Bacina Sebelomntwana

Kwasekuleminyaka eminengi u-Abrahama loSara betshadile. Babetshiye umuzi wabo omuhle bayahlala etendeni. Kodwa uSara kazange akhale ku-Abrahama ngokuthi babesukeleni e-Uri. Wathembela kuJehova.

USara wayekufuna kakhulu ukuba lomntwana yikho wathi ku-Abrahama: ‘Isisebenzi sami uHagari singaba lomntwana kuyabe kungathi ngowami.’ Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile uHagari waba lomntwana ongumfana. Ibizo lakhe kwakungu-Ishmayeli.

U-Abrahama eseleminyaka engu-99, uSara eselengu-89, kwafika izivakatshi ezintathu. U-Abrahama wazibiza ukuthi zizophumula ngaphansi kwesihlahla njalo zidle laye. Uyakwazi ukuthi zazingobani izivakatshi lezi? Kwakuzingilosi. Zathi ku-Abrahama: ‘Ngalesosikhathi ngomnyaka ozayo wena lomkakho uSara lizakuba lomntwana ongumfana.’ USara wayelalele esetendeni. Wahleka yedwa wathi: ‘Kambe ngingaba lomntwana mina sengiguge kangaka?’

Ngomnyaka owalandelayo uSara waba lomntwana ongumfana njengoba nje ingilosi kaJehova yayithembisile. U-Abrahama wamnika ibizo elithi Isaka okutsho ukuthi “Uhleko.”

Ngesikhathi u-Isaka eseleminyaka engaba ngu-5, uSara wabona u-Ishmayeli emqala. Wayefuna ukuvikela umntanakhe, yikho waya ku-Abrahama wamcela ukuthi axotshe uHagari lo-Ishmayeli. Ekuqaliseni u-Abrahama wayengafuni. Kodwa uJehova wayefuna ukumvikela u-Isaka yikho wathi ku-Abrahama: ‘Mlalele uSara. Ngizamgcina u-Ishmayeli. Kodwa ngizasebenzisa u-Isaka ukuze ngenze engakuthembisa khona.’