Ukubizwa kwaka-Abramu
1USomnini wathi ku-Abramu:
“Tjhiya inarhekhenu,
abantu bekhenu nendlu kayihlo,
uye enarheni engizakutjengisa yona.
2Ngizokwenza ube sisizwe esikhulu,
begodu ngizokubusisa:
Ngizokwenza ibizo lakho libe likhulu,
ube sibusiso.
3Ngizokubusisa abakubusisako,
nabakunyazako ngizabanikelela;
zoke iinkoro zephasi
zikhanukele ukubusiswa njengawe.”
4Nje-ke u-Abramu waphuma njengombana uSomnini gade atjhwile kuye, uLothi waphuma naye. U-Abramu gade aneminyaka ematjhumi alikhomba namihlanu lokha nakatjhiya iRharana. 5Wathatha umkakhe uSarayi, umntakamfowabo uLothi, yoke ifuywabo egade bayibuthelele eRharana kanye namakhoboka abawazuza lapho. Baphuma balunga enarheni yeKanana.
Kuthe lokha nabafika eKanana, 6u-Abramu waratha inarha ukuyela ngemthini omkhulu weMore eTjhekemu. Ngesikhatheso amaKanana gade asenarhenapho. 7USomnini wabonakala ku-Abramu khonapho wathi: “Nginikela isizukulwana sakho inarha le.” Nje-ke u-Abramu wakhela uSomnini owabonakala kuye i-aldari lapho.
8Ukusuka lapho kwafanela bona aragele phambili ukuyela ngentatjaneni engepumalanga yeBhethe-Eli. Wafese wahloma itende lakhe lapho, iBhethe-Eli ayiqalela ngetjingalanga, i-Ayi ngepumalanga. Khonapho u-Abramu wakhela uZimu i-aldari bewamthandaza. 9Emva kwalokho waragela phambili ukuyela ngesewula yeKanana.
U-Abramu uya eGibhide
10Bekukhona indlala enarheni. Ngebanga lokobana indlala beyirhagele khulu, u-Abramu kwambiza bona ehlele eGibhide ayokukhonza lapho. 11Kuthe nasele abandamele ukungena eGibhide, wathi kuSarayi umkakhe: “Ngiyazi bona umfazi omuhle kangangani, 12yeke lokha amaGibhide nakakubonako azokuthi, ‘Lo, mfazakhe.’ Nje-ke bazongibulala mina kodwana wena bakulise uphile. 13Manje-ke wena yithi kibo, ungudadwethu ukuze ngiphathwe kuhle ngenca yakho nepilwami isinde ngawe.”
14Kuthe lokha nabangena eGibhide, amaGibhide abona bonyana mbala simomondiya somfazi. 15Kwathi lokha iinduna zakaFaro nazimbonako, zambuka khulu kuFaro; yeke wathathwa wasiwa esigodlweni. 16UFaro waphatha u-Abramu kuhle ngenca kaSarayi, bewaphiwa izimvu neembuzi, iinkomo, abodumbana, iinceku neencekukazi kanye namakamela.
17Kodwana uSomnini wehlisela izifo ezesabekako phezu kwakaFaro nomndenakhe ngenca kaSarayi umka-Abramu. 18Nje-ke uFaro wabiza u-Abramu, wathi kuye: “Yintobani ongenze yona le? Njekhona kubayini ungangitjeli bonyana mkakho lo? 19Wenzeleleni uthi, ‘Ngudadwethu lo,’ beze ngimthathe abe mkami? Nje-ke, nangu umfazakho, mthathe ukhambe!”
20Ngelizwi lakaFaro u-Abramu nomkakhe nakho koke anakho bakhutjhwa eGibhide.
