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Bible Reading Plan – Day 6

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EYEZIQALO 21

Ukuvela kukaIsake

1*UNdikhoyo wamenzela isisa uSara ngokuthi asizalisekise isithembiso sakhe. 2USara wakhulelwa, waza wazala umntwana oyinkwenkwe, sele aluphele uAbraham. Wamzala kanye ngelaa xesha wayelixelile uThixo. 3Wamthiya igama loo mntwana uAbraham, wathi nguIsake. 4Uthe ke akuba ntsuku zisibhozo ezelwe, wamalusa uAbraham ngokomyalelo kaThixo. 5UAbraham wayeselenekhulu leminyaka ukuzalwa kukaIsake. 6Wada wathi uSara: “UThixo undenze ndakwazi ukuhleka, yaye wonke ubani oyivayo le nto wohleka kunye nam.” 7Uqokele wathi: “Ibingubani kakade obenokuthi kuAbraham ndiza kuba ngumdlezana owanyisayo? Naku ke kodwa ndizele umntwana wakhe, eyinkothovu yexhego enjalo!”

8Lwakhula usana lwada lwalunyulwa. Wenza elikhulu lona itheko uAbraham ukulunyulwa kwaloo mntwana.

Ukugxothwa kukaHagare noIshmayeli

9Ngaminazana ithile uSara wabona umntakaHagare umJiputakazi, lowa uHagare wamfumana kuAbraham, edlala ngoIsake. 10Waya kuthi kuAbraham: “Wethu, sikhuphele ngaphandle esi sicakazana kunye nomntwana waso. Andiyi kuyivumela yona into yokuba lo mntwana wesi sicakazana sahlulelane ngelifa kunye noIsake umntwana wam!”

11Le nto yamkhathaza gqitha uAbraham, kuba noIshmayeli lowo wayengumntwana wakhe. 12Wavakala esithi uThixo kuye: “Hayi, sukuzikhathaza ngenxa yalo mntwana nesicakazana sakho. Yenza loo nto ithethwa nguSara wena, kuba kaloku abazukulwana bakho boba yinzala kaIsake. 13Ewe, nonyana wesicakazana lo uya kuzala isizwe esikhulu, kuba kaloku naye ngumntwana wakho ncam.”

14Kwakusasa ngengomso uAbraham wavuka wathatha ukutya kunye nentsuba ezele ngamanzi, wazinika uHagare, wamthwalisa, wathi makahambe nomntwana wakhe. Wemka ke uHagare, wahamba ebhadula kuloo ntlango iyiBheshebha. 15Akuphela amanzi awayewaphethe, wamqhusheka etyholweni umntwana, 16wemka wathi qelele, wahlala phantsi. Watsho esithi: “Andinakuyinyamezela into yokubona umntwana wam esifa.” Uthe ehleli apho zehla iinyembezi.

17UThixo wamva ekhala umntwana, kwavakala ilizwi lesithunywa livela ezulwini, lisithi kuHagare: “Ukhathazwa yintoni, Hagare? Sukoyika. UThixo umvile umntwana wakho kulaa ndawo umbeke kuyo. 18Hamb' uye kumthatha umthuthuzele. Úya kuba ngunozala wesizwe esikhulu.” 19UThixo wawavula amehlo kaHagare, nako kubonakala umthombo. Waya kuzalisa loo ntsuba, waseza nomntwana wakhe. 20-21UThixo wamgcina loo mntwana, wakhula ehlala kuloo ntlango yaseParan. Waba yincutshe yomzingeli. Unina wamthathela intombi engumJiputakazi.

Imvumelwano ka-Abraham noAbhimeleki

22Ngelo xesha kwafika uAbhimeleki ehamba noPikoli umphathi-mkhosi, wathi kuAbraham: “Yonke into oyenzayo inesandla sikaThixo kuyo, Abraham. 23Ngoko ke khawufunge ngoku apha phambi koThixo ukuba akusokuze undixokise mna nabantwana bam kunye nabazukulwana bam. Mna ndinyanisekile kuwe, nawe ke ndithembise ukuba uya kunyaniseka kum nakubemi beli lizwe uhlala kulo.”

24UAbraham wathi ukuphendula: “Ndiyathembisa.”

