Genesis 26 (ZAJP)

1Abaho kulawilila nzala iyagwe muisi ija, mbali na ija ikalile kipigiti cha Ablaham. Na Isaka kachola ha Abimeleki mndewa wa Wafilisti ako Gelali.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.

2MNDEWA kamulawilila Isaka na kamulongela, “Sambiuchole Misili, kala muisi yondanikulongele.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Kala hano kamba muhenza, nie nowa hamoja na gweye na kukumoteza. Isi zino nokugwelela gweye na lukolo lwako. Nokigoga kilagano kiniilagane na tataako Ablaham.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.

4Kweli nokumoteza na kulutenda lukolo lwako longezeke luwe kamba nhondo za kuulanga. Na isi zino zose nolugwelela lukolo lwako. Na kubitila lukolo lwako ndewa zose za ulumwengu zomotezwa.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,

5Nokumoteza kwavija Ablaham kanitegeleza nie na kugagoga malagizo gangu gose na kuzigoga ndagizi zangu zose.”because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Avo Isaka kakala ako Gelali.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Wambigalo wa isi ija viwamuuzile mbuli za mtwanzi wake, heyo kalonga, “Ino lumbu jangu.” Kwavija kadumba kulonga “Ino mtwanzi wangu,” kwavija kagiza kamba wanhu wa isi ija womkoma na kumsola Lebeka, kwavija Lebeka kakala yanogile ng'hani.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.”

8Isaka viyakalile kuja mkipigiti kitali, Abimeleki mndewa wa Wafilisti kasungulila hasi hadizonzo, kamona Isaka yomkumbatila Lebeka.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 kamgalila usenga Isaka na kulonga, “Kweli ino mtwanzi wako, habali kulonga ino lumbu jako?” Isaka kamwidika kalonga, “Kwavija nigelegeza kamba nihadanganhike kamba nihalongile ino mtwanzi wangu.”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 kalonga, “Mbuli yaki ino yuututendele? Munhu imwe yahawasile na mtwanzi wako, na gweye uhatubakile tweye tose kilozo kino.”“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.”

11Avo Abimeleki kawazuma wanhu wose, yolonga, “Munhu yoyose yondayamtendele gehile munhu ino ama mtwanzi wake, kokomigwa.”So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Isaka kahanda mbeyu muisi ija, na mulao uja kahuna mianza mia ya mbeyu zayahandile, kwavija MNDEWA kammoteza.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Isaka kawa mgoli, na ugoli wake ugendelela kukula, na kawa mgoli mkulu ng'hani.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Kakala na madale bwando ga ng'hondolo na ng'ombe, kakala na watumigwa bwando, avo Wafilisti wamonela migongo.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Avo Wafilisti wagasila gamasima gose gawahimbile watumigwa wa Ablaham tataake Isaka, kipigiti viyakalile mgima.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 kamulongela Isaka, “Uhalawe muisi yetu, kwavija gweye sambi kuna mhiko kubanza tweye.”Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Avo Isaka kasegela hiko, na kwika ng'hambi Mdibonde da Gelali, na kakala hiko.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Isaka kagahimbula kabili gaja igamasima ga mazi gakalile gahimbigwe mkipigiti cha tataake Ablahamu, kwavija Wafilisti wakala wagasile Ablahamu viyeshile kudanganhika, na kagagwelela matwaga gagaja gayagagwelele tataake.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.

19Watumigwa wa Isaka wahimba sima mdibonde na wapata mazi gaholile.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Wachunga ng'hondolo wa haja Gelali wagomba na wachunga ng'hondolo wa Isaka walonga, “Mazi gano getu tweye.” Avo Isaka kadikema sima dija twaga dikemigwa “Ezeki.”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.

21Abaho watumigwa wa Isaka wahimba sima da ikabili, na dino vivija wadigombela, Isaka kadikema twaga jake “Sitna.”Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Abaho Isaka kachola hanhu hayagwe na kuhimba sima da ikadatu. Sima dino dikala bule ngomba, avo kadigwaa twaga dikemigwa “Lehoboti.” Isaka kalonga, “MNDEWA sambi katugwelela ulegeho wa kukala muisi ino, na tweye tokongezeka.”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.”

23Kulawa haja Isaka kachola Beeli-Sheba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Ikilo iija MNDEWA kamulawila Isaka na kumulongela, “Nie iyo Mulungu wa tataako Ablaham. Sambiudumbe, kwavija nie na hamoja na gweye. Nokumoteza na kulutenda lukolo lwako longezeke, sama ya Ablaham mtumigwa wangu.”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.”

25Avo Isaka kazenga kilingo cha kulavila nhosa na kamtambikila MNDEWA haja. Kaiwamba hema yake, na watumigwa wake wahimba sima diyagwe.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.

26Zua dimwe Mndewa Abimeleki kulawa Gelali hamoja na Ahuzati mulonga masala wake na Fikoli, mkulu wa asikali zake, wamcholela Isaka.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Avo Isaka kawauza, “Habali mwiza hano hamwangu kuno mnihila nie, na kumwenu mniwinga?”“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Wamwidika walonga, “Tona kamba MNDEWA ka hamoja na gweye, avo togelegeza twike kiduilo na gweye. Tutende lagano na gweye,“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

29giladi sambiututende tweye gehile, kamba tweye vitulekile kukutendela gehile. Hatukutendile kinhu kihile. Ila tukutendela ganogile. Nakukuleka uchole mmulegeho, lola sambi MNDEWA viyakumoteze.”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.”

30Avo Isaka kawatendela lusona, na hewo waja na kung'wa hamoja.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Imitondo ng'hani zua da ikabili waiduilila. Abaho Isaka kawaleka wachole, na hewo wamuleka mmulegeho.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.

32Zua didija watumigwa wa Isaka weza na kumulongela mbuli za sima diwahimbile, walonga, “Tupata mazi.”On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Avo Isaka kadikema sima dija “Shiba.” Vino vivo wambo da Beeli-Sheba vidipatile twaga jake.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Esau viyavikize milao malongo mane, kasola watwanzi wabili Wahiti, Yudisi mwanage Beeli, na Basemati mwanage Eloni.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Ila watwanzi wano wa Esau waitenda mioyo ya Isaka na Lebeka kuwa na giogio.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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