IGenesis
16:1 Ke kaloku uSarayi umka-Abram ubengamzaleli mntwana; waye enomkhonzazana, oyinkwenkwe.
UmYiputa, ogama belinguHagare.
16:2 Wathi uSarayi kuAbram, Yabona, uYehova undivingcile;
khawungene kumkhonzazana wam lo; mhlawumbi ndide ndizuze
abantwana bakhe. Waliphulaphula uAbram ilizwi likaSarayi.
16:3 Ke kaloku uSarayi umka-Abram wamthabatha uHagare umYiputazana, umkhonzazana wakhe, emveni kokuba ebemfumene uAbram
wahlala iminyaka elishumi ezweni lakwaKanan, wamnika uAbram indoda yakhe
ukuba abe ngumfazi wakhe.
16:4 Wamngena ke uHagare, wamitha, wambona
emithi, inkosikazi yakhe yacukucezeka emehlweni akhe.
16:5 Wathi uSarayi kuAbram, Ukoniwa kwam makube phezu kwakho;
esifubeni sakho; uthe akubona ukuba umithi, ndacukucezeka
emehlweni ayo, uYehova agwebe phakathi kwam nawe.
16:6 Wathi uAbram kuSarayi, Yabona, umkhonzazana wakho usesandleni sakho; yenzani kuye njengoko
ukholekile kuwe. USarayi wamcinezela, wabaleka wemka
ubuso bakhe.
16:7 Ke kaloku isithunywa sikaYehova samfumana ngasemthonjeni wamanzi equleni
entlango, ngasemthonjeni osendleleni eya eShure.
16:8 Wathi, Hagare, mkhonzazana kaSarayi, uvela phi na? kwaye apho uthanda khona
uyahamba? Wathi, Ndibaleke ndemka ebusweni bukaSarayi, inkosikazi yam.
16:9 Sathi isithunywa sikaYehova kuye, Buyela kwinkosikazi yakho, uye
zithobe phantsi kwezandla zakhe.
16:10 Sathi isithunywa sikaYehova kuye, Ndiya kuyandisa imbewu yakho
kakhulu, kangangokuba aliyi kubalwa ngenxa yobuninzi.
16:11 Sathi isithunywa sikaYehova kuye, Yabona, umithi;
uya kuzala unyana, umthiye igama elinguIshmayeli; ngokuba uYehova
uzivile iintsizi zakho.
16:12 Yena uya kuba yindoda yasendle; isandla sakhe siya kuchasana nabantu bonke, nabo bonke
isandla somntu ngakuye; yaye uya kuhlala ebusweni bakhe bonke
bazalwana.
16:13 Walibiza igama likaYehova, obethetha naye, wathi, Ubona uThixo
Mna: kuba ibisithi, Ndisabona na nalapha, emveni kokuba endibonileyo?
16:14 Ngenxa yoko kwathiwa iqula yiBherlahayiroyi; nantso iphakathi kweKadeshe
kunye noBered.
16:15 UHagare wamzalela uAbram unyana;
ezele, uIshmayeli.
16:16 UAbram ubeminyaka imashumi asibhozo anamithandathu ezelwe, oko uHagare wamzalelayo uIshmayeli.
uAbram.