UGenesisi 20:1-18
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USara uvikelwa ku-Abhimeleki (1-18)
20 U-Abrahama wathutha lapho ayekhona+ waya elizweni leNegebhi, wahlala phakathi kweKhadeshi+ leShuri.+ U-Abrahama wathi esehlala* eGerari,+
2 wayehlala ekhuluma ngomkakhe uSara esithi: “Ngudadewethu.”+ Ngakho u-Abhimeleki inkosi yaseGerari yathuma izithunywa zayo ukuthi ziyebiza uSara, waselethwa kuye.+
3 Ngemva kwalokho uNkulunkulu wafika ku-Abhimeleki ebusuku ephutsheni wathi kuye: “Usufanana lofileyo ngenxa yowesifazana osumthethe+ ngoba wendile futhi ungumfazi wenye indoda.”+
4 Kodwa u-Abhimeleki wayengakamthinti,* yikho wathi: “Jehova, kambe ungabulala isizwe esingelacala?*
5 Kayisuye yini ongitshele wathi ngudadewabo? Laye umama lo katshongo yini ukuthi ngumnewabo? Engikwenzileyo ngikwenze ngenhliziyo emsulwa langezandla ezingelacala.”
6 UNkulunkulu weqiniso wasesithi kuye ephutsheni: “Ngiyakwazi ukuthi lokhu ukwenze ngenhliziyo emsulwa yikho ngikuvimbele ukuthi ungenzi isono kimi. Ngenxa yalokho angikuvumelanga ukuthi umthinte.
7 Khathesi-ke buyisela umfazi wendoda le ngoba ingumphrofethi+ njalo izakhuleka ikuncengele+ ukuze uqhubeke uphila. Kodwa nxa ungayekela ukumbuyisela, kumele ukwazi ukuthi wena labo bonke abendlu yakho lizakufa sibili.”
8 U-Abhimeleki wavuka ekuseni kakhulu wabiza zonke izinceku zakhe wazitshela konke lokhu futhi zethuka kakhulu.
9 Ngemva kwalokho u-Abhimeleki wasebiza u-Abrahama wathi kuye: “Kuyini lokhu osenze khona? Kambe ngikoneleni uze wehlisele mina lombuso wami isono esingaka? Akukuhle lokho okwenzileyo kimi.”
10 U-Abhimeleki wasephinda wathi ku-Abrahama: “Ubuhloseni uze wenze into enje?”+
11 U-Abrahama wathi: “Kungenxa yokuthi ngacabanga ukuthi, ‘Abantu bendawo le abamesabi uNkulunkulu futhi bazangibulala ngenxa yomkami.’+
12 Kodwa iqiniso elikhona yikuthi ungudadewethu sibili ngoba uyindodakazi kababa kodwa sitshiyana kubomama njalo ngamthatha waba ngumkami.+
13 Ngesikhathi uNkulunkulu esithi ngisuke endlini kababa+ ngathi kumkami: ‘Nanku okumele ukwenze ukuze utshengise ukuthi uyangithanda:* Loba ngaphi lapho esiyakhona fika uthi, “Lo ngumnewethu.”’”+
14 U-Abhimeleki wasethatha izimvu lenkomo kanye lezisebenzi zesilisa lezesifazana wanika u-Abrahama, wambuyisela lomkakhe uSara.
15 U-Abhimeleki waqhubeka wathi: “Ilizwe lami liphambi kwakho. Hlala loba ngaphi ofuna khona.”
16 Wasesithi kuSara: “Khathesi senginika umnewenu inhlamvu zesiliva ezingu-1 000.+ Ziyisibonakaliso kubo bonke abantu abalawe lapha, laphambi kwabo bonke abantu ukuthi akulalutho olubi olwenzileyo futhi ayikho into embi ongagconwa ngayo.”
17 U-Abrahama wasethandaza kuNkulunkulu weqiniso emncenga. UNkulunkulu wasemsilisa u-Abhimeleki lomkakhe lezigqilikazi zakhe basebeqala ukuba labantwana.
18 Phela uJehova wayebangele ukuthi bonke abesifazana ababesemzini ka-Abhimeleki babe zinyumba* ngenxa kaSara umka-Abrahama.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “ehlala njengowezizweni.”
^ Kumbe, “esilungileyo.”
^ Lapha kutshiwo ukuthi wayengakalali laye.
^ Kumbe, “ulothando oluqotho kimi.”
^ Kumbe, “wayevale ngokupheleleyo zonke izibeletho zabendlu ka-Abhimeleki.”
