UGenesise 20 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 20 U-Abrahama uthi uSara akayena umkakhe kodwa udadewabo

¹ U-Abrahama wasuka lapho waya ezweni laseningizimu, wakha phakathi kweKadeshi neSuri, wagogobala eGerari.

² U-Abrahama wathi ngoSara umkakhe: “Ungudadewethu; u-Abimeleki inkosi yaseGerari wathumela wamthatha uSara.

³ Kepha uNkulunkulu weza ku-Abimeleki ngephupho ebusuku, wathi kuye: “Bheka, ungofileyo ngenxa yowesifazane omthathileyo; ngoba ungumfazi womuntu.

⁴ U-Abimeleki akasondelanga kuye, wathi: “Nkosi, uyathanda ukubulala nawe isizwe esilungileyo na?

⁵ Akashongo yini kimi ukuthi: “Ungudadewethu na?” yena wathi: “Ungumfowethu; ngobuqotho benhliziyo yami nangobumsulwa bezandla zami ngikwenzile lokhu.

⁶ UNkulunkulu wathi kuye ngephupho: Yebo, ngiyazi ukuthi ukwenzile lokhu ngobuqotho benhliziyo yakho; ngokuba nami nganivimbela ukuba ningoni kimi; ngalokho ngakuvumela ukuba ungamthinti.

⁷ Manje buyisela indoda leyo umkayo; ngokuba ungumprofethi, uyakunikhulekela, niphile.

⁸ U-Abimeleki wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, wabiza zonke izinceku zakhe, wakhuluma zonke lezi zinto ezindlebeni zazo; abantu besaba kakhulu.

⁹ U-Abimeleki wayesembiza u-Abrahama, wathi kuye: “Wenzeni kithi na? futhi ngone ngani ukuba ulethe isono esikhulu phezu kwami naphezu kombuso wami na? Ungenzele izinto okungafanele zenziwe.

¹⁰ U-Abimeleki wayesethi ku-Abrahama: “Uboneni ukuba wenze le nto na?

¹¹ Wayesethi u-Abrahama: “Ngokuba ngithe: Impela ukumesaba uNkulunkulu akukho kule ndawo; futhi bazongibulala ngenxa yomkami.

¹² Nokho ungudadewethu ngempela; uyindodakazi kababa, kodwa akasiyo indodakazi kamame; waba ngumkami.

¹³ UNkulunkulu wangidukisa endlini kababa, ngathi kuye: Kungumusa wakho ukuba ungenzele wona; ezindaweni zonke esifika kuzo, anothi ngami: Ungumfowethu.

¹⁴ U-Abimeleki wathatha izimvu, nezinkomo, nezinceku, nezincekukazi, wakunika u-Abrahama, wambuyisela uSara umkakhe kuye.

¹⁵ Wayesethi u-Abimeleki: “Bheka, izwe lami liphambi kwakho; hlala lapho uthanda khona.

¹⁶ Wathi kuSara: “Bheka, ngimnikile umnewenu amashekeli ayinkulungwane esiliva; bheka, uyisigubuzelo samehlo kuwe, kubo bonke abanawe nakubo bonke abanye; ngakho wakhuzwa.

¹⁷ U-Abrahama wakhuleka kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wamphulukisa u-Abimeleki, nomkakhe, nezincekukazi zakhe; futhi bazala abantwana.

¹⁸ Ngokuba uJehova wazivalela zonke izizalo zendlu ka-Abimeleki ngenxa kaSara umka-Abrahama.