UGenesise 17 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 17 UJehova ubonakala ku-Abrama futhi uguqule igama lakhe libe ngu-Abrahama

¹ U-Abrama eseneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye uJehova wabonakala ku-Abrama, wathi kuye: “NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla; hamba phambi kwami futhi uphelele.

² Ngiyakwenza isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami nawe, nginandise kakhulu.

³ U-Abrama wawa ngobuso bakhe, uNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuye, wathi:

⁴ Mina-ke, bheka, isivumelwano sami sikuwe, futhi uyakuba nguyise wezizwe eziningi.

⁵ Igama lakho alisayikuthiwa u-Abrama, kepha igama lakho liyakuba ngu-Abrahama; ngoba ngikwenze uyise wezizwe ezinengi.

⁶ Ngizakwenza uzale kakhulu, ngikwenze izizwe, kuphume amakhosi kuwe.

⁷ Ngiyakumisa isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami nawe nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ezizukulwaneni zayo sibe yisivumelwano esiphakade, ngibe nguNkulunkulu kuwe nakuyo inzalo yakho emva kwakho.

⁸ Ngiyakunika wena nenzalo yakho emva kwakho izwe ogogobele kulo, izwe lonke laseKhanani, libe yifa laphakade; njalo ngizakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo.

⁹ UNkulunkulu wathi ku-Abrahama: “Kumelwe ugcine isivumelwano sami, wena nenzalo yakho ngemva kwakho ezizukulwaneni zayo.

¹⁰ Lesi yisivumelwano sami eniyakusigcina phakathi kwami nawe nenzalo yakho emva kwakho; Wonke umntwana wesilisa phakathi kwenu kufanele asokwe.

¹¹ Kumelwe isoke inyama yejwabu lakho; futhi kuyoba yisibonakaliso sesivumelwano phakathi kwaMi nawe.

¹² Oyizinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili makasokwe phakathi kwenu, yonke indodana ezizukulwaneni zenu, ezelwe endlini noma ethengwe ngemali kunoma yimuphi umfokazi ongeyena owenzalo yakho.

¹³ Ozelwe endlini yakho nothengwa ngemali yakho makasokwe; isivumelwano sami siyakuba senyameni yenu njengesivumelwano esiphakade.

¹⁴ Owesilisa ongasokile, ijwabu lakhe elingasokanga, lowo muntu uyakunqunywa kubantu bakubo; wephule isivumelwano sami.

¹⁵ UNkulunkulu wathi ku-Abrahama: “USarayi umkakho, ungambizi ngokuthi uSarayi, kepha igama lakhe liyakuba nguSara.”

¹⁶ Ngizambusisa njalo ngikunike indodana evela kuye; yebo, ngiyakumbusisa, abe ngunina wezizwe; amakhosi ezizwe ayophuma kuyo.

¹⁷ U-Abrahama wawa ngobuso bakhe, wahleka, wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Oneminyaka eyikhulu uyakuzalelwa na? noSara oneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye uyakuzala na?

¹⁸ U-Abrahama wathi kuNkulunkulu: “U-Ishmayeli makaphile phambi kwakho!

¹⁹ UNkulunkulu wathi: Impela umkakho uSara uzakukuzalela indodana; uyakuqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Isaka, ngimise isivumelwano sami naye, sibe yisivumelwano esiphakade nenzalo yakhe emva kwakhe.

²⁰ Ngokuqondene no-Ishmayeli ngikuzwile: Bheka, ngimbusisile futhi ngizomenza azale futhi ngimandise kakhulukazi; uyakuzala izikhulu eziyishumi nambili, ngimenze isizwe esikhulu.

²¹ Kodwa ngizamisa isivumelwano sami loIsaka, uSara azakuzalela yena ngalesisikhathi esimisiweyo ngomnyaka olandelayo.

²² Wayeseyeka ukukhuluma naye, uNkulunkulu wakhuphuka esuka ku-Abrahama.

²³ U-Abrahama wathatha indodana yakhe u-Ishmayeli nabo bonke ababezelwe endlini yakhe, nabo bonke abathengwa ngemali yakhe, bonke abesilisa phakathi kwabantu bendlu ka-Abrahama; basoka inyama yejwabu ngalolo suku, njengalokho uNkulunkulu emyalile.

²⁴ U-Abrahama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye mhla esokwa enyameni yejwabu lakhe.

²⁵ U-Ishmayeli indodana yakhe wayeneminyaka eyishumi nantathu lapho esokwa enyameni yejwabu lakhe.

²⁶ Ngalolo suku u-Abrahama wasokwa kanye nendodana yakhe u-Ishmayeli.

²⁷ Wonke amadoda endlu yakhe azalelwe endlini futhi athengwe ngemali kowezizwe asokwa kanye naye.