Genesisi
12 Jehova watsi ku-Abrama: “Phuma eveni lakini, ushiye tihlobo takho nendlu yababe wakho, uye eveni lengitakukhombisa lona.+ 2 Ngitakwenta ube sive lesikhulu, ngikubusise, ngente nelibito lakho latiwe kakhulu, futsi utawuba sibusiso kulabanye.+ 3 Ngitawubabusisa labo labakubusisako, ngibacalekise labo labakucalekisako,+ futsi tonkhe tive letisemhlabeni titawubusiswa* ngawe.”+
4 Ngako Abrama wahamba njengobe Jehova abemtjelile, futsi Loti wahamba naye. Abrama abeneminyaka lengu-75 nakesuka eHarani.+ 5 Watsatsa Sarayi umfati wakhe,+ naLoti indvodzana yemnakabo,+ nato tonkhe tintfo lebebanato+ kanye netigcili lebebatitfole eHarani, base baya eveni laseKhenani.+ Nabefika eKhenani, 6 Abrama walihamba lonkhe lelive waze wayewufika endzaweni lebitwa ngekutsi yiShekhemu,+ lesedvute netihlahla letinkhulu taseMore.+ Ngaleso sikhatsi, bantfu baseKhenani bebahlala kuleyo ndzawo. 7 Jehova wabese ubonakala ku-Abrama, futsi watsi kuye: “Lelive ngitalinika bantfwana* bakho.”+ Ngako Abrama wakhela Jehova li-al’thare kuleyo ndzawo, ngobe kulapho abonakala khona kuye. 8 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi wesuka lapho waya esifundzeni lesinetintsaba lesisemphumalanga yeBetheli+ wamisa emathende, iBetheli yaba ngasenshonalanga, i-Ayi+ yaba ngasemphumalanga. Kuleyo ndzawo, wafike wakhela Jehova li-al’thare+ futsi wadvumisa libito laJehova.+ 9 Ngemuva kwaloko, Abrama wesuka lapho waya ngaseNegebhu,+ futsi abehamba amisa emathende akhe.
10 Kwaba nendlala eKhenani, ngako Abrama wehlela eGibhithe kuze ayewuhlala khona sikhashana,*+ ngobe indlala beyibhoke kakhulu.+ 11 Nasebatawungena eGibhithe, watsi kuSarayi umfati wakhe: “Kunalokutsite lengicela sikukhulume. Ngiyati kutsi umuhle kakhulu.+ 12 Ngako bantfu baseGibhithe batawutsi nabakubona batsi: ‘Ngumfati wakhe lona.’ Batawubese bayangibulala, kodvwa wena bakushiye. 13 Ngicela ubotsi ungudzadzewetfu, kuze konkhe kungihambele kahle, futsi bangangibulali.”+
14 Ngekushesha nje Abrama nakangena eGibhithe, bantfu bakhona bambona Sarayi kutsi abemuhle kakhulu. 15 Netindvuna taFaro tambona futsi tacala kubabata buhle bakhe kuFaro, ngako watsatfwa wayiswa endlini yaFaro. 16 Faro wamphatsa kahle Abrama ngenca yaSarayi, futsi wamupha timvu, tinkhomo, timbongolo, tinceku, tincekukati kanye nemakamela.+ 17 Ngako Jehova washaya Faro nendlu yakhe ngetishayo letibuhlungu ngenca yaSarayi, umfati wa-Abrama.+ 18 Faro wase ubita Abrama watsi kuye: “Yini lena longente yona? Awukangitjeli ngani kutsi lona ngumfati wakho? 19 Kungani utsite: ‘Lona ngudzadzewetfu,’+ ngize nje ngicishe ngimtsatse abe ngumfati wami? Nangu, mtsatse uhambe naye!” 20 Faro watjela tinceku takhe kutsi timkhulule. Ngako tamkhulula, yena kanye nemfati wakhe, nako konkhe labenako.+