iGenesis iGenesis 20 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

uAbraham uthi uSara akangomfazi wakhe kodwa ngudade wabo

1Wemka apho uAbraham, waya ezweni lasezantsi, wahlala phakathi kweKadeshe neShure, wahlala eGerare.

2Wathi uAbraham kuSara umkakhe, Ngudade wethu; uAbhimeleki ukumkani waseGerare wathumela ukuba kuthatyathwe uSara.

3Weza uThixo kuAbhimeleki ngephupha ebusuku, wathi kuye, Uyabona, ufile ngenxa yomfazi omthabathileyo; ngokuba ngumkamntu.

4uAbhimeleki akasondelanga kuye, wathi, Nkosi, uyafuna na ukubulala amalungisa?

5Akatshongo na yena kum ukuthi, Ngudade wethu? Wathi, Ngudade wethu; Le nto ndiyenze ngentliziyo yam yonke, nangobumsulwa bezandla zam.

6Wathi uThixo kuye ngephupha, Ndiyazi, ngokuba uyenze le nto ngentliziyo yakho igqibelele; ngenxa enokuba ndanithintelayo nina, ukuba ningabi ngabachasi bam; ke ngoko, andikuvumelanga ukuba umchukumise.

7Ngoko yibuyisele loo ndoda emfazini wayo; ngokuba engumprofeti, uya kunithandazela, niphile.

8Wavuka kusasa uAbhimeleki, wababiza bonke abakhonzi bakhe, wabaxelela zonke ezi zinto babeziva; oyika kakhulu amadoda.

9uAbhimeleki wambiza uAbraham, wathi kuye, Yintoni na le nto uyenzileyo kuthi? Ndikone ngantoni na, ukuba undizisele isono esikhulu nje nasebukumkanini bam? Undenzele izinto ezingafanele ukwenziwa.

10Wathi uAbhimeleki kuAbraham, Ubonile na?

11Wathi uAbraham, Kungokuba ndithe, Akukho koyika Thixo kule ndawo; zondibulala ngenxa yomkam.

12Kunjalo nje, ngudade wethu; yintombi kabawo, akantombi kama; waba ngumfazi wam.

13Oko uThixo wandikhuphayo endlwini kabawo, ndathi kuye, Yinceba yakho, ukuba undenzele inceba; kuzo zonke iindawo esifika kuzo uthi kum, Ndingumzalwana wam.

14uAbhimeleki wathabatha impahla emfutshane, neenkomo, nabakhonzi, nabakhonzazana, wanika uAbraham, wambuyisela kuye uSara umkakhe.

15Wathi uAbhimeleki, Yabona, ilizwe lam liphambi kwakho; hlala apho uthanda khona.

16Wathi kuSara, Uyabona, udade wenu ndimnike iwaka lesilivere; yabona, isigqubuthelo esikuwe, nakubo bonke aba nawe, nakubo bonke abanye; ngoko wakhalinyelwa.

17Wathandaza uAbraham kuThixo; uThixo wamphilisa uAbhimeleki, nomkakhe, nabakhonzazana bakhe; bazala abantwana.

18Ngokuba uYehova wabazala bonke abantwana bendlu ka-Abhimeleki ngenxa kaSara, umka-Abraham.