Abrahamu ku Gerari
Abhrahamu pontho asalonga kuti Sara ndi mpfumace, na Abimeleki asamukwata. Baba wathu asachenjeza mambo mu ndoto iye mbadzati kumukhuya, na Abimeleki asalonga kuti nkhabe mulando. Abhrahamu asabvuma kuti iye akhakumbuka basi kuti pano nkhabe munthu anagopa Baba wathu.
20 1Abrahamu abuluka penepo mbaenda ku dziko ya Negebi, mbakhala pakati pa Kadesi na Suri. Iye akhala ninga mulendo ku Gerari. 2Abrahamu alonga thangwi ya Sara, nkazi wace, kuti: “Iye ndi mulongo wanga.” Na tenepo Abhimeleki, mambo wa Gerari, atuma anthu toera kuntambira, mbakwata Sara.
3Mbwenye Baba wathu abwera kuna Abhimeleki n'maloto usiku bulewo, mbalonga: “Iwe uli ninga munthu wakufa kale thangwi ya nkazi udankwata, thangwi iye ndi nkazi wa mamuna.”
4Abhimeleki akhadzati kuenda cifupi na iye. Iye alonga: “Mbuya Mulungu, kodi munafuna kufudza mpaka mbumba yakusowa mulando? 5Kodi iye ene hadandipanga tayu kuti: ‘Iye ndi mulongo wanga’? Pontho iye ene nkazi alongambo kuti: ‘Iye ndi mulongo wanga.’ Ine ndacita pyenepi na ntima wakulungama na manja akusowa mulando.”
6Na tenepo Baba wathu ampanga n'maloto, mbalonga: “Inde, ndisadziwa kuti wacita pyenepi na ntima wakulungama, na Ine ndakutsidzikiza toera ukhonde kundicitira madawo—thangwi ineci ndakukhondesa kuti unkhuye iye. 7Cincino bweza nkazi wa mamuna unoyu, thangwi iye ndi mprofeta anadzakuphembera, mbudzakhala na umaso. Ungakhonda kumbweza, dziwa kuti unadzafa mwenemwene, iwe na onsene a panyumba pako.”
8Abhimeleki alamuka macibese, mbacemera atumiki ace onsene, mbaapanga pyonsene pidacitika; amuna anewa agopa kakamwe. 9Abhimeleki acemera Abrahamu, mbambvundza: “Waticitanji ife? Ndakudawira tani, mpaka kubweresa madawo makulu pa ine na pa umambo wanga? Wandicitira pinthu pyakuti nkhabe kufunika kucitwa.” 10Abhimeleki apanga pontho Abrahamu: “Ukhanyerezera cinji, mpaka kucita cinthu ceneci?”
11Abrahamu alonga: “Ine ndikhanyerezera kuti: Mwandimomwene nkhabe kugopa Baba wathu pa mbuto ino, penepo anadzandipha thangwi ya nkazi wanga.” 12Kusiyapo penepo, iye ndi mulongo wanga mwandimomwene, mwana wa baba wanga, mbwenye si wa mai wanga tayu, mbakhala nkazi wanga.
13Pidandicitisa Baba wathu kuti ndikhale nyakuyenda-yenda, mbandibuluka panyumba pa baba wanga, ndampanga iye: Ndicitire cadidi ici—konsene kunatienda, longa thangwi ya ine kuti: “Iye ndi mulongo wanga.”
14Abhimeleki akwata mabira, ng'ombe, na atumiki amuna na akazi, mbapereka kuna Abrahamu, mbambwezera Sara, nkazi wace. 15Abhimeleki alonga: “Dziko yanga iri pamaso pako; khala konsene kunafuna iwe.” 16Kuna Sara iye alonga: “Ona, ndinapasa mulongo wako makobiri a parata cikwi cibodzi. Ipi ndi toera kuphimbira kudawirwa kudacitirwa iwe pamaso pa onsene ali na iwe; pamaso pa anthu onsene iwe waceneswa mwakukwana.”
17Abrahamu aphembera kuna Baba wathu, na Iye awangisa Abhimeleki, nkazi wace na atumiki ace akazi, toera akwanise kubala ana pontho, 18thangwi Baba wathu akhadafunga mwakukwana mimba zonsene za panyumba pa Abhimeleki thangwi ya Sara, nkazi wa Abrahamu.
