Dimatekenu

20 Mbalahamu watundu-phe kwa kexile, wayi mu ixi ya Nengebe, yu wayi mutunga bhukaxi ka Kadexi ni Sule. Kyoso kyexile* mu ixi ya Jelale, 2 Mbalahamu wabhitulula yazwelele yalungu ni Sala muhat’wê, wixi: “Mwene phang’yami.” Kyenyiki, Abimeleke sobha ya Jelale, watumu ku mubhekela Sala. 3 Ku pholo dya kwenda, Nzambi wamonekena Abimeleke mu nzoji mu usuku, yu wa mwambela: “Kifwa eye wafwe kya, mukonda dya muhatu u watambula. Mukonda mwene dikaza. Watokala diyala dyengi.” 4 Maji Abimeleke kazekele-nê luwa. Mwene wambe: “Jihova, wanda jibha o kifuxi kya kambe o kikuma? 5 Mwene kangitangela kwila, ‘o muhatu phang’yami?’ O muhatu kangitangela we kwila, ‘Mbalahamu phang’yami?’ Ngakibhange ni muxima wazele. Kingejidile kwila ngexile mubhanga kima kyayibha.” 6 Kyenyiki, o Nzambi yakidi wa mwambela mu nzoji wixi: “Ngejiya kwila wa kibhange ni muxima wazele. Kyene ki ngakufidisa kuta kituxi kokwami. Kyene we ki ngakufidisa kuzeka-nê. 7 Kindala vutula o muhatu kwa mwadi wê. Mukonda mwene polofeta, wanda samba ni kudyonda kokwami, phala u bhuluke. Maji se kukibhange, ijiya-nakyu kwila wanda fwa mwene, eye ni dibhata dyé dyoso.”

8 Abimeleke wabalumuka mu kamenemene, wexana o jiselevende jê joso, yu wa atangela o ima yoso yiyi. Ene anga akala ni wôma wavulu. 9 Abimeleke anga wexana Mbalahamu yu wa mutangela wixi: “Ihi i wa tubhange? Kituxi kyahi ki ngakute, phala ku ngibhekela o windwa yú wadikota, ni ku utuminu wami? Wa ngibhange kima kyayibha.” 10 Abimeleke webhwidisa Mbalahamu: “Ihi ya kubhangesa kubhanga kiki?” 11 Mbalahamu wa mutambwijila wixi: “Mukonda ngaxinganeka mudyami ngixi: ‘Mukidi, séku muthu wala ni wôma wa Nzambi mu kididi kiki. Ene anda ngijibha mukonda dya muhat’wami.’ 12 Mukidi, mwene phang’yami mwene, tat’etu yene imoxi, maji ki mona a mam’etu, yu wakituka muhat’wami. 13 Kyoso Nzambi kya ngibhangesa kutunda kubhata dya tat’etu, phala kunyunga-nyunga, eme ngambela Sala: ‘Yú wene o ukexilu wa ku ngilondekesa o henda yakidi: Mu ididi yoso mutuya, wila wixi: “Mwene phang’yami.”’”

14 Mukusuluka, Abimeleke wabhana kwa Mbalahamu jimbudi, jingombe, jiselevende ja mala ni ja ahatu, wa muvutula we Sala muhat’wê. 15 Abimeleke wa mwambela we wixi: “Ixi yami yoso yenyiyi! Tunga bhwoso bhu wamesena.” 16 O kwa Sala, mwene wambe: “Phang’yé ngamubhana midi ya itadi ya phalata, phala kulondekesa kwa yó u wala-nawu kumoxi ni ku athu oso kwila, eye kiwala ni kikuma. Séku muthu wanda kutatela kima kyayibha.” 17 Mbalahamu u mateka kudyondela o Nzambi yakidi. Nzambi anga usaka Abimeleke, muhat’wê, ni abhik’ê a ahatu, ene anga amateka kuvwala, 18 mukonda Jihova wafidisile* o ahatu oso adibhata dya Abimeleke kuvwala, mukonda dya Sala muhatu wa Mbalahamu.