Kuzwagwa kwa Isaki
1 Yahwe bakakombolela Sara sekwa bakaleba, bakashingikadza tjabakan'gadzabgwe. 2 Sara kazwisenga kawanila Abhurahama mwana we tjilisana nge tjibaka Ndzimu tjawakaleba mu nsi wawakalebeleka naye. Abhurahama wakabe akwegula. 3 Abhurahama katumila mwana uwe zina waakawana na Sara eti Isaki. 4 Ngono Abhurahama kathumbila Isaki nkololo uwe ana mazhuba ali zhanakadzi (8) sekwa akadwiwa nge Ndzimu. 5 Abhurahama wakabe ana makole ali zana (100) ha kuzwagwa Isaki nkololo uwe. 6 Ipapo Sara kati, “Ndzimu wandizhisila kushatha, ndizo mmwe ne mmwe unowohwa ikoku unowoshatha nami.” 7 Ngono kapapha kati, “Ndiani wakabe angadwa Abhurahama kati, ‘Sara unowomwisa bana?’ Ngono yezo, ndan'wanila nkololo mu kukwegula kukwe.”
8 Mwana kakula kadusiwa mu zhamu, ngono Abhurahama kathama nzano nkulu mu zhuba lakadusiwa Isaki mu zhamu.
Haga na Ishimaele banotatiwa
9 Limwe zhuba Sara kabona nkololo wa Haga we Egipiti waakawana na Abhurahama edadila mwana uwe Isaki. 10 Ngono kadwa Abhurahama kati, “Tata nlandakadzi ne nkololo uwe, ngobe nkololo we nlandakadzi aatogala thaka ne nkololo wangu Isaki.” 11 Ndebo iyeyi ikadziyidza Abhurahama kwazo ngekwe nkololo uwe. 12 Koga Ndzimu ukati kuna Abhurahama, “Usidziyidzike ngekwe mbisana ne ngekwe nlandakadzi uwo, tjimwe ne tjimwe Sara tjaanokudwa utjishinge ngekuti ludzi gugo gowodang'wa nge zina la Isaki. 13 Ngekwe mwana we nlandakadzi, ndowothama ludzi gugwe gukabe itjaba ngoti na iyebo nkololo uwo.”
14 Ndizo Abhurahama kabinduka tjimuka katola zojiwa ne ikuyu tje vula kazwipa Haga, kankhiga izo kantata kati ayende ne mbisana. Kayenda kanodzungayila mu tjilambanyika tje Bheerisheba. 15 Vula ikati yapela mu ikuyu kagadza mbisana kusi kwe limwe denjana. 16 Haga kayenda thambgwana, bukule gungaposiwa nsebe ukanobhayapo. Kazwidwa kati, “Andingatubule kulinga mwanangu efa.” Kati atjigele ipapo mwana kamilidza hwi kalila.
17 Ndzimu ukahwa tjililo tje mbisana ngono ntumwa we kudzimu ukabhuzwa Haga uli kudzimu ukati, “Ini tjakudziyidza Haga? Usitje ngoti Ndzimu wahwa tjililo tje mbisana. 18 Milika utole mbisana umbhate nge luboko ngekuti ndowonthama itjaba tjikulu.” 19 Ipapo Ndzimu ukazhula mesho awe ngono kabona tshime le vula. Kayenda kanozhadza ikuyu nge vula kapa mbisana kang'wa. 20 Ndzimu ukabe ne mbisana ngono mbisana kakula. Kagala mu tjilambanyika kabe nyambi ye kushingisa dati ne misebe. 21 Kagala mu tjilambanyika tje Parani ngono mmeyabe bakanshakila nkadzi ku Egipiti.
Tjidumano tja Abhurahama na Abimeleki
22 Nge tjibaka itjetjo Abimeleki ana Fikoli nlauli we babhayani ba Abimeleki bakadwa Abhurahama bakati, “Ndzimu unawe mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaunoshinga. 23 Ngwenu ndizo tuna nge Ndzimu kuti aungandithamile bupitipiti imi ne bana bangu nenge zwizekugwana zwangu. Undilakidze buthu gunonga gwandakakulakidza ubuye ugulakidze shango iyeyi yaunotjila muili.”
24 Abhurahama kabe eti, “Ndotuna.”
25 Ipapo Abhurahama kayisa ng'ong'olo kuna Abimeleki ngekwe tshime le vula lakatapiwa ne balanda ba Abimeleki. 26 Abimeleki kati, “Anditoziba kuti ndiani wakathama kuthu ikoku. Auzotongo ndibudza, naiko andizotongo hwa nge kwako kuswikila nasi.” 27 Ndizo Abhurahama katola pkhwizi ne ng'ombe kadzipa Abimeleki ngono balume ibaba babili bakathama tjidumano. 28 Abhurahama katheula pkhwizana hadzi dzili kutendeka. 29 Abimeleki kabhuzwa Abhurahama kati, “Pkhwizana idzedzi dzili kutendeka dzawatheula dzodwani?”
30 Abhurahama kabe eti, “Amutjila pkhwizana idzedzi dzili kutendeka, kube tjilakidzo tje butendeki gwe kuti ndimi ndakatsha tshime ileli.” 31 Ndizo magalo iyawo kadang'wa kuyi Bheerisheba ngobe bose bubili gwabo bakatunilana ikoko.
32 Ndizo bakathama tjidumano ku Bheerisheba, Abimeleki na Fikoli nlauli we babhayani bakamilika bakabgwilila ku shango ye Bafilisitiya. 33 Abhurahama kadzwala nti we ntamarisiki mu Bheerisheba ngono kanamata Yahwe, Ndzimu we kusingapele. 34 Abhurahama kagala mu shango ye Bafilisitiya tjibaka tjilefu.
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