25UAbraham wavakalisa kwanesikhalazo awayenaso kuAbhimeleki, esiphathelele nomthombo owahluthwa zizicaka zika-Abhimeleki. 26Wathi uAbhimeleki: “Bendingazi ukuba ukho owenze loo nto; nawe ngokwakho akuzange wandixelela nokundixelela. Ndiyaqala namhlanje ukuyiva into enjalo.”

27UAbraham ke wakhupha iinkomo neegusha, wazinika uAbhimeleki, baza benza imvumelwano. 28UAbraham wakhetha amatakane asixhenxe kuloo mhlambi, 29waza uAbhimeleki wathi kuAbraham: “Ngawantoni la matakane asixhenxe uwakhethileyo?”

30Wathi uAbraham: “Wathathe la matakane asixhenxe. Ngokwenjenjalo ungqina ukuba lo mthombo wembiwa ndim.” 31Yaba ke loo ndawo kuthiwa yiBheshebha ukubizwa kwayo, kuba kaloku kulapho loo madoda avumelana khona efunga.

32Emva koko uAbhimeleki noPikoli babuyela kwakwelamaFilistiya. 33UAbraham watyala umthi apho eBheshebha. Apho ke wamnqula *uNdikhoyo uThixo uSonini-nanini. 34Wahlala kwelo lizwe lamaFilistiya ixesha elide.

EYEZIQALO 22

UThixo uvavanya uAbraham

1Ekuhambeni kwexesha uThixo wamvavanya uAbraham. Wambiza wathi: “Abraham!”

Wasabela uAbraham wathi: “Ndim lo, Mhlekazi!”

2Uthe uThixo: “Thatha unyana wakho uIsake, lo kanye usenyongweni kuwe, uye naye eMoriya. Uya kufika apho ke, kuloo nduli ndiza kukubonisa yona, umnikele khona abe lidini elitshiswayo.”

3Kwakusasa ngengomso uAbraham wavuka, wabopha idonki yakhe, wabiza izicaka zazibini kunye noIsake, bacanda iinkuni zokubasa umlilo wedini, banduluka baya kuloo ndawo bekuthiwe ze baye kuyo nguThixo. 4Ngosuku lwesithathu wayibona isekude loo ndawo uAbraham. 5Wathi kuloo madoda wayehamba nawo: “Salani apha nina nale donki, mna nale nkwenkwe siza kuya phaya. Sakuthi sakugqiba ukunqula, sibuye.”

6UAbraham wamthwalisa emagxeni uIsake ezo nkuni, yena waphatha amalahle nemela. Benjenjeya bobabini.

7Endleleni uthe uIsake kuyise: “Tata!”

UAbraham wathi: “Thetha, nyana!”

UIsake wathi: “Nanku umlilo, nanzi neenkuni; liphi ke lona ixhwane ledini?”

8-9Uthe ukuphendula uAbraham: “Iya kubonwa nguThixo loo nto, mfo wam.”

Batsho bahamba besiya kuloo ndawo yayalathwe nguThixo. Bakufika apho, uAbraham wenza iqonga lamadini, wabeka iinkuni ezo phezu kwalo, wambopha uIsake unyana wakhe, wambeka phezu kwezo nkuni. 10Uthathe imela ukuze ambulale unyana wakhe. 11Suka kwavakala isithunywa *sikaNdikhoyo simemeza sisezulwini sisithi: “Abraham! Abraham!”

Yena ke uthe: “Ndim lo!”

Sathi isithunywa kuye: 12“Uze ungayenzakalisi loo nkwenkwe, ungayithi cha nakancinci! Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uThixo uyamoyika; kaloku akwalanga nonyana wakho oyintandane ekuphela kwakhe.”

13UAbraham wabheka-bheka, wabona inkunzi yegusha ibambeke ngeempondo etyholweni. Waya kuyirhola, wenza ngayo idini endaweni yonyana wakhe. 14UAbraham wathi loo ndawo yiYawe-yire. Unangoku kusathiwa xa kuthethwayo: “UNdikhoyo uyabonelela endulini yakhe.”

