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20 Abbrahamu wakalonga kuzwa kundawu eeyo, waya kunyika yaNegebbu alubo wakasaanguna kukkala aakati kaKkadeshi aShuri. Naakali kukkala* kuGerari, 2 Abbrahamu wakayindulula lubo kwaamba atala amwanakazi wakwe Sara kuti: “Muchizi wangu.” Nkinkaako, mwaami Abbimelekki wakuGerari wakalayilila kuti Sara ayetwe mpawo wakamubweza. 3 Nizyakayinda zintu eezi, Leza wakasikila Abbimelekki muchiloto mansiku, mpawo wakati kulinguwe: “Iwe ulifwide akaambo kamwanakazi ngwaabweza mbukunga ulikwetwe alubo ulaamulumaakwe kale.” 4 Nikuba oobo, Abbimelekki taakalinaswena aafwiifwi pe anguwe.* Nkinkaako, wakati: “Jehova, uyanda kujaya chisi chitakwe mulandu* na? 5 Ani teenguwe na wandibuzya kuti, ‘Muchizi wangu’ anguwe mwanakazi teenguwe na wati, ‘Munyaandumi wangu’? Ndachita zintu eezi amoyo uutuba amaboko aatakwe mulandu.” 6 Mpawo Leza wakasimpe wakati kulinguwe muchiloto: “Ndilizi kuti wachita oobo kuli aamoyo uutuba, nzizyo zyapa kuti ndikukasye kuti utandibisizyi pe. Nchindatakuzumizya kuti umugume. 7 Lino bweedezya mwanakazi wamuntu, nkaambo mulumaakwe mupolofita mpawo ulakukombelezezya kuli Leza, kuchitila kuti uzumanane kupona. Pesi kuti teewamubweedezya, ziba kuti choonzyo ulafwa, iwe abamung’anda yako boonse.”
8 Abbimelekki wakafuma kuseeni, wayita babelesi bakwe boonse akubabuzya zintu zyoonse eezi mpawo bakayoowa loko. 9 Kuzwa waawo, Abbimelekki wakayita Abbrahamu wamubuzya kuti: “Niinzi eezi nzwaatuchitila? Ani ndakubisizyaanzi loko zyakuti uyanda kundeetela chibi chipati oobu, ime abwaami bwangu? Nzwaachita tazili kabotu pe.” 10 Abbimelekki wakayinkilila kunembo kubuzya Abbrahamu kuti: “Wakali kuyeeyaanzi loko nwaakali kuchita chintu eechi?” 11 Abbrahamu wakati: “Nkaambo ndakalibuzya kuti, ‘Kwaamba choonzyo, mundawu eeyi bantu tabamuyoowi pe Leza, nkinkaako, balandijaya akaambo kamwanakazi wangu.’ 12 Nikuba oobo, ooyu muchizi wangu choonzyo, mwana wandeende, pesi teemwana wabaama, mpawo wakazooba mwanakazi wangu. 13 Nkinkaako, Leza naakapa kuti kandiyabutuntulika kuzwa mung’anda yandeende, ndakamubuzya kuti: ‘Oobu mbubo mbutanoonditondeezye luyando lutamani: Kufumbwa nkutuya kunoowamba kuti, “Ooyu munyaandumi wangu.”’”
14 Mpawo Abbimelekki wakabweza mbelele, ng’ombe ababelesi bachaalumi abachanakazi, wazipa Abbrahamu mpawo wakamubweedezya mwanakazi wakwe Sara. 15 Abbimelekki wakayungizya kuti: “Nyika eeyi njiyangu. Kkala kufumbwa mpuyanda.” 16 Mpawo kuli Sara wakati: “Njeyi mali yansiliva iili 1 000 njindapa munyaandumi wako. Nchitondeezyo* kuli baabo boonse mbulaabo akunembo lyabantu boonse kuti tukwe mulandu pe akuti toyelede kusampawulwa pe.” 17 Nkinkaako, Abbrahamu wakasaanguna kukomba nkombyo zyakukombelezya kuli Leza wakasimpe, mpawo Leza wakamuponia Abbimelekki amwanakazi wakwe ababelesi bakwe basimbi mpawo bakasaanguna kuba aabana, 18 nkaambo Jehova wakali wapa kuti banakazi boonse bamung’anda ya-Abbimelekki batazyali* akaambo kaSara, mwanakazi wa-Abbrahamu.