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

¹And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

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

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

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

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

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

⁴But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

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

⁵Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

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

⁶And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

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

⁷Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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

⁸Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

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

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

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

¹⁰And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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

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

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

¹²And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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

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

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

¹⁴And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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

¹⁵And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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

¹⁶And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

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

¹⁷So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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

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