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16 Sonu Sarayi muwolu waku Abramu wangumubaliya ŵana cha.+ Kweni wenga ndi mteŵeti munthukazi wa ku Ijipiti zina laki Hagara.+ 2 Ndipu Sarayi wangukambiya Abramu kuti: “Wonani! Yehova wandizomereza cha kubala ŵana. Chondi, gonani ndi mteŵeti wangu. Panyaki ndingaja ndi mwana kuporote mwaku iyu.”+ Mwaviyo, Abramu wanguvwiya vo Sarayi wangukamba. 3 Abramu wati waja mucharu cha Kanani kwa vyaka 10, muwolu waki Sarayi wanguto Hagara, mteŵeti waki wa ku Ijipiti ndipu wangumupereka ku mulumu waki Abramu kuti waje muwolu waki. 4 Mwaviyo, Abramu wangugonana ndi Hagara ndipu wangume nthumbu. Hagara wati waziŵa kuti we ndi nthumbu, wangwamba kuyuyuwa Sarayi, mbuyaki munthukazi.

5 Vati vaŵa viyo, Sarayi wangukambiya Abramu kuti: “Ndisuzgika chifukwa chaku yimwi. Ndini ndingupereka mteŵeti wangu mu manja mwinu,* kweni po waziŵiya kuti we ndi nthumbu wayamba kundiyuyuwa. Yehova wayeruzgi pakati paku ini ndi yimwi.” 6 Sonu Abramu wangukambiya Sarayi kuti: “Mteŵeti waku we mu manja mwaku, chita nayu chechosi cho uwona kuti ntchakwenere.” Mwaviyo, Sarayi wangwamba kumusuzga,* ndipu Hagara wanguthaŵa.

7 Pavuli paki, mungelu waku Yehova wangusaniya Hagara pa kasupi wa maji muchipululu, kasupi mwenuyu wenga munthowa yakuluta ku Shuru.+ 8 Mungelu yo wangumufumba kuti: “Hagara mteŵeti waku Sarayi, utuwa pani ndipu uluta pani?” Hagara wangumuka kuti: “Ndithaŵa Sarayi, mbuyangu munthukazi.” 9 Sonu mungelu waku Yehova wangumukambiya kuti: “Were kwa ambuyaku anthukazi ndipu ukajiyuyuwi kwaku yiwu.” 10 Pavuli paki, mungelu waku Yehova wangukamba kuti: “Ndiyiyandanisengi ukongwa mphapu* yaku, yazamuja yinandi ukongwa mwakuti yazamuŵerengeka cha.”+ 11 Mungelu waku Yehova wangukamba so kuti: “Awona, we ndi nthumbu ndipu wazamubala mwana munthulumi ndipu uzimudani kuti Ishimayeli,* pakuti Yehova wavwa masuzgu ngaku. 12 Mwana yo, wazamuja nge bulu wamudondu.* Janja laki lazamulimbana ndi munthu weyosi, janja la munthu weyosi lazamulimbana nayu ndipuso wazamuja pafupi ndi abali ŵaki wosi.”*

13 Pavuli paki, Hagara wangudaniya pa zina laku Yehova, yo walongoronga nayu, ndipu wangukamba kuti: “Ndimwi Chiuta yo wawona,”+ pakuti wanguti: “Kumbi ndawona nadi yo watindiwona?” 14 Ndichu chifukwa chaki chisimi cho chingudanika kuti Bere-lahayi-royi.* (Che pakati pa Kadeshi ndi Beredi.) 15 Mwaviyo, Hagara wangubaliya Abramu mwana munthulumi, ndipu Abramu wangumudana kuti Ishimayeli.+ 16 Abramu wenga ndi vyaka 86 pa nyengu yo Hagara wangumubaliya Ishimayeli.