U-Isaka UseGerari NaseBheri Sheba
1Kwaba khona enye indlala ezweni ngaphandle kwaleyo eyayike yaba khona emihleni ka-Abhrahama. U-Isaka wathutha waya eGerari enkosini yamaFilisti u-Abhimeleki. 2USimakade wabonakala ku-Isaka, wathi: “Ungehleli eGibhithe. Hlala kuleli lizwe engizokukhombisa lona. 3Hlala kuleli lizwe njengomfokazi, Mina ngizoba nawe ngikubusise. Wonke lawa mazwe ngizokunika wona, wena nezizukulwane zakho, futhi ngisifeze isifungo engasenza ku-Abhrahama uyihlo. 4Ngiyakusandisa isizukulwane sakho sibe siningi ngangezinkanyezi esibhakabhakeni, ngisinike wonke lawa mazwe, nezizwe zonke zomhlaba ziyobusiswa ngenxa yesizukulwane sakho, 5ngoba u-Abhrahama walilalela izwi lami, wagcina imiyalo yami, imithetho, izimiso, neziyalo zami.”
6U-Isaka wahlala eGerari.
7Kwathi lapho amadoda akuleyo ndawo embuza ngomkakhe, wathi kuwo: “Ungudadewethu,” ngokuba wayengafuni ukulikhipha ngembaba elokuthi ngumkakhe, esaba ukuthi amadoda endawo azomsoconga ngenxa kaRibheka, kwazise wayemuhle kakhulu. 8U-Isaka esenesikhathi ezinze kuleyo ndawo, u-Abhimeleki, inkosi yamaFilisti, ezibukela nje ngefasitela, wamelamela u-Isaka ewotawota umkakhe uRibheka. 9U-Abhimeleki wambiza u-Isaka, wathi: “Bheka, ngumkakho lo. Kungani pho uthe ngudadewenu na?”
U-Isaka waphendula wathi: “Yingoba ngangicabanga ukuthi ngingase ngife ngenxa yakhe.”
10U-Abhimeleki wathi: “Kuyini lokhu okwenze kithi na? Bekungenzeka omunye wamadoda alale nomkakho, bese sithwala icala.”
11U-Abhimeleki wabayala bonke abantu, wathi: “Noma ngubani oyoke athinte lo muntu nomkakhe uyofa nokufa.”
Ukuceba Kuka-Isaka Nempikiswano Ngemithombo
12U-Isaka watshala imbewu kulelo lizwe, kwathi ngawo lowo nyaka wavuna isivuno esikhulu kakhulu. USimakade wambusisa, 13waceba kakhulu, waba nempumelelo enkulu, waceba wabedlula bonke. 14Waba nemfuyo, nemihlambi, nomndeni omkhulu kwaze kwavuka umona ngaye kumaFilisti. 15AmaFilisti ayesesuka eyigqiba ngomhlabathi yonke imithombo izinceku zikayise ezaziyimbe emihleni ka-Abhrahama. 16U-Abhimeleki wathi ku-Isaka: “Hamba, usuke phakathi kwethu, usunamandla amakhulu kunathi.”
17U-Isaka wasuka lapho, wagoba amadlangala esigodini eGerari, wahlala lapho.
18U-Isaka wabuye wayimba imithombo eyayikade imbiwe emihleni ka-Abhrahama, wayibiza ngamagama ayeyiqambe wona uyise, ngokuba amaFilisti ayekade eyivalile emva kokufa kuka-Abhrahama. 19Kwathi lapho izinceku zika-Isaka zimba esigodini zathola umthombo ogelezayo. 20Kwaqubuka umbango phakathi kwabelusi baseGerari nabaka-Isaka, abaseGerari bethi: “Lawa manzi ngawethu.”
Wawuqamba lowo mthombo wathi yi-Eseki okunguthi kusembangweni, ngoba bambangisa. 21Base bemba omunye umthombo, babuye bababangisa nakulowo, wayesewuqamba ethi yiSithina. 22Wasuka wayokumba omunye umthombo; kulowo abambangisanga, ngakho-ke wawuqamba ngokuthi yiRehobhothi, ngokuba wathi: “Manje uSimakade usesinike indawo ebanzi, wasenza sanda ezweni.”
Isithembiso Sika-Abhrahama Siyaphindwa Ku-Isaka
23Wasuka lapho wakhuphukela eBheri Sheba. 24Ngalobo busuku, uSimakade wabonakala kuye wathi: “NginguNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama uyihlo. Ungesabi, ngokuba nginawe, ngizakukubusisa, ngenze isizukulwane sakho sibe siningi kakhulu ngenxa ka-Abhrahama inceku yami.”
25U-Isaka wayesakha i-althare lapho, wakhuleka egameni leNkosi, wagxumeka ithende lakhe, izinceku zakhe zamba umthombo lapho.
Isivumelwano Sika-Isaka No-Abhimeleki
26Kwase kufika u-Abhimeleki evela eGerari, ehamba no-Ahuzathi umeluleki wakhe, noPhikholo, umkhuzi wamabutho empi yakhe. 27U-Isaka wathi kubo: “Nizofunani lapha kimi, ngoba nina niyangizonda, naze nangidingisa na?”
28Bathi: “Kuyasikhanyela ukuthi uSimakade unawe. Yikho sithi: ‘Masenze isifungo phakathi kwethu nawe, kube khona isivumelwano phakathi kwethu,’ 29ukuze ungasenzakalisi njengoba nathi singazange sikwenzakalise, kodwa sakuphatha kahle, saze sakumukisa phakathi kwethu ngokuthula. Kusobala ukuthi wena ungobusisiweyo weNkosi.”
30Wabalungisela indumezulu yedili, badla, baphuza. 31Bavuka entathakusa ngakusasa bafungisana. U-Isaka wabaphelekezela behlukana ngokuthula. 32Ngalolo lusuku kwafika izinceku zika-Isaka, zambikela ngomthombo ezaziwumbile, zathi: “Sithole amanzi.”
33Kusukela lapho lowo mthombo wabizwa ngokuthi iShiba. Yikho nje igama lomuzi oseduze nawo ubizwa ngokuthi yiBheri Sheba kuze kube namuhla.
Amakhosikazi Ka-Esawu
34U-Esawu wakhula waze wahlanganisa iminyaka engama-40. Wayeseganwa nguJudithi, indodakazi kaBheri, umHithi, noBhasematha indodakazi ka-Eloni, umHithi. 35Labo malokazana baletha olukhulu usizi emphefumulweni ka-Isaka noRibheka.
