Pikiro Idakwaniriswa
Izaki asabalwa na kuseka kwa Sara kusasanduka kukomerwa, mbwenye nyumba isagawika: Hagari na Ismaeli asabuluswa na nkate na madzi. Madzi mamala Baba wathu asabva mwana kulira mbafungula maso a mai wace toera aone citsime.
21 1Na tenepo Baba wathu acedzera Sara, ninga mudalonga Iye, mbancitira pidampikira Iye. 2Sara akhala na pathupi, mbabalira Abrahamu mwana wamamuna mu ukalamba wace, pa n'dzidzi udakhazikiswa udampikira Baba wathu. 3Abrahamu acemera mwana udam'balira Sara dzina Izaki. 4Abrahamu asidza mwana wace Izaki pa ntsiku zisere zakubalwa kwace, ninga mudampanga Baba wathu. 5Abrahamu akhali na pyaka dzana pidabalwa mwana wace Izaki. 6Sara alonga tenepa: “Baba wathu andicitisa kuseka; munthu onsene anabva anaseka pabodzi na ine.” a a v6 Izaki pisabveka ‘iye asaseka’ mu Cihebheri — kuseka kwa Sara pa pikiro yakukhonda kukwanisika kwasanduka kukhala dzina yace yeneyi. 7Iye athimiza tenepa: “Mbani mbangapanga Abrahamu kuti Sara anadzayamwisa ana? Mbwenye ndam'balira mwana wamamuna mu ukalamba wace.”
Phwando ya Izaki
8Mwana akula mbalekeswa kuyamwa; pa ntsiku idalekeswa Izaki kuyamwa, Abrahamu acita phwando ikulu. 9Mbwenye Sara aona mwana udam'balira Hagari Mwedjipito kuna Abrahamu, akhasengerera. 10Iye apanga Abrahamu: “Thamangisa bitcu wankazi uyu na mwana wace; mwana wa bitcu wankazi uyu nkhabe kudzatambira unthaka pabodzi na mwana wanga Izaki tayu.”
11Pyenepi pyantsukwalisa Abrahamu kakamwe, thangwi pikhakhuya mwana wace.
12Mbwenye Baba wathu apanga Abrahamu: “Leka kutsukwala thangwi ya mwana na bitcu wako wankazi. Bvera Sara mu pyonsene pinakupanga iye, thangwi mbeu yako inadzacemerwa kubulukira muna Izaki. 13Pontho Ine ndinadzacitambo mwana wa bitcu wankazi kukhala mbumba, thangwi iye ndi mbeu yako.”
14Mangwana macibese Abrahamu akwata mikate na n'thumba wa madzi, mbapasa Hagari, mbabvarikiza pa phewa pace pabodzi na mwana, mbantuma kuti aende. Iye abuluka mbayendayenda ku thando ya Berisabe. 15Pidamala madzi m'thumba, iye aikha mwana pantsi pa citsamba cibodzi. 16Iye aenda mbakhala pantsi kutali ninga pakuponyeka uta, thangwi alonga tenepa: “Ine nkhabe kwanisa kuona mwana mbafa.” Na tenepo akhala penepo, mbakweza fala yace, mbalira.
17Baba wathu abva fala ya mwana; anju wace acemera Hagari kubulukira kudzulu: “Uli na thangwi yanji, Hagari? Leka kugopa—Baba wathu abva kale fala ya mwana pa mbuto inagona iye. 18Lamuka, kweza mwana mbumphata nkono, thangwi Ine ndinadzancita kukhala mbumba ikulu.”
19Na tenepo Baba wathu afungula maso ace; iye aona ncera wa madzi, mbaenda mbadzadza n'thumba wa madzi, mbamwesa mwana.
20Baba wathu akhali na mwana mukakula iye. Iye akhala m'thando mbakhala nyakuponya uta. 21Iye akhala ku thando ya Parani, mai wace amphatira nkazi kubulukira ku Edjipito.
Mulapho wa Abimeleki
22Pa n'dzidzi unoyu, Abimeleki na Fikoli, nkulu wa anyankhondo ace, apanga Abrahamu: “Mulungu ali na iwe mu pyonsene pinacita iwe. 23Cincino ndilapire pano mu dzina ya Mulungu kuti nee unandinyengeza ine, ana anga, peno adzukulu anga, tayu. Ndipangize ine na dziko ino, mukhala iwe ninga mulendo, kukoma ntima kubodzi kudakupangiza ine.”
24Abrahamu alonga tenepa: “Ndisalapa.” 25Na tenepo Abrahamu adandaulira Abimeleki thangwi ya ncera wa madzi udakwatwa mwakuphangira na anyabasa a Abimeleki. 26Abimeleki atawira tenepa: “Nkhabe kudziwa mbani adacita pyenepi. Iwe nee wandipanga, pontho ndabva basi lero.”
27Abrahamu akwata mabira na ng'ombe mbapereka kuna Abimeleki, penepo awiri acita cibverano. 28Abrahamu aikha padzeka ana a mabira acikazi anomwe pa nkumbi, 29Abimeleki abvundza Abrahamu: “Pisabvekanji ana a mabira acikazi anomwe awa udaaikha padzeka iwe?”
30Iye atawira tenepa: “Tambira ana a mabira acikazi anomwe awa kubulukira kuna ine, toera akhale umboni kuti ndakumba ncera uyu.” 31Na tenepo mbuto ineyi yacemerwa Berisabe, thangwi penepo awiri alapa. b b v31 Berisabe iri na mabvekero mawiri: ‘ncera wa pinomwe’ na ‘ncera wa mulapho’ — mabvekero onsene mawiri asabverana na mbiri ino mudalapa Abrahamu mulapho pa khundu ya ncera. 32Na tenepo acita cibverano ku Berisabe. Penepo Abimeleki na Fikoli, nkulu wa anyankhondo ace, abwerera ku dziko ya Afilisti. 33Abrahamu abyara muti wa tamariki ku Berisabe, penepo acemera dzina ya Baba wathu, El Olam—Baba wathu wakukhonda kumala. c c v33 El Olam pisabveka ‘Mulungu wakukhonda kumala.’ Abrahamu apasa Baba wathu dzina ineyi ku Berisabe — ule wakukhonda kumala, wakuti mapikiro ace a cibverano asapitiriza nkhetseni m'mibadwo yonsene. 34Na tenepo Abrahamu akhala mu dziko ya Afilisti ntsiku zizinji.