Genesisi 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Zvino Baba vedu vakazviratidza kuna Abhurahama pedyo nemiti mikuru yeMamure paakanga agere pamusuo wetende rake zuva richipisa. ^a a v1 MuTestamende Yekare yose Baba vedu vanozviratidza nenzira dzingasangana navana vavo — savarume, mumoto nemugore, senhume. Avo vanouya kuna Abhurahama pano ndiBaba vedu, avo vagara vachitsvaka vana vavo norudo. ²Akatarisa kumusoro akaona varume vatatu vamire pedyo naye. Paakavaona, akamhanya achibva pamusuo wetende rake kundosangana navo, akakotama pasi. ³Akati, “Changamire Baba vangu, kana ndawana nyasha pamberi penyu, ndapota regai kupfuura muranda wenyu. ⁴Regai mvura shoma iuyiswe kuti mugeze tsoka dzenyu mugozorora pasi pomuti. ⁵Regai nditore chimedu chechingwa kuti musimbise mwoyo yenyu musati mapfuurira, sezvo masvika kumuranda wenyu.” Vakati, “Ita sezvawataura.”

⁶Abhurahama akakurumidza kupinda mutende kuna Sara akati, “Kurumidza, tora upfu hwakatsetseka hunenge mapaundi makumi maviri namashanu, ukanye, ugobika chingwa.” ⁷Abhurahama akamhanya kudanga, akatora mhuru nhete yakanaka, akaipa kumuranda, iye akakurumidza kuigadzira. ⁸Akatora mukaka wakakora, mukaka, nemhuru yakanga yagadzirwa, akazviisa pamberi pavarume, ipapo akamira parutivi pavo pasi pomuti vachidya.

⁹Vakamubvunza vachiti, “Sara mukadzi wako aripi?” Akati, “Hoyo, ari mutende.”

¹⁰Ipapo Baba vedu vakati, “Zvirokwazvo ndichadzoka kwauri panguva ino gore rinouya, uye Sara mukadzi wako achava nomwanakomana.” Sara akanga akateerera ari pamusuo wetende shure kwavo.

¹¹Abhurahama naSara vakanga vakwegura, vava namakore mazhinji; Sara akanga arega kuenda kumwedzi. ¹²Sara akaseka mukati make, achiti, “Zvino kwandava kuva ndapera simba, ndichava nomufaro here, ishe wangu vakwegurawo?”

¹³Ipapo Baba vedu vakati kuna Abhurahama, “Sara aseka nei, achiti, ‘Ndichabereka mwana zvechokwadi here, ini ndakwegura kudai?’ ¹⁴Pane chinhu chinoremera Baba vako here? Ndichadzoka kwauri panguva yakatarwa gore rinouya, uye Sara achava nomwanakomana.”

¹⁵Sara akaramba, achiti, “Handina kuseka,” nokuti akanga achitya. Ivo vakati, “Kwete, waseka zvako.”

Kutarira Kwakananga kuSodhoma

¹⁶Varume vaya vakasimuka ipapo vakatarira pasi vakananga kuSodhoma, Abhurahama akafamba navo kuti avaperekedze.

¹⁷Zvino Baba vedu vakati, “Ndichavanzira Abhurahama zvandava kuda kuita here, ¹⁸sezvo Abhurahama zvirokwazvo achava rudzi rukuru rune simba, uye ndudzi dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa kubudikidza naye? ¹⁹Nokuti ndakamusarudza, kuti arayire vana vake neveimba yake vanomutevera kuti vachengete nzira yangu nokuita zvakarurama nezvakanaka, kuti ndizadzise zvandakavimbisa Abhurahama.” ²⁰Ipapo Baba vedu vakati, “Kuchema pamusoro peSodhoma neGomora kukuru, uye chivi chavo chakakura kwazvo, ²¹saka ndichaburuka ndinoona kana vaita zvose sezvinoreva kuchema kwasvika kwandiri; kana zvisina kudaro, ndichazviziva.”

²²Saka varume vaya vakatendeuka ipapo vakaenda vakananga kuSodhoma, asi Abhurahama akaramba akamira pamberi paBaba vedu. ²³Ipapo Abhurahama akaswedera pedyo akati, “Muchaparadza zvechokwadi vakarurama pamwe chete navakaipa here? ²⁴Ngatiti kune vakarurama makumi mashanu muguta—muchariparadza zvechokwadi here, musingaregi nzvimbo nokuda kwavakarurama makumi mashanu vari mairi? ²⁵Ngazvisava chinhu kwamuri kuuraya vakarurama pamwe chete navakaipa, muchivaita vakaenzana! Ngazvive kure nemi! Ko Mutongi wenyika yose haangaruramisiri here?”

²⁶Baba vedu vakati, “Kana ndikawana vakarurama makumi mashanu muguta reSodhoma, ndicharegera nzvimbo yose nokuda kwavo.”

²⁷Abhurahama akati, “Ndatsunga kutaura kuna Changamire Baba vangu, kunyange ndiri guruva nemadota chete.

²⁸Ngatiti vakarurama makumi mashanu vashaya vashanu. Muchaparadza guta rose nokuda kwavashanu here?” Baba vedu vakati, “Handingariparadzi kana ndikawana makumi mana navashanu imomo.”

²⁹Akataurazve kwavari achiti, “Ngatiti kunowanikwa makumi mana imomo.” Vakati, “Nokuda kwamakumi mana handingazviiti.”

³⁰Abhurahama akati, “Changamire Baba vangu ngavarege kutsamwa, nditaure hangu. Ngatiti kunowanikwa makumi matatu imomo.” Vakati, “Handingazviiti kana ndikawana makumi matatu imomo.”

³¹Abhurahama akati, “Sezvo ndatsunga kutaura kuna Changamire Baba vangu, ngatiti kunowanikwa makumi maviri chete imomo.” Vakati, “Nokuda kwamakumi maviri, handingariparadzi.”

³²Ipapo akati, “Changamire Baba vangu ngavarege kutsamwa, nditaure kamwe chetezve: ngatiti kunowanikwa gumi chete imomo.” Baba vedu vakati, “Nokuda kwavagumi, handingariparadzi.”

³³Baba vedu pavakapedza kutaura naAbhurahama, vakaenda; Abhurahama akadzokera kunzvimbo yake.