Mwanzo 12 – NEN & NIrV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version

Mwanzo 12:1-20

Wito Wa Abramu

1Bwana akawa amemwambia Abramu, “Ondoka kutoka nchi yako, uache jamii yako na nyumba ya baba yako, uende hadi nchi nitakayokuonyesha.

212:2 Mwa 13:16; 15:5; 17:2-4; 18:18; 22:17; 24:1, 35; 25:11; 26:3, 4; 28:3, 4, 14; 24:1, 35; 25:11; 32:12; 35:11; 41:49; 47:27; 48:16-19; 22:18; Kut 1:7; 5:5; 32:13; 20:24; Kum 1:10; 10:22; 13:17; 26:5; Yos 11:4; 24:3; 2Sam 17:11; 1Fal 3:8; 4:20; 1Nya 27:23; 2Nya 1:9; Neh 9:23; Za 107:38; 67:6; 115:12; Isa 6:13; 10:22; 48:19; 51:2; 54:3; 60:22; 19:24; Yer 4:2; 33:22; Mik 4:7; Hes 22:12; 23:8, 20; 24:9; Isa 44:3; 61:9; 65:23; Mal 3:12; Hag 2:19; Zek 8:13“Mimi nitakufanya taifa kubwa

na nitakubariki,

Nitalikuza jina lako,

nawe utakuwa baraka.

312:3 Mwa 27:29; 15:5; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:4, 14; Kut 23:22; Hes 24:9; Kum 30:7; 9:5; Za 72:17; Isa 19:25; Mdo 3:25; Gal 3:8Nitawabariki wale wanaokubariki,

na yeyote akulaaniye nitamlaani;

na kupitia kwako mataifa yote duniani

yatabarikiwa.”

412:4 Mwa 11:27, 31; 16:3, 16; 17:17-24; 21:5Hivyo Abramu akaondoka kama Bwana alivyokuwa amemwambia; naye Loti akaondoka pamoja naye. Wakati Abramu alipoitwa aondoke Harani, alikuwa na miaka sabini na mitano. 512:5 Mwa 11:29, 31; 13:2-6; 31:18; 46:6; 14:14; 15:3; 17:23; 16:3; Mhu 2:7; Ebr 11:8Abramu akamchukua Sarai mkewe pamoja na Loti mwana wa ndugu yake, mali zote walizokuwa nazo pamoja na watu aliokuwa amewapata huko Harani, wakasafiri mpaka nchi ya Kanaani, wakafika huko.

612:6 Ebr 11:9; 1Fal 12:1; Mwa 10:18; 33:18; 17:12; 35:4; Yos 17:7; 20:7; 24:26; Amu 7:1; 9:6; 8:31; 21:19; Za 60:6; 108:7Abramu akasafiri katika nchi hiyo akafika huko Shekemu, mahali penye mti wa mwaloni ulioko More. Wakati huo Wakanaani walikuwa wanaishi katika nchi hiyo. 712:7 Mwa 8:20; 17:1, 8; 18:1; 26:2; 35:1; 13:4, 15-17; 15:18; 23:18; 24:7; 26:3-4; 28:13; 35:12; 48:4; 50:24; Kut 6:4-8; 6:3; 13:5, 11; 32:13; 33:1; Mdo 7:2, 5; Hes 10:29; 11:12; Kum 1:8; 2:31; 9:5; 11:9; 34:4; 30:5; Ebr 11:8; Rum 4:13; 2Fal 25:21; 1Nya 16:16; 2Nya 20:7; Za 109:9-11; Yer 25:5; Eze 47:14; Gal 3:16Bwana akamtokea Abramu, akamwambia, “Nitawapa uzao wako nchi hii.” Hivyo hapa akamjengea madhabahu Bwana aliyekuwa amemtokea.

812:8 Mwa 4:26; 8:20; 13:3; 28:11, 19; 26:25; 33:19; 35:1, 8, 15; Yos 7:2; 8:9; 12:9; Yer 49:3; 1Sam 7:16; 1Fal 12:29; Hos 12:4; Amo 3:14; 4:4; Ebr 11:9; Ezr 2:28; Neh 7:32Kutoka huko Abramu akasafiri kuelekea kwenye vilima mashariki ya Betheli, naye akapiga hema huko, Betheli ikiwa upande wa magharibi na Ai upande wa mashariki. Huko alimjengea Bwana madhabahu na akaliitia jina la Bwana. 912:9 Mwa 13:1-3; 20:1; 24:62; Hes 13:17; 33:40; Kum 34:3; Yos 10:40Kisha Abramu akasafiri kuelekea upande wa Negebu.

