Genesis
16:1 USarayi umka-Abrama wayengamzaleli mntwana; wayenencekukazi, indoda.
umGibhithe, ogama lakhe lalinguHagari.
" 16:2 USarayi wathi ku-Abrama: "Bheka, manje uJehova ungivalile
ake ungene kuyo incekukazi yami; mhlawumbe ngizuze
izingane ngaye. U-Abrama walilalela izwi likaSarayi.
16:3 USarayi, umka-Abrama, wathatha uHagari, umGibhithe, incekukazi yakhe, ngemva kokuba u-Abrama
wahlala iminyaka eyishumi ezweni laseKhanani, wamnika u-Abrama indoda yakhe
ukuba ngumkakhe.
16:4 Wangena kuHagari, futhi wakhulelwa, futhi lapho ebona ukuthi nguye
wakhulelwa, inkosikazi yakhe yadeleleka emehlweni akhe.
16:5 USarayi wathi ku-Abrama: "Ububi bami mabube phezu kwakho;
esifubeni sakho; lapho ebona ukuthi ukhulelwe, ngadelelwa
emehlweni akhe: uJehova makahlulele phakathi kwami nawe.
" 16:6 Kodwa u-Abrama wathi kuSarayi: "Bheka, incekukazi yakho isesandleni sakho; yenzani kuye njengoba
kuyakuthokozisa. USarayi wamphatha kabi, wabaleka
ubuso bakhe.
16:7 Futhi ingelosi yeNkosi yamthola ngasemthonjeni wamanzi phakathi
ehlane, ngasemthonjeni osendleleni eya eShuri.
16:8 Wathi, "Hagari, incekukazi kaSarayi, uvelaphi?" futhi lapho uthanda
uyahamba? Wathi: "Ngibalekela inkosikazi yami uSarayi."
16:9 Ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuye: "Buyela enkosikazini yakho, futhi
zithobe phansi kwezandla zakhe.
16:10 Ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuye: "Ngiyakwandisa inzalo yakho."
kakhulu, ukuze lingabalwa ngobuningi.
16:11 Ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuye: "Bheka, ukhulelwe.
uyakuzala indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi u-Ishmayeli; ngoba uJehova
uzwile ukuhlupheka kwakho.
16:12 Futhi uyakuba umuntu wasendle; isandla sakhe siyakuba phezu kwawo wonke umuntu, nabo bonke
isandla somuntu ngokumelene naye; futhi uyakuhlala ebusweni bakhe bonke
bazalwane.
16:13 Wabiza igama leNkosi, owayekhuluma kuye, "UNkulunkulu obonayo."
mina, ngokuba wathi: "Nalapha ngimbonile ongibonayo na?"
16:14 Ngakho-ke umthombo wabizwa ngokuthi iBherilahairoi; bheka, liphakathi kweKadeshi
kanye noBered.
16:15 UHagari wamzalela u-Abrama indodana; u-Abrama wayiqamba igama lendodana yakhe, uHagari.
engenalutho, u-Ishmayeli.
16:16 U-Abrama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesithupha mhla uHagari emzalela u-Ishmayeli.
Abrama.