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Naniere Eebraham nya nfɛ damta nseŋ bel ga nɛ Enyɛnpe malɛ nɛfa mo ashi ekpa kama so nyam. Kachako nɛ Eebraham kaŋɛ mbe kayɛrbi nimuso nɛ e daa keni mbe kusɔ kikɛ nyam so na le: “Ta fo enɔ n wɔtɔ ma kebembi be kaseto m bɔ ntaŋ n nase kɔnɔ kpakpaso ashi Enyɛnpe nɛ e la esoso nɛ kasawule so kikɛ be Ebɔrɛ na be ketre to fanɛ fo maaŋ ta eche ashi Keenanebi nɛ n wɔ bumo to nfe ere n sa m pibinyɛn Aizek. Ama feeŋ yɔ ma efuli so, ma basa gbagba kutɔ n ya fin eche m ba sa m pibinyɛn Aizek.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na bishi mo nyɛnpe le: “To, nɛ k kaŋ ba fanɛ eche na maa sha ketu ma m ba efuli ere so nfe, kumo ere ŋ keta fo kebia na n yɔ fo efuli so ndoŋ n ya ta eche na n sa mo a?”
Nɛ Eebraham kaŋɛ kayɛrbi na le: “Ayai, sa maŋ kaŋ bɛta ma kebia na n yɔ ndoŋ kuraa. M baa nyi fanɛ Enyɛnpe nɛ e wɔ ebɔrɛso nsaa la esa nɛ e lara ma ashi n tuto pe nɛ ma efuli so nseŋ malga ŋ kutɔ n nase kɔnɔ n sa ma fanɛ e beeŋ ta efuli ere n sa ma kaman to ebi na beeŋ shuŋi mbe malaika nɛ e juŋkpar fo n shin nɛ fo nya eche m ba sa m pibi ere. Nɛ eche na kaŋ kini ketu fo m ba nfe, kumo ere ntaŋ nɛ fo bɔ n sa ma ere be kɔnɔsho maaŋ naa deŋ fo so. Ama sa maŋ kaŋ keta ma kebia na bre n naŋ bɛta n yɔ ndoŋ kuraa.” Eebraham ka malga le n loge na nɛ mbe kayɛrbi na ta enɔ n wɔtɔ mo nyɛnpe Eebraham be kebembi be kaseto m bɔ ntaŋ n sa mo a yɔ kesheŋ na be kaplɛa so.
Kede be kaman nɛ kayɛrbi na lara mo nyɛnpe be enyɔma kudu nseŋ ta ŋkɛ lela be yiri yiri ashi mo nyɛnpe kutɔ m pɛ ekpa a yɔ Nahɔɔ be kade nɛ k wɔ Mɛsopoteemia na. Kaaseso, saŋɛ nɛ beche bee yɔ eboŋ to na nɛ b fo ndoŋ. Ndoŋ nna nɛ e shin nɛ enyɔma na gbir ŋ gbir ketirbu ko ase ashi kade na be ekarso.
Kumo be kaman nɛ e kule Ebɔrɛ ŋ kaŋɛ: “O, Enyɛnpe, n nyɛnpe Eebraham be Ebɔrɛ, sa ma kumulela kabre n wora n nyɛnpe Eebraham kelela. N yil ketirbu ere akpa nfe nna a keni nɛ kade ere to be mbichebi e ba kaa jɔ nchu. Shin nɛ bumo be ekama nɛ ŋ kaŋ kaŋɛ fanɛ e sa ma nchu nɛ n nuu nɛ e shuli ŋ kaŋɛ fanɛ n sɔ n nuu nɛ e ya jɔ ako m ba sa ma enyɔma ere gba e baa la eche nɛ fo lara a sa fo kenya Aizek na. Nɛ loŋ wora, meeŋ pin fanɛ fo e wora n nyɛnpe Eebraham kelela kashenteŋto.”
