Genesis 26 (SHR)

1Ecizombo canacizûka omu cihugo, kuleka cirya cizombo cirhanzi cabâga amango ga Abrahamu. Izaki ajà e Gerari, emwa Abimeleki mwâmi w’Abafilistini.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.

2Nyamubâho amubonekera amubwîra, erhi: Orhajâga e Mîsiri ci ogend’ibêra omu cihugo nakubwîra.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Obêre muli eco cihugo, nakugisha nanyorhe ndi haguma nâwe. Bulya we n’iburha lyâwe mwe nahà ebi bihugo byoshi, nasêza n’erya ndagâno nafundikaga rhwe na sho Abrahamu.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.

4Naluza iburha lyâwe nka nyenyêzi z’oku nkuba, naliha ebi bihugo byoshi n’amashanja goshi g’igulu gagishwa n’iburha lyâwe.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,

5Kulya kubà Abrahamu ayumvîrhe izù lyâni, akulikira ebi nalimurhegesire okukulikira, amarhegeko gâni, ebinwa byâni, obulonza bwâni.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Ntyo kwo Izaki abêziremwo aha Gerari.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Abantu b’eyo munda bakamudôsa olwa mukâge, ashuza, erhi: «Mwâli wîrhu oyo». Ayôboha okuderha, erhi: «Mukânie oyo», bàli bamuyîrha erhi Rebeka orhuma bulya ali mwinjà.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.”

8Erhi kugera mango garhali manyi, kwanacibà lusiku luguma, Abimeleki mwâmi w’Abafilistini erhi adwîrhe alolera omu kabonezo, alangira Izaki adwîrhe ashâsa mukâge Rebeka.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.

9Abimeleki anacihamagala Izaki amubwîra, erhi: «Mâshi mukâwe oyu! Kurhi waciderhaga mpu mwâli winyu?» Izaki ashuza, erhi: «Nakâcîdôsa nti nankanafakwo oyu mukazi».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.”

10Abimeleki ashubiza amudôsa, erhi: «Kurhi okwo warhujizirage obwo? Hindi hitya hajire omuntu w’omu lubaga lwîrhu walala na mukâwe obone wamarhubarhuza obwo bubî!»“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.”

11Lêro Abimeleki ahâna eri irhegeko oku lubaga lwâge lwoshi, erhi: «Owahume kuli oyu mulume kandi erhi kuli mukâge, anafè».So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Izaki ahinga anarhwera muli ecôla cihugo n’ogwo mwâka ayeza kali igana, bulya Nyamubâho amamugisha.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Oyu muntu agâla, agal’ahirhira okurhalusire.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Ali agwêrhe masô manji n’ebintu bishwêkwa binyinyi n’ebinênênè, na bashizi banji. Abafilistini bayâgalwa.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Amaliba goshi bambali b’îshe bàli bamâhumba amango îshe Abrahamu acihali, Abafilistini bagafuka bagabumba budaka.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.

16Abimeleki abwîra Izaki, erhi: «Orhenge eno mwîrhu, bulya wekola mugale kurhulusha».Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Izaki arhenga aho aj’ihanda omu kabanda ka Gerari, anabà ho acîbêrera.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Izaki ashub’ijà ahumba galya maliba bambali b’îshe Abrahamu bàli bahumbire, galya Abafilistini bafukaga erhi Abrahamu abà afîre; agayîrika galya mazîno gonênè îshe ali agayirisire.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.

19Bambali ba Izaki bahumba omu kabanda, bashangamwo iriba ly’amîshi gahulula.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Lêro abangere b’e Gerari, barhondêra okulongôla n’abangere ba Izaki, ngasi baguma mpu: «Amîshi gali gîrhu!» Izaki ayîrika iriba izîno lya Sitina.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.

21Bahumba erindi iriba, ci kandi hashub’ibà akadali kuli lyo.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Lêro arhenga aho, agend’ihumba erindi iriba, lêro harhacibâga kadali kuliryo. Aliyîrika izîno lya Rehoboti, anaderha, erhi: «Nyamubâho amâjà arhuhà oluhyà, rhukolaga rhwayololokeramwo eci cihugo».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.”

23Kurhenga aho asôkera e Bersheba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Nyamubâho amubonekera mw’obwo budufu amubwîra, erhi: «Nie Nyamuzinda wa sho Abrahamu, orhayôbohaga cici bulya ndi haguma nâwe. Nakugisha, nnanduze iburha lyâwe erhi mwambali wâni Abrahamu orhuma».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.”

25Ayûbaka oluhêrero aho, anayakuza izîno lya Nyamubâho. Ayûbaka ho enyumpa yâge. Bambali ba Izaki bahumba ho iriba.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.

26Abimeleki arhenga e Gerari, ayish’imulamusa, ali boshi n’omwîra wâge Ahuzati na Pikoli, ye murhambo w’omurhwe gwâge.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Izaki abadôsa, erhi: «Lêro cici cimudwîrhe eno munda, mwe bantu munshomba, mwe mwanampulusagya emwinyu».“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Banacishuza, mpu: «Rhwajirage rhwabona oku nêci Nyamubâho ali haguma nâwe, rhwanaderha obwo nti habè omwîgasho aha karhî kâwe nîrhu, rhunafundike endagâno haguma nâwe.“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

29Ocîgashe oku orharhujire kubî kuci, bulya rhurhakujiraga kubî, minjà gône rhwakujirîre rhwanakuleka wagenda n’omurhûla. Woyu okola oli mugishwa wa Nyamubâho».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.”

30Abajirira olusiku lukulu, bâlya bànanywa.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Erhi bazûka sêzi sêzi, ngasi muguma acîgasha embere z’owâbo. Oku bundi, Izaki abasêzera, bagenda n’omurhûla.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.

32Olwo lusiku lwonênè, bambali b’Izaki bayisha, bamubwîra omwanzi gw’iriba bakazagihûmba, baderha, mpu: «Rhwabwîne amîshi».On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Eryo iriba aliyîrika izîno lya Sabe, co cinarhuma olwo lugo luderhwa Bersheba kuhika na buno.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Erhi Ezau ahika myâka makumi anni, ayanka omukazi izîno lyâge ye Yehudita, mwâli wa Behori, muhititi, arhôla na Basimata, mwâli wa Eloni naye muhititi.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Abo bakazi bajira Izaki bo na Rebeka mungo munji.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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