IGenesis
21:1 UYehova wamvelela uSara njengoko ebetshilo; uYehova wamenzela uSara
njengoko wayetshilo.
21:2 Wamitha ke uSara, wamzalela uAbraham unyana ekwaluphaleni kwakhe, ekupheleni
ixesha abelithethile uThixo kuye.
21:3 UAbraham wamthiya igama unyana wakhe, lowo abemzalelwe
USara wamzalela, uIsake.
21:4 UAbraham wamalusa uIsake unyana wakhe, akuba ntsuku zisibhozo ezelwe, njengoThixo
wamwisela umthetho.
21:5 UAbraham ebeminyaka ilikhulu ezelwe, ukuzalelwa kwakhe uIsake unyana wakhe
yena.
21:6 Wathi uSara, Undihlekisile uThixo, ukuze bonke abamvayo beve
hleka nam.
21:7 Wathi, Ngubani na obengatsholo kuAbraham ukuthi, USara uya kuhluthwa?
bancanywe abantwana? ngokuba ndimzalele unyana ekwaluphaleni kwakhe.
21:8 Wakhula umntwana, walunyulwa; uAbraham wenza isidlo esikhulu
kwangaloo mini wayelunyulwe ngayo uIsake.
21:9 USara wambona unyana kaHagare umYiputazana, lowo abemzalele
UAbraham, ehlekisa.
21:10 Wathi kuAbraham, Mgxothe umkhonzazana nonyana wakhe;
kuba unyana walo mkhonzazana akayi kulidla ilifa ndawonye nonyana wam
uIsake.
21:11 Lalibi kunene elo zwi emehlweni ka-Abraham ngenxa yonyana wakhe.
21:12 Wathi uThixo kuAbraham, Mayingabi libi emehlweni akho, ngokuba
ngenxa yenkwenkwe, nangenxa yekhobokazana lakho; kuko konke akuthethileyo uSara
Phulaphula kuwe izwi lakhe; ngokuba iya kuba kuIsake imbewu yakho
ebizwa.
21:13 Kananjalo unyana womkhonzazana ndiya kumenza uhlanga, ngokuba enguye
imbewu yakho.
21:14 UAbraham wavuka kusasa, wathabatha isonka nentsuba
wamnika amanzi, wamnika uHagare, ebeka emagxeni akhe, newayini
umntwana, wamndulula, wemka, wabhadula endlwini
entlango yaseBher-shebha.
21:15 Aphela amanzi entsubeni, wayiphosa inkwenkwe phantsi kwayo
kwezihlahla.
21:16 Waya wahlala phantsi malunga nayo, umgama ongangowo
bathi, Mandingakuboni ukufa kwenkwenkwe.
Wahlala phantsi malunga nayo, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, walila.
21:17 Waliva uThixo ilizwi lenkwenkwe; samemeza isithunywa sikaThixo kuHagare
ephuma emazulwini, athi kuye, Unantoni na, Hagare? musani ukoyika; ngenxa
UThixo ulivile ilizwi lenkwenkwe apho ikhona.
21:18 Suka ume, uyithabathe inkwenkwe, uyibambe ngesandla; ngokuba ndiya kumenza yena
isizwe esikhulu.
21:19 UThixo wawavula amehlo akhe, wabona iqula lamanzi; wahamba, kwaye
wayizalisa intsuba ngamanzi, wayiseza inkwenkwe.
21:20 UThixo waba nenkwenkwe leyo; yakhula, yahlala entlango;
waba ngumtoli.
21:21 Wahlala entlango yaseParan, unina wamzekela umfazi
kwilizwe laseYiputa.
21:22 Kwathi ngelo xesha, uAbhimeleki noPikoli intloko
Wathetha umthetheli-mkhosi wakhe kuAbraham, esithi, UThixo unawe ezintweni zonke
into oyenzayo:
21:23 Ngoko ndifungele uThixo apha, ukuba akuyi kuxoka
nam, nonyana wam, nonyana wonyana wam;
Inceba endiyenzileyo kuwe, uze wenze kum, nakum
ilizwe ophambukele kulo.
21:24 Wathi uAbraham, Mna ndofunga.
21:25 UAbraham wamkhalimela uAbhimeleki ngenxa yequla lamanzi, abenalo
Abakhonzi baka-Abhimeleki babethabathe ngobugorha.
21:26 Wathi uAbhimeleki, Bendingazi ukuba yenziwe ngubani na le nto;
wandixelela, andiyivanga, ndiyiva namhla.
21:27 UAbraham wathabatha impahla emfutshane, neenkomo, wanika uAbhimeleki; kwaye zombini
benza umnqophiso nabo.
21:28 UAbraham wamisa amathokazi ezimvu asixhenxe emhlambini, odwa.
21:29 Wathi uAbhimeleki kuAbraham, Ayintoni na la mathokazi ezimvu asixhenxe akhoyo?
na uhleli wodwa?
21:30 Wathi, La mathokazi ezimvu asixhenxe wowathabatha esandleni sam
abe bubungqina bam bokuba ndilimbile eli qula.
21:31 Ngenxa yoko wathi loo ndawo yiBher-shebha; ngokuba apho bafunga bobabini
yabo.
21:32 Benza ke umnqophiso eBher-shebha;
UPikoli umthetheli womkhosi wakhe, babuyela ezweni
yamaFilisti.
21:33 UAbraham watyala umtamariske eBher-shebha, walinqula khona igama
kaYehova, uThixo ongunaphakade.
21:34 UAbraham waye engumphambukeli ezweni lamaFilisti imihla emininzi.