Genesis 27 – NIVUK & GKY

New International Version – UK

Genesis 27:1-46

1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’

‘Here I am,’ he answered.

2Isaac said, ‘I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death. 3Now then, get your equipment – your quiver and bow – and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.’

5Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back, 6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, 7“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.” 8Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you: 9go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it. 10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’

11Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, ‘But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin. 12What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.’

13His mother said to him, ‘My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.’

14So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it. 15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her elder son Esau, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins. 17Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

18He went to his father and said, ‘My father.’

‘Yes, my son,’ he answered. ‘Who is it?’

19Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’

20Isaac asked his son, ‘How did you find it so quickly, my son?’

‘The Lord your God gave me success,’ he replied.

21Then Isaac said to Jacob, ‘Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.’

22Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’ 23He did not recognise him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him. 24‘Are you really my son Esau?’ he asked.

‘I am,’ he replied.

25Then he said, ‘My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.’

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. 26Then his father Isaac said to him, ‘Come here, my son, and kiss me.’

27So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said,

‘Ah, the smell of my son

is like the smell of a field

that the Lord has blessed.

28May God give you heaven’s dew

and earth’s richness –

an abundance of grain and new wine.

29May nations serve you

and peoples bow down to you.

Be lord over your brothers,

and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.

May those who curse you be cursed

and those who bless you be blessed.’

30After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’

32His father Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you?’

‘I am your son,’ he answered, ‘your firstborn, Esau.’

33Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’

34When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’

35But he said, ‘Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.’

36Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: he took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?’

37Isaac answered Esau, ‘I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?’

38Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!’ Then Esau wept aloud.

39His father Isaac answered him,

‘Your dwelling will be

away from the earth’s richness,

away from the dew of heaven above.

40You will live by the sword

and you will serve your brother.

But when you grow restless,

you will throw his yoke

from off your neck.’

41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, ‘The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’

42When Rebekah was told what her elder son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, ‘Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you. 43Now then, my son, do what I say: flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran. 44Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides. 45When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?’

46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.’

Holy Bible in Gĩkũyũ

Kĩambĩrĩria 27:1-46

Jakubu Kwĩgĩĩra na Irathimo cia Isaaka

1Rĩrĩa Isaaka aakũrire na maitho make makĩaga hinya ũndũ atangĩahotire kuona-rĩ, agĩtũmanĩra Esaũ mũriũ wake ũrĩa mũkũrũ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa.”

Nake Esaũ akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ũyũ haha.”

2Isaaka akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Rĩu niĩ ndĩ mũkũrũ na ndiũĩ mũthenya ũrĩa ingĩkua. 327:3 Kĩam 25:27Rĩu-rĩ, oya indo ciaku cia ũguĩmi; ũta na mĩguĩ yaku, na uumagare ũthiĩ werũ-inĩ ũkanguĩmĩre nyamũ cia gĩthaka. 4Thondekera irio njega iria nyendete na ũndehere ndĩe, nĩgeetha ngũrathime na kĩrathimo gĩakwa itanakua.”

5Na rĩrĩ, Rebeka agĩkorwo nĩathikĩrĩirie Isaaka akĩhe mũriũ Esaũ ũhoro ũcio. Na rĩrĩa Esaũ aathiire werũ-inĩ kũguĩma nyamũ nĩguo amĩinũkie-rĩ, 6Rebeka akĩĩra mũriũ Jakubu atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ndaigua thoguo akĩĩra Esaũ mũrũ wa nyũkwa atĩrĩ, 7‘Ndehere nyamũ ya kũguĩma na ũthondekere irio njega ndĩe, nĩgeetha ngũrathime na kĩrathimo gĩakwa ndĩ mbere ya Jehova itanakua.’ 827:8 Kĩam 27:13, 43Rĩu, wee mũrũ wakwa-rĩ, thikĩrĩria wega na wĩke ũrĩa ngũkwĩra: 9Thiĩ rũũru-inĩ rwa mbũri ũndehere tũũri twĩrĩ twa mbũri tũrĩa twega biũ, nĩguo thondekere thoguo irio njega, o ta ũrĩa endaga ithondekwo. 10Ũcooke ũcioe ũcitwarĩre thoguo arĩe nĩgeetha akũrathime na kĩrathimo gĩake atanakua.”

1127:11 Kĩam 25:25No Jakubu akĩĩra nyina Rebeka atĩrĩ, “Esaũ mũrũ wa maitũ nĩ wa mwĩrĩ ũrĩ guoya, na mwĩrĩ wakwa ndũrĩ guoya. 1227:12 Kĩam 27:22Ĩĩ baba angĩĩhaambata? Ingĩonekana ngĩmũheenia na niĩ ndĩĩreherere kĩrumi handũ ha kĩrathimo.”

13Nyina akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa, reke kĩrumi kĩu kĩnjookerere, wee ĩka o ũrĩa ndĩrakwĩra; thiĩ ũndehere tũũri tũu.”

14Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu agĩthiĩ, akĩgĩĩra tũũri, na agĩtũrehere nyina, nake agĩthondeka irio njega o ta iria ithe eendete. 1527:15 Kĩam 27:27Ningĩ Rebeka akĩoya nguo iria ciarĩ njega cia Esaũ mũriũ wake ũrĩa mũkũrũ iria aarĩ nacio nyũmba agĩcihumba Jakubu mũriũ wake ũrĩa mũnini. 16Agĩcooka akĩhumbĩra moko make na ngingo kũrĩa gũtaarĩ guoya na njũũa cia tũũri tũu. 17Agĩcooka akĩnengera Jakubu mũriũ wake irio icio ciarĩ njega na mũgate ũrĩa aathondekete.

18Nake Jakubu agĩthiĩ kũrĩ ithe, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Baba.”

Nake Isaaka agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ũyũ, mũrũ wakwa; wee nĩwe ũ?”

1927:19 Kĩam 27:4Jakubu akĩĩra ithe atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Esaũ mũriũ waku wa irigithathi. Njĩkĩte o ta ũrĩa ũnjĩĩrire. Ndagũthaitha wĩtiire ũrĩe nyama imwe cia ũguĩmi wakwa nĩgeetha ũndathime na kĩrathimo gĩaku.”

20Nake Isaaka akĩũria mũriũ atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa, kaĩ waciona narua atĩa?”

Nake akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ tondũ Jehova Ngai waku nĩaheire ũhootani.”

2127:21 Kĩam 27:12Ningĩ Isaaka akĩĩra Jakubu atĩrĩ, “Ta ũka hakuhĩ mũrũ wakwa, nĩguo ngũhambate menye kana ti-itherũ nĩwe Esaũ mũrũ wakwa kana tiguo.”

22Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jakubu agĩkuhĩrĩria ithe Isaaka, nake akĩmũhambata, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mũgambo nĩ wa Jakubu, no moko nĩ ma Esaũ.” 2327:23 Kĩam 27:16Na ndaigana kũmũkũũrana tondũ moko make maarĩ na guoya ta ma mũrũ wa nyina Esaũ; nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmũrathima. 24O rĩngĩ akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ nĩwe mũrũ wakwa Esaũ?”

Nake agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ĩĩ nĩ niĩ.”

2527:25 Kĩam 27:4Agĩcooka akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa ndehere nyama imwe cia ũguĩmi waku ndĩe nĩgeetha ngũrathime na kĩrathimo gĩakwa.”

Jakubu akĩmũrehera nake akĩrĩa, na akĩmũrehera ndibei na akĩnyua. 26Ningĩ ithe Isaaka akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wakwa, ũka haha ũũmumunye”.

2727:27 Thaam 4:27; Ahib 11:20Nake agĩthiĩ harĩ we na akĩmũmumunya. Rĩrĩa Isaaka aiguire kĩheera kĩa nguo ciake, akĩmũrathima, akiuga atĩrĩ,

“Hĩ, kĩheera kĩa mũrũ wakwa nĩ ta kĩheera gĩa gĩthaka

kĩrĩa kĩrathimĩtwo nĩ Jehova.

2827:28 Gũcook 33:28; Gũcook 33:11; 2Sam 1:21Ngai arokũhe ime rĩa igũrũ o na ũnoru wa thĩ,

na ũingĩ wa ngano na wa ndibei ya mũhihano.

2927:29 Kĩam 9:25; Kĩam 25:23; Kĩam 12:3Ndũrĩrĩ irogũtungatagĩra nayo mĩhĩrĩga ya andũ ĩkũinamagĩrĩre.

Tuĩka mwathi wa ariũ a thoguo,

nao ariũ a nyũkwa marokũinamagĩrĩra.

Arĩa mangĩkũruma na kĩrumi marocookererwo nĩkĩo,

nao arĩa magaakũrathima marorathimagwo.”

3027:30 Kĩam 31:54; Thaam 18:12; 24:11Na rĩrĩ, Isaaka aarĩkia kũmũrathima na Jakubu aarĩkia kuuma harĩ ithe o ro ũguo-rĩ, mũrũ wa nyina Esaũ agĩũka kuuma kũguĩma. 3127:31 Kĩam 21:23, 27O nake agĩthondeka irio njega na agĩcirehere ithe. Agĩcooka akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Baba, wĩtiire ũrĩe nyama imwe cia ũguĩmi wakwa nĩgeetha ũndathime na kĩrathimo gĩaku.”

3227:32 Kĩam 27:18; Kĩam 21:30Nake ithe Isaaka akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “We nĩwe ũ?”

Nake akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Esaũ, mũrũ waku wa irigithathi.”

