Sarah Has a Son
1 The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise. 2 Although Abraham was very old, Sarah had a son exactly at the time God had said. 3 Abraham named his son Isaac, 4 and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded.
5 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, 6 and Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. And now everyone will laugh with me. 7 Who would have dared to tell Abraham that someday I would have a child? But in his old age, I have given him a son.”
8 The time came when Sarah no longer had to nurse Isaac, and on that day Abraham gave a big feast.
Hagar and Ishmael Are Sent Away
9-10 One day, Sarah noticed Hagar's son Ishmael playing, and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that Egyptian slave woman and her son! I don't want him to inherit anything. It should all go to my son.”
11 Abraham was worried about Ishmael. 12 But God said, “Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name, 13 but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation.”
14 Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away.
They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba, 15 and after they had run out of water, Hagar put her son under a bush. 16 Then she sat down a long way off, because she could not bear to watch him die. And she cried bitterly.
17 When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, “Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying. 18 Help him up and hold his hand, because I will make him the father of a great nation.” 19 Then God let her see a well. So she went to the well and filled the skin with water, then gave some to her son.
20-21 God blessed Ishmael, and as the boy grew older, he became an expert at hunting with his bow and arrows. He lived in the Paran Desert, and his mother chose an Egyptian woman for him to marry.
A Peace Treaty
22 About this time Abimelech and his army commander Phicol said to Abraham, “God blesses everything you do! 23 Now I want you to promise in the name of God that you will always be loyal to me and my descendants, just as I have always been loyal to you in this land where you have lived as a foreigner.” 24 And so, Abraham promised he would.
25 One day, Abraham told Abimelech, “Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells.”
26 “This is the first I've heard about it,” Abimelech replied. “Why haven't you said something before? I don't have any idea who did it.” 27 Abraham gave Abimelech some sheep and cattle, then the two men made a peace treaty.
28 Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock of sheep, 29 and Abimelech asked, “Why have you done this?”
30 Abraham replied, “I want you to accept these seven lambs as proof that I dug this well.” 31 So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.
32 When the treaty was completed, Abimelech and his army commander Phicol went back to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the eternal Lord God. 34 Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.
Isiyaaka la wuluwo
1 Yaawe* neemata Saara ma, ko a ye a fo nuŋ ñaameŋ. A ye a laahidi meŋ na, a ye wo le ke a ye. 2 Saara naata konoo taa, a ye dinkewo wuluu Iburayima la, a kotooriŋo, Alla ye waatoo meŋ fo a ye. 3 Iburayima ye a ñiŋ dinkewo, Saara ye meŋ wuluu a la, toolaa Isiyaaka la. 4 Iburayima ye a dinkewo Isiyaaka sunna, kabiriŋ a siyo be tili seyi, ko Alla ye a yaamari ñaameŋ. 5 Iburayima be a dinkewo Isiyaaka soto la waatoo meŋ na, wo tumoo a siyo be sanji keme. 6 Bituŋ Saara kumata ko, “Alla ye jelekuwo le samba naŋ n kaŋ. Moo-wo-moo ye a moyi, a be jele la m fee le. 7 Jumaa le nene ye ñiŋ miiroo soto nuŋ ko, kiilaariyaa le be naa Iburayima kaŋ ko, Saara be naa ke la dimbaa ti? Saayiŋ a fele, ŋa dinkewo soto a la, a ñiŋ kotooriŋo.”
Ì ye Hajara niŋ Isimayila bayi
8 Isiyaaka keebaayaata, fo ì ye a bondi sunjoo to. A bondiluŋo, Iburayima ye feeti baa le ke. 9 Bituŋ Saara naata Hajara Misirankoo dinkewo je, a ye meŋ soto Iburayima la, a be Isiyaaka hadaañi kaŋ. 10 A ko Iburayima ye ko, “Ñiŋ jommusoo niŋ a dinkewo bayi. Kaatu ñiŋ jommusoo dinkewo niŋ nte dinkewo Isiyaaka te deŋ na keetaafeŋo la.”
11 Ñiŋ kuwo naata Iburayima niyo kuyaa baake, kaatu Isimayila fanaa mu a diŋo le ti. 12 Bari Alla ko a ye le ko, “I niyo kana kuyaa i ñiŋ dinkewo la kuwo la aniŋ i la jommusoo. Saara ye meŋ-wo-meŋ fo i ye, wo ke, kaatu ŋa i laahidi koomalankoolu mennu la, ì be bo la Isiyaaka le bala. 13 Ñiŋ jommusoo fanaa dinkewo, m be lasiloolu le bo la a fanaa bala, kaatu ite le diŋo mu.”
