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20 Abalahama wakumbusha tshitudilu tshiende muaba au,+ kuya mutangile ku buloba bua Negebe, kutuadijaye kusombela pankatshi pa Kadeshe+ ne Shû.+ Pavuaye musombele* ku Gelâ,+ 2 Abalahama wakamba kabidi bua mukajende Sala ne: “Yeye mmuanetu wa bakaji.”+ Nunku Abimeleke mukalenge wa Gelâ wakatuma bantu, kuluabu ne Sala.+ 3 Pashishe Nzambi wakamuenekela Abimeleke mu tshilota butuku, kumuambilaye ne: “Paudi apu udi anu bu ukadi mufue bua mukaji uudi muangate au,+ bualu mmukaji musela, kabidi ngua muntu mukuabu.”+ 4 Kadi Abimeleke kavua muanji kusemena pabuipi nende to.* Ke yeye kuamba ne: “Yehowa, neushipe tshisamba tshidi katshiyi ne bualu nansha bumue* anyi? 5 Yeye kavua mungambile ne: ‘Mmuanetu wa bakaji,’ ne mukaji pende kavua mungambile ne: ‘Mmuanetu wa balume’ anyi? Mvua muenze bualu ebu ne muoyo mutoke, tshiyi mumanye bualu.” 6 Pashishe, Nzambi mulelela wakamuambila mu tshilota ne: “Ndi mumanye ne: uvua muenze bualu ebu ne muoyo mutoke, ke pamvua mukukande bua kungenzedi mpekatu. Ke bualu kayi tshivua mukuitabile bua kumulenga to. 7 Mpindieu pingaja mukaji wa muntu au, bualu muntu au mmuprofete,+ nunku yeye neasengelele Nzambi bua bualu buebe,+ ne neushale ne muoyo. Kadi wewe kuyi mumupingaje, umanye ne: neufue bulelela, wewe ne bantu bebe bonso.”
8 Abimeleke wakajuka pa dinda, kubikilaye bena mudimu bende bonso, kubambilaye malu au onso; bobu kumvua buôwa bua bungi. 9 Pashishe Abimeleke kubikila Abalahama, kumuambilaye ne: “Tshiudi mutuenzele ntshinyi? Mbubi kayi bundi mukuenzele bua wewe kunkebela meme ne bukalenge buanyi bubi bunene nunku? Tshiudi mungenzele ki ntshimpe to.” 10 Abimeleke wakatungunuka ne kuambila Abalahama ne: “Mmeji kayi auvua nawu pauvua muenze bualu ebu?”+ 11 Abalahama kumuandamuna ne: “Mvua muenze nanku bualu mvua ndiambila ne: ‘Bushuwa, kakuena ditshina dia Nzambi muaba eu to, nunku nebanshipe bua mukajanyi.’+ 12 Tshidibi, yeye mmuanetu wa bakaji menemene, muana wa tatuanyi, ki mmuana wa mamuanyi to; kadi wakalua mukajanyi.+ 13 Nunku, pavua Nzambi mungumbushe mu nzubu mua tatu bua meme kuya ngenda ntambakana,+ ngakamuambila ne: ‘Undejaku dinanga dia lulamatu mu mushindu eu: Muaba wonso utuaya, wambe bua bualu buanyi ne: “Yeye mmuanetu.”’”+
14 Pashishe Abimeleke wakangata mikoko ne ngombe ne bena mudimu ba balume ne ba bakaji, kubipeshaye Abalahama, kumupingajilaye kabidi mukajende Sala. 15 Abimeleke wakamba kabidi ne: “Tangila, buloba buanyi mbuobu abu kumpala kuebe. Somba muaba wonso uudi musue.” 16 Kuambilaye Sala ne: “Ndi mpesha muanenu wa balume+ bitupa tshinunu bia arjan. Ntshimanyinu tshia muudi kuyi ne bualu* kumpala kua bonso badi nebe, ne kumpala kua bantu bonso; udi mubingishibue ku bualu budibu mua kukubanda nabu.” 17 Abalahama kutuadijaye kusengelela Nzambi mulelela, Nzambi kuondopa Abimeleke ne mukajende ne bapika bende ba bakaji, bobu kutuadija kulela bana; 18 bualu Yehowa uvua muvuije bantu bakaji bonso ba mu nzubu wa Abimeleke bankumba* bua bualu bua Sala mukaji wa Abalahama.+