3327:33 Kĩam 21:14Isaaka agĩkĩinaina mũno akĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nũũ ũcio ũngĩ ũkũguĩmĩte, na andehera nyama? Ndacirĩa o ro rĩu ũtanooka, na ndamũrathima, na ti-itherũ nĩ mũrathime.”

3427:34 Ahib 12:17; Thaam 12:32Rĩrĩa Esaũ aiguire ciugo cia ithe, agĩtumũka na kĩrĩro kĩnene na kĩa ruo, akĩĩra ithe atĩrĩ, “Ndaathima! O na niĩ baba ndaathima!”

3527:35 Jer 9:4No ithe akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrũ wa nyũkwa okire na wara, aheenia, na oya kĩrathimo gĩaku.”

3627:36 Kĩam 25:26; Ahib 12:16-17Esaũ akiuga atĩrĩ, “Githĩ nĩ ma nĩkĩo etagwo Jakubu? Arĩ kũũheenia maita maya meerĩ;27:36 Rĩĩtwa Jakubu rĩgĩtaũrwo nĩ ta kuuga “mũheenania.” nĩoire ũrigithathi wakwa, na rĩu nĩoya kĩrathimo gĩakwa!” Agĩcooka akĩũria ithe atĩrĩ, “Ndũnandigĩria kĩrathimo o na kĩmwe?”

3727:37 Kĩam 27:28; Gũcook 16:13Isaaka agĩcookeria Esaũ atĩrĩ, “Ndĩmũtuire mwathi waku na andũ ao othe ndaamatua ndungata ciake, na ndamũhe ngano na ndibei ya mũhihano imũtũũragie. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩ atĩa ingĩhota gũgwĩkĩra, mũrũ wakwa?”

3827:38 Ruth 1:9; Ahib 12:17Esaũ akĩũria ithe atĩrĩ, “Baba, ndũrĩ na kĩrathimo o na kĩmwe ũndigĩirie? Ndaathima o na niĩ, baba!” Na hĩndĩ ĩyo Esaũ akĩrĩra anĩrĩire.

3927:39 Ahib 11:20; Kĩam 27:28Nake ithe Isaaka akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ,

“Wee ũgaatũũraga kũraihu na ũnoru wa thĩ,

kũraihu na ime rĩrĩa riumaga igũrũ.27:39 Bũrũri wa Edomu ũrĩa watũũragwo nĩ njiaro cia Esaũ warĩ wa mahiga, na ndwarĩ mũnoru ta bũrũri wa Kaanani.

4027:40 2Sam 8:14; 2Ath 8:20-22Ũgaatũũragio nĩ rũhiũ rwa njora

na nĩũgatungataga mũrũ wa nyũkwa.

No rĩrĩ, rĩrĩa ũkaaremwo nĩgũkirĩrĩria-rĩ,

nĩũkeruta icooki rĩake ngingo, ũrĩte.”

Jakubu Kũũrĩra kwa Labani

4127:41 1Sam 17:28; Hos 10:14Esaũ agĩthũũra Jakubu nĩ ũndũ wa kĩrathimo kĩu aaheirwo nĩ ithe. Nake akiuga na ngoro atĩrĩ, “Matukũ ma gũcakaĩra baba makiriĩ gũkinya; maathira nĩguo ngooraga mũrũ wa maitũ Jakubu.”

42Rĩrĩa Rebeka eerirwo ũrĩa Esaũ mũriũ ũcio wake mũkũrũ oigĩte, agĩtũmanĩra Jakubu mũriũ wake ũrĩa mũnini, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Esaũ mũrũ wa nyũkwa arehooreria marakara na gwĩciiria ũrĩa egũkũũraga. 4327:43 Kĩam 24:29; Kĩam 11:31Rĩu mũrũ wakwa-rĩ, ĩka o ũrĩa ngũkwĩra. Thiĩ o ro rĩu ũũrĩre Harani, kwa mũrũ wa maitũ Labani. 44Nawe ũikare nake kwa ihinda nginya mangʼũrĩ ma mũrũ wa nyũkwa mahũahũe. 4527:45 Kĩam 26:3Rĩrĩa mũrũ wa nyũkwa agaatiga gũkũrakarĩra, na ariganĩrwo nĩ ũrĩa wamwĩkire-rĩ, nĩngagũtũmanĩra ũcooke mũciĩ. Ingĩkĩũrwo nĩ inyuĩ mũrĩ eerĩ mũthenya o ro ũmwe nĩkĩ?”

4627:46 Kĩam 26:35; Ayub 7:7Ningĩ Rebeka akĩĩra Isaaka atĩrĩ, “Nĩnogetio nĩ mũtũũrĩre nĩ ũndũ wa andũ-a-nja aya a Ahiti. Jakubu angĩhikania kuuma kũrĩ andũ-a-nja aya a Ahiti a bũrũri ũyũ-rĩ, ta andũ-a-nja aya Esaũ ahikĩtie-rĩ, hatirĩ bata wa gũtũũra muoyo.”