Hagar naIsmael
1 Omukulukadhi gwaAbram Sarai ine mu valela nando aanona. Ihe Sarai okwa li e na omudhike Omuegipiti omupika, edhina lye Hagar, 2 onkee Sarai okwa ti kuAbram: “Omuwa okwa keelele ndje okuvala aanona. Inda, u ka lale nomupika gwandje, pamwe ta valele ndje okanona.” Abram okwa zimine ndhoka a lombwelwa kuSarai. 3 Sarai okwa kutha omupika gwe Hagar Omuegipiti e te mu gandja kuAbram, a kale omukiintu gwe. (Shika sho sha ningwa, Abram okwa adhika a kala muKaanan omimvo omulongo.) 4 Abram okwa lala naHagar e ta ningi omusimba. Sho i idhimbulula kutya a ningi omusimba, okwi inenepeke e ta dhini Sarai.
5 Nena Sarai okwa ti kuAbram: “Epuko olyoye, Hagar sho a dhini ndje. Ongame mwene nde mu gandja kungoye, ihe sho i idhimbulula kutya a ningi omusimba, okwa dhini ndje. Omuwa na tokole kutya olye e li mondjila, ongoye nenge ongame.”
6 Abram okwa yamukula a ti: “Onawa, omupika gwoye oku li mepangelo lyoye, mu ninga shoka wa hala.” Nena Sarai okwa ngwandjagula Hagar, sigo i iteka po puye e ta yi.
7 Omuyengeli gwOmuwa okwa tsakaneke Hagar poluthithiya mombuga mondjila yu uka kuShur 8 e ta ti: “Hagar, omupika gwaSarai, oto zi peni nowu uka peni?”
Hagar okwa yamukula a ti: “Ote yi ontuku mwene gwandje.”
9 Omuyengeli gwOmuwa okwa ti: “Shuna kuye, u kale omupika gwe.” 10 Nena omuyengeli gwOmuwa okwa ti: “Otandi ke ku pa oluvalo olwindji, nokape na ngoka ta vulu oku lu yalula. 11 Oto ka vala okamati; ka luka Ismael, oshoka Omuwa oku uvu okulila kwoye. 12 Ihe omumwoye ota ka kala a fa okasinokuti. Ota ka tsa ondumbo nomuntu kehe, nashaa ngoka ota tsu ondumbo naye. Ota ka kala kokule naakwanezimo lye.”
13 Hagar okwi ipopile e ta ti: “Onda mono tuu shili Kalunga notandi kala tuu ndi na omwenyo, opo ndi shi hokolole?” Onkee okwa luku Omuwa ngoka e mu popitha “Kalunga ngoka ha mono.”
14 Shika osho sha ningitha, aantu ya luke omuthima gwopokati kaKadesh naBered “Omuthima gwOmunamwenyo ngoka e wete ndje.” 15 Hagar okwa valele Abram omumati e te mu luku Ismael. 16 Pethimbo ndyoka Abram okwa li e na omimvo omilongo hetatu nahamano.
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