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Ikawa Isaka alipokuwa mzee, na macho yake yamepofuka asione, akamwita Esau, mwanawe mkubwa, akamwambia, Mwanangu. Naye akamwitikia, Mimi hapa.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
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Akasema, Tazama, sasa mimi nimekuwa mzee, wala sijui siku ya kufa kwangu.
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
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Basi, nakuomba, chukua mata yako, podo lako na upinde wako, ukaende nyikani uniwindie mawindo;
Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
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ukanifanyie chakula kitamu namna ile niipendayo, ukaniletee, ili nile; na roho yangu ikubariki, kabla sijafa.
Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
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Na Rebeka akasikia, Isaka aliposema na Esau mwanawe. Basi Esau akaenda nyikani awinde mawindo, ayalete.
Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
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Rebeka akamwambia Yakobo mwanawe, akisema, Angalia, nimemsikia baba yako akisema na Esau, ndugu yako, akinena,
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
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Niletee mawindo, ukanifanyie chakula kitamu ili nile, na kukubariki mbele za Bwana kabla ya kufa kwangu.
‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
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Basi, mwanangu, sikiliza sauti yangu kama nitakavyokuagiza.
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
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Enenda sasa kundini ukanitwalie wana-mbuzi wawili walio wema, nami nitawafanya chakula kitamu kwa baba yako, namna ile aipendayo.
Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
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Kisha utampelekea baba yako, apate kula, ili akubariki kabla ya kufa kwake.
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
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Yakobo akamwambia Rebeka mamaye, Esau ndugu yangu ni mtu mwenye malaika, na mimi ni mtu laini.
Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
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Labda baba yangu atanipapasa, nami nitakuwa machoni pake kama mdanganyifu; nami nitaleta juu yangu laana wala si mbaraka.
What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
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Mamaye akamwambia, Laana yako na iwe juu yangu, mwanangu, usikie sauti yangu tu, enenda ukaniletee wana-mbuzi.
His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
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Akaenda, akawatwaa, akamletea mamaye. Mamaye akafanya chakula kitamu namna ile aliyopenda babaye.
So Jacob went and got two goats and brought them to his mother, who made the tasty food his father loved.
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Kisha Rebeka akatwaa mavazi mazuri ya Esau mwanawe mkubwa, aliyokuwa nayo nyumbani, akamvika Yakobo mwanawe mdogo.
And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
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Na ngozi za wana-mbuzi akamvika mikononi, na katika ulaini wa shingo yake.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
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Naye akampa Yakobo mwanawe mikononi mwake hicho chakula kitamu, na mkate alioufanya.
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
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Akaja kwa baba yake, akasema, Babangu. Akasema, Mimi hapa, U nani wewe, mwanangu?
So Jacob went to his father and said, “My father.” “Here I am!” he answered. “Which one are you, my son?”
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Yakobo akamwambia babaye, Mimi ni Esau, mzaliwa wako wa kwanza, nimefanya kama ulivyoniambia. Ondoka, tafadhali, ukae kitako, ule mawindo yangu, ili roho yako inibariki.
Jacob 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 bless me.”
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Isaka akamwuliza mwanawe, Imekuwaje umepata upesi namna hii, mwanangu? Akasema, Kwa sababu Bwana, Mungu wako, amenifanikisha.
But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.
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Isaka akamwambia Yakobo, Karibu, tafadhali, ili nikupapase, mwanangu, nione kwamba wewe ndiwe mwanangu Esau, ama siyo.
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
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Basi Yakobo akamkaribia Isaka, babaye, naye akampapasa, akasema, Sauti ni sauti ya Yakobo, lakini mikono ni mikono ya Esau.
So Jacob came 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.”
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Wala hakumtambua, kwa maana mikono yake ilikuwa kama mikono ya Esau, ndugu yake, yenye malaika; basi akambariki.
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
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Akamwuliza, Wewe ndiwe kweli mwanangu Esau? Akasema, Ndimi.
Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he replied, “I am.”
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Akasema, Niletee karibu nami nipate kula mawindo ya mwanangu, ili roho yangu ikubariki. Akamsogezea karibu, naye akala; kisha akamletea mvinyo, akanywa.
