Matalikilo
20 Lino Abrahamu wakalonga kuzwa kooko+ akuunka kunyika ya Negebi akuyookkala akati ka Kadesi+ a Suri.+ Naakali kukkala* ku Gerari,+ 2 Abrahamu wakainduluka alimwi kwaamba Sara mukaintu wakwe kuti: “Mucizyi wangu.”+ Aboobo Abimeleki mwami wa Gerari, wakatuma bantu kuti bakamulete Sara.+ 3 Mpoonya Leza wakasikila Abimeleki masiku muciloto akumwaambila kuti: “Uyoofwa akaambo kamukaintu ngoobweza,+ nkaambo ngumukamuntu.”+ 4 Nokuba boobo, Abimeleki tanaakaninga kumusika amubili pe. Aboobo wakabuzya kuti: “Jehova, sena inga wajaya bantu banyina mulandu?* 5 Sena mwaalumi ooyu tanaakandaambila kuti, ‘Ooyu mucizyi wangu’? Awalo mukaintu, sena tanaakaamba kuti, ‘Ooyu mukwesu’? Ndacita oobo kumoyo kakusalede alimwi tiindalizyi kuti ndibisya buya.” 6 Mpoonya muciloto Leza mwini-mwini wakamwaambila kuti: “Ndilizyi kuti wakacita oobo kumoyo kakusalede, aboobo ndakapa kuti utandibisizyi. Nkakaambo kaako ndakakukasya kumusika amubili. 7 Lino komupilusya mukamuntu, nkaambo mulumaakwe musinsimi,+ alimwi uyookupailila+ kutegwa uzumanane kupona. Pele ikuti utamupilusyi, uzyibe kuti ulafwa, yebo abamuŋanda yako boonse.”
8 Aboobo Abimeleki wakafwuma, waita babelesi bakwe boonse akubaambila zintu eezyi zyoonse zyakacitika, eelyo bakayoowa kapati. 9 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakaita Abrahamu akumwaambila kuti: “Ncinzi eeci ncootucitila? Ncibi nzi ncondakucitila cakuti inga waleta cibi cipati boobu kulindime acisi cangu? Eeci ncoondicitila tacili kabotu pe.” 10 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakabuzya Abrahamu kuti: “Ino wakajisi makanze nzi nookacita cintu eeci?”+ 11 Mpoonya Abrahamu wakati: “Nkaambo ndakayeeya kuti, ‘Masimpe bantu bamucilawo eeci tabamuyoowi Leza, alimwi balandijaya akaambo kamukaintu wangu.’+ 12 Mubwini buya mucizyi wangu, tuzyalwa limwi kuli bataata, pele kutali kuli bamaama, eelyo ndakamukwata.+ 13 Aboobo Leza naakandaambila kuti ndilonge kuzwa muŋanda yataata,+ ndakati kumukaintu wangu: ‘Mboobu mboyelede kutondezya luyando lutamani kulindime: Kufwumbwa nkotwaunka, koamba boobu kujatikizya ndime, “Ooyu mwanookwesu.”’”+
14 Mpoonya Abimeleki wakabweza mbelele, ŋombe, babelesi baalumi abamakaintu akumupa Abrahamu, eelyo wakapilusya Sara imukaintu wakwe kulinguwe. 15 Abimeleki alimwi wakati: “Eeyi yoonse ninyika yangu. Kkala kufwumbwa mpoyanda.” 16 Eelyo wakaambila Sara kuti: “Ngaaya mali aansiliva aali 1,000 ngondamupa munyoko.+ Ncitondezyo cakuti yebo unyina mulandu* kubantu boonse mboli limwi abantu bamwi buyo, aboobo masampu aako oonse amana.” 17 Mpoonya Abrahamu wakatalika kupaila kuli Leza mwini-mwini, eelyo wakamuponya Abimeleki amukaintu wakwe ababelesi bakwe basimbi, aboobo bakatalika kuzyala; 18 nkaambo Jehova wakalibajalide luzyalo bamakaintu bamuŋanda ya Abimeleki boonse akaambo ka Sara mukaintu wa Abrahamu.+