûsha».“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

1313 Abrahamu, alangira engandabuzi ehangarhine amahembe omu ishaka; Abrahamu aj’irhôla erya ngandabuzi ayirherekêra nterekêro ya kusingonoka ahâli h’omugala.Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

14Abrahamu ayîrika aho hantu izîno lya «Nyamuzinda yêne abona ebyo», ciru na kuhika ene kwo bacihaderha mpu «Oku ntondo Nyamuzinda yêne abona ebyo».And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

15Malahika wa Nyamubâho ashub’ihamagala Abrahamu obwa kabirhi kurhenga empingu,And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

16anaciderha, erhi: «Lyo ndahîre izîno lyâni, kanwa ka Nyamubâho nkudesire, kulya kubà orharhindirîre mugala wâwe, omuguma ojira,saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

17"nkolaga nakuyunjuza migisho, iburha lyâwe naliluza nka nyenyêzi z’oku nkuba na nka mushenyi gw’omu nyanja n’eryo iburha lyâwe lyakâhima omuhango gw’abashombanyi bâlyo".I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

18"Amashanja goshi g’igulu gagishwa erhi iburha lyâwe lirhuma bulya wanyumvîrhîze"».And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19Abrahamu ashubira emunda abambali bali. Bayimuka, bashubira boshi emwâbo e Bersheba. Abrahamu agend’iyûbaka e Bersheba.Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

20Enyuma z’aho, babwîra Abrahamu oku Milka naye aburhîre omulumuna Nahori abarhabana.Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

21Olubere ye Uzi, na Buzi amulonda, ahebakwo na Kemweli, îshe wa Aramu.Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

22Kandi Kesedi, Hazo, Pilidashi, Yidilafu na Betweli.Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

23Betweli aburha Rebeka; bo bâna munâni Milka aburhîre Nahori, mulumuna wa Abrahamu.And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

24Ali agwêrhe omukazi w’omuherula, izîno lyâge ye Reuma, naye amuburhira abâna: Tebahi, Gahama, Tahasha na Mahaka.Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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