IGenesisi 15

15 ¹Emva kwalezi zinto, izwi likaBaba wethu lafika ku-Abramu ngombono, lathi: “Ungesabi, Abramu. Mina ngiyisihlangu sakho, umvuzo wakho omkhulu kakhulu.”

²Kodwa u-Abramu wathi: “Baba, Nkosi yami, uzonginikani, njengoba ngingenamntwana, nendlalifa yami ingu-Eliyezeri waseDamaseku?” ³U-Abramu wathi: “Awunginikanga nzalo; inceku ezelwe endlini yami iyakudla ifa lami.”

⁴Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kuye, lathi: “Lo muntu akayikuba yindlalifa yakho; indodana ephuma ezibilinini zakho iyoba yindlalifa yakho.” ⁵Wamkhiphela ngaphandle, wathi: “Bheka esibhakabhakeni, ubale izinkanyezi, uma ukwazi.” Wabe esethi: “Iyoba njalo inzalo yakho.”

⁶U-Abramu wakholwa nguBaba wethu, uBaba wethu wakubalela kuye kwaba ngukulunga.

⁷Wathi kuye: “Mina nginguBaba wakho, owakukhipha e-Uri lamaKhaledi ukuze ngikunike leli zwe libe ngelakho.”

⁸Kodwa u-Abramu wathi: “Baba, Nkosi yami, ngingakwazi kanjani ukuthi ngiyakulidla ifa lalo?”

⁹Wathi kuye: “Ngithathele ithokazi elineminyaka emithathu, nembuzi, nenqama, nehobhe, nephuphu lejuba.”

¹⁰U-Abramu wakuletha kuye konke lokhu, wakudabula phakathi, wabeka inxenye ngayinye malungana nenye; kodwa izinyoni akazange azidabule. ^a a v10 Ngendlela yasendulo yokuqinisa isivumelwano, abahlanganyeli babedabula izilwane zibe zincezu ezimbili, badlule phakathi kwezinxenye, bebeka ukuphila kwabo siqu ukuze bagcine izwi labo. ¹¹Kwathi lapho izinyoni ezidla inyama zehlela ezidunjini, u-Abramu wazixosha. ¹²Kwathi lapho ilanga lishona, ubuthongo obukhulu bawela phezu kuka-Abramu, kwehlela phezu kwakhe ukwesaba okukhulu nobumnyama.

¹³UBaba wethu wabe esethi ku-Abramu: “Yazi ngokuqinisekile: inzalo yakho iyakuhlala njengabafokazi ezweni elingesilo elayo, igqilazwe icindezelwe iminyaka engamakhulu amane. ¹⁴Kodwa futhi ngiyakwahlulela isizwe abasikhonzayo, emva kwalokho bayakuphuma nengcebo enkulu. ¹⁵Wena uyakuya koyihlo ngokuthula, umbelwe usugugile kahle. ¹⁶Esizukulwaneni sesine bayakubuyela lapha, ngokuba icala lama-Amori alikapheleli.”

¹⁷Kwathi sekushonile ilanga, sekumnyama, kwavela imbiza yomlilo ethunqayo nesibani esivuthayo, kwadlula phakathi kwalezo zincezu. ^b b v17 Emikhosini yesivumelwano yasendulo, zombili izinhlangothi zazihamba phakathi kwezincezu ezidatshuliwe zezilwane — isifungo esasisho ukuthi: “Shengathi ngingadatshulwa njengalezi uma ngephula isithembiso sami.” Lapha uBaba wethu yena yedwa wadlula njengokukhanya okuvuthayo, ethatha ubunzima bonke besivumelwano phezu kwakhe.

¹⁸Ngalolo suku uBaba wethu wenza isivumelwano no-Abramu, wathi: “Nginika inzalo yakho leli zwe, kusukela emfuleni waseGibhithe kuze kube semfuleni omkhulu, i-Ewufrathe, ¹⁹izwe lamaKheni, namaKhenizi, namaKhadimoni, ²⁰amaHeti, namaPherizi, namaRefa, ²¹ama-Amori, namaKhanani, namaGirigashi, namaJebusi.”