Genesesi
20 Abulahamu adacosa matendi yace komwe akhakhala ndipo adayenda ku dziko la Negebe, acikakhala pakati pa Kadesi na Suri. Patsogolo pace iye adakakhala ku Jerari ninga mulendo kwa kanthawe. 2 Abulahamu adabwerezera pomwe pakulewa bza mkazace Sara kuti: “Iye ni mpfumakazi yangu.” Tenepo Abimeleki mambo wa ku Jerari, adatuma anyabasa wace kuti akatenge Sara ndipo iwo adamubweresa kwa iye. 3 Patsogolo pace, Mulungu adabwera kwa Abimeleki usiku kutulo, acimuuza kuti: “Iwepo unifatu! Thangwe mkazi omwe watengayu adalowodwa kale.” 4 Tsono Abimeleki akhanati kumukhuya* mkaziyo. Tenepo iye adati: “Yahova, kodi n’cadidi kuti imwepo munipha wanthu omwe alibe kuphonya?* 5 Kodi Abulahamu alibe kundiuza kuti ‘mkaziyu ni mpfumakazi yace,’ ndipo Sara alibembo kundiuza kuti ‘Abulahamu ni nkhoswe yace’? Ndiribe kucita bzimwebzi na cakulinga cakuipa ndipo ndikhadziwa lini kuti ndikhaphonyeka.” 6 Tenepo, Mulungu wacadidi adamuuza pomwe kutuloko kuti: “Ndikudziwa kuti ulibe kucita bzimwebzi na cakulinga cakuipa, ndipopa ndacitisa kuti uleke kumukhuya mkaziyu, thangwe ungadacita bzimwebzo ungadandiphonyera. 7 Bwezera mkaziyu kwa bayace, pakuti iye ni mprofeta ndipo an’dzakupemphererani kuti mupitirize kukhala na moyo. Tsono ukasaya kumubwezera, dziwa kuti iwepo pabodzi na wanthu wako wentse munifa.”
8 Abimeleki adamuka macibese-bese acicemeresa atumiki wace wentse aciwauza bzentse bzomwe akhadalotabzo, ndipo iwo adabva mantha kwene-kwene. 9 Patsogolo pace, Abimeleki adacemeresa Abulahamu acimubvunza kuti: “N’ciyani comwe wacitaci? Kodi ndakuphonyera ciyani kuti ubwerese mulandu ukulu kwa inepano na kwa umambo bwangu? Bzomwe iwepo wacitabzi mpsabwino lini.” 10 Abimeleki adapitiriza kubvunza Abulahamu kuti: “Kodi cakulinga cako cikhali ciponi pakucita bzimwebzi?” 11 Abulahamu adatawira kuti: “Ni thangwe rakuti inepano ndidakumbuka kuti: ‘Wanthu wakunowa ambagopa lini Mulungu ndipo iwo an’ndipha thangwe ra mkazanguyu.’ 12 Ndipo n’cadidi kuti iye ni mpfumakazi yangu. Ndife wa pai m’bodzi koma mai wace-wace, tsono iye adadzakhala mkazangu. 13 Tenepo, pomwe Mulungu adandiuza kuti ndicoke pamui pa pai wangu, inepano ndidamuuza mkazanguyu kuti: ‘Iwepo umbandilatize lufoyi lacadidi mwakucita ibzi: Kuli-kwentse komwe tiyendeko umbalewe kuti: “Umweyu ni nkhoswe yangu.”’”
14 Patsogolo pace, Abimeleki adatenga mabira, ng’ombe, anyabasa wacimuna na wacikazi acipasa Abulahamu, ndipo adamubwezerambo mkazace Sara. 15 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, Abimeleki adamuuzambo kuti: “Dziko lentseli ndangu, ungakhale kuli-kwentse komwe ungafune.” 16 Patsogolo pace, adauza Sara kuti: “Ndikupasa m’bale wako kobiri 1000 za prata. Zin’khala umboni bwakutsimikizira wentse omwe unawowa na munthu munango ali-wentse kuti ulibe kuphonya ndipo ulibe mulandu.” 17 Abulahamu adayamba kuwapempherera kwa Mulungu wacadidi, ndipo Mulungu adapoza Abimeleki, mkazace na anyabasa wace wacikazi ndipo iwo adayamba pomwe kubereka, 18 pakuti Yahova akhadacitisa akazi wentse wa pamui pa Abimeleki kuleka kubereka* thangwe ra Sara mkazi wa Abulahamu.