“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
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Isaka, baba yake, akamwambia, Njoo karibu sasa, ukanibusu, mwanangu.
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
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Akakaribia akambusu. Naye akasikia harufu ya mavazi yake, akambariki akasema, Tazama, harufu ya mwanangu Ni kama harufu ya shamba alilolibariki Bwana.
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
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Mungu na akupe ya umande wa mbingu, Na ya manono ya nchi, Na wingi wa nafaka na mvinyo.
May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
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Mataifa na wakutumikie Na makabila wakusujudie, Uwe bwana wa ndugu zako, Na wana wa mama yako na wakusujudie. Atakayekulaani alaaniwe, Na atakayekubariki abarikiwe.
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of 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.”
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Ikawa Isaka alipokwisha kumbariki Yakobo, na alipokuwa Yakobo ndiyo kwanza ametoka mbele ya Isaka, baba yake, mara Esau ndugu yake akaja kutoka katika kuwinda kwake.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
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Naye pia amefanya chakula kitamu akamletea babaye, akamwambia baba yake. Babangu na aondoke, ale mawindo ya mwanawe, ili roho yako inibariki.
He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
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Isaka, baba yake, akamwuliza, U nani wewe? Akasema, Mimi ni mwanao, Esau, mzaliwa wako wa kwanza.
But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?” “I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.
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Isaka akatetemeka tetemeko kuu sana, akasema, Ni nani basi yule aliyetwaa mawindo akaniletea? Nami nimekwisha kula kabla hujaja wewe, nikambariki; naam, naye atabarikiwa.
Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
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Esau aliposikia maneno ya babaye, akalia kilio kikubwa cha uchungu sana, akamwambia babaye, Nibariki na mimi, mimi nami, Ee babangu.
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”
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Akasema, Nduguyo amekuja kwa hila, akauchukua mbaraka wako.
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
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Akasema, Je! Hakuitwa Yakobo kwa haki, maana amejitia mahali pangu mara mbili hizi? Alichukua haki yangu ya mzaliwa wa kwanza, na sasa amechukua mbaraka wangu. Akasema, Je! Hukuniwekea na mimi mbaraka?
So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
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Isaka akajibu, akamwambia Esau, Tazama, nimemfanya awe bwana wako, na ndugu zake wote nimempa kuwa watumishi wake; kwa nafaka na mvinyo nimemtegemeza, nami nikufanyie nini sasa, mwanangu?
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
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Esau akamwambia babaye, Una mbaraka mmoja tu, babangu? Unibariki mimi, mimi nami, Ee babangu. Esau akapaza sauti yake, akalia.
Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.
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Isaka, baba yake, akajibu, akamwambia,Angalia,penye manono ya nchi patakuwa makao yako,Na penye umande wa mbingu unaotoka juu.
His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
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Kwa upanga wako wewe utaishi, nawe utamtumikia nduguyo; Na itakuwa utakapoponyoka, Utalivunja kongwa lake katika shingo yako.
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
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Esau akamchukia Yakobo kwa ajili ya ule mbaraka babaye aliombarikia. Esau akasema moyoni mwake, Siku za kumlilia baba yangu zinakaribia, ndipo nitakapomwua ndugu yangu Yakobo.
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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Rebeka akaarifiwa maneno ya Esau, mwanawe mkubwa. Akapeleka mtu kumwita Yakobo, mwanawe mdogo, akamwambia, Tazama, katika habari zako Esau, ndugu yako, anajifariji moyo wake, maana anakusudia kukuua.
When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
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Na sasa, mwanangu, sikia sauti yangu, uondoke, ukimbilie kwa Labani, ndugu yangu huko Harani;
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
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ukae kwake siku chache, hata ghadhabu ya ndugu yako igeuke;
Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
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hata ikuondokee ghadhabu ya ndugu yako, akasahau uliyomtenda. Ndipo nitakapopeleka watu kukuchukua kutoka huko. Kwa nini nifiwe nanyi nyote wawili siku moja?
until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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Rebeka akamwambia Isaka, Rohoni mwangu sina raha kwa sababu ya hao binti za Hethi. Kama Yakobo akitwaa mke katika binti za Hethi, kama hawa binti za nchi, maisha yangu yatanifaidia nini? </p>
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”