Jenesisi 23

Kufa kwa Sara ndipo Abrahamu adagula thenje

1Sara adakhala na moyo magole dzana na makumi mawiri na manomwe (127), 2ndipo adafera kuKiriyati-Ariba (ndiko kulewa kuti Hebroni) mdziko la Kenani. Abrahamu adayenda kumweko kukalira nkhawa ya Sara. 3Patsogolo pace, adasiya mtembo wa mkazi waceyo, acikalewa-lewa na aHiti kuti: 4“Ine ndine mulendo kwanu kuno. Mundigulisirembo kathengo kakuti kakhale thenje, kuti ndikaikhe nkhawa ya mkazi wangu”.

5Wanthuwo adamutawira kuti: 6“Tibvereni, mbuya wathu. Imwe ndimwe mtongi wa Mulungu pakati pa ife. Mkazi wanuyo, mumuikhe mthenje liri-lentse labwino lomwe tinalo muno. Palibe na m'bodziyo pakati pathu omwe angakumaneni thenje lomwe tinalo, ayai kukuletsani kuikhamo maiwa”.

7Pamwepo Abrahamu adaimirira acikotama kuna wanthuwo, 8aciwauza kuti: “Penu muli kubvuma kuti ndiikhe nkhawa ya mkazi wangu kuno, ndaphata minyendo ndikumbirireni Efuroni muHiti, mwana wa Zohari, 9kuti andigulisire gwindza la Makipera analoli. Gwindzalo liri mmalire mwa munda wace. Mukumbireni kuti andigulisire na ntsengwa yace caiyo, imwe mucimbawona, kuti mbutoyo ndiisanduse thenje”.

10Nthawe imweyo, Efuroniyo akhali pabodzi na aHiti kumbuto yakucitira mitsonkhano pacipata ca mui. Ndipo wanthu wentsenewo akhabva, iye adatawira kuti: 11“Ayai, mbuya wangu. Ine ndin'kupasani munda wentseneyu pabodzi na gwindza limweri. Ndin'kupasani mwaulere mbutoyo pamaso pa wanthu wentsenewa, kuti muikhe nkhawa ya mai omwe watisiyawa”.

12Pamwepo Abrahamu adakotama patsogolo pa wanthu wentse wale, 13aciuza Efuroni pakati pa mthithi wa wentse kuti: “Tsono ndaphata minyendo, mundibvere, ine ndin'cita kugula mundayo. Tambirani kobiri za ntsengwa ya mundayo, kuti nkhawa ya mkazi wangu ndidzaiikhe mmwemo”. 14Tsono Efuroni adatawira kuti: 15“Bverani, mbuya wangu. Mbutoyo ntsengwa yace ni madzana manai (400) ya kobiri za ndzayaya zicena. Tsono zimwezo n'ciyani pakati pa imwe na ine? Ikhani nkhawa yanu”.

16Abrahamu adabvuma, ndipo pamaso pa aHiti wentse adalewenga kobiri za ndzayaya zire madzana manai yomwe Efuroni adalewa, pakuteweza kobiri zomwe wanthu wa malonda akhaphatisa basa mdzikomo panthawe imweyo. 17Terepayu ndimo momwe kathengo kale ka Efuroni ka kuMakipera, kumabva-dzuwa kwa Mamure, kadadzakhala ka Abrahamu. Pakhana munda na gwindza mmalire mwa mundamo, pabodzi na miti yentse ya mundamo mpaka kukafika kumalire yace. 18AHiti omwe akhali pamtsonkhanopo adacita umboni kuti mbali yentseneyo nja Abrahamu. 19Patsogolo pace, Abrahamu adaikha nkhawa ya mkazi wace Sara mgwindza la mmunda wa kuMakipera, kumabva-dzuwa kwa Mamure, (ndiko kulewa kuti Hebroni), mdziko la Kenani. 20Na terepo, mundayu pabodzi na thenje lomwe kale likhali la aHiti, mbuto yentseneyo idaperekewa kuna Abrahamu, ndipo iye adaisandusa thenje.

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