Genesis 26 (TDX)

1Ie amy zao nikerè ty tane, nandimbe i hasalikoañe nifetsake tañandro’ i Avrahamey. Le noly mb’e Gerare mb’ amy Abimèleke nte-Pilisty mb’eo t’Ietsàke.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.

2Ie amy zao, nisodehañe am’ Ietsàke t’Iehovà nanao ty hoe, Ko mitaveam-b’e Mitsraime añe; fa mitobea an-tane hatoroko azo.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Mimoneña an-tane atoy, le himbaeko vaho ho tahieko; amy te hatoloko azo naho amo tarira’o iabio o tane retoañe; le ho henefeko ty fanta nifantàko amy Avrahame rae’o.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.

4Hampiraeko amo vasian-dikerañeo o tarira’oo naho hatoloko amo tarira’oo o hene tane toañeo vaho amo tarira’oo ty hitahiañe ze hene foko an-tane atoyI 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,

5amy te nihaoñe’ i Avrahame ty feoko le nitambozore’e i namantohakoy, o fepèkoo, o fañekoo vaho o Fanoroakoo.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Aa le nitoetse e Gerare ao t’Ietsàke.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Ie nañontane i vali’ey ondati’ i rovaio, le hoe re, Rahavaveko toke, amy t’ie nihembañe tsy te hanao ty hoe, Valiko, fa natao’e te hañe-doza ama’e ondatio, ty amy hamontramontra’ i Ribkae.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.”

8Ie tambatse ela ao t’Ietsàke le nitilihitse ami’ty lalan-kede t’i Abimeleke mpanjaka’ o nte-Pelistio: niisa’e te heheke nitsapatsapa i Ribkae vali’e t’Ietsàke.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.

9Aa le nampikanjie’ i Abimeleke t’Ietsàke vaho nanoa’e ty hoe, Toe vali’o re! Ino ty nanoe’o ty hoe Rahavaveko? Hoe t’Ietsàke tama’e, Nataoko hera hikenkañe ty ama’e iraho.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.”

10Hoe ty Abimeleke, Inoñe arè ty nanoe’o ama’ay? Kera niolots’ amy vali’oy t’indaty le ho nañakeo anay irehe.“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.”

11Aa le hinatahata’ i Abimeleke ondati’e iabio ami’ty hoe, Toe havetrake ze mitsapa t’indaty toy ndra i vali’ey.So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Nitongy amy taney t’Ietsàke le nanatake in-jato amy taoñey avao, amy te nitahie’ Iehovà,Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13vaho niha-mpañarivo indatiy le mbe nionjoñe avao ty firaoraoa’e ampara’ te nimpañaleale.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Ie amam-pirai-lia naho mpirai-troke vaho tsiefa o pitoro’eo, le nikirañe aze o nte-Pilistio.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Aa le finempe’ o nte-Pilistio naho linembeke tane o vovoñe hinali’ o mpitoron-drae’eo tañandro’ i Avrahameo.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.

16Le hoe t’i Abimelek’ am’Ietsàke, Misitaha, fa loho maozatse te ama’ay irehe.Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Aa le nienga boak’ao t’Ietsàke naho nitobe am-bavatane’ i Gerare vaho nitoetse eo;So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18le sinoka’ Ietsàke indraike o vovon-drano nihalieñe tañandro’ i Avrahame rae’eo, o linembe’ o nte-Pilisty iabio naho fa nihomake t’i Avrahame; vaho nitokave’e amo añarañe nitokavan-drae’e.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.

19Le nihaly amy vavataney o mpitoro’ Ietsàkeo le nanjo vovoñe nigoangoan-drano.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Fe nifandietse amo mpiara’ Ietsàkeo o mpiarake nte-Gerareo ami’ty hoe, Anay o ranoo, le natao’e ty hoe Eseke i vovoñey kanao nifandiera’ iereo.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.

21Nihaly vovoñe indraike iereo vaho nifanjomorañe ka, aa le nitokave’e Sitnà.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Ie niveve mb’eo le nihaly vovoñe indraike, f’ie tsy am-pifanoiñe, le natao’e ty hoe Rehobota ami’ty hoe, Fa nañivake ho anay t’Iehovà le hiraorao an-tane atoy.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.”

23Boak’ ao re nionjoñe mb’e Beersevà mb’eo.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Le nisodehañe ama’e amy haleñey t’Iehovà nanao ty hoe, Izaho ro Andrianañahare’ i Avrahame rae’o; ko hemban-drehe fa ama’o Iraho le ho tahieko vaho hampitozantozañeko o tarira’oo ty amy Avrahame mpitorokoy.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.”

25Aa le nandrafetse kitrely eo naho nikanjy ty tahina’ Iehovà naho naore’e eo ty kiboho’e vaho nihaly vovoñe eo o mpitoro’ Ietsàkeo.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.

26Nomb’ ama’e mb’eo amy zao t’i Abimèleke boake Gerare, miharo amy Akozàte mpanolo-keve’e naho i Pikole, mpifehe o lahindefo’eo.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Hoe t’Ietsak’ am’iereo, Inom-bao ty nomba’areo mb’ amako mb’etoa kanao malaiñe ahy, toe natao’ areo soike?“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Hoe iereo, Trea’ay malange te ama’o t’Iehovà, le hoe zahay, Antao hifanitike, añivo’ay naho ihe, aa le iantofo te hifañina,“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

29soa te ihe tsy hijoy anay, hambañe amy te zahay tsy nitsapa azo, fa tsy ino ty nanoe’ay naho tsy ty soa, naho nampañaveloe’ay am-panintsiñañe; toe tahie’ Iehovà irehe henaneo.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.”

30Aa le nañalankaña’e sabadidake, le nikama naho ninoñe.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Nitroatse marain-tsikiake iereo le nifañina am-panta, naho nasese’ Ietsàke mb’eo vaho nienga aze an-kanintsiñe.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.

32Nitotsak’ ama’e amy àndroy ka ty mpitoro’ Ietsake nitalily i vovoñe hinali’ iereo anianiy, ty hoe, Nahatrea rano zahay!On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Natao’e Sivà ty añara’e; aa le Beer-Sevà ty añara’ i rovay henaneo.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Ie niefapolo taoñe t’i Esave, le nañenga Iehoditè ana’ i Bierý nte-Khete, naho i Basmàte ana’ i Elòne nte-Khete;When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35f’ie nampioremeñe ty arofo’ Ietsàke naho i Ribkae.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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