< 1 Mose 20 >
1 Afei, Abraham tu firii hɔ kɔɔ anafoɔ mantam asase bi a wɔfrɛ no Negeb kɔtenaa nkuro Kades ne Sur ntam. Ɔtenaa Gerar kakra.
UAbrahama wasesuka lapho waya elizweni leningizimu, wahlala phakathi kweKadeshi leShuri wahlala njengowezizwe eGerari.
2 Abraham maa nnipa no tee aseɛ sɛ, Sara yɛ ne nuabaa. Enti, Gerarhene Abimelek soma kɔfaa Sara baa nʼahemfie.
UAbrahama wasesithi ngoSara umkakhe: Ungudadewethu. UAbhimeleki inkosi yeGerari wathuma-ke, wathatha uSara.
3 Nanso, Onyankopɔn soo Abimelek daeɛ, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wosɛ owuo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔbaa a woakɔfa no no yɛ obi yere.”
Kodwa uNkulunkulu weza kuAbhimeleki ephutsheni ebusuku, wathi kuye: Khangela, ufile ngenxa yowesifazana omthetheyo, ngoba uganile endodeni.
4 Nanso, na Abimelek nnya ne Sara nnaeɛ, enti ɔkaa sɛ, “Awurade, enti wobɛsɛe onipa a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne bi?
Kodwa uAbhimeleki wayengasondelanga kuye. Ngakho wathi: Nkosi, uzabhubhisa lesizwe esilungileyo yini?
5 Abraham ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Ɔyɛ me nuabaa.’ Na Sara no nso kaa sɛ, ‘Ɔyɛ me nuabarima.’ Enti mede adwenem fann ne akoma mu teɛ na meyɛɛ deɛ meyɛeɛ no.”
Kayisuye yini othe kimi: Ungudadewethu? Laye uqobo wasesithi: Ungumnewethu. Ngobuqotho benhliziyo yami langobuhlophe bezandla zami ngikwenzile lokhu.
6 Afei, Onyankopɔn soo Abimelek daeɛ bio ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ nokorɛ turodoo sɛ, wode adwenem fann ne akoma mu teɛ na ɛyɛɛ deɛ woyɛeɛ no; ɛno enti, mamma woanyɛ bɔne antia me. Ɛno enti na mamma woamfa wo ho anka no no.
UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuye ephutsheni: Lami sengazile ukuthi ngobuqotho benhliziyo yakho ukwenzile lokhu; lami futhi ngikuvimbele ukuze ungoni kimi; ngenxa yalokhu kangikuvumelanga ukuthi umthinte.
7 Ne saa enti sane fa ɔbarima no yere no kɔma no, ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɔbarima no yɛ odiyifoɔ a ɔbɛtumi abɔ mpaeɛ ama wo, ama woatena. Na sɛ woansane amfa no ankɔma no a, hunu sɛ, wo ne wʼasefoɔ nyinaa bɛwuwu.”
Ngakho-ke buyisela umfazi wendoda, ngoba ingumprofethi; njalo izakukhulekela ukuze uphile; kodwa uba ungambuyiseli, yazi ukuthi isibili uzakufa wena labo bonke abangabakho.
8 Adeɛ kyee anɔpatutuutu no, ntɛm ara, Abimelek frɛɛ ne mpanimfoɔ nyinaa bɔɔ wɔn nsɛm a asisie no ho amaneɛ. Na wɔsuroo yie.
UAbhimeleki wasevuka ekuseni kakhulu, wabiza zonke inceku zakhe, wakhuluma wonke la amazwi endlebeni zazo; njalo amadoda esaba kakhulu.
9 Afei, Abimelek frɛɛ Abraham ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn na woayɛ yɛn yi? Bɔne bɛn na mayɛ wo a woakɔfa afɔbusɛm kɛseɛ a ɛte sɛɛ yi abɛto me ne me ɔman so yi? Adeɛ a wode ayɛ me yi nyɛ adeɛ a anka ɛsɛ sɛ wode yɛ me.”
UAbhimeleki wasembiza uAbrahama, wathi kuye: Wenzeni kithi? Ngoneni kuwe ukuthi ungilethele mina lombuso wami isono esikhulu? Wenze kimi izenzo ezingafanelanga ukwenziwa.
10 Afei, Abimelek bisaa Abraham sɛ, “Ɛdeɛn adwene na ɛkaa wo a ɛmaa woyɛɛ saa?”
UAbhimeleki wasesithi kuAbrahama: Uboneni, uze wenze into le?
11 Abraham buaa sɛ, “Mesusuu sɛ, nokorɛm, Onyankopɔn biara nni mo mu, ne saa enti, me yere enti, mobɛtumi akum me.
UAbrahama wasesithi: Ngoba ngacabanga ukuthi: Isibili ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kakukho kulindawo; njalo bazangibulala ngenxa yomkami.
12 Yei akyiri no, ampa ara, ɔyɛ me nuabaa. Yɛfiri agya korɔ. Yɛmfiri ɛna korɔ. Ɛno enti na mewaree no no.
Kanti-ke isibili ungudadewethu, uyindodakazi kababa, kodwa kasiyo indodakazi kamama; wasesiba ngumkami.
13 Na ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ me Abraham sɛ, mentu mfiri mʼagya fie nkɔ asase a ɔbɛkyerɛ me so no, me nso, meka kyerɛɛ Sara sɛ, ‘Adɔeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ me nie: baabiara a yɛbɛduru no, ka sɛ, meyɛ wo nuabarima.’”
Kwasekusithi mhla uNkulunkulu engizulisa ngisuka endlini kababa ngasengisithi kuye: Lo ngumusa ozawenza kimi, kuzo zonke indawo esizafika kuzo, uthi ngami: Ungumnewethu.
14 Enti, Abimelek de nnwan, anantwie, nkoa ne mfenaa brɛɛ Abraham. Na ɔde ne yere Sara sane brɛɛ no.
UAbhimeleki wasethatha izimvu lezinkomo lezinceku lezincekukazi, wapha uAbrahama, wambuyisela uSara umkakhe.
15 Abimelek kaa sɛ, “Mʼasasetam na ɛda wʼanim yi, ɛso baabiara a wopɛ sɛ wotena no, fa.”
UAbhimeleki wasesithi: Khangela, ilizwe lami liphambi kwakho; hlala lapho okuhle khona emehlweni akho.
16 Abimelek ka kyerɛɛ Sara nso sɛ, “Mede dwetɛ kilogram dubaako ne fa rema wo nuabarima no. Yei ne mpatadeɛ a mede rema wo wɔ bɔne a wɔde too wo so no, wɔ wɔn a wɔka wo ho no nyinaa anim. Asodie biara nna wo so.”
LakuSara wathi: Khangela, ngimnikile umnewenu inhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane; khangela, uyisisibekelo samehlo kuwe, kuye wonke olawe, labo bonke, njalo ukhuziwe.
17 Enti, Abraham bɔɔ mpaeɛ, srɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, ɔnsa ɔhene Abimelek, ɔhemmaa ne mfenaa a wɔwɔ efie hɔ yadeɛ, ma wɔnwo mma.
UAbrahama wasekhuleka kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wasemsilisa uAbhimeleki lomkakhe lencekukazi zakhe, ukuze bazale.
18 Esiane Abraham yere Sara enti, Awurade too Abimelek fiefoɔ nyinaa yafunu mu, de twee Abimelek aso.
Ngoba iNkosi yayizivalile ngokupheleleyo izizalo zonke zabendlu kaAbhimeleki ngenxa kaSara umkaAbrahama.