Genesis 21

1 Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

1 Wakati huu Bwana akamrehemu Sara kama alivyokuwa amesema, naye Bwana akamtendea Sara kile alichokuwa ameahidi.

2 So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

2 Sara akapata mimba, akamzalia Abrahamu mwana katika uzee wake, majira yale ya Mungu aliomwahidi.

3 And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

3 Abrahamu akamwita Isaki yule mwana ambaye Sara alimzalia.

4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

4 Isaki alipokuwa na umri wa siku nane, Abrahamu akamtahiri, kama Mungu alivyomwamuru.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

5 Abrahamu alikuwa na miaka 100 wakati Isaki mwanawe alipozaliwa.

6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

6 Sara akasema, “Mungu ameniletea kicheko, kila mmoja atakayesikia jambo hili atacheka pamoja nami.”

7 She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

7 Akaongeza kusema, “Nani angemwambia Abrahamu kuwa Sara angenyonyesha watoto? Tena nimemzalia mwana katika uzee wake.”

8 So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

8 Mtoto akakua, akaachishwa kunyonya. Siku hiyo Isaki alipoachishwa kunyonya, Abrahamu alifanya sherehe kubwa.

9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

9 Lakini Sara aliona kuwa mwana ambaye Hagari, Mmisri, aliyemzalia Abrahamu alikuwa anadhihaki,

10 and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

10 Sara akamwambia Abrahamu, “Mwondoe mwanamke huyo mtumwa pamoja na mwanawe, kwa kuwa mwana wa mwanamke mtumwa kamwe hatarithi pamoja na mwanangu Isaki.”

11 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

11 Jambo hili lilimhuzunisha sana Abrahamu kwa sababu lilimhusu mwanawe.

12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

12 Lakini Mungu akamwambia, “Usihuzunike hivyo kwa sababu ya kijana na mtumishi wako wa kike. Sikiliza lolote Sara analokuambia, kwa sababu uzao wako utahesabiwa kupitia kwake Isaki.

13 But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

13 Nitamfanya huyu mwana wa mtumishi wako wa kike kuwa taifa pia, kwa sababu naye ni uzao wako.”

14 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

14 Kesho yake asubuhi na mapema, Abrahamu akachukua chakula na kiriba cha maji, akampa Hagari. Akaviweka mabegani mwa Hagari, akamwondoa pamoja na kijana. Hagari akashika njia, akatangatanga katika jangwa la Beer-Sheba.

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

15 Maji yalipokwisha kwenye kiriba, akamwacha kijana chini ya mojawapo ya vichaka.

16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

16 Kisha akajiendea zake akaketi karibu, umbali wa kutupa mshale, akawaza, “Siwezi kumwangalia kijana akifa.” Ikawa alipokuwa ameketi pale karibu, akaanza kulia kwa huzuni.

17 Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

17 Mungu akamsikia kijana akilia, malaika wa Mungu akamwita Hagari kutoka mbinguni na kumwambia, “Kuna nini Hagari? Usiogope, Mungu amesikia kijana analia akiwa amelala pale.

18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

18 Mwinue kijana na umshike mkono, kwa maana nitamfanya kuwa taifa kubwa.”

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

19 Ndipo Mungu akamfumbua Hagari macho yake naye akaona kisima cha maji. Hivyo akaenda akajaza kiriba maji na kumpa kijana anywe.

20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

20 Mungu akawa pamoja na huyu kijana alipokuwa akiendelea kukua. Aliishi jangwani na akawa mpiga upinde.

21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

21 Alipokuwa akiishi katika Jangwa la Parani, mama yake akampatia mke kutoka Misri.

22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

22 Wakati huo Abimeleki na Fikoli mkuu wa majeshi yake wakamwambia Abrahamu, “Mungu yu pamoja nawe katika kila kitu unachofanya.

23 Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

23 Sasa niapie hapa mbele za Mungu kwamba hutanitenda hila mimi, watoto wangu wala wazao wangu. Nitendee mimi na nchi ambayo unaishi kama mgeni wema ule ule ambao nimekutendea.”

24 And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

24 Abrahamu akasema, “Ninaapa hivyo.”

25 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

25 Ndipo Abrahamu akalalamika kwa Abimeleki kuhusu kisima cha maji ambacho watumishi wa Abimeleki walikuwa wamekinyangʼanya.

26 Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

26 Lakini Abimeleki akasema, “Sijui ni nani ambaye amefanya hili. Hukuniambia, leo tu ndipo ninasikia habari zake.”

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

27 Hivyo Abrahamu akaleta kondoo na ngʼombe, akampa Abimeleki, nao watu hawa wawili wakafanya mapatano.

28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

28 Abrahamu akatenga kondoo wa kike saba kutoka kwenye kundi,

29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

29 Abimeleki akamuuliza Abrahamu, “Ni nini maana ya hawa kondoo wa kike saba uliowatenga peke yao?”

30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

30 Abrahamu akamjibu, “Upokee hawa kondoo wa kike saba kutoka mkononi mwangu kama ushahidi kuwa nilichimba kisima hiki.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

31 Hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Beer-Sheba, kwa sababu watu wawili waliapiana hapo.

32 After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

32 Baada ya mapatano kufanyika huko Beer-Sheba, Abimeleki na Fikoli mkuu wa majeshi yake wakarudi katika nchi ya Wafilisti.

33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

33 Abrahamu akapanda mti wa mkwaju huko Beer-Sheba, na hapo akaliitia jina la Bwana, Mungu wa milele.

34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

34 Naye Abrahamu akakaa katika nchi ya Wafilisti kwa muda mrefu.