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U-Abhrahama No-Abhimeleki
1 U-Abhrahama wayesesuka lapho ayekade egobe khona amadlangala, waya esifundeni esiseningizimu, wahlala phakathi kweKadeshi neShuri. Wahlala ngasemzini waseGerari engumfokazi. 2 U-Abhrahama wathi ngomkakhe uSara: “Ungudadewethu.”
U-Abhimeleki, inkosi yaseGerari, wathumela ukuba alandwe uSara, ukuze azithathele yena. 3 UNkulunkulu wafika ebusuku ngephupho ku-Abhimeleki, wathi: “Uyabona, uzokufa ngenxa yalo wesifazane omthathile; ungumkamuntu.”
4U-Abhimeleki wayengakalali noSara. Wayesethi: “Nkosi, impela uzobulala abantu abangenacala na? 5 Akashongo yini kimi wathi: ‘Ungudadewethu’ na? Naye luqobo uthe: ‘Ungumfowethu.’ Mina-ke ngikwenze lokhu ngenhliziyo emsulwa nangezandla ezingenacala.”
6UNkulunkulu waqhubeka ephusheni, wathi kuye: “Nami impela ngiyakwazi ukuthi lokho okwenzile ukwenze ngenhliziyo emsulwa. Yingakho ngingakuvumelanga ukuba umthinte, ngakuthiya ukuze ungoni kimi. 7 Manje-ke lo mkamuntu mbuyisele endodeni yakhe, ngoba ingumphrofethi. Yona izokushwelezela uphile. Uma kodwa ungamphindiseli, yazi kahle ukuthi uzokufa nokufa, wena, nabo bonke abendlu yakho.”
8U-Abhimeleki wavuka kusempondozankomo wabiza zonke izikhulu zakhe, wazilandisa ngalolo daba, zangenwa ngamanzi emadolweni. 9 U-Abhimeleki wabiza u-Abhrahama wathi: “Ukwenzeleni lokhu kithi, mina nombuso wami sikone ngani uze usethwese icala elingaka na? Wenze kithi okungafanele ukwenze.”
10U-Abhimeleki wambuza u-Abhrahama wathi: “Iyini inhloso yakho ngokwenza le nto na?”
U-Abhrahama Uyaziphendulela
11 U-Abhrahama waziphendulela wathi: “Kufike kimi umcabango wokuthi uNkulunkulu akesatshwa kule ndawo, ngizobulawa ngifele umkami. 12Kanti-ke nangaphezu kwalokho ungudadewethu okwangempela, sizalwa ndodanye, sehlukene ngomama, nokho-ke ngamenza umkami. 13 Kwathi lapho uNkulunkulu engikhipha kwabakithi ngathi kumkami: ‘Uyobe ukhombise ukuthembeka uma noma kuphi lapho sifika khona ubatshela ukuthi ngingumfowenu.’ ”
14 U-Abhimeleki wamnika u-Abhrahama izimvu, izinkomo nezigqila zesilisa nezesifazane, wambuyisela nomkakhe uSara. 15 U-Abhimeleki wayesethi: “Nanti izwe phambi kwakho, ungakha nomaphi lapho uthanda khona.”
16Esebhekise kuSara wathi: “Bheka, umfowenu ngimnike izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane, eziyinhlawulo engishweleza ngazo ngesiphosiso asenze phambi kwabo bonke ohamba nabo, wena awunacala.”
17 U-Abhrahama wakhuleka kuNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wamelapha u-Abhimeleki, umkakhe nezigqila, wabuye wabavula izibeletho, 18 ngoba uSimakade wayekade ebavale izibeletho bonke abendlu ka-Abhimeleki ngenxa kaSara umka-Abhrahama.
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