1Zvino Jehovha wakaonekera kwaari pamiouki* yeMamure, ndokugara pamusuwo wetende pakupisa kwezuva;
1Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2ndokusimudza meso ake akaona, zvino tarira, varume vatatu vamire pamberi pake; zvino paakavaona wakamhanya kunovachingamidza pamusuwo wetende, akakotamira pasi,
2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3ndokuti: Ishe wangu, kana zvino ndawana nyasha pameso penyu, ndinokukumbirai, musapfuura pamuranda wenyu.
3and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4Ngakuuiswewo mvura shoma, mugoshambidza tsoka dzenyu, muzorore pasi pemuti.
4Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5Zvino ndichauisa chimedu chechingwa, mugonyaradza moyo yenyu, mugozopfuura, nekuti ndizvo zvamapfuurira nekumuranda wenyu. Ivo ndokuti: Ita saizvozvo sezvawataura
5I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
6Abhurahamu ndokukurumidza kupinda mutende kuna Sara, akati: Kurumidza ugadzire zviyero zvitatu zveupfu hwakatsetseka! Kanya, ubike zvingwa zviduku.
6Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7Abhurahamu ndokumhanyira kumombe, akatora mhuru ine nyama yakapfava, yakanaka, akapa kujaya, ndokukurumidza kuigadzira.
7Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8Zvino wakatora mukaka wakafa, nemukaka mumbishi, nemhuru yaakange agadzira, akazviisa pamberi pavo; akamira pedo navo munyasi memuti, ivo ndokudya.
8He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
9Ivo ndokuti kwaari: Uripi Sara mukadzi wako? Iye ndokuti: Tarirai, mutende.
9They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “See, in the tent.”
10Zvino akati: Zvirokwazvo ndichadzoka nenguva iyi yeupenyu; zvino tarira, Sara mukadzi wako uchava nemwanakomana. Sarawo akazvinzwa ari pamusuwo wetende shure kwake.
10He said, “I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11Zvino Abhurahamu naSara vakange vakwegura, vava nemakore mazhinji; kwakange kwaguma kuna Sara nemutowo wevakadzi.
11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12Naizvozvo Sara wakaseka mukati make achiti: Ndakwegura, ndingava nemufaro here, naishe wangu wachemberawo?
12Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13Jehovha ndokuti kuna Abhurahamu: Sara wasekerei, achiti: Zvirokwazvo neni ndichabereka ndakwegura here?
13Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?’
14Kune chinhu chinorema kukunda Jehovha here? Nenguva yakatarwa, ndichadzoka kwauri, nenguva ino yeupenyu, uye Sara achava nemwanakomana.
14Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”
15Sara ndokuramba achiti: Handina kuseka, nekuti waitya. Asi iye akati: Kwete asi waseka.
15Then Sarah denied, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16Zvino varume vakasimuka kubva ipapo ndokutarira Sodhoma; Abhurahamu ndokuenda navo achivaperekedza.
16The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17Zvino Jehovha akati: Ini ndichavanzira Abhurahamu zvandinoita here?
17Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18Abhurahamu zvaachava zvirokwazvo rudzi rukuru rwune simba, nendudzi dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa nemaari.
18since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19Nekuti ndakamuziva, kuti araire vana vake neimba yake vanomutevera, vagochengeta nzira yaJehovha kuti vaite kururamisira nekutonga; kuti Jehovha auyise pamusoro paAbhurahamu izvo zvaakataura maererano naye.
19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
20Jehovha ndokuti: Nekuti kuchema kweSodhoma neGomora kukuru, uye nekuti zvivi zvavo zvinorema zvikuru,
20Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21ndichaburuka zvino ndigoona kana vakaita zvizere zvinoenderana nekuchema kwaro kwasvika kwandiri; asi kana zvisina kudaro, ndichazviziva.
21I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
22Zvino varume vakafuratira ipapo, vakaenda vakananga Sodhoma; asi Abhurahamu wakange achakamira pamberi paJehovha.
22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23Zvino Abhurahamu wakaswedera, akati: Muchaparadzawo vakarurama pamwe nevakaipa here?
23Abraham drew near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24Zvimwe varipo vakarurama makumi mashanu mukati meguta; muchaparadzawo mukasaregerera nzvimbo iyo nekuda kwevakarurama makumi mashanu varimo here?
24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25Ngazvive kure nemwi kuita chinhu chakadaro, kuuraya wakarurama pamwe newakaipa, kuti wakarurama ave sawakaipa; ngazvive kure nemwi. Mutongi wenyika yose haangaiti kururamisira here?
25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26Jehovha ndokuti: Kana ndikawana muSodhoma vakarurama makumi mashanu mukati meguta, ipapo ndicharegerera nzvimbo yose nekuda kwavo.
26Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.”
27Zvino Abhurahamu wakapindura ndokuti: Tarirai zvino, ndatsunga kutaura naJehovha, ini guruva nedota.
27Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
28Zvimwe kuchashaikwa vashanu kuvakarurama makumi mashanu; muchaparadza guta rose nekuda kwevashanu here? Ndokuti: Handingariparadzi kana ndikawanamo makumi mana nevashanu.
28What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.”
29Zvino wakataurazve naye akati: Zvimwe kuchawanikwamo makumi mana. Iye ndokuti: Handingazviiti nekuda kwamakumi mana.
29He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
30Akabva ati: Ndinokumbira Jehovha arege kunditsamwira, kana ndikataura. Zvimwe makumi matatu vachawanikwamo. Iye ndokuti: Handingazviiti kana ndikawanamo makumi matatu.
30He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”
31Zvino akati: Tarira zvino, ndatsunga kutaura naJehovha; zvimwe kuchawanikwamo makumi maviri. Iye ndokuti: Handingariparadzi nekuda kwemakumi maviri.
31He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
32Zvino wakati: Ndinokumbira Jehovha ngaarege kutsamwa, ndikataurazve kamwe; zvimwe kuchawanikwa gumi. Iye ndokuti, Handingariparadzi nekuda kwevane gumi.
32He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
33Zvino Jehovha wakabva apedza kutaura naAbhurahamu; naAbhurahamu akadzokera kunzvimbo yake.
33Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.