1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her , and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Okwiifanwa kwaAbram
1 Ndele Omwene okwa lombwela Abram ta ti: “Fikama, dja mo moshilongo sheni nomepata leni nomeumbo laxo, u ye koshilongo eshi handi shi ku ulikile. 2 Ndele Ame ohandi ku ningi oshiwana shinene, ndele handi ku nangeke noupuna ndele handi ku ningile edina linene, ndele ove to ka kala omunangeki noupuna.
3 Ndele Ame ohandi ka nangeka noupuna
ava tave ku nangeke noupuna,
ndele handi ka finga ou te ku fingi.
Ndele omapata aeshe kombada yedu
otaa nangekwa noupuna mwoove.”
4 Opo nee Abram okwa fikama ngaashi Omwene e mu lombwela, ndele Lot okwa ya pamwe naye. Ndele omido daAbram oda li omilongo heyali nanhano eshi a dja muHaran. 5 Ndele Abram okwa kufa Sarai, omwalikadi waye naLot, omona womumwaina, nemona lavo alishe, ve li likongela, novapika ve ve likongela muHaran, ndele vo ova dja mo va ye kedu laKaanan, ndele tava fiki kedu laKaanan. 6 Ndele Abram okwa enda moshilongo fiyo okonhele yaSekem, fiyo okoshuundungila shaMore. Mefimbo linya Ovakaanan ovo va li medu olo.
Omaudaneko otete aKalunga
7 Opo nee Omwene okwe lihololela Abram ndele ta ti: “Edu eli handi ke li yandja koludalo loye.” Opo nee ye a tungila Omwene oaltari, ou e mu lihololela. 8 Ndele okwa fikama ndele ta ehene keemhunda dokoushilo waBetel ndele ta ongo onhanda pokati kaBetel mouninginino naAi moushilo, oko a tungila Omwene oaltari ndele ta ifana edina laYe. 9 Ndele Abram okwa enda nokweehena kedu lokoumbuwanhu.
Eengeda daAbram kedu laEgipiti
10 Ndele moshilongo omwa holoka ondjala, opo Abram okwa ya medu laEgipiti, a kale ngaashi omunailongo, osheshi ondjala oya li inene moshilongo. 11 Ndele opa ningwa, eshi va ehena popepi okuya muEgipiti, ye okwa lombwela omwalikadi waye Sarai: “Tala, ondi shi shii, kutya ove omwalikadi muwa. 12 Hano Ovaegipiti eshi tave ke ku mona, otava ka tya: ‘Ye omwalikadi waye, ndele vo otava ka dipaa nge,’ ndee ove to kala nomwenyo. 13 Hano tya, ove omumwameme, opo ndi kale nawa molwoye, ame ndi dule okukala nomwenyo molwoye.” 14 Abram eshi e uya kuEgipiti, Ovaegipiti ova mona nokutya, omwalikadi waye okwa li muwa unene. 15 Omalenga aFarao nao okwe mu mona nokwe mu pandela puFarao. Omwalikadi okwa twalwa mouhamba waFarao. 16 Ndele vo ova ningila Abram ouwa molwaye, ndele ye okwa pewa eedi neengobe noumbulu novapika neengamelo.
17 Ndele Omwene okwa etela Farao nouhamba waye oiponga idjuu molwaSarai, omwalikadi waAbram. 18 Opo nee Farao okwa ifana Abram ndele ta ti: “Owa ninga nge ngahelipi? Omolwashike ino shiivifila nge nokutya, ou omwalikadi woye? 19 Omolwashike wa lombwela nge, kutya ye omumwanyoko, nomolwaasho nde mu kufa a ninge omwalikadi wange? Hano omwalikadi woye oyou, mu kufa po ndele to i!” 20 Ndele Farao okwa lombwela ovapiya vaye ve mu te po puye nomwalikadi waye noinima yaye.
