Genesis 26 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

26 ¹Ndipo kunali njala m'dziko, kuwonjezera pa njala yoyamba ija imene inachitika m'masiku a Abrahamu. Choncho Isake anapita kwa Abimeleki mfumu ya Afilisti, ku Gerara.

²Atate wathu anamuonekera nati, “Usatsikire ku Igupto; khazikika m'dziko limene ndidzakuuza. ³Khala m'dziko lino, ndipo ndidzakhala nawe ndi kukudalitsa, pakuti ndidzapereka mayiko onsewa kwa iwe ndi mbewu yako, ndipo ndidzakwaniritsa lumbiro limene ndinalumbira kwa Abrahamu atate wako. ⁴Ndidzachulukitsa mbewu yako ngati nyenyezi za kumwamba, ndipo ndidzapereka kwa mbewu yako mayiko onsewa, ndipo mwa mbewu yako mitundu yonse ya dziko lapansi idzadalitsidwa, ⁵chifukwa Abrahamu anamvera mau anga, nasunga malangizo anga, malamulo anga, zolamula zanga, ndi malemba anga.”

⁶Choncho Isake anakhazikika ku Gerara. ⁷Anthu a kumeneko anamufunsa za mkazi wake, ndipo iye anayankha nati, “Iye ndi mlongo wanga”—poopa kunena kuti “mkazi wanga,” poganiza kuti, “Anthu a kuno angandiphe chifukwa cha Rebeka, popeza ndi wokongola.” ⁸Pamene Isake anakhala kumeneko nthawi yaitali, Abimeleki mfumu ya Afilisti anasuzumira pa zenera naona Isake akusisita mkazi wake Rebeka. ⁹Choncho Abimeleki anaitana Isake nati, “Ndithudi iyu ndi mkazi wako! Unganene bwanji kuti, ‘Iye ndi mlongo wanga’?” Isake anati kwa iye, “Chifukwa ndinaganiza kuti ndingafe chifukwa cha iye.”

¹⁰Abimeleki anati, “Watichitira chiyani ife? Mmodzi wa anthu akanatha kugona ndi mkazi wako mosavuta, ndipo ukanatisenzetsa mlandu.” ¹¹Abimeleki analamula anthu onse, nati, “Aliyense wokhudza munthu uyu kapena mkazi wake adzaphedwa ndithu.”

¹²Isake anafesa m'dziko limenelo, nakolola mowirikiza kakhumi pa khumi chaka chimenecho, chifukwa Atate wathu anamudalitsa. ¹³Munthuyo analemera, napitiriza kulemera mpaka anakhala wolemera kwambiri. ¹⁴Iye anali ndi ziweto za nkhosa ndi ng'ombe, ndi antchito ambiri, kotero kuti Afilisti anamuchitira nsanje. ¹⁵Afilisti anali atakwirira zitsime zonse zimene antchito a atate wake anakumba m'masiku a Abrahamu atate wake. ¹⁶Abimeleki anati kwa Isake, “Choka pakati pathu—wakhala wamphamvu kwambiri kuposa ife.”

¹⁷Choncho Isake anachoka kumeneko, namanga msasa m'chigwa cha Gerara, nakhazikika kumeneko. ¹⁸Isake anakumbanso zitsime za madzi zimene zinakumbidwa m'masiku a Abrahamu atate wake, zimene Afilisti anazitseka Abrahamu atamwalira, nazitcha mayina amene atate wake anazitcha. ¹⁹Koma pamene antchito a Isake anakumba m'chigwamo napeza chitsime cha madzi a kasupe, ²⁰Abusa a ku Gerara anakangana ndi abusa a Isake, nati, “Madzi awa ndi athu.” Iye anatcha chitsimecho Eseki, chifukwa anakangana naye. ^a a v20 Dzina lakuti Eseki litanthauza “mkangano.” ²¹Kenako anakumba chitsime china, nakanganiranso chimenecho, choncho anachitcha Sitina. ^b b v21 Dzina lakuti Sitina litanthauza “chotsutsa.” ²²Kuchokera kumeneko anasamuka nakumba chitsime china; sanakanganirane chimenecho, choncho anachitcha Rehoboti, nati, “Tsopano Atate wathu watipatsa malo otakata; tidzachuluka m'dziko lino.” ^c c v22 Dzina lakuti Rehoboti litanthauza “malo” kapena “malo otakata.”

²³Kuchokera kumeneko anakwera kupita ku Beeriseba.

²⁴Usiku umenewo Atate wathu anamuonekera nati, “Ine ndine Mulungu wa atate wako Abrahamu. Usaope, pakuti ndili nawe. Ndidzakudalitsa ndi kuchulukitsa mbewu yako, chifukwa cha mtumiki wanga Abrahamu.”

²⁵Kumeneko anamanga guwa la nsembe, naitana dzina la Atate wathu, namanga tenti yake, ndipo kumeneko antchito a Isake anakumba chitsime.

²⁶Abimeleki anadza kwa iye kuchokera ku Gerara pamodzi ndi Ahuzati mlangizi wake, ndi Fikolo, mkulu wa gulu lake lankhondo. ²⁷Isake anati kwa iwo, “Chifukwa chiyani mwadza kwa ine, popeza munadana nane nʼkundichotsa pakati panu?”

²⁸Iwo anati, “Taona bwinobwino kuti Mulungu wakhala nawe, choncho tanena kuti, ‘Pakhale lumbiro pakati pathu—pakati pa iwe ndi ife—ndipo tichite pangano nawe, ²⁹kuti sudzatichitira zoipa—monga momwe ife sitinakukhudze koma tinakuchitira zabwino zokha—ndipo tinakutumiza mu mtendere. Tsopano ndiwe wodalitsidwa ndi Mulungu.’”

³⁰Choncho Isake anawakonzera phwando, ndipo anadya nakumwa. ³¹M'mawa mwake mwachangu analumbirirana wina ndi mnzake; Isake anawalola kupita, ndipo anamusiya mu mtendere. ³²Tsiku limenelo antchito a Isake anadza namuuza za chitsime chimene anakumba, nati, “Tapeza madzi!” ³³Choncho anachitcha Siba; nʼchifukwa chake dzina la mzindawo ndi Beeriseba mpaka lero. ^d d v33 Siba litanthauza ‘lumbiro’; Beeriseba litanthauza ‘chitsime cha lumbiro.’

³⁴Pa zaka makumi anayi, Esau anakwatira Yuditi mwana wa Beeri Mhiti, ndi Basemati mwana wa Eloni Mhiti. ³⁵Ndipo iwo anali chifukwa cha chisoni kwa Isake ndi Rebeka.