¹And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

¹Zvino Abhurahamu wakabvapo akananga kunyika yekuchamhembe, ­ndokugara pakati peKadheshi neShuri, akava mutorwa muGerari.

²And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

²Abhurahamu ndokuti maererano naSara mukadzi wake: Ihanzvadzi yangu. Zvino Abhimereki ma­mbo weGerari akatuma, ndokutora Sara.

³But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art [but] a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

³Asi Mwari wakauya kuna Abhimereki muchiroto usiku, ndokuti kwaari: Tarira, wakafa nekuda kwemukadzi wa­watora; nekuti wakawanikwa kumurume.

⁴But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

⁴Asi Abhimereki wakange asina kuswedera kwaari. Naizvozvo wakati: Ishe, muchaurayawo rudzi rwakarurama here?

⁵Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.

⁵Haana here kuti kwandiri: Iha­nzvadzi yangu? Naiye amene haana here kuti: Ihanzvadzi yangu, here? Ndakaita izvozvo pakururama kwemoyo wangu, nepakuchena kwemaoko angu.

⁶And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.

⁶Mwari ndokuti kwaari muchiroto: Hongu, ndinoziva kuti wa­kaita ichi pakururama kwemoyo wako; neniwo ndikakudzivisa kuti urege kundita­dzira; naizvozvo handina kukutendera kumubata.

⁷And now, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore [her], know that thou shalt certainly die, thou and all that is thine.

⁷Naizvozvo zvino dzosera mukadzi wemurume, nekuti muporofita; zvino uchakunyengeterera ugorarama; asi kana ukasamudzosera, ziva kuti uchafa zviro­kwazvo, iwe nevose vako.

⁸And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

⁸Abhimereki ndokumuka mangwanani-ngwanani, ndokudana varanda vake vose, akataura mashoko awa ose munzeve dzavo; varume ndokutya zvikuru.

⁹And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

⁹Abhimereki ndokudana Abhurahamu ndokuti kwaari: Chii chawaita kwatiri? Uye chii chandakutadzira, kuti uuise pamusoro pangu nepamusoro peu­she hwangu chivi chikuru? Waita kwandiri chisingafaniri kuitwa.

¹⁰And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

¹⁰Abhimereki ndokuti kuna Abhurahamu: Wanga uchiti kudii, zvawaita chinhu ichi?

¹¹And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

¹¹Abhurahamu ndokuti: Nekuti nda­kafunga kuti: Zvirokwazvo kutya Mwari hakumo mu­nzvimbo ino; uye vachandiuraya nekuda kwemukadzi wangu.

¹²But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

¹²Uyezve, zvirokwazvo ihanzvadzi yangu, mukunda wababa vangu, asi haazi mukunda wamai vangu; akazova mukadzi wangu.

¹³And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

¹³Zvino zvakaitika Mwari paakandidzungaidza kubva paimba ya­baba vangu, kuti ndakati kwaari: Hewu moyo wakanaka wau­nofanira kundiitira, panzvimbo dzose patichasvika, uti pamusoro pangu: Ihanzvadzi yangu.

¹⁴And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

¹⁴Abhimereki ndokutora makwai ne­mombe nevaranda nevarandakadzi, ndokupa kuna Abhurahamu, ndokumudzosera Sara mukadzi wake.

¹⁵And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

¹⁵Zvino Abhime­reki wakati: Tarira, nyika yangu iri pa­mberi pako; gara pakanakira meso ako.

¹⁶And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.

¹⁶Nekuna Sara wakati: Tarira, ndapa hanzvadzi yako makobiri esirivha ane chiuru che­zana; tarira, chifukidziro chemeso ako kune vose vanewe; nevose, saizvozvo wakadzorwa.

¹⁷And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].

¹⁷Zvino Abhurahamu wakanyengetera kuna Mwari; Mwari ndokuporesa Abhimereki ne­mukadzi wake nevarandakadzi vake kuti vabereke.

¹⁸For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

¹⁸Nekuti Jehovha wakange avhara zvizvaro zvose zveveimba yaAbhi­mereki nekuda kwaSara mukadzi waAbhurahamu.