Icebo likaSarayi, Umthwalo kaHagare
Ukulinda kuyasilela, ngoko uSarayi umnika uHagare ku-Abram; ukukhulelwa kujika kube yindelelo, kwandule kube kukuphathwa kakubi, aze uHagare abaleke. Isithunywa simfumana ngasemthonjeni osentlango, simbuyisela umva sinesithembiso ngonyana wakhe, aze athiye uBawo wethu ngokuba nguLowo umbonayo.
16 1USarayi, umfazi ka-Abram, wayengamzalelanga bantwana. Wayenesicakakazi somGibhithe ekuthiwa nguHagare. 2USarayi wathi ku-Abram: “Khangela, uBawo wethu undivalele ukuba ndingazali. Ngena kwisicakakazi sam; mhlawumbi ndiya kwakha usapho ngaye.” Wenza u-Abram njengoko watshoyo uSarayi. a a v2 Kwinkcubeko yaloo maxesha isicaka sasinokuzala umntwana egameni lekhaya, aze umntwana amkelwe njengokwabo usapho. 3Emva kokuba u-Abram ehlale iminyaka elishumi eKanana, uSarayi umfazi wakhe wathabatha uHagare isicakakazi sakhe somGibhithe, wamnika u-Abram indoda yakhe ukuba abe ngumfazi. 4Wangena kuHagare; wakhawula, waza wathi akubona ukuba ukhulelwe, wayidelela inkosikazi yakhe. 5USarayi wathi ku-Abram: “Ububi obwenziwe kum buphezu kwakho. Ndikunike isicakakazi sam ezingalweni zakho; ngoku ebona ukuba ukhulelwe, uyandidelela. UBawo wethu makagwebe phakathi kwam nawe.”
6U-Abram wathi kuSarayi: “Isicakakazi sakho sisezandleni zakho; yenza kuye oko kubonakala kulungile kuwe.” USarayi wamphatha kakubi, waza wabaleka ebusweni bakhe.
7Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu samfumana uHagare ngasemthonjeni osentlango, umthombo osendleleni eya eShure. b b v7 Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sithetha njengoBawo wethu ngokwakhe — sibonakala kuHagare ngendlela anokudibana nayo, eve, aphendule.
8“Hagare, sicakakazi sikaSarayi,” satsho, “uvela phi, uya phi na?” Waphendula wathi: “Ndibaleka inkosikazi yam uSarayi.”
9“Buyela enkosikazini yakho,” satsho kuye isithunywa sikaBawo wethu, “uzithobe phantsi kwegunya layo.” 10Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sathi kuye: “Ndiya kuyandisa inzala yakho ide ingenakubaleka.” 11Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu saphinda sathi kuye: “Ngoku ukhulelwe, uya kuzala unyana. Uya kumthiya igama elingu-Ishmayeli, kuba ndizivile iinkxwaleko zakho. 12Uya kuba ngumntu oyi-esile lasendle, isandla sakhe sichasene nabantu bonke, nesandla sabantu bonke sichasene naye, aze ahlale enobutshaba kubo bonke abantakwabo.”
13Wathiya uBawo wethu owayethetha naye ngegama elithi: “Wena ungu-El-Royi—uThixo wam ondibonayo,” kuba wathi: “Inene ngoku ndimbonile Lowo undibonayo.” 14Yiyo loo nto iqula labizwa ngokuba yiBheri-lahayi-royi; likhona phakathi kweKadeshe neBheredi.
15Ngoko ke uHagare wamzalela u-Abram unyana, waza u-Abram wamthiya igama elingu-Ishmayeli unyana amzeleyo. 16U-Abram wayeneminyaka engamashumi asibhozo anesithandathu ubudala oko uHagare wamzalela u-Ishmayeli.
