Gen 21 | Ndebele | STEP | IN kosi yasimhambela uSara njengokukhuluma kwayo, njalo iN kosi yenza kuSara njengoba yayitshilo .

1 INkosi yasimhambela ^a uSara njengokukhuluma kwayo, njalo iNkosi yenza kuSara njengoba yayitshilo ^b. 2 USara wasethatha isisu ^c, wamzalela indodana uAbrahama ebudaleni bakhe, ngesikhathi esimisiweyo ^d uNkulunkulu abesitshilo kuye. 3 UAbrahama wasesitha ibizo lendodana yakhe, eyazalelwa yena, uSara amzalela yona, wathi nguIsaka ^e. 4 UAbrahama wasesoka ^f uIsaka indodana yakhe isilensuku eziyisificaminwembili, njengoba uNkulunkulu wamlaya ^g. 5 Njalo uAbrahama wayeleminyaka elikhulu ^h lapho ezalelwa uIsaka indodana yakhe.

6 USara wasesithi: UNkulunkulu ungenzele uhleko ⁱ, wonke ozwayo uzahleka lami. 7 Wathi futhi: Ngubani obengatsho kuAbrahama ukuthi: USara uzamunyisa abantwana? Ngoba ngimzalele indodana ebudaleni bakhe ^j.

UHagari loIshmayeli basenkangala

8 Umntwana wakhula, walunyulwa. UAbrahama wasesenza idili elikhulu mhla uIsaka elunyulwa.

9 USara wasebona indodana kaHagari umGibhithekazi ^k ayeyizalele uAbrahama ^l ikloloda ^m. 10 Ngakho wathi kuAbrahama: Xotsha lesisigqilikazi lendodana yaso ⁿ; ngoba indodana yalesisigqilikazi kayiyikudla ilifa kanye lendodana yami, kanye loIsaka. 11 Lalelilizwi laba libi kakhulu emehlweni kaAbrahama, ngenxa yendodana yakhe ^o. 12 Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi kuAbrahama: Kakungabi kubi emehlweni akho, ngenxa yomfana langenxa yesigqilikazi sakho; konke uSara azakutsho kuwe, lalela ilizwi lakhe, ngoba kuIsaka inzalo yakho izabizwa ^p. 13 Kodwa lendodana yesigqilikazi ngizayenza ibe yisizwe ^q, ngoba iyinzalo yakho.

14 Ngakho uAbrahama wavuka ekuseni kakhulu, wathatha isinkwa lesigxingi samanzi, wakunika uHagari, ekubeka emahlombe akhe, lomntwana, wamyekela wahamba. Wasehamba wazula enkangala iBherishebha ^r. 15 Amanzi esephelile esigxingini waphosela umntwana phansi kwesinye sezihlahlakazana. 16 Wasehamba wahlala phansi maqondana laye, esuka kuye khatshanyana, okungaba yikutshoka ngedandili; ngoba wathi: Kangingaboni ukufa komntwana. Wahlala maqondana laye, waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe wakhala inyembezi. 17 UNkulunkulu wasesizwa ilizwi lomfana. Yasimemeza ingilosi kaNkulunkulu kuHagari isemazulwini, yathi kuye: Ulani, Hagari? Ungesabi, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulizwile ilizwi lomfana lapho akhona. 18 Sukuma, uphakamise umfana, umbambe ngesandla sakho; ngoba ngizamenza abe yisizwe esikhulu. 19 UNkulunkulu wasevula amehlo akhe, njalo wabona umthombo wamanzi; wahamba, wagcwalisa isigxingi ngamanzi, wamnathisa umfana. 20 Njalo uNkulunkulu waba lomfana ^s, wakhula, wahlala enkangala, waba ngumtshoki ^t. 21 Wahlala enkangala iParani; unina wasemthathela umfazi elizweni leGibhithe ^u.

Isivumelwano sikaAbrahama loAbhimeleki

22 Kwasekusithi ngalesosikhathi uAbhimeleki loFikoli ^v, induna yebutho yakhe, wakhuluma kuAbrahama wathi: UNkulunkulu ulawe kukho konke okwenzayo ^w. 23 Ngakho-ke funga kimi lapha ngoNkulunkulu ^x ukuthi kawuyikungikhohlisa mina kumbe indodana yami kumbe izizukulwana zami ^y; njengomusa engikwenzele wona, yenza kimi, lelizweni ohlala kilo njengowemzini. 24 UAbrahama wasesithi: Mina ngizafunga. 25 Kodwa uAbrahama wamsola uAbhimeleki ngenxa yomthombo wamanzi ebeziwuphangile izinceku zikaAbhimeleki ^z. 26 UAbhimeleki wasesithi: Angazi owenze le into; njalo lawe kawungitshelanga, futhi lami kangizwanga ngakho, ngaphandle kwalamuhla. 27 UAbrahama wasethatha izimvu lenkomo, wazinika uAbhimeleki; njalo bobabili benza isivumelwano ^aa. 28 UAbrahama wabeka amawundlukazi omhlambi ayisikhombisa wodwa. 29 UAbhimeleki wasesithi kuAbrahama: Ayini lapha lamawundlukazi ayisikhombisa owabeke wodwa ^ab? 30 Wasesithi: Ngoba uzakwemukela esandleni sami amawundlukazi ayisikhombisa, ukuze abe yibufakazi kimi bokuthi lumthombo ngiwugebhile. 31 Ngakho wabiza leyondawo ^ac ngokuthi yiBherishebha ^{▼▼ iBherishebha: okuyikuthi, umthombo wesifungo.}, ngoba lapho bafunga bobabili. 32 Ngakho benza isivumelwano eBherishebha. UAbhimeleki wasesukuma, loFikoli induna yebutho lakhe, babuyela elizweni lamaFilisti.

33 Wasehlanyela isihlahla setamarisiki* eBherishebha wabiza khona ibizo leNkosi ^ae, uNkulunkulu olaphakade ^af. 34 UAbrahama wasehlala njengowezizwe elizweni lamaFilisti ^ag insuku ezinengi.