2 Nkulunkulu watsi: “Tsatsa Isaka, indvodzana yakho, leyodvwana naloyitsandzako, uye eveni laseMoriya, wente umhlatjelo ngayo entsabeni lengitakulayela yona.”
Kepha Nkulunkulu watsi: “Cha, Sara, umkakho, utakutalela indvodzana, uyetse libito utsi ngu-Isaka. Ngitawumisa sivumelwane sami naye nentalo yakhe kube sivumelwane saphakadze.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi ku-Abrahama: “Ungakhatsateki ngenca yalomfana nangenca yalesigcilikati sakho. Loko lokushiwo nguSara kuwe kwente njengobe akutjelile, ngobe titukulwane takho tiyawubitwa nga-Isaka.
Abrahama wayetsa libito watsi ngu-Isaka lendvodzana yakhe labeyitalelwe nguSara.
Yatsi: “Ungacali ubeke sandla kulomfana, futsi ungenti lutfo kuye; ngobe manje sengiyati kutsi uyamesaba Nkulunkulu, ngekutsi awukangigodleli indvodzana yakho lekukuphela kwayo.”
yatsi, “Nali livi laSimakadze litsi: ‘Ngitifunga mine kutsi njengobe wente loku, wangete wayigodla indvodzana yakho yekuphela,
Ngakusasa ekuseni ngeluvivi, Abrahama wavuka, wabophela imbongolo yakhe, watsatsa tisebenti takhe taba timbili kanye nendvodzana yakhe Isaka. Wakabha tinkhuni temhlatjelo labetawufike awushise, besuka bahamba baya kuleyo ndzawo Nkulunkulu labemlayele yona.
Batsi kube befike kulendzawo Nkulunkulu labemlayele yona, Abrahama wakha lilati walungisa tinkhuni, wabopha Isaka, umsa wakhe, wambeka etinkhunini etikwelilati.
Nowa wakhela Nkulunkulu lilati, watsatsa kuto tonkhe tifuyo letihlambulukile nakuto tonkhe tinyoni letihlambulukile, wanikela kuNkulunkulu umnikelo wekushiswa elatini.
Yabe seyitsatsa umsa wayo labelitubulo layo lelalitakuyilandzela litsatse bukhosi, yalinikela laba ngumhlatjelo wekushiswa elubondzeni lwelidolobha. Ema-Israyeli atfutfumela kakhulu; akhawula kulwa, ancandzeka abuyela eveni lawo.
Solomoni wase uyacala-ke kwakha lithempeli laSimakadze eJerusalema, eNtsabeni yaseMoriya, lapho Simakadze atibonakalisa khona kuyise Davide. Kwakungusebaleni lekubhulela kolo laka-Arawuna, umJebhusi, indzawo leyayilungiswe nguDavide.
Kungabe Simakadze uyawujabula yini, nangimletsela tinkhulungwane tetimvu nome imifula lengancamuki yemafutsa emncumo? Ngifanele yini kunikela kuye ngelitubulo lami, lekusitselo semtimba wami, kutsi libe yinhlawulo yetono tami?
Nkulunkulu walitsandza live kakhulu kangangekutsi wadzimate wanikela ngeNdvodzana yakhe lekukuphela kwayo, kuze kutsi nome ngubani lokholwa ngiyo angabhubhi, kodvwa abe nekuphila lokuphakadze.
Kodvwa-ke Nkulunkulu sewulukhombisile lutsandvo lwakhe kitsi ngekutsi sisetoni Khristu wafa esikhundleni setfu.
Yena longazange ayigodle iNdvodzana yakhe, kodvwa wayinikela ngenca yetfu sonkhe, pho, akayusinika yini tonkhe tintfo mahhala kanye nayo?
Ngekukholwa Abrahama, nakavivinywa, wanikela nga-Isaka kutsi abe ngumhlatjelo. Nome Abrahama abesatemukele leto tetsembiso, kodvwa abetimisele kunikela ngayo yona leyo ndvodzana yakhe yekuphela.
nome ngabe ngubani loyawuphuma kucala emnyango wendlu yami kungihlangabeta nase ngibuya ekuncobeni imphi yema-Amoni, uyawuba waSimakadze; ngiyawunikela ngaye abe ngumnikelo wekushiswa.”
Kwatsi kube kuphele letinyanga letimbili, yehla yabuyela kuyise. Uyise wenta kuyo njengobe abefungile. Bekuyintfombi leyayingayati indvodza. Lavela lapho-ke lisiko lema-Israyeli,