GENESI 26 - BIVHILI KHETHWA Mafhungo Madifha

Isaka a tshi dzula Gerara

¹ Zwino afho shangoni ha wa nḓala – i si iḽa nḓala ya misi ya Abrahamu – Isaka a pfulutshela Gerara shangoni ḽa Abimelekhe khosi ya Vhafilista.

² Muṋe washu a ḓa ha Isaka a ri, “U songo tsela Egipita; dzula henefha shangoni ḽine nda u vhudza uri u dzule hone.

³ Dzula hafhano shangoni heḽi tshifhinganyana, Nṋe ndi ḓo vha na iwe nda u shudufhadza. Mashango haya oṱhe ndi ḓo a ṋea iwe na vhaḓuhulu vhau, nda khwaṱhisa muano we nda anela khotsi au Abrahamu.

⁴ Ndi ḓo andisa vhaḓuhulu vhau vha nga ṋaledzi dza lutomboni, nda vha ṋea mashango haya oṱhe; vhathu vhoṱhe vha ḽifhasi vha ḓo wana mashudu nga vhana vhau,

⁵ nge Abrahamu a nthetshelesa, a ita zwine nda zwi ṱoḓa na zwe nda mu vhudza, a vhulunga milayo yanga.”

⁶ Zwenezwo Isaka a dzula Gerara.

⁷ Musi vhathu vha henefho fhethu vha tshi mu vhudzisa nga musadzi wawe, ene a ri, “Ndi khaladzi anga,” nge a vha a tshi ofha u ri, “Ndi musadzi wanga.” A humbula a ri, “Rabeka o naka; vhanna vha fhano vha nga mmbulaha.”

⁸ Musi Isaka o no vha na maḓuvha e henefho, Abimelekhe khosi ya Vhafilista a ṱodzimela nga fasiṱere, a vhona Isaka a tshi khou vhanḓa musadzi wawe Rabeka.

⁹ Ndi hone Abimelekhe a tshi vhidzisa Isaka a ri, “Vhukumakuma hoyu ndi musadzi waṋu! Ndi mini no ri ndi khaladzi aṋu?” Isaka a mu fhindula a ri, “Ndi nge nda humbula uri ndi nga vhulahelwa ene.”

¹⁰ Abimelekhe a ri, “Edzonu vhona zwe na nnyita! Muṅwe wa avha vhanna o vha a tshi nga ḓi dzhenisa musadzi waṋu nḓuni, na vha no ri hwesa mulandu.”

¹¹ Ndi hone Abimelekhe a tshi vhudza vhathu vhoṱhe a ri, “Ane a vhuya a kwama uyu munna kana musadzi wawe, vhukumakuma u ḓo vhulawa.”

Vivho ḽa Vhafilista

¹² Isaka a lima shangoni ḽeneḽo, ṅwaha u tshee wonoyo a kaṋa kaḓana nge Muṋe washu a mu shudufhadza.

¹³ A pfuma, lupfumo lwawe lwa ḓi anda lu tshi ya, a vhuya a vha mupfumi muhulu.

¹⁴ O vha na maṱambi manzhi a nngu na kholomo, na dziphuli, lwe Vhafilista vha thoma u mu itela vivho,

¹⁵ vha thivha mabidzi oṱhe o bwiwaho nga phuli dza khotsi awe Abrahamu misi iḽa, Vhafilista vha sala vha tshi a ḓadza mavu.

¹⁶ Abimelekhe a amba na Isaka a ri, “Nga vha pfuluwe shangoni ḽashu, a ri tsha vha kona.”

¹⁷ Ndi hone Isaka a tshi pfuluwa a yo fhaṱa govhani ḽa Gerara a dzula hone.

¹⁸ Isaka a fukula mabidzi e a bwiwa misi ya khotsi awe Abrahamu e Vhafilista vha vha vho a thivha Abrahamu o no fa, a a rina madzina eneaḽa e a rinwa nga khotsi awe.

¹⁹ Phuli dza Isaka dza bwa govhani dza tumbula tshisima tsha maḓi a elaho henefho.

²⁰ Hone vhalisa vha Gerara vha luṱana na vhalisa vha Isaka vha ri, “Maḓi aya ndi ashu!” Zwenezwo a ri itsho tshisima tshi pfi Eseke (Maluṱa), nge vha luṱana nae.

²¹ Ndi hone vha tshi bwa ḽiṅwe bidzi, na ḽone vha dovha vha ḽi lwela; ndi zwe a ri ḽi pfi Sithina (Vhuswina).

²² A ṱuwa henefho a bwa ḽiṅwe bidzi, ha si vhe na ane a ḽi lwela. A ri ḽi pfi Rehobotho (Ḽo aṱama), nge a ri, “Zwino Muṋe washu o ri ḓisa shangoni ḽo aṱamaho; ri ḓo anda shangoni ḽino.”

²³ U bva henefho a ya Bierisheba.

²⁴ Vhusiku honoho Muṋe washu a ḓa khae a ri, “Ndi Nṋe Mudzimu wa khotsi au Abrahamu. U songo ofha tshithu, ndi na iwe; ndi ḓo u shudufhadza nda andisa vhaḓuhulu vhau ndi tshi itela mulanda wanga Abrahamu.”

²⁵ Isaka a fhaṱa aḽiṱari henefho, a rabela Muṋe washu. A akha dennde henefho, phuli dzawe dza bwa bidzi.

Mulanga we Isaka a vhofha na Abimelekhe

²⁶ Abimelekhe a ḓa u dalela Isaka a tshi bva Gerara, e na Ahuzathi mueletshedzi wawe na Phikholo mulangammbi wawe.

²⁷ Isaka a vha vhudzisa a ri, “Ndi mini ni tshi nndalela, hufha no vha ni tshi mmbenga na nthatha?”

²⁸ Vhone vha fhindula vha ri, “Ro tou zwi vhona zwavhuḓi uri Yahavee u na vhone; ndi zwe ra ri, ‘Nga ri anelane ri vhofhe mulanga,’

²⁹ uri vhone a vha nga ri huvhadzi, vhunga na riṋe rí songo vha kwama, ró ḓi vha fara zwavhuḓi, ra vha pfulusa nga mulalo. Zwi a vhonala uri Yahavee o vha shudufhadza.”

³⁰ Isaka zwenezwo a vha itela vhuṱambo, vha ḽa vha nwa.

³¹ Ḽi tshi tsha avho vhanna vha vhofha mulanga nga muano. Isaka a onesana navho, vha mu ṱutshela nga mulalo.

³² Musi wonoyo phuli dza Isaka dza ḓa dza mu vhudza nga bidzi ḽe dza bwa. Vha ri, “Ro wana maḓi!”

³³ A ri ḽi pfi Sheba (Muano). Na ṋamusi dzina ḽa muḓi ḽi kha ḓi pfi Bierisheba (Bidzi ḽa muano).

Vhasadzi vha Esau vha vhatsinda

³⁴ Musi Esau e na miṅwaha ya 40, a vhinga Judithi ṅwananyana wa Bieri wa Muhithi, a vhinga na Basimatha ṅwananyana wa Eloni wa Muhithi.

³⁵ Avho vhasadzi vha ita uri Isaka na Rabeka vha dzule vha tshi ḽa mbilu.