Offering of Isaac
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am .
Ikawa baada ya mambo hayo Mungu alimjaribu Ibrahimu, akamwambia, Ee Ibrahimu! Naye akasema, Mimi hapa.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Akasema, Umchukue mwanao, mwana wako wa pekee, umpendaye, Isaka, ukaende zako mpaka nchi ya Moria, ukamtoe sadaka ya kuteketezwa huko juu ya mlima mmojawapo nitakaokuambia.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Ibrahimu akaondoka alfajiri, akatandika punda wake, akachukua vijana wawili pamoja naye, na Isaka mwanawe, akachanja kuni kwa ajili ya hiyo sadaka ya kuteketezwa, akaondoka, akaenda mpaka mahali alipoambiwa na Mungu.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Siku ya tatu Ibrahimu akainua macho yake, akapaona mahali pakali mbali.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Ibrahimu akawaambia vijana wake, Kaeni ninyi hapa pamoja na punda, na mimi na kijana tutakwenda kule, tukaabudu, na kuwarudia tena.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Basi Ibrahimu akazitwaa kuni za hiyo sadaka, akamtwika Isaka mwanawe; akatwaa moto na kisu mkononi mwake, wakaenda wote wawili pamoja.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Isaka akasema na Ibrahimu baba yake, akinena, Babangu! Naye akasema, Mimi hapa, mwanangu. Akasema, Tazama! Moto upo, na kuni zipo, lakini yuko wapi mwana-kondoo kwa sadaka ya kuteketezwa?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Ibrahimu akasema, Mungu atajipatia mwana-kondoo kwa hiyo sadaka, mwanangu. Basi wakaendelea wote wawili pamoja.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Wakafika mahali pale alipoambiwa na Mungu, Ibrahimu akajenga madhabahu huko, akaziweka tayari kuni, kisha akamfunga Isaka mwanawe, akamweka juu ya madhabahu, juu ya zile kuni.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Ibrahimu akanyosha mkono wake, akakitwaa kisu ili amchinje mwanawe.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Ndipo malaika wa Bwana akamwita kutoka mbinguni, akasema, Ibrahimu! Ibrahimu! Naye akasema, Mimi hapa.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Akasema, Usimnyoshee kijana mkono wako, wala usimtendee neno; kwa maana sasa ninajua ya kuwa unamcha Mungu, iwapo hukunizuilia mwanao, mwanao wa pekee.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Ibrahimu akainua macho yake, akaangalia, na tazama, kondoo mume yuko nyuma yake, amenaswa pembe zake katika kichaka. Basi Ibrahimu akaenda akamtwaa huyo kondoo, akamtoa awe sadaka ya kuteketezwa badala ya mwanawe.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Ibrahimu akapaita mahali hapo Yehova-yire, kama watu wasemavyo hata leo, Katika mlima wa BWANA itapatikana.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
Malaika wa Bwana akamwita Ibrahimu mara ya pili kutoka mbinguni
16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son :
akasema, Nimeapa kwa nafsi yangu asema Bwana, kwa kuwa umetenda neno hili, wala hukunizuilia mwanao, mwanao wa pekee,
17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
katika kubariki nitakubariki, na katika kuzidisha nitauzidisha uzao wako kama nyota za mbinguni, na kama mchanga ulioko pwani; na uzao wako utamiliki mlango wa adui zao;
18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
na katika uzao wako mataifa yote ya dunia watajibarikia; kwa sababu umetii sauti yangu.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
Basi Ibrahimu akawarudia vijana wake, wakaondoka, wakaenda zao pamoja mpaka Beer-sheba; Ibrahimu akakaa huko Beer-sheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Ikawa baada ya mambo hayo, Ibrahimu akaambiwa ya kwamba, Tazama, Milka naye amemzalia Nahori ndugu yako wana;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Usi, mzaliwa wa kwanza wake, na Buzi nduguye, na Kemueli, baba wa Aramu;
22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
na Kesedi, na Hazo, na Pildashi, na Yidlafu, na Bethueli.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Bethueli akamzaa Rebeka; hao wanane Milka alimzalia Nahori ndugu wa Ibrahimu.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Na suria wake Reuma naye alizaa Teba na Gahamu na Tahashi na Maaka.
