Genese
23 Sala wakalala bidimu 127; abi ke bivua bidimu bia muoyo wa Sala.+ 2 Nunku Sala wakafuila ku Kîyata-âba,+ mmumue ne: Hebelone,+ mu buloba bua Kanâna;+ Abalahama kubuelaye mu tshinyongopelu tshia Sala, kumudilaye. 3 Pashishe Abalahama wakajuka, kushiyaye tshitalu tshia mukajende, kuyaye kuambila bana ba Hete+ ne: 4 “Ndi muntu wa ku babende udi musombele munkatshi muenu.+ Mpeshayiku muaba munkatshi muenu bua wikale muaba wa kujiikilangana, bua mmone mua kumbusha mufue wanyi bua kumujiika.” 5 Ke bana ba Hete kuandamuna Abalahama ne: 6 “Mukalenge wanyi, tutelejaku. Wewe udi mfumu wa kua Nzambi* munkatshi muetu.+ Udi mua kujiika mufue webe muaba wetu wa kujiikilangana udi mutambe mikuabu ku buimpe. Kakuena muntu nansha umue wa kutudi wabenga kukupesha muaba wende wa kujiikilangana bua kukupangisha bua kujiika mufue webe to.
7 Nunku Abalahama wakajuka, kuinamaye kumpala kua bena ditunga, kumpala kua bana ba Hete,+ 8 yeye kubambila ne: “Nuenu* bangitabile bua ngumbushe mufue wanyi bua kumujiika, nanku nuntelejaku, nuambile Efelona muana wa Sohâ 9 ampanyishe nyongolo wende wa ku Makepela udi ku mikalu ya budimi buende. Amumpanyishe kumpala kuenu ku bungi buonso bua arjan+ bua ngikale ne muaba wa kujiikilangana.”+
10 Pine apu Efelona uvua musombe munkatshi mua bana ba Hete. Nunku Efelona muena Hiti wakandamuna Abalahama mu matshi a bana ba Hete ne kumpala kua bonso bavua babuelela ku tshiibi tshia tshimenga tshiabu,+ wamba ne: 11 “Tòo, mukalenge wanyi! Ntelejaku. Ndi nkupesha bionso bibidi: budimi ne nyongolo udimu. Ndi nkupeshabu kumpala kua bena tshisamba tshietu. Ujiike mufue webe.” 12 Ke Abalahama kuinama kumpala kua bena ditunga, 13 kuambilaye Efelona mu matshi a bantu ne: “Biwasua, ntelejaku! Nenkupeshe mushinga wonso mujima wa budimi. Uwangate kundi bua mmone mua kujiikamu mufue wanyi.”
14 Ke Efelona kuandamuna Abalahama ne: 15 “Mukalenge wanyi, ntelejaku. Buloba ebu budi ne mushinga wa nshekele* 400 ya arjan, kadi idi bu tshinyi pankatshi petu nebe? Nanku, jiika mufue webe.” 16 Abalahama wakumvuila Efelona; Abalahama wakapimina Efelona arjan bungi buvuaye muambe kumpala kua bana ba Hete, nshekele* 400 ya arjan bilondeshile bujitu buvuabu bitaba kudi bangenda.+ 17 Nunku budimi bua Efelona buvua ku Makepela buvua kumpala kua Mamale, mmumue ne: budimi ne nyongolo uvuamu ne mitshi yonso ivua munda mua mikalu ya budimi, buakamanyika bu 18 budimi buvua Abalahama musumbe kumpala kua bana ba Hete, kumpala kua bonso bavua babuelela ku tshiibi tshia tshimenga tshiabu. 19 Pashishe Abalahama wakajiika mukajende Sala mu nyongolo wa mu budimi bua ku Makepela kumpala kua Mamale, tuambe ne: Hebelone, mu buloba bua Kanâna. 20 Nunku bana ba Hete bakapesha Abalahama budimi ne nyongolo uvuamu bua buikale muaba wa kujiikilangana.+