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UHagari Lo-Ishumayeli
USarayi umka-Abhrama wayengamzalelanga bantwana. Kodwa wayelencekukazi yomGibhithe eyayithiwa nguHagari; ngakho uSarayi wathi ku-Abhrama, “UThixo ungincitshile abantwana. Hamba, wembathe lencekukazi yami; mhlawumbe lami ngingaba lendlu ngaye.”
U-Abhrama wavuma kulokho okwakutshiwo nguSarayi. Ngakho kwathi u-Abhrama esehlale eKhenani okweminyaka elitshumi, uSarayi umkakhe wathatha incekukazi yakhe yomGibhithe uHagari wamupha indoda yakhe ukuba ngumkayo. U-Abhrama wambatha loHagari, wazithwala.
Wathi esezibona esezithwele, waseqalisa ukweyisa inkosikazi yakhe. USarayi wasesithi ku-Abhrama, “Ngumlandu wakho ukuze ngihlupheke kangaka. Incekukazi yami ngayethula ezandleni zakho, kodwa ithi ngoba isisazi ukuthi isizithwele isingeyisa. Sengathi uThixo angahlulela phakathi kwami lawe.”
U-Abhrama wathi, “Incekukazi yakho isezandleni zakho. Yenza lokho obona kufanele ngayo.” USarayi wasemphatha kubi uHagari; wacina embalekela.
Ingilosi kaThixo yamfumana uHagari eduze komthombo enkangala; kwakungumthombo oseceleni kwendlela eya eShuri. Yathi, “Hagari, ncekukazi kaSarayi, uvela ngaphi njalo uya ngaphi?”
Waphendula wathi, “Ngibalekela inkosikazi yami, uSarayi.”
Ngakho ingilosi kaThixo yamtshela yathi, “Buyela enkosikazini yakho ufike uyilalele.” 10 Ingilosi kaThixo yengeza yathi, “Ngizakwandisa izizukulwane zakho zibe zinengi okungelakubalwa.”
11 Ingilosi kaThixo yaphinda yathi kuye:
“Khathesi usuzithwele
njalo uzabusiswa ngendodana.
Kumele uyethe uthi ngu-Ishumayeli,
ngoba uThixo usekuzwile ukukhala kwakho.
12 Uzakuba yindoda engubabhemi weganga;
isandla sakhe sizaxabana labantu bonke
lesandla somuntu wonke sixabane laye,
njalo uzaphila ngenzondano
labafowabo bonke.”
13 UThixo owakhuluma laye wamutha lelibizo elithi: “UnguNkulunkulu ongibonayo,” ngoba wathi, “Manje sengimbonile lowo ongibonayo.” 14 Yikho-nje umthombo lowo wabizwa ngokuthi yiBheri-Lahayi-Royi; ulokhu usekhona, phakathi kweKhadeshi leBheredi.
15 Ngakho uHagari wazalela u-Abhrama indodana, u-Abhrama wamutha ibizo lokuthi ngu-Ishumayeli. 16 U-Abhrama wayeleminyaka yokuzalwa engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesithupha lapho uHagari emzalela u-Ishumayeli.