Genese 16:1-16
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Hagale na Ishimaele (1-16)
16 Co Salai munakazi wa Abramu kamukitilile bana, oloni Salai wakele na ngamba yendi wa ku Ijipiti wa lizina lya Hagale.
2 Co Salai walekele Abramu ngwendi: “Tala! Yehova nanjonowesa kukita bana. Njikulomba ulilale na ngamba yange, hamo njikala na bana kwitila muli ikeye. Co Abramu watolililile ku byuma byamulekele Salai.
3 Abramu mwayoyele myaka 10 mu lifuti lya Kanana, munakazi wendi Salai wambatele Hagale ngamba yendi wa ku Ijipiti na kumwana kuli munalume wendi mangana apwe munakazi wendi.
4 Ngeci Abramu walilalele na Hagale, co Hagale wakele na cikute. Hagale mwanangukile ngwendi ali na cikute, washangumukile kushaula shukulu yendi Salai.
5 Salai mwamwene ngoco, walekele Abramu ngwendi: “Yobe unanjinenela obu bukalu. Yange njinakele ngamba yange mu maboko obe, oloni mwanananguka ngwendi ali na cikute nashangumuka kunjishaula. Yehova asompe mukati kange nobe.”
6 Abramu wakumbulwile Salai ngwendi: “Tala! Ngamba yobe ali mu maboko obe. Mulinge mwoshe muumwena ngwobe mukemwo munapande.” Co Salai wayandesele Hagale, co Hagale watewele.
7 Mu kwita kwa simbu, kangelo ka Yehova wawanene Hagale ha kabwelubwelu ka mema kaje kakala mu ngila ya kuya ku Shuri.
8 Uje kangelo wamwihwile ngwendi: “Hagale ngamba ya Salai, utunda kuli, co uli na kuya kuli?” Hagale wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Njili na kutewa shukulu yange Salai.”
9 Co kangelo ka Yehova wamulekele ngwendi: “Iluka kuli shukulu yobe, co ya ukalikehese na kulyaka kwisi yendi.”
10 Co kangelo ka Yehova walekele Hagale ngwendi: “Njikatumisa manene bana* bobe, co wahi akasa kubatanda.”
11 Kangelo ka Yehova wendekele lalo ngwendi: “Oho hauli uli na cikute, co ukakita mwana wa munalume. Unapande kukamuluka ngwobe Ishimaele* mwafwa Yehova nazibi tuyando twobe.
12 Ishimaele akapwa ngwe donki wa mu shwata.* Akalwisa banu boshe, co banu boshe bakamulwisa. Kakakala hamo na bandolome bendi.”*
13 Co Hagale wasanene ha lizina lya Yehova uje wakele na kwendeka nendi. Wendekele ngwendi: “Wapwa u Njambi muka-kumona,” mwafwa Hagale wehwile ngwendi, “Kuma njinamono uje akanjimono ndi?”
14 Mukemwo lije lisima balisanene ngwabo Bele-lahai-loi.* (Lyakala mukati ka Kadeshi na Beledi.)
15 Co Hagale wakitililile Abramu mwana wa munalume, co Abramu walukile munendi yamukitilile Hagale ngwendi Ishimaele.
16 Abramu wakele na myaka 86 Hagale mwamukitilile Ishimaele.
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Lijwi na lijwi, “mbuto.”
^ Kulumbununa “Njambi Akazibi.”
^ Bamo bakasinganyeka ngwabo ou donki wa mu shwata wapwa ngolo, mwafwa ya cifwa cendi ca kulinga byuma likalyendi.
^ Nambe hamo “akalizinda na bandolome bendi.”
^ Kulumbununa “Lisima lya Muka-Kuyoya Uje Akanjimono.”
