Hagar and Ishmael
1Abram’s wife Sarai had never had any children by him. But she had a female slave from Egypt named Hagar. 2So she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go and sleep with my slave. Maybe I can have a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai had said. 3His wife Sarai gave him her slave Hagar to be his wife. That was after he had been living in Canaan for ten years. 4Then he slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant.
When Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to look down on the woman who owned her. 5Then Sarai said to Abram, “It’s your fault that I’m suffering like this. I put my slave in your arms. Now that she knows she’s pregnant, she looks down on me. May the Lord judge between you and me. May he decide which of us is right.”
6“Your slave belongs to you,” Abram said. “Do with her what you think is best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar badly. So Hagar ran away from her.
7The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was beside the road to Shur. 8The angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s slave. Where have you come from? Where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my owner Sarai,” she answered.
9Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to the woman who owns you. Obey her.” 10The angel continued, “I will give you and your family many children. There will be more of them than anyone can count.”
11The angel of the Lord also said to her,
“You are now pregnant
and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
because the Lord has heard about your suffering.
12He will be like a wild donkey.
He will use his power against everyone,
and everyone will be against him.
He will not get along with any of his family.”
13She gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her. She called him “You are the God who sees me.” That’s because she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14That’s why the well was named Beer Lahai Roi. It’s still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
15So Hagar had a son by Abram and Abram gave him the name Ishmael. 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar had Ishmael by him.
Hagari Na Ishmaeli
116:1 Mwa 11:29, 30; 24:61; 29:24-29; 31:33; 46:18; 21:14; 25:12; 30:2; Lk 1:7, 36; Gal 4:24-25Basi Sarai, mkewe Abramu, alikuwa hajamzalia watoto. Lakini alikuwa na mtumishi wa kike Mmisri jina lake Hagari, 216:2 Mwa 19:31-32; 30:3-10hivyo Sarai akamwambia Abramu, “Bwana amenizuilia kupata watoto. Nenda, ukakutane kimwili na mtumishi wangu wa kike, huenda nitaweza kupata watoto kupitia kwake.”
Abramu akakubaliana na lile Sarai alilosema. 316:3 Mwa 12:4-5Hivyo baada ya Abramu kuishi katika nchi ya Kanaani miaka kumi, Sarai akamchukua mtumishi wake wa kike wa Kimisri, Hagari na kumpa mumewe awe mke wake. 416:4 Mwa 30:1; 1Sam 1:6Akakutana kimwili na Hagari, naye akapata mimba.
Hagari alipojua kuwa ana mimba, alianza kumdharau Sarai. 516:5 Mwa 31:53; Kut 5:21; Amu 11:27; 1Sam 24:12-15; 26:10, 23; Za 50:6; 75:7Ndipo Sarai akamwambia Abramu, “Unawajibika na manyanyaso ninayoyapata. Nilimweka mtumishi wangu mikononi mwako, sasa kwa vile anajua kwamba ana mimba, ananidharau mimi. Bwana na aamue kati yako na mimi.”
616:6 Yos 9:25; Mwa 31:50Abramu akamwambia, “Mtumishi wako yuko mikononi mwako. Mtendee lolote unalofikiri ni bora zaidi.” Ndipo Sarai akamtesa Hagari, hivyo akamtoroka.
716:7 Mwa 21:17; 22:11-15; 24:7, 40; 25:18; 31:11; 48:16; Kut 3:2; 14:19; 15:22; 23:20-23; 32:34; 33:2; Amu 2:1; 6:11; 13:3; Za 34:7; 2Sam 24:16; 21:19; 1Fal 19:5; 2Fal 1:3; 19:35; Zek 1:11; Mdo 5:19; 1Sam 15:7Malaika wa Bwana akamkuta Hagari karibu na chemchemi huko jangwani; ilikuwa chemchemi ile iliyokuwa kando ya barabara iendayo Shuri. 816:8 Mwa 3:9Malaika akamwambia, “Hagari, mtumishi wa Sarai, umetokea wapi, na unakwenda wapi?”
Akamjibu, “Ninamkimbia bibi yangu Sarai.”
9Ndipo malaika wa Bwana akamwambia, “Rudi kwa bibi yako ukajishushe chini yake.” 1016:10 Mwa 13:16; 17:20Malaika akaendelea akasema, “Nitazidisha wazao wako, hivi kwamba watakuwa wengi mno wasiohesabika.”
1116:11 Mdo 5:19; Mwa 3:15; 12:2-3; 18:19; 17:19; 21:3; 37:25-28; 29:32; 31:42; Neh 9:7; Isa 44:1; Amo 3:2; Mt 1:21; Lk 1:13, 31; Amu 8:24; Kut 2:24; 3:7, 9; 4:31; Hes 20:16; Kum 26:7; 1Sam 9:16Pia malaika wa Bwana akamwambia:
“Wewe sasa una mimba
nawe utamzaa mwana.
Utamwita jina lake Ishmaeli,16:11 Ishmaeli maana yake Mungu husikia.
kwa sababu Bwana amesikia juu ya huzuni yako.
1216:12 Ay 6:5; 11:12; 24:5; 39:5; Hos 8:9; Za 104:11; Yer 2:24; Mwa 25:18Atakuwa punda-mwitu katikati ya wanadamu,
mkono wake utakuwa dhidi ya kila mtu
na mkono wa kila mtu dhidi yake,
naye ataishi kwa uhasama
na ndugu zake wote.”
1316:13 Za 139:1-12; Mwa 32:30; 33:10; Kut 24:10; 33:20-23; Hes 12:8; Amu 6:22; 13:22; Isa 6:5Hagari akampa Bwana aliyezungumza naye jina hili: “Wewe ndiwe Mungu unionaye mimi,” kwa maana alisema, “Sasa nimemwona yeye anayeniona mimi.” 1416:14 Mwa 24:62; 25:11; 14:7Ndiyo sababu kisima kile kikaitwa Beer-Lahai-Roi,16:14 Beer-Lahai-Roi maana yake Yeye Aliye Hai Anionaye Mimi. ambacho bado kipo huko hata leo kati ya Kadeshi na Beredi.
1516:15 Mwa 21:9; 17:18; 25:12; 28:9; Gal 4:22Hivyo Hagari akamzalia Abramu mwana, naye Abramu akamwita huyo mwana Hagari aliyemzalia, Ishmaeli. 1616:16 Mwa 12:4Abramu alikuwa na umri wa miaka themanini na sita wakati Hagari alipomzalia Ishmaeli.
