The Philistines
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.
Ikawa njaa katika nchi hiyo, mbali na njaa ile ya kwanza iliyokuwa siku za Ibrahimu. Isaka akamwendea Abimeleki, mfalme wa Wafilisti, huko Gerari.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Bwana akamtokea, akasema, Usishuke kwenda Misri, kaa katika nchi nitakayokuambia.
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 countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Kaa ugenini katika nchi hiyo, nami nitakuwa pamoja nawe, na kukubariki, maana nitakupa wewe na uzao wako nchi hizi zote. Nami nitakifanya imara kiapo nilichomwapia Ibrahimu baba yako.
4 and I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Nitazidisha uzao wako kama nyota za mbinguni, nami nitawapa uzao wako nchi hizi zote, na katika uzao wako mataifa yote ya dunia watajibarikia.
5 because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Kwa sababu Ibrahimu alisikia sauti yangu, akayahifadhi maagizo yangu, na amri zangu, na hukumu zangu, na sheria zangu.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Isaka akakaa katika 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, She is my wife; lest, said he , the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Watu wa mahali hapo wakamwuliza habari za mkewe. Akasema, Ni ndugu yangu huyu maana aliogopa kusema, Ni mke wangu, watu wa nchi wasije wakamwua kwa ajili ya Rebeka; kwa maana alikuwa mzuri wa uso.
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.
Ikawa alipokuwa amekaa huko siku nyingi, Abimeleki, mfalme wa Wafilisti, akachungulia dirishani, akamwona Isaka anacheza-cheza na Rebeka mkewe.
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.
Abimeleki akamwita Isaka, akasema, Yakini huyu ni mkeo, mbona ulisema, Ni ndugu yangu huyu? Isaka akamwambia, Kwa sababu nalisema, Nisife kwa ajili yake.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Abimeleki akasema, Ni nini hii uliyotutendea? Labda mtu mmojawapo angalilala na mkeo bila kufikiri, nawe ungalitutia hatiani.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Basi Abimeleki akawaamuru watu wote, akisema, Amgusaye mtu huyu au mkewe lazima atauawa.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Isaka akapanda mbegu katika nchi ile, akapata mwaka ule vipimo mia kwa kimoja, Bwana akambariki.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
Na mtu huyu akawa mkuu, akazidi kusitawi, hata akawa mkuu sana.
14 for he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Akawa na mali ya kondoo, na mali ya ng'ombe, na watumwa wengi. Hao Wafilisti wakamhusudu.
15 For 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.
Na vile visima vyote walivyochimba watumwa wa baba yake, siku za Ibrahimu babaye, Wafilisti walikuwa wamevifukia, wakavijaza kifusi.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Abimeleki akamwambia Isaka, Utoke kwetu, maana wewe una nguvu sana kuliko sisi.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Basi Isaka akatoka huko akapiga kambi katika bonde la Gerari, akakaa huko.
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.
Isaka akarudi akavichimbua vile visima vya maji walivyovichimba siku za Ibrahimu babaye; maana wale Wafilisti walikuwa wamevifukia baada ya kufa kwake Ibrahimu; naye akaviita majina kufuata majina alivyoviita babaye.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Watumwa wa Isaka wakachimba katika lile bonde, wakapata kisima cha maji yanayobubujika.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is our's: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Wachungaji wa Gerari wakagombana na wachungaji wa Isaka wakisema, Maji haya ni yetu. Ndipo akakiita jina la kile kisima Eseki, kwa sababu waligombana naye.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Wakachimba kisima kingine, wakagombania na hicho tena. Akakiita jina lake Sitna.
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.
Akaondoka huko akachimba kisima kingine, wala hicho hawakukigombania. Akakiita jina lake Rehobothi, akasema, Kwa kuwa sasa Bwana ametufanyia nafasi, nasi tutazidi katika nchi.
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Akapanda kutoka hapo mpaka Beer-sheba.
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.
Bwana akamtokea usiku uleule, akasema, Mimi ni Mungu wa Ibrahimu baba yako, usiogope, maana mimi ni pamoja nawe, nami nitakubarikia, na kuzidisha uzao wako kwa ajili ya Ibrahimu mtumishi wangu.
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.
Akajenga madhabahu huko, akaliitia jina la Bwana. Akapiga hema yake huko, na watumwa wa Isaka wakachimba kisima huko.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Ndipo Abimeleki akamwendea kutoka Gerari, pamoja na Ahuzathi rafiki yake, na Fikoli, jemadari wa jeshi lake.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Isaka akawauliza, Mbona mwanijia, nanyi mmenichukia, mkanifukuza kwenu?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Wakasema, Hakika tuliona ya kwamba Bwana alikuwa pamoja nawe; nasi tukasema, Na tuapiane, sisi na wewe, na kufanya mapatano 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.
ya kuwa hutatutenda mabaya, iwapo sisi hatukukugusa wewe, wala hatukukutendea ila mema, tukakuacha uende zako kwa amani; nawe sasa u mbarikiwa wa Bwana.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Basi akawafanyia karamu, nao wakala, wakanywa.
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.
Wakaondoka asubuhi na mapema, wakaapiana wao kwa wao, kisha Isaka akawapa ruhusa, nao wakaenda zao kwa amani.
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.
Ikawa siku ileile, watumwa wa Isaka wakaja wakampasha habari za kile kisima walichokuwa wamekichimba, wakamwambia, Tumeona maji.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Naye akakiita jina lake Shiba; kwa hiyo jina la mji huo ni Beer-sheba, hata leo.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Esau alipokuwa mwenye miaka arobaini, akamwoa Yudithi, binti Beeri, Mhiti, na Basemathi, binti Eloni, Mhiti.
35 which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Roho zao Isaka na Rebeka zikajaa uchungu kwa ajili yao.
