< Genesis 26 >

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Na rĩrĩ, nĩ kwagĩire ngʼaragu ĩngĩ bũrũri-inĩ ũcio, tiga ĩrĩa ya mbere ya hĩndĩ ya Iburahĩmu, nake Isaaka agĩthiĩ Gerari kũrĩ Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Jehova akiumĩrĩra Isaaka, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũgaikũrũke ũthiĩ Misiri; tũũra bũrũri o ũrĩa ndĩrĩkwĩra ũtũũre.
3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Ikara bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ kwa ihinda, na nĩngũkorwo hamwe nawe na nĩngũkũrathima. Nĩgũkorwo nĩwe na njiaro ciaku ngũhe mabũrũri maya mothe na hingie mwĩhĩtwa ũrĩa ndehĩtire kũrĩ thoguo Iburahĩmu.
4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Nĩngatũma njiaro ciaku cingĩhe ta njata cia matu-inĩ na nĩngamahe mabũrũri maya mothe, na nĩ ũndũ wa rũciaro rwaku, ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia thĩ nĩikarathimwo,
5 because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
tondũ Iburahĩmu nĩanjathĩkĩire na akĩrũmia ũrĩa ndendaga, akĩrũmĩrĩra maathani makwa, na matuĩro makwa ma kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho makwa.”
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩikara o kũu Gerari.
7 and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah: because she was fair to look upon.
Rĩrĩa andũ a kũu maamũririe ũhoro wa mũtumia wake-rĩ, we akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩ mwarĩ wa baba,” tondũ nĩetigĩrire kuuga, “Nĩ mũtumia wakwa.” Eeciiririe atĩrĩ, “Andũ a gũkũ mahota kũnjũraga nĩ ũndũ wa Rebeka, tondũ aarĩ mũthaka.”
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Na thuutha wa Isaaka arĩkĩtie gũikara kũu kahinda karaihu-rĩ, Abimeleku mũthamaki wa Afilisti nĩacũthĩrĩirie nja na ndirica, nake akĩona Isaaka akĩhambata mũtumia wake Rebeka.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku agĩtũmanĩra Isaaka, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ ũyũ nĩ mũtumia waku! Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũmire uuge atĩ, ‘Ũyũ nĩ mwarĩ wa baba’?” Isaaka akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Tondũ ndeciiririe ndahota kũũragwo nĩ ũndũ wake.”
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ atĩa ũguo ũtwĩkĩte? Ĩ mũndũ mũrũme ũmwe wa gũkũ angĩrakorirwo akomete na mũtumia waku, nawe ũgĩtũme tũnyiitwo nĩ ihĩtia?”
11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Abimeleku akĩruta watho kũrĩ andũ othe, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũngĩthĩĩnia mũndũ ũyũ kana mũtumia wake no kũũragwo akooragwo.”
12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Nake Isaaka akĩhaanda irio bũrũri ũcio, na mwaka o ro ũcio akĩgetha maita igana, tondũ Jehova nĩamũrathimire.
13 And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:
Nake Isaaka agĩtonga, naguo ũtonga wake ũgĩthiĩ o ũkĩingĩhaga o nginya agĩtonga mũno.
14 and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.
Aarĩ na ndũũru nyingĩ cia mbũri na cia ngʼombe, na ndungata nyingĩ, o nginya Afilisti makĩmũiguĩra ũiru.
15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Tondũ ũcio, ithima iria ciothe ndungata cia ithe cienjete hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu-rĩ, Afilisti magĩcithika, magĩciyũria tĩĩri.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Ningĩ Abimeleku akĩĩra Isaaka atĩrĩ, “Ũkĩra ũthiĩ, ũtweherere, tondũ nĩũgĩĩte na hinya mũno gũtũkĩra.”
