U fumba, tshiga tsha mulanga wa Mudzimu
1Musi Abramu e na miṅwaha ya 99, Muṋe washu a ḓisumbedza ene a ri, “Ndi Nṋe Mudzimu Ramaanḓaoṱhe. U fanela u tshila u tshi ita zwine nda funa u sa ṱahedzi, 2ndi ḓo vhofha mulanga na iwe nda andisa vhana vhau zwihulu.”
3Abramu a wa nga tshifhaṱuwo. Mudzimu a amba nae a ri, 4“A vha Nṋe, mulanga une nda vhofha na iwe ngoyu: u ḓo vha khotsi a tshakha nnzhi. 5A u tsha ḓo pfi Abramu (Khotsi anga Mudzimu ndi muhulu), u vho ḓo pfi Abrahamu (Khotsi a magogo), ngauri ndo u ita khotsi a tshakha nnzhi. 6Ndi ḓo ita uri u vhe na vhana vhanzhi; ndi ḓo vhumba dzitshakha nga iwe; kha iwe hu ḓo bva mahosi. 7Ndi ḓo vhofha mulanga wa lini na lini na iwe na vhana vhau vha mirafho i kha ḓi ḓaho, nda vha Mudzimu wau na vhana vhau. 8Shango ḽoṱhe ḽa Kanana hune zwino wa vha mutsinda, ndi ḓo u ṋea ḽa vha ḽau na vhana vhau lini na lini; Nṋe ndi ḓo vha Mudzimu wavho.”
9Mudzimu a dovha a amba na Abrahamu a ri, “A vha iwe u vhulunge mulanga wanga – iwe na vhana vhau na mirafho i kha ḓi ḓaho. 10Hoyu ndi mulanga we nda vhofha na iwe na vhana vhau. Mulanga une na fanela u u vhulunga ngoyu: vhoṱhe vha muṱa wau vha tshinnani vha fanela u fumbiswa. 11No fanela u fumba; tshi ḓo vha tshone tshiga tsha mulanga we nda vhofha na inwi. 12Na kha mirafho i ḓaho mutuka muṅwe na muṅwe a fumbiswe e na maḓuvha maṱanu na mararu, naho i phuli yo bebwaho muṱani wau, na o rengwaho kha mutsinda a si wa hau. 13O bebwaho muṱani waṋu kana o rengwaho a fumbiswe, tshenetsho tshi ḓo vha tshiga tsha mulanga wanga tshi re muvhilini waṋu; u ḓo vha mulanga wa lini na lini. 14Munna a songo fumbaho u ḓo bvisiwa kha lushaka lwa hawe; o vhofholola mulanga wanga.”
Zwe Mudzimu a fulufhedzisa Sarai
15Mudzimu a dovha a vhudza Abrahamu a ri, “A vha Sarai musadzi wau, ha tsha pfi Sarai, u vho ḓo pfi Sara (Mufumakadzi wa musanda). 16Ndi ḓo mu shudufhadza a u bebela ṅwana wa mutukana. Ndi ḓo mu shudufhadza a vha mme a dzitshakha; u ḓo beba mahosi a no ḓo vhusa vhathu.”
17Abrahamu a mbo ḓi wa nga tshifhaṱuwo, a sea a ḓivhudzisa a ri, “Munna o no ḓi vhaho na miṅwaha ya ḓana a nga kha ḓi beba ṅwana naa? Sara a nga beba ṅwana o no ḓi vha na miṅwaha ya 90?” 18Ndi hone Abrahamu a tshi vhudza Mudzimu a ri, “Ngavhe u tshi shudufhadza Ishmaele zwawe a tshila!”
19Mudzimu a ri, “Aiwa, Sara musadzi wau u ḓo u bebela ṅwana wa mutukana; u ḓo pfi Isaka (Tshiseo); ndi ḓo vhofha mulanga wanga nae na vhaḓuhulu vhawe, wa vha wa lini na lini. 20A vha Ishmaele, ndo zwi pfa zwe wa amba: Ngoho ndi ḓo mu shudufhadza; u ḓo beba nda andisa vhana vhawe. U ḓo vha khotsi a vhavhusi vha 12; ndi ḓo mu ita lushaka luhulu. 21Hone mulanga wanga ndi ḓo u vhofha na Isaka ane Sara a ḓo u bebela ene mwakani nga tshifhinga tshenetshi.” 22Musi Mudzimu o fhedza u amba na Abrahamu a mu ṱutshela a gonya ṱaḓulu.
23Musi wonoyo Abrahamu a mbo dzhia ṅwana wawe Ishmaele na vhoṱhe vho bebwaho muṱani wawe na vho rengwaho, muṅwe na muṅwe wa tshinnani a re muṱani wawe, a vha fumbisa sa zwe Mudzimu a mu vhudza. 24Abrahamu o fumba e na miṅwaha ya 99; 25ṅwana wawe Ishmaele o vha e na miṅwaha ya 13; 26Abrahamu na ṅwana wawe Ishmaele vho fumba vhoṱhe musi wonoyo muthihi, 27ha fumba na vhoṱhe vha tshinnani vha muṱa wa Abrahamu, vho bebelwaho muṱani wawe khathihi na vho rengwaho kha vhatsinda.
