Genesis 26
1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
Na ɔkɔm kɛse bi baa asase no so; ɛsono ɔkɔm kɛse a ɛbaa Abraham bere so no. Ɛno nti, Isak tu kɔtenaa Gerar a ɛyɛ Filistifo hene Abimelek kurow mu.
2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Ɛhɔ na Awurade yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Isak, ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nkɔ Misraim, na mmom, tena asase a mɛkyerɛ wo no so.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for to thee, and to thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father;
Tena asase yi so kakra, efisɛ mede saa asase no nyinaa bɛma wo ne wʼasefo, na mede asi bɔ a mehyɛɛ wʼagya Abraham no so dua.
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Mɛma wʼasefo adɔɔso te sɛ nsoromma a ɛwɔ soro, na mede saa nsase yi nyinaa ama wɔn. Ɛnam wʼasefo so na wobehyira wiase aman ahorow nyinaa.
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Efisɛ Abraham tiee me nne, dii me nsɛm, mʼahyɛde ne me mmara nyinaa so.”
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Enti Isak tenaa Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Bere a Gerar mmarima bisaa Isak yere Rebeka ho asɛm no, ɔkae se, “Ɔyɛ me nuabea.” Efisɛ na osuro sɛ ɔbɛka se, “Ɔyɛ me yere.” Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi, efisɛ na osusuw sɛ, esiane ne yere Rebeka ahoɔfɛ nti, anhwɛ a na kurom hɔ mmarima akum no.
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.
Isak tenaa hɔ kyɛɛ kakra no, da bi, Filistifo hene Abimelek gyina ne mfɛnsere mu na ohuu sɛ Isak regoru ne yere Rebeka ho.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.
Ɛno nti, Abimelek soma ma wɔkɔfrɛɛ Isak. Isak bae no, obisaa no se, “Ɔbea no yɛ wo yere ankasa. Adɛn nti na woka se, ‘Ɔyɛ me nuabea?’” Isak buaa no se, “Misusuwii sɛ, sɛ meka se ɔyɛ me yere a, ne nti, ebia na wɔakum me.”
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Na ɔhene Abimelek kae se, “Dɛn asɛm na wo ne yɛn adi yi? Nokware a woamma anna adi nti, anka obi betumi afa wo yere no, na wode mmusu aba yɛn so.”
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Ɛno nti, Abimelek bɔɔ ne manfo no kɔkɔ se, “Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka saa ɔbarima yi, anaa ne yere no, ɔkwan biara so no wobekum no.”
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Saa afe no ara Isak dɔw afuw. Na Awurade hyiraa nʼadwumade so. Ne nnɔbae baa bebree.
13 And the man became great, and continued, and grew until he became very great:
Isak yɛɛ ɔdefo. Nʼahonya kɔɔ so dɔɔso ma odii taamu.
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Onyaa nguan, anantwi, ne asomfo bebree ma ɛyɛɛ saa ma Filistifo no ani beree no yiye. Saa anibere yi nti, Filistifo no de dɔte kosisiw
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
abura ahorow a nʼagya Abraham maa ne nkoa tutuu wɔ ne bere so no nyinaa ano.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Ɛbaa saa no, ɔhene Abimelek ka kyerɛɛ Isak se, “Tu fi yɛn asase so, efisɛ wʼahonya dodow no aka yɛn ahyɛ.”
17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Isak tu fii Gerar kurow no mu, kɔɔ Gerar subon mu de hɔ kɔyɛɛ nʼatenae.
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug 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.
Enti Isak maa ne nkoa san tutuu mmura a nʼagya Abraham maa ne nkoa tutuu na ne wu akyi no Filistifo no sisiw ne nyinaa no. Ɔsan de din koro no ara a nʼagya Abraham de totoo mmura no totoo no bio.
19 And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Isak nkoa no tuu abura foforo bi wɔ Gerar subon no mu, kɔtoo nsu a ɛyɛ kurunnyenn.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar contended with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Nanso Gerar nguanhwɛfo ne Isak nguanhwɛfo gyee abura no ho akyinnye. Gerar nguanhwɛfo no kae se, “Abura yi yɛ yɛn de.” Eyi maa Isak too saa abura no din Esek, a ase kyerɛ akyinnyegye abura.
21 And they dug another well, and contended for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Isak nkoa no san tuu abura foforo, nanso Gerar nguanhwɛfo no san ne wɔn kasakasaa ɛno nso so. Eyi maa Isak san too saa abura no nso din Sitna, a ase kyerɛ Aperedi.
22 And he departed from there, and dug another well; and for that they did not contend: 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.
Isak gyaw saa abura no hɔ kotuu abura foforo. Afei, nnipa a wɔne no te hɔ no gyaee no haw a obiara ne no ankasa so bio. Eyi maa Isak too saa abura yi din Rehobot a ase ne “Afei de Awurade abɔ yɛn atenase na yebenya yɛn ho wɔ asase yi so.”
23 And he went up from there to Beersheba.
Isak tu fii hɔ kɔɔ Beer-Seba.
24 And the LORD appeared to 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.
Anadwo no, Awurade yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no, ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Mene wʼagya, Abraham Nyankopɔn. Nsuro, efisɛ me ne wo na ɛwɔ hɔ. Bɔ a mahyɛ mʼakoa Abraham nti, mehyira wo na mama wʼasefo adɔɔso, na wɔayɛ ɔman kɛse.”
25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
Isak sii afɔremuka, som Awurade wɔ hɔ. Osii ntamadan tenaa hɔ, na ne nkoa nso tuu abura maa no.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Da bi, ɔhene Abimelek ne ne fotufo Ahusad ne ne sahene Pikol fi Gerar bɛsraa Isak.
27 And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Isak bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na mo a na mo ne me nka, na mopam me fii mo nkyɛn aba me ha nnɛ sɛ morebɛsra me?”
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Wobuaa no se, “Yehu pefee sɛ Awurade wɔ wʼafa nti, yɛasi gyinae sɛ, yɛne wo bɛyɛ apam. Apam no bɛda wo ne yɛn ntam. Pene so, na yɛne wo nyɛ saa apam no
29 That thou wilt do us no harm, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
sɛ worenhaw yɛn, sɛnea yɛn nso, yɛanhaw wo no. Yɛne wo tenaa yiye. Yegyaa wo kwan asomdwoe mu. Na afei, hwɛ sɛnea Awurade ahyira wo.”
30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Isak too wɔn pon, na wodidi nomee de twɛn apam a wɔne no rebɛyɛ no.
31 And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Ade kyee anɔpa no, Isak ne mmarima no kekaa wɔn ho wɔn ho ntam, de sii wɔn apam a wɔayɛ no so dua. Na Isak gyaa wɔn kwan ma wɔkɔɔ asomdwoe mu.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.
Da no ara, Isak asomfo bɛkaa abura a na wɔretu no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ no se, “Yɛato nsu.”
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
Isak too abura no din Seba a, ase kyerɛ sɛ “Ntanka abura.” Kurow a akyiri no wɔkyekyeree wɔ hɔ no, wɔtoo hɔ din Beer-Seba a ebesi nnɛ, wɔda so frɛ hɔ saa ara.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took for a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Esau dii mfe aduanan no, ɔwaree ababaa bi a na wɔfrɛ no Yudit. Na nʼagya yɛ Hetini bi a ne din de Beeri. Esau san waree Basmat a nʼagya yɛ Hetini bi a ne din de Elon.
35 Who were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
Nanso Isak ne Rebeka bo annwo wɔ saa aware no ho.
