Matalikilo 20:1-18
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Sara wavwunwa kuli Abimeleki (1-18)
20 Lino Abrahamu wakalonga kuzwa kooko+ akuunka kunyika ya Negebi akuyookkala akati ka Kadesi+ a Suri.+ Naakali kukkala* ku Gerari,+
2 Abrahamu wakainduluka alimwi kwaamba Sara mukaintu wakwe kuti: “Mucizyi wangu.”+ Aboobo Abimeleki mwami wa Gerari, wakatuma bantu kuti bakamulete Sara.+
3 Mpoonya Leza wakasikila Abimeleki masiku muciloto akumwaambila kuti: “Uyoofwa akaambo kamukaintu ngoobweza,+ nkaambo ngumukamuntu.”+
4 Nokuba boobo, Abimeleki tanaakaninga kumusika amubili pe. Aboobo wakabuzya kuti: “Jehova, sena inga wajaya bantu banyina mulandu?*
5 Sena mwaalumi ooyu tanaakandaambila kuti, ‘Ooyu mucizyi wangu’? Awalo mukaintu, sena tanaakaamba kuti, ‘Ooyu mukwesu’? Ndacita oobo kumoyo kakusalede alimwi tiindalizyi kuti ndibisya buya.”
6 Mpoonya muciloto Leza mwini-mwini wakamwaambila kuti: “Ndilizyi kuti wakacita oobo kumoyo kakusalede, aboobo ndakapa kuti utandibisizyi. Nkakaambo kaako ndakakukasya kumusika amubili.
7 Lino komupilusya mukamuntu, nkaambo mulumaakwe musinsimi,+ alimwi uyookupailila+ kutegwa uzumanane kupona. Pele ikuti utamupilusyi, uzyibe kuti ulafwa, yebo abamuŋanda yako boonse.”
8 Aboobo Abimeleki wakafwuma, waita babelesi bakwe boonse akubaambila zintu eezyi zyoonse zyakacitika, eelyo bakayoowa kapati.
9 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakaita Abrahamu akumwaambila kuti: “Ncinzi eeci ncootucitila? Ncibi nzi ncondakucitila cakuti inga waleta cibi cipati boobu kulindime acisi cangu? Eeci ncoondicitila tacili kabotu pe.”
10 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakabuzya Abrahamu kuti: “Ino wakajisi makanze nzi nookacita cintu eeci?”+
11 Mpoonya Abrahamu wakati: “Nkaambo ndakayeeya kuti, ‘Masimpe bantu bamucilawo eeci tabamuyoowi Leza, alimwi balandijaya akaambo kamukaintu wangu.’+
12 Mubwini buya mucizyi wangu, tuzyalwa limwi kuli bataata, pele kutali kuli bamaama, eelyo ndakamukwata.+
13 Aboobo Leza naakandaambila kuti ndilonge kuzwa muŋanda yataata,+ ndakati kumukaintu wangu: ‘Mboobu mboyelede kutondezya luyando lutamani kulindime: Kufwumbwa nkotwaunka, koamba boobu kujatikizya ndime, “Ooyu mwanookwesu.”’”+
14 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakabweza mbelele, ŋombe, babelesi baalumi abamakaintu akumupa Abrahamu, eelyo wakapilusya Sara imukaintu wakwe kulinguwe.
15 Abimeleki alimwi wakati: “Eeyi yoonse ninyika yangu. Kkala kufwumbwa mpoyanda.”
16 Eelyo wakaambila Sara kuti: “Ngaaya mali aansiliva aali 1,000 ngondamupa munyoko.+ Ncitondezyo cakuti yebo unyina mulandu* kubantu boonse mboli limwi abantu bamwi buyo, aboobo masampu aako oonse amana.”
17 Mpoonya Abrahamu wakatalika kupaila kuli Leza mwini-mwini, eelyo wakamuponya Abimeleki amukaintu wakwe ababelesi bakwe basimbi, aboobo bakatalika kuzyala;
18 nkaambo Jehova wakalibajalide luzyalo bamakaintu bamuŋanda ya Abimeleki boonse akaambo ka Sara mukaintu wa Abrahamu.+
Bupanduluzi buyungizyidwe
^ Naa “kukkala mbuli mweenzu.”
^ Naa “baluleme.”
^ Mu Chihebrayo, “Bona, ncivwumbyo cameso aako.”
