U-Abrahamu no-Abimeleki
1U-Abrahamu wafuduka eMamre waya esewula yeKanana wafese wahlala hlangana neKadetjhi neTjhuri. Lokha nasese sikhonzi eGerari 2wabiza uSara ongumkakhe bona ngudadwabo. Yeke u-Abimeleki, ikosi yeGerari, yathumela iinceku zayo bona ziyokuthatha uSara abe mkayo. 3Kodwana ebusuku uZimu wabonakala ku-Abimeleki ngebhudango wathi: “Ufile wena ngebanga lomfazi omthetheko ngombana umfazi lo ungowenye indoda.”
4U-Abimeleki bekangakamnamathi, yeke wathi: “Somnini, alo uzakuhlunguphaza abantu abanganamlandu na? 5Angithi ngu-Abrahamu othe kimi uSara ngudadwabo. Naye uSara loyo uthe iye, u-Abrahamu mnakwabo. Nje-ke ngenze lokhu ngesazelo esimsulwa nezandla zami zimhlophe.”
6Yeke uZimu wamphendula ebhudangweni wathi: “Iye, ngiyazi bona ukwenze lokhu ngesazelo esimsulwa. Ngimi okulondileko bona ungenzi isono kimi, ngikho ngingakhange ngikuvumele bona umnamathe. 7Nje-ke buyisela umfazi endodenakhe ngombana imuphorofidi begodu izakuthandazela bona uphile. Kodwana nawungambuyiseliko angikutjeli, ngiyakuhlebela uzokufa wena kanye nakho koke kwakho.”
8Kwathi ekuseni ngakusasa u-Abimeleki wabiza iimphathimandla zakhe, kuthe bona azitjele koke okwenzekileko, zethuka kokwethuka. 9Yeke u-Abimeleki wabiza u-Abrahamu wambuza wathi: “Yintobani osenze yona le? Ngikwenzeni into embi kangaka bona ungabeze ungibangele isonokazi esingaka nombuswami? Uyazi ungenze into engenziwako.” 10Wangezelela wathi: “Ubangelwe yini bona wenze into enje?”
11U-Abrahamu waphendula wathi: “Bengizitjela bona akukho nakanye ukwesaba uZimu endaweni le, nje-ke ngadlumbana bona abantu balapha bazangibulala ngenca yomkami lo. 12Yena mkami, kodwana eqinisweni ungudadwethu, sibantwana bendoda yinye, sahlukene ngabomma. 13Nje-ke kwathi uZimu nangenze bona ngizulazule kude nobuphephelo bendlu kababa, ngathi kuye, ‘Nasi indlela ongabonakalisa ngayo ukwethembeka kimi, nanyana kukuphi lapha siya khona: Batjele bona ngingumnakwenu.’ ”
14U-Abimeleki wathatha izimvu, iimbuzi neenkomo kanye namakhoboka namakhobokakazi, wanikela u-Abrahamu lokha nakabuyisela uSara umkakhe kuye. 15Wathi ku-Abrahamu: “Inarhami inabile, hlala nanyana kukuphi lapha uthanda khona.”
16KuSara wathi: “Nginikele umnakwenu amakhilogremu alitjhumi nanye nesiquntu wesiliva. Lokhu kulitshwayo lobumsulwa bakho phambi kwabo boke abanawe kanye nabanye abantu.”
Ngalokho uSara wahlanjululwa.
17U-Abrahamu wathandaza kuZimu. UZimu waphilisa u-Abimeleki, umkakhe kanye namakhobokakazi ukuze kukghoneke ukuba nabantwana godu. 18Iye, uSomnini bekavale yoke imbeleko yabantu bengubo esigodlweni saka-Abimeleki ngenca kaSara umka Abrahamu.