Abramu Katika Nchi Ya Misri

1012:10 Mwa 41:27; 42:5; 43:1; 47:4, 13; 41:30, 54-56; 47:20; Rut 1:1; 1Sam 21:1; 2Fal 8:1; Za 105:16Basi kulikuwako na njaa katika nchi, naye Abramu akashuka kwenda Misri kukaa huko kwa muda, kwa maana njaa ilikuwa kali. 1112:11 Mwa 11:29; 24:16; 26:7; 29:17; 39:6Alipokuwa karibu kuingia Misri, akamwambia Sarai mkewe, “Ninajua ya kwamba wewe ni mwanamke mzuri wa sura. 12Wakati Wamisri watakapokuona, watasema, ‘Huyu ni mke wake.’ Ndipo wataniua, lakini wewe watakuacha hai. 1312:13 Mwa 20:2; 26:7Sema wewe ni dada yangu, ili nitendewe mema kwa ajili yako, na maisha yangu yatahifadhiwa kwa sababu yako.”

14Abramu alipoingia Misri, Wamisri wakamwona Sarai kuwa ni mwanamke mzuri sana wa sura. 15Maafisa wa Farao walipomwona, wakamsifia kwa Farao; ndipo Sarai akapelekwa kwa nyumba ya mfalme. 1612:16 Mwa 24:35; 26:14; 30:43; 32:5; 34:23; 47:17; Ay 1:3; 31:25Kwa ajili ya Sarai, Farao akamtendea Abramu mema, naye Abramu akapata kondoo, ngʼombe, punda, ngamia na watumishi wa kiume na wa kike.

1712:17 2Fal 15:5; Isa 53:4; Ay 30:11; 1Nya 16:21; Za 105:14Lakini Bwana akamwadhibu Farao na nyumba yake kwa maradhi ya kufisha kwa sababu ya kumchukua Sarai, mke wa Abramu. 1812:18 Mwa 20:9; 26:10; 29:25; 31:26; 44:15; Isa 43:27; 51:2; Eze 16:3Ndipo Farao akamwita Abramu, akamuuliza, “Umenifanyia nini? Kwa nini hukuniambia ni mke wako? 1912:19 Mwa 20:5; 26:9Kwa nini ulisema, ‘Yeye ni dada yangu,’ hata nikamchukua kuwa mke wangu? Sasa basi, mke wako huyu hapa. Mchukue uende zako!” 20Kisha Farao akawapa watu wake amri kuhusu Abramu, wakamsindikiza pamoja na mke wake na kila alichokuwa nacho.

New International Reader’s Version

Genesis 12:1-20

God Chooses Abram

1The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s family. Go to the land I will show you.

2“I will make you into a great nation.

And I will bless you.

I will make your name great.

You will be a blessing to others.

3I will bless those who bless you.

I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you.

All nations on earth

will be blessed because of you.”

4So Abram went, just as the Lord had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Harran. 5He took his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. They took all the people and possessions they had acquired in Harran. They started out for the land of Canaan. And they arrived there.

6Abram traveled through the land. He went as far as the large tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were living in the land. 7The Lord appeared to Abram at Shechem. He said, “I will give this land to your family who comes after you.” So Abram built an altar there to honor the Lord, who had appeared to him.

8From there, Abram went on toward the hills east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord.

9Then Abram left and continued south toward the Negev Desert.

Abram Goes to Egypt

10At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while. 11As he was about to enter Egypt, he spoke to his wife Sarai. He said, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12The people of Egypt will see you and say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me. But they will let you live. 13Tell them you are my sister. Then I’ll be treated well and my life will be spared because of you.”

14Abram arrived in Egypt. The Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they told Pharaoh how beautiful she was. So she was taken into his palace. 16Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her. So Abram gained more sheep and cattle and male and female donkeys. He also gained more male and female servants and some camels.

17But the Lord sent terrible sicknesses on Pharaoh and everyone in his palace. The Lord did it because of Abram’s wife Sarai. 18So Pharaoh sent for Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19Why did you say she was your sister? That’s why I took her to be my wife. Now then, here’s your wife. Take her and go!” 20Then Pharaoh gave orders to his men about Abram. They sent him on his way. So he left with his wife and everything he had.