Genesis
20:1 U-Abrahama wasuka lapho, waya ezweni laseningizimu, wahlala
phakathi kweKadeshi neShuri, wagogobala eGerari.
2 U-Abrahama wathi ngoSara umkakhe: "Ungudadewethu;" no-Abimeleki inkosi
waseGerari wathumela, wathatha uSara.
20:3 Kodwa uNkulunkulu weza ku-Abimeleki ngephupho ebusuku, wathi kuye: "Bheka!
wena ungofileyo ngenxa yowesifazane omthathileyo; ngoba yena
umfazi womuntu.
" 20:4 Kodwa u-Abimeleki wayengakasondeli kuye
futhi isizwe esilungileyo?
20:5 Akashongo kimi ukuthi: "Ungudadewethu na?" futhi yena, yebo yena ngokwakhe wathi:
Ungumfowethu: ngobuqotho benhliziyo yami nangobumsulwa bezandla zami
ngikwenzile lokhu.
20:6 UNkulunkulu wathi kuye ngephupho, Yebo, ngiyazi ukuthi ukwenzile lokhu
ubuqotho benhliziyo yakho; ngokuba nami ngikugodle ukuba ungoni
ngalokho angikuvumelanga ukuba umthinte.
20:7 Manje buyisela indoda umkayo; ngoba ungumprofethi, njalo yena
uyakukhuleka kuwe, uphile; uma ungambuyiseli,
yazi ukuthi uyakufa nokufa, wena nabo bonke abangowakho.
20:8 Ngakho u-Abimeleki wavuka ekuseni, wabiza bonke abakhe
izinceku, wakhuluma zonke lezi zinto ezindlebeni zazo;
besaba.
20:9 U-Abimeleki wayesembiza u-Abrahama, wathi kuye: "Wenzeni?
kithi? futhi ngikone ngani, uze ulethe phezu kwami na?
embusweni wami isono esikhulu na? wenze kimi okungafanele
okumele kwenziwe.
" 20:10 U-Abimeleki wathi ku-Abrahama: "Yini oye wayenza?
lento?
20:11 U-Abrahama wathi: "Ngokuba bengithi: Impela ukumesaba uNkulunkulu akukho."
le ndawo; futhi bazongibulala ngenxa yomkami.
20:12 Nokho ngempela ungudadewethu; uyindodakazi kababa, kodwa
hhayi indodakazi kamama; waba ngumkami.
20:13 Futhi kwenzeka, lapho uNkulunkulu wangidukisa kusukela ubaba
endlini, ngathi kuye: "Lokhu kungumusa wakho oyakuwenza."
kimi; ezindaweni zonke lapho esiya khona, anothi ngami: Ngowami
umfowethu.
20:14 U-Abimeleki wathatha izimvu, nezinkabi, nezinceku, nezincekukazi.
wazinika u-Abrahama, wambuyisela uSara umkakhe.
20:15 Wathi u-Abimeleki: "Bheka, izwe lami liphambi kwakho;
kuyakujabulisa.
20:16 Wathi kuSara: "Bheka, ngimnikile umnewenu inkulungwane."
bheka, uyisigubuzelo samehlo kuwe kubo bonke
ezinawe, kanye nabo bonke abanye: kanjalo wasolwa.
20:17 U-Abrahama wakhuleka kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wamphulukisa u-Abimeleki, nomkakhe, kanye
izincekukazi zakhe; basebezala abantwana.
20:18 Ngokuba uJehova wayesezivalile ngokushesha zonke izizalo zendlu ka-Abimeleki.
ngenxa kaSara umka-Abrahama.