¹Zvino Sarai mukadzi waAbhuramu, waiva asingamuberekeri vana; uye waiva nemurandakadzi, muEgipita, zita rake riri Hagari.

¹Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

²Sarai ndokuti kuna Abhuramu: Tarira zvino, Jehovha wakandikonesa pakubereka, pinda hako kumura­ndakadzi wangu, zvimwe ndingawana vana naye. Abhuramu ndokuteerera shoko raSarai.

²And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

³Zvino Sarai mukadzi waAbhuramu wakatora Hagari muEgipita mura­ndakadzi wake, pakupera kwemakore gumi Abhuramu agere panyika yeKanani, ndokumupa kuna Abhuramu murume wake kuti ave mukadzi wake.

³And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

⁴Zvino wakapinda kuna Hagari, iye ndokutora mimba. Zvino wakati aona kuti wava nemimba, vatenzikadzi vake vakashoreka pameso ake.

⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

⁵Zvino Sarai wakati kuna Abhuramu: Kukanganiswa kwangu kuri pamu­soro pako. Ndini ndakapa murandakadzi wangu pachipfuva chako, zvino paakaona kuti wava nemimba, ndinoshoreka pameso ake. Jehovha ngaatonge pakati pangu newe.

⁵And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

⁶Asi Abhuramu wakati kuna Sarai: Ta­rira, murandakadzi wako uri paruoko rwako. Muitire zvakanaka pameso ako. Zvino Sa­rai wakamuomesera, akatiza pachiso chake.

⁶But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

⁷Mutumwa waJehovha akamuwana pachitubu chemvura murenje, pachutubu chiri panzira inoenda kuShuri.

⁷And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

⁸Zvino wakati: Hagari, murandakadzi waSarai, unobvepi, uye unoendepi? Iye ndokuti: Ndino­tiza pachiso chaSarai vatenzikadzi vangu.

⁸And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

⁹Mutumwa waJehovha ndokuti kwaari: Dzokera kuna vatenzikadzi vako, ugozvininipisa pasi pemaoko avo.

⁹And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

¹⁰Mutumwa waJehovha ndokuti kwaari: Ndichawanza zvikuru mbeu yako kuti isaverengwa nekuwanda.

¹⁰And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

¹¹Mutumwa waJehovha akatiwo kwaari: Tarira, une mimba, uye uchabereka mwanakomana, ugotumidza zita rake kuti Ishimaeri, nekuti Jehovha wanzwa ku­tambudzika kwako.

¹¹And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.

¹²Iye uchava mbizi yemunhu, ruoko rwake rwucharwisa munhu wose, neruoko rwemunhu wose rwuchamurwisa; uye uchagara pamberi pechiso chehama dzake dzose.

¹²And he shall be [as] a wild ass among men; his hand [shall be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

¹³Zvino akatumidza zita raJehovha wa­kataurirana naye kuti: Imwi Mwari wekuona. Nekuti wakati: Pano neni ndamutarisa here iye unondiona?

¹³And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?

¹⁴Naizvozvo chitubu chakanzi Bheeriahiroi; tarira, chiri pakati peKa­dheshi neBheredhi.

¹⁴Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

¹⁵Hagari ndokuberekera Abhuramu mwanakomana; Abhuramu ndokutumidza zita remwanakomana wake, Hagari waakabereka kuti: Ishimaeri.

¹⁵And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael.

¹⁶Abhu­ramu waiva nemakore makumi ma­sere nematanhatu, Hagari paakaberekera Abhuramu Ishimaeri.

¹⁶And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.