Kuyamba 15 - Bhukhu la Kuyamba

Chibvano cha Abhuramu na Mulungu

¹ Pambuyo payibzi, fala la Chawuta lidabwela kwa Abhuramu m'masomphenya, lichiti, “Leka kugopa, pakuti ine ndine nchinjilizo yako, mpagalo wako un'zakhala ukulu kwene-kwene.”

² Koma Abhuramu adati, “Chawuta Mulungu, ko bzamunimpasa bzinin'thandizanyi, pakuti ine ndilibe mwana? Eliyazari mulanda wangu waku Dhamasiko ndiye an'zadya nthaka yangu.”

³ Abhuramu adati, “Wonani, ine mulibe kundipasa mwana, nakutenepo mulanda wangu adabaliwa munyumba mwangu ndiye an'zadya nthaka yangu.”

⁴ Chawuta adati pomwe kwayiye, “Munthu umweyo an'zapita lini nthaka yako, koma mwana wako ndiye an'zapita nthaka yako.”

⁵ Mulungu adamuchosa panja, nkuti kwayiye, “Nyangana kudzulu, welenga nyenyezi, peno ungakwanise kuziwelenga.” Pamwepo iye adati kwayiye, “Uku ndiko kuwanda kun'zachita wam'badwe wako.”

⁶ Abhuramu adakhulupilila Chawuta. Chawuta adawelengela ibzi kuti nikulungama kwake.

⁷ Chawuta adati kwayiye, “Ndine Chawuta ndidakuchosa ku Uri kudziko laa Khalidhiya kuti ndikupase dziko lino kuti likhale lako.”

⁸ Koma Abhuramu adati, “Mfumu Mulungu, ningadziwe tani kuti dziko lino lin'zakhala langu?”

⁹ Chawuta adati kwayiye, “Bwelesa ng'ombe ikazi yamagole matatu nambuzi ikazi yamagole matatu nankono wabila wamagole matatu nanjiwa nachizunyana chankhangayiwa.”

¹⁰ Nakutenepo Abhuramu adatola bzentse bzikhadalewedwa nkuyenda nabzo kwa Mulungu. Adabzigwata-gwata mubzipindi bziwili, nkubziyikha bzidagumana chinango nachinango, koma mbalami ndizo zilibe kugwatiwa.

¹¹ Koma magola payakhafika yachifuna kudya nyama zile zikhadagwatiwa-gwatiwa, Abhuramu akhayathamangisa.

¹² Dzuwa palikhanyula, Abhuramu adaphatiwa natulo twakufa nato, n'dima un'gopsa udamugwanila.

¹³ Pamwepo Chawuta adati kwa Abhuramu, “Udziwiletu kuti wam'badwe wako an'zakhala alendo mudziko lili lini lawo, an'zakhala alanda kumweko kwaankapondelelewa kwamagole mazana manayi (400).

¹⁴ Koma ine nin'zalanga dziko limwelo laan'zatumikila, pakumalizila an'zabwelela nachuma chizinji kwene-kwene.

¹⁵ Koma iwe un'zayenda kuna azipayi wako mwan'delekho; uchikayikhiwa watokalamba.

¹⁶ M'badwe wawo wachinayi ndiwo un'zabwelela kudziko lino, pakuti bzakuyipa bzaa Amori bzinati bzamala.”

¹⁷ Dzuwa palidanyula kwatochita n'dima, mbawula yamoto ikhachosa utsi, nantsakamwenje yamoto bzidapita napakati pabzipindi bzanyama zile.

¹⁸ Ntsiku imweyo Chawuta adachita chibvano na Abhuramu adati, “Ndapeleka dziko ili kum'badwe wako, kuyambila pakamadzi ka Ijipiti kufika pakamadzi kakulu, kamadzi ka Ufuletesi,

¹⁹ dziko laa Kenayiti laa Kenayiziti laa Kedhimoni

²⁰ laa Hiti laa Pelezi laa Refayimu

²¹ laa Amori laa Kenani laa Girigashi nalaa Jebhusi.”