Kudanwa kwaAbhurama
Baba vedu vanoudza Abhurama kuti asiye zvose zvaanoziva aende kunyika isina kudomwa, vachivimbisa ropafadzo inosvika kumhuri dzose dzepasi. Abhurama anoenda ava nemakore makumi manomwe nemashanu. Ipapo nzara inomudzingira kuIjipiti, kwaanoti Sarai ihanzvadzi yake kuti arambe ari mupenyu.
12 1Zvino Baba vedu vakati kuna Abhurama, “Ibva munyika yako, kuhama dzako, nokumba kwababa vako, uende kunyika yandichakuratidza. 2Ndichakuita rudzi rukuru, uye ndichakukomborera; ndichakurisa zita rako, kuti uve chikomborero. 3Ndichakomborera avo vanokukomborera, uye ani naani anokutuka ndichamutuka; uye kubudikidza newe mhuri dzose dzenyika dzichakomborerwa.” a a v3 Pauro anoti ndima iyi ivhangeri rakaparidzirwa Abhurahama pachine nguva — mhuri yose panyika ichakomborerwa kubudikidza naye, zvakazadziswa muna Jesu (VaGaratiya 3:8).
4Abhurama akaenda sezvaakaudzwa naBaba vedu, uye Roti akaenda naye. Abhurama akanga ava namakore makumi manomwe namashanu paakabva kuHarani. 5Abhurama akatora Sarai mukadzi wake, Roti muzukuru wake, nezvinhu zvose zvavakanga vaunganidza, nevanhu vavakanga vawana kuHarani, vakasimuka vakananga kunyika yeKenani, vakasvika kunyika yeKenani. 6Abhurama akapfuura nomunyika kusvika panzvimbo yeShekemu, kumuti mukuru weMore. Panguva iyoyo vaKenani vakanga vari munyika.
7Ipapo Baba vedu vakazviratidza kuna Abhurama vakati, “Kuvana vako ndichapa nyika iyi.” Saka Abhurama akavakira Baba vedu aritari ipapo, ivo vakanga vazviratidza kwaari. b b v7 Pauro anoverenga “vana” pano somwana mumwe chete — Jesu — uyo kubudikidza naye chikomborero chaAbhurahama chinosvika kumarudzi ose (VaGaratiya 3:16).
8Kubva ipapo akatamira kunyika yezvikomo kumabvazuva kweBheteri akadzika tende rake, Bheteri riri kumavirira, Ai riri kumabvazuva. Akavakira Baba vedu aritari ipapo akadana zita raBaba vedu. 9Ipapo Abhurama akapfuurira norwendo rwake, achifamba akananga kuNegevhi.
Nzara noRwendo rwokuenda kuIjipiti
10Sezvo nzara yakanga yawira nyika, Abhurama akaburuka akaenda kuIjipiti kundogarako, nokuti nzara yakanga yakanyanya munyika. 11Oswedera kuIjipiti, akati kuna Sarai mukadzi wake, “Ndinoziva kuti uri mukadzi akanaka. 12Kana vaIjipiti vakakuona, vachati, ‘Uyu ndiye mukadzi wake,’ vagondiuraya asi vakusiya uri mupenyu. 13Ndapota, iti uri hanzvadzi yangu, kuti zvindifambire zvakanaka nokuda kwako, uye ndirarame nokuda kwako.”
14Abhurama paakapinda muIjipiti, vaIjipiti vakaona kuti mukadzi uyu akanga akanaka kwazvo. 15Vakuru vaFaro vakamuona, vakamurumbidza kuna Faro, mukadzi uyu akaendeswa mumuzinda waFaro. 16Akabata Abhurama zvakanaka nokuda kwake, uye Abhurama akawana makwai, mombe, mbongoro dzikono nedzihadzi, varanda navarandakadzi, nengamera. 17Asi Baba vedu vakarova Faro neveimba yake namatenda makuru nokuda kwaSarai, mukadzi waAbhurama. 18Faro akadana Abhurama, akati, “Chii ichi chawaita kwandiri? Wakaregerei kundiudza kuti ndiye mukadzi wako? 19Wakataurirei kuti, ‘Ihanzvadzi yangu,’ zvokuti ndakamutora kuti ave mukadzi wangu? Zvino hoyu mukadzi wako—mutore uende.”
20Faro akarayira varume vake pamusoro paAbhurama, vakamuperekedza nomukadzi wake nezvose zvaaiva nazvo.