U-Abrahama, Ngilapha
UBaba wethu ucela ku-Abrahama indodana isithembiso esincike kuyo. U-Abrahama akasho lutho kuSara, uhamba izinsuku ezintathu, aphendule umbuzo ka-Isaka mayelana newundlu ngokwethemba ukuthi kuyophiwa. Ummese uvinjwa usemoyeni, kutholakale inqama ibambeke ehlahleni.
22 1Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uBaba wethu wamvivinya u-Abrahama. Wathi kuye: “Abrahama!” “Ngilapha,” waphendula u-Abrahama.
2UBaba wethu wathi: “Thatha indodana yakho, indodana yakho ezelwe yodwa, oyithandayo—u-Isaka. Uye ezweni laseMoriya, umnikele khona abe ngumnikelo oshiswayo kwenye yezintaba engizakukutshela ngayo.” a a v2 Uthando oluphindwe kathathu—“indodana yakho, indodana yakho ezelwe yodwa, oyithandayo”—lukhomba kuJohane 3:16 nakwabaseRoma 8:32. U-Abrahama wasindiswa ekunikeleni u-Isaka; kodwa uBaba wethu kayigodlanga eyakhe iNdodana.
3Ekuseni kakhulu ngakusasa u-Abrahama wabophela imbongolo yakhe, wathatha izinsizwa zakhe ezimbili nendodana yakhe u-Isaka, wacanda izinkuni zomnikelo oshiswayo, wasuka waya endaweni uBaba wethu ayemtshele ngayo. 4Ngosuku lwesithathu u-Abrahama waphakamisa amehlo akhe wayibona indawo isekude. 5Wathi ezinsizweni zakhe: “Salani lapha nembongolo. Mina nomfana sizakuya laphaya, sikhonze, sibuyele kini.” 6U-Abrahama wathatha izinkuni zomnikelo oshiswayo wazethwesa indodana yakhe u-Isaka, yena ngokwakhe ephethe umlilo nommese. Bahamba bobabili kanyekanye. 7U-Isaka wathi kuyise u-Abrahama: “Baba wami?” “Ngilapha, ndodana yami,” waphendula u-Abrahama. “Umlilo nezinkuni kukhona lapha,” kwasho u-Isaka, “kodwa liphi iwundlu lomnikelo oshiswayo?”
8U-Abrahama waphendula: “UBaba wethu uqobo uyakulibonelela iwundlu lomnikelo oshiswayo, ndodana yami.” Bahamba bobabili kanyekanye. 9Lapho befika endaweni uBaba wethu ayemtshele ngayo, u-Abrahama wakha i-altare, wahlela izinkuni, wabopha indodana yakhe u-Isaka, wambeka phezu kwe-altare ngaphezu kwezinkuni. 10U-Abrahama wayeseselula isandla sakhe, wathatha ummese ukuba abulale indodana yakhe.
11Kodwa ingelosi kaBaba wethu yambiza isezulwini, yathi: “Abrahama! Abrahama!” “Ngilapha,” waphendula.
12“Ungabeki isandla sakho phezu komfana,” kwasho yena. “Ungenzi lutho kuye. Manje sengiyazi ukuthi uyangesaba, njengoba ungayigodlanga indodana yakho, indodana yakho ezelwe yodwa, kimi.”
13U-Abrahama waphakamisa amehlo akhe wabona inqama emva kwakhe, ibambeke ngezimpondo zayo ehlathini. Waya wayithatha inqama, wayinikela yaba ngumnikelo oshiswayo esikhundleni sendodana yakhe. 14U-Abrahama waqamba leyo ndawo ngokuthi “UBaba Uyakubonelela,” okungukuthi “uBaba wethu uyakubonelela.” Kuze kube namuhla kuthiwa: “Entabeni yakhe kuyakubonelelwa.” b b v14 I-YHWH-Jireh isho ukuthi “uSimakade uyakubonelela.” U-Abrahama waqamba le ntaba emva kokuba uBaba wethu ebonelele inqama esikhundleni sika-Isaka—kukhomba phambili ekuboneleleni okuphakade kukaJesu esiphambanweni.
15Ingelosi kaBaba wethu yambiza u-Abrahama isezulwini okwesibili,
16yathi: “Ngifunga ngami uqobo, kusho uBaba wethu: ngenxa yokuthi wenze lokhu, awuyigodlanga indodana yakho, indodana yakho ezelwe yodwa, 17ngiyakukubusisa nokukubusisa, ngiyakuyandisa nokuyandisa inzalo yakho njengezinkanyezi zezulu nanjengesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle. Inzalo yakho iyakulithatha isango lezitha zayo, 18futhi ngenzalo yakho zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyakubusiswa, ngokuba ulalele izwi lami.”
19U-Abrahama wabuyela ezinsizweni zakhe, basuka bahamba kanyekanye baya eBherishebha. U-Abrahama wahlala eBherishebha.
20Ngemva kwalokho u-Abrahama watshelwa ukuthi: “UMilka naye umzalele amadodana umfowenu uNahori: 21u-Uzi izibulo, noBuzi umfowabo, noKemuweli (uyise ka-Aramu), 22noKhesedi, noHazo, noPhiladashi, noJidilafi, noBethuweli.” 23UBethuweli waba nguyise kaRebheka. Yilawa amadodana ayisishiyagalombili uMilka awazalela uNahori, umfowabo ka-Abrahama. 24Isancinza sikaNahori, okuthiwa uReyuma, naso sazala abantwana: uTebha, noGahamu, noThahashi, noMahakha.
