Genesisi 20:1-18
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USara usindiswa ku-Abimeleki (1-18)
20 U-Abrahama wafudusa ikampakhe,+ watjhinga eNegebhi wahlala hlangana neKhadetjhi+ neTjhuri.+ Ngesikhathi ahlala enarheni engasingeyekhabo, eGerari,+
2 bekasolo athi malungana noSara umkakhe: “Ungudadwethu.”+ Nje-ke u-Abimeleki ikosi yeGerari yathi kulethwe uSara endlinakhe.+
3 Ngemva kwalokho, uZimu wabonakala ebhudangweni ebusuku ku-Abimeleki wathi: “Uzokufa ngebanga lomfazi omthetheko+ lo ngombana utjhadile begodu ungewenye indoda.”+
4 Nokho u-Abimeleki bekangakatjhingi emabhayini naye. Nje-ke wathi: “Jehova kghani uzokubulala isitjhaba esimsulwa na?
5 Kghani u-Abrahama akhenge athi kimi uSara ungudadwabo? USara naye akhenge atjho kimi na ukuthi u-Abrahama umfowabo? Lokhu ngikwenze ngehliziyo emsulwa begodu bengingakanqophi ukwenza okungakalungi.”
6 UZimu weqiniso wakhuluma naye ebhudangweni, wathi: “Ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu ukwenze ngehliziyo emsulwa, yeke ngikuvimbile bona ungoni kimi. Kungebangelo ngingakhenge ngikuvumele bona umthinte.
7 Nje-ke buyisela umfazi lo endodenakhe ngombana imphorofidi,+ izokuthandazela+ bona uragele phambili uphila. Nange ungambuyiseli kwamambala uzokufa, wena nabo boke ekungebakho.”
8 U-Abimeleki wavuka ekuseni wabiza zoke iinsebenzi zakhe wazitjela okwenzekileko, zathi nazizwa lokho zangenwa mamanzi emadolweni.
9 Ngemva kwalokho, u-Abimeleki wabiza u-Abrahama wathi kuye: “Yintobani osenze yona le? Ngikone ngani bona ungabe ulethele mina nombuswami ihlekelele engaka? Into ongenze yona le ayikalungi.”
10 U-Abimeleki waraga wathi ku-Abrahama: “Bewunqopheni ngokwenza into le?”+
11 U-Abrahama wamphendula wathi: “Ngazitjela ngathi, ‘Kwamambala abantu bala abamsabi uZimu, nje-ke bazongibulala ngebanga lomkami.’+
12 Nangaphandle kwalokho, ungudadwethu ngombana uyindodakazi kababa kodwana ingasi indodakazi kamma, nje-ke waba mkami.+
13 Lokha uZimu nakangenza bona ngikhambe endlini kababa,+ ngathi kuye, ‘Le yindlela ozongitjengisa ngayo ukuthi uyangithanda: Nanyana kukuphi lapha sikhamba khona uthi, ngimfowenu.’”+
14 U-Abimeleki wathatha izimvu, iinkomo, iinsebenzi eziduna nezisikazi wazinikela u-Abrahama, wambuyisela nomkakhe uSara.
15 U-Abimeleki wanaba wathi: “Inarha le ngeyami, nje-ke ungahlala nanyana kukuphi lapha uthanda khona.”
16 Wathi kuSara: “Nginikela umfowenu+ iimpaparwana zesiliva eziyi-1 000. Zilitshwayo lokuthi akunanto engakalungi oyenzileko begodu umsulwa.”
17 U-Abrahama wathandaza kuZimu weqiniso, nje-ke uZimu walapha u-Abimeleki, umkakhe neengqilakazi. Ngemva kwalokho, baba nabantwana
18 ngombana uJehova bekavale isibeletho sabo boke abafazi ebebangendlini ka-Abimeleki ngebanga lakaSara umka-Abrahama.+