Pɔɛŋ nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na e kule Ebɔrɛ n loge nɛ Rebɛka ta lɔŋkɔŋ m bɛ mbe kebatemu so m ba lar. Rebɛka daa la Bɛtuwɛl pibiche nna nɛ Bɛtuwɛl malɛ daa la Nahɔɔ nɛ Milka pibi. Nahɔɔ malɛ daa la Eebraham mo sipo nna. Rebɛka daa la kasuŋgurbia nɛ e maŋ nyi enyɛn nsaa walɛ kebita ga nna. Rebɛka ka ya jɔ mbe nchu ketirbu na to a yɔ nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na nya manaŋ n shile n ya kaŋɛ mo le: “Jande, sa ma fo nchu ere gbrɛbi nɛ n nuu.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ e suge lɔŋkɔŋ na nɛ nchu na manaŋ nseŋ kaŋɛ: “N nyɛnpe, sɔ n nuu.”
Kayɛrbi na ka nuu n loge nɛ Rebɛka kaŋɛ mo le: “Meeŋ jɔ ako n sa fo enyɔma ere gba nɛ bumo kikɛ e nuu m moɛ.” Kumo be kaman nɛ e chulgi mbe lɔŋkɔŋ na to be nchu epul to n wɔtɔ asɔbɔya be kusɔ nuunchu ko nɛ k daa wɔ ndoŋ na to nseŋ bɛta n shile n yɔ ketirbu na akpa n ya jɔ nchu m ba sa enyɔma na. Loŋ nɛ e wora nɛ enyɔma na kikɛ ba nuu m moɛ. Rebɛka ka bee wora le ere kikɛ nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na lo to boeŋ a dara mo a keni, ama Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na nu mbe kekule na nna ere a!
Enyɔma na kikɛ ka nuu n loge nɛ kanyɛn na lara kamuna so be shuwa be kepinibi nɛ shuwa be enɔ to be mpinibi anyɔ n sa Rebɛka. Eebraham be kayɛrbi na ka sa mo asɔ na n loge nɛ e bishi mo: “Jande, wanɛ pibiche e la fo? Meeŋ nya kakpa fo tuto pe n di ŋklade a?”
Nɛ Rebɛka kaŋɛ mo: “N tuto e la Bɛtuwɛl nɛ e la Nahɔɔ nɛ Milka pibi na.” Kumo be kaman nɛ e naŋ kaŋɛ le: “An kɔ asɔbɔya be ajibi damta nɛ befɔ be ebu anyi pe.”
Kanyɛn na ka nu loŋ na nɛ e gbir m bunyaŋ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na ŋ kaŋɛ: “Kapandi e baa la Enyɛnpetale n nyɛnpe Eebraham be Ebɔrɛ na peya, ŋkpal manɛ so e maŋ teŋ mbe kelela be kɔnɔ naseso nɛ e sa n nyɛnpe na so. Mo e juŋkpar ma le m ba luri n nyɛnpe mo kurgepoana gbagba pe.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Rebɛka shile n ya kaŋɛ mo nio be laŋ to ebi asheŋ na kikɛ nyam. Rebɛka daa kɔ esiponyɛn nɛ baa tre mo Leeban. Ndoŋ nna nɛ Leeban koso n shile a yɔ kanyɛn na kutɔ ashi ketirbu na ase. Ŋkpal Leeban ka wu kamuna so be kepinibi na nɛ enɔ to be mpinibi nɛ a daa wɔ mo sipoche be enɔ to na nseŋ naŋ nu asɔ nɛ e kaŋɛ fanɛ kanyɛn na kaŋɛ na so nɛ e nya manaŋ n lar n yɔ kanyɛn na kutɔ ashi ketirbu na ase n ya tu mo nɛ e yil mbe enyɔma ase. E ka ya tu kanyɛn na nɛ e kaŋɛ mo le: “Fo nɛ Ebɔrɛ nɛfa ere, manɛ nɛ fo yil nfe a wora? Baa ba epe. N lɔŋɛ ebu nɛ enyɔma ere gba be kakpa n yili.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Eebraham kayɛrbi na tu Leeban n yɔ epe nɛ b saŋɛ n saŋɛ enyɔma na be esulɔ nseŋ sa bumo ajibi. Kumo be kaman nɛ b sa kanyɛn na nchu nɛ e fɔr aya so. Kede be kaman nɛ b ta ajibi m ba yili mo. Nɛ kanyɛn na kaŋɛ: “M baŋ maŋ lara ma kubɔya pɔɛŋ, m maaŋ ji ajibi.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Leeban kaŋɛ mo: “Kumo ere lara fo kubɔya ai!”
