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20 Apalahama yakatuka kuze te atwama, yaya ku chifuchi cha Nengeve yatwama hakachi ka Kandeshe ni Shure. Shimbu te achili* mu Ngerare, 2 Apalahama yamba nawa hakutwala kuli mukwo-pwo Sara ngwenyi: “Iye kali ndumbwami.” Chocho Apimeleke mwanangana wa Ngerare yatuma atu kusaka Sara. 3 Mba Zambi yasoloka kuli Apimeleke mu chimwe chilota ha ufuku, yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Yena kafwa hiwafwa kulu, mumu lia pwo yoze watambula, se kali pwo liambala.” 4 Alioze, Apimeleke te kanda achilimona* nenyi, kashika yamba ngwenyi: “Yehova, shina mushiha vungu lize kulishi chitela* nyi? 5 Hi iye ko wangulwezanga ngwenyi: ‘Iye kali ndumbwami?’ Ni pwo neye yamba ngwenyi: ‘Iye kali ndumbwami’? Te chishi ni nyonga lipi, te chanyingikine ngwami chuma chipi ngunalingi.” 6 Zambi wamwenemwene yamba kuli iye kupalikila mu chilota ngwenyi: “Ngunanyingika ngwami kuwachilingile ni nyonga lipi, kashika nakukwika kuvulumuna kumeso jami, ni kukukinda kumukwata. 7 Haliapwila hilwisa pwo liambala kuli mwene, mumu iye kali profeta, makulembela mba ununge ni mwono. Alioze, nyi kuwamuhilwishile, nyingika ngwe, pundu lume kumuofwa, yena ni atu je eswe.”
8 Apimeleke yahinduka chimenemene, yasanyika ngamba jenyi eswe, yaalweza yino yuma yeswe. Chocho o yevwa woma unji. 9 Mba Apimeleke yasanyika Apalahama, yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Mumu liaka watulinga chuma cha mutapu au? Upi uka nakulinga, mba te unehe mulonga upwahaha hali yami ni ha wanangana wami? Chuma chize wangulinga kuchalitele.” 10 Kashika, Apimeleke yahula Apalahama ngwenyi: “Yika te unanyongo ha kulinga chuma cha mutapu au?” 11 Apalahama yakumbulula ngwenyi: “Mumu nanyonganga ngwami: ‘Mu chifuchi chino, atu keshi kuvwila Zambi woma, kashika mangushiha mumu lia pwo liami.’ 12 Chikwo nawa, iye kali lume ndumbwami, mwana wa tata, yoze asemene ni mama mweka, mba yami yingumumbata. 13 Kashika, muze Zambi anguchijile ku zuwo lia tata hanga ngwendangane, yami yingwamba kuli Sara ngwami: ‘Chenacho muopwa ni kusolola ngwe wa kunguzanga: Kweswako kuze mutuya, watamba kwamba hakutwala kuli yami ngwe: “Iye kali ndumbwami.”’”
14 Kashika, Apimeleke yahana mapanga, ngombe, ndungo a malunga ni a mapwo kuli Apalahama, ni kumuhilwishila mukwo-pwo Sara. 15 Chikwo nawa, Apimeleke yamba ngwenyi: “Chifuchi chami chili mu moko je. Twama kweswako muzanga.” 16 Kuli Sara, iye yamba ngwenyi: “Ngunahana kuli ndumbwe kanunu ka mbongo ja prata. Mbongo jino mujisolola kuli atu waze ali hamwe ni yena ni kuli atu akwo ngwo, yena kushi chitela, chikwo nawa, kuwasaukile.” 17 Mba Apalahama yaputuka kulemba kuli Zambi wamwenemwene, chocho Zambi yauka Apimeleke, mukwo-pwo ni ngamba jenyi a mapwo, mba o yaputuka kusema. 18 Mumu Yehova kakashile* ngoji ya mapwo eswe a ku zuwo lia Apimeleke mumu lia Sara, pwo lia Apalahama.