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

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

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

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

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

³Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. Isaac means “He laughs.”

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

⁴Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

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

⁵Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.

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

⁶Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

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

⁷She said, “Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”

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

¹¹The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

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.

¹²God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

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

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

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

¹⁴Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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

¹⁵The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

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

¹⁶She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

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

¹⁷God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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

¹⁸Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

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

¹⁹God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.

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

²⁰God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

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

²¹He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

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

²²It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

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

²³Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”

²⁴Abhurahamu ndokuti: Ndichapika.

²⁴Abraham said, “I will swear.”

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

²⁵Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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

²⁶Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today.”

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

²⁷Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

²⁸Abhurahamu akatsaura masheche manomwe emakwai.

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

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

²⁹Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”

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

³⁰He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”

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

³¹Therefore he called that place Beersheba, Beersheba can mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven.” because they both swore there.

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

³²So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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

³³Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

³⁴Abhurahamu akagara ari mutorwa panyika yavaFirisitia mazuva mazhinji.

³⁴Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.