Genesis
12:1 Manje uJehova wathi ku-Abrama: "Phuma ezweni lakini, futhi usuke
ezihlotsheni zakho nasendlini kayihlo, baye ezweni engiyakulibonisa
wena:
12:2 Ngiyokwenza kuwe isizwe esikhulu, futhi ngizokubusisa, futhi ngenze
igama lakho likhulu; futhi uyakuba yisibusiso.
12:3 Futhi ngizobabusisa abakubusisayo, futhi ngiqalekise lowo okuqalekisayo.
futhi izabusiswa ngawe imindeni yonke yomhlaba.
12:4 Ngakho u-Abrama wahamba, njengoba nje uJehova ayekhulumile kuye; uLoti wahamba naye
u-Abrama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu ekuphumeni kwakhe
eHarana.
12:5 U-Abrama wathatha uSarayi umkakhe, noLoti indodana yomfowabo, kanye nabo bonke
impahla ababeyiqoqile, nemiphefumulo ababeyingenisile
iHarana; baphuma ukuya ezweni laseKhanani; futhi ku
bafika ezweni laseKhanani.
12:6 U-Abrama wadabula izwe, waze wafika endaweni yaseShekemi
ithafa laseMore. AmaKhanani ayekhona ezweni.
" 12:7 Futhi uJehova wabonakala ku-Abrama, futhi wathi: "Ngiyonika inzalo yakho
Wamakhela khona i-altare uJehova owabonakala
kuye.
12:8 Wasuka lapho, waya entabeni ngasempumalanga kwaseBethele
wamisa itende lakhe, iBethele ngasentshonalanga, ne-Ayi ngasempumalanga;
wamakhela khona uJehova i-altare, wabiza igama likaJehova
NKOSI.
12:9 U-Abrama wayesehamba, eqhubeka ebheke eningizimu.
12:10 Kwaba khona indlala ezweni, u-Abrama wehlela eGibhithe
hlalani khona; ngoba indlala yayinzima elizweni.
12:11 Kwathi esesondele ukungena eGibithe
Wathi kuSarayi umkakhe: "Bheka-ke, ngiyazi ukuthi ungowesifazane omuhle."
ukubuka:
12:12 Ngakho, lapho abaseGibhithe bayokubona, ukuthi
bazakuthi: Ngumkakhe lo, njalo bazangibulala, kodwa bazangibulala
gcina uphila.
12:13 Ake uthi, wena ungudadewethu, ukuze kube kuhle kimi
ngenxa yakho; futhi umphefumulo wami uyophila ngenxa yakho.
12:14 Kwathi, lapho u-Abrama efika eGibhithe, abaseGibhithe
wabona owesifazane ukuthi muhle kakhulu.
12:15 Izikhulu zikaFaro zambona, zamtusa phambi kukaFaro.
owesifazane wangeniswa endlini kaFaro.
12:16 Futhi wamphatha kahle u-Abrama ngenxa yakhe, futhi waba nezimvu nezinkomo.
nezimbongolo, nezinceku, nezincekukazi, nezimbongolo zezinsikazi, kanye
amakamela.
12:17 Futhi uJehova washaya uFaro nendlu yakhe ngezinhlupho ezinkulu ngenxa
uSarayi umka-Abrama.
12:18 UFaro wambiza u-Abrama, wathi: "Kuyini lokhu okwenzile?
kimi? Awungitshelanga ngani ukuthi ungumkakho na?
12:19 Kungani uthe, 'Ungudadewethu?' ngakho-ke ngabe ngamyisa kimi
umkakho: manje bheka umkakho, mthathe, uhambe.
12:20 UFaro wayala amadoda ngaye, bammukisa.
nomkakhe, nakho konke anakho.