Gen 16 | Ndebele | STEP | USarayi umkaAbrama wayengamzaleli-ke abantwana ; wayelencekukazi umGibhithekazi , lebizo layo linguHagari .

1 USarayi umkaAbrama wayengamzaleli-ke abantwana ^a; wayelencekukazi umGibhithekazi ^b, lebizo layo linguHagari ^c. 2 USarayi ^d wasesithi kuAbrama: Khangela-ke, iNkosi ingivalile ukuze ngingazali ^e; ake ungene encekukazini yami, mhlawumbe ngingakhiwa ngayo. UAbrama waselalela ilizwi likaSarayi. 3 Ngakho uSarayi umkaAbrama wamthatha uHagari umGibhithe, incekukazi yakhe, ekupheleni kweminyaka elitshumi uAbrama esehlale elizweni leKhanani ^f, wasemnika uAbrama indoda yakhe ukuthi abe ngumkakhe. 4 Wasengena kuHagari, wasethatha isisu. Esebonile ukuthi uzithwele, inkosikazi yakhe yasideleleka emehlweni akhe ^g. 5 USarayi wasesithi kuAbrama: Ububi bami buphezu kwakho. Mina nginike incekukazi yami esifubeni sakho, ithe isibonile ukuthi izithwele, ngiyadeleleka emehlweni ayo. INkosi kayahlulele phakathi kwami lawe ^h. 6 UAbrama wasesithi kuSarayi: Khangela, incekukazi yakho isesandleni sakho ⁱ. Yenza kuyo lokho okuhle emehlweni akho. USarayi waseyiphatha kubi, yasibaleka ebusweni bakhe ^j.

7 Ingilosi yeNkosi yasiyifica emthonjeni wamanzi enkangala ^k, emthonjeni endleleni eya eShuri ^l. 8 Yasisithi: Hagari, ncekukazi kaSarayi, uvela ngaphi, uya ngaphi? Yasisithi: Ngibalekela ubuso bukaSarayi inkosikazi yami. 9 Ingilosi yeNkosi yasisithi kuyo: Buyela enkosikazini yakho, ubusuzehlisela ngaphansi kwezandla zayo. 10 Ingilosi yeNkosi yathi kuyo futhi: Ngizakwandisa kakhulu inzalo yakho ^m ukuze ingabalwa ngenxa yobunengi. 11 Ingilosi yeNkosi yasisithi kuyo: Khangela, uzithwele, futhi uzazala indodana, njalo uzayitha ibizo layo ⁿ uthi nguIshmayeli ^{▼▼ uIshmayeli: okuyikuthi, uNkulunkulu uzakuzwa.}, ngoba iNkosi izwile ukuhlupheka kwakho. 12 Yona-ke izakuba ngumuntu ongubabhemi ongathambanga ^p, isandla sayo simelane labo bonke, lesandla sabo bonke simelane layo; izahlala phambi kobuso babafowabo bonke ^q. 13 Waseyitha iNkosi eyakhuluma laye ibizo lokuthi: Wena Nkulunkulu wokubona. Ngoba wathi: Lapha lami ngimkhangele yini ongibonayo? 14 Ngakho umthombo wabizwa ngokuthi iBeri-Lahayi-Royi ^{r
,} ^{▼▼ iBeri-Lahayi-Royi: okuyikuthi, umthombo walowo ophilayo engibona.}; khangela, uphakathi kweKadeshi ^t leBeredi. 15 UHagari wasemzalela uAbrama indodana; uAbrama wasesitha ibizo lendodana yakhe, uHagari ayizalayo, wathi nguIshmayeli ^u. 16 Njalo uAbrama wayeleminyaka engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesithupha mhla uHagari emzalela uAbrama uIshmayeli.