15Siphindile savakala sithetha ezulwini isithunywa, sisithi kuAbraham: 16“Uthi uNdikhoyo: ‘Mna ngokwam ndiyafunga; ndithi ngenxa yale nto uyenzileyo, akwala ukuncama intandane ekuphela kwayo, 17ndiza kukuthamsanqelisa kanobom, ndikuphe inzala eninzi, ibe ngangeenkwenkwezi ezisesibhaka-bhakeni nentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle ubuninzi bayo. Abazukulwana bakho boyithimba imihlaba yeentshaba zabo. 18Zonke izizwe emhlabeni zothamsanqeliswa ngenzala yakho. Iyonke loo nto kungenxa yokundithobela kwakho.’ ”

19UAbraham wabuyela kwizicaka zakhe, bonke baphindela eBheshebha apho waba ngummi khona.

Inzala kaNahore

20Emva kwexesha uAbraham weva ukuba uMilika uzalele uNahore umninawa wakhe abantwana abasibhozo. 21Yayingu-Uzi izibulo, yaba nguBhuzi, kweza uKamweli uyise ka-Aram. 22Kulandele uRhesedi, noHazo, noPildashe, noJidelafu, kunye noBhetuweli. 23UBhetuweli wazala intombi uRabheka. Aba bantwana basibhozo bazalwa nguMilika umka-Nahore umninawa ka-Abraham. 24Iqadi likaNahore, uRewuma, lazala uTebha, noGaham, noTahashe, kunye noMahaka.

EYEZIQALO 23

Ukubhubha kukaSara

1USara uhleli wade wanekhulu elinamashumi amabini anesixhenxe ubudala. 2Ubhubhele eKiriyati-arbha, ekuthiwa yiHebron, kwelaseKanana. Waba buhlungu uAbraham, wamzilela umkakhe.

3UAbraham wesuka apho wafela khona umkakhe, waya kumaHeti. Ufike wathi kubemi balapho: 4“Ndingumfiki nomhambi apha; ndinikeni indawo apho ndingamngcwabela khona umkam.”

5Athe ukuphendula uAbraham amaHeti: 6“Phulaphula, mhlekazi, kuthi uyinkosi. Siyakukhululela; ungamngcwaba umfikazi kweyona ndawo uyithandayo.”

7Waphakama uAbraham, wakhahlela kumaHeti, 8wathi: “Ukuba niyavuma ndimngcwabe apha umfikazi, ndiceleleni kuEfron unyana kaZoware 9ukuba andithengisele laa mqolomba useMakapela; nankuya emdeni womhlaba wakhe. Ze nithi makandinike ngexabiso lawo, ukuze ndiwuthenge, ndingcwabe kuwo.”

10UEfron wayehleli namanye amaHeti enkundleni yembizo yedolophu kuthe nqwadalala. Wenjenje ukuphendula, eviwa ngumntu wonke owayelapho: 11“Hayi, mhlekazi, mandithi ndiyakunika laa mhlaba ndawonye naloo mqolomba ulapho. Loo nto ndiyithetha apha phambi kwamawethu, la athe thande apha; ndithi ndiyakunika laa mhlaba wakuthi; ungamngcwaba khona umfikazi.”

12UAbraham wakhahlela kubantu balapho. 13Waza wathi kuEfron, eviwa ngumntu wonke: “Ndiyakucela, ndiphe indlebe! Ndiza kukunika ixabiso lemali yalaa mhlaba. Yithathe le mali, ukuze nam ndixole, ndingcwabe khona umfikazi.”

14Uthe uEfron: 15“Mhlekazi, laa mhlaba ziisiliva ezimakhulu mane kuphela; asinto loo nto kuwe nakum. Hamba uye kumngcwaba umkakho.” 16UAbraham wavuma, waza wayibala loo mali yayifunwa nguEfron apho phambi kwabantu. Yaba ngamakhulu amane eesiliva ngokomlinganiselo wabarhwebi.

17-18Wawufumana ngolo hlobo ke uAbraham umhlaba kaEfron owawuseMakapela ngasempumalanga yeMamre. Yayiyintsimi, umqolomba, kunye nemithi eyayikho. Yangqinwa loo nto ngawo onke amaHeti awayekuloo mbizo. 19UAbraham wamngcwaba ke umkakhe uSara kuloo mqolomba eMakapela ngaseMamre eseHebron kwelaseKanana. 20Loo mhlaba ke owawungowamaHeti kunye naloo mqolomba waba ngoka-Abraham, wangcwabela kuwo.

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