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Cipangano ca Mulungu na Abrahamu
1 Bzatapita bzimwebzi, Mbuya adalewa kuna Abrahamu m'maso-mphenya, adamuuza kuti: “Leka mantha Abrahamu, Ine ndine m'khochereri wako. Mabaibai yako yan'dzakhala makulu”.
2 Tsono Abrahamu adabvundza kuti: “Mbuya Mulungu, mundipasanyi, pakuti ine ndiribe wana ndipo wakupita pambuto yangu ni Eliezere wa kuDamasiko?
3 Ndipo adapitiriza kulewa, adati: Imwe mulibe kundipasa mwana na m'bodziyo, na tenepo m'bodzi wa akapolo wa nyumba yangu ndiye an'dzakhala pa mbuto yangu”.
4 Pamwepo Mbuya adamutawira aciti: “Wakudzakhala pa mbuto yako ndiye lini umweyu. Mwana wa kubelekewa na iwe caiye ndiye an'dzakhala pa mbuto yako”.
5 Pamwepo adam'cosa panja acimuuza kuti: “Nyang'ana kudzulu ndipo lewenga nyenyezi penu un'kwanisa. Ndipo adapitiririza adati: Tenepa ndibzo bzin'dzacita bzizukulu bzako”.
6 Abrahamu adakhulupirira Mbuya, ndipo bzimwebzi bzidacitisa kuti ngwakulungama.
7 Adamuuza pomwe kuti: “Ine ndine Mbuya, omwe ndidakucosa kuUri ku aKalidi, kuti ndikupase dziko lino likhale lako”.
8 Abrahamu adabvundza kuti: “Nandi Mbuya Mulungu, nin'dzadziwa tani kuti nin'dzalipasidwa?”
9 Mbuya adatawira kuti: “Ndibweresere kamwana ka ng'ombe, mbuzi ibodzi na bira, bzentse bza magole matatu, ndipombo mwana wa njiwa m'bodzi na mwana wa nkhangaiwa m'bodzi”.
10 Abrahamu adabweresa nyama zentsenezo, adazigwata pakati. Ndipo adazilonga mwa kunyanisana. Tsono mbalame alibe kuzigwata.
11 Nyenga-nyenga zidayamba kumbambutha pa nyama, tsono Abrahamu adazithamangisa.
12 Pomwe dzuwa likhamira, Abrahamu adaphatidwa na tulo ninga adafa, ndipo padacita mdima kwene-kwene, wakupasa mantha.
13 Pamwepo Mbuya adamuuza kuti: “Dziwa kuti bzizukulu bzako bzin'dzakhala anyakudza mudziko lomwe ndawo lini, ndipo bzin'dzakhala pomwe anyagrinya bzicidzaboneresedwa kwa magole madzana manai.
14 Tsono Ine nin'dzapasa nyanthwa dziko lomwe an'dzatumikira ninga anyagrinya ndipo bzatamala bzentsenebzi, an'dzacoka na cuma cizinji.
15 Ndipo iwe un'dzayenda mwa ufulu kuna makolo yako. Un'dzakaikhidwa watakalambilatu.
16 Pa m'badwo wacinai bzizukulu bzako bzin'dzabwerera pomwe kuno, thangwe kuipa kwa aAmori kukanati kufika pakukwanira”.
17 Pomwe dzuwa lidamira, kucita mdima, ndipo padawoneka fogareiro ya utsi na mtsatso ukhagaka, udapita na pakati pa nyama zakugwatidwa zire.
18 Ntsiku imweyo Mbuya adacita cipangano na Abrahamu, aciti: ndapasa bzizukulu bzako dzikoli, kuyambira kumkulo wa kuIjipito mpaka kumkulo ukulu Eufurate.
19 Dziko la aKeni, la aKenezi, la aKadimoni,
20 la aHiti, la aFerezi, la aRefaini,
21 la aAmori, la aKenani, la aJirigazi na la aJebuzi.