U-Abrahama eGerari
U-Abrahama uphinda athi uSara ungudadewabo, u-Abimeleki amthathe. UBaba wethu uxwayisa inkosi ephusheni ngaphambi kokuba imthinte, u-Abimeleki agomele ukuthi umsulwa. U-Abrahama uyavuma ukuthi wavele wacabanga ukuthi lapha akekho owesaba uBaba wethu.
20 1U-Abrahama wasuka lapho waya eNegebi, wakha phakathi kweKadeshi neShuri, wahlala njengomfokazi eGerari. 2U-Abrahama wathi ngoSara, umkakhe: “Ungudadewethu.” Ngakho u-Abhimeleki, inkosi yaseGerari, wathumela wamthatha uSara.
3Kodwa uBaba wethu weza ku-Abhimeleki ephusheni ngalobo busuku, wathi: “Usufana nofileyo ngenxa yowesifazane omthathileyo, ngokuba ungumfazi wendoda.”
4U-Abhimeleki wayengakasondeli kuye. Wathi: “Nkosi Nkulunkulu, ungasibhubhisa yini ngisho nesizwe esingenacala? 5Akashongo yini yena ngokwakhe ukuthi, ‘Ungudadewethu’? Naye ngokwakhe wathi, ‘Ungumfowethu.’ Ngikwenze lokhu ngenhliziyo eqotho nangezandla ezingenacala.”
6UBaba wethu wathi kuye ephusheni: “Yebo, ngiyazi ukuthi ukwenze lokhu ngobuqotho benhliziyo, futhi ngikuvimbile ekoneni kimi—yingakho ngingakuvumelanga ukuba umthinte. 7Manje buyisela umkayo waleyo ndoda, ngokuba ungumprofethi oyakukukhulekela, uphile. Uma ungambuyiseli, yazi ukuthi uyakufa nokufa, wena nabo bonke abakho.”
8U-Abhimeleki wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, wabiza zonke izinceku zakhe, wazitshela konke okwenzekile; lawo madoda esaba kakhulu. 9U-Abhimeleki wabiza u-Abrahama, wambuza: “Usenzeleni? Ngikwone ngani, uze walethe isono esikhulu phezu kwami nombuso wami? Wenze kimi okungafanele kwenziwe.” 10U-Abhimeleki wabuye wathi ku-Abrahama: “Ubucabangani, uze wenze into enjalo?”
11U-Abrahama wathi: “Ngacabanga ukuthi: impela akukho ukwesaba uBaba wethu kule ndawo, bazangibulala ngenxa yomkami.” 12Ngaphezu kwalokho, impela ungudadewethu, indodakazi kababa kodwa hhayi kamama, waba ngumkami.
13Kwathi lapho uBaba wethu engenza ukuba ngizulazule ngisuka endlini kababa, ngathi kuye: Ngibonise lo musa—nomaphi lapho siya khona, uthi ngami, “Ungumfowethu.”
14U-Abhimeleki wathatha izimvu, izinkomo, nezinceku nezincekukazi, wakunika u-Abrahama, wambuyisela uSara umkakhe kuye. 15U-Abhimeleki wathi: “Izwe lami livulekile kuwe; akhe lapho uthanda khona.” 16KuSara wathi: “Bheka, ngipha umfowenu izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane. Lokhu kungukuvala icala elenziwe kuwe emehlweni abo bonke abanawe; phambi kwabo bonke usuhlanziwe ngokupheleleyo.”
17U-Abrahama wakhuleka kuBaba wethu, wasemphilisa u-Abhimeleki, nomkakhe, nezincekukazi zakhe, ukuze baphinde bazale abantwana, 18ngokuba uBaba wethu wayesivale nya zonke izizalo endlini ka-Abhimeleki ngenxa kaSara, umka-Abrahama.