Nɛ kanyɛn na kaŋɛ: “Eebraham be kayɛrbi e la ma. Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ malɛ nɛfa n nyɛnpe Eebraham ga nɛ e dii dama. E sa mo mbolpɔ nɛ ana nɛ shuwa nɛ gbiti nɛ anya nyɛnso nɛ becheso nɛ enyɔma nɛ ekurma. N nyɛnpe be eche Sɛɛra bel nna pɔɛŋ nseŋ kurge ebinyɛn n sa mo nɛ n nyɛnpe ta kusɔ kama nɛ e kɔ n sa mo pibi na. Nchɛnnyɔ ere to nɛ n nyɛnpe shin nɛ m bɔ ntaŋ n sa mo fanɛ m maaŋ ta eche ashi Keenanebi nɛ e wɔ bumo be kasawule so na n sa mo pibi na, ama meeŋ yɔ mo tuto be basa to, mbe kanaŋ gbagba to ebi to n ya ta eche m ba sa mo pibi na. Ndoŋ nna nɛ m bishi n nyɛnpe Eebraham le: ‘Nɛ ŋ kaŋ yɔ nɛ eche na kini ketu ma m ba ai?’ Nɛ e kaŋɛ ma fanɛ Enyɛnpe nɛ e bee bɛ mo so na beeŋ shin nɛ mbe malaika e juŋkpar ma n yɔ n ya shin nɛ n nya kumulela n nya eche ashi mbe kanaŋ to nɛ mo tuto pe m ba sa mo pibi na. E yɛ m baŋ yɔ mbe kanaŋ to, nɛ b ya kini keta eche na n sa ma kumo ere ntaŋ na be kɔnɔsho na maaŋ naa bɛ ma so.
Ma alɛ ka ba menyi be ketirbu na ase kabre, le nɛ ŋ kule: ‘O Enyɛnpe, n nyɛnpe Eebraham be Ebɔrɛ, nɛ k par fo, fo shin nɛ n nya kumulela ashi ma enite ere to. Shin nɛ kebichebi kama nɛ e ba nɛ e ba jɔ nchu nɛ ŋ kaŋɛ mo fanɛ e sa ma nchu nɛ n nuu nɛ e shuli n sa nchu nɛ n nuu nseŋ kaŋɛ fanɛ, nuu, nɛ n jɔ ako m ba sa fo enyɔma ere gba, e baa la eche nɛ fo, Enyɛnpe na lara a sa n nyɛnpe pibi na.’
Ŋ kraa kule Ebɔrɛ ma kagbene to nna nɛ Rebɛka sulɔ lɔŋkɔŋ mbe kebatemu so n ya jɔ nchu ketirbu na to. Ndoŋ nna nɛ ŋ kaŋɛ mo le: ‘Jande, sa ma nchu nɛ n nuu.’
Ŋ ka kaŋɛ mo loŋ na nɛ e suge mbe lɔŋkɔŋ na manaŋ ashi mbe kebatemu so nseŋ kaŋɛ: ‘Nuu nɛ n jɔ ako n sa fo enyɔma gba.’
Kumo be kaman nɛ m bishi mo fanɛ wanɛ pibiche e la mo.
Nɛ e yɛ, mo tuto e la Bɛtuwɛl nɛ e la Nahɔɔ nɛ Milka pibinyɛn na. E ka kaŋɛ ma loŋ na nɛ n ta kamuna so be kepinibi n wɔtɔ mbe kamuna to nseŋ ta enɔ to be mpinibi na malɛ n wɔtɔ mbe enɔ to. Kumo be kaman nɛ ŋ gbir m bunyaŋ nseŋ di n nyɛnpe Eebraham be Ebɔrɛ na epaŋ, ŋkpal e ka juŋkpar ma nɛ m ba nya n nyɛnpe Eebraham mo sipo Nahɔɔ mo nanabi nɛ n ya sa mo pibinyɛn na so. Amoso naniere, men jande, men kaŋɛ ma, Menyeeŋ wora n nyɛnpe na kelela ŋko men maaŋ wora loŋ? Nɛ menyeeŋ wora loŋ, men kaŋɛ ma, nɛ men maaŋ wora loŋ malɛ, men kaŋɛ ma, saŋɛ na so meeŋ pin kakpa nɛ meeŋ naŋ sɔ to.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Leeban nɛ Bɛtuwɛl kaŋɛ: “Asheŋ na kikɛ shi Ebɔrɛ kutɔ nna, amoso anyi ere maŋ naa kɔ shɛŋ nɛ an kaŋɛ. An shuli. Rebɛka nde. Keta mo a yɔ n ya shin nɛ e ki fo nyɛnpe pibi na be eche fanɛ kananɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ baŋ yili kumo na.”
