Genesise 20:1-18
-
USara ukhululwa ku-Abhimeleki (1-18)
20 Manje u-Abrahama wathutha itende lakhe + waya ezweni laseNegebhi wafike wahlala phakathi kweKadeshi + neShuri. + Ngesikhathi ehlala* eGerari, +
2 u-Abrahama waphinda wathi ngomkakhe uSara: “Ungudadewethu.” + Ngakho u-Abhimeleki inkosi yaseGerari wathumela ukuba kulandwe uSara futhi wamthatha. +
3 Kamuva uNkulunkulu wafika ku-Abhimeleki ebusuku ngephupho wathi kuye: “Bheka ufana nosefile ngenxa yowesifazane omthathile, + ngoba ushadile ungowenye indoda.” +
4 Nokho, u-Abhimeleki wayengasondelanga kuye.* Ngakho wathi: “Jehova, ingabe uzosibulala isizwe esingenacala* ngempela?
5 Akashongo yini kimi ukuthi, ‘Ungudadewethu,’ naye akashongo yini ukuthi, ‘Ungumfowethu’? Lokhu ngikwenze ngokwethembeka ngaphandle kwezinhloso ezimbi.”
6 Ngemva kwalokho uNkulunkulu weqiniso wathi kuye ephusheni: “Ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu ukwenze ngokwethembeka, ngakho ngikuvimbile ukuba ungoni kimi. Yingakho ngingakuvumelanga ukuba umthinte.
7 Manje buyisela umfazi wale ndoda, ngoba ingumprofethi, + izokunxusela + futhi uzoqhubeka uphila. Kodwa uma ungambuyiseli, yazi ukuthi uzofa nakanjani, wena nabo bonke abangabakho.”
8 U-Abhimeleki wavuka kusesekuseni wabiza zonke izinceku zakhe wazitshela zonke lezi zinto, ngakho zesaba kakhulu.
9 Ngemva kwalokho u-Abhimeleki wabiza u-Abrahama wathi kuye: “Yini le osenze yona? Ngenze sono sini kuwe, uze ungilethele mina nombuso wami isono esikhulu kangaka? Le nto ongenze yona ibingafanele.”
10 U-Abhimeleki wabe esethi ku-Abrahama: “Yini obuyihlosile ngesikhathi wenza le nto?” +
11 U-Abrahama wathi: “Yingoba ngangizitshele ukuthi, ‘Ngokuqinisekile akukho ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kule ndawo futhi bazongibulala ngenxa yomkami.’ +
12 Ngaphandle kwalokho, ungudadewethu ngempela, indodakazi kababa, kodwa akayona indodakazi kamama, futhi waba umkami. +
13 Lapho uNkulunkulu ethi angisuke endlini kababa ngihambe ngizula, + ngathi kuSara: ‘Lena makube yindlela ongibonisa ngayo uthando oluqotho: Kuzo zonke izindawo esiya kuzo, wothi ngami, “Ungumfowethu.”’” +
14 Ngemva kwalokho u-Abhimeleki wathatha izimvu nezinkomo nezinceku nezincekukazi wakunika u-Abrahama, wabuyisela kuye umkakhe uSara.
15 U-Abhimeleki waphinde wathi: “Nali izwe lami. Hlala nomaphi la uthanda khona.”
16 KuSara wathi: “Bheka nginika umfowenu + izinhlamvu ezingu-1 000 zesiliva. Ziwuphawu lobumsulwa bakho kubo bonke abanawe, naphambi kwawo wonke umuntu futhi sisusiwe isihlamba kuwe.”
17 U-Abrahama waqala ukunxusa uNkulunkulu weqiniso, uNkulunkulu wamelapha u-Abhimeleki nomkakhe nezigqilakazi zakhe, baqala ukuzala abantwana;
18 ngoba uJehova wayenze bonke abesifazane bendlu ka-Abhimeleki baba izinyumba* ngenxa kaSara, umka-Abrahama. +
Imibhalo yaphansi
^ Noma, “ehlala njengesifiki.”
^ Noma, “esilungile.”
^ Okuwukuthi, wayengalalanga naye.
^ Noma, “wayezivale ngci zonke izibeletho zendlu ka-Abhimeleki.”
