Genesisi
20 Abrahama wesuka lapho+ waya eveni laseNegebhu futsi wahlala emkhatsini weKhadeshi+ neShuri.+ Ngesikhatsi asahlala* eGerari,+ 2 Abrahama abevame kutsi Sara ngudzadzewakhe.+ Ngako Abimeleki inkhosi yaseGerari watsi akulandvwe Sara futsi wamtsatsa.+ 3 Ngemuva kwaloko Nkulunkulu wakhuluma na-Abimeleki ebusuku, wakhuluma naye ephusheni watsi: “Utakufa ngenca yalomfati webantfu lomtsetse,+ ngobe ungumfati walenye indvodza.”+ 4 Kodvwa Abimeleki abengakamtsintsi* Sara. Ngako-ke watsi: “Jehova, utasibulala yini lesive ngisho nobe simsulwa?* 5 Angitsi Abrahama utsite: ‘Lona ngudzadzewetfu,’ kantsi naSara utsite: ‘Lona ngumnaketfu.’ Loku ngikwente ngenhlitiyo lecotfo futsi bengingati kutsi ngenta intfo lembi.” 6 Ngako Nkulunkulu weliciniso wakhuluma naye kuleliphupho watsi: “Ngiyati kutsi loku ukwente ngenhlitiyo lecotfo, futsi bengikuvimba kute ungoni kimi. Kungako ngingakakuvumeli kutsi umtsintse. 7 Ngako-ke mbuyisele emuva lomfati walendvodza, ngobe ingumphrofethi+ futsi itakuncusela+ kute uchubeke uphila. Kodvwa nawungambuyiseli emuva, yati kutsi wena nayo yonkhe indlu yakho nitakufa.”
8 Abimeleki wavuka ekuseni ngeluvivi, wabita tonkhe tisebenti takhe, watitjela konkhe loku, futsi tesaba kakhulu. 9 Abimeleki wabese ubita Abrahama, watsi kuye: “Yini lena losente yona? Kukhona yini lengikone ngako, uze ungonise kangaka, mine kanye nembuso wami? Lentfo longente yona ayikalungi.” 10 Abimeleki wachubeka watsi: “Bewuhloseni ngesikhatsi wenta loku?”+ 11 Abrahama watsi: “Kungobe bengititjela ngitsi: ‘Bantfu bakulendzawo abamesabi Nkulunkulu, futsi batangibulala ngenca yemfati wami.’+ 12 Kantsi-ke vele ungudzadzewetfu mbamba, ngobe babe wetfu munye kodvwa asitalwa ngumake munye, futsi mine ngamtsatsa waba ngumfati wami.+ 13 Ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu angitjela kutsi ngiphume endlini yababe,+ ngatsi kulomkami: ‘Nayi indlela lotawukhombisa ngayo kutsi uyangitsandza:* Nobe ngukuphi lapho siya khona, ubotsi: “Lona ngumnaketfu.”’”+
14 Abimeleki wabese utsatsa timvu, tinkhomo, tinceku netincekukati watinika Abrahama, futsi wakhulula naSara wamnika yena. 15 Abimeleki wabuye watsi: “Nali live lami, ungahlala nobe ngukuphi lapho utsandza khona.” 16 KuSara watsi: “Umnakenu ngimnika nati tinhlavu telisiliva letingu-1 000.+ Tiluphawu kubo bonkhe labanawe nakubo bonkhe bantfu kutsi wena umsulwa,* nekutsi kuhlambalateka kwakho sekususiwe.” 17 Abrahama wabese uyamncusela kuNkulunkulu weliciniso, futsi Nkulunkulu wamelapha Abimeleki nemfati wakhe kanye netincekukati takhe, base batfola bantfwana, 18 ngobe Jehova bekente kutsi bonkhe bafati labasendlini ya-Abimeleki babe bete imbeleko* ngenca yaSara umfati wa-Abrahama.+