¹And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.

¹Zvino Jehovha wakashanyira Sara sezvaakange ataura; Jehovha ndokuita kuna Sara sezvaakange areva.

²And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

²Sara ndokuva nemimba, ndokuberekera Abhura­hamu mwanakomana pakukwegura kwake panguva yakatarwa Mwari yaakange areva kwaari.

³And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

³Zvino Abhurahamu wakatumidza zita remwanakomana wake, waakaberekerwa, Sara waakamuberekera kuti: Isaka.

⁴And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.

⁴Abhurahamu ndokudzingisa mwanakomana wake Isaka ane mazuva masere, Mwari sezvaakamuraira.

⁵And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

⁵NaAbhurahamu wakange ane makore zana, Isaka mwanakomana wake paakamuberekerwa.

⁶And Sarah said, God has made me laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.

⁶Sara ndokuti: Mwari wandiita chiseko, wose uno­nzwa uchaseka neni.

⁷And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle children? For I have borne [him] a son in his old age.

⁷Zvino wakati: Ndiani waimboti kuna Abhurahamu: Sara achayamwisa vana? Nekuti ndamuberekera mwanakomana pakukwegura kwake.

⁸And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

⁸Mwanakomana ndokukura, ndokuru­murwa. Abhurahamu ndokuita mabiko makuru nemusi wekurumurwa kwalsaka.

⁹And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

⁹Zvino Sara wakaona mwanakomana waHagari, muEgipita, waakaberekera Abhurahamu, achiseka.

¹⁰And she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid shall not inherit with my son -- with Isaac.

¹⁰Naizvozvo wakati kuna Abhurahamu: Dzinga mukadzi nhapwa uyu ne­mwanakomana wake, nekuti mwanako­mana wemukadzi nhapwa uyu haangavi mudyi wenhaka pamwe nemwanakomana wangu, pamwe naIsaka.

¹¹And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

¹¹Shoko iro rakava rakaipa kwazvo pameso paAbhurahamu, nekuda kwe­mwanakomana wake.

¹²And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: [in] all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.

¹²Mwari ndokuti kuna Abhurahamu: Ngazvirege hazvo kuva zvakaipa pameso pako nekuda kwemukomana uye nekuda kwemukadzi nhapwa wako; pazvose Sara zvaataura kwauri, teerera kushoko rake, nekuti kuna Isaka ndiko kuchatumidzwa mbeu yako.

¹³But also the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

¹³Asi nemwa­nakomana wemukadzi nhapwa ndichamuita rudzi rukuru, nekuti imbeu yako.

¹⁴And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder -- and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

¹⁴Abhurahamu ndokumuka mangwa­nani-ngwanani, akatora chingwa neguchu remvura, akapa kuna Hagari, akaisa pafudzi rake, nemwana, akamuendesa. Zvino wakaenda akadzungaira murenje reBheerishe­bha.

¹⁵And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,

¹⁵Zvino mvura yakati yapera muguchu, ndokukanda mwana munyasi merimwe gwenzi.

¹⁶and she went and sat down over against [him], a bow-shot off; for she said, Let me not behold the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lifted up her voice and wept.

¹⁶Ndokunogara pasi pakatarisana naye, chinhambwe chinenge chingasvika museve pakupotserwa; nekuti wakati: Ndi­rege kuona kufa kwemwana. Ndoku­gara pakatarisana naye, ndokusimudza inzwi rake ndokuchema.

¹⁷And God heard the voice of the lad. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens, and said to her, What [aileth] thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad there, where he is.

¹⁷Zvino Mwari wakanzwa inzwi remuko­mana; mutumwa waMwari ndokudanidzira kuna Hagari kubva kudenga, ndokuti kwaari: Chii Hagari? Usatya, nekuti Mwari wanzwa inzwi remukomana apo paari.

¹⁸Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

¹⁸Simuka, simudza mukomana, umubate neruoko rwako, nekuti ndicha­muita rudzi rukuru.

¹⁹And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the lad drink.

¹⁹Mwari ndokusvinudza meso ake, zvino wakaona tsime remvura ndokuenda, ndokuzadza guchu nemvura, ndokumwisa mukomana.

²⁰And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

²⁰Zvino Mwari wakava nemukomana, akakura, ndokugara murenje, akava mufuri wemiseve.

²¹And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

²¹Zvino wakagara murenje reParani, mai vake ndokumutorera mukadzi kunyika yeEgipita.

²²And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

²²Zvino zvakaitika nenguva iyo kuti Abhimereki naPikori mukuru wehondo yake vakataura naAbhurahamu, vachiti: Mwari unewe pazvinhu zvose zvaunoita;

²³And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.

²³Nai­zvozvo zvino ndipikire pano naMwari kuti haungandinyengeri ini kana mwana wangu kana mwana wemwana wangu; asi sezvandakakuitira tsitsi, uchaitawo kwandiri, nekunyika mawakagara uri mutorwa.

²⁴And Abraham said, I will swear.

²⁴Abhurahamu ndokuti: Ndichapika.

²⁵And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

²⁵Zvino Abhurahamu wakatsiura Abhime­reki nekuda kwetsime remvura varanda vaAbhimereki ravakange vatora nesimba.

²⁶And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me [of it], neither have I heard [of it] but to-day.

²⁶Abhimereki ndokuti: Handizivi wakaita chinhu ichi, newe hauna kundiudza, handina kumbozvinzwa, asi nhasi.

²⁷And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

²⁷Abhurahamu ndokutora makwai nenzo­mbe, akapa Abhimereki; uye va­kaita sungano vari vaviri.

²⁸And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

²⁸Abhurahamu akatsaura masheche manomwe emakwai.

²⁹And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

²⁹Abhimereki ndokuti kuna Abhurahamu: Masheche awa manomwe awatsaura chii?

³⁰And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

³⁰Iye ndokuti: Nekuti uchagamuchira paruoko rwangu masheche awa mano­mwe, kuti ave uchapupu kwandiri, kuti ndaka­chera tsime iri.

³¹Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

³¹Naizvozvo wakatumidza nzvimbo iyo kuti Bheerishebha, nekuti ndipo pavakapika vari vaviri.

³²And they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the captain of his host, and returned into the land of the Philistines.

³²Naizvozvo vakaita sungano paBheeri­shebha. Abhimereki ndokusimuka, naPikori mukuru wehondo yake, ndokudzokera ku­nyika yevaFirisitia.

³³And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Eternal ùGod.

³³Abhurahamu ndoku­sima mutamarisiki* paBheerishe­bha, ndokudanapo zita raJehovha Mwari wekusingaperi.

³⁴And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

³⁴Abhurahamu akagara ari mutorwa panyika yavaFirisitia mazuva mazhinji.