Eebraham be kayɛrbi na ka nu kesheŋ nɛ b kaŋɛ na nɛ e gbir kasawule n chɔrɔ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na. Kumo be kaman nɛ e lara shuwa nɛ gbiti be abitasɔ nɛ asɔbuusoana ko n sa Rebɛka nseŋ naŋ sa Rebɛka mo da Leeban nɛ mo nio gba yawu kpakpaso be ŋkɛ. E ka wora ade kikɛ n loge na nɛ mo nɛ basa nɛ b daa wɔ mo kutɔ na kikɛ ji ajibi nseŋ di ndoŋ ŋklade.
Kare ka chɛ chipurso nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na kaŋɛ bumo le: “To, mee kule ekpa nɛ n yɔ n nyɛnpe kutɔ.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Rebɛka mo nio nɛ mo da Leeban kaŋɛ: “Fo ere beeŋ tiŋ a yɔ, ama shin nɛ kebichebi na bre e ji anyi kutɔ nchɛ kudu pɔɛŋ.”
Nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na kaŋɛ bumo le: “Men sa maŋ shin nɛ n chɛr nfe, ŋkpal manɛ so, Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na teŋ sa ma kumulela ashi ma enite ere to. Men sa ma ekpa nɛ n yɔ n nyɛnpe kutɔ.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ b kaŋɛ mo fanɛ e shin nɛ b tre kebichebi na gbagba m ba bishi mo ŋ keni. Nɛ b tre Rebɛka m bishi mo: “Rebɛka, feeŋ tu kanyɛn ere a yɔ a?”
Nɛ e kaŋɛ: “Mm, meeŋ yɔ.”
Rebɛka ka shuli na nɛ b sa mo nɛ Eebraham be kayɛrbi na nɛ mbe basa ekpa fanɛ b baa yɔ nseŋ shin nɛ kebita nɛ e daa keni Rebɛka so kebia to na tu mo n yɔ. Le be mmalga nɛ b daŋ ta ŋ kela mo. B yɛ:
“Esipoche,
Ebɔrɛ e nɛfa fo
n shin nɛ fo mbia
e wora keshi n fo ŋgboŋto ŋgboŋto
nɛ fo kanaŋ to ebi kikɛ
e pɔɔ bumo doŋana so
n sɔ bumo be mboŋ a wɔtɔ.”
Mmalga ere be kaman nɛ Rebɛka nɛ mbe mbita bela ase n dii n dii bumo be enyɔma n tu kanyɛn na nɛ e keta Rebɛka n yɔ.
Aizek malɛ daŋ shi Beer Lahai Rɔi n ya kaa wɔ keshishɛrsawule nɛ baa tre Negɛf na. Kachako kaaseso nɛ Aizek lar n ya kaa fɛ nfɛra nseŋ maŋ kumu so ŋ keni n wu enyɔma ka ya kaa ba. Rebɛka malɛ ka wu Aizek nɛ e gbelge ashi mbe nyɔma so nseŋ bishi Eebraham be kayɛrbi na le:
“Kanyɛn mo e ya kaa wɔ ndoŋ ere a ba anyi kutɔ ere?” Nɛ kayɛrbi na kaŋɛ: “N nyɛnpe nna.” Ndoŋ nna nɛ Rebɛka ta mbe shata m buu mbe kumu so.
B ka fo Aizek kutɔ nɛ kayɛrbi na kaŋɛ mo asheŋ nɛ e ya wora na kikɛ nyam. Kubɔya na be kaman nɛ Aizek keta Rebɛka m ba wajɛbu nɛ mo nio Sɛɛra daa wɔtɔ na to m ba ta mo ŋ ki mbe eche. Rebɛka ka ba ki Aizek be eche na Aizek daa sha mo ga nɛ kumo be loŋ shin nɛ mo nio be luwu be ebesa nɛ k daa kɔ mo na lar nɛ kagbene wushi mo.

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