INkosi yabonakala kuye emathafeni aseMamre, yahlala ngasemnyango wetende ekushiseni kwemini;
Waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona, bheka, amadoda amathathu emi ngakuye; kwathi ewabona, wagijima ukuwahlangabeza esuka emnyango wetende, wakhothamela phansi.
Wathi: “Nkosi yami, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ungadluli encekwini yakho.”
Ake kulandwe amanzi, ugeze izinyawo zakho, uphumule ngaphansi kwesihlahla.
Futhi ngizohamba ngithathe ucezu lwesinkwa futhi ngiduduze izinhliziyo zenu; emva kwalokho kumelwe udlule, ngoba yingakho uze encekwini yakho. Athi: Yenza njengokusho kwakho.
U-Abrahama washesha waya kuSara etendeni, wathi: “Sheshisa ulungise amaseya amathathu empuphu ecolekileyo, uyixove, wenze amaqebelengwane eziko.
U-Abhrahama wagijimela emhlambini, wathatha ithole elithambileyo nelihle, walinika ijaha; wayesekusheshisa.
Wathatha amabhotela, nobisi, nethole abelilungisile, wakubeka phambi kwabo; wema nabo phansi kwesihlahla, badla.
Bathi kuye: “Uphi uSara umkakho na?” Wathi: “Bheka, etendeni.”
Wathi: “Impela ngiyakubuyela kuwe ngesikhathi sokuphila; bheka, umkakho uSara uzakuba nendodana. USara wezwa ngasemnyango wetende elingasemva kwakhe.
U-Abrahama noSara base bebadala, sebekhulile; kwase kunqamuka ukuba kuSara njengabesifazane.
USara wahleka phakathi kwakhe, wathi: “Ngingajabula yini lapho sengimdala, nenkosi yami isindala na?”
INkosi yasisithi kuAbrahama: Kungani uSara ehleka esithi: Isibili ngizazala umntwana oseluphele?
Kukhona okunzima yini eNkosini? Ngesikhathi esimisiwe ngizabuyela kuwe, ngesikhathi sokuphila, njalo uSara uzakuba lendodana.
USara waphika wathi: “Angihlekanga; ngoba wayesaba. Waphendula wathi: Hatshi; kodwa wahleka.
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