ISOMO LYA 9
Bamaburhaga Omwana-Rhabana!
Abrahamu na Sara bali bamayusa myaka minji bali omu buhya. Balesire enyumpa yabo nyinja e Uru banalikola balamire omu ihema. Cikone Sara arhakag’iciduduma bulya al’ilangalire Yehova.
Sara al’ilonzize okupata omwana co carhumaga abwira Abrahamu ntya: ‘Erhi omuja-kazi wani Hagari akaburha omwana, nanakabona oku oyo mwana anali wani.’ Erhi hagera akasanzi, Hagari aburha omwana-rhabana. Izino lyage ye Ismaeli.
Myaka minji enyuma z’aho, erhi Abrahamu agwerhe myaka 99 na Sara myaka 89, bantu basharhu babalambagirira. Abrahamu abaheka omu cihoho c’omurhi lyo balya ebiryo haguma. K’omanyire abo bantu basharhu bamulambagiriraga bali ba ndi? Bali bamalahika! Babwira Abrahamu ntya: ‘Mwaka irhondo omu kasanzi kali nka kano, we na mukawe Sara mwaburha omwana-rhabana.’ Sara akag’iyumvirhiza erhi ali omu ihema. Ashekera emurhima anarhanya ntya: ‘Ka kobinali nanaciburha omwana ciru akaba nkola ndi mugikulu?’
Nk’oku malahika wa Yehova analaganyagya, omu mwaka gwakulikiraga Sara aburha omwana-rhabana. Abrahamu aha oyo mwana izino lya Izaki, izino lihugwîre “Ecishesa.”
Erhi Izaki agwerhe hofi myaka irhanu, Sara alangira Ismaeli ali ashekera Izaki. Bulya Sara al’ilonzize okulanga omugala, aj’ibona Abrahamu anamuhûna afukuze Hagari na Ismaeli. Oku murhondero, Abrahamu arhalonzagya okubafukuza. Cikone Yehova abwira Abrahamu ntya: ‘Oyumve ebi Sara akubwizire. Nashibirira Ismaeli. Cikone ebiragane byani byahikirira kugerera Izaki.’
“Buyemere bwârhumaga Sara naye abona obuhashe bw’okuyalala [okuba izimi], . . . bulyala âli acikubagîre owamulaganyagya.”—Abahabraniya 11:11