U-Abraham eGerare

U-Abraham uphinda athi uSara ngudade wabo, aze u-Abhimeleki amthathe. UBawo wethu ulumkisa ukumkani ephupheni ngaphambi kokuba amchukumise, aze u-Abhimeleki aziphendulele ngokumsulwa kwakhe. U-Abraham uvuma ukuba wayecinga nje ukuba akukho bani apha omoyikayo uBawo wethu.

Isahluko 20.

U-Abraham wasuka apho waya eNegebhi, wazinza phakathi kweKadeshe neShure, waza wahlala njengowasemzini eGerare. U-Abraham wathi ngoSara, umkakhe: “Ngudade wethu.” Ngako oko u-Abhimeleki, ukumkani waseGerare, wathumela wamthatha uSara.

Kodwa uBawo wethu weza ku-Abhimeleki ngephupha ngobo busuku, wathi: “Ungofileyo ngenxa yomfazi omthathileyo, kuba ngumfazi owendileyo.”

Ke u-Abhimeleki wayengekasondeli kuye. Wathi: “Nkosi Thixo, ungade usitshabalalise nesizwe esimsulwa na? Akanditshongo na yena ngokwakhe ukuthi, ‘Ngudade wethu’? Kananjalo naye ngokwakhe wathi, ‘Ngumntakwethu.’ Oku ndikwenze ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo nangezandla ezimsulwa.”

Waza uBawo wethu wathi kuye ephupheni: “Ewe, ndiyazi ukuba oku ukwenze ngentliziyo engenabugwenxa, ndaza ndakunqanda ekoneni kum—kungenxa yoko le nto ndingakuvumelanga ukuba umchukumise. Ngoku mbuyisele umfazi wale ndoda, kuba ingumprofeti oya kukuthandazela, uze uphile. Ukuba akumbuyisi, yazi ukuba uya kufa ngokuqinisekileyo, wena nabo bonke abakho.”

U-Abhimeleki wavuka kwakusasa ngaloo ntsasa, wabiza bonke abakhonzi bakhe, wabaxelela konke okwenzekileyo; amadoda oyika kunene. U-Abhimeleki wambiza u-Abraham wambuza: “Yintoni le uyenzileyo kuthi? Ndonile ngantoni kuwe, le nto uzise isono esikhulu kangaka phezu kwam nobukumkani bam? Wenze kum into ekungafanele ukuba yenziwe.” Wabuya u-Abhimeleki wathi ku-Abraham: “Ucinge ntoni, le nto wenze into enje?”

U-Abraham wathi: “Ndacinga ukuthi: inene akukho koyika uBawo wethu kule ndawo, baya kundibulala ngenxa yomkam.” Ngaphezu koko, inene ungudade wethu, yintombi kabawo kodwa ingeyiyo eyakamama, waza waba ngumkam.

Kwathi xa uBawo wethu wandibhadulisa endlwini kabawo, ndathi kuye: Ndenzele olu bubele—naphi na apho siya khona, uthi ngam: “Ngumntakwethu.”

U-Abhimeleki wathatha izimvu, iinkomo, nezicaka ezingamadoda nezingamankazana, wazinika u-Abraham, waza wambuyisela uSara umkakhe kuye. U-Abhimeleki wathi: “Nanko umhlaba wam uphambi kwakho; hlala naphi na apho uthanda khona.” Wathi kuSara: “Khangela, ndinika umntakwenu iwaka leenkozo zesiliva. Oku kukugubungela ububi obenziwe kuwe emehlweni abo bonke onabo; phambi kwabo bonke uthethelelwe ngokupheleleyo.”

U-Abraham wathandaza kuBawo wethu, waza wamphilisa u-Abhimeleki nomkakhe nezicakazana zakhe, ukuze baphinde bazale, kuba uBawo wethu wayezivale ngokupheleleyo zonke izizalo endlwini ka-Abhimeleki ngenxa kaSara, umka-Abraham.