IGenesisi 15
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Isivumelwano SikaSimakade No-Abhrama
1 Emveni kwalezo zinto izwi likaSimakade lafika ku-Abhrama ngombono, lathi kuye: “Ungesabi Abhrama, ngiyisihlangu sakho, umvuzo wakho uyakuba mkhulu kakhulu.”
2U-Abhrama waphendula wathi: “Nkosi Simakade, uzonginikani njengoba ngingenamntwana nje? Ngisho nefa lami imbala lizodliwa ngu-Eliyezeri waseDamaseku.”
3 U-Abhrama waqhubeka wathi: “Njengoba ungincishe umntwana nje, kusobala ukuthi le nceku ezalelwe lapha ekhaya yiyona ezokuba yindlalifa yami.”
4 Izwi likaSimakade lezwakala kuye lithi: “Le ndoda kayisoze yaba yindlalifa yakho, indlalifa yakho kuzokuba yindodana ephuma okhalo lwakho.”
5 Wayesemkhiphela phandle wathi: “Bheka esibhakabhakeni ubale izinkanyezi, uma ungazibala.”
Wayesethi kuye: “Iyakuba ngako inzalo yakho.”
6 U-Abhrama wakholwa ngokwashiwo nguSimakade, ngenxa yalokho uSimakade wakubalela kuye kwaba ngukulunga.
7 Wayesethi ku-Abhrama: “NginguSimakade owakukhipha e-Uri lamaKhaledi ukuba ngikunike leli lizwe libe yifa lakho.”
8 U-Abhrama wathi kuye: “Nkosi Simakade, ngiyokwazi kanjani ukuthi liyokuba yifa lami na?”
9Wathi kuye: “Ngilethele isithole esineminyaka emithathu, imbuzikazi eneminyaka emithathu, inqama eneminyaka emithathu, ihobhe nephuphu lejuba.”
10 U-Abhrama wakuletha kuSimakade konke lokho, wakwehlukanisa izingxenye ezimbili, wazihlela izinhlangothi zabhekana, kodwa izinyoni akazehlukanisanga. 11Kwase kwehlela amanqe enyameni, kodwa u-Abhrama wawaxosha.
12 Kuthe seliyozilahla kunina u-Abhrama wazunywa ngubuthongo obukhulu. Esesebuthongweni wehlelwa ngubumnyama obesabekayo. 13 Wathi ku-Abhrama: “Yazi lokhu ukuqonde ukuthi inzalo yakho iyokuba ngabafokazi ezweni okungesilo elayo, ibe yizigqila, icindezelwe iminyaka engama-400. 14 Kepha ngiyosijezisa isizwe esiyobe siyigqilazile, kuthi ekugcineni iphume isinefa elikhulu. 15 Nokho wena uyokufa ngokuthula, amathambo akho ayobekwa nawawoyihlomkhulu, ungcwatshwe usumdala. 16 Kuyothi isizukulwane sakho sesine sibuyele kule ndawo, ngokuba ukona kwama-Amori akukapheleliswa.”
17 Selishonile ilanga, sekumnyama, kwabonakala imbawula eshunqayo nesihlonti sikhephuka ilangabi kudabula phakathi kwezinhlangothi zenyama. 18 Ngalolo lusuku uSimakade wenza isivumelwano no-Abhrama, wathi: “Ngiyakulinika inzalo yakho leli lizwe, kusukela emfuleni oseGibhithe kuze kube semfuleni omkhulu iYufrathe: 19 izwe lamaKheni, lamaKhenizi, lamaKhadimoni, 20 lamaHithi, lamaPherizi, lamaRefayi, 21lama-Amori, lamaKhanani, lamaGirigashi, nelamaJebusi.”
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