Eyeziqalo 21 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

21 ¹UBawo wethu wamvelela uSara, kanye njengoko wayetshilo, wamenzela oko wayekuthembisile. ²USara wakhulelwa, wamzalela u-Abraham unyana ebudaleni bakhe, ngexesha elimisiweyo awayethembise ngalo uBawo wethu. ³U-Abraham wamthiya unyana awayemzalelwe nguSara igama elithi Isake. ⁴U-Abraham wamalusa unyana wakhe u-Isake eneentsuku ezisibhozo, njengoko uBawo wethu wayemyalele. ⁵U-Abraham wayeneminyaka elikhulu ubudala xa kuzalwa unyana wakhe u-Isake. ⁶USara wathi: “UBawo wethu undenze ndahleka; bonke abo bakuvayo oku baya kuhleka kunye nam.” ^a a v6 Igama elithi Isake lithetha 'uyahleka' ngesiHebhere — ukuhleka kukaSara xa wayeva isithembiso esingenakwenzeka kuba ligama lakhe kanye. ⁷Waqhubeka wathi: “Ngubani owayeya kumxelela u-Abraham ukuba uSara wayeza kwanyisa abantwana? Kodwa ndimzalele unyana ebudaleni bakhe.”

Isidlo sika-Isake

⁸Umntwana wakhula, walunyulwa; ngemini awalunyulwa ngayo u-Isake, u-Abraham wenza isidlo esikhulu. ⁹Kodwa uSara wabona unyana kaHagare umGibhithe awayemzalele u-Abraham, egculela. ¹⁰Wathi ku-Abraham: “Mgxothe lo mkhonzazana nonyana wakhe; unyana walo mkhonzazana akasayi kuze abe nelifa kunye nonyana wam u-Isake.”

¹¹Oku kwamkhathaza kakhulu u-Abraham, kuba kwakuphathelele unyana wakhe.

¹²Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi ku-Abraham: “Musa ukukhathazeka ngenkwenkwe nangomkhonzazana wakho. Mphulaphule uSara kuko konke akuxelela kona, kuba inzala yakho iya kubizwa ngo-Isake. ¹³Nonyana womkhonzazana ndiya kumenza abe sisizwe, kuba eyinzala yakho.”

¹⁴Kwathi kusasa ngengomso u-Abraham wathabatha isonka nentsuba yamanzi, wazinika uHagare, wazibeka egxalabeni lakhe kunye nomntwana, wamndulula. Wemka, wabhadula entlango yaseBheshebha. ¹⁵Akuphela amanzi asentsubeni, wayibeka inkwenkwe phantsi kwenye yezihlahla. ¹⁶Waya wahlala phantsi kumgama ongangokuphoswa kwentolo, kuba wathi: “Andinakho ukubukela inkwenkwe isifa.” Wahlala apho, waliphakamisa ilizwi lakhe, walila.

¹⁷UBawo wethu waliva ilizwi lenkwenkwe; isithunywa sakhe sabiza uHagare sisezulwini, sathi: “Yintoni na, Hagare? Musa ukoyika — uBawo wethu uliphulaphule ilizwi lenkwenkwe apho ilele khona. ¹⁸Vuka, uyiphakamise inkwenkwe uyibambe ngesandla, kuba ndiya kuyenza isizwe esikhulu.”

¹⁹Waza uBawo wethu wawavula amehlo akhe; wabona iqula lamanzi, waya wayizalisa intsuba yamanzi, wayiseza inkwenkwe.

²⁰UBawo wethu wayenayo inkwenkwe ekukhuleni kwayo. Yahlala entlango, yaba ngumcibi weentolo. ²¹Yahlala entlango yaseParan, waza unina wayizekela umfazi evela eGibhithe.

Isifungo sika-Abhimeleki

²²Ngelo xesha, u-Abhimeleki noFikoli umphathi-mkhosi wakhe, bathi ku-Abraham: “UThixo unawe kuko konke okwenzayo. ²³Ngoku ndifungele apha ngoThixo ukuba akusayi kundingcatsha, mna, nabantwana bam, nenzala yam. Yenza kum nakweli lizwe obuphila kulo njengomphambukeli ububele obunjengobo ndibenze kuwe.”

²⁴U-Abraham wathi: “Ndiyafunga.” ²⁵Waza u-Abraham wakhalaza ku-Abhimeleki ngequla lamanzi elalithinjwe ngabakhonzi baka-Abhimeleki. ²⁶U-Abhimeleki waphendula wathi: “Andazi ukuba ngubani owenze oku. Khange undixelele, yaye ndikuvile nje namhlanje kuphela.”

²⁷U-Abraham wathabatha izimvu neenkomo wazinika u-Abhimeleki, baza bobabini benza umnqophiso. ²⁸U-Abraham wahlula amatakane eegusha amathokazi asixhenxe emhlambini, ²⁹waza u-Abhimeleki wabuza ku-Abraham: “Athetha ntoni la matakane eegusha asixhenxe uwahlulileyo?”

³⁰Waphendula wathi: “Wamkele la matakane eegusha asixhenxe kum ukuze abe bubungqina bokuba ndimbe eli qula.” ³¹Ngoko loo ndawo yabizwa ngokuba yiBheshebha, kuba apho bobabini bafunga isifungo. ^b b v31 IBheshebha inentsingiselo ezimbini, ethi “iqula lesixhenxe” kunye nethi “iqula lesifungo” — zombini ezi ntsingiselo ziyahambelana nalo mboniso apho u-Abraham wafunga khona isifungo ecaleni kwequla. ³²Ngoko benza umnqophiso eBheshebha. Waza u-Abhimeleki noFikoli umphathi-mkhosi wakhe babuyela ezweni lamaFilisti. ³³U-Abraham watyala umthi womtamariske eBheshebha, waza apho wanqula igama likaBawo wethu, u-El Olam — uBawo wethu ongunaphakade. ^c c v33 U-El Olam uthetha ukuthi 'uThixo onguNaphakade.' U-Abraham wamnika uBawo wethu eli gama eBheshebha — lowo ongunaphakade ozithembiso zomnqophiso zihlala zimi kuzo zonke izizukulwana. ³⁴U-Abraham wahlala ezweni lamaFilisti ixesha elide.