Chaandano 20
1
Abbulahamu wakeenda kuzwa ooko kaya kunyika yaNegevi, alimwi wakakkala aakati ka Kkadesyi a Suli. Wakali muzwakule wakali kukkala mu Gela.
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Abbulahamu wakaamba aatala aSala banakwe, ''Muchizi wangu.'' Aboobo Abbimeleki mwaami wa Gela wakatumwa alimwi wakamubweza Sala.
3
Pesi Leza wakaza kuli Abbimeleki mansiku muchiloto, alimwi wakati kulinguwe, ''Bona, ulimwaalumi uufwide nkaambo kamwanakazi nguwatola nkaambo mbana muntu.''
4
Lino Abbimeleki taakalinaasika pe aafwifwi anguwe alimwi wakati, ''Mwaami, kujana wajaya na nyika iiluleme?
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Taakamba na lwake mwini kulindime, 'Muchizi wangu?' Nikuba we lwakwe wakaamba, 'Munyaandumi wangu.' Ndakazichita eezi mubuntu bwamoyo amukubula mulandu kumaanza aangu.''
6
Mpawo Leza wakati kulinguwe muchiloto, ''Iyii, ndalizi kuti mubuntu bwamoyo wako wakachita eechi, alimwi ndakakukasya kuti undibisizye. Nkinkaako tendakakuzumizya pe kuti umugume.
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Nkinkaako, bwedezya mukayintu wamuntu, nkaambo musinsimi. Uyookukombela, alimwi uyoopona. Pesi ikuti tewamubwedezya, ziba kuti iwe abako boonse nchobeni muyoofwa.''
8
Abbimeleki wakabuka chifumo loko alimwi wakayita balanda bakwe boonse kulinguwe. Wakabaambila zyoonse zintu eezi, alimwi bantu bakayowesya loko.
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Mpawo Abbimeleki wakayita Abbulahamu akwaamba kuti kulinguwe, ''Niinzi nchimwachita kulindiswe? Ndakubisizya biyeni, kuti weete alindime alimwi akubwaami bwangu chibi chipati? Wachita eezyo ziteelede kuchitwa kulindime.''
10
Abbimeleki wakati kuli Abbulahamu, ''Niinzi chakuchitya kuti uchite chintu eechi?''
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Abbulahamu wakati, ''Nkaambo ndakayeya, 'Nchobeni takwe kuyowa Leza pe abusena oobu, alimwi balandijaya nkaambo kamukayintu wangu.'
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Nikuba boobo, nchoonzyo muchizi wangu, mwana musimbi wa taata, pesi uutali mwana musimbi wa baama; alimwi wakaba mukayintu wangu.
13
Aawo Lea naakandichita kuti ndisiye n'anda ya taata alimwi nkenjobweendenda kubusena abusena, ndakati kulinguwe, 'Weelede kunditondezya busyomesi oobu mbuli mukayintu wangu: Kufumbwa kubusena ooko nkutwaya, wamba aatala andime, ''Munyandumi wangu.''''
14
Mpawo Abbimeleki wakabweza mbelele a basune, alimwi bazike baalumi a banakazi, akubapa kuli Abbulahamu. Mpawo wakabwedezya Sala, mukayintu wa Abbulahamu, kulinguwe.
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Abbimeleki wakati, ''Langa, inyika yangu ilikunembo lyako. Kkala kufumbwa akubotezya.''
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Kuli Sala wakati, ''Langa, ndapa munyandumi wako chuulu cha nsiliva. Njakusitizya kufumbwa mulandu aatala anduwe kumenso aabaabo bali aanduwe, alimwi akuli boonse bali aanduwe, alimwi kunembo lyaboonse, mwachitilwa kabotu chakumaninina.''
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Mpawo Abbulahamu wakakomba kuli Leza, alimwi Leza wakasilika Abbimeleki, banakwe, a bazike bakwe bechanakazi kuchitila kuti bakonzye kuba aabana.
18
Nkaambo Jehova wakali wachitila banakazi boonse ben'anda ya Abbimeleki kuti batakazyali pe kwalyoonse, nkaambo ka Sala, mukayintu wa Abbulahamu.