Abraham, I Dey Here
Our Papa ask Abraham for di son wey di promise hang on. Abraham no talk anytin to Sarah, waka three days, and answer Isaac question about di lamb by trusting say provision go come. Di knife stop for air and dem find one ram for di bush.
22 1As time pass small, our Papa test Abraham. E tell am, “Abraham!” Abraham answer, “I dey here.”
2Then our Papa talk, “Take your son, your only-one son, wey you love—Isaac. Go di land of Moriah, and offer am for there as burnt offering for one of di mountains wey I go show you.” a a v2 Di threefold tenderness — “your son, your only-one son, wey you love” — dey point to John 3:16 and Romans 8:32. Papa spare Abraham from give Isaac; but our Papa no spare im own Pikin.
3Early di next morning, Abraham put saddle for im donkey, take two of im young men and im son Isaac, split di wood for di burnt offering, and comot go di place wey our Papa tell am about. 4For di third day, Abraham raise im eye up and see di place from far. 5E tell im young men, “Una stay here with di donkey. Me and di boy go go over there, worship, and come back to una.” 6Abraham take di wood for di burnt offering put am for im son Isaac im back, and e carry di fire and di knife imself. Di two of dem waka go together. 7Isaac tell im papa Abraham, “My papa?” Abraham answer, “I dey here, my son.” Isaac talk, “Di fire and di wood dey here, but where di lamb for di burnt offering?”
8Abraham answer, “Our Papa imself go provide di lamb for di burnt offering, my son.” And di two of dem waka go together. 9When dem reach di place wey our Papa tell am about, Abraham build di altar, arrange di wood, tie im son Isaac, and lay am for di altar on top di wood. 10Then Abraham stretch out im hand and take di knife to kill im son.
11But our Papa im messenger call am from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” E answer, “I dey here.”
12E talk, “No put your hand for di boy. No do am anything. Now I sabi say you dey fear me, since you no keep back your son, your only-one son, from me.”
13Abraham raise im eye up and see one ram for im back, wey im horn hook for bush. E go take di ram, and offer am as burnt offering for im son place. 14Abraham call dat place “Di Papa Go Provide,” wey mean “our Papa go provide.” Reach today dem dey talk, “For im mountain, e go provide am.” b b v14 YHWH-Jireh mean “YHWH go provide.” Abraham name dis mountain after our Papa provide di ram for Isaac place — dey point forward to di provision wey no dey end of Jesus for di cross.
15Di messenger of our Papa call Abraham from heaven di second time,
16and talk, “I swear by myself, na so our Papa dey talk: because you don do dis thing and no keep back your son, your only-one son, 17I go bless you well well, and I go make your pikin-dem plenty like di stars for sky and di sand for di seaside. Your pikin-dem go possess di gate of dem enemies, 18and through your pikin-dem, all di nations of di earth go get blessing, because you obey my voice.”
19Abraham go back to im young men, and dem comot together go Beersheba. Abraham settle for Beersheba.
20As time pass small, dem tell Abraham, “Milcah too don born sons for your brother Nahor: 21Uz di firstborn, Buz im brother, Kemuel (di papa of Aram), 22Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.” 23Bethuel come be di papa of Rebekah. Na dis eight sons Milcah born for Nahor, Abraham im brother. 24Nahor im concubine, wey im name na Reumah, born pikin too: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
