Genesisi 16

Hagari naIshumaeri

1 Zvino Sarai, mukadzi waAbhurama, akanga asina kumuberekera vana. Asi iye akanga ano murandakadzi wechiIjipita ainzi Hagari; 2 saka akati kuna Abhurama, “Jehovha akandikonesa kubereka vana. Enda hako undovata nomurandakadzi wangu; zvimwe ndingaita mhuri kubudikidza naye.”

Abhurama akabvuma zvakanga zvataurwa naSarai. 3 Saka shure kwokugara kwaAbhurama kwamakore gumi muKenani, Sarai mukadzi wake akatora Hagari murandakadzi wake wechiIjipita akamupa kumurume wake kuti ave mukadzi wake. 4 Akavata naHagari uye Hagari akabata pamuviri.

Paakaziva kuti akanga ava napamuviri, akatanga kuzvidza tenzikadzi wake. 5 Ipapo Sarai akati kuna Abhurama, “Ndiwe waita kuti nditambudzike. Ndakaisa murandakadzi wangu mumaoko ako, uye zvino zvaava kuziva kuti ava napamuviri, ava kundizvidza. Mwari ngaatonge pakati pangu newe.”

6 Abhurama akati, “Murandakadzi wako ari mumaoko ako. Ita naye zvaunofunga kuti zvakaisvonaka.” Ipapo Sarai akabata Hagari zvakaipa; saka akatiza.

7 Mutumwa waJehovha akawana Hagari ari pedyo netsime raiva murenje; rakanga riri tsime rakanga riri parutivi pomugwagwa unoenda kuShuri. 8 Uye akati, “Hagari, murandakadzi waSarai, wabvepiko, uye uri kuendepiko?”

Iye akati, “Ndiri kutiza kubva kuna tenzikadzi wangu Sarai.”

9 Ipapo mutumwa waJehovha akati kwaari, “Dzokera kuna tenzikadzi wako undozvininipisa pasi pake.” 10 Mutumwa akatizve, “Ndichawandisa zvizvarwa zvako zvokuti havangaverengeki.”

11 Mutumwa waJehovha akatiwo kwaari:

“Iye zvino wava nemimba

uye uchava nomwanakomana.

Uchamutumidza zita rokuti Ishumaeri,

nokuti Jehovha anzwa nezvokutambura kwako.

12 Achava mbongoro yomusango:

ruoko rwake rucharwa navanhu vose

uye ruoko rwavanhu vose rucharwa naye,

uye achararama mukupesana

nehama dzake dzose.”

13 Hagari akapa zita iri kuna Jehovha akataura naye akati: “Ndimi Jehovha anondiona,” nokuti akati, “Zvino ndaona Iye anondiona.” 14 Ndokusaka tsime rakanzi Bheeri Rahai Roi; richiripo, pakati peKadheshi neBheredhi.

15 Saka Hagari akaberekera Abhurama mwanakomana, uye Abhurama akapa zita rokuti Ishumaeri kumwanakomana waakanga abereka. 16 Abhurama akanga ava namakore makumi masere namatanhatu okuberekwa paakaberekerwa mwanakomana naHagari.

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