Gen 18 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukuzalwa kukaIsaka kuyathenjiswa

1INkosi yabonakala kuAbrahama eduze lezihlahla ezinkulu zaseMamre, ehlezi emnyango wethente ngesikhathi sokutshisa kwelanga.

2Ephakamisa amehlo akhe wabona amadoda amathathu emi ngaphambi kwakhe; esewabonile wasuka emnyango wethente, wagijima ukuwahlangabeza, wakhothama,Heb 13:2

3wathi: Nkosi yami, uba ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ungadluli encekwini yakho.

4Ke ngilethe amanzi ligeze inyawo zenu, liphumule ngaphansi kwesihlahla.

5Ngizaletha lokudla, libambe ithumbu andubana lidlule, njengokuba lifikile encekwini yenu. Athi: Yenza njengokutsho kwakho.

6UAbrahama waphuthuma ethenteni wathi kuSara: Phangisa uthathe amagokoko amabili empuphu ecolekileyo, uyixove, wenze izinkwa.

7UAbrahama wagijima waya ezinkomeni, wathatha ithole elihle elinonileyo, walinika inceku; yaphangisa ukulilungisa.

8Wathatha amasi lochago, lethole abelilungisile, wakubeka phambi kwawo; wema ngakuwo ngaphansi kwesihlahla, adla.

9Athi kuye: Ungaphi uSara umkakho? Wathi: Nangu ethenteni.

10Isethekeli sasesisithi: Impela ngizakubuya kuwe ngalesisikhathi nyakenye; khangela, uSara umkakho uzazuza indodana. USara wakuzwa esemnyango wethente ngasemva kwakhe.Roma 9:9

11UAbrahama loSara basebegugile beleminyaka eminengi; sasesiphelile kuSara isikhathi sokuzala.

12USara wahlekela ngaphakathi kwakhe, wathi: Njengokuba sengimdala, lendoda yami isiluphele, ng’khona ngizathokoziswa na?1 Pet 3:6

13INkosi yasisithi kuAbrahama: Uhlekelani uSara esithi: Impela ngizakuzala ngimdala na?

14Kukhona into engahlula iNkosi na? Ngalesisikhathi nyakenye ngizabuya kuwe, uSara uzazuza indodana.Luka 1:37

15USara wesaba, waphika esithi: Kangihlekanga. Kodwa wathi: Impela uhlekile.

UAbrahama ukhulekela iSodoma

16Amadoda asuka lapho aqonda ngaseSodoma; uAbrahama wahamba lawo ewaphelekezela.

17INkosi yathi: Ngingamfihlela uAbrahama lokho engizakwenza na?

18Atshi, ngoba uAbrahama uzakuba yisizwe esikhulu esilamandla; zonke izizwe zomhlaba zizabusiswa ngaye.

19Ngoba ngimkhethile ukuba alaye abantwana bakhe losendo lwakhe, bagcine indlela yeNkosi ngokwenza ukulunga lokuqotho, ukuze iNkosi imenzele uAbrahama lokho emthembise khona.

20INkosi yathi: Ukukhala kwaseSodoma leGomora kukhulu lobubi babo bukhulu;

21ngakho ngizakwehla ngibone ukuthi izenzo zabo ezimbi zinkulu yini njengokukhala osekufike kimi; uba kungenjalo ngizakukubona.

22Amadoda esefulathele lapho, aqonda ngaseSodoma; kodwa uAbrahama wayesemi phambi kweNkosi.

23UAbrahama wasondela, wathi: Uzabhubhisa abalungileyo kanye lababi na?

24Mhlawumbe kukhona abalungileyo abangamatshumi amahlanu phakathi komuzi; uzawubhubhisa ungawuhawukeli ngenxa yabalungileyo abangamatshumi amahlanu abakuwo na?

25Kakube khatshana lawe ukwenza njalo, ukubulala olungileyo kanye lomubi ukuba olungileyo abe njengomubi; kakube khatshana lawe impela; umahluleli womhlaba wonke kayikwenza ukulunga na?

26INkosi yasisithi: Uba ngifumana eSodoma abalungileyo abangamatshumi amahlanu phakathi komuzi, ngizawuhawukela ngenxa yalabo.

27UAbrahama waphendula wathi: Khangela, sengizimisele ukukhuluma eNkosini, mina engiluthuli nje lomlotha.

28Mhlawumbe kuzasweleka abahlanu kubo abalungileyo abangamatshumi amahlanu; uzabhubhisa umuzi wonke ngenxa yalabo abahlanu na? Yathi: Kangiyikuwubhubhisa uba ngifumana khona abangamatshumi amane lanhlanu.

29UAbrahama waphinda wakhuluma wathi kuyo: Mhlawumbe kuzafunyanwa khona abangamatshumi amane. Yathi: Kangiyikukwenza ngenxa yalabo abangamatshumi amane.

30UAbrahama wasesithi: INkosi kayingathukutheli lapho ngikhuluma ngithi: Mhlawumbe kuzafunyanwa khona abangamatshumi amathathu. Yathi: Kangiyikukwenza uba ngifumana khona abangamatshumi amathathu.

31Wathi: Khangela, sengizimisele ukukhuluma eNkosini; mhlawumbe kuzafunyanwa khona abangamatshumi amabili. Yathi: Kangiyikuwubhubhisa ngenxa yalabo abangamatshumi amabili.

32Wasesithi: INkosi kayingathukutheli, ngizakhuluma kanye kuphela; mhlawumbe kuzafunyanwa khona abalitshumi. Yathi: Kangiyikuwubhubhisa ngenxa yalabo abalitshumi.

33INkosi yasisuka isiqedile ukukhuluma loAbrahama; uAbrahama wabuyela endaweni yakhe.