Karikani Bwaai

23 Ao e maiu Tara i nanon 127 te ririki, bon aio abwakini maiun Tara.+ 2 Mangaia are e mate Tara i Kiriataareba+ ae taekan Eberon,+ n te aba ae Kanaan,+ ao e rangi n nanokawaki Aberaam ibukin Tara ao e tanginiweneia. 3 Ao e teirake ao e kitana buuna, ao e taku nakoia tibun Eta:+ 4 “Bon te aomata ae maeka n iruwa ngai ao te ianena ae maeka i buakomi.+ Kaboonakoa nakoiu abami ae e na riki bwa nneni kawenean au mate bwa I aonga ni kaiia iai buu.” 5 Ao a kaekaa Aberaam tibun Eta ni kangai: 6 “Ongora iroura au toka. Bon te mataniwi* ngkoe ae ko rineaki iroun te Atua, ao ko mena i buakora.+ Ko kona ni kaiia buum ni nneni kawenean ara mate ae te kabanea n tamaroa. Akea mai buakora ae e na taua ana nne ni mate mairoum ao n tukiko mani kaiiakini buum.”

7 Mangaia are e teirake Aberaam ao e bobaraaki i mataia kaain te aba, ake tibun Eta,+ 8 ao e taku nakoia: “Ngkana kam* kariaia bwa N na kaiia buu, ao ongora irou ao butiia Ebiron are natin Toara 9 bwa e na kaboonakoa nakoiu te nangananga are i Makebera are ana tabo, are i tabon ana tawaana. Ke e kaboonakoa nakoiu i matami ni mwaitin raoi boona n te tirewa,+ bwa e aonga n reke te tabo ae e na riki bwa nneni kawenean au mate.”+

10 Ao e tekateka Ebiron i buakoia tibun Eta. Mangaia are e kaekaa Aberaam ni kangai Ebiron are tibun Eta, i mataia aomata nako ake a rin ni mataroan oon te kaawa+ ao a ongo naba tibun Eta: 11 “Tiaki ngaia anne au toka! Ongora irou. I a anganiko te tawaana ao te nangananga naba are iai. I anganiko i mataia natiia au aomata. Kaiia iai buum.” 12 Ao e bobaraaki Aberaam i mataia kaain te aba 13 ao a ongo aomata ngke e taetae nakon Ebiron ni kangai: “Tiaki ngaia anne ma ongora irou! N na anganiko te tirewa ae mwaitin raoi boon te tawaana. Anaia mairou bwa I aonga ni kaiia buu ikekei.”

14 Ao e kaeka ni kangai Ebiron nakon Aberaam: 15 “Ongora irou au toka. Boon te aba aei bon 400 te tiekera* n tirewa, ma e aki rangi ni kakawaki boona i marenau ma ngkoe. Ai ngaia ae ko na kaiia buum iai.” 16 Ao e ongo Aberaam n te baere e taekinaki iroun Ebiron, are e taekinaki ngke a ongora naba tibun Eta, ao e katinea 400 te tiekera* n tirewa nakon Ebiron ae te rawawata ae bwabwainaki irouia taan iokinibwai.+ 17 Mangaia are ana tawaana Ebiron are i Makebera are e mena i moani Mamre, are te tawaana ao te nangananga are iai ma aroka ni kabane ake a mena i nanon tian te tawaana, e a kamatoaaki bwa 18 ai ana bwai Aberaam are e kabooa i mataia tibun Eta, i mataia aomata nako ake a rin ni mataroan oon te kaawa. 19 Imwin anne ao Aberaam e kaiia Tara are buuna n te nangananga are n te tawaana i Makebera are i moani Mamre i Eberon, n te aba are Kanaan. 20 Mangaia are e a anganaki Aberaam te tawaana ao te nangananga are iai, irouia tibun Eta bwa abana ibukini nneni kawenean ana mate.+