17 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Isaaka agĩthaama, akĩehera kũu, agĩthiĩ kwamba hema Gĩtuamba-inĩ kĩa Gerari, na agĩtũũra kuo.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Isaaka agĩthikũria ithima iria cienjetwo hĩndĩ ya ithe Iburahĩmu, o icio Afilisti maathikĩte thuutha wa Iburahĩmu gũkua, na agĩciĩta marĩĩtwa o marĩa ithe aacihete.
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Na rĩrĩ, ndungata cia Isaaka nĩcienjire kũu gĩtuamba-inĩ na igĩkora gĩthima kĩa maaĩ mega kuo.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.
No rĩrĩ, arĩithi a Gerari makĩnegenania na arĩithi a Isaaka, makĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Maaĩ maya nĩ maitũ!” Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Eseku, tondũ nĩmakararanirie nake.
21 And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Ningĩ ndungata icio ciake ikĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, no-o nakĩo makĩnegenanĩria, nake Isaaka agĩgĩĩta Sitina.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Nake agĩthaama kũu, agĩthiĩ akĩenja gĩthima kĩngĩ, na matianegenanirie na mũndũ. Nake agĩgĩĩta Rehobothu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Rĩu Jehova nĩatũheete ũikaro mũiganu, na nĩtũgũtheeremera bũrũri-inĩ ũyũ.”
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Agĩcooka akiuma kũu, agĩthiĩ Birishiba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Ũtukũ ũcio aakinyire kũu, Jehova akĩmuumĩrĩra, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Ngai wa thoguo Iburahĩmu. Ndũkanetigĩre, tondũ ndĩ hamwe nawe; nĩngũkũrathima na nyingĩhie njiaro ciaku nĩ ũndũ wa Iburahĩmu ndungata yakwa.”
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Isaaka agĩaka kĩgongona kũu, na agĩkaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova. Akĩamba hema yake o kũu, nacio ndungata ciake ikĩenja gĩthima o kuo.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Abimeleku agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Isaaka oimĩte Gerari, marĩ na Ahuzathu ũrĩa wamũtaaraga, na Fikolu mũnene wa ita ciake.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Isaaka akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Muoka kũrĩ niĩ nĩkĩ, kuona atĩ nĩmwathũũrire na mũkĩnyingata?”
28 And they said, We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩtuonete hatarĩ nganja atĩ Jehova arĩ hamwe nawe, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio tuoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kwagĩrĩire tũgĩe na mwĩhĩtwa wa ũiguano gatagatĩ gaitũ’: ĩĩ, gatagatĩ gaitũ nawe. Reke tũgĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro nawe,
29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
atĩ ndũgatwĩka ũũru, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ tũtaagũthĩĩnirie, no hĩndĩ ciothe twagwĩkaga wega, na tũgĩkumagaria ũthiĩ na thayũ. Na rĩu nĩũrathimĩtwo nĩ Jehova.”
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Isaaka akĩmarugithĩria iruga, nao makĩrĩa na makĩnyua.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ, rũciinĩ tene, andũ acio na Isaaka makĩĩhĩtanĩra mwĩhĩtwa mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ. Isaaka agĩcooka akĩmoimagaria, magĩĩthiĩra, makĩmũtiga na thayũ.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Mũthenya o ro ũcio maathiire, ndungata cia Isaaka igĩũka, ĩkĩmwĩra ũhoro wa gĩthima kĩrĩa cienjete, ikiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩtwakinyĩra maaĩ!”
33 And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Nake agĩĩta gĩthima kĩu Shiba, na nginya ũmũthĩ itũũra rĩu rĩtũũraga rĩĩtagwo Birishiba.
34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Esaũ aakinyia mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna, akĩhikia Judithi mwarĩ wa Beeri ũrĩa Mũhiti, o na ningĩ akĩhikia Basemathu mwarĩ wa Eloni ũrĩa Mũhiti.
35 and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Nao magĩtuĩka kĩhumo gĩa kĩeha kũrĩ Isaaka na Rebeka.

< Genesis 26 >