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16 Jehanɛ ɔ, Abram yo Sarai fɔ we ha lɛ, se e ngɛ mawayo ko nɛ e ji Egipt no, nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ ke Hagar. 2 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Sarai de Abram ke: “Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i kpa mo pɛɛ, Yehowa tsi ye fɔmi nya. I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o kɛ ye mawayo ɔ nɛ ná bɔmi. Eko ɔ, e ma fɔ bimɛ ha mi.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Abram bu nɔ́ nɛ Sarai de ɔ tue. 3 Benɛ Abram hi Kanaan zugba a nɔ jeha nyɔngma se ɔ, Abram yo Sarai ngɔ e mawayo Hagar, Egipt no ɔ kɛ ha e huno Abram kaa e yo. 4 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Abram kɛ Hagar ná bɔmi nɛ e ngɔ hɔ. Benɛ e yɔse kaa hɔ ngɛ e he ɔ, e bui e nyɔmtsɛ yo ɔ hu.
5 Kɛkɛ nɛ Sarai de Abram ke: “Mo lɛ o ha nɛ i ngɛ nɔ́ nae ɔ nɛ. Imi lɛ i ngɔ ye mawayo ɔ kɛ ha mo,* se benɛ e yɔse kaa hɔ ngɛ e he ɔ, e bui mi hu. Yehowa nɛ e kojo i kɛ mo wa kpɛti.” 6 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Abram de Sarai ke: “Hyɛ! O ngɛ o mawayo ɔ nɔ he wami. Nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ o susu kaa e hi ɔ, moo pee lɛ.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Sarai pue Hagar hɛ mi si, nɛ Hagar tu fo kɛ je.
7 Pee se ɔ, Yehowa bɔfo ko na lɛ ngɛ nyu hɛngmɛ ko he ngɛ nga a nɔ; nyu hɛngmɛ nɛ ɔ ngɛ Shur blɔ ɔ nɔ. 8 Nɛ e bi ke: “Hagar, Sarai mawayo, jije o je, nɛ jije o yaa?” Kɛkɛ nɛ e ha heto ke: “I ngɛ fo tue kɛ ngɛ ye nyɔmtsɛ yo Sarai he jee.” 9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa bɔfo ɔ de lɛ ke: “Kpale o se kɛ ya o nyɔmtsɛ yo ɔ ngɔ, nɛ́ o ya ba o he si kɛ ha lɛ.” 10 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa bɔfo ɔ de ke: “Ma ha nɛ o nina* maa hiɛ babauu nɛ nɔ ko be nyɛe maa kane mɛ.” 11 Yehowa bɔfo ɔ de hu ke: “Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, hɔ ngɛ o he, nɛ o ma fɔ binyumu, nɛ o maa wo lɛ biɛ ke Ishmael,* ejakaa Yehowa nu o nɔ́ nami ɔ he. 12 E maa pee nɔ ko nɛ e hɛ mi jɔɛ kaa nga mi teji.* E kɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be yee, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko hu kɛ lɛ be yee, nɛ e ma tsɔ e he ngɛ e nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a he.”*
13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Hagar tsɛ Yehowa, nɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ ngɛ munyu tue ɔ biɛ nɛ e de ke: “O ji Mawu nɛ e naa ní,” nɛ Hagar bi ke: “Anɛ i na nɔ nɛ e naa mi ɔ niinɛ lo?” 14 Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ a tsɛ vu ɔ ke Beer-lahairoi* ɔ nɛ. (E ngɛ Kadesh kɛ Bered a kpɛti.) 15 Hagar fɔ binyumu ha Abram, nɛ Abram wo e binyumu ɔ nɛ Hagar fɔ ɔ biɛ ke Ishmael. 16 Benɛ Hagar fɔ Ishmael ha Abram ɔ, Abram ye jeha 86.