Genesis 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Abrahamu anachoka kumeneko, napita ku Negebu, nakhazikika pakati pa Kadesi ndi Suri, nakhala monga mlendo ku Gerara. ²Abrahamu ananena za Sara, mkazi wake, kuti, “Ndi mlongo wanga.” Choncho Abimeleki mfumu ya Gerara anatuma anthu, natenga Sara.

³Koma Atate wathu anadza kwa Abimeleki m'maloto usiku umenewo, nati, “Ndiwe wakufa chifukwa cha mkazi amene wamtenga, pakuti ndi mkazi wa mwamuna.”

⁴Koma Abimeleki anali asanamuyandikire. Ndipo anati, “Ambuye Mulungu, kodi mungawononge ngakhale mtundu wosalakwa? ⁵Kodi iye mwini sananene kwa ine kuti, ‘Ndi mlongo wanga’? Ndipo iyenso anati, ‘Ndi m'bale wanga.’ Ndinachita zimenezi ndi mtima woona ndi manja osalakwa.”

⁶Ndipo Atate wathu anati kwa iye m'maloto, “Inde, ndikudziwa kuti wachita zimenezi ndi mtima wangwiro, ndipo ndakuletsa kuti usandichimwire—nchifukwa chake sindinakulole kuti umkhudze. ⁷Tsopano bweza mkazi wa munthuyo, pakuti iye ndi mneneri amene adzakupempherera, ndipo udzakhala ndi moyo. Koma ngati sumubweza, dziwa kuti udzafa ndithu, iwe pamodzi ndi onse ako.”

⁸Abimeleki anadzuka m'mawa kwambiri, nayitana antchito ake onse, nawauza zonse zimene zinachitika; ndipo anthuwo anachita mantha kwambiri. ⁹Ndipo Abimeleki anayitana Abrahamu, namfunsa kuti, “Kodi watichitira chiyani? Kodi ndakuchimwira pa chiyani, kuti wabweretse tchimo lalikulu pa ine ndi ufumu wanga? Wandichitira zinthu zimene siziyenera kuchitidwa.” ¹⁰Ndipo Abimeleki anatinso kwa Abrahamu, “Kodi unkaganiza chiyani, kuti uchite chinthu chotere?”

¹¹Abrahamu anati, “Ndinaganiza kuti, ndithudi kulibe kuopa Atate wathu pa malo ano, ndipo adzandipha chifukwa cha mkazi wanga.” ¹²Komanso, zoonadi iye ndi mlongo wanga, mwana wamkazi wa atate wanga koma osati wa amayi anga, ndipo anakhala mkazi wanga.

¹³Pamene Atate wathu anandichititsa kuyendayenda kuchoka ku nyumba ya atate wanga, ndinati kwa iye: Undichitire kukoma mtima uku—kulikonse kumene tidzapita, uzinena za ine kuti, “Ndi m'bale wanga.”

¹⁴Abimeleki anatenga nkhosa, ng'ombe, ndi antchito aamuna ndi aakazi, nazipereka kwa Abrahamu, nabwezera kwa iye Sara mkazi wake. ¹⁵Ndipo Abimeleki anati, “Dziko langa lili patsogolo pako; khazikika kulikonse kumene ungafune.” ¹⁶Ndipo kwa Sara anati, “Taona, ndikupatsa m'bale wako ndalama za siliva 1,000. Ichi ndi chophimbira cholakwa chimene unachitidwa pamaso pa onse amene ali ndi iwe; pamaso pa aliyense wayeretsedwa kotheratu.”

¹⁷Ndipo Abrahamu anapemphera kwa Atate wathu, ndipo Atate wathu anachiritsa Abimeleki, mkazi wake, ndi adzakazi ake, kotero kuti anayambanso kubereka ana, ¹⁸pakuti Atate wathu anali atatseka kotheratu mimba zonse za m'nyumba ya Abimeleki chifukwa cha Sara, mkazi wa Abrahamu.