Genesisi

16 Sarai mudzimai waAbramu, akanga asina kumuberekera vana,+ asi aiva nemuranda wechiIjipiti ainzi Hagari.+ 2 Saka Sarai akati kuna Abramu: “Jehovha aita kuti ndisava nevana. Ndinokumbirawo kuti murare nemuranda wangu. Zvichida angandiberekera vana.”+ Abramu akateerera zvakataurwa naSarai. 3 Abramu akanga ava nemakore gumi ari munyika yeKenani, mudzimai wake Sarai paakatora Hagari, muranda wake wechiIjipiti, achimupa Abramu murume wake kuti ave mudzimai wake. 4 Saka akarara naHagari, akabata pamuviri. Hagari paakaziva kuti akanga ava nepamuviri, akatanga kutsvinyira tenzikadzi wake.

5 Sarai akati kuna Abramu: “Zvakaipa zvandiri kuitirwa imhosva yenyu. Ndini ndakaisa muranda wangu mumaoko enyu,* asi paakangoziva kuti ava nepamuviri, akatanga kunditsvinyira. Jehovha ngaatonge pakati pangu nemi.” 6 Abramu akabva ati kuna Sarai: “Inzwaka! Muranda wako ari muruoko rwako. Muitire zvakakunakira.” Sarai akabva atanga kumubata zvakaipa, uye Hagari akatiza.

7 Ngirozi yaJehovha yakazomuwana musango ari pachitubu chemvura, chitubu chaiva panzira inoenda kuShuri.+ 8 Yakati: “Hagari, muranda waSarai, wabva kupi uye uri kuenda kupi?” Iye akapindura kuti: “Ndiri kutiza tenzikadzi wangu Sarai.” 9 Ngirozi yaJehovha yakabva yati kwaari: “Dzokera kuna tenzikadzi wako uzviise pasi pake.”* 10 Ngirozi yaJehovha yakabva yati: “Ndichaita kuti vana vako vave vazhinji kwazvo, zvekuti havazomboverengeki nekuwanda kwavo.”+ 11 Ngirozi yaJehovha yakatizve: “Iye zvino une pamuviri, uchabereka mwanakomana, uye unofanira kumutumidza kuti Ishmaeri,* nekuti Jehovha anzwa kutambudzika kwako. 12 Iye achava sedhongi remusango.* Acharwisana nevanhu vese, uye vanhu vese vacharwisana naye, uye achagara ari kudivi rake ega, hama dzake dzese dziri kune rimwe divi.”*

13 Akabva adana zita raJehovha, uyo akanga achitaura naye. Akati: “Muri Mwari anoona,”+ nekuti akati: “Chokwadi ndini here ndakwanisa kutarisa uyo anondiona?” 14 Ndokusaka tsime racho rakatumidzwa kuti Bheeri-rahai-roi.* (Riri pakati peKadheshi neBheredhi.) 15 Hagari akazoberekera Abramu mwanakomana, uye Abramu akatumidza mwanakomana wake, akaberekwa naHagari, kuti Ishmaeri.+ 16 Abramu akanga ava nemakore 86 paakaberekerwa Ishmaeri naHagari.