14 Wo saamoo soomandaa Iburayima wulita juuna, a ye mbuuroo taa, aniŋ sufura bootoo, jiyo be meŋ kono. A ye a laa Hajara sañoo kaŋ. A ye dindiŋo ñiŋ dii a la, a ye a bula ka taa. Hajara bota jee teŋ ne ka yaayi Beeriseba keñewuloo* kono. 15 Kabiriŋ jiyo banta sufura bootoo kono, Hajara ye dindiŋo ñiŋ landi yirindiŋo doo le koto. 16 Bituŋ a taata sii a faŋ ma jana, kalabeñe fayoo jamfoo ñoŋo. A kumata a faŋ ma ko, “N ñaa te tara la n diŋo la, a be faa kaŋ.” Kabiriŋ a be siiriŋ wo dulaa to, a lembata ka kumboo.
17 Kambaanoo fanaa be kumboo kaŋ, Alla ye a kaŋo moyi. Bituŋ Alla la malaayikoo kumata ka bo santo, a ko Hajara ye ko, “Hajara, muŋ ne keta i la? Kana sila, Alla ye kambaanoo kumboo kaŋo moyi le, meŋ be laariŋ jana. 18 Wuli baŋ, kambaanoo ñiŋ wulindi, i ye a buloo muta. M be lasili yiriwaariŋ baalu le bo la a bala.” 19 Wo le to Alla ye a ñaalu yelendi. Bituŋ a ye koloŋo je, jiyo be a kono. A taata jee, a ye sufura bootoo fandi jiyo la, a ye dindiŋo mindi a la. 20-21 Alla be kambaanendiŋo ñiŋ fee le, bituŋ a taata fo a menta. A sabatita Parani Keñewuloo kono ka ke kalandiŋ fayilaa ti. A baamaa ye musoo ñini a ye Misira bankoo le kaŋ.
Kambeŋo Iburayima niŋ Abimeleki teema
22 Wo waatoo la, Abimeleki niŋ a la kelediŋ kuntiyo Pikoli le taata ñoo la Iburayima kaŋ, ì ko a ye ko, “Alla be i fee le, i ye kuwolu mennu bee ke. 23 Wo kamma la, i kali n ye Alla la ko, i te n neenee la, n diŋolu aniŋ ka taa fo n koomalankoolu. Ŋa ŋaniya senuŋo le yitandi i la. I fanaa si wo siifaa ke m fanaa ye, aniŋ ñiŋ bankoo, i be meŋ kaŋ tumarankeeyaa la.”
24 Iburayima ko a ye ko, “Ŋa n kali a la le.” 25 Kabiriŋ Iburayima diyaamuta Abimeleki ye koloŋo la kuwo la, Abimeleki la dookuulaalu ye meŋ taa, 26 Abimeleki naata a fo a ye ko, “Nte maŋ a loŋ, meŋ ye ñiŋ ke. I maŋ a fo n ye, aduŋ m maŋ a kuwo ñiŋ fanaa moyi fo bii.”
27 Wo le to Iburayima ye saajiyolu taa, aniŋ ninsoolu, a ye ì dii Abimeleki la. Bituŋ ñiŋ kee fuloo naata kambeŋo siti. 28 Iburayima ye saajiiriŋ woorowula jenkendi kara la ka bo a la saajii koorewo kono. 29 Bituŋ Abimeleki naata a fo a ye ko, “I ye ñiŋ saajiiriŋ woorowuloo mennu jenkendi kara la teŋ ye muŋ ne yitandi?” 30 A ko a ye ko, “Ñiŋ saajiiriŋ woorowuloo, i be ì taa la le, ka ì ke n seedoo ti ko, nte le ye ñiŋ koloŋo siŋ.” 31 Wo kamma la, ì ye dulaa ñiŋ kumandi Beeriseba la, kaatu ì moo fuloo kalita ñoo ye jee le. 32 Kabiriŋ ì ye kambeŋo siti Beeriseba, Abimeleki niŋ a la kelediŋ kuntiyo Pikoli bota jee, ì muruta Filisitini bankoo kaŋ. 33 Bituŋ Iburayima ye yiroo tutu Beeriseba jee. A duwaata niŋ Yaawe, badaa-badaa Alla, too la jee. 34 Bituŋ Iburayima sabatita Filisitini bankoo kaŋ tumarankewo ti fo waati